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As part of a celebration to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, a church in Germany has created a robot priest. Why not? Robots are going to kill us all dead one day, they might as well save our souls beforehand. I suppose that raises an interesting question: Does God listen to robot priests?
This robo-priest is called BlessU-2. I didn’t sneeze, but thank you. The robot comes from the Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau and wants to challenge churchgoers thoughts about spirituality and technology. This robot recites Bible verses, gives blessings to parishioners in five different languages and can beam light from its hands, which is really creepy.
I’m not sure, but I think I might become a member of its robo-cult, having just been indoctrinated by watching the video. I know for a fact that this robot would blab everything you told it in the confessional too. You know how Target and Chipotle lose customer information to hacks? Just like that, except instead of your credit card number, everyone knows how often you pleasured yourself, and that you accidentally ran over your kid’s favorite pet last week.
Is that the religious future you want? You could go to hell just by not reading it’s terms of service.
[via The Guardian]
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Those of you who follow Theresa May on Twitter will have seen that this Sunday she paid a visit to Jesus House, a religious organisation based in Brent Cross, north London.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued new guidelines regarding the consumption of fruit juice.
According to a report published in the Journal of Pediatrics, the AAP advises that infants under the age of 1 should not drink fruit juice unless there is a strong medical reason for it, such as the treatment of constipation. This recommendation is an expansion of previous guidelines, which said no juice for babies under the age of 6 months.
When it comes to body image, Pink refuses to get caught up in the number on the scale.
On Sunday, the singer posted a selfie she took at the gym on Instagram, along with an empowering caption.
“Would you believe I’m 160 pounds and 5’3”? By ‘regular standards’ that makes me obese,” she wrote. “I know I’m not at my goal or anywhere near it after Baby 2 but dammit I don’t feel obese. The only thing I’m feeling is myself. Stay off that scale ladies!”
Pink gave birth to her son, Jameson Moon Hart, in December. She’s also mom to 5-year-old Willow Sage Hart.
Calling all stressed-out parents trying to keep it together! This hair tie trick may be perfect for you.
On May 16, a mom named Shuana Harvey shared a technique that helped her “exercise patience with [her] oh so testy 4-year-old” on Facebook.
“I wore 5 rubber bands on my wrist from the time I got up, to the time I tucked him in just now. The 5 rubber bands represent every time you lose your cool or say something unkind to your child,” Harvey explained. “Every time that happens, you move one band to the other wrist. To ‘gain the band back,’ you must do 5 kind/positive things with your child (dance party, singing a song together, reading together, etc).”
The mom said she plans to use this hair tie trick until it becomes a second nature.
When a 5-year-old girl called Bella won a CBC Kids’ contest to become Canada’s “Prime Minister For A Day,” she asked actual PM Justin Trudeau if they could build a pillow fort in her/his office.
Photographs show how Trudeau rearranged parts of his bureau to build the makeshift shelter ― which the pair made from couch cushions, wooden chairs and a maple leaf-emblazoned blanket.
CBC Kids shared heartwarming images of the publicity stunt to Facebook on May 16. They are now going viral.
Three-year-old Scout Larson has made headlines thanks to her series of adorable photos that show the little girl dressed as as fierce female icons.
For her latest shoot, the toddler emulated a special hero in her life: her grandmother, who is a breast cancer survivor.
Scout’s mom, Ashley, told HuffPost that her mother was the initial inspiration behind the famous icons shoot. She wanted to teach Scout about strong, courageous women as her grandmother battled cancer.
The grandmother was a bit camera shy at first. Scout, however, loves posing for pictures and helped bring her out of her shell. The toddler particularly loved the matching shirts, which Ashley and her mom made for the grandma-granddaughter photo shoot.
Today, Ashley’s mother is doing well. “She’s cancer free and back to doing whatever she feels like doing! Her hair is growing back in beautifully and her strength is coming back,” she said, adding that her mom has one surgery coming up, but they’re ready to face this last step together as a family.
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Politicians have a strange urge to share their homemade meals ― and it never seems to end well. We saw this happen with the prime minister of New Zealand, Bill English, when he posted a photo of his homemade pizza topped with canned spaghetti. (Don’t worry, social media let him know everything that you’re feeling about that atrocity.)
And now it’s Governor Scott Walker’s turn. He posted a photo of his Memorial Day cookout on Twitter, and it was not a pretty sight.
If you know anything about grilling, you know that the picture above isn’t how you make great kebabs. It’s not even how you make decent kebabs. Twitter picked up on his rookie mistakes right away, and let him know it.
Better luck next time, governor!
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Insomnia can be a debilitating, lonely experience. Need proof? Look no further than haunting photos from artist Michael Massaia.
The 39-year-old New Jersey photographer, who has been dealing with the condition since he was 13, often operates on only a few hours of sleep every few days. As a teen, he used to frequently hope sleep would come just so he didn’t feel bored.
“It was a bit maddening trying to fill up all the hours,” Massaia told HuffPost. “My desire to sleep wasn’t to try and get rest, it was to simply help pass the time.”
Now Massaia resigns to the fact that the chronic sleep disorder is something he will always need to manage. And when rest eludes him, he puts that time to use through his artwork.
His most recent results are a series of photos taken in Central Park at night, which aim to capture the loneliness of insomnia. The images are a stark contrast from how the park normally is during the daylight hours ― bustling and filled with wide-awake people.
While the nighttime project wasn’t recommended by a doctor (and treatment varies depending on the person), Massaia says it allows him to turn the disorder into something positive. He also hopes the photos inspire other people with health conditions.
“I hope people take away from the project a kind of compelling isolation, or perhaps something as simple as being able to turn a defect into something useful,” Massaia said.
An estimated 60 million Americans deal with insomnia in a given year. The condition causes severe fatigue, low energy, mood issues and more. Doctors are increasingly working to find effective treatments, some of which include over-the-counter or prescription sleep aids and cognitive behavioral therapy.
Massaia stressed that anyone dealing with a disorder like insomnia isn’t alone, even though it may feel that way sometimes. He also said it helps to embrace the condition and transform it into something productive and positive.
“I guess what I tell myself regarding any deficiency ― including insomnia ― is that sometimes you’re just not made to live a ‘normal’ life,” he said. “Abnormalities force you to see and approach the world differently, if you can bring something tangible back with you from that perspective, then I think you’re onto something.”
We have to agree.
Take a look at the rest of Massaia’s photos below:
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