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susannah glickman

@susglickman.bsky.social

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assistant professor at stony brook university writing about material and ideological infrastructures. semiconductors, the us state, quantum, political economy, sts/history of science

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susannah glickman @susglickman.bsky.social · 4d

have a new piece out of defense tech with nyrb!

www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

The War Over Defense Tech | Susannah Glickman

Last October, on a Martin Luther–inspired website called www.18theses.com, a software executive named Shyam Sankar published a four-thousand-word polemic

www.nybooks.com

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 9h

This is all bullshit, by the way. There is no imminent risk of rotting crops, according to experts and farmworker unions. It's a ploy to cut wages (even below state minimum wages) for foreign workers, which will eventually hit U.S. workers too.
So much for America First!

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

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susannah glickman @susglickman.bsky.social · 1d

have a little slide abt how it conquered quantum

Slide about quantum primacy with quote from Landauer, Feynman and Wheeler

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herman mark schwartz @thunen.bsky.social · 1d

echoing praise for @susglickman.bsky.social 's recent NYRB article on DoD, private equity, and silicon valley. pair with @hozic.bsky.social 's earlier piece on hollywood, the valley and DoD -> comprehensive picture.
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

The War Over Defense Tech | Susannah Glickman

Last October, on a Martin Luther–inspired website called www.18theses.com, a software executive named Shyam Sankar published a four-thousand-word polemic

www.nybooks.com

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Ainissa Ramirez, PhD @ainissaramirez.bsky.social · 1d

It's nice to be excited about science again. Congratulations to my old colleague, Michel Devoret!

Being quoted in this article about this amazing achievement is a major bonus 🤓

cen.acs.org/people/nobel...

#NobelPrize #Physics #Science #PhysicsNobel

Quantum tunneling trio win the 2025 physics Nobel

John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis get the award for demonstrating quantum mechanical effects at the macroscale

cen.acs.org

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404 Media @404media.co · 1d

NEW: Cops in Texas told 404 Media in May they used Flock to find a woman who self-administered an abortion out of concern for her safety.

Documents now show police were conducting a “death investigation” and discussed whether they could charge her with a crime: www.404media.co/police-said-...

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

www.404media.co

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susannah glickman @susglickman.bsky.social · 1d

thanks!!

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susannah glickman @susglickman.bsky.social · 4d

have a new piece out of defense tech with nyrb!

www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

The War Over Defense Tech | Susannah Glickman

Last October, on a Martin Luther–inspired website called www.18theses.com, a software executive named Shyam Sankar published a four-thousand-word polemic

www.nybooks.com

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 2d

Deloitte will refund Australian government for AI hallucination-filled report

Consulting firm quietly admitted to GPT-4o use after fake citations were found in August.

arstechnica.com

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susannah glickman @susglickman.bsky.social · 4d

have a new piece out that asks the question: is it good to run the pentagon like a private equity firm?

www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

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David Alman @davidalman.bsky.social · 3d

“The primary product of the defense VC strategy,” the scholar Elke Schwarz has written in a recent article, “is not a defense technology as such, but financial returns achieved through growth.”

Great article by @susglickman.bsky.social

www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

The War Over Defense Tech | Susannah Glickman

Last October, on a Martin Luther–inspired website called www.18theses.com, a software executive named Shyam Sankar published a four-thousand-word polemic

www.nybooks.com

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 4d

Why is BigTech criticising the military industrial complex suddenly?

They want a new breed of “smart weapons” and a big slice of what will likely be a 1000 billion dollar defence bill from Trump GOP

Read this brilliant analysis by @susglickman.bsky.social
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

The War Over Defense Tech | Susannah Glickman

Last October, on a Martin Luther–inspired website called www.18theses.com, a software executive named Shyam Sankar published a four-thousand-word polemic

www.nybooks.com

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susannah glickman @susglickman.bsky.social · 4d

excited to read!

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 4d

There's a chapter in my forthcoming book on #WallStreetConsensus on Barbarians inside the social state, but this brilliant piece shows they're now deep inside the defense state

bsky.app/profile/susg...

susannah glickman @susglickman.bsky.social · 4d

have a new piece out that asks the question: is it good to run the pentagon like a private equity firm?

www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

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susannah glickman @susglickman.bsky.social · 4d

definitely! will send now.

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susannah glickman @susglickman.bsky.social · 4d

have a new piece out that asks the question: is it good to run the pentagon like a private equity firm?

www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 4d

Trump 2 is a private equity presidency,
Big Finance still rules the show and #WallStreetConsensus is apparently going to make Palestine investible.

Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 4d

www.thedp.com/article/2025...

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susannah glickman @susglickman.bsky.social · 4d

drew on the work of @elkeschwarz.bsky.social, Roberto Gonzalez (who has a great costs of war piece on this topic), an Bill Hartung of @quincyinst.bsky.social

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susannah glickman @susglickman.bsky.social · 4d

have a new piece out of defense tech with nyrb!

www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

The War Over Defense Tech | Susannah Glickman

Last October, on a Martin Luther–inspired website called www.18theses.com, a software executive named Shyam Sankar published a four-thousand-word polemic

www.nybooks.com

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 4d

"“The US and China are racing to see who can destroy the environment most quickly." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Advocates raise alarm over Pfas pollution from datacenters amid AI boom

Tech companies’ use of Pfas gas at facilities may mean datacenters’ climate impact is worse than previously thought

www.theguardian.com

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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 5d

I think the weak jobs numbers we are seeing now are just the beginning.

We are only just starting to see indirect effects of mass layoffs in government, tech, now entertainment. So many service jobs are downstream of these relatively stable, relatively high-wage ones.

www.wsj.com/business/med...

L.A.’s Entertainment Economy Is Looking Like a Disaster Movie

Work is evaporating, businesses are closing, longtime residents are leaving, and Los Angeles’s creative middle class is hanging on by a thread.

www.wsj.com

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 7d

this whale-steak of yours was so very bad, that I have put it out of sight as soon as possible

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Slate @slate.com · 9d

America has lost its taste for beer—and no one saw the real culprit coming. slate.trib.al/6A80waL

Beer Is Officially on the Decline in America. No One Saw the Real Culprit Coming.

The war on suds has multiple fronts—but they all come from the same place.

slate.trib.al

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 9d

New York absolutely can regulate these out of existence and you should sign the petition if you live here or in NJ stopthechopnynj.org

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 9d

Are you a New Yorker who had to deal with overbearing helicopter noise all morning? Don't worry, it was only a mass cocaine airlift to a golf tournament www.jobyaviation.com/news/blade-n...

Blade’s air mobility activation will be one of the largest multi-day civilian helicopter movements in U.S. history | Joby

Blade announced its role as the Official Air Mobility Partner of the 2025 Ryder Cup, taking place September 25–28, 2025, at the iconic Bethpage Black Course in Farmingdale, NY.

www.jobyaviation.com

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Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 10d

We should tax these trips to hell. Congestion pricing for the airspace.

bsky.app/profile/davi...

David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 10d

IT IS NONSTOP www.jobyaviation.com/news/blade-n...

Blade’s air mobility activation will be one of the largest multi-day civilian helicopter movements in U.S. history | Joby

Blade announced its role as the Official Air Mobility Partner of the 2025 Ryder Cup, taking place September 25–28, 2025, at the iconic Bethpage Black Course in Farmingdale, NY.

www.jobyaviation.com

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