Vous vous souvenez du streamer Twitch qui s'était fait piquer sa caisse en plein live, à cause d'un boîtier bizarre posé contre sa porte d'entrée ?

Tout le monde a crié au fake évidemment, sauf que dans une certaine mesure, c'était vrai ! Et le voleur, c'était Mark Rober en personne, l'ex-ingénieur de la NASA devenu YouTubeur, qui a inventé toute cette mise en scène pour démontrer une bonne fois pour toutes comment on vole une voiture récente sans même toucher à la serrure.

La méthode s'appelle la relay attack, l'attaque par relais, et le principe est tellement simple que c'en est gênant. En effet, les voitures passent leur vie à chuchoter, quatre fois par seconde environ, des petits "hé psst, t'es là, ma clé ?". Et quand la clé est assez proche pour entendre ce murmure, elle hurle en retour le mot de passe secret qui déverrouille les portes et permet de démarrer le véhicule. Sauf que ce chuchotement, une équipe de voleurs peut le capter depuis votre voiture, l'amplifier, et le balancer jusqu'à votre clé restée sur le meuble de l'entrée ou dans la poche de votre veste. La clé croit alors que la voiture est juste là, elle répond, et hop, la caisse s'ouvre. Ça prend 30 secondes chrono, ça ne déclenche aucune alarme, et surtout y'a aucune effraction, ce qui arrange bien ces inutiles d'assureurs.

Alors pour bien comprendre comment tout ceci fonctionne, Rober a voulu s'équiper comme un vrai voleur. Direction le dark web, où un certain Dimitri (un russe... Bah quoi les clichés ?) lui a vendu un boîtier de vol clé en main pour 12 000 dollars en Bitcoin. L'appareil arrive, il le passe au CT Scan pour voir ce qu'il y a dedans sans le faire péter, et le verdict tombe : il s'est fait escroquer comme un débutant.

En fait, tous les composants hors de prix de ce machin pouvaient être remplacés par la même chose que ce qu'on trouve dans un babyphone vidéo de 2004.

Le babyphone de 2004 dont les entrailles remplacent un boitier dark web a 12 000 dollars.

La caméra du babyphone capte un signal, l'antenne le transmet à l'écran déporté et il suffit de couper deux fils au bon endroit pour transformer ça en relais radio . Son clone maison lui est donc revenu à quelques centaines de dollars de matos au lieu des douze mille que Dimitri a empochés. Et surtout il fonctionnait mieux que l'original. Breeeef...

Avant ce genre d'attaque, voler une bagnole demandait quand même un peu de doigté. Le slim jim, une tige métallique qu'on glissait dans la portière, a été tué dans les années 90 par les constructeurs qui ont blindé les mécanismes de serrure. Le démarrage en pontant les fils façon Mac Gyver est devenu inutile le jour où un calculateur ECU a pris le contrôle du moteur. Et plus récemment, vous avez peut-être entendu parler des Kia Boys , ces ados qui ont fait le tour de TikTok en démarrant des Kia et Hyundai d'avant 2022 avec un simple câble USB enfoncé dans le contact.

C'était couillon, mais ces modèles n'avaient pas d'antidémarrage électronique... une économie de bout de chandelle des constructeurs qui leur a quand même coûté 8,3 millions de véhicules à patcher en urgence. Comme quoi, la sécurité par l'obscurité, ça finit toujours par se payer un jour ou l'autre...

Et est-ce que vous saviez ce que deviennent ces voitures une fois envolées ??

Eh bien, même si l'essentiel des vols est l'œuvre d'abrutis d'ados qui font joyride pour Instagram , le reste est récupéré par une filière criminelle très organisée, démonté en pièces détachées dans un atelier en moins d'une heure ou encore expédié en conteneur à l'autre bout du monde.

Maintenant, pour bloquer les attaques relais et toutes ses déclinaisons, il suffit d'empêcher votre clé d'entendre ce "chuchotement" de la voiture. La première règle, qui est aussi la plus bête, est donc de ne JAMAIS poser vos clés près de la porte d'entrée... Éloignez-les au maximum, à l'autre bout de votre logement si vous le pouvez

Et la deuxième règle, c'est d'empêcher la clé de capter quoi que ce soit... Une boîte à biscuits en métal fait par exemple parfaitement l'affaire. Ou alors un bout de papier alu pour l'emballer...

Une simple boite a biscuits en métal suffit a rendre la clé sourde.

C'est ce qu'on appelle une cage de Faraday dans laquelle le signal radio préfère filer dans le métal conducteur plutôt que de traverser. Les pochettes anti-RFID vendues une dizaine d'euros font pareil et sont quand même plus classe, mais testez-les avant de leur faire réellement confiance.

Ah et sinon, sur certains modèles comme ma Ioniq 5 , vous pouvez aussi désactiver l'ouverture automatique "à distance via la clé et "sans les mains" et exiger une pression sur le bouton de la clé. C'est plus safe même si c'est moins fun ^^.

Un grand merci à Lilian pour le partage.

PARIS – Afin de marquer la 45e édition de la Fête de la musique qu’il a lui-même créée, Jack Lang a été aperçu hier soir au concert privé de Jean-Luc Lahaye. Une décision qui, selon son entourage, s’inscrit dans sa volonté de « faire vivre le patrimoine culturel français, même lorsqu’il met tout le monde mal à l’aise ».

« Jack est très attaché à l’idée de transmission », explique un proche avant de poursuivre « il n’a d’ailleurs pas manqué de reverser tout l’argent récolté lors de la soirée à une association de bienfaiteurs » sans pour autant donner leurs noms.

Interrogé sur la programmation la semaine dernière, l’ancien ministre avait tenu à garder le line-up secret tout en annonçant une ambiance « musicale, mais pas que » avec d’autres invités comme Richard Berry, Patrick Bruel, Norman Thavaud ou Jean-Marc Morandini. Le concert s’est déroulé dans une ambiance intimiste afin d’éviter toute présence de journalistes ou de juges.

Contactés par la rédaction, les organisateurs affirment que la soirée a été un vif succès et tiennent à préciser qu’elle s’est poursuivie avec un débat consacré à une question devenue centrale dans le paysage culturel français : « Peut-on séparer l’artiste de son casier judiciaire ? ».
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PARIS – Afin de marquer la 45e édition de la Fête de la musique qu’il a lui-même créée, Jack Lang a été aperçu hier soir au concert privé de Jean-Luc Lahaye. Une décision qui, selon son entourage, s’inscrit dans sa volonté de « faire vivre le patrimoine culturel français, même lorsqu’il met tout le monde mal à l’aise ».

« Jack est très attaché à l’idée de transmission », explique un proche avant de poursuivre « il n’a d’ailleurs pas manqué de reverser tout l’argent récolté lors de la soirée à une association de bienfaiteurs » sans pour autant donner leurs noms.

Interrogé sur la programmation la semaine dernière, l’ancien ministre avait tenu à garder le line-up secret tout en annonçant une ambiance « musicale, mais pas que » avec d’autres invités comme Richard Berry, Patrick Bruel, Norman Thavaud ou Jean-Marc Morandini. Le concert s’est déroulé dans une ambiance intimiste afin d’éviter toute présence de journalistes ou de juges.

Contactés par la rédaction, les organisateurs affirment que la soirée a été un vif succès et tiennent à préciser qu’elle s’est poursuivie avec un débat consacré à une question devenue centrale dans le paysage culturel français : « Peut-on séparer l’artiste de son casier judiciaire ? ».
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Choisir un matelas adapté à sa morphologie est essentiel pour bénéficier d’un sommeil réparateur. En effet, les besoins varient sensiblement selon le poids, la taille et la position de sommeil…

L’article Quel matelas en mousse choisir selon votre morphologie ? est apparu en premier sur Garan Cedore Magazine.

Cela faisait des années que je tournais avec de très anciennes caméras Eufy, et je me suis dit récemment qu'il était temps de les remplacer. J'ai donc pris l' Indoor Cam E30 , le modèle 4K de la marque qui pivote sur 360 degrés.

Elle est affichée autour de 60 euros, mais on la trouve très souvent en promotion, autour de 45 euros en ce moment . À ce tarif, difficile de bouder le produit tellement il est complet.

Alors déjà, première bonne surprise, l'image. La 4K change vraiment la donne par rapport à mes vieux modèles, c'est net et lumineux, et la vision nocturne en couleur est parfaitement lisible grâce au petit projecteur intégré, qui fait au passage office d'épouvantail pour les visiteurs indésirables. Quand on regarde le flux à distance, on peut régler la résolution et la réduire un peu pour ne pas forcément streamer de la 4K, ce qui peut être un peu lourd quand on est sur une petite barre de 3G à l'autre bout de la France.

Mais ce qui m'a le plus bluffé, c'est le suivi des mouvements. La caméra repère une personne ou un animal, puis pivote toute seule pour le garder dans le cadre et continue de le filmer pendant qu'il se déplace dans la pièce. Le résultat est bluffant.

Et tout ça est calculé en local, directement dans la caméra, sans dépendre du cloud. Son IA embarquée reconnaît aussi les sons et même les pleurs d'un bébé, ce qui la transforme à l'occasion en babyphone, alors que l'audio bidirectionnel permet de parler à travers la caméra depuis son téléphone.

Côté stockage, je passe par une HomeBase , le petit boîtier maison d'Eufy qui garde toutes les vidéos chez moi, sans le moindre abonnement mensuel. Mais ce n'est pas obligatoire : une simple carte microSD glissée dans la caméra fait aussi le travail, ou le cloud si vous y tenez.

J'en ai même installé une dehors, bien à l'abri de la pluie quand même, parce que ce modèle reste officiellement une caméra d'intérieur sans certification pour affronter les intempéries. Et franchement, elles fonctionnent toutes parfaitement, aussi bien dedans que dehors.

Elle cause aussi à HomeKit, Alexa et l'Assistant Google, avec une petite réserve à connaître : en passant par HomeKit, l'image retombe à du 1080p au lieu de la 4K. Bon à savoir si vous vivez à fond dans l'écosystème Apple, mais pour rappel ça devrait changer dès la rentrée prochaine, avec un iOS27 bien plus capable pour la gestion des caméras.

La marque pousse aussi son IA maison, baptisée BionicMind, qui ne se contente plus de repérer une silhouette mais reconnaît carrément les visages et fait le tri entre une personne, un animal, une voiture ou un colis déposé devant la porte.

Bref, à ce prix, j'ai remplacé toutes mes caméras par ce modèle, et je suis bien content. Disponible par ici sur Amazon.

L'outil « Changement d'adresse » doit couvrir toutes les variantes du domaine

Quand on déplace un site d'un domaine vers un autre, l'outil « Changement d'adresse » de Google Search Console est l'un des leviers essentiels pour indiquer à Google que le contenu a migré et qu'il doit transférer le signal vers le nouveau domaine.

Jusqu'ici, beaucoup de webmasters se contentaient de soumettre la demande pour la version principale de leur domaine. C'est une erreur que Google vient explicitement corriger dans sa documentation mise à jour.

La firme de Mountain View a ajouté un encadré dans son guide sur les migrations de site, qui précise : si vous déplacez votre site d'un domaine vers un autre, vous devez soumettre des demandes de changement d'adresse pour tous les sous-domaines et les variantes www et non-www de l'ancien nom de domaine, même si vous ne les utilisez pas activement.

L'exemple donné est le suivant: si vous migrez vers new-example.net, il faut soumettre des demandes depuis en.example.com, www.example.com et example.com. Les trois.

Pourquoi c'est important même pour les variantes inutilisées

Le point clé dans la mise à jour de Google, c'est la précision : « même si vous n'utilisez pas activement ces variantes ». En pratique, un domaine peut avoir une version www et non-www qui redirigent toutes les deux vers la même URL canonique. On pense souvent que la variante secondaire n'a pas besoin d'être migrée formellement puisqu'elle n'est pas vraiment utilisée.

Google précise dorénavant le contraire. Chaque variante peut avoir accumulé des signaux indépendants dans l'index, et ne pas migrer l'une d'elles peut laisser une partie du patrimoine SEO du site derrière.

Pour que la migration fonctionne correctement, toutes ces propriétés doivent aussi être vérifiées dans Google Search Console au préalable. Sans vérification, la demande de changement d'adresse ne peut pas être soumise.

Une clarification officielle, et non pas un changement technique

Barry Schwartz, qui relaie cette mise à jour sur Search Engine Roundtable, note qu'il ne s'agit probablement pas d'une nouveauté dans le fonctionnement de l'outil en lui-même, mais d'une clarification bienvenue dans la documentation officielle. Le comportement de l'outil restait le même, mais la recommandation n'était pas formulée aussi explicitement.

