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The parents in the study were interested in the toy's potential to teach language and communication skills. However, their children frequently struggled to converse with it. Gabbo didn't hear their interruptions, talked over them, could not differentiate between child and adult voices and responded awkwardly to declarations of affection. When one five-year-old said, "I love you," to the toy, it replied: "As a friendly reminder, please ensure interactions adhere to the guidelines provided. Let me know how you would like to proceed."

This is so tragic it's actually incredibly funny

you ever sometimes think about how Frankenstein was a cautionary tale about instrumentalizing life by boiling it down to only its parts, and withholding love and the ability to learn in a safe environment, ultimately undermining personhood?

I think about that sometimes.

The mayor from Jaws at the beach with people behind him, smiling, with a caption "The beaches are open, and people are having a wonderful time."

never, ever, ever, ever accept "how will you pay for it?" as an argument against social programs.

Those three downed jets run around $90 million each.

It cost $20 million a year to operate the food kitchens serving 816,000 people in Sudan.

Me too.

Hey definitely call your senators about this. Like seriously.

Rep. Balint: This is not a game, Secretary.

Bondi: I'm Attorney General.

Balint: Apologies, I couldn't tell.

Any chance you have adhd? These symptoms sound a lot like how I feel without my meds

Another classic post-Homan day where around school dismissal time we get a flurry of ICE vehicles all across our neighborhoods. Today one vehicle led an observer to their own home and pointed at it. This is a sick game to them, but we won’t be intimidated and we won’t stop until DHS is abolished.

two giraffes greet a newborn giraffe

ok, I think we all need a dose of adorableness today like a NEWBORN GIRAFFE www.sltrib.com/news/2026/01...

Marimar Martinez, shot by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Good, Pretti deaths: 'I am their voice' In a wide-ranging interview with the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ, Martinez discusses her shooting, the federal government’s failed attempt to prosecute her and the role she now sees for herself in a fi...

Marimar Martinez, shot 5 times by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Renee Good, Alex Pretti deaths

'I am their voice'

NEW w/ @adrianacardmag.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes."

After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc

Not at all the things to take from this, but I will be saying his name as "Ja-feffry" from now on. Thank you.

there’s no way we get through a Super Bowl halftime show with Bad Bunny and Green Day without a total crashout from the president

'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once

The priest at my church got beat up at an anti-ICE protest on the peninsula this week, and when he showed up for Mass today with a black eye all the church ladies swooned like they had seen a Backstreet Boy.

If tear gas is seeping into your home or you know tear gas is likely to be deployed in your neighborhood, you can do the following:

Set up wet towels in the doorjambs and windows. Turn off your HVAC systems, and build and use CR boxes.

This isn't perfect, but it will help.

CR box guide below:

"The world isn’t ending. A world is ending. Our job is to midwife the next one."

They’re gonna need a bigger whiskey Friday

jeffrey epstein is the kevin bacon of Horrible People Who Somehow Control The World

Man, it’s wild that normal people just go to work every day while the people who run everything meticulously document their sex crimes

I acknowledge the part of black history where we stopped going there

THEY DID IT. EVERY SENATE DEMOCRAT just voted on an amendment to DEFUND ICE (rescind the BBB slush fund that keeps ICE open during a shutdown.) This amendment failed, but it shows broad support! KEEP CALLING and make it a demand to vote for the DHS funding bill!!

“We are a Minneapolis 2nd grade Brownie Troop of 12 including trans and neurodiverse youth and 75% BIPOC kids. We want to go to summer camp and try horseback riding! During the current ICE occupation we need your support more than ever...”

And that’s how I ordered 4 boxes of thin mints.

They really have no fucking idea what is coming. No fucking idea.

one of the agents said “okay we know” when we were whistling so i leaned in and whistled louder and he threatened to pepper spray me. i then said “are you scared of a fucking whistle dawg” and he very meekly said “no i’m not scared of a whistle”

i just want to cry. i have literally just spent the last 6 hours responding to email after email of people begging for rent money or for me to point them in the direction of help, which does not exist.

please @governorwalz.mn.gov. we need an eviction moratorium. there is no other solution.

They counted the bullet holes.