Pandantic

Two things:

The controversy reached a disturbing peak on 6 June, when a man slapped a four-month-old baby on the head, claiming he had mistaken the infant for one of the dolls. He is out on bail, and the baby is reportedly doing well.

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The wave of controversy appears to have been ridden by politicians on the right: according to the news website UOL, all bills presented in May concerning reborn dolls were proposed by rightwing and far-right lawmakers.

“If a topic is trending, these politicians will propose laws about it even if they make no sense,” said Kalil, who also coordinates a research group about the Brazilian far right.

She highlights the timing: the country’s leading far-right figure, former president Jair Bolsonaro, is now on trial for an attempted coup and, after a prior ruling by the electoral court, is already barred from standing in next year’s elections.

“So there is also an element of grabbing attention and pushing an agenda, especially when the right wing camp is in crisis over Bolsonaro’s trial and no one knows who will emerge as their new leader,” she said.

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Sure, but compare NASA next to Starfleet / Star Trek next to Space Force. Two of them look remarkably similar…

Strange that the Space Force logo is a combination of both…

Not sure how they can just steal the Star Trek logo tho…

How can people bully you if you only made your account one day ago?

Could be Seth Rogan, almost looks like Keira Knightly, but what is that other dude doing to her?!

Am I the only one who finds these things magical? I love mycology and no one can convince me it’s not somehow related to the fae. (J/k just in case anyone who hates woo woo in their science sees this, but it’s fun to imagine that’s what medieval people probably thought).

Give me some Pals in Terraria!

One of my absolute favorite episodes of Star Trek ever.

The Army said in a press release that the four executives are Shyam Sankar, CTO at Palantir; Andrew Bosworth, CTO at Meta; Kevin Weil, Chief Product Officer of OpenAI; and Bob McGrew, an advisor at Thinking Machines Lab and former Chief Research Officer for OpenAI.

The four men are being commissioned at the high rank of lieutenant colonel as part of a program called Detachment 201: The Army’s Executive Innovation Corps.

Anyone else find this extremely worrying?

Wow, I don’t usually like Tucker Carlson, but when he’s making Ted Cruz look like a fool, he seems pretty cool.

I accidentally replied this to another comment but it was meant for you, so I’ll just post it again:

I am sorry that you’re going through all this. I hope you find the strength to get through it and come out stronger. ❤️

I think I would be easy to show your mom that chat-gpt is a yes-man if you think that’s worth your time. But also, understand that she’s probably just getting it to confirm things she already felt so it probably won’t change her mind.