Earlier this year, Kali Uchis teased that she had two albums in the works — one in English and one in Spanish. Back in March, she released her third studio album, Red Moon In Venus. Tonight (August 4), it looks like Uchis is kicking off her Spanish era.
On her new single “Muñekita,” Uchis has teamed up with JT of City Girls and Dominican rapper El Alfa for a sexy summer anthem, delivering on the Latin flavor.
Uchis and Alfa ride various rhythmic beats as they switch throughout the song, offering raunchy lines throughout the song.
“Tu angelita es lo que necesitas / Dale, gata, dale, muñequita,” sings Uchis on the song’s chorus.
Alfa’s verse is also full of raunchy one-liners and ad-libs, leading to JT’s contribution, on which, she offers a “sana sana, colita de rana” benediction to her haters.
The song collaboration came about after Uchis had DM’ed JT and Alfa various times over the years. Uchis first showed the track to JT, who recorded a verse in Uchis’ home studio, and then later shared the song with Alfa, who made his contribution shortly after.
“I love bringing artists together that you’d least expect,” said Uchis in a statement. “El Alfa is a Latino legend and JT is someone I’ve admired forever. Both of them are known for their summer hits and high energy, so I’m incredibly excited to bring them together for a fun, sexy song like this.”
But a little boy in Brazil is testing the boundaries of adorableness with his penchant for farm animals and his uncanny ability to get them to follow him pied piper-style.
In a series of mega-viral videos from @paidobebecampeiros on TikTok, we see a little boy giving various animals on what appears to be his family’s farm a ride in toy wagons hitched to his little motorized tractor. But it’s not just that he’s pulling them around—it’s the way the animals show zero fear and absolute trust in this tiny little person.
On one video that has a whopping 39 million views, the caption translated from Portuguese reads, “What a sweet kiss Campeiro gives his friend Tatá before starting the tour.” (“Campeiro” is a term used for fielders who work with cattle in Southern Brazil. Tatá is the name of a rooster.) The video starts off cute, gets cuter, and then somehow, miraculously, it gets even better.
Que beijo gostoso o Campeiro da no seu amigo Tatá, antes de começar o passeio
The duck and the goat? Come on.
And in another viral episode of “Young McDonald Had a Farm,” we see a similar scene but with a bunny thrown in—because of course—in addition to solid evidence that the duck, goat and dogs live for the young farmer’s caravans.
It’s not just the sound of the truck that lures the animals, in case you’re wondering. In other videos the boy pulls his friends in a wagon by hand and the duck and goat still walk happily alongside him.
O Campeiro é um encantador de animais 🐓🪿🐇🐑🐕😍😍❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻
It’s seriously a Disney cartoon come to life. People in the comments remark that this kiddo is living their dream life. (And people are also super invested in that duck getting a ride—holy moly.) There’s just something so pure and wholesome and simple in the harmonious interactions between this little boy and his animals.
On the cold, fateful night of April 14, 1912, hundreds were spared a watery demise as they clamored onto the too-few lifeboats that accompanied the sinking Titanic on its one and only disastrous voyage.
Among the survivors was Masabumi Hosono, a 42-year-old civil servant and second-class passenger from Tokyo—and also the only Japanese passenger onboard.
Hosono would escape death that night, but his life would be forever changed, and not for the better. In many ways, he never escaped the Titanic’s curse.
Hosono had been working on a long-term assignment in Russia for two years and was eager to return home to his beloved wife and children. In 1912, Hosono appeared to have received his wish—his assignment had ended, and he was able to leave Russia. Not only that, but he was able to travel back in style aboard the prestigious RMS Titanic on her maiden voyage.
So, after hopping over to London and buying a fresh new suit, Hosono joined the other passengers to marvel at the “Queen of the Ocean.”
In his writings, Hosono recalls the Titanic’s grand views, “enticing aromas,” and “lively music,” but what he treasured most of all was the thought of seeing his family again.
“With every golden sunrise, I was closer to home.”
Then, just after midnight on April 14th, Hosono received a knock on his door. He was told to put on a lifebelt and head to the boat stations. As he made his way to the boat deck, Hosono was told to return to the lower part of the ship, despite his repeated attempts to inform the crewmen that he was traveling second class.
