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THE FIFTH STRING.

By Zimbo · October 23, 2026

AI cartoon by Zimbo: Satirical cartoon: a tearfully exhausted puppeteer wrestles tangled strings to keep four dancing AI-pop-star marionettes moving while the fifth, Mity, rests in a bed labeled 'MITY — MATERNITY LEAVE' with an obviously fake stuffed-pillow bump under her pink pajamas.
BABYQUEEN's creators invented member Mity's pregnancy as a workload excuse — managing five AI personalities had become too much work. The bump is visibly a costume.Zimbo for AI News Page

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