Tami Abdollah
@latams.bsky.social
Senior editor @noemamag.com. Priors: USA TODAY, The Associated Press, Los Angeles Times. Pitch me! DM or 📧 edit(at)http://noemamag.com
We can’t keep hitting up the richest to meet today’s affordability challenge. In an economy where the top 10% own 93% of all financial market equities, “it can only be met by spreading the wealth of ownership more broadly in the first place,” argues Nathan Gardels.
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Address ‘Affordability’ By Spreading AI Wealth Around | NOEMA
The emergent “coalition of the precariat” should embrace the idea of universal basic capital.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
We can’t keep hitting up the richest to meet today’s affordability challenge. In an economy where the top 10% own 93% of all financial market equities, “it can only be met by spreading the wealth of ownership more broadly in the first place,” argues Nathan Gardels.
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“Trump’s trade policy bypasses multilateralism, instead compelling each country to negotiate bilaterally — on America’s terms. In doing so, Trump is not merely reacting to a broken global order. He is forcing others into an entirely new one.”
—Hui Huang
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—Hui Huang
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Welcome To The New Warring States | NOEMA
Today’s global turbulence has echoes in Chinese history.
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October 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
“Trump’s trade policy bypasses multilateralism, instead compelling each country to negotiate bilaterally — on America’s terms. In doing so, Trump is not merely reacting to a broken global order. He is forcing others into an entirely new one.”
—Hui Huang
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—Hui Huang
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Our gravest AI risk isn't runaway superintelligence but our cultural readiness to surrender collective judgment to algorithmic systems, Andrew Sorota argues in his @noemamag.com piece this week
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Rescuing Democracy From The Quiet Rule Of AI | NOEMA
Our gravest AI risk isn’t runaway superintelligence but our cultural readiness to surrender collective judgment to algorithmic systems.
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October 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Our gravest AI risk isn't runaway superintelligence but our cultural readiness to surrender collective judgment to algorithmic systems, Andrew Sorota argues in his @noemamag.com piece this week
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Very proud of @mariafarrell.bsky.social and @robin.berjon.com for their selection!
Look what came in the mail! Cc @mariafarrell.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Very proud of @mariafarrell.bsky.social and @robin.berjon.com for their selection!
“AI sovereignty, as it currently plays out outside of the U.S.-China vacuum, is not a banner‐waving claim to territorial control; rather, it manifests itself as the quiet right to decide what counts as knowledge & how that knowledge shows up in the world.”
—@digitaldang.bsky.social
—@digitaldang.bsky.social
A Third Path For AI Beyond The US-China Binary | NOEMA
What if the future of AI isn’t defined by Washington or Beijing, but by improvisation elsewhere?
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September 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
“AI sovereignty, as it currently plays out outside of the U.S.-China vacuum, is not a banner‐waving claim to territorial control; rather, it manifests itself as the quiet right to decide what counts as knowledge & how that knowledge shows up in the world.”
—@digitaldang.bsky.social
—@digitaldang.bsky.social
As a journo who has spent time on fact-check desks, this story was an interesting one to edit.
“The last decade has made clear that we aren’t going to fact-check or inoculate our way toward a healthier civic culture.”
—@zevesanderson.com & Scott Babwah Brennen
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“The last decade has made clear that we aren’t going to fact-check or inoculate our way toward a healthier civic culture.”
—@zevesanderson.com & Scott Babwah Brennen
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We Failed The Misinformation Fight. Now What? | NOEMA
Defending democracy in the digital age will require moving beyond the focus of fighting online misinformation.
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August 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
As a journo who has spent time on fact-check desks, this story was an interesting one to edit.
“The last decade has made clear that we aren’t going to fact-check or inoculate our way toward a healthier civic culture.”
—@zevesanderson.com & Scott Babwah Brennen
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“The last decade has made clear that we aren’t going to fact-check or inoculate our way toward a healthier civic culture.”
—@zevesanderson.com & Scott Babwah Brennen
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“The stark cognitive dissonance between how people feel about social media & how they use it is one sign that we have entered a new era in our relationship with these platforms.”
— @mikesmariani.bsky.social
— @mikesmariani.bsky.social
How We Became Captives Of Social Media | NOEMA
Today’s social media has shifted from social networking platforms to AI-enhanced conveyor belts of vapid entertainment. Is there any escape?
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August 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“The stark cognitive dissonance between how people feel about social media & how they use it is one sign that we have entered a new era in our relationship with these platforms.”
— @mikesmariani.bsky.social
— @mikesmariani.bsky.social
So proud to be a part of the Noema Magazine team — and in this video, too!
Noema is a magazine whose goal is not to “keep up” but to slow down and think.
Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how we do what we do.
#noema #magazines #independentpublishing
Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how we do what we do.
#noema #magazines #independentpublishing
August 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
So proud to be a part of the Noema Magazine team — and in this video, too!
