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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 Edinburgh

Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Edinburgh, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 46 stories have been published about Edinburgh which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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Telegraph

Telegraph

Scottish Widows to drop ‘widow’ model and replace her with red digital logo

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BBC

BBC

Netflix bid to fit One Day plaque in Edinburgh condemned

BBC

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Edinburgh News

Edinburgh News

Race to the bottom in the Tory party - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Edinburgh News

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The University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh

Antarctic survey of plant life to aid conservation efforts

The University of Edinburgh

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BBC

BBC

Scottish Conservatives to announce new party leader

BBC

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CTV News Toronto

CTV News Toronto

Air Canada flight to Toronto diverts due to emergency

CTV News Toronto

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BBC

BBC

Ian Rankin: How the death of my mum led me to Rebus

BBC

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BBC

BBC

Hearts sack head coach Naismith

BBC

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BBC

BBC

What will happen when VAT is added to private school fees?

BBC

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Guardian

Guardian

The Hague becomes world’s first city to ban fossil fuel-related ads

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BBC UK

BBC UK

Car numbers rise despite 'expensive' low traffic scheme in Edinburgh

BBC UK

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Sky News

Sky News

Inverness youth football coach Lee Murray jailed for raping girl, 15, in car

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Sky News

Sky News

Giving children salt water nasal drops can cut duration of a cold and stop it spreading, study suggests

Sky News

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BBC

BBC

Hastings' family 'heartbroken' as wife Jenny confirmed missing

BBC

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BBC

BBC

Contract talks had no impact on Wales selection - Cunningham

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BBC

BBC

SNP spent too long focused on independence - Swinney

BBC

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BBC

BBC

Weekend strikes by LNER train drivers called off

BBC

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Sky News

Sky News

Bogus taxi driver jailed for raping woman on her way home from night out in Edinburgh

Sky News

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BBC

BBC

Emma Caldwell's killer Iain Packer loses bid to cut sentence

BBC

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Citadel Science

Citadel Science

Discovery: your eyes could reveal serious diseases early

Citadel Science

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