Finally, Hosono was able to slip past two talking guards and get to the ship deck, where he saw women and children being put into the lifeboats. Realizing he would have to go down with the ship, he prepared himself to “die an honorable samurai death.”
But then, an officer yelled, “Room for two more!” and Hosono saw another gentleman hop on. Knowing this was the only way to ever see his family again, he followed the man’s “bold example.”
As he helped row the small boat away from the chaos, Hosono had already begun to sense there would be consequences to his decision.
“We rowed at least two hundred feet away from the sinking vessel. From our position, I clearly saw the Titanic as it broke apart, then plunged beneath the waves. As the frightful shrills and cries from the drowning met my ears, I bowed my head in silence. Sobbing and weeping engulfed our small boat. Women and children were worried about the safety of their husbands and fathers. And feeling depressed and miserable, I worried what would become of me in the long run.”
Hosono’s suspicions were correct. After being rescued and put up in New York, he was labeled a coward, accused of disguising himself as a woman and made the target of cruel jokes, later being dubbed by an American newspaper as the “Lucky Japanese Boy.”
Back home, the repercussions were even harsher. According to Metropolis Japan, the sweetness of reuniting with his family was cut short for Hosono after he was found guilty of nonconformity to the “women and children first” principle and of evading an honorable death. Because of this, he was subjected to “mura hachibu”—the Japanese term for social ostracism.
He was bombarded with hate mail, and he would have lost his career had it not been for his qualifications. Numerous times, he was urged to commit suicide by the media—all for not embodying the samurai spirit, especially at a time when Japan was eager to impress the West with impressive displays of patriotic self-sacrifice and fervent nationalism, Metropolis Japan reported.
Stigma followed Hosono for the rest of his life, forcing him to live in shame as a recluse and forbidding discussion of the Titanic in his home until his death from natural causes in 1939.
Hosono’s handwritten pages detailing his tumultuous ordeal remained hidden in a book at the bottom of a drawer until 1997, when his family published his writings. That’s when Matt Taylor, an American researcher and Titanic scholar, noted how his letter contradicted other stories at the time, which mistook him for another Asian man on a different lifeboat, who was accused of acting “ignobly.” Rather, Hosono helped save his fellow passengers by rowing them to safety.
The discovery immediately “restores his honor and credibility,” Taylor told the AP.
And to this day, Hosono’s gut-wrenching narration, written on Titanic stationery, remains one of the most expressive and detailed accounts of the anguish experienced by the passengers of the blighted vessel. Without it, a part of the story would be lost forever.
Hosono was portrayed by the media as a self-serving coward, but in truth, he was a man thrown into an impossible moral predicament, whose only sin was having a love for his family that outweighed any patriotic loyalty or societal expectation of chivalry. When seen through the eyes of compassion, knowing that we all fear what awaits us beyond that final goodbye, knowing that if given the opportunity, many of us would do the same to reach our dear ones, his decision seems anything other than disgraceful.
As Hosono wrote: “On that cold and terrifying April night, in a single moment, I seized an opportunity. And I chose life.”
There’s just something so uplifting about a person boldly, unabashedly letting their geek flag fly.
When someone dares to be “uncool” and is just enjoying being themselves—quirks and all—it reminds us all that cool is a little overrated anyway. Suddenly throwing on that Lisa Frank t-shirt from middle school that still fits doesn’t seem as embarrassing as we thought it would be, and creating a dumb parody music video just to get a few laughs sounds like a totally respectable way to fill a Saturday afternoon. We’re better able to fearlessly express parts of ourselves because someone else showed us just how fun that kind of wild abandon can be, and it’s a beautiful thing.
Cue: The Math Dance.
In a video posted to the Reddit Made Me Smile community, one teen girl asks another, “What is your go-to dance move?”
Without missing a beat, the girl replies, “You guys wanna see my math dance moves?” She’s already holding back giggles in anticipation of showing them off.
“Did you say math?” the other girl asks.
Oh, yes, yes she did. “Math operations and functions,” to be specific. You know…addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, etc.
Division, many a commenter noted, went particularly hard.