Beneath the rise of AI lies a deeper transformation: Power now flows through networks, emerges in patterns, & governs not by edict, but by architecture, @pettertornberg.com & @uitermark.bsky.social argue
The Ascendance Of Algorithmic Tyranny | NOEMA
As today’s platforms become all-powerful, the metaphors we use to describe our digitally infused world exemplify a new, stealthier form of domination that is emerging.
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July 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Beneath the rise of AI lies a deeper transformation: Power now flows through networks, emerges in patterns, & governs not by edict, but by architecture, @pettertornberg.com & @uitermark.bsky.social argue
The rift between conservatives & MAGA may be more consequential than the street demonstrations in Los Angeles, writes Nathan Gardels in @NoemaMag this week.
Molecular Civil War In LA | NOEMA
The rift between conservatives and MAGA may be more consequential than street demonstrations.
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June 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The rift between conservatives & MAGA may be more consequential than the street demonstrations in Los Angeles, writes Nathan Gardels in @NoemaMag this week.
The tech oligarchs choosing “to throw their lot in with the MAGA movement is not because they have all shifted allegiance from the political left to the political right,” Dan Zimmer writes.
Rather, they see Trump as someone who won’t stand in the way of their goals for technological advancement.
Rather, they see Trump as someone who won’t stand in the way of their goals for technological advancement.
A New Political Compass | NOEMA
The politics of left versus right no longer make sense when the future of all earthly life is at stake.
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June 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The tech oligarchs choosing “to throw their lot in with the MAGA movement is not because they have all shifted allegiance from the political left to the political right,” Dan Zimmer writes.
Rather, they see Trump as someone who won’t stand in the way of their goals for technological advancement.
Rather, they see Trump as someone who won’t stand in the way of their goals for technological advancement.
Reposted by Tami Abdollah
“America is now spending more on interest payments on debt than on the defense budget for the first time in its history.”
—Niall Ferguson
#politics #american #history
—Niall Ferguson
#politics #american #history
America Is In A Late Republic Stage Like Rome | NOEMA
History suggests republics don’t last more than 250 years.
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May 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Wow, congratulations! @mariafarrell.bsky.social
A year to the day that @robin.berjon.com and my viral article was published by @latams.bsky.social at @noemamag.com I got news that
My book proposal "Rewild and Resist: How ecology can tame Big Tech to create a world we want to live in"
may just have found its dream US publisher! More news soon...
My book proposal "Rewild and Resist: How ecology can tame Big Tech to create a world we want to live in"
may just have found its dream US publisher! More news soon...
April 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Wow, congratulations! @mariafarrell.bsky.social
Reposted by Tami Abdollah
A year ago today, @mariafarrell.bsky.social and I published "We Need To Rewild The Internet" with @noemamag.com, edited by @latams.bsky.social.
First things first, if you haven't read it yet, today's a great to find out why it's still a hit a year on: www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-r...
First things first, if you haven't read it yet, today's a great to find out why it's still a hit a year on: www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-r...
We Need To Rewild The Internet | NOEMA
The internet has become an extractive and fragile monoculture. But we can revitalize it using lessons learned by ecologists.
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April 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A year ago today, @mariafarrell.bsky.social and I published "We Need To Rewild The Internet" with @noemamag.com, edited by @latams.bsky.social.
First things first, if you haven't read it yet, today's a great to find out why it's still a hit a year on: www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-r...
First things first, if you haven't read it yet, today's a great to find out why it's still a hit a year on: www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-r...
The divergence between China’s climate ambitions & America’s current outright denial of the crisis “could well lead to democratic capitalism’s hegemonic decline,” @doctorvive.bsky.social argues.
Trump’s Climate Denial Is A Gift To China (Who’s Ready To Receive It) | NOEMA
Far from making America great again, the Trump regime’s climate denial could enable China to assume the mantle of global economic leadership — a devastating blow to democracy.
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April 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The divergence between China’s climate ambitions & America’s current outright denial of the crisis “could well lead to democratic capitalism’s hegemonic decline,” @doctorvive.bsky.social argues.
Excited to share this piece by Blaise Agüera y Arcas & James Manyika on how advances in AI are changing how we think of intelligence & giving us clues to unlocking AI's full potential.
AI Is Evolving — And Changing Our Understanding Of Intelligence | NOEMA
Advances in AI are making us reconsider what intelligence is and giving us clues to unlocking AI’s full potential.
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April 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Excited to share this piece by Blaise Agüera y Arcas & James Manyika on how advances in AI are changing how we think of intelligence & giving us clues to unlocking AI's full potential.
Well deserved! Congrats to @mariafarrell.bsky.social and @robin.berjon.com both!
Read the email and thought: MUST BE A MISTAKE
...
but
"We need to rewild the internet" by @robin.berjon.com + me for @noemamag.com will be in this year's
Best American Science and Nature Writing anthology!!!!!
