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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 1d
Samanth is an amazing reporter and you should read his book. And also listen thank you.
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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. 🎧
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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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Columbia Global Reports @columbiagr.bsky.social · 2d
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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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 3d
"'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/
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Columbia Global Reports @columbiagr.bsky.social · 2d
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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stacks of copies of The Robe and the Sword, by Sonia Faleiro, some spine-out, some facing-out so you can see the cover
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Columbia Global Reports @columbiagr.bsky.social · 2d
Learn more about THE SUBPLOT: What China Is Reading and Why It Matters
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The Subplot | Columbia Global Reports
Journalist Megan Walsh shows us why it’s important to start paying attention to the exciting literary landscape of Chinese fiction.
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Columbia Global Reports @columbiagr.bsky.social · 2d
"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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Columbia Global Reports @columbiagr.bsky.social · 4d
CGR commissions authors to create works of original onsite reporting from all over the world. But we can't do it without you!

Support CGR this #ColumbiaGivingDay. Together, we can take on the issues that aren't getting the attention they deserve: https://givingday.columbia.edu/pages/global-reports
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Columbia Global Reports @columbiagr.bsky.social · 5d
Our books go beyond the headlines and bring attention to important issues that are not yet mainstream, sparking conversations and informing lawmakers.

💙📚 Be part of the movement & support books that get people talking this #ColumbiaGivingDay--> https://givingday.columbia.edu/pages/global-reports
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Columbia Global Reports @columbiagr.bsky.social · 5d
“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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Columbia Global Reports @columbiagr.bsky.social · 5d
CGR is proud of our history of offering rising journalists their first book contract. Your support means we can continue changing lives and launching the careers of exceptionally talented writers.

💙📚 Support CGR this Columbia Giving Day--> https://givingday.columbia.edu/pages/global-reports
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Jeff Wasserstrom @jwassers.bsky.social · 5d
www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/milk... —delighted to see my latest @columbiagr.bsky.social book reviewed by Elizabeth Economy in the new issue of @foreignaffairs.com
The Milk Tea Alliance: Inside Asia’s Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing
Jeffrey Wasserstrom brings to life the motivations of democracy activists in Hong Kong, Myanmar, Taiwan, and Thailand, and how they inspired, engaged with, and learned from one another and the rest of...
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Columbia Global Reports @columbiagr.bsky.social · 5d
⭐TODAY is Columbia Giving Day! When our community of readers comes together, we have the power to transform the world through stories that go beyond the headlines and foster understanding.

We hope you'll consider making a gift to support CGR--> https://givingday.columbia.edu/pages/global-reports
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Columbia Global Reports @columbiagr.bsky.social · 9d
“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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Jeff Wasserstrom @jwassers.bsky.social · 9d
Glad to see this piece by Nikki Babri come out from @ucirvine.bsky.social's School of Humanities www.humanities.uci.edu/news/when-mi... (just ahead of my first UCI talk about my new book, a joint event with Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow and @amywilentz.bsky.social www.humanities.uci.edu/events/art-i... )
When Milk Tea becomes a movement
History professor chronicles how young activists across Asia are forging unprecedented alliances in the struggle for democracy
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Rest of World @restofworld.org · 10d
In his new book, The Web Beneath the Waves, @samanthsubramanian.bsky.social examines big tech’s role in subsea cables and growing geopolitical tensions around them.

Read an excerpt on the threats that Taiwan faces from China: restofworld.org/2025/web-ben...
China, Taiwan, and the vulnerable web of undersea cables
In his new book, The Web Beneath the Waves, writer Samanth Subramanian examines big tech’s role in subsea cables and growing geopolitical tensions around them. This is an excerpt on the threats that T...
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Columbia Global Reports @columbiagr.bsky.social · 11d
Meta has invested heavily in a submarine cable to Africa. What will it ask for in return?

Read an excerpt of @samanthsubramanian.bsky.social's THE WEB BENEATH THE WAVES (out today!) at @thedialmag.bsky.social
www.thedial.world/articles/new...
The Race for Cheap, Quick Data in Africa — The Dial
Meta has invested heavily in a submarine cable to Africa. What will it ask for in return?
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Columbia Global Reports @columbiagr.bsky.social · 12d
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

➡️ globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-we...
lots of copies of The Web Beneath the Waves messily arranged on a table
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Jeff Wasserstrom @jwassers.bsky.social · 12d
One week from today, first @ucirvine.bsky.social book event on The Milk Tea Alliance, my latest @columbiagr.bsky.social book, a joint event that will be moderated by @amywilentz.bsky.social & feature Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow talking about her new book Atomic Dreams www.humanities.uci.edu/events/art-i...
The Art of the Interview and the Craft of the Profile: A UCI Forum for the Academy and the Public Book Launch
An in-person event, open to the public, no rsvp needed
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Milk Tea Alliance Calendar @mtacalendar.bsky.social · 14d
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:
www.instagram.com/p/DPqUVJhjC8T/
Fri 24 Oct | 18:30 – 20:30 Nowhere Bookstore Netherlands, Piet Heinstraat 42, The Hague Author: Jeff Wasserstrom Moderator: Pui Chi Lai Language: English €5 admission | Free for Nowhere Citizens
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Columbia Global Reports @columbiagr.bsky.social · 16d
🌟 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...
The New York Times Editors' Choice THE FALL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: Race, the Supreme Court, and the Future of Higher Education, by Justin Driver. (Columbia Global Reports. 276 pp. Paperback, $18.) In this compact and insightful book Driver, a Yale law professor, considers the legal arguments for and against affirmative action, as well as alternative ways to ensure diversity on campuses — assuming that, because “talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not,” diversity remains a widely shared goal.
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Columbia Global Reports @columbiagr.bsky.social · 17d
“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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Columbia Global Reports @columbiagr.bsky.social · 18d
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Columbia Global Reports @columbiagr.bsky.social · 18d
“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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Columbia Global Reports @columbiagr.bsky.social · 23d
“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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Columbia Global Reports @columbiagr.bsky.social · 23d
TODAY with @nysean.bsky.social!
3:30pm ET in-person & livestream 👇
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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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