Travel editor, writer, and content strategist. City life. Theater. Figure skating? Former staff at Lonely Planet, The Points Guy, ShermansTravel.
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Hi there! I’m Laura. I’m a NYC-based travel editor and content strategist. The Escapologist has news, destination guides, and essays about travel, culture, and the culture of travel. And yes I occasionally cover figure skating and Broadway. open.substack.com/pub/lauram…
Listen to the mf pope.
The future of #ArtificialIntelligence is not pre-determined. As a technology developed by human beings, its future depends on the choices we make. We therefore have the responsibility to guide, change and, when necessary, reject its applications. A reliable system that serves the human person is of greater value than one that is exceptionally powerful but whose consequences cannot be adequately foreseen or controlled.
This week on The Escapologist! Wrote about lovely, low-key Fukuoka, Japan. Despite having a bigger population than Osaka, it feels super local and laidback. A place where I love to shop, visit hidden-away shrines and temples, and... hang out. open.substack.com/pub/lauram…
Anyway I’m sitting next to a French-speaking guy and his little son on the train and the kid is wearing a bucket hat that’s covered in U.S. national parks Junior Ranger pins. Hope in small doses, friends.
Do you sometimes imagine Chris as a Ratatouille-esque cartoon rat commentating into a giant, human-size microphone? No? Just me?
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When music suddenly stopped at a Kyiv ice rink and a siren blared out announcing a drone threat, Ukraine's top young skaters didn't miss a beat, and carried on perfecting jumps and honing twizzles.
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I love Ami. Don’t get me wrong. But this costume is very Marchesa at the 2011 Emmys. #GPFigure
Yu-Seong Kim’s program is brilliant. Such a good music choice, so well utilized. Instant fan. #GPFigure