Samanth Subramanian
@samanth_s
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Ex-@qz. Words in @gdnlongread @newyorker, @NYTMag, @WIRED and others. My JBS Haldane biography is out now. Newsletter: https://t.co/pqVqS8hBK2
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Joined January 2012
Always a blessed relief to hold the manuscript of a NEW BOOK in your hand. This one, on the fragile undersea cables that carry our data, took 2 years of research…
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In his new book @samanth_s examines big tech’s role in subsea cables and the growing geopolitical tensions around them. Taiwan is connected to the world by 15 undersea cables that keep getting cut. Read about the threats that Taiwan faces from China. https://t.co/UrvSvYaFgD
restofworld.org
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...
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In his new book, The Web Beneath the Waves, @samanth_s 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 https://t.co/Zp7S6YKqHf
restofworld.org
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...
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Happy pub day to @samanth_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.” —@KirkusReviews Get your copy now: https://t.co/3EO3qRBTWM
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On 31 October, Pankaj Mishra and @NesrineMalik and will be at the Southbank Centre to talk about @Equatormag with Hisham Matar. Get your tickets here: https://t.co/Y5juDHGKpJ
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Very excited about a new publication called Equator, featuring the talents of the likes of Pankaj Mishra, Mohsin Hamid, Nesrine Malik, Jonathan Shainin, Gavin Jacobson, Negar Azimi, Samanth Subramanian, Ratik Asokan and Krithika Varagur. Link below.
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"The genocide in Gaza has destroyed what remains of the illusion that the West should determine the future for the rest of the world". Today we publish Equator's editorial declaration — our commitment to build something new. Read more and join us here: https://t.co/L4F4YTJjAq
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Very excited about the forthcoming launch of EQUATOR, a completely new multi-media platform that will foreground alternative perspectives on the new world that is struggling to take shape amidst the ruins of the old one. Proud that I have a long-form piece in the first issue -
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3. "Extremely Offline: What Happened When a Pacific Island Was Cut Off From The Internet" @samanth_s "What a remarkable engineering feat. How unsettling that this is what holds us together." https://t.co/bUXLmI3F8S
theguardian.com
A colossal volcanic eruption in January 2022 ripped apart the underwater cables that connect Tonga to the world – and exposed the fragility of 21st-century life
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Don't miss this excerpt from @samanth_s's forthcoming book, THE WEB BENEATH THE WAVES in the Guardian Long Read The book is on sale Oct 14 in the US (27 Nov in the UK) but available for preorder now--> https://t.co/3EO3qRBTWM
https://t.co/Xiljl7pT4K
theguardian.com
A colossal volcanic eruption in January 2022 ripped apart the underwater cables that connect Tonga to the world – and exposed the fragility of 21st-century life
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Great to see @mikeaclare @NOCnews quoted in this piece in the Guardian today https://t.co/4RykoKpSRt about the Hunga Volcano eruption and the subsequent telecommunications outage in 2022.
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A colossal volcanic eruption in January 2022 ripped apart the underwater cables that connect Tonga to the world – and exposed the fragility of 21st-century life
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Fascinating article. "What happened to Tonga could happen to the world’s biggest, wealthiest nations... The safety of the cables in the ocean is a national security issue, a precondition for the economy, and a matter of literal life and death." https://t.co/9l1xSAUel3
theguardian.com
A colossal volcanic eruption in January 2022 ripped apart the underwater cables that connect Tonga to the world – and exposed the fragility of 21st-century life
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In the @gdnlongread today, an excerpt from my new book, reported from Tonga, which had its sole undersea cable connection snapped and became, for a long while, the loneliest place in the world. https://t.co/h514Bubqw4
theguardian.com
A colossal volcanic eruption in January 2022 ripped apart the underwater cables that connect Tonga to the world – and exposed the fragility of 21st-century life
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The end of the West is not the end of the world. EQUATOR: a new magazine of politics, culture, art. ** If you haven't signed up for our mailing list, do so at https://t.co/Qjjz2SGAab **
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From Jesse Jackson’s “Rainbow Coalition” to Bernie Sanders’ “Democratic Socialism” to Zohran Mamdani’s “Social Housing Now,” the same ideology runs through generations of the American left. The red thread of socialism runs deep.
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On 31 October, Pankaj Mishra and Nesrine Malik will be at the Southbank Centre to talk about Equator and its ambition to depict the world anew with the novelist Hisham Matar. Book here: https://t.co/Y5juDHGKpJ
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Our new magazine @Equatormag is officially out in the world. Sign up for preview emails, donate, and get tickets to our launch event: https://t.co/dFPvJizKPq.
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Our new magazine @Equatormag is officially out in the world. Sign up for preview emails, donate, and get tickets to our launch event: https://t.co/dFPvJizKPq.
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Our new magazine @Equatormag is officially out in the world. Sign up for preview emails, donate, and get tickets to our launch event: https://t.co/dFPvJizKPq.
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Met with Mohammad Abbas earlier this summer to talk county cricket, Pak and bowling. Strong 50s star vibes. https://t.co/sZWi7XxDz7
espncricinfo.com
A skills-and-control bowler, Abbas has used his intelligence, patience and endless stamina to get to 800 first-class wickets
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We're starting the post-Labor Day week off strong in the CGR office! Early copies of THE WEB BENEATH THE WAVES: The Fragile Cables that Connect our World, by journalist @samanth_s 🛜 On sale October 14, but you can preorder right now: https://t.co/EXuiQ4JdNd
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We just shipped the first VS Code extension built specifically for @Solana developers. Static analysis detectors that catch vulnerabilities in the IDE + fuzzing coverage visualization. The missing layer between development and audits, integrated into devs' workflow ↓
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