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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 Pacific Islands

Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Pacific Islands, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 17 stories have been published about Pacific Islands which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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Reuters

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Palau, US security ally in Pacific, holds election

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Commonwealth leaders say sinking nations should keep their maritime boundaries

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VOA

VOA

Conservative think tank pushes US to continue engagement in Pacific

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VOA

VOA

US supports two permanent UN Security Council seats for Africa

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BBC

BBC

Climate change leaves future of Pacific Islands tourism 'highly uncertain'

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BBC

BBC

Rivals try to woo the Pacific as climate change bites

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ABC

ABC

'Just a stuff-up': Pacific Islands officials say error to blame for Taiwan reference that angered China

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Reuters

Reuters

Pacific leaders remove Taiwan from communique after China complaint

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ABC

ABC

China responds furiously after Pacific leaders reject bid to cut ties with Taiwan

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The Diplomat

The Diplomat

Pacific Islands Agree on $270 Million Pacific Policing Initiative

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The Week

The Week

The polycrisis facing the Pacific Islands

The Week

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ABC News

ABC News

What is the Pacific Islands Forum? How a summit for the world's tiniest nations became a global draw

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Live Science

Live Science

Humans were living near West Papua at least 55,000 years ago, study finds

Live Science

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ABC News

ABC News

New Zealand official says Western neglect of Pacific Islands let other nations boost their influence

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VOA

VOA

US Pacific territories near status upgrade at islands summit

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Reuters

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France's Macron approves Pacific leaders visit to troubled New Caledonia

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Pacific Islands to build climate disaster warehouses

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