oh sure, blame the sexually frustrated dolphin
+ a secret I've been keeping from you
Um ok guys, I don’t usually do this, but I have been keeping a secret from you… tomorrow I am going to COSTA RICA????? It was quite a last-minute thing, but I’m going with the angels at Contiki and I’m so fuckin excited to take u along with me!!!
Anyway, before I go I’m spending a few days in Wellington with my besties and going to support one of them at the NZ Young Winemaker of the Year finals: everyone send good vibes to Nick plz!!!!
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Sure, blame the sexually frustrated dolphin
This story was sent through to me by Squish (because of course it was) and is about a “lonely, sexually-frustrated dolphin” which is thought to be behind “a number of attacks on people swimming at the beach in a Japanese town.”
So far this year there have been 18 attacks in the town of Mihama, in Japan, leaving swimmers with injuries “needing stitches through to broken ribs.”
The culprit, they’ve concluded is believed to be a male bottlenose dolphin who is looking for a mate.
Boy accidentally smashes 3,500-year-old jar on museum visit
Well SOMEONE had a smashing time at the museum! Sorry. That was bad. Anyway, a four-year-old knocked over a 3500-year-old jar (a relic from the Bronze Age) at The Hecht Museum in Haifa. Apparently it was a “rare artefact because it was so intact.” Eeeek.
The boy's father, Alex, said his son "pulled the jar slightly" because he was "curious about what was inside", causing it to fall.
Alex also said he was "in shock" to see his son next to the smashed jar and at first thought "it wasn't my child that did it".
Don’t worry though, a specialist in conservation has been appointed to “restore the jar,” and because it was an accident, the kid will not be in too much trouble.
For me though, this has unlocked a new fear regarding having kids.
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Naomi Osaka’s latest fit has me gagged:
SORRY LOOK AT HOW CUTE AND BRAT HER FIT IS:
Also, she slayed her first-round match at the US Open x
Someone trademarked Jools LeBron’s catchphrase ‘very demure, very mindful’ and that someone was a random man from Washington
In not very demure or mindful news, Jools Lebron, best known for the phrase ‘very demure, very mindful’ is still making the news (or at least our newsletter), but this time because of a not very cutesy thing. In a tearful TikTok video Jools said that she “didn’t trademark fast enough” because a man in Washington state named ‘Jefferson Bates’ had already swooped in and filed to trademark “Very Demure .. Very Mindful ...”
Note: this means that if Bates’ application is approved, “Lebron will not be able use her catchphrase on official merchandise or in sponsored content in Washington. That is, unless she gets a federal trademark.”
Seeing this, I’ve seen other creators jump in and file other versions of Jools’ phrase with the intention of transferring it back to her. One of these creators is Raluca Pop, who filed an application for “Very Demure Very Cutesy” in California, as a means of solidarity with Lebron.
“Once I saw that this other guy tried to steal it out from under her, I realized that he didn’t trademark the remainder of her phrase, ‘very cutesy’,” Pop told NBC News. “And that’s why I went and did it, instead.” Pop added that she planned to transfer the trademark to Lebron because “she should be the one to reap the benefits”.
Don’t worry tho - trademark lawyers are confident that Lebron can both fight Bates’ claim to “Very Demure .. Very Mindful ...” and secure her own rights.
“If I were her, I wouldn’t be worried,” said Alli Elmunzer, an attorney and founder of Influencer Legal, a law firm that helps content creators navigate trademark and contract issues. “It’s very clear that she was the first to use it – she should start monetizing it, because that only gives strength to her case of being the first.”
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Every single book I've read recently uses "goose flesh" which just sounds so weird