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Alex Fink

Zuckerman vs Zuckerberg

July 14, 2024

Ethan Zuckerman is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a scholar of digital media. He and his team work to understand the contemporary digital world and build social media systems that are focused on communities, not on profits. Ethan is currently suing Meta (i.e. Facebook) in a landmark case that might (and likely should) change our interpretation of section 230. Please tune in to hear the details of the case and the various ways it could change the social media landscape. It's fascinating!

Prof. Jeff Jarvis - Rewriting Media's Business Model (Yet Again)

May 24, 2024

Jeff Jarvis is a journalism professor at the City College in New York (CUNY), the author of six books, and the cohost of the successful podcast "This week in Google and AI". Jeff spent many years teaching entrepreneurial journalism - and God knows journalism could use some entrepreneurial spirit, right about now. Please check out Jeff's books, The Gutenberg Parenthesis and Magazine, both from Bloomsbury (discount codes here: gutenbergparenthesis.com).

Donald Robertson - Where Philosophy Meets Psychology

June 22, 2024

Our guest today is Donald Robertson - Donald is a cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist and author of several books, including How to Think Like a Roman Emperor and, more recently, Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor. He is one of the founders of the Modern Stoicism nonprofit organization and the founder and president of the Plato's Academy Centre in Athens, Greece. He was born in Scotland but now lives in Montreal, Canada. His upcoming book, How to Think Like Socrates, will be released later this year, and can be preordered on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or anywhere else books are generally sold.

Rick Edmonds - Analyzing the Financial Decline of Legacy Media

July 8, 2024

Rick Edmonds is the media business analyst for the Poynter Institute, a school and study center for working journalists. He has been doing research and writing for 25 years on the financial decline of legacy media, newspapers particularly, and the rise of new media alternatives. His reporting and commentary appear regularly on the Poynter Online site. He has spoken to conference groups in the U.S.A. and in Paris, Norway, Madrid, Vienna and Chile.

Jonathan Green - How To Make ChatGPT and Other Tools Useful (Right Now)

July 5, 2024

Welcome to the Otherweb. Our guest today is Jonathan Green - a bestselling author of hundreds of books, a celebrity ghostwriter, and an expert in using artificial intelligence tools to their utmost capacity. This is the best conversation I've had on the practical implications of ChatGPT and how regular people can augment their own capabilities by using these tools as a shortcut.

1h 4m

📌 Deportations, Nigeria’s Kidnappings, More

Angela Palmer

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TOP STORY

TOP STORY

Highest deportation of people in 10 years

WORLD

WORLD

Over 2M Nigerians kidnapped, 600K killed

TECHNOLOGY

TECHNOLOGY

N Korean hackers stole $1.8B in crypto

All Stories

Summary

Mother Jones

Mother Jones

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Kansas plans to phase out subminimum wage for disabled people

Mother Jones

Summary

Nutrition label

77% Informative

The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 has made it legal to pay disabled people less than minimum wage if they have a certificate.

Only 14 other states have passed laws to phase out this practice.

A US Government Accountability Office report found that most 14(c) workers earn less than $3.50 an hour.

VR Score

76

Informative language

73

Neutral language

44

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

65

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

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https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-105116 https://www.teenvogue.com/story/hundreds-of-companies-legally-pay-disabled-workers-below-minimum-wage-this-needs-to-change https://news.bloombergtax.com/payroll/virginia-to-end-subminimum-wages-for-disabled-workers-in-2030 https://publications.ici.umn.edu/frontline-initiative/15-1/DSP-Expectations-Employment https://www.kuer.org/health-care/2019-04-08/sheltered-workshops-for-people-with-disabilities-a-reliable-opportunity-or-an-outdated-system https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/workers-with-disabilities/section-14c/certificate-holders https://www.aapd.com/aapd-supports-14c-review/https://www.kctv5.com/2024/02/09/kansas-gov-signs-bill-start-eliminate-minimum-wage-those-with-disabilities/https://apse.org/state-legislation/

Source diversity

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www.gao.gov www.teenvogue.com news.bloombergtax.com publications.ici.umn.edu www.kuer.org www.dol.gov www.aapd.com www.kctv5.com apse.org

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