Words Can Hurt: Ro-Butt Edition

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The key lines from this past week:

When it comes to Japanese robotics, we just don’t even ask anymore: “SHIRI: Buttocks Humanoid that Represents Emotions with Visual and Tactile Transformation of the Muscles.”  [Geekologie]

Amenities include broken furniture, mold and crazy guy accosting you in the hallway: A reviewer’s advice on what to do if you’re staying at a particular hotel in Belleville, Illinois? “Bring some bleach. And a weapon.” [Boing Boing]

How did the umbrella get the headline over the yelling guy at city hall?

Umbrella found!

[Reddit]

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