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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, 55 stories have been published about Edinburgh which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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Finlay MacDonald: Skye murder accused felt 'humiliated' by brother-in-law

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Stephen Flynn: Reaction to 2026 Holyrood bid 'not pleasant'

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Interesting Engineering

Interesting Engineering

Wave-busting tech from Edinburgh keeps robots steady in stormy waters

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Last of the week

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Royal Mile 'lawless' with smash-and-grab thieves caught on CCTV

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BBC UK

BBC UK

Government admits new Rosebank oil field approved unlawfully

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BBC

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Baby red panda dies from firework stress, says Edinburgh Zoo

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Man who died after being hit by bus in Cowgate, Edinburgh, named

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Bonfire Night disorder across Edinburgh - youths hurl fireworks at police and start fires

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BBC

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Police to use stop and search powers to tackle Bonfire Night disorder in Edinburgh

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BBC

BBC

Why is the SNP government facing £170m court case over recycling scheme?

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Welcome to Edinburgh Zoo

Welcome to Edinburgh Zoo

Moo Deng who? Edinburgh Zoo welcomes Haggis the endangered pygmy hippo calf

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Mashable

Mashable

'Who Deng?' Meet Haggis, the newest hippo sensation from Edinburgh Zoo

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BBC

BBC

Edinburgh children's hospital has been our home for 17 months

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Police officers rush to crash scene after 'severed head found in street'

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BBC

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Fireworks and bricks thrown at police and buses in Edinburgh

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When the clocks go back, this landmark will still be wrong

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US airline pilot caught with stun gun at Edinburgh Airport

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Woman, 91, who killed toddler should not have been driving - inquiry

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I'm scared I'll lose my sight when Edinburgh eye hospital closes

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Telegraph

Telegraph

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

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