The NFL was back on television for the first time in six months as the Hall of Fame Game kicked off the preseason in Canton, Ohio with the Jets and Browns getting their first game action of the summer. The game is merely the start of the weekend’s festivities, as the main event comes this weekend when the Class of 2023 is enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, with a number of stars of the not too distant past getting honored.
Among them is DeMarcus Ware, the former defensive end who starred for the Cowboys and later the Broncos in his terrific 12-year career. Ware wasn’t just honored before the game alongside his fellow inductees, but he also took center stage before kickoff to sing the national anthem, putting his all into a memorable performance.
Hall of Famer @DeMarcusWare sings the Star Spangled Banner
The first reaction of many was to ask why Ware chose to sing the anthem, but he did so for an incredibly heartfelt reason, as when he was with the Broncos he used to stand on the sidelines and sing it with Demaryius Thomas, per Calvin Watkins of the Dallas Morning News.
Yes, Ware is going to sing the national anthem before a game. Ware used to sing the anthem on the sidelines with late teammate Demaryius Thomas when both played for the Denver Broncos.
Ware said he’s going to sing the anthem for Thomas, who died in 2021.
For Ware, it was his way of paying tribute to his late teammate and pushed him to step well outside of his comfort zone. Ware told the Dallas Morning News he was more nervous in the lead up to singing the anthem in Canton than he was for the Super Bowl,
“Therapy speak” or “psychobabble” has infiltrated the daily lives of average citizens thanks to social media apps like TikTok and Instagram. Everyone seems to be an expert on something, and terms get thrown around with a very loose understanding of their actual meaning, which can cause confusion.
Chatter about knowing your “attachment style” has been making the rounds as of late. There seems to be a belief that if you know other people’s attachment styles then you can better understand their behaviors and pick a more compatible partner if you’re on the market. The problem is, attachment style isn’t everything. It doesn’t tell you everything. It’s not even a very good predictor of your potential as a mate.
Attachment styles are simply part of a whole. Imagine a car being a whole person and attachment style being the doors. Are the doors important? Sure. Do they make up the entire car? No. Can you drive a car safely without doors? Hello, Jeep Wranglers.
The thing about people obsessing over new words, phrases or concepts they’ve learned from an influencer who went to therapy with their own layman’s understanding is that some things get a gold star while others are deemed evil. There are four basic attachment styles: secure, anxious, avoidant and fearful. Of those four basic styles, there are multiple different subsections such as anxious-avoidant or disorganized-fearful.
This is why attempting to pin down or diagnose your own or your potential partner’s attachment style isn’t particularly advisable without the help of a professional. But that doesn’t stop social media from doing the social media thing and declaring one attachment style king and the others unfortunate tragedies to take pity on. Everyone wants to stake claim on having a secure attachment style as a sort of badge of honor for not having childhood trauma or being well-adjusted.
But Jeff Guenther, LPC, takes a moment to highlight the benefits of having an anxious attachment style and simultaneously creates a collective sigh of relief for those who may have felt shame in holding that title.
Guenther starts the video off by validating the viewer, explaining that having an anxious attachment style isn’t the person’s fault.
“It’s the fault of the environment that you grew up in. It’s because you have parents or caregivers that were inconsistent with their love and attention,” Guenther says. “It’s because you were taught that love was something you had to fight for, not something that was freely given.”
He goes on to explain that, if given the choice, people would opt for a secure attachment style and jokes that, “No one’s producing an HBO series about securely attached people.” They aren’t, because that would lack a significant amount of drama, trauma and character arc. But Guenther doesn’t stop at the explanation of an anxious attachment style; he lists benefits of being someone with an anxious attachment style, starting with being excellent at bedroom adult activities.
It’s not your fault that you have an anxious attachment style. #therapytiktok #mentalhealth #relationshiptips #dating #anxiousattachment #anxiousattachmentstyle
“You possess a level of emotional intelligence that makes everyone jealous. Your dedication is off the charts. Your ability to read your partner and be there for them is unparalleled,” Guenther says.
The list goes on and a quick peek into the comment section let’s you know his video was much needed.
“This is so sweet to hear. Every anxious attachment video I see is calling us the problem that needs to be fixed and adjusted,” one person writes.
