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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 city council

Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about city council, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 85 stories have been published about city council which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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CityNews

CityNews

Speed camera on Parkside Drive chopped down amid approval of bike lanes on the street

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ABC News

ABC News

LA enacts sanctuary city ordinance to prepare for potential mass deportations under Trump

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Global News

Global News

Calgary city council begins budget deliberations with public hearing - Calgary | Globalnews.ca

Global News

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torontosun

torontosun

Letters to the Editor, Nov. 19, 2024

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Guardian

Guardian

Bikes v cars: backlash after Ontario premier threatens to tear up cycling lanes in Toronto

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Foxnews

Foxnews

'Furious' Chicago residents tear into Mayor Brandon Johnson before proposed property tax hike shot down

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calgaryherald

calgaryherald

Bell: Shameless Gondek now insists she fights for Calgary taxpayers

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The Daily Dot

The Daily Dot

Former GOP congressman's $2.5 million GoFundMe trolled over his anti-Obamacare vote

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edmontonjournal

edmontonjournal

Tensions rise at Edmonton city hall over budget process, partisanship accusations

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Latest news stories

calgaryherald

calgaryherald

'A sad day': Century-old church in Airdrie to host final Sunday service

calgaryherald

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ABC News

ABC News

Palm Springs officials approve $5.9M to pay Black and Latino families displaced from neighborhood

ABC News

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edmontonjournal

edmontonjournal

Edmonton Mayor Sohi tries to cut his salary by $3,000 but city council says 'no'

edmontonjournal

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edmontonjournal

edmontonjournal

Edmonton city council hires Eddie Robar as city manager

edmontonjournal

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calgaryherald

calgaryherald

Nelson: Public safety's all relative at City Hall

calgaryherald

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The Texas Tribune

The Texas Tribune

Amarillo voters reject abortion “travel ban,” a rare rebuke of anti-abortion movement in Texas

The Texas Tribune

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edmontonsun

edmontonsun

GUNTER: Time for tough talk on city's tax rate hike

edmontonsun

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torontosun

torontosun

Rachel Chernos Lin, former school board trustee, wins Ward 15 byelection

torontosun

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BBC

BBC

JJ Magee suspended over alleged inappropriate online messages

BBC

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The Register

The Register

Birmingham council faces £216.5M loss over Oracle debacle

The Register

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calgaryherald

calgaryherald

Bell: Calgary drug site stays as Gondek, city council do diddly squat

calgaryherald

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