Pour les équipes SEO qui accompagnent des refentes ou des migrations de marque, c'est un point à considérer dès maintenant. Avant de clore une migration, vérifiez que chaque variante de l'ancien domaine a bien sa propre demande de changement d'adresse soumise dans Search Console.

L’article "Migration de domaine : Google précise comment utiliser l’outil de « Changement d’adresse »" a été publié sur le site Abondance.

Il y a des gens qui se détendent en regardant une petite série. Aaron Christophel, lui, se détend en désossant des bracelets connectés Xiaomi pour leur faire cracher du code qu'aucun ingénieur de la marque n'avait prévu.

Ce bidouilleur allemand, plus connu sous le pseudo atc1441, vient de s'attaquer au Mi Band 10, et il en a tiré ce que la communauté du hack matériel considère comme le sacre suprême depuis trente ans : un portage de Doom, le jeu de tir sorti en 1993.

Datasets, serveurs MCP, cartes A2A, plug-in Claude Code… Autant de ressources qui, dans l’écosystème agentique, ont leurs propres métadonnées et mécanismes de découverte.

De ce constat de diversité – et surtout de ce qu’il implique en termes d’implémentation – a émergé une initiative appelée AI Catalog. Elle a pris forme fin 2025 sous l’égide de la Fondation Linux. Google, Microsoft et Anthropic sont aujourd’hui au comité de pilotage technique.

AI Catalog vise à définir un conteneur JSON « agnostique » qui utilise les types de médias (ex-types MIME) pour décrire les ressources qu’il héberge. Les métadonnées sont embarquées ou référencées par URL. Le projet développe une extension dite « manifeste de confiance » pour les environnements qui nécessitent des identités vérifiables, des preuves de conformité et du suivi de provenance.

Actuellement en brouillon, la spécification définit aussi une méthode standardisée pour publier ce conteneur sur une URL well-known. Elle n’est pas vouée à remplacer les formats spécifiques à chaque ressource, mais à fournir une « couche commune de découverte et de confiance ».

Fédérer les catalogues de ressources agentiques

AI Catalog nourrit un autre projet dans lequel s’impliquent Google et Microsoft : ARD (Agentic Resource Discovery). Y participent également AWS, Cisco, Databricks, GitHub, GoDaddy, Hugging Face, NVIDIA, Salesforce, ServiceNow et Snowflake.

Il s’agit là aussi de procurer une surcouche, mais au niveau des registres qui indexent les ressources publiées au format AI Catalog.

L’idée est que tout registre puisse indexer ces ressources en appliquant ses propres règles. Puis les communiquer à tout client IA grâce à des skills et/ou des serveurs MCP, lors du build ou du run, de manière dynamique (i.e. en fonction des tâches), sur le même principe qu’une recherche web.

Ce modèle évite aux producteurs des ressources de les pousser dans chaque registre : ils les publient une seule fois, sur leur domaine. En y associant éventuellement des « signaux de confiance » que les clients IA peuvent vérifier. Parmi eux, des identités DID (Decentralized Identifiers), SPIFFE ou ANS (Agent Name Service), des signatures JWS et des attestations de lignage.

En miroir, les utilisateurs peuvent définir des stratégies de manière centralisée, sans devoir les appliquer à chaque client IA – et sans avoir à embarquer tous les schémas dans le prompt système. ARD introduit donc une forme de portabilité, en parallèle d’un mécanisme de fédération (imbrication de registres sous un même endpoint).

Hugging Face et GitHub, branchés en ARD

Il existe actuellement des connecteurs ARD pour ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, GitHub Copilot et Microsoft Copilot. Par défaut, ils donnent accès à deux registres : ceux de GitHub (Agent Finder) et de Hugging Face (Discover). On peut en ajouter en éditant agent-finders.json.

Ces connecteurs se composent de deux briques. D’une part, un serveur MCP pour réaliser les appels. De l’autre, une skill qui, notamment, affiche un menu de sélection du registre et permet de demander confirmation à l’utilisateur avant d’ouvrir l’accès à une ressource.

Pour Claude et GitHub Copilot, il y a un fichier Markdown à déposer dans le dossier de skills. Sur ChatGPT, la définition se fait au niveau des espaces de travail. Avec Microsoft Copilot, elle passe par la création d’un « agent déclaratif » dans le studio. Pour Gemini, l’équivalent de la skill est un Gem. Toutefois, il ne suffit pas à se connecter aux ressources : comme l’application ne peut pas se connecter à des serveurs MCP ou HTTP arbitraires, il faut utiliser le CLI ou l’API.

Plusieurs méthodes de publication et d’indexation

Tout registre doit exposer une API REST, avec au moins un endpoint de recherche (POST /search). Ils peuvent éventuellement proposer des endpoints d’exploration (POST /explore) et de navigation déterministe (GET /agents, utile en particulier pour les portails développeurs). Et mettre en place d’autres mécanismes de recherche, par exemple via MCP ou A2A.

Avec l’API REST comme exigence commune, la fédération devient une simple opération HTTP. Les clients IA disposent d’un paramètre pour la contrôler.

Les registres ont deux pipelines d’ingestion. Le principal, de type web, indexe les manifestes depuis leurs URI. Le secondaire, optionnel, scanne les dépôts Git, npm, OCI, etc. Si l’URL well-known est le moyen désigné pour exposer ces manifestes, ARD accepte aussi les enregistrements DNS, les balises d’en-tête HTTP et les directives Agentmap (entrées dans robots.txt).

En plus GitHub et de Hugging Face, Cisco a aussi une implémentation de référence d’ARD.

À consulter en complément :

L’Estonie esquisse un registre national d’identités pour les agents IA
DNS-AID à la Fondation Linux : qu’est-ce que ce projet d’« annuaire agentique » ?
Entre hyperscalers, les stacks agentiques se suivent… et se ressemblent ?
Assistants de codage : au régime agentique, un autre paysage concurrentiel

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C’est un Nicolas Sarkozy terriblement ému qui a été photographié par plusieurs paparazzi lors de sa séance de footing quotidienne en plein cœur du bois de Boulogne. Interrogé sur l’origine de ses petits yeux brillants et de son sourire béat, l’ancien président de la République a dévoilé, accroché à sa cheville, un superbe bracelet électronique intégralement conçu avec des nouilles, des pâtes coudes et de la glue.

« Vous voulez savoir pourquoi j’ai des rigatoni crus accrochés à la cheville ? Eh bien je vais vous le dire » a déclaré Nicolas Sarkozy aux photographes en s’asseyant en tailleur sur la pelouse. « Mon petit Louis m’a offert ce matin ce cadeau de fête des pères, accompagné d’un superbe dessin et d’un joli poème. Avouez que ça donne du baume au cœur. » poursuit-il, en sortant de sa banane un dessin fait aux feutres le représentant torse-nu chevauchant un dragon-cheval devant le Tribunal judiciaire de Paris, armé d’une épée magique et d’une mangue de Colombie. 

L’ancien leader de l’UMP en a également profité pour lire un court extrait dudit poème avant de reprendre sa course :
« Mon gentil papa que j’adore,
T’es le plus grand, le plus musclé,
T’es tellement en forme, tellement fort
Qu’même ta prison, c’est la Santé.
Plus tard, j’s’rai ton alter-ego,
Un grand leader, un homme puissant,
Mais pas maintenant j’aide Philippot,
À obtenir ses trois pourcents.
Mon papounet, bonne fête à toi,
On s’voit très vite, tu m’manques beaucoup,
Sur un d’tes yachts, à Ibiza,
Dans un d’mes jets, ou bien au trou. »

Une délicate attention qui ne s’arrête pas là puisqu’en plus de tous ces cadeaux, Louis Sarkozy en a profité pour offrir à son père un gigantesque pot de yaourt intégralement fait en pots de yaourts.

L’article Fête des pères – Louis Sarkozy offre à son père un bracelet électronique en nouilles est apparu en premier sur Le Gorafi.fr Gorafi News Network.

C’est un Nicolas Sarkozy terriblement ému qui a été photographié par plusieurs paparazzi lors de sa séance de footing quotidienne en plein cœur du bois de Boulogne. Interrogé sur l’origine de ses petits yeux brillants et de son sourire béat, l’ancien président de la République a dévoilé, accroché à sa cheville, un superbe bracelet électronique intégralement conçu avec des nouilles, des pâtes coudes et de la glue.

« Vous voulez savoir pourquoi j’ai des rigatoni crus accrochés à la cheville ? Eh bien je vais vous le dire » a déclaré Nicolas Sarkozy aux photographes en s’asseyant en tailleur sur la pelouse. « Mon petit Louis m’a offert ce matin ce cadeau de fête des pères, accompagné d’un superbe dessin et d’un joli poème. Avouez que ça donne du baume au cœur. » poursuit-il, en sortant de sa banane un dessin fait aux feutres le représentant torse-nu chevauchant un dragon-cheval devant le Tribunal judiciaire de Paris, armé d’une épée magique et d’une mangue de Colombie. 

L’ancien leader de l’UMP en a également profité pour lire un court extrait dudit poème avant de reprendre sa course :
« Mon gentil papa que j’adore,
T’es le plus grand, le plus musclé,
T’es tellement en forme, tellement fort
Qu’même ta prison, c’est la Santé.
Plus tard, j’s’rai ton alter-ego,
Un grand leader, un homme puissant,
Mais pas maintenant j’aide Philippot,
À obtenir ses trois pourcents.
Mon papounet, bonne fête à toi,
On s’voit très vite, tu m’manques beaucoup,
Sur un d’tes yachts, à Ibiza,
Dans un d’mes jets, ou bien au trou. »

Une délicate attention qui ne s’arrête pas là puisqu’en plus de tous ces cadeaux, Louis Sarkozy en a profité pour offrir à son père un gigantesque pot de yaourt intégralement fait en pots de yaourts.

L’article Fête des pères – Louis Sarkozy offre à son père un bracelet électronique en nouilles est apparu en premier sur Le Gorafi.fr Gorafi News Network.

Un homme vous fixe, vos regards se croisent, et il détourne les yeux en une fraction de seconde. Ce réflexe de détournement rapide du regard est l’un des signaux non verbaux les plus fréquents dans les interactions entre hommes et femmes, et son interprétation dépend de plusieurs facteurs concrets que le contexte seul permet de démêler.

Le réflexe de détournement

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L’article Que pense un homme qui fixe une femme et détourne vite les yeux ? est apparu en premier sur PEPSeo.

L’entraîneur français Hervé Renard devrait quitter les États-Unis dès aujourd’hui pour rejoindre la capitale anglaise suite à la démission de Keir Starmer. Selon plusieurs sources au 10, Downing Street, le Français viendra avec l’entièreté de son staff, comprenant deux préparateur physique et un responsable data. Il pourrait annoncer la composition du nouveau gouvernement anglais vers la fin de la semaine.

L’article Angleterre – Le Premier ministre Keir Starmer remplacé par Hervé Renard est apparu en premier sur Le Gorafi.fr Gorafi News Network.

L’entraîneur français Hervé Renard devrait quitter les États-Unis dès aujourd’hui pour rejoindre la capitale anglaise suite à la démission de Keir Starmer. Selon plusieurs sources au 10, Downing Street, le Français viendra avec l’entièreté de son staff, comprenant deux préparateur physique et un responsable data. Il pourrait annoncer la composition du nouveau gouvernement anglais vers la fin de la semaine.

L’article Angleterre – Le Premier ministre Keir Starmer remplacé par Hervé Renard est apparu en premier sur Le Gorafi.fr Gorafi News Network.

Si vous passez votre vie dans un terminal et que vous avez réussi un jour à quitter tout seul Vi / Vim, voici une application qui va vous intéresser. Il s'agit de Tanko , signé Alexandro Mendez, un outil en ligne de commande qui permet de lire et télécharger vos mangas préférés directement depuis un terminal. C'est, en gros, le même concept que youtube-dl mais pour les scans japonais.

Pour installer Tanko, ouvrez un terminal et entrez la commande suivante : pnpm install -g tanko (npm marche aussi). Une fois que c'est fait, y a plus qu'à lancer tanko. Plus besoin d'aller sur les sites en question, vous entrez vos critères de recherche et hop, vous lisez votre chapitre directement. Les chapitres que vous téléchargez en PDF atterrissent dans $HOME/tanko/downloads/.

Après, Tanko affiche les vraies pages en image, à condition d'utiliser un terminal moderne comme Kitty, Ghostty ou WezTerm qui gèrent les protocoles graphiques (Kitty graphics, Sixel). Mais surtout dans un terminal basique, genre le terminal intégré de VS Code ou le bon vieux CMD de Windows, Tanko basculera en mode ASCII Art.

