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Anne Reilly - The Ideasphere Hypothesis

January 12, 2025

Anne Riley has been on a lifelong quest to understand how humans logically fit into life's panorama. Her book, The Human Idea, introduces some interesting concepts that try to refine Dawkins' "memes" and Harari's "fictions" - we invited her to explore these ideas and try to poke some holes in them. Enjoy!

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.

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News from Federal employees

Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Federal employees, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 52 stories have been published about Federal employees which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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Sheriff Javier Salazar offers jobs to federal workers impacted by Musk layoffs

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Jordan slams criticism of federal employee overhaul: ‘Ridiculous’

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Agencies seek guidance on latest Musk OPM email, with some urging employees to hold off responding

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DOGE Email Throws Federal Agencies Into Chaos and Confusion

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Federal employees scramble as some terminations across agencies are rescinded

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Over 1,000 NASA employees saved from dismissal as Trump downsizes federal workforce

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US judge clears the way for tens of thousands of federal workers to take Trump buyout

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SiouxlandProud | Sioux City, IA | News, Weather, and Sports

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US Politics

Trump’s buyout offer accepted by about 77,000 federal workers, White House says

SiouxlandProud | Sioux City, IA | News, Weather, and Sports

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Space

Science

Science

NASA denies setting 'new bans' for employees amid reports of removing LGBTQI+ symbols from offices

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CBS News

CBS News

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US Politics

Judge allows Trump's deferred resignations plan for federal workers to proceed

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Verge

Verge

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Trump administration illegally allowed DOGE to access workers’ data, lawsuit alleges

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DC News Now | Washington, DC

DC News Now | Washington, DC

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Business & Economics

Judge to decide lawfulness of federal worker buyout offer

DC News Now | Washington, DC

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Christian Science Monitor

Christian Science Monitor

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‘We are ... being demonized’: Federal workers grapple with a demoralizing assault

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ABC News

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US Politics

Judge to decide fate of Trump's federal buyout offer

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Snopes.com

Snopes.com

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Clinton initiative cut over 377K federal jobs in the 1990s. It's not comparable to Trump's effort

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NBC News

NBC News

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US Politics

Is the Trump administration's buyout offer to federal employees legal?

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ABC News

ABC News

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US Politics

Democrats demand investigation into Musk's alleged 'conflicts' over billions in fed contracts

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Insider

Insider

US Politics

US Politics

Over 40,000 federal workers have accepted the buyout — far fewer than the White House hoped

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CBS News

CBS News

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US Politics

Millions of federal workers face Feb. 6 deadline over whether to resign. Here's what to know.

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NewsNation

NewsNation

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US Politics

Trump OPM buyout offers leave federal workers with risky decisions

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