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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 Middle East

Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Middle East, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 1700 stories have been published about Middle East which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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Qatar suspends its cease-fire mediation efforts on Gaza

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Al Jazeera

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Trump to worsen our plight: Palestinian, Lebanese victims of Israel’s wars

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UPI

UPI

UN Human Rights leader wants ‘reckoning’ for alleged war crimes

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DPA International

DPA International

Seven dead in Lebanon's Tyre as Israel denies famine in northern Gaza

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Guardian

Guardian

‘Strong likelihood’ of imminent famine in northern Gaza, food experts warn, as Israel continues siege

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DPA International

DPA International

Israel praises Berlin court's ruling on 'river to the sea' slogan

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KEYE

KEYE

CNN: Kamala's confusing message on Gaza and Israel

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CityNews

CityNews

Hungry Palestinians in Gaza search for food, sealed off from aid

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Axios

Axios

Trump tells Palestinian president he wants to end Gaza war

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Israel's Netanyahu appoints new ambassador to United States

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The Jerusalem Post

The Jerusalem Post

IDF eliminates two terrorists involved in October 7 Massacre

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CityNews

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Soldiers want recognition for dangerous mission evacuating Canadian embassy in Libya

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Reuters

Reuters

Nearly 70% of verified Gaza war dead women and children, UN rights office says

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ABC News

ABC News

Middle East latest: Israeli defense minister officially steps down

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Newsweek

Newsweek

Israel Secures $5.2 Billion Deal for 25 Boeing F-15 Fighter Jets

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Quillette

Quillette

From Terror Tunnels to Suicide Drones

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ABC News

ABC News

Yemen's Houthi rebels shoot down what witnesses say was a US drone as American military investigates

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Cbs

Cbs

How President-elect Trump might handle war in Middle East

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ABC News

ABC News

France condemns a spat between Israeli police and French consulate staff at a Jerusalem church

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Telegraph

Telegraph

Outrage as Iraq stands poised to lower the ‘age of consent’ for girls to nine

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