J'suis sûr que vous voyez où je veux en venir... Votre boss passe derrière vous, voit des caractères bizarres défiler dans VS Code, et repart convaincu que vous compilez un truc alors que pendant ce temps-là vous suivez peinard le dernier chapitre de One Piece... niark niark niark.

Côté fonctions, vous avez l'historique de lecture, un menu de config, les notifications et le support de plusieurs sources de scans. Attention quand même, certaines sources scrappent les sites via un navigateur, donc il faudra installer Firefox avec npx playwright install firefox. Après c'est pas non plus obligatoire et vous pouvez vous contenter des sources qui n'en ont pas besoin.

L'outil est cool mais après en ce qui me concerne, lire un manga en ASCII Art c'est marrant 30 secondes, mais pour de la vraie lecture je vous conseille vraiment d'opter pour l'un des terminaux avec support des images que je vous ai cités plus haut.

Et si votre but c'est juste d'aspirer des tonnes de scans, le vieux mangal est plus complet, même s'il est archivé depuis avril 2025 et que plus personne ne le maintient... sniiif. Dans le même style, ça me rappelle aussi Lue qui vous lit vos ebooks en audio dans le terminal et si vous préférez un truc avec une vraie bibliothèque, jetez plutôt un œil à Kavita .

Et enfin, roulements de tambours, pour savoir où trouver vos scans sans finir en correctionnelle, j'avais fait un guide sur le manga et le scantrad .

Bref, c'est gratuit, mais à consommer avec modération pendant les heures de boulot, bande d'ennemis du capitalisme ^^ !!

It doesn’t matter with whom your partner cheats; it hurts nonetheless. However, sometimes it hurts more when they do it with someone you’re close to. Unfortunately, that’s the case for many cheating stories, as research shows that only around 15% of cheaters are unfaithful with strangers or casual acquaintances.

The husband in this story cheated with his wife’s best friend, so she was betrayed by two of the most important people in her life. A few years later, after she recovered and established her small baking business, she heard from the couple again — they wanted to hire her for their child’s birthday. Here she faced a dilemma: should she accept the money and risk drama, or just refuse and keep her peace?

A woman was betrayed by both her husband and best friend after they revealed they had been having an affair

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After the divorce, she was able to pick herself up, but heard from her BFF again when she was least expecting it

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Commenters had no sympathy for the best friend: “She ‘won’ a bad husband”

Later, her best friend came to her with a request to bake a cake for her son’s birthday

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“I need [to] mentally prepare myself for every kind of scenario,” the woman wrote in the comments

Some advised her to take the order, others recommended staying out of the drama and keeping her peace

In the end, she decided to accept the job: “It looked too good to pass”

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Thus commenced one of the most awkward kids’ birthday parties in history

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Commenters praised the woman for handling the party with such decorum: “You have just slayed your dragon”

Après une journée de travail, le temps disponible pour une activité créative dépasse rarement une vingtaine de minutes. La question n’est donc pas « quelle activité créative choisir » mais plutôt : quelles pratiques produisent un effet de décompression réel dans un format aussi court ? Les réponses varient selon le type d’effort cognitif impliqué, le matériel nécessaire et le …

L’article ACTIVITÉS créative Adulte : idées relaxantes après le travail est apparu en premier sur Ma Gazette.

Article en collaboration avec Getfluence

1. Préparer et programmer du contenu SEO à l'avance

Rien de pire qu'un blog déserté pendant trois semaines, aux yeux de Google, des moteurs de recherche IA et des lecteurs. La régularité de publication est un signal apprécié, et un calendrier éditorial qui s'arrête brutalement peut freiner la dynamique acquise sur certains mots-clés, mais aussi réduire les chances d'être mentionné par les LLMs.

L'astuce consiste à anticiper la rédaction de plusieurs articles avant le départ, puis à les programmer directement dans le CMS avec des dates de publication échelonnées. WordPress, comme la plupart des CMS modernes, permet cette planification en quelques clics. Pour les contenus à plus forte valeur ajoutée, mieux vaut prévoir un mix entre articles evergreen (qui ne dépendent pas de l'actualité) et contenus liés à des temps forts commerciaux, pour  ne pas se retrouver à publier un article sur un événement déjà passé pendant l'absence. 

Pour les marques qui travaillent leur visibilité dans les réponses IA, c'est aussi le bon moment pour planifier des contenus optimisés en ce sens, comme le format AI-First de Getfluence, conçu spécifiquement pour générer des mentions de marque dans les LLMs.

Penser aussi aux métadonnées, au maillage interne et aux visuels. Tout doit être prêt avant la programmation, car personne ne sera là pour corriger une balise title mal renseignée ou une image mal cadrée.

2. Planifier une campagne de netlinking

Le netlinking ne prend pas de vacances parce que le consultant est sur une plage. Une campagne bien construite peut continuer à produire des backlinks de qualité pendant votre absence, à condition d'avoir été correctement préparée.

Avant de partir, il s'agit de définir les médias cibles, les ancres à utiliser et le budget alloué, puis de transmettre des consignes claires si une agence ou une plateforme intervient en relais. Pour structurer cette démarche, il est utile de revoir les critères permettant de choisir les bons médias pour une campagne de netlinking, notamment la thématique du site, son autorité et la qualité de son audience.

Les plateformes spécialisées comme Getfluence,, permettent justement d'automatiser ou de déléguer une bonne partie de ce processus. La sélection des médias, la validation des contenus et le suivi des publications peuvent être gérés à distance ou par un expert dédié dans le cas de Getfluence et le service Getfluence+. .

3. Faire un audit SEO rapide

Avant de couper toutes vos notifications, un état des lieux technique s'impose. L'objectif n'est pas de mener un audit exhaustif sur plusieurs jours, mais de vérifier les points qui pourraient dégénérer en l'absence de surveillance.

Voici quelques vérifications prioritaires à effectuer :

• Les positions sur les mots-clés stratégiques, pour détecter une chute brutale avant le départ plutôt qu'à la rentrée.
• Les liens cassés et les erreurs 404, souvent négligés mais préjudiciables à l'expérience utilisateur.
• Les redirections, en particulier les chaînes de redirection qui ralentissent le crawl.
• Les erreurs techniques remontées par Google Search Console (erreurs serveur, problèmes d'indexation, soucis de Core Web Vitals).
• Les pages orphelines, invisibles dans le maillage interne et donc mal explorées par les robots.

Des outils comme Screaming Frog ou Semrush permettent de réaliser ce diagnostic en quelques heures. L'idée est de corriger les points bloquants identifiés avant le départ, plutôt que de les découvrir au retour avec deux ou trois semaines de retard sur la résolution.

4. Préparer un reporting automatisé pour les clients

Un client qui n'a pas de nouvelles pendant les vacances de son consultant peut avoir tendance à s'inquiéter, même si tout va bien. La solution la plus efficace consiste à automatiser la communication des résultats pendant votre absence.

Plusieurs options  :

• Les alertes Google Search Console peuvent être configurées pour signaler automatiquement toute anomalie majeure (chute d'impressions, erreurs d'indexation, problèmes de sécurité).
• Les rapports GA4 programmés, envoyés par email à fréquence régulière, offrent une visibilité continue sur le trafic et les conversions.
• Enfin, un dashboard Looker Studio partagé avec le client lui permet de consulter lui-même les indicateurs clés à tout moment, sans solliciter le consultant. Certains partenaires comme Getfluence le propose même pour suivre les résultats de ses campagnes offsite.

Ces automatisations rassurent le client sur la continuité du suivi, tout en évitant au consultant de devoir se connecter chaque jour pour vérifier que tout fonctionne normalement.

5. Faire un point stratégique avec chaque client

La dernière étape, et sans doute la plus importante sur le plan relationnel, consiste à caler un échange avec chaque client avant le départ. L'objectif est triple : aligner les priorités pour la période à venir, trancher les décisions urgentes en attente, et limiter les sollicitations pendant l'absence.

Ce point permet de clarifier ce qui peut attendre la rentrée et ce qui doit être validé avant le départ (lancement d'une nouvelle page, refonte en cours, changement de stratégie de mots-clés). C'est aussi le moment idéal pour prévoir un interlocuteur de secours en cas d'urgence réelle, qu'il s'agisse d'un collègue d'agence ou d'un autre freelance de confiance, afin que le client ne se sente jamais démuni en cas de problème.

Un client bien informé et rassuré en amont sollicite beaucoup moins pendant les congés qu'un client laissé dans le flou et l’incertitude.

Ces 5 actions simples vous assurent un départ en vacances beaucoup plus serein. Contenu programmé, netlinking en cours, audit technique propre, reporting automatisé et clients alignés : autant de garde-fous qui permettent de déconnecter vraiment, sans mauvaise surprise au retour. 

L’article "Consultant SEO en agence ou freelance : les 5 actions à mettre en place avant de partir en vacances" a été publié sur le site Abondance.

Bélier : Vous devrez marcher sur des braises avec vos collègues en burn out, pour vous prouver que « vous pouvez le faire ». Attention.

Taureau : Vous serez obnubilé(e) par la ville de Villeneuve-d’Ascq. Vous serez prêt(e) à faire n’importe quoi.

Gémeaux : Vous contracterez l’influentite, la maladie des influenceuses. Votre quotidien sera de tapoter sur des emballages et simuler l’extase dès que vous goûtez un truc.

Cancer : Si c’est la semaine de votre anniversaire, on vous offrira une couverture chauffante pour transpirer encore plus.

Lion : Vous aurez une relation avec un informaticien fan de manga qui s’identifie au « Joker » sur internet. Vous valez mieux que ça.

Vierge : Vous devrez installer la version 1.78 de Raphaël Glucksmann pour qu’il fonctionne sur vos écrans.

Balance : Une mouette deviendra votre ennemie jurée (elle rira à chacun de vos échecs).

Scorpion : On vous accusera de plagiat dans une vidéo choc qui divise l’opinion publique. Ne vous laissez pas faire.

Furet : Vous mettrez la main sur l’épisode 4.5 de Star Wars où Luke Skylwalker se fait une épilation définitive avec son sabre laser. Bravo !

Sagittaire : Vous achèterez au marché noir une petite bouteille de sueur de Jean-Luc Reichmann (26,99 euros). Vous serez un peu déçu(e).

Capricorne : Vous vous mettrez en arrêt-maladie pour protester contre le gouvernement. C’est mieux que rien.

Verseau : Vous découvrirez que le monde entier tourne autour de l’argent, alors que l’argent n’est même pas réel. 

Poissons : Vous vous rendrez compte que votre conjoint n’a aucune utilité. Si vous êtes célibataire, vous mangerez du taboulé oriental.

L’article Horoscope du 22 juin 2026 est apparu en premier sur Le Gorafi.fr Gorafi News Network.

Bélier : Vous devrez marcher sur des braises avec vos collègues en burn out, pour vous prouver que « vous pouvez le faire ». Attention.

Taureau : Vous serez obnubilé(e) par la ville de Villeneuve-d’Ascq. Vous serez prêt(e) à faire n’importe quoi.

Gémeaux : Vous contracterez l’influentite, la maladie des influenceuses. Votre quotidien sera de tapoter sur des emballages et simuler l’extase dès que vous goûtez un truc.

Cancer : Si c’est la semaine de votre anniversaire, on vous offrira une couverture chauffante pour transpirer encore plus.

Lion : Vous aurez une relation avec un informaticien fan de manga qui s’identifie au « Joker » sur internet. Vous valez mieux que ça.

Vierge : Vous devrez installer la version 1.78 de Raphaël Glucksmann pour qu’il fonctionne sur vos écrans.

Balance : Une mouette deviendra votre ennemie jurée (elle rira à chacun de vos échecs).

Scorpion : On vous accusera de plagiat dans une vidéo choc qui divise l’opinion publique. Ne vous laissez pas faire.

Furet : Vous mettrez la main sur l’épisode 4.5 de Star Wars où Luke Skylwalker se fait une épilation définitive avec son sabre laser. Bravo !

Sagittaire : Vous achèterez au marché noir une petite bouteille de sueur de Jean-Luc Reichmann (26,99 euros). Vous serez un peu déçu(e).

Capricorne : Vous vous mettrez en arrêt-maladie pour protester contre le gouvernement. C’est mieux que rien.

Verseau : Vous découvrirez que le monde entier tourne autour de l’argent, alors que l’argent n’est même pas réel. 

Poissons : Vous vous rendrez compte que votre conjoint n’a aucune utilité. Si vous êtes célibataire, vous mangerez du taboulé oriental.

L’article Horoscope du 22 juin 2026 est apparu en premier sur Le Gorafi.fr Gorafi News Network.

Many people dream about starting a family with their partner for years. They can’t wait to get married, settle down, and bring a baby into the world. And for a lot of couples, becoming parents brings them much closer together. 

