This is one way to get rid of your Real Doll overstock:
“New York School District Shells Out $58K for a Robot Teaching Assistant”
https://www.pcmag.com/news/a-robotic-teaching-assistant-is-heading-to-a-new-york-state-school
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Cognition acquires the makers of Poke, an AI assistant that users can access via messaging services, in a deal valuing Poke's parent in the "low nine figures" (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/why-
POL-AUR: Etzel - Kitten ausgesetzt Landkreis Wittmund (ots) - Kriminalitätsgeschehen Etzel - Kitten ausgesetzt Unbekannte haben in Etzel (Gemeinde Friedeburg) sieben Katzenbabys ausgesetzt. Die erst wenige Wochen alten Kitten wurden am Montag von aufmerksamen Mitarbeitern im ... https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/…
Aussichtspunkt statt Fischerpinte? https://weddingweiser.de/aussichtspunkt-statt-fischerpinte/
Perfect example of the cruelty being the point; HUD absorbed the FHA when it was created, and all that racism had to go somewhere...
HUD Moves to Limit Assistance Animals for Disabled Tenants in Public Housing - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/us/politics/hud-assistance-animals-disabled.html
The US Department of Commerce's BIS is formally investigating whether Chinese companies like Moonshot are accessing advanced US AI chips to train their models (Leo Schwartz/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/u-