So this is coming from the to be filed category,
and that's where things go when they have yet
to be filed. So we're only feeling like we're
procrastinating and putting them into categories.
I don't look at this list that you have. Are
there actually things compiled into categories
at this point? Yes, it just depends on how I'm
feeling like starting the mini. It's just all
based on feelings, many feelings, many, many
feelings. Some are certain, some are not. Today,
we're being forced upon the to be filed category
because this news cannot wait any longer. It's
breaking. You can't say we and like pretend that
you're just part of this category that is being
thrust upon. You are the one thrusting. You need
a better pronoun than that. I'm speechless, I
don't know what to say here. So, here I am. Thrusting.
Thrusting this. I can't, it's too breaking. It's
too Journey to the Fringe breaking to not thrust
this. September 3rd, 2025. Well, it's not exactly
breaking, but for us, it's breaking. And that's
just why it cannot wait any further to be filed.
Without further ado, on this creepiest of October
Wednesdays, we have a live live science article
titled. Quote, we completely freaked out, end
quote. Orcas are attacking boats in Europe again.
And this is by Patrick Pester. September 3rd,
2025, already spoiled that. Iberian orcas have
damaged several boats off the coast of Spain
in recent weeks, leaving authorities scrambling
to rescue stranded crews. Here we go. Orcas along
the Spanish coast are attacking boats once again,
leaving destroyed rudders and stranded crews
in their wake. A small population of orcas? or
kinis orca or killer whales has developed a penchant
for damaging boats off the iberian peninsula
in southwestern europe in recent years researchers
are still studying this behavior but they think
the orcas are likely being playful rather than
aggressive or they have a bloodlust for capitalism
i don't know if we can call it a bloodlust when
they haven't killed anybody yet okay it's a boat
it's like capitalists for sure But I wouldn't
say it's a blood lust. It could be a blood lust
for yachts But yachts don't have blood in my
oil lust in my mind. It's full blood. Okay They
got a boat blast, okay. On August 21st, orcas
tore the rudder off a German sailboat in the
Vigo estuary in Galicia. Spanish newspaper Faro
de Vigo reported the orcas then continued to
play with the sailboat which they rammed as it
was towed to safety. I love that for them. They
tore the rudder off? Love that. They described
it as play with the sailboat instead of trying
to destroy. This article, live science. for how
much we use them, we get them, and they're on
the same side as us as the orcas are the good
guys. They sure are. The Pontevedra Civil Guard,
a Spanish law enforcement agency, shared a video
of the sailboat rescue on the social platform
X and wrote that the orcas had attacked several
sailboats. It's unclear exactly how many boats
were targeted prior to this post, but there have
also been incidents since. For instance, on Saturday,
August 30th, Barro de Vigo reported that Orcas
destroyed a traditional wooden sailing ship's
rudder off Bow Grove within the Arusa estuary.
You know that's a fancy person. Traditional boat.
Yep. Yep. That's a fancy person right there.
And opened a leak in another sailboat off Ons.
within the Ponta Vedra estuary. Valentin Otero,
the owner of the ship targeted in Ogrove, told
Faro de Vigo that he heard two blows against
his vessel before he spotted a pair of orcas.
Oh, sorry. I don't know if that's the appropriate
place. I'm just picturing him with his bags of
cash and his martini and he looks out and he
sees the orcas and he's like, oh, fuck. They
finally come for me. He's like just take the
money Otero and his crew reported that there
was a large orca measuring about 25 feet long
accompanied by a smaller orca swimming alongside.
Oh, they're teaching I love this about orcas
Quote the truth is we were very frightened In
fact, we completely freaked out when we realized
the orcas were hitting the boat and quote Otero
said in a translated statement The Iberian orcas
are critically endangered orca. You can't do
anything about them. They're just going to keep
attacking. They're an endangered orca subpopulation
thought to have fewer than 40 individuals. The
group has been attacking boats off the... Is
it the endangered group that's specifically targeting
the orca? Yeah! That's hilarious. You can't do
anything. They're endangered. I bet they had
a big orca meeting too and they're like, it's
going to have to be you guys. Yeah. You're endangered.