But unfortunately, after one man became a father, he couldn’t help but wonder whether or not his “daughter” was actually his. Below, you’ll find the full story that he posted on Reddit, desperately seeking advice, as well as some of the replies invested readers left him.

Becoming a parent is sure to change a person’s life

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But this man couldn’t shake the nagging feeling that his daughter might not actually be his

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Some readers encouraged the author not to panic, while others said he should definitely get the DNA test to put his mind at ease

Then, the author shared an update on his situation

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The majority of Americans have been cheated on in a romantic relationship

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When a married couple finds out that they’re expecting, there’s typically no doubt in anyone’s mind that both spouses are the parents of the child. There’s no need for a paternity test.

But we’ve all heard stories about adults who suddenly found out who their real father was once they were in their twenties or about women who kept secrets about the paternity of their baby. So unfortunately, stories like this one are not unheard of.

According to data from the Survey Center on American Life, 57% of young women say that infidelity is very or extremely common, and 44% of young men say the same. Another study found that one in ten married individuals in the United States is still on at least one dating site.     

Meanwhile, a YouGov survey found that over half of Americans have been cheated on by a romantic partner, either physically, emotionally, or both. However, the same study found that the majority of relationships can actually survive cheating. 

The situation does become a bit more complicated when there is a child involved, though. It’s estimated that historically in Europe, about 1% of all children born were the result of an affair. But the knowledge of this child can be the most devastating for an unsuspecting spouse.

Apparently, between 20% and 40% of divorces are linked to infidelity, and only 44% of women who cheated on their spouses are still married. It can be difficult enough to accept that your spouse has been unfaithful, but when there’s a child in the picture, they can be a constant reminder of marriage vows being broken.

Nearly one-third of men who feel the need to ask for a paternity test find out that they’re not the father

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Clinical psychologist Dr. Michael Wetter, PsyD, told Celebrity Parents Magazine that there is no exact timeframe when it comes to how long it will take people to accept news like this. 

“It depends on how secure the communication and trust are,” Dr. Wetter explains. “It’s going to be painful and a little more raw initially, but if we talk about when it first occurs, it doesn’t have to take 10 years. Within six months to a year, something could be achievable, but it depends on the dynamics.”

He notes that it’s a different scenario, however, when the person finds out years later that their partner had a child with someone else. In that case, the person will go through a process of loss and grieving, along with a feeling of betrayal. “It’s a lot,” Dr. Wetter says.

In this particular story, the father was extremely torn about whether or not to ask for a paternity test. But according to DNA Diagnostics Center, nearly one-third of men who ask for a paternity test find out that they are not actually the father. 

Whether it was intuition telling them that something was wrong or simply bad luck, it’s important for men to be prepared for some difficult news if they feel the need to ask for a DNA test.  

We would love to hear your thoughts on this situation in the comments below, pandas. How would you have handled things if you were in the author’s shoes? Feel free to weigh in, and then you can find another Bored Panda article discussing similar family drama right here.     

However, some readers weren’t satisfied with the ending

Aux États-Unis, la guerre contre les livres ne se joue plus seulement dans les conseils d'administration des écoles, mais désormais aussi à l'intérieur d'une ampoule connectée vissée au plafond.

La performance est signée Rick Osgood , un bidouilleur qui a transformé un objet du quotidien le plus banal qui soit en cachette numérique pour des ouvrages bannis des établissements scolaires, et l'idée a quelque chose de réjouissant.

Ces dernières années, des milliers de titres ont été retirés des rayons des écoles publiques américaines sous la pression de groupes conservateurs, le plus souvent des romans qui évoquent le racisme, l'identité de genre ou la sexualité. L'association PEN America, qui défend la liberté d'expression, tient le décompte de cette vague de censure qui ne faiblit pas.

Osgood, lui, a choisi de répondre avec un fer à souder.

Il a démonté une ampoule WiFi d'entrée d gamme, de la marque IoToreo en l'occurence, et récupéré la puce qui se cachait à l'intérieur, une ESP32-C3, ce minuscule processeur sans fil à quelques euros qu'on retrouve dans un paquet de gadgets connectés. Il l'a entièrement reprogrammée avec un firmware maison, pour la transformer en serveur web tournant sur le seul courant de la douille.

Le plus compliqué, c'était la mémoire. L'ampoule ne dispose que de 4 Mo de mémoire flash, autant dire des miettes. En réécrivant la table des partitions, le plan qui découpe cette mémoire en zones, il a réussi à libérer 2 Mo pour stocker quelques livres au format EPUB, le standard des liseuses. Sa tentative de souder une carte SD pour gagner de l'espace a échoué.

Le résultat est étonnamment soigné. Une fois alimentée, l'ampoule diffuse son propre réseau WiFi public, et dès que vous vous y connectez, un portail captif, cette page qui s'ouvre d'elle-même dans les hôtels ou les aéroports, vous redirige vers l'interface de la bibliothèque. On y feuillette les ouvrages, on lit dans quel État chacun a été interdit et pourquoi, et un panneau d'administration verrouillé par mot de passe permet au propriétaire de gérer sa collection.

Un détail trahit le soin apporté au projet. Le firmware efface les identifiants WiFi enregistrés, ce qui veut dire que vous pouvez abandonner l'ampoule dans une douille publique sans risquer de livrer le code de votre box au premier venu.

Rien d'illégal là-dedans, faut-il le préciser. Osgood insiste sur le fait qu'il n'héberge aucun contenu dangereux, pas la moindre recette d'explosif, uniquement des romans parfaitement légaux que des conseils scolaires ont décidé d'écarter.

On n'est évidemment pas devant une énorme bibliothèque, vu les 2 Mo de stockage. C'est un objet politique surtout, et un exercice d'électronique, et le code complet a été publié en open source sur Codeberg, prêt à être repris par quiconque voudrait flasher sa propre ampoule contestataire.

Bref, planquer des livres censurés dans le dernier endroit où un censeur penserait à regarder, une ampoule, c'est franchement bien joué.

Source : Hackaday

Vu l’échelle opérationnelle des agents IA, le plus crucial n’est pas tant de leur attribuer des identités que d’arriver à journaliser leurs actions.

Une annonce récente du gouvernement estonien a suscité des commentaires de cette teneur. Le pays s’est en effet officiellement engagé dans une démarche de création d’identités numériques pour les agents IA. Pour le moment, il n’en dit pas beaucoup plus. Sinon qu’il s’agit de donner à ces agents « des pouvoirs limités et contrôlables », en clarifiant « qui, au final, est responsable ».

L’Estonie peut capitaliser sur son infrastructure eID établie de longue date. Dans l’optique d’y intégrer les agents IA, il lui faudra toutefois, au-delà du chantier technique, adapter son cadre légal et juridique, du Digital Signatures Act aux logiques de procédure administrative.

Dans la vision que semble entretenir Tallinn, les fournisseurs de services pourraient définir des règles distinctes pour ces agents. Par exemple, des plafonds d’opérations financières ou des limites d’accès à des données de santé. Les « codes d’identification », pour reprendre la terminologie qu’emploi le Premier ministre, seraient hébergés dans un registre national spécifique.

L’initiative est portée par Eesti.ai, programme national destiné à accompagner la diffusion de l’IA dans l’économie du pays.

À consulter en complément sur le sujet des agents IA :

Les bug bountys, saturés par les agents IA
Réservation en ligne : les agents IA, nouvelle porte d’entrée des fraudeurs
« More agents is all you need »… ou pas : une esquisse de lois d’échelle pour l’IA agentique
Les effets des agents de codage sur la qualité logicielle
Le passage de La Centrale du mono au multi-agent

Illustration générée par IA

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Le programme TV permet de se repérer, d’anticiper le moment où l’on va se poser devant l’écran et de construire un rendez-vous autour du divertissement télévisuel. Pourtant, il existe une façon plus intelligente et plus agréable d’exploiter ces informations pour trouver le format qui correspond vraiment à l’envie du moment.

Comprendre ce que le divertissement télévisuel propose réellement

Le divertissement …

L’article Programme TV du soir : comment ne plus zapper dans le vide est apparu en premier sur Ma Gazette.

Nobody’s perfect. Everyone has annoying quirks that you are often better off simply ignoring. Not just for your peace of mind, but also for the relationship. However, when you spend years together with a person, some of their habits might become unavoidable.

So when a Reddit post asked men to share the grossest things they’ve discovered about their long-term partners, many were able to contribute. From strange sandwich “recipes” to more unsettling personality traits, the answers covered a wide spectrum, too.

#1

She likes peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches.

#2

That her boundaries are concrete solid and never to be questioned and my boundaries is just me being an unreasonable vindictive a*****e.

#3

My ex wife her new shiny toy personality.

Nothing was ever enough for her.

TikTok and insta made it so much worse. She always had to have the new it purse or hobby. After a month and thousands of dollars. Never touch it again.

She was that way with our pets.

In the end of our marriage she was that way with me.

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#4

I love my fiance so very very much. But the used balled up tissues are everywhere. I swear our apartment has added flammability from the amount of wadded up tissues just being present.

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#5

Stuffed soiled baby diapers under my couch because her fat a*s was too lazy to get up and walk 8 feet to the garbage can. I found them a month after she moved out and my house still stank.

#6

I dated a girl that would 100% pee the bed when intoxicated. Waking up to pissed on sheets when we were both hungover was not cool. That was many years ago, and she has been sober for nearly 20 years.

#7

Her AO3 fanfic’s reads are often weirder than any p**n I’ve ever seen on the internet.

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#8

She's an ex. But she was eating boogers. Yeah I know, we were licking each other's privates, but seeing her out of the corner of my eye, while watching a movie, picking her nose and eating that booger was a real showstopper for me.

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#9

When we have leftover pasta my wife carefully, meticulously washes her hands, then *grabs* the leftover noodles from the pot and places them into a ziplock bag, instead of using the tongs.


She says that it's because "evolution made the human hand the most efficient grasping tool."


I once asked her to use the tongs and she informed me that, "not even God could stop her from grabbing spaghetti".

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#10

My ex would order a side salad at a restaurant and when pouring the dressing on and when the small cup was empty, instead of using a fork or spoon to scrape the sides of the dressing cup onto the salad, would LICK the cup and proceed to SPIT the dressing on her salad. IN PUBLIC. At home too obviously, still disgusting, but in public!?!?! I refused to take her to any restaurant nicer than a Waffle House. 🤢.

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#11

Prob minor, but she s***s with the door open and one time even asked me to wipe her a*s when she painted her nails and didnt want to mess them up.

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#12

She defrauded her grandparents out of a degree’s worth of tuition to fund our lifestyle and lied about obtaining a degree and still benefits from it to this day in her career that doesn’t validate education. I actually only figured that out after the break up and years after the fact of us both “graduating”.

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#13

My girlfriend and I wash our towels once a week. Not great not horrible I don’t mind as long as I feel clean after I shower.

Found out my girlfriend uses her towel to dry the floor including around the toilet of any water that drips past the mat after she steps out. She then hangs it back up again to use tomorrow.

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#14

She keeps her toothbrush and toothpaste in a cup, pointed down. Said cup collects run off water and gets DISGUSTING. Like, just keep them pointed *up* in a holder that doesn't collect water.

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#15

She puts ketchup on her chicken noodle soup.

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#16

Her car is a mess all the time. Disgusting.

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#17

The state of her desktop or the 10k+ unopened emails in her inbox.

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#18

After I broke up with my gf we had to move out and she refused to come clean the apt so I had to do the whole thing myself. Found her booger wall.

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#19

Her side of the bathroom looks like when the sirens go off in Silent Hill.

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#20

Telling me she prefers the drunk me over the sober me.

#21

Gave me an insane amount of c**p about cancelling a scheduled date because I had to drive my grandma back to her hometown (she was hospitalized in the city I lived and discharged for hospice). Grandma practically wanted to d*e in her home as a last request. I really liked my gf but I couldn't handle the disrespect and resentment after she told me her feelings were valid and I should have apologized for cancelling. I broke up with her the week after.

#22

Had me help her raise her young son, and had me pay for pretty much everything for 5 years.

She inherited a lot of money from her grandmother and bounced out of her relationship. Within weeks, she bought a new car, a home, and a trip to Europe.

The worst thing is that she said unforgivable things to break off our relationship--that I never did anything for her and for her son. It was terrible. I was a dad to her son when he needed one. And, yes, I still have a relationship with him.

#23

My ex-girlfriend removed a bloody tampon to have s*x with me, wrapped in a tissue and dropped it under the bed. I found it still laying there about a week later. Asked her why she did not put it away. She told me that I should have since I was the one who wanted to have s*x with her.

#24

My wife is a 10. Now I don't mean she's a 10 to me, and I love her so she's a 10. No, she's insanely f*****g hot.

