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#10: AI résumés, Trump-whispering, and the 'green to guns pipeline'

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Io Dodds
October 24, 2025

A speaker at an anti-ICE rally in San Francisco’s Embarcadero Plaza, the same day Trump relented on his promise to send federal agents en masse to San Francisco. PIC: Io Dodds for The Independent

Jesus, what a week! On Monday, Trump flooding San Francisco with federal troops was an imminent but still unrealised prospect. On Wednesday, it was already in motion. And now it has been unexpectedly called off — for now.

Just the headlines his time, so let’s get to it.

I dug deep into the strange ‘green to guns pipeline’, in which green tech companies and investors are scrambling to reboot themselves as guardians of national security. It’s all part of a striking embrace of military tech by an industry traditionally so reluctant to get into bed with Uncle Sam.

U.S. officials observe a drone made by Skydio, a defense tech start-up. PIC: Anna Moneymaker/Getty

A robot stands in for an outgoing high school student in Manila, 2020. PIC: Jim Sta Rosa / AFP via Getty Images

The short answer is “usually no”, but the long answer is actually pretty interesting. There is a rapidly unfolding arms race between overworked recruiters and desperate jobseekers, and goddess only knows where it’s all going to end.

So who are these modern day Abrahams who who averted the presidential hellfire? Many of my readers will know them already but what you might not know is how they’ve all interacted with city politics of late.

SF mayor Daniel Lurie plays tennis against Roger Federer. PIC: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images for Laver Cup

Thanks for reading! As always, you can find me on Bluesky here, on X here, and read my recent stories for The Independent here.