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Samanth is an amazing reporter and you should read his book. And also listen thank you.
Just how delicate is the Internet?

After the AWS outage, @samanthsubramanian.bsky.social joins @lizzieohreally.bsky.social on the What Next: TBD podcast to explain how fragile the Internet's infrastructure really is, and how much that should worry us. 🎧
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The AWS Outage is Only the Beginning
How the AWS outage kept both engineers and people with very expensive mattresses up at night.
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Just how delicate is the Internet?

After the AWS outage, @samanthsubramanian.bsky.social joins @lizzieohreally.bsky.social on the What Next: TBD podcast to explain how fragile the Internet's infrastructure really is, and how much that should worry us. 🎧
slate.com/podcasts/wha...
The AWS Outage is Only the Beginning
How the AWS outage kept both engineers and people with very expensive mattresses up at night.
slate.com
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"'Web Beneath the Waves' suggests that privately owned physical cables are an integrally important source of geostrategic power today." Ian Kumekawa on Samanth Subramanian’s "The Web Beneath the Waves." https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/virtual-space-and-physical-infrastructure/
The best kind of delivery!

Early copies of THE ROBE AND THE SWORD: How Buddhist Extremism Is Shaping Modern Asia, by writer & journalist Sonia Faleiro

✨ On sale Nov 11 in the US / Dec 4 in the UK, but available for preorder everywhere now!
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"I really wanted to write about fiction because I think it's always offered a safer space to explore difficult ideas without drawing too much fire"

Megan Walsh, author of THE SUBPLOT, explores the complex world of Chinese fiction with @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/3WnJ...
Megan Walsh, "The Subplot: What China Is Reading and Why It Matters" (Columbia Global Reports, 2022)
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“Democratized finance should mean a fair chance to build wealth, not more ways to find out that the house always wins.”

Jonathan D. Cohen, author of LOSING BIG, & Isaac Rose-Berman have some thoughts on the expansion of online gambling, for @nytopinion.nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
Opinion | Gambling. Investing. Gaming. There’s No Difference Anymore.
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“The whole point, just like a social media app, is continuous engagement with the product.”

Jonathan D. Cohen, author of LOSING BIG, joins Apple News in Conversation to talk about the seamless experience—and potential dangers—of online sports betting.
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The dirty secret behind the hobby costing young men thousands of dollars
Podcast Episode · Apple News In Conversation · 10/16/2025 · 31m
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Happy pub day to @samanthsubramanian.bsky.social ’s THE WEB BENEATH THE WAVES: The Fragile Cables that Connect our World

“A gripping look at the hidden infrastructure that binds the modern world—and the chaos that follows when it snaps.” —Kirkus Reviews

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New event!
📆24th Oct
🕡6:30pm CET

Book Launch at Nowhere Bookstore, the Hauge, NL of "The Milk Tea Alliance: Inside Asia’s Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing" W/ @jwassers.bsky.social & mod Pui Chi Lai

Details:
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🌟 THE FALL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: Race, the Supreme Court, and the Future of Higher Education, by Justin Driver, is a @nytimes.com Book Review Editors' Choice!

Learn more & get your copy now---> globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-fa...
“I fear that we are in the midst of seeing a lost generation of Black students at these elite schools”

Justin Driver author of THE FALL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION joins Stay Tuned with @preetbharara.bsky.social to explore the history & future of equality in higher ed 🎓
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The Rise, Rationale, and Reversal of Affirmative Action
Podcast Episode · Stay Tuned with Preet · 10/09/2025 · 1h 14m
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“A gripping look at the hidden infrastructure that binds the modern world—and the chaos that follows when it snaps.”

Kirkus reviews @samanthsubramanian.bsky.social’s THE WEB BENEATH THE WAVES, on sale next week (and available for preorder now)!
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
THE WEB BENEATH THE WAVES | Kirkus Reviews
Diving into a world of perils.
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“I really do believe that we are in the midst of seeing, or perhaps more accurately, not seeing a lost generation of Black students at elite colleges.”

🎧 Justin Driver joined @dividedargument.bsky.social to talk about his new book THE FALL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
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Proust or Plato
Podcast Episode · Divided Argument · 10/03/2025 · 53m
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TODAY with @nysean.bsky.social!
3:30pm ET in-person & livestream 👇
Join the talk “Songs Beyond Borders: Thailand and Transnational Musical Connections” by Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Benjamin Tausig to hear about the way that music features in their new books.

October 3 @ 3:30 pm EDT
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