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UK 2023: Chapter Two>London: Covent Garden, The Tour Bus, Tower of London/Tower Bridge, London Bridge
By Michael Downing Covent Garden Covent Garden: So nice we went twice. Located southeast of Soho, Covent Garden is famous for its central square, shopping, souvenirs, food, and the Royal Opera House (plus about half-a-million people, or so it seemed). We initially wandered over on Wednesday afternoon (it was reasonably crowded) and then again on…
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UK 2023: Chapter One>London: Red Eye to Heathrow, Piccadilly Circus, Soho/45 Broadwick Street
By Michael Downing The Red-Eye to Heathrow We took the red eye out of Newark and landed at Heathrow at 7 am, disoriented and quite a bit depersonalized. A friendly woman on the people-mover noticed our Hokas and modeled hers. “Those are cool,” Jackie said. Hers are purple; Jackie’s are pink; mine are black. “I…
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Keystone Newspaper Student Publishing Group Banner and Logo May 2023
Katherine North created this artwork for The Keystone Newspaper. It is published here with her permission under Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0).
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Continued Thoughts on ChatGPT and AI in General
By Michael Downing I used to travel to San Jose regularly to cover the tech sector. One day a software engineer told me over a doughnut that there was a growing recognition that silicon (aka “silicate materials”)—the second-most frequently occurring element on Earth (after oxygen)—was attempting to become sentient and using humans as a host. …
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Ceramic Floor Tiles from the PA State Capitol
The floor tiles inside the PA State Capitol were made by Henry Chapman Mercer. There are almost 400 picture tiles representing 254 images and is the largest single collection of Mercer tiles in the world.
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Photos from Inside the PA State Capitol
We traveled to the PA State Capitol on Thursday, Feb. 23 to watch the PA House consider a bill that would help childhood sexual abuse survivors seek justice from their abusers. The images below are from the Capitol building.
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