“Thank you for bringing positivity to this. I have felt like I’m supposed to cure who I am for way too long,” another commenter writes.
No matter your attachment style, it’s just a part of who you are, not the entirety of your being. Thanks to Guenther, those who have been concerned about possibly having anxious attachment can breathe a little freer knowing what that attachment style can bring to the table.
Doesn’t that sound like the kind of businessman you want trading your stocks?
If it does, you’re in luck because Twitter X’s latest money-making scheme seems to be centered on a tried-and-true formula — promise people they can get rich by investing in the market and reap the profits. Of course, for now, that plan is just hypothetical. According to Semafor, Musk’s company has reached out to financial data firms hoping to partner with one (or several) to turn X into a kind of trading platform with “financial content, real-time stock data, and other features.” Musk has asked these companies to bid for the chance to reach customers on Twitter — though he isn’t offering up any of his own money to build this new hub — and wanted proposals submitted by last week. The pivot is all part of Musk’s plan to turn X into a one-stop shop app like China’s WeChat and Indonesia’s Gojek.
But, judging by reactions to this stock trading news from users of his own site, Musk needs a miracle to convince people to trust him with their hard-earned money.
Finally, won’t even have to switch apps to lose everything in a pump-and-dump https://t.co/hWRpFcBJ3o
I strongly encourage this company to keep trying to get into industries where you will actually be swiftly punished for breaking laws https://t.co/JOLH3uPdXI
— chickenpuppet.bsky.social (@chknpuppetmk5) August 3, 2023
Musk gave a lukewarm counter to the rumors earlier today, perhaps after reading some of these tweets.
No work is being done on this to the best of my knowledge
The gossip mags seem to be obsessed with Tom Cruise’s love life at the moment and every update we’re treated to when it comes to the Top Gun star’s romantic prospects sound more bizarre than the last. His latest prospective hook-up? Sofia Vergara.
The Modern Family actress recently split from her husband of seven years, actor Joe Manganiello. Manganiello filed for divorce in July, citing “irreconcilable differences” after the couple gave a joint statement maintaining that they “love and care for one another very much.” Insiders claimed they simply grew apart and felt unaligned in their priorities. Cruise, meanwhile, has been romantically connected to everyone from Shakira to his Mission Impossibleco-star Hayley Atwell, though both women have denied being in a relationship with him. Instead, it looks like the actor is playing the field and Vergara might be next up at bat.
The two briefly dated back in 2005 after being introduced by their mutual friend, Will Smith. They went on one date before things fizzled out and just one year later, Cruise married Dawson’s Creek star Katie Holmes.
“They had a special time together partying in the Hollywood Hills and having a blast,” an insider told Page Six. “Sofia wasn’t really giving out the signals back then that she wanted anything long-term, so it petered out in a totally amicable fashion and they remained friends. It’s always eaten away at Tom that he dumped Sofia and chose Katie.”
Apparently, Scientology was a big factor in their first “breakup” with Cruise biographer Andrew Morton alleging that the actor’s ties to the religious cult worried Vergara, a devout Catholic. “She was fundamentally terrified of Scientology,” a friend of the actress told Morton. “She sincerely believed that she would be struck down by God and burn in hell if she joined.”
As far as we know, Cruise is still the spokesperson for Scientology so we won’t be holding out hope for a new celebrity couple announcement.
The San Antonio Spurs won the NBA Draft Lottery on May 16 and, in doing so, won the offseason among teams that missed the postseason a year ago. Ever since then, they have been focused on Victor Wembanyama and crafting a short- and long-term plan for the organization focused on maximizing his development and building the best possible team around him.
However, they can’t know exactly what that ideal roster looks like until Wembanyama’s played NBA games and figured out where exactly he’s going to be best deployed on an NBA court. We saw in Summer League that, to start, he’s going to be playing more like a big wing, and the only rumblings about major additions to the team this summer was trying to add a center next to him, giving a clear indication that will be a priority at some point. In the meantime, the Spurs are remaining patient and will use this season as a chance to evaluate all of their young players to see how they fit in alongside Wembanyama — both in who can thrive next to him and who might be a redundancy in the rotation. For now, that requires patience, and they’ve shown plenty of that this summer.
