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The Web Beneath the Waves | Columbia Global Reports

davidedgarwolf.bsky.social @davidedgarwolf.bsky.social · 8d

From his excellent new book on undersea cables globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-we...

Samanth Subramanian charts the geopolitical tensions, corporate power grabs, environmental risks, and quiet heroics involved in maintaining the Internet.

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davidedgarwolf.bsky.social @davidedgarwolf.bsky.social · 8d

“With the fracture of a single cable, Tonga was plunged into the kind of isolation it hadn’t seen in more than a century.”

Today‘s long read by @samanthsubramanian.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...

Extremely offline: what happened when a Pacific island was cut off from the internet | Samanth Subramanian

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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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 9d

Analytic philosophers - this is it, this is the moment that the grounding literature actually becomes relevant to something.

Headline saying "Supporting Reform's racist policy does not make voters racist, says Rachel Reeves".

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davidedgarwolf.bsky.social @davidedgarwolf.bsky.social · 13d

This is remarkable www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...

The human stain remover: what Britain’s greatest extreme cleaner learned from 25 years on the job | Tom Lamont

davidedgarwolf.bsky.social @davidedgarwolf.bsky.social · 15d

“Everything in front of you is dirty. Everything behind you is clean.”

Another Tom Lamont masterpiece
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...

From murder scenes to whale blubber, Ben Giles has seen it – and cleaned it – all. In their stickiest hours, people rely on him to restore order

davidedgarwolf.bsky.social @davidedgarwolf.bsky.social · 21d

Congrats Jon!

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Paul Laity @paullaity.bsky.social · 21d

'Welcome to my last four years.' A search for accountability and a full, detailed explanation for Martha's death . . . www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

For the hospital, and for the NHS, it was a closed case, another preventable death: medicine is imperfect, such things...

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davidedgarwolf.bsky.social @davidedgarwolf.bsky.social · 22d

Today’s long read is one of the most interesting pieces we’ve published all year. Do not miss if you’re interested in AI, China, America or the future of the world www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

‘I have to do it’: Why one of the world’s most brilliant AI scientists left the US for China

In 2020, after spending half his life in the US, Song-Chun Zhu took a one-way ticket to China. Now he might hold the key to who wins the global AI race

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Jonathan Shainin @shainin.bsky.social · 23d

Our new magazine, Equator, is officially out in the world — and here @equatormag.bsky.social
Sign up for preview emails, donate, and get tickets to our launch event in London: equator.org

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davidedgarwolf.bsky.social @davidedgarwolf.bsky.social · Sep 4

Gloriously terrible bit of writing here (from back cover of 1984 edition of La Place de La Concorde Suisse)

‘What reconciliation? What forgiveness?’: Syria’s deadly reckoning

davidedgarwolf.bsky.social @davidedgarwolf.bsky.social · Sep 2

Superb long read by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, both depressing and hopeful, about the cycle of sectarian violence and revenge killings in post-Assad Syria www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...

Over a few brutal days in March, as sectarian violence and revenge killings tore through parts of Syria, two friends from different communities tried to find a way to survive

Noel Clarke loses libel case against Guardian over sexual misconduct investigation

davidedgarwolf.bsky.social @davidedgarwolf.bsky.social · Aug 22

Total vindication for a brilliant piece of journalism

Henry Dyer @direthoughts.com · Aug 22

The Guardian has successfully defended a libel action brought by the actor Noel Clarke over an investigation by the newspaper in which he was accused of sexual misconduct by more than 20 women.

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...

High court rejects actor’s claim that accusations against him by more than 20 women were false and part of a conspiracy

Very British bribery: the whistleblower who exposed the UK’s dodgy arms deals with Saudi Arabia

davidedgarwolf.bsky.social @davidedgarwolf.bsky.social · Aug 7

Today’s long read by David Pegg is a gripping, sometimes comic, frequently jaw dropping tale www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

The long read: When Ian Foxley found evidence of corruption while working at a British company in Riyadh, he alerted the MoD. He didn’t know he’d stumbled upon one of its most closely guarded secrets

Starmer v Starmer: why is the former human rights lawyer so cautious about defending human rights?

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Liam Stanley @liamstanley.bsky.social · Jul 29

This is a very illuminating essay that compellingly situates Starmer in the post-war human rights regime. It’s almost as much about that latter topic as it is Starmer himself.