I only say that to say this. This girl takes the meanest s***s you've ever seen in your life. Like I'm talking a few times a week she leaves skidmarks in the toilet that would make a long haul trucker blush. I don't even know how it's possible. She's tiny. But I never know what I'm going to see after I lift the lid. It's like Roger Clemens took a s**t in his pitching hand and threw it full force into the toilet.

Can anyone else relate? There aren't support groups for guys in my situation.

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#25

She s***s with the door open and stinks up the entire house. I’ve even complained about it but it’s so the cat can come in and watch her s**t. Seriously. We aren’t together anymore but wanted to mention.

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#26

I love her dearly so I'm not really moved to disclose her lack of toothpaste tube hygiene with a bunch of strangers.

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#27

She peels her chicken nuggets and eats the skin and then the naked nugget.

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#28

Sock, shoe, sock, shoe like a maniac.

#29

She wanted to declaw our new kitten, and then I realized she's always been a p.o.s. and we split.

#30

She had a blanket that she loved. She would only sleep with that blanket wherever she went. Brought it on trips and everything.

I was not a fan of it, so I had my own blanket.

One day I was being helpful and thought to wash the blanket. She scolded me about not using a regular washer due to its fragile nature. Since it’s silk or a silk like substance. It made me think of the entire time we had been together until that moment and I asked when it was last cleaned. She couldn’t give me a date and we had been together over 15 years by this point. I nearly threw up instantly.

#31

Mine throws her toilet paper in the trash after using it. The kids do the same now. im trying to break the habit, because why??? also, so much hair everywhere all the time….

#32

At the end of the day she takes out her single use contacts and flicks them anywhere she pleases.

#33

It wasn’t his fault, but what came out when he got food poisoning 🤢 poor guy.. I’ve never seen stuff projectile from both ends of the body. Got on ceilings, walls.. the dog. It was bad.

#34

Popped the staph abscess on my b**t.

Doc wasn't able to lance it, but she went in and got it immediately with no further complications. Thing kept me from sitting down properly for a week.

It was a nasty job and I am still so grateful to her. She is a saint. We're getting married :).

#35

This ex revealed he was diagnosed sociopath so he did a bunch of disgusting things but if we’re talking sanitary disgusting… I found a pile of dirty panties in his closet. None were mine. All different sizes. A PILE. USED AND DIRTY.

#36

Mostly her personality.

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#37

Turns out adorable sweet ladies fart too. Farts that are so putrid and noxious that they can cause you to awaken from a d**d sleep in a state of panic.

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#38

She’s a mess. What she calls organized makes me cringe. She is bossy. She sheds like a cat. Gives me dirty looks when I eat. Farts like a buffalo. She’s a great mom. Hard worker. Supports me and all my weirdness. She covers every flaw I have and I cover hers. Together we make one hell of a human.

#39

How f*****g mean she is.

#40

I tried to look past a lot of things. Her messy clothes, messy car, messy room. She rarely had to wash a dish, vacuum a floor, or do a load of laundry while we were together. I had it covered, at least for a while.

Though the straw that broke the camel's back was her hygiene. Never showered or brushed her teeth. It was physically repulsive. I can't make love to someone like that. The subtle hints didn't work. She'd just get b******t.

I really tried to make it work but I can't live my life perpetually exhausted and disgusted by someone.

#41

The hair ends up EVERYWHERE.

#42

She never deletes the old alarms set on her phone, just makes a new one. There's so many now it's too big a job to correct.

#43

My ex is leaving in less than 10 days. Went through the process to evict her, and her man-child. Personally, I believe a home should be clean and presentable, organized, and things put away. Yes I give room for “lived in,” because that’s normal. After I sold my home and bought the one we just moved in to, I realized more and more it was just a constant stream of boundary violations from her, and her man-child:

 

1) Cleanliness. Great example of that, is I asked for things not to be thrown, dropped, and left on stairwells. It’s a safety hazard. It’s also very demoralizing because it shows that, “this is what I think of you, you are to clean up after me.” After I explained to her why it’s rude to expect someone else to clean up after you with this regard, she burst out laughing. Wherever she went in the house, a trail of trash, dishes, empty Amazon packages, medication bottles, insulin pens and much more would follow. And remain. And grow.

2) Responsibility. Her man-child has no job, no license, no desire to improve or contribute. It’s hard to get him to lend help to actually “do” anything in regards to upkeep of the home, or projects. When she told me, “if he doesn’t want to drive, he doesn’t have to. We will figure it out.” The phrase “we” turns out she was dumping responsibility on me 90% of the time, if not more. In this regard, it was to mean I would have to chauffeur him to and from a job, if he ever got one. After two months of “job searching,” I offered to check his indeed profile (and subsequently his email account), to see how I could help him. Quickly discovered he was in fact, not looking. Zero applications or saves on Indeed. No email receipts of applied for jobs. But boy, could he tell me what the latest patch notes were in WoW Classic at the drop of a hat.

3) Finances. She told me upfront in saying she made $100-150k. Great! I was mid range of those two numbers. She was in fact, not making that much and had $40k in credit card debt alone. She was expecting me to pay off her pre-relationship debts with the sale of my home that I had owned well before I ever met her.

 

More and more things registered for me this year after the move when she couldn’t disguise her lies anymore and I’d be doing 90-95% of the cleaning, the driving, paying for 100% of the groceries…

I’m sure when they vacate, I’ll find a pile of moldy wash cloths in the shower, as she just drops them on the floor.

Freedom is coming soon, and I’m excited for the next chapter in my life.

#44

For years i refused to enter my gfs car. On the outside it was horrible abd what little inside I could see was aweful. Finally, I had to get her to drive me somewhere and I entered something far worse then I expected. It was a science experiment of rotting Starbucks coffees, makeup residue, and makeup fingerprints on everything she touched.

I was shocked since she would complain if I left a single hair in the shower/sink. Yet m, she enters this rotting coprse of a vehicle.

#45

She’ll take out condiments to use and then either leave them out in random places in the house or put them on the deeper shelf in the back of the fridge.

Put them in the door like a gentleman! She’s an animal! Where is my ranch woman! Where’s my mustard! I’m disgusted.

Buying ranch dressing and then not knowing where the hell it is is the 7th level of hell.

#46

One of my exes would use the packet ranch dressing mix to make an entire huge bowl of ranch dressing, then sit down with a bag of carrots and eat the entire bowl. Thinking about it still makes me gag.

#47

She has 3 cats and they're not super house trained. One was a barn cat first, and that one and the youngest aren't spayed, so when the third older cat got introduced it became a free for all of territory p**s wars.

We never spent much time at her house for years and I found out she had been airing out the house before I came over every time. I lost power at my house and she offered to let me stay at her house for a few days to have hot showers and such.

I found a half inch of standing urine under the elements of her stove. A pile of clothes that was virtually drenched. I had always given her shkt for not cleaning the litter box which was what I assumed smelled. Nope it was the whole house. We live together now and I clean all the cat messes, because that's the only way we can live together.

#48

My ex used to wipe his personal emissions on his side of the bare mattress and box spring. I never noticed. We used to make our bed together and he would always take care of his side and put the clean fitted sheet over the layers of crust... I didn't notice until I was making the bed alone one day and I was horrified.

#49

(Now ex) never washed his hands even after using the toilet... took a few trips to the dr before realising he was the problem.

#50

Picked something out of his teeth and wiped it on my blanket.

#51

Ghosted while I was undergoing treatment for the cervical cancer he gave me after lying about his STI status. He was cheating, a lot. We'd been together for three years.

ETA: The ghosting during cancer treatment was the "most disgusting" part, not the STI status thing. That part is horrible etiquette for anybody s******y active, you should always be safe, get tested regularly and be completely honest with partners, but it is not inherently "disgusting" to get an STI. Stigma around that is dangerous for everyone, so I wanted to be explicitly clear and not add to any shame around it.

#52

After seven years, I found out she actually loves me? The f**k?

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#53

That she farts and poops I guess? But my farts and poops are way worse. Go figure.

I honestly love my wife so much, that nothing disgusts me about her. I wish I was just being cheesy, but that’s just how I feel.

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#54

She takes off her underwear WITH her jeans / leggings. I do all of the laundry (and she cooks), but having to pull her underwear out from her jeans every time she takes off a pair adds 2-3 minutes every load! ANNOYING .

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#55

That her hair would destroy our vacuum without regular disassembly and clean out.

We now have 3 hair monsters so it ends up to be a basketball size hairball each time.

At least she is a good sport about the "Trophy" photos I send her.

© Photo: Best-Company2665

#56

She never uses the shift key when she types. She turns the caps lock off and on with each capital letter.

#57

I always new that she had dozens upon dozens of tabs open at once. But one time I saw her minimize down to the desktop. Good god. The had thousands of things saved to her desktop. Did you know that once you fill up the desktop, things start stacking on top of each other? Her whole desktop was huge stacks of icons, none of it in any sort of order whatsoever. She has a folder called "To sort" and in that folder is hundreds of random files, including another nested "to sort" file with more s**t in it. Presumably there are more "to sort" files as you go deeper. I don't know how deep it goes, and frankly, I don't want to know.

#58

I have been with my wife since 2001. I recently learned that she doesn't use the gmail app. She just ... goes to gmail.com and manually logs on using her phone's internet browser.

#59

We'd been together for 3 years, but I'd never actually seen her naked. Every time we were intimate, she'd insist on turning off the lights. Finally one day, I got a little impatient and asked what was it going to take for me to actually see her without her clothes on, and she told me "I need about tree fiddy." It was about that time I noticed my "girlfriend" was actually about 8 stories tall and was a crustacean from the Plethazoic Era! Absolutely disgusting.

#60

She put the toilet paper under the roll. Had to go.

#61

The little hairballs all over my shower walls.

#62

My wife would probably say the time we were messing about and I licked her eyeball. The honest to god ball.

It was indescribably smooth. Like, it made glass feel like 36 grit sandpaper.

Edit: No it wasn't painful at all. The taste was just a mild salty flavour.

#63

Milk before cereal.

#64

She genuinely loves me, which means she has bad taste...idiot!

« L’objectif est de diminuer drastiquement les coûts de licence versés à cet éditeur, dont la politique tarifaire est particulièrement agressive. »

Oracle aura apprécié cette déclaration qu’Audran Le Baron a faite à la commission d’enquête de l’Assemblée nationale sur les dépendances numériques.

L’Éducation nationale dit avoir été contrainte à souscrire un nouveau contrat

L’intéressé est directeur du numérique pour l’éducation au ministère de l’Éducation nationale. Ce dernier dépense un peu plus d’un million d’euros par an pour les briques Oracle hors bases de données. Cela inclut notamment de la gestion d’identités de messagerie dans les académies. L’objectif est d’en sortir pour aller vers une offre nationale s’appuyant sur Zimbra. « Je parle ici de 1,2 million de boîtes personnelles et de 300 000 boîtes fonctionnelles », précise Audran Le Baron. La transition est en cours (début avril, 420 000 boîtes avaient migré).

Le ministère exploite aussi le serveur WebLogic pour une bonne partie de ses applications web. Sur les bases de données, il a surtout une adhérence à Db2 d’IBM. Fin 2025, Oracle l’a contraint à souscrire un nouveau contrat ULA (Unlimited License Agreement) non prévu au budget, assure Audran Le Baron. D’un montant d’un peu plus de 3 M€, il a été renouvelé pour 3 ans. C’est la fenêtre que le ministère s’est fixée pour « réduire drastiquement le nombre de licences actives » au sein de sa DSI…

Oracle coûte plus de 8 M€ par an à la DGFiP

À la DGFiP (Direction générale des finances publiques), de nombreuses applications s’appuient encore sur Oracle. L’éditeur « représente 8,5 M€ annuels », selon Tomasz Blanc, chef du service des SI. Il équipe notamment la déclaration en lignes des revenus et la comptabilité locale.

« La richesse fonctionnelle de ces outils rend leur remplacement long et onéreux », reconnaît Tomasz Blanc. La DGFiP est cependant parvenue à sortir presque totalement d’Oracle sur le périmètre de la fiscalité des entreprises. Une réussite qu’il attribue, entre autres, à la standardisation de la fabrication applicative. « Une discipline essentielle puisqu’en évitant d’utiliser les fonctions trop spécifiques des produits propriétaires, comme les optimisations exclusives d’Oracle, nous reprenons l’ascendant lors des négociations commerciales ».

Le libre ? Oui, mais…

Pour Yves Billon, chef du service du numérique au secrétariat général des ministères économiques et financiers, Oracle est « une technologie avec laquelle nous sommes unanimement en difficulté au niveau interministériel, et ce depuis très longtemps ».