The rest of us did like those sperm whales back
in the 1700s. While some initial reports suggested
that Iberian orcas could be carrying out revenge
against the ships, this has been dismissed by
many orca experts. The encounters often involve
young orcas going straight for the rudders on
the underside of the sailing boats. Scientists
have suggested that the orcas are likely just
bored teenagers with more free time than Atlantic
bluefin tuna populations, their favorite prey
in the region, recovered meaning they do not
spend less time I'm hunting. I fully get these
guys. They hate the rich. They enjoy eating delicious
tuna. They hate life. Orca behavior is diverse
and complex. Researchers have observed the species
engaging in intricate social rituals such as
sinking yachts from gently nibbling on each other's
tongues to tumbling alongside each other as if
they're an aquatic mosh pit. Different orca populations
have their own dialects similar to human language
and can develop their own unique fads such as
swimming around with dead salmon on their heads.
Yeah, I did hear about that one. There's no reason
to suspect that the Iberian orcas are targeting
the people aboard the boats. Orcas are fierce
predators that are known to hunt variety of different
prey from tuna to seals to capitalists to sharks
and even whales. However, each population has
a particular diet and none of them involves eating
humans. There's only a handful of documented
case of wild orcas attacking humans and all of
these reported incidents come with significant
caveats such as an orca likely mistaking a person
for a seal. And that's the end of the article.
They're just so pleasant. They are. We get them.
They are. There's reason that they must be incorporated
in all logos that Journey to the Fringe ever
uses. We get them. Yeah. I actually thought there
were no recorded incidents of wild orcas ever
killing a human, but it seems like they kind
of alluded to it happening. Yeah, it seems like
they possibly mistook it for a seal, in which
accidents do happen. I've mistaken people and
murdered them as seals all the time. Yeah, you
think they're a seal and they're not. Yep. That's
true. It's really awkward, but it happens. The
orcas are just doing the people's work. I mean,
it's Halloween now. We're setting the tone for
spooky. If you're worried that there might be
an orca in the room with you, just think of whether
or not you were in the top 1%. And if you own
a yacht. Do you own capital? If you own capital,
worry a little about your capital. If not, you're
fine. There might be an orca in the room with
you right now. Just don't act like a seal. You're
fine. Two comments I do want to make Chelsea,
just in addition to what we've talked about first
and foremost. They are so ridiculously intelligent
that they're just like, oh yeah, the rudder.
Let's just take that shit out. And like, I wonder
if they know what they're doing. Yeah, they've
been studying them for so long now. They just
know what makes it go. The Spanish people also
like kind of alluded to them targeting some boats,
almost like they're watching it, figuring out
whether or not they were worth it, whether or
not their net worth was high. enough and how
the boat was working. Oh, yeah. I was kind of
hoping at one point when you're talking about
the Spanish police, they're going to try to apprehend
the orcas with like handcuffs. But that didn't
happen, apparently, unfortunately. While we're
talking about the Spanish National Police, they
have so many different forms of police in Spain.
It's insane. But have you ever seen it's the
Spanish National Guard, I think? Is their shirt
really unbuttoned? Yes. Yeah. You see it when
I'm talking about with their really unbuttoned
shirt. And the very, very tight pants. Are we?
Yeah, that's them. And they're for real. This
is the outfit they wear. I always like when the
chin guard is like above the chin at lip level.
You can see how beautiful their outfits are.
And it's so tight. Anyhow. So they can swim through
orcas, clearly. Oh man, there's one of them lunging.
I don't know. I don't know that that's specifically
for orcas, but... One more thing I wanted to
talk about is, Chelsea, do you think this is
them taking their rage out on the humans, knowing
that they can both go on land and sea? And they
have learned that they cannot go on to land now.
from our scientists. They would have had to have
been way ahead and you could only think that
they'd get more violent as they find that out
because they'd be much more anxious. And it's
the younger ones who didn't have the choice in
the matter that are really raging out based on
the reports. Probably. I could get behind that.
Yeah. But why attack a yacht? Something to contemplate.
You guys got 48 hours. You do your research and
come up with your conclusion. Like it can be
anything you want. Honestly. Oh yeah. The best
solution right now is angsty teenager. So you
can probably do better. Anyhow, bye. Bye.