Here we’ll grade out their summer of offseason moves from the Draft, free agency and contract extensions, and on the trade market.
Draft: A+
This was really the only section that mattered for the Spurs this summer, as they won the lottery and got to draft Victor Wembanyama. That has set them up for the chance to build around a generational prospect, and while there will be challenges in the years ahead, this summer is a rousing success simply because of the way the ping pong balls bounced in Chicago in May. Wembanyama still has plenty to work on and develop in his game, but he is as unique a talent as we’ve seen enter the league in a very long time. The Spurs will have to determine what is the best way to build a roster around him to maximize that talent by figuring out where he should be playing, what complementary skills teammates need to bring, and how they can add secondary stars. However, those are all easier tasks than bringing in a true franchise cornerstone, and it appears they have gotten that in Wembanyama, as our Brad Rowland wrote on Draft night.
The Spurs had a bit of good fortune in the lottery to even have the chance to draft Victor Wembanyama, so this isn’t exactly the product of incredible scouting work, but he’s the best prospect in the draft by a wide margin and one of the best prospects to enter the league in the in decades. Of course, that doesn’t ensure anything once he arrives, but the tools are virtually unprecedented and San Antonio has a franchise centerpiece.
Free Agency/Contract Extensions: B-
San Antonio could’ve gotten in the mix for some restricted free agents this summer and tried to pry, say, Austin Reaves out of L.A. with a big offer sheet, but like most of the teams that came into this offseason with lots of cap space, they preferred to eat that up on the trade market. We’ll get to those moves later, but in terms of actual signings made, they chose to simply bring back players from last year. Tre Jones is the most significant of those, landing a 2-year, $20 million to play point guard for the Spurs once again. The Spurs also re-signed Julian Champagnie to a 4-year, $12 million deal and Sandro Mamukelashvili to a 1-year minimum deal. It’s very clear the team wants to spend this upcoming season evaluating their roster around Wemby and then, next summer, they can begin making more significant moves with that information in mind. Right now they want to stay understandably patient, with a focus on having a contender built around Wembanyama once he’s ready to take the mantle as one of the league’s top stars.
Trades: B-
San Antonio was active on the trade market, happily joining trades as a third team or taking on a veteran in a salary dump. It’s possible they still could get in one of the pending blockbusters to further add future assets, but it seems clear they’re not looking to take on any long-term commitments. As such, this was a perfectly fine summer. Again, they have a plan in place and added some veterans in Cam Payne, Reggie Bullock, and Cedi Osman to the rotation that can be helpful to varying degrees. None of them are on long-term deals and won’t clog up space they might want to use to make a bigger splash in the future, but add some depth in the backcourt and on the wing, while also netting some more future second round picks and pick swaps for San Antonio to use in deals in the future.
This summer’s plan in San Antonio was decided when they landed the first pick. It’d be fascinating to know what they would’ve done had they slipped in the Draft and whether they would’ve had a more aggressive mindset like Houston did, but we’ll never know for sure and Spurs fans will be thrilled not to have to worry about that. Everything now revolves around Wembanyama and maximizing his enormous talents, and that means slow-playing it this year and simply evaluating everyone on the roster through the lens of what they can do alongside Victor.
Cardi B will not be charged in the mic-throwing incident that took place in Las Vegas last month, TMZ is reporting.
During a performance at Drai’s Beachclub last Saturday (July 29), a person in the audience had splashed a cup of ice and an unknown liquid at Cardi. Cardi then threw a mic at the audience member, however, the microphone reportedly ricocheted off of that person, then hit someone else — who later, fined a police report.
Cardi was later listed as a battery suspect, however, there hasn’t been much movement in the case. According to TMZ, the case was never even brought to the district attorney.
Earlier today (August 4), Cardi’s lawyers, Drew Findling, David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld, issued a statement to TMZ.
“This afternoon we were notified by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept., that as a result of their investigation, there will be NO charges against Cardi,” said the lawyers. “On behalf of Cardi, we appreciate the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept’s diligent and prompt resolution of this matter.”
Since last Saturday’s performance, the mic has been put up for auction on eBay, with proceeds benefitting Friendship Circle Las Vegas and Wounded Warrior.
Cardi B is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
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