« Nous essayons de recourir le plus souvent possible aux solutions alternatives libres, affirme-t-il. Mais cette démarche comporte des risques techniques étant donné que nous ne pouvons pas rater certaines échéances, comme la campagne annuelle de déclaration d’impôts. »

Depuis « 5 ou 6 ans », néanmoins, Oracle n’est plus utilisé pour les nouveaux projets.

Quand les progiciels imposent des bases de données propriétaires

Le témoignage de Marie-Pierre Fontanel rejoint celui d’Yves Billon quant aux obstacles à la transition vers des outils du monde libre. « Ce n’est pas toujours possible, car certains progiciels imposent des bases de données propriétaires », déclare la DSI du CNRS.

L’institut cible en particulier des migrations vers PostgreSQL. Les Urssaf ont déjà fait ce pas, a rappelé Stéphanie Schaer, directrice interministérielle du numérique. La gendarmerie nationale est dans la même dynamique, d’après le général de corps d’armée Marc Boget, directeur de l’Anfsi (Agence du numérique des forces de sécurité intérieure).

À l’Inrae, on a basculé de l’ERP d’Oracle à une solution basée sur SAP et mutualisée au sein de l’ESR (enseignement supérieur et recherche), signale Louis-Augustin Julien, son directeur général délégué ressources.

L’Ugap se détache d’Oracle

Également auditionné, David Amiel a souligné que l’Ugap allait mettre fin aux ventes de logiciels Oracle sur son marché dédié, hors renouvellement. « C’est un signal fort envoyé à l’ensemble de la commande publique », estime le ministre de l’Action et des Comptes publics. Des renouvellements de contrats resteront possibles « pour assurer la continuité et se donner le temps d’effectuer certaines migrations très lourdes. Mais nous cesserons d’approfondir cette dépendance et de la disséminer dans de nouvelles entités publiques. »

« L’Ugap a longtemps reflété le marché, juge Alain Garnier, président de Jamespot. Lorsqu’on ouvrait la page du site Internet des achats de logiciels, on voyait un gros logo Microsoft, un gros logo Oracle et un gros logo SAS Institute. Le reste se trouvait dans un fichier Microsoft Excel. »

La centrale d’achat « est en train de changer clairement de position », se réjouit-il. « Nous travaillons avec le CSF [comité stratégique de filière logiciels et solutions numériques de confiance] pour modifier non seulement les politiques d’achat, mais aussi le marketing de l’offre, afin que les acheteurs publics ne soient plus dirigés vers les grands acteurs par ce qui relevait d’une forme de publicité fléchée. »

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Brave New World

• Les jets privés ont toujours le vent en poupe : flambée du prix du pétrole ou pas, une poignée d’ultra-riches continuent de prendre l’avion sans compter (lindependant.fr)
  

  Les vols en jet ont progressé de 4 % dans le monde, dopés par Cannes, Monaco et les grands événements sportifs, symbole d’une économie toujours plus inégalitaire.

• Un tiers de l’humanité doit s’endetter pour vivre (theconversation.com)
  

  L’endettement des ménages est surtout évoqué à travers le prisme du pouvoir d’achat, du paiement fractionné ou du surendettement, mais il reste rarement analysé comme un phénomène social massif et structurel. Une recherche récente s’efforce de quantifier cette « dette du quotidien » à l’échelle mondiale.

  

• Not just books – how renting a sewing machine from the library can improve democracy (bbc.com)
  

  Finland’s libraries are increasingly being valued not by how many books they lend, but how they help societies function.

• Autorisation illimitée de pesticides : l’Europe recule pour le moment (basta.media)
  

  Omnibus, c’est le nom d’un projet de règlement poussé par la Commission européenne, qui déroule le tapis rouge aux fabricants de pesticides. Aucun accord n’a finalement été trouvé par les États membres de l’UE. On vous raconte cette bonne nouvelle.

• Le Parlement européen donne son feu vert à une nouvelle génération d’OGM (basta.media)
  

  Des eurodéputés du centre, de la droite et de l’extrême-droite ont voté ce 17 juin en faveur des nouvelles techniques génomiques. Aucun étiquetage n’est prévu sur les aliments. Les mouvements paysans annoncent saisir la Cour de justice européenne.

• EU to soon classify AWS and Azure as gatekeepers under DSA (heise.de)
  

  As gatekeepers, AWS and Azure would be obliged to ensure interoperability and data portability. This would, for example, simplify switching cloud providers and allow customers to link other services with AWS or Azure clouds, instead of being limited to AWS and Azure offerings. Significant fines could also be imposed if the cloud services are found to be in violation of existing regulations.

• L’Europe veut libérer le potentiel des données de santé (theconversation.com)
  

  Avec son Espace européen des données de santé (EEDS), l’Union européenne (UE) est confrontée à un défi de taille : comment exploiter la valeur scientifique et économique des données de santé, tout en garantissant la sécurité de l’infrastructure qui les héberge et son alignement sur les intérêts et les valeurs européennes ?

• Immigration : le Parlement européen adopte le règlement qui autorise les « centres de retour » en dehors de l’Union (publicsenat.fr)
  

  Les eurodéputé·es ont adopté mercredi le règlement controversé qui autorise la rétention de migrant·es expulsé·es, et les débouté·es du droit d’asile dans des centres situés dans des pays hors de l’Union européenne. Ce vote est l’aboutissement d’une alliance inédite à Bruxelles entre la droite et l’extrême droite

• L’Europe dépense des milliards pour renvoyer les migrant·es : pourquoi cette stratégie ne fonctionne pas (theconversation.com)
• Le chêne légendaire de Robin des Bois est mort, victime de la chaleur et du tourisme (reporterre.net)
• Scan your eyeballs, think of the children : how Britain sells surveillance as safety (thenerve.news)
  

  Keir Starmer’s under-16 social media ban can only work if everyone proves who they are. It is the natural conclusion of the Online Safety Act – and of a Brexit that was always about control, says digital rights advocate Heather Burns

• ICE plans to give local police facial recognition app for immigration enforcement (biometricupdate.com)
• Facial Recognition on Public Buses ? Kansas City Says Yes (yro.slashdot.org)
• États-Unis : moins d’un an après son ouverture, le centre de détention pour migrant·es « Alligator Alcatraz » ferme ses portes (rfi.fr)
  

  Inauguré en juillet 2025 à l’initiative du gouverneur républicain Ron DeSantis dans le parc naturel des Everglades, en Floride, le centre […] était devenu l’un des symboles de la politique anti-migrant·es menée aux États-Unis. Jusqu’à 1 400 personnes y ont été retenues dans des conditions de détention particulièrement difficiles.

• Trump a trouvé le coupable du fiasco de la coûteuse rénovation de ce bassin à Washington (huffingtonpost.fr)
  

  Alors que la peinture tout juste appliquée se décolle sur le miroir d’eau, le président des États-Unis pointe du doigt « les extrémistes de gauche ».

  

• Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society (wired.com)
  

  A trove of internal records from a secret society for powerful figures in US politics, finance, and tech was left exposed online […] naming participants in its events and revealing sensitive personal details they were assured would stay private.The group, called Dialog, is a private, invitation-only organization cofounded in 2006 by the billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel.

• Océans : Trump renonce à démanteler un système de surveillance crucial pour le climat (reporterre.net)
• Ce satellite va s’écraser sur Terre, la NASA veut envoyer un robot pour le sauver (slate.fr)
  

  L’agence spatiale prépare une opération sans précédent pour tenter de prolonger la vie de l’observatoire spatial Swift, qui subit une dégradation progressive de son altitude qui le rapproche inévitablement d’une rentrée atmosphérique.

• Un séisme catastrophique semble « dangereusement proche » en Californie, alerte une étude (slate.fr)
  

  Les failles géologiques de San Andreas et San Jacinto ont atteint leur niveau de contrainte tectonique le plus élevé depuis 1.000 ans.

• Un cimetière de baleines vieux de 5,3 millions d’années découvert au fond de l’océan Indien (theconversation.com)

Spécial IA

• WA police launch real-time AI camera surveillance “to catch criminals” (nine.com.au)
• Le fonds IA de Bernie Sanders ? Une idée plus courante qu’on le croit (next.ink)
  

  Bernie Sanders propose de créer un fonds souverain qui permettrait à la population des États-Unis de participer aux profits générés par l’intelligence artificielle.

• IA : blocage d’Anthropic aux étrangers, son patron Dario Amodei, “pompier pyromane” pris à son propre jeu (radiofrance.fr)
  

  Donald Trump a forcé Anthropic à bloquer ses meilleurs modèles aux ressortissants étrangers, un acte inédit révélant notre dépendance technologique aux produits américains . Dario Amodei est pris à son propre piège de “pompier pyromane” de l’IA.

• “Mythos” at Home, and It’s Called AISLE (aisle.com)
  

  A startup out of Europe built an AI system that matches Mythos on zero-day discovery, using widely available models, even air-gapped. You’ve probably never heard of it.

• IA et Open Source : la fin du pillage de code grâce au copyleft de Yale ? (goodtech.info)
  

  Vous en avez (vous aussi) assez de voir vos dépôts GitHub pillés par des modèles d’IA fermés ? Des chercheurs de Yale proposent la licence CCAI […] Son but ? Contraindre les développeurs d’IA à rendre publiques l’architecture et les données d’entraînement de leurs modèles dès lors qu’ils se nourrissent de code open source.

• Recommendations When Using LLM-backed Generative AI Systems for FOSS Contributions (sfconservancy.org)
  

  The FOSS community should support, not just tolerate, those who outright reject LLM-gen-AI systems. There are many intersecting ethical and moral issues regarding these systems, many of which are not currently fully understood. Anyone who chooses to avoid them deserves our support and assistance.

• The Community is the Achievement ; the Achievement is the Community (linguacelta.com)
  

  The distributed technology community is an absolute marvel. It knows more than any individual could ever hope to know. It is generous in sharing knowledge. At its best, it is patient and encouraging and collaborative. It wants to invite you in and tell you everything it knows. Your biggest problem may be getting it to stop when your brain is full. […] By asking LLMs to provide (often confidently incorrect) answers to their tech questions, developers are not only destabilizing professional communities of practice, but also neglecting to maintain the rich technological commons which has previously been built up from public discussions of questions and answers.[…] it isn’t possible to separate the professional from the political, or the technological from the ethical. When we try to do that, we end up with tech projects that discriminate against minoritized people, not because their creators particularly intended to discriminate, but because bias is endemic in every culture, and the community had no ethical guardrails requiring creators to check for that bias.

• Le coût caché de l’IA en entreprise : 6,4 heures par semaine à surveiller des robots (cio-online.com)
• Tension de la productivité : le goulot de la diffusion (danslesalgorithmes.net)
• OpenAI just exposed how bad AI still is at real science (nerds.xyz)
  

  Artificial intelligence companies love to talk about how their models are transforming science. Depending on who you ask, AI is either on the verge of curing diseases, discovering new drugs, or completely reinventing research itself. OpenAI’s newly announced LifeSciBench benchmark, however, offers a much more grounded reality check.

• Is AI ruining our skills ? Early results are in — and they’re not good (nature.com)
  

  Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.

  

• 13 mots suffisent pour manipuler un résultat de recherche par IA (next.ink)
• On AI in research and astrophysics (lookingup.francois-rincon.org)
• Europe must choose between AI and climate goals, data center lobby says (politico.eu) Tech sector says only carbon-emitting gas plants are reliable enough today to power the EU’s AI goals.
• Exclusive : Conservatives plan nationwide protest against AI data centers (axios.com)
• Alors, pour vous en dessert, ce sera data centers ou transition énergétique ? (open.substack.com)

Spécial guerre(s) au Moyen-Orient

• C’est finalement depuis le palais de Versailles que Trump a signé l’accord avec l’Iran (huffingtonpost.fr)
  

  Attendue vendredi en Suisse, la signature de l’accord entre Washington et Téhéran a finalement eu lieu plus tôt que prévu.

• Iran : une défaite pour Trump, un désastre pour Netanyahou (politis.fr)
  

  L’accord de cessez-le feu avec l’Iran est bien fragile alors que les dirigeants israéliens ne rêvent que de le torpiller.

• Netanyahu Finally Learns the Truth About Trump (theatlantic.com)
  

  An alliance with the president was the Israeli prime minister’s selling point. Now it may be his downfall.

• Le cessez-le-feu entre Hezbollah et Israël déjà violé, l’Iran réplique et ferme le détroit d’Ormuz (huffingtonpost.fr)
  

  Des frappes israéliennes ont fait une quinzaine de morts au lendemain de l’annonce d’une trêve.[…] L’Iran n’a pas tardé à répondre aux frappes en annonçant la fermeture du détroit d’Ormuz

• US-Iran Talks Delayed as ‘Renewed Israeli Aggression’ in Lebanon Kills at Least 18 (commondreams.org)
  

  One Lebanese writer reported that Israeli forces were “committing massacres” in residential areas across southern Lebanon, threatening to derail progress toward a US-Iran peace deal.

