SAO PAULO (AP) — Videos featuring emotional moments with hyper-realistic baby dolls have sparked both online fascination and political debate in Brazil, with lawmakers even bringing the lifelike dolls into legislatures. Influencers have staged situations such as birth simulations and strolls in shopping malls with the hand-crafted baby figures, known as “reborn” dolls, creating videos that have gone viral.

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Chloe Samaha wasn't trained to write software. But she and her partner at their San Francisco-based startup BOND got a working version of a new online productivity manager and website up and running in less than a day. "He was on his way back from a ski trip and built the entire back end … in six hours. And I built the front end in, like, an hour-and-a-half, and we just had a functional product," Samaha said.

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New figures show a steep rise in the population of parakeets now living wild in the UK, with experts warning of a "green invasion." Figures given to ITV News by the British Trust for Ornithology show “an astronomical rise,” which researchers have said is now “unstoppable”. Originally from India and Pakistan, the ring-necked parakeets are officially “an invasive species,” but the emerald, green parakeet has thrived in cities from Plymouth to Aberdeen - reaching much of Wales and even parts of Northern Ireland.

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The paper review is hard carved by Bolivian rebels

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A shorter edition of the paper review due to it being discovered I am not 6'3"

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The 'I didn't have any ideas this morning so here's a repeat' Edition.

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As it is a bank holiday, savour these televisual treats by simply hacking my neural cortex and monitoring my thoughts.

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I am very tired, and I can't think of anything to write. So, instead of lifting other peoples' jokes or putting out a poor product, here's a repeat of a Paper Review from a few months ago. Enjoy.

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The paper review is printed on recycled material.

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The papers read with by a man with a bunch of marbles in his mouth for a £10 bet.

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