Thank you, @jaimealyse.bsky.social and @susanorlean.bsky.social ky.social
...
but
"We need to rewild the internet" by @robin.berjon.com + me for @noemamag.com will be in this year's
Best American Science and Nature Writing anthology!!!!!
Thank you, @jaimealyse.bsky.social and @susanorlean.bsky.social ky.social
We Need To Rewild The Internet | NOEMA
The internet has become an extractive and fragile monoculture. But we can revitalize it using lessons learned by ecologists.
www.noemamag.com
March 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Well deserved! Congrats to @mariafarrell.bsky.social and @robin.berjon.com both!
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“The days of pretending we have binary, easy-to-recognize categories of machines & living beings are over.”
— @drmichaellevin.bsky.social
— @drmichaellevin.bsky.social
Living Things Are Not Machines (Also, They Totally Are) | NOEMA
Our formal models of life, computers and materials fail to tell the entire story of their capabilities and limitations.
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March 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“The days of pretending we have binary, easy-to-recognize categories of machines & living beings are over.”
— @drmichaellevin.bsky.social
— @drmichaellevin.bsky.social
Team Trump’s wobbling upheaval undermines faith in the future | Nathan Gardens in @noemamag.com www.noemamag.com/evolutionary...
Evolutionary Stability Is The Better Bet | NOEMA
Team Trump’s wobbling upheaval undermines faith in the future.
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March 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Team Trump’s wobbling upheaval undermines faith in the future | Nathan Gardens in @noemamag.com www.noemamag.com/evolutionary...
Hey folks, @noemamag.com is at #SWSX in the expo hall near the “Next Stage.” Come find us and chat!
March 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Hey folks, @noemamag.com is at #SWSX in the expo hall near the “Next Stage.” Come find us and chat!
A fascinating piece for these times:
“The major illiberal regimes worldwide today are ready & willing to use the soft & hard powers of the state to realize their visions of the good life. They are in the business of crafting souls, or soulcraft.”
—Alexandre Lefebvre
“The major illiberal regimes worldwide today are ready & willing to use the soft & hard powers of the state to realize their visions of the good life. They are in the business of crafting souls, or soulcraft.”
—Alexandre Lefebvre
From Statecraft To Soulcraft | NOEMA
How the world’s illiberal powers like Russia and China rule through their visions of the good life.
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March 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A fascinating piece for these times:
“The major illiberal regimes worldwide today are ready & willing to use the soft & hard powers of the state to realize their visions of the good life. They are in the business of crafting souls, or soulcraft.”
—Alexandre Lefebvre
“The major illiberal regimes worldwide today are ready & willing to use the soft & hard powers of the state to realize their visions of the good life. They are in the business of crafting souls, or soulcraft.”
—Alexandre Lefebvre
“The impact of this dramatic departure of the United States from being the leading promoter & defender of a liberal internationalist order to the chief architect of its demolition is only just beginning to register worldwide.”
—Nathan Gardels
—Nathan Gardels
Trump As Sovereign Decisionist | NOEMA
Applying economic coercion through mercantile might.
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February 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
“The impact of this dramatic departure of the United States from being the leading promoter & defender of a liberal internationalist order to the chief architect of its demolition is only just beginning to register worldwide.”
—Nathan Gardels
—Nathan Gardels
Reposted by Tami Abdollah
Artificial intelligence, this piece argues, forces a reckoning with the deeply rooted binaries of modern thought. The real challenge is to embrace AI as a philosophical phenomenon and to rethink what it means to be human.
By Tobias Rees in @noemamag.com
https://buff.ly/41n3SkN
By Tobias Rees in @noemamag.com
https://buff.ly/41n3SkN
Why AI Is A Philosophical Rupture | NOEMA
The symbiosis of humans and technology portends a new AIxial Age.
buff.ly
February 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Artificial intelligence, this piece argues, forces a reckoning with the deeply rooted binaries of modern thought. The real challenge is to embrace AI as a philosophical phenomenon and to rethink what it means to be human.
By Tobias Rees in @noemamag.com
https://buff.ly/41n3SkN
By Tobias Rees in @noemamag.com
https://buff.ly/41n3SkN
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“As the great powers battle it out over the shape of the world order, visionary leaders of small nations are pragmatically positioning themselves as best they can for whatever comes next.”
—Nathan Gardels
—Nathan Gardels
Visionary Leaders Of Small Nations | NOEMA
Singapore and Malaysia join to weave a path between America and China.
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January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“As the great powers battle it out over the shape of the world order, visionary leaders of small nations are pragmatically positioning themselves as best they can for whatever comes next.”
—Nathan Gardels
—Nathan Gardels
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“I felt that my byline was being used to create a storyline that was no longer mine. So I left.”
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Departing the New York Times
I left to stay true to my byline
contrarian.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“I felt that my byline was being used to create a storyline that was no longer mine. So I left.”
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