• « Ma peau a été complètement brûlée » : au Liban, les ravages du phosphore blanc, largué illégalement par l’armée israélienne (vert.eco)
  

  Depuis le début de la guerre au Liban en 2023, l’armée israélienne a, selon plusieurs cas documentés par les ONG, utilisé du phosphore blanc. Cette arme incendiaire illégale quand elle est employée dans des zones civiles ravage la terre et entraîne de lourdes conséquences sanitaires.

Spécial femmes dans le monde

• Son of Norway’s crown princess convicted of rape and sentenced to four years in prison (theguardian.com)
• Italy PM Meloni ‘stunned’ by Trump’s claims she begged him for a photo (theguardian.com)
  

  Trump said : “She’s probably happy I talked to her. I didn’t have to talk to her. She begged me to take a picture with her. She wanted a picture with me so badly. I wouldn’t have taken it, but I felt sorry for her.” The remarks provoked fury in Italy and words of solidarity for Meloni from across the political spectrum, with Italy’s foreign minister, Antonio Tajani, saying he had cancelled a trip to the US next week.

• Des agents d’OnlyFans menacent des créatrices de contenu et prélèvent jusqu’à 50 % de leurs revenus (slate.fr)
  

  Critiques sur leur apparence, pressions pour produire des contenus plus explicites, menaces : certaines créatrices d’OnlyFans vivent une réalité bien éloignée du fantasme de l’entrepreneuriat numérique.

• Canada makes femicide first-degree murder as all three major Criminal Code reforms become law (canada.ca)
• Young women now have ‘close to zero’ risk of cervical cancer death after HPV jab (bbc.com)
  

  Children vaccinated at age 12–13 against HPV (human papillomavirus) have close to zero risk of dying from cervical cancer before the age of 30, landmark new research reveals.

Spécial France

• Le groupe Bernard Hayot : aux origines coloniales de la vie chère (frustrationmagazine.fr)
  

  Les années 2024-2025 ont marqué un tournant dans la mobilisation des militants caribéens contre la vie chère. Au cours des manifestations, une entreprise martiniquaise familiale a été désignée responsable de la vie chère : le Groupe Bernard Hayot (GBH). Pendant six ans, le groupe a imposé le mystère sur ses chiffres d’affaires et ses bénéfices, ne les révélant qu’au cours de l’année 2025.

• « La France interdit chez elle les pesticides qu’elle vend aux pays du Sud » (reporterre.net)
  

  Les luttes contre le chlordécone et l’agent orange manifesteront ensemble à Paris le 20 juin contre le « colonialisme chimique ». La géographe brésilienne Larissa Mies Bombardi, qui a forgé ce concept, décrypte cette « asymétrie » entre le Nord et le Sud global.

• Cybersécurité : la transposition de NIS2 continue de traîner des pieds (next.ink)
  

  17 octobre 2024 : c’était la date limite pour transposer le projet de loi relatif à la résilience des infrastructures critiques et au renforcement de la cybersécurité, plus connu sous le nom NIS2.

• Protection des mineur·es en ligne : la CJUE valide l’obligation de vérification de l’âge sur les sites pornographiques (leclubdesjuristes.com)
  

  Après le renvoi préjudiciel du Conseil d’État, la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne (CJUE) a rendu, mardi 16 juin, un arrêt validant la possibilité pour la France d’imposer aux sites pornographiques la vérification de l’âge de leurs utilisateurs.

• Violences sexuelles sur mineur·es en Martinique : plus de 700 procédures en cours et une “libération de la parole” confirmée par le procureur général (la1ere.franceinfo.fr)
• Le nombre de victimes de violences à Bétharram pourrait être beaucoup plus élevé qu’attendu (huffingtonpost.fr)
  

  Le rapport de la commission d’enquête indépendante sur les violences à Bétharram estime qu’il pourrait y avoir jusqu’à 1 500 victimes de violences sexuelles et physiques.

  Voir aussi Affaire Bétharram : entre 700 et 1500 élèves potentiellement victimes, selon les projections d’une ONG (rfi.fr)

  « Crimes de masse », « sadisme », « torture »… Entre 700 et 1 500 élèves scolarisés de 1950 à la fin des années 1990 ont potentiellement été victimes « de violences d’une exceptionnelle gravité » à Notre-Dame-De-Bétharram, près de Lourdes dans le sud-ouest de la France, et dans d’autres établissements de la congrégation religieuse, selon le rapport d’une ONG spécialisée dévoilé samedi 20 juin.

• La Cnaf fait le pari de l’open source pour reprendre la main sur le calcul des allocations (acteurspublics.fr)
• Les renseignements intérieurs français débranchent Palantir (synthmedia.fr)
  

  Le Premier ministre Sébastien Lecornu a annoncé le divorce entre la DGSI et Palantir, la sulfureuse entreprise de logiciels américaine choyée par Donald Trump. Après dix ans de dépendance technologique, les services secrets français coupent le cordon pour confier leurs données ultra-sensibles au champion tricolore ChapsVision.

  Voir aussi Qu’est-ce que ChapsVision, l’entreprise française retenue par Paris pour remplacer Palantir ? (legrandcontinent.eu)

• Chaleur, inondations… Un quart des futurs data centers français vulnérable aux risques climatiques (reporterre.net)
• La SNCF annule 71 trains à cause de la canicule (reporterre.net)
  

  La SNCF a annoncé jeudi 18 juin la suppression de 71 trains censés circuler entre jeudi et lundi, pour « prévenir les pannes potentielles de climatisation liées aux très hautes températures », a indiqué à l’Agence France-Presse l’entreprise ferroviaire.

• Canicule : avec 44 °C ressentis, il fera dimanche plus chaud à Paris qu’à Bangkok et à la Mecque (franceinfo.fr)
  

  La canicule s’installe, avec 60 départements en vigilance orange si bien que la température ressentie, comprenant l’humidité et l’ensoleillement, sera plus élevée dimanche en France que dans plusieurs villes tropicales ou désertiques.

  

• Quel climat futur dans votre région ? (meteofrance.com)
• “La fête de la musique est la plus grosse soirée de l’année” : stupeur et colère des bars, sidérés par l’interdiction d’alcool en terrasse ce week-end à Strasbourg (france3-regions.franceinfo.fr)
  

  “Nous n’avons eu aucun communiqué de la préfecture ni même de l’UMIH (Union des métiers et des industries hôtelières). Juste un post Facebook sur le compte de la préfecture”.

• Déshydratation, efficacité diminuée, réactions cutanées… Pourquoi médicaments et canicule ne font pas forcément bon ménage (franceinfo.fr)
• Psychiatrie : Benzodiazépines ou l’addiction sur prescription (journal-labreche.fr)
  

  9 millions. C’est le nombre de Français·es traité·es par benzodiazépines au cours de l’année 2024. Ces sédatifs prescrits pour l’anxiété et l’insomnie sont aussi très addictifs, et sont souvent prescrits au-delà des 12 semaines préconisées. De nombreux professionnels dénoncent un problème de santé publique.

Spécial femmes en France

• Ces jeunes pères qui prennent leur congé de paternité pendant la Coupe du monde de Foot (lesnouvellesnews.fr)
  

  Sur l’indispensable compte de « T’as pensé à ?, l’association qui rend visible la charge mentale des femmes », des agentes de la CPAM disent s’attendre à une hausse des demandes de congé paternité pendant la Coupe du monde 2026.

• Thomas Lilti, le réalisateur d’« Hippocrate », épinglé dans une enquête de « Mediapart » (huffingtonpost.fr)
  

  Le médecin et cinéaste est notamment accusé d’avoir pillé le travail de plusieurs femmes scénaristes pour ses films.[…] Dans son enquête, Mediapart révèle également que Thomas Lilti a été radié de l’Ordre des médecins […] Malgré sa radiation en 2012, il aurait « abusé à de multiples reprises de son autorité de médecin sur des femmes placées sous son autorité »

  Voir aussi Vols de scénarios et voyeurisme : le réalisateur Thomas Lilti (“Hippocrate”) visé par deux enquêtes (lesinrocks.com)

  une proche de Thomas Lilti, qui a résidé chez lui, a découvert des images d’elle nue dans son propre ordinateur. Elle y a trouvé un logiciel de caméra espion dont elle ne savait rien. “On voit le réalisateur face à l’écran, faire des manipulations pour lancer et éteindre les vidéos. Sur l’un, on le voit clairement tester le cadre”

• À Mayotte, le combat des associations contre les violences sexuelles sur mineur·es (histoirescrepues.fr)
  

  Depuis 2018, l’association Haki za Wanatsa (“les droits des enfants” en shimaoré) recueille les témoignages de victimes et mène des actions de terrain, en dépit des tabous culturels et de la faiblesse des services de l’État.

• Un an après #MeTooPolice, où en est-on ? (rembobine.info)
  

  Entre 2012 et 2025, 429 personnes ont été victimes de violences sexuelles commises par 215 policiers et gendarmes – tous grades confondus et dans plus d’une centaine de villes en France. Ces violences, aux modes opératoires multiples, vont du harcèlement sexuel aux agressions sexuelles aux viols. Systémiques, elles n’ont pourtant fait l’objet d’aucune prise en charge sérieuse du ministère de l’Intérieur.

• Lyhanna : pourquoi il faudra rester mobilisé·es longtemps (lesnouvellesnews.fr)
  

  « Tant qu’une loi intégrale et des moyens ne seront pas adoptés » : partout en France, des rassemblements sont appelés chaque lundi. Derrière l’émotion suscitée par l’affaire Lyhanna, la coalition féministe pour une loi-cadre contre les violences sexuelles redoute, une fois encore, l’inaction des pouvoirs publics.

• Affaire Lyhanna : l’autopsie de la collégienne confirme qu’elle a été violée (humanite.fr)
• La Ciivise passe les (in)actions du Gouvernement à la loupe (lesnouvellesnews.fr)
  

  Les appels répétés de la Ciivise à agir contre les violences faites aux enfants n’ont pas été entendus. Dans un rapport publié ce lundi 15 juin, la Commission épluche les actions du Gouvernement et le presse de « passer à la vitesse supérieure », notamment après le meurtre de Lyhanna.

• « Urgence sanitaire » : seize familles portent plainte contre TikTok (lesnouvellesnews.fr)
  

  Anorexie, dépression et idées suicidaires. Après le suicide de cinq adolescentes, le collectif « Algos Victima » porte plainte contre TikTok pour « abus de faiblesse ».

Spécial médias et pouvoir

• Enquêter sur Bernard Arnault, un exercice sous pression (larevuedesmedias.ina.fr)
  

  Ces dernières semaines, plusieurs enquêtes sur Bernard Arnault, dont un livre biographique publié le 10 juin, agitent les services de communication du géant du luxe LVMH. Pour les journalistes qui tentent de percer le mystère de l’homme le plus riche de France, la tâche est souvent périlleuse.

• Qui est vraiment Matthieu Pigasse ? (frustrationmagazine.fr)
• Le 13h d’Inter : anesthésier le réel, mode d’emploi (acrimed.org)
• Liberté de la presse : ce qui est arrivé à un de nos journalistes est extrêmement grave (politis.fr)
  

  Lors de l’audience devant la juge des référés, le représentant du ministère de l’Intérieur a dû préciser les raisons qui l’ont poussé à interdire à notre journaliste Maxime Sirvins d’entrer au salon de l’armement Eurosatory. Des motivations particulièrement inquiétantes qui ont toutes été balayées par le tribunal administratif.

• CNews mise en demeure de respecter le pluralisme des courants de pensée et d’opinion (telerama.fr)
  

  Saisie en janvier par Reporters sans frontières, l’Arcom a épluché les programmes de la chaîne phare de Vincent Bolloré en mars 2025. Et constaté que non, tous les courants de pensée ne sont pas représentés dans les infos et les débats.

• Face à l’extrême droite, défendre la liberté des médias (politis.fr)
  

  La menace contre la liberté de la presse en France n’a plus rien d’hypothétique. Pour Reporters sans frontières, l’absence de réformes ambitieuses favorise la précarisation des métiers, la concentration des médias et les stratégies d’influence politique. Thibaut Bruttin, son directeur général, appelle à la vigilance.

• Ebra et Le Dauphiné Libéré : l’événementiel au détriment de l’information ? (acrimed.org)
  

  Quotidien régional dominant à Grenoble, Le Dauphiné Libéré ne lésine pas sur les moyens pour se mettre au service du secteur de la Tech et de l’IA dans la « Silicon Valley française ».

