Kate Duguid @kateduguid.bsky.social · 19mI managed to not use “convexity hedging“ once www.ft.com/content/39de...ft.com 041
Kate Duguid @kateduguid.bsky.social · 28/09/2026bad start tbh… tent is full of losers and nigella is drunk 140
Kate Duguid @kateduguid.bsky.social · 20/09/2026““Our rights are cut off,” said a dissenting prince, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisals. “Just because we’re princes, it doesn’t mean we don’t have basic rights.”” www.ft.com/content/6fd9...ft.comLiechtenstein royals threaten lawsuit over dynasty reformsFeud in Europe’s wealthiest monarchy deepens after Prince Alois tightens control over family members 030
Kate Duguid @kateduguid.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I think this guy is just not reading the right pubs? www.thenation.com/article/poli...thenation.comThe Gaping Hole at the Heart of Financial JournalismBeyond the Epstein scandals. 052
Reposted by Kate DuguidLuke Kawa @ljkawa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026JPMorgan’s commodities team: “For the first time since the start of the Iran conflict, we don’t have a baseline view. We simply don’t know how to model the endgame.” 1121685289
Reposted by Kate DuguidJohn Herrman @jwherrman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Maybe this doesn't matter in the long run, but I think the risks of The One Industry narrating its own story on a single social network — and X in particular — could be producing some underrated distortions, blind spots, etc. And there's no higher shared context in which to process those risks! 182
Reposted by Kate DuguidJohn Herrman @jwherrman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Registering my prediction that decades of rationalist AI discourse will not simply Scale Up nymag.com/intelligence... 323833
Kate Duguid @kateduguid.bsky.social · 16/09/2026good piece. this seems right to me nymag.com/intelligence... 001
Kate Duguid @kateduguid.bsky.social · 16/09/2026seems like there should be a way for someone to exploit the 4 percentage point difference in odds on a hike today between futures market and Kalshi, but I'm failing to imagine what that would be 021
Kate Duguid @kateduguid.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I’m a sucker for any piece about money feelings (and envy) but not sure this goes anywhere exactly. Still well worth a read www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...newyorker.comOn Not Being a HomeownerGenerational wealth shapes our futures and friendships, whether we talk about it or not. 051
Kate Duguid @kateduguid.bsky.social · 15/09/2026excellent scoop from two excellent Georges www.ft.com/content/2750...ft.comOpenAI weighs funding round at $1.2tn valuation before IPOSam Altman’s start-up could capitalise on demand for its technology after new model launches 0104
Reposted by Kate DuguidA Reader of the FT @a-reader-ft.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Vantage Data Centers seeks $2bn in loans from Pimco and PGIM—Known as “Project Baja”, the latest debt-raising effort would allow Vantage to tap a new pool of investors… www.ft.com/content/e7a8... @kateduguid.bsky.social @financialtimes.comft.comVantage Data Centers seeks $2bn in loans from Pimco and PGIMDigitalBridge-backed firm taps new investors for AI infrastructure as Wall Street banks limit exposure 101
Kate Duguid @kateduguid.bsky.social · 11/09/2026SCOOP: JPMorgan cut off Situational Awareness lending after AI losses www.ft.com/content/916e...ft.comJPMorgan cut off Situational Awareness lending after AI lossesLeopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund previously suffered billions of dollars in losses during sell-off 182
Reposted by Kate DuguidGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 11/09/2026"Situational Awareness has started building relationships with new brokerages as it attempts a rebound from the largest loss in the history of the hedge fund industry...recently begun working with specialist brokerage Clear Street...as he begins rebuilding a portfolio"ft.comSituational Awareness builds relationships with new brokers as it attempts reboundLeopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund previously suffered billions of dollars in losses during AI sell-off 11557
Reposted by Kate DuguidFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 11/09/2026Situational Awareness builds relationships with new brokers as it attempts rebound ft.trib.al/XrjoOrvft.trib.alSituational Awareness builds relationships with new brokers as it attempts reboundLeopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund previously suffered billions of dollars in losses during AI sell-off 2133
Reposted by Kate DuguidTechmeme @techmeme.com · 10/09/2026Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signs an EO requiring data centers above 25MW of peak demand to bring their own power and meet 100% of demand with clean energy (Tim De Chant/TechCrunch) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink 319735
Kate Duguid @kateduguid.bsky.social · 09/09/2026don't think this tells us much of anything, but the 10-year yield today is only ~7bps off where it was on Sept 11 2001 081
Reposted by Kate DuguidEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Not only are foundations and donors pulling back from supporting trans rights, but major foundations are dropping organizations BECAUSE of their commitment to trans issues. This happened to @fightforthefuture.org and we have not recovered financially www.them.us/news/trans-r...them.usTrans Leader Sounds Alarm About “Near Complete Exodus” of Philanthropy From MovementShelby Chestnut, the executive director of the Transgender Law Center, says that the “dollars barely trickle in.” 5483239
Reposted by Kate DuguidSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026More brain drain: “Twenty-one universities in Canada announced on Thursday the hiring of dozens of researchers to join their top academic ranks, poaching the majority of the recruits from the United States. Of the incoming 64 researchers, 48 will leave American campuses…”nytimes.comCanada Hires U.S. Scholars From Harvard and Other Top Universities (Gift Article)A crackdown on American academia by the Trump administration has handed Canadian universities a rare opportunity to lure some top researchers north. 551535533
Kate Duguid @kateduguid.bsky.social · 28/08/2026“The only person directly involved in this affair to publicly express any distress or outrage has been, in fact, Cusk herself. An author justly acclaimed for her inventiveness has produced a scandal like no other. She is its perpetrator, victim and beneficiary.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/m...nytimes.comRachel Cusk Tried to Caricature Natalie Portman. She Only Caricatured Herself.Her latest novel appears to savage a celebrity. But Cusk has, once again, managed to turn herself into the victim. 020
Kate Duguid @kateduguid.bsky.social · 27/08/2026as a runner, and former running store employee, this blew my mind. correcting for pronation is fake! www.worseonpurpose.com/p/same-shoe-...worseonpurpose.comSame Shoe, Different Factory: Who Makes Your Running ShoesOnly two major running brands still own their factories. The rest rent from the same pool of contractors, often with no commitment past the current order. 040
Reposted by Kate DuguidCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/08/2026“.. Nomura said Bessent’s Treasury buyback plan “by itself” amounted to a “band-aid on a bullet hole” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/f01f... 14370114
Kate Duguid @kateduguid.bsky.social · 20/08/2026crazy week to be on holiday from my job covering the US Treasury market 1233