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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 South Africa

Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about South Africa, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 125 stories have been published about South Africa which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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Coalition partners try to put distance between parties

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ISGAP

ISGAP

For Immediate Release: The South African ANC Government’s Dangerous Alliances with Iran, Qatar, and Hamas

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BBC

BBC

Warren Gatland: Wales head coach considers future after record loss.

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BBC

Matt Dawson column: I am reluctant to criticise England but change is needed

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Telegraph

Telegraph

South Africa Autumn Internationals 2024: Fixtures, how to watch on TV and our match predictions

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Reuters

Reuters

New tech requires rulebook revamp, says S.Africa's communications regulator

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BBC

BBC

England v South Africa: Can hosts keep faith in the blitz?

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CNN

CNN

South African government refuses to help hundreds of illegal miners in disused shaft | CNN

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BBC

BBC

Stilfontein mine: Thousands of illegal 'zama zama' miners remain underground in South Africa

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CBS News

CBS News

4,000 miners cut off from supplies in underground standoff over illegal mining in South Africa

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Telegraph

Telegraph

England v South Africa, Autumn Internationals 2024: Date, start time, how to watch and prediction

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ABC News

ABC News

South African government says it won't help 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine

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Telegraph

Telegraph

Jannes Labuschagne: Jesus spoke to me in Twickenham showers after Jonny Wilkinson red card

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ABC News

ABC News

South Africa's soccer president Danny Jordaan arrested on fraud and theft charges

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torontosun

Bird flu hits site with half of world's wandering albatrosses

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BBC

BBC

Autumn Nations Series: Scotland beaten by Springboks after controversial red card

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South Africa is the world’s most dangerous country for women, according to Asher & Lyric’s Women’s Danger Index

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Sky News

Sky News

Prince William aiming to carry out duties with 'a smaller R in the royal'

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BBC

BBC

England in South Africa: Maia Bouchier and Freya Kemp in Test squad

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William: Prince of Wales says its been hardest year of his life

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