Daniel Trilling @trillingual.bsky.social · Jul 29

Good morning, I've written a piece about the prime minister. I spoke to several dozen sources, including government insiders, former legal colleagues and campaigners to ask: what happened to Keir Starmer the heroic human rights lawyer? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The long read: Given his career as a human rights barrister, it was hoped Keir Starmer would be the PM to restore the UK’s commitment to international law. The reality tells a different story

Granta contributors, friends and staff share what they are reading this summer.

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davidedgarwolf.bsky.social @davidedgarwolf.bsky.social · Jul 29

“Careless People: A Story of Where I Used to Work has too long a title and should of course simply be called ‘Cunts.’”

Hoping that this Zadie Smith quote will be on the paperback

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Summer Reads 2025

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davidedgarwolf.bsky.social @davidedgarwolf.bsky.social · Jul 29

“Starmer, Hermer, Lammy – they’re all lawyers. They’re committed to law, but they can’t bear the full consequences of committing to law.”

Daniel Trilling @trillingual.bsky.social · Jul 29

Good morning, I've written a piece about the prime minister. I spoke to several dozen sources, including government insiders, former legal colleagues and campaigners to ask: what happened to Keir Starmer the heroic human rights lawyer? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Starmer v Starmer: why is the former human rights lawyer so cautious about defending human rights?

The long read: Given his career as a human rights barrister, it was hoped Keir Starmer would be the PM to restore the UK’s commitment to international law. The reality tells a different story

The rise and fall of the British cult that hid in plain sight

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · Jul 24

Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters

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davidedgarwolf.bsky.social @davidedgarwolf.bsky.social · Jul 24

“I had never seen anything like it,” the detective inspector said of the scale of the allegations. “But then I don’t know of any other organisation like the Jesus Fellowship.”

Today’s gripping long read by Barbara Speed

www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...

The long read: Philippa Barnes was a child when her family joined the Jesus Fellowship. As an adult, she helped expose the shocking scale of abuse it had perpetrated

The go-between: how Qatar became the global capital of diplomacy

davidedgarwolf.bsky.social @davidedgarwolf.bsky.social · Jul 22

“The Qatari officials I spent time with oscillated, sometimes in the same breath, between self-assurance and humility.”

If, like me, over the past two years you’ve wondered ‘how did Qatar come to be at the centre of everything?’, this perceptive, deeply reported piece is for you.

Nesrine Malik @nesrinemalik.bsky.social · Jul 22

The go-between. My long read on how Qatar has become the diplomatic capital of the world, and the power it has accumulated in the process.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

The long read: The tiny, astonishingly wealthy country has become a major player on the world stage, trying to solve some of the most intractable conflicts. What’s driving this project?

The shining: my trip to the G7 horror show with Emmanuel Macron | Emmanuel Carrère

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Jon Henley @jonhenley.bsky.social · Jul 15

This is a very entertaining read
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...

The long read: Deeply unpopular in France, President Macron relishes the international stage, where he projects himself as the leader best placed to handle Trump. Seven years after our last encounter,...

‘A relentless, destructive energy’: inside the trial of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon

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Longreads @longreads.com · Jul 15

"A trial is a grave process, but at times it resembles a game. Suddenly, there was a player who didn’t know the rules." —Sophie Elmhirst for @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...

The long read: An intimate account of an unprecedented trial

‘A relentless, destructive energy’: inside the trial of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon

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davidedgarwolf.bsky.social @davidedgarwolf.bsky.social · Jul 15

“Two stories would unfold in court six. One was the story of Gordon and Marten, their complex history and their crimes, and the other was of a battle for control between a married couple and a judge“

Sophie Elmhirst’s astonishing account of the 4 month trial

www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...

The long read: An intimate account of an unprecedented trial

The shining: my trip to the G7 horror show with Emmanuel Macron | Emmanuel Carrère

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davidedgarwolf.bsky.social @davidedgarwolf.bsky.social · Jul 15

🚨🚨🚨 Emmanuel Carrère on Emmanuel Macron 🚨🚨🚨

www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...

The long read: Deeply unpopular in France, President Macron relishes the international stage, where he projects himself as the leader best placed to handle Trump. Seven years after our last encounter,...