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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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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about United Nations, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 95 stories have been published about United Nations which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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Rob Black: Prioritize soil health or face still higher food prices

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Latin Times

Australia Breaks with US, Votes to Recognize 'Permanent Sovereignty' of Palestinians for the First Time

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ABC News

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Protesters' biggest day expected at UN climate talks, where progress is slow

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Guardian

Over 1,700 coal, oil and gas lobbyists granted access to Cop29, says report

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AI could help scale humanitarian responses. But it could also have big downsides

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‘We may have less to offer’: US negotiators confront diminished standing at COP29

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CityNews

CityNews

Canada steadfast on climate plan despite Trump re-election: Guilbeault

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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

Gender inequality ingrained in global climate negotiations, say researchers

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Cbs

Cbs

Activists sound alarm at COP29 in Azerbaijan

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UPI

UPI

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

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ABC News

ABC News

80 countries have been led by a woman, but not the US

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The Kyiv Independent

The Kyiv Independent

UN secretary general 'very concerned' about reports of North Korean troops in Russia

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Yle News

Yle News

Environment minister: UN Biodiversity Conference a "disappointment"

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DPA International

DPA International

UN World Food Programme says it cannot replace UNRWA in Gaza

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Phys Org

Phys Org

Five things individuals can do to combat the biodiversity crisis as the world talks about it at COP16

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Reuters

Reuters

Russia asks at UN: If West aids Ukraine, why can't North Korea help us?

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NBC News

NBC News

Israel bans UNRWA, the U.N. relief agency for Palestinian refugees

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Le Monde

Le Monde

France's hijab bans in sports is 'discriminatory,' say UN experts

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Engadget

Engadget

Latest UN report demands 'unprecedented' emissions cuts to salvage climate goals

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Reuters

Reuters

Explainer-Countries must report nature protection plans to the UN. What does that mean?

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