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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.

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News from Waterloo

Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Waterloo, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 22 stories have been published about Waterloo which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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Winnipeg News | Local Breaking | CTV News Winnipeg

Reports of male armed with knife on U of M campus: Winnipeg police

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Kitchener News | Local Breaking | CTV News Kitchener

Kitchener News | Local Breaking | CTV News Kitchener

Former Waterloo, Ont. school principal pleads guilty to luring, sending sexually explicit material

Kitchener News | Local Breaking | CTV News Kitchener

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calgaryherald

calgaryherald

CPL commish puts return to Edmonton on soccer radar

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Telegraph

Telegraph

Defence Secretary: ‘The Russian conflict led my son to join the Army. Now this is personal to me’

Telegraph

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CityNews

CityNews

Anti-suicide religious group files constitutional challenge against Waterloo, Que.

CityNews

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Global News

Global News

‘Problematic’: Ontario school board removing garbage bins from classrooms | Globalnews.ca

Global News

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NextShark

NextShark

Officials rally behind Ontario man who was told to 'go back to India' in viral video

NextShark

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Global News

Global News

University of Waterloo stabbings: Sentencing hearing continues for attacker | Globalnews.ca

Global News

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CityNews

CityNews

Sentencing hearing continues for man behind 2023 stabbing at University of Waterloo

CityNews

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torontosun

torontosun

Man who pleaded guilty in University of Waterloo stabbings faces sentencing hearing

torontosun

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The Cool Down

The Cool Down

Scientists achieve breakthrough in 3D technology that could revolutionize plastic recycling — here's how it works

The Cool Down

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windsorstar

windsorstar

Gripping success — Windsor students wow judges with 'bionic hand' at Canada's largest hackathon

windsorstar

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Global News

Global News

Crewmember of 150-year-old lost expedition identified using DNA by Ontario researchers | Globalnews.ca

Global News

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Gizmodo

Gizmodo

Disturbing Pile of Amputated Limbs Uncovered at Battle of Waterloo Site

Gizmodo

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CNN

CNN

Puzzling fossil discovery could reveal why Neanderthals disappeared

CNN

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Interesting Engineering

Interesting Engineering

93% efficient solar device makes 20L freshwater daily from seawater

Interesting Engineering

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hellomagazine.com

hellomagazine.com

Inside Jason Manford's home life – from six children to famous brothers

hellomagazine.com

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Interesting Engineering

Interesting Engineering

Fusion reactor built at home, neon transformer used to achieve plasma

Interesting Engineering

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University of Waterloo

University of Waterloo

People seen as wise share these characteristics, according to a new study | Waterloo News

University of Waterloo

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ScienceDaily

ScienceDaily

Smart fabric converts body heat into electricity

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