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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 prisons

Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about prisons, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 61 stories have been published about prisons which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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ABC News

ABC News

Private prison firms contributed more than $1M to Trump's reelection. Now they expect a business boom

ABC News

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Telegraph

Telegraph

Prisons minister opens door to allowing female criminals to avoid jail

Telegraph

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Techdirt

Techdirt

What looks like a horror show to many of us is being greeted with unrestrained glee by the CEOs of this country’s two largest private prison companies

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ABC News

ABC News

In Trump’s deportation plan, the private prison industry sees a lucrative opportunity

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Sky News

Sky News

Rat urine smell 'overpowering' at 'squalid' and 'decrepit' prison, watchdog says

Sky News

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Home Page

Home Page

Iraqi parliament debates controversial amendment to amnesty law

Home Page

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Gadget Review

Gadget Review

UK's High-Tech Digital Prison Plans Raise Privacy Concerns

Gadget Review

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Christian Science Monitor

Christian Science Monitor

It’s a ‘law and order’ election in Georgia – with a twist

Christian Science Monitor

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Guardian

Guardian

Justice secretary urged to place Winchester prison into emergency measures

Guardian

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ABC News

ABC News

The Menendez brothers built a green space in prison. It’s modeled on this Norwegian idea

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LBC

LBC

'They are caged like animals': HM Wandsworth staff reveals the shocking state of British prisons

LBC

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iNews (Indonesia)

iNews (Indonesia)

Labour is locking itself into a prisons paradox

iNews (Indonesia)

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Politics.co.uk

Politics.co.uk

The Conservative herd moves behind its choice to be party leader - Politics.co.uk

Politics.co.uk

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Telegraph

Telegraph

Criminals could serve sentences at home, under plans to be considered in sentencing review

Telegraph

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BBC

BBC

More prisoners to be freed early to ease overcrowding in jails

BBC

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ABC News

ABC News

Book Reviews: Two new books raise big concerns about innocent men in our prisons

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DW

With Gaza war next door, human rights in Egypt are ignored

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ABC News

ABC News

AP PHOTOS: A look at life inside Paraguay's overcrowded prisons

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The Kyiv Independent

The Kyiv Independent

At least 177 Ukrainian POWs have died in Russian captivity, Kyiv says

The Kyiv Independent

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KUT Radio, Austin's NPR Station

KUT Radio, Austin's NPR Station

Some convicted felons can actually vote from prison in Texas. Here's why.

KUT Radio, Austin's NPR Station

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