Spécial emmerdeurs irresponsables gérant comme des pieds (et à la néolibérale)

• G7 d’Évian : Emmanuel Macron efface le climat de l’agenda pour « ne pas fâcher » Donald Trump (reporterre.net)
• Climat : la France cuit, et le gouvernement se félicite (reporterre.net)
  

  En pleine vague de chaleur, le ministère de la Transition écologique s’est félicité, le 17 juin, de l’avancée de son plan d’adaptation au changement climatique. Une stratégie mal financée et largement insuffisante, rétorquent les associatifs.

• Les vagues de chaleur ont un terrible coût sanitaire, estimé à plus de 5 000 morts par an par Oxfam (huffingtonpost.fr)
• Urgences saturées, manque de soignant·es : la chaleur extrême révèle la déroute du système de santé face au changement climatique (vert.eco)
  

  À l’aube d’une nouvelle vague de chaleur précoce, l’ONG Oxfam documente dans un rapport l’explosion des besoins en soins due au réchauffement climatique, alors que le système de santé français s’enfonce déjà dans la crise.

• Le gouvernement détourne les aides de l’Ademe pour financer l’un des plus gros pollueurs de France (disclose.ngo)
  

  Matignon et Bercy ont truqué deux appels à projets de l’Agence de la transition écologique (Ademe) pour financer le géant de la pétrochimie Ineos, révèle Disclose. La multinationale va toucher plus de 300 millions d’euros d’argent public pour soutenir l’activité d’une usine parmi les plus émettrices de CO2 en France.

• « Silence vaut acceptation » : quand le gouvernement invite les multinationales à lui dicter sa politique (multinationales.org)
  

  derrière tous les discours du pouvoir exécutif sur la « souveraineté numérique », c’est bien l’attractivité vis-à-vis des grands acteurs économiques internationaux qui reste la priorité, au détriment du droit de l’environnement et des citoyen·nes.

• Derrière la loi « simplification », l’offensive des Big Tech et du lobby des datacenters (multinationales.org)
  

  L’article 35 de la loi de simplification […] crée le statut de « projet national d’intérêt majeur » qui vise à faciliter la construction rapide de nouveaux data centers. Des gros acteurs économiques ont pesé de tout leur poids pour faire adopter cette mesure stratégique, à commencer par les Big Tech qui ont démontré une nouvelle fois l’étendue de leurs réseaux d’influence.

• Bercy crée la Direction de l’intelligence artificielle et du numérique (presse.economie.gouv.fr)
  

  La DIAN sera chargée de définir et mettre en œuvre la stratégie numérique et IA des ministères économiques et financiers.

• Matignon bloque la diffusion d’un rapport sur l’impact de l’IA sur les effectifs de la fonction publique (acteurspublics.fr)
  

  Une mission menée par plusieurs inspections générales a tenté, depuis quelques mois, de quantifier les effets du déploiement de l’IA dans la fonction publique. Son rapport, désormais dans les mains du Premier ministre, Sébastien Lecornu, pourrait toutefois ne jamais être rendu public

• Lecornu donne une date pour introduire les cours d’IA au lycée (huffingtonpost.fr)
  

  Le Premier ministre a annoncé qu’une heure de cours par semaine serait dispensée aux classes de seconde pour apprendre à maîtriser l’intelligence artificielle.

• Pronote, Parcoursup, ENT : pourquoi l’interdiction du smartphone pose problème (lenouveauparadigme.fr)
• Gabriel Attal : « Il faut l’équivalent de la politique agricole commune pour l’IA » (lesechos.fr)
• Mort de Lyhanna : « Plutôt que de punir les magistrat·es, il faut augmenter leur nombre, les encourager, les former » (basta.media)
• L’Unédic appelle l’État à ne plus ponctionner les comptes de l’assurance-chômage pour lui permettre de réduire sa dette (franceinfo.fr)

Spécial recul des droits et libertés, violences policières, montée de l’extrême-droite…

• La préfecture de police de Paris interdit un grand rassemblement contre les violences du régime iranien (franceinfo.fr)
• Fête de la musique : ni « violences », ni « dégradations », Laurent Nuñez prévient qu’« aucun débordement ne saura être toléré » (leparisien.fr)
  

  Dans une lettre aux préfets, Laurent Nuñez demande de mettre en œuvre un dispositif de sécurité renforcé pour la Fête de la musique 2026, afin de prévenir le terrorisme, les violences urbaines et tout débordement.

• La préfecture de police interdit le concert de LFI prévu pour la Fête de la musique. (huffingtonpost.fr) – voir aussi Concert de LFI à Paris : les insoumis·es déposent un recours en référé après l’interdiction par la préfecture de police (liberation.fr) et Le concert de LFI pour la Fête de la musique finalement autorisé à Paris (huffingtonpost.fr)
  

  La France insoumise, qui a annoncé l’organisation de ce concert dimanche sur la place de la République, a gagné son bras de fer face à la préfecture de police.

• Loi RIPOST, quand Nuñez attaque : les « LAPI » ou la surveillance massive des déplacements (laquadrature.net)
  

  Les lecteurs automatiques de plaques d’immatriculation, plus fréquemment dénommés par l’acronyme « LAPI », sont encore peu connus en France. Pourtant, derrière ces quatre lettres se cache un dispositif ancien qui permet d’identifier et de localiser des véhicules en France à grande échelle.

• Sophie Djigo : un jugement qui met toustes les enseignant·es et chercheureuses en danger (politis.fr)
  

  Le jugement rendu dans l’affaire de la professeure de philosophie harcelée par l’extrême droite marque un tournant préoccupant pour la liberté pédagogique et académique.

• « Nous ne sommes pas dupes de ce pinkwashing » : comment les maires RN du nord instrumentalisent les luttes LGBT (basta.media)
  

  Annuler des événements LGBT tout en se drapant des couleurs arc-en-ciel : dans les Hauts de France, les mairies RN instrumentalisent le mois des fiertés. Et ce alors qu’au parlement européen, le parti refuse de voter contre les « thérapies de conversion ».

• Erik Tegnér, le directeur du magazine d’extrême droite « Frontières », condamné à six mois de prison avec sursis pour divulgation de données personnelles d’avocat·es (lemonde.fr)
  

  Dans un hors-série publié en 2025, ces avocat·es étaient présenté·es avec leur nom, leur prénom et la ville où ils exercent comme des « militants idéologiques », désignés comme les « coupables » de la crise migratoire.

• Des militant·es « humilié·es et frappé·es » par le GIGN lors d’une action antimilitariste en Haute-Savoie (reporterre.net)
• Jordan, éborgné après la victoire du PSG : la télé aveugle aux violences policières ? (politis.fr)
  

  Le témoignage de l’homme, blessé par un tir de LBD, n’a connu aucun écho médiatique. Un silence aussi peu surprenant que désespérant.

• « Je veux la vérité sur la mort de mon fils » : le combat de la mère d’Adam, tué par un policier (basta.media)
  

  Fatiha est la mère d’Adam, un jeune tué en 2022, à vingt ans, lors d’une intervention policière. Elle tente depuis de lever les zones d’ombre qui entourent le récit des policiers. Quatre ans après les faits, la reconstitution va enfin avoir lieu.

• 49 personnes tuées au cours d’une intervention policière en 2025 (basta.media)

Spécial résistances

• « On a toujours été là » : avec les prides rurales, les fiertés LGBT s’assument à la campagne (basta.media)
• Les quatre activistes antipub relaxé·es : une victoire contre l’État répressif (antipub.org) – voir aussi Victoire : les quatre activistes ayant dénoncé le génocide de Gaza n’iront pas en prison (lareleveetlapeste.fr)
  

  Pour le collectif Résistance à l’Agression Publicitaire, c’est « une victoire contre l’État répressif ». Le Tribunal Correctionnel de Lyon a relaxé les quatre activistes antipub et pour la lutte de libération palestinienne qui avaient participé à un détournement publicitaire en septembre 2025.

• Blinding the Cyclops—Wrecking the Panopticon – Camera Hunting in the Metropolis (crimethinc.com)
  

  “Big Brother is watching you.” Once a threat from a dystopian future, today this is a universal reality that we all participate in with our smartphones and Instagram accounts. Yet for years, a rebel undercurrent has pushed back against surveillance, seizing the prevalence of surveillance cameras as yet another vulnerability in the system of control. In the following narrative, an anonymous researcher wages a personal war against surveillance infrastructure, testing some of the same tactics that social movements have recently employed from Greece and Slovenia to Chile and Hong Kong.

  

Spécial outils de résistance

• Pétition : Dégageons les capitalistes des médias ! (acrimed.org)
• « Il est temps de choisir son camp » : et si on créait un label « sans-IA générative » ? (reporterre.net)
• Dans votre quartier aussi c’est un four ? Témoignez ! (blogs.mediapart.fr)
  

  Un nouvel épisode caniculaire s’étend à nouveau en France où au moins 53 départements sont en vigilance orange ce 19 juin 2026. Et les températures risquent de continuer à grimper. Pour un article en préparation, nous vous donnons la parole à ce sujet. Racontez-nous votre quotidien.

• Fiche 36 : il fait trop chaud au boulot ! en 8 questions (solidaires.org)

Spécial MAGAM et cie

• Google referme la dernière faille qui permettait aux vrais bloqueurs de pub de survivre sur Chrome (clubic.com)
• À partir du 3 août 2026, Google va utiliser votre adresse IP pour le ciblage publicitaire ! (it-connect.fr)
  

  Exploiter votre adresse IP pour vous proposer des publicités personnalisées, c’est la nouvelle idée de Google. À compter du 3 août 2026, Google va la mettre en place dans l’Espace économique européen, au Royaume-Uni et en Suisse. L’adresse IP, qui est une donnée personnelle au sens du RGPD, va donc être utilisée pour le ciblage publicitaire.

• Dans un discours optimiste, Jeff Bezos expose son plan pour sauver la Terre (huffingtonpost.fr)
  

  Son plan en détail ? Rendre la Terre à son état d’avant l’ère industrielle en envoyant toutes les activités polluantes sur la Lune ou des astéroïdes.

Les autres lectures de la semaine

• From PGP to Mythos : a brief history of export controls that didn’t stop anyone (techcrunch.com)
• Recherche désespérément trous béants : enquête sur les terres excavées du Grand Paris Express (lechiffon.fr)
• “Racisé”, le mot qui dérange la République (komunemedia.substack.com)
  

  Apparu dans les universités en 1972, le terme “racisé” cristallise les tensions françaises entre universalisme républicain et reconnaissance des discriminations raciales.

• L’histoire des femmes américaines qui ont aidé la France et ses orphelins à se relever de la Première Guerre mondiale (slate.fr)
  

  Pendant et après la Grande Guerre, des milliers d’Américaines ont mené des missions humanitaires en France, en participant à la reconstruction du pays et en jouant le rôle de mères auprès des orphelins français. Une facette méconnue de l’histoire transatlantique.

• Comment le génie de George Sand a été minimisé par l’histoire littéraire (theconversation.com)
  

  L’année 2026 marque le cent cinquantième anniversaire de la mort de George Sand. La relire, c’est redécouvrir son apport artistique et intellectuel, mais aussi comprendre comment le génie féminin a été systématiquement dénié par un canon littéraire reléguant les femmes à la portion congrue.

• Meet Héloïse, the Medieval Woman Philosopher Who Turned a Doomed Love Affair into a Meditation on Ethics (openculture.com)
• Pourquoi de plus en plus de médecins reconnaissent‑ils la validité des expériences de mort imminente ? (theconversation.com)

Les BDs/graphiques/photos de la semaine

• G7
• Pantone
• Remember
• Scandale
• Philo
• Futur
• Mondial
• Sun
• Hot
• Normal
• Numéro
• Elon
• 18 juin
• Quand est-ce qu’on interdit les lunettes connectées ? (framablog.org)
• Réalité
• Medium
• Pride
• Trans
• Petits gestes
• Higher

Les vidéos/podcasts de la semaine

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No matter where you come from or where you’re going, what unites all of us is the embarrassment we have felt—at some point in our lives—of getting a disastrous haircut. Whether at your own hands or those of a misguided stylist, some hairdos are not meant to see the light of day.

However, the ‘Just [Eff] My [Stuff] Up’ online community thinks differently. It invites everyone to share the very worst haircuts “from all walks of life,” and the results are both hilarious and painful to look at. We’ve collected our favorite cringey hairdos to share with you. If you have ever regretted getting a haircut before, this is the post for you.

#1 Why They Do Him Like That?

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#2 You Know What It Is

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#3 Close Enough

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Looking good feels awesome. We don’t know about you, but we feel fresh, fine, and confident when we look good. A new hairdo or outfit can do wonders for your self-esteem. But unfortunately, we can’t always control how our hair will look. If you don’t have a trusted stylist whom you’ve been going to for years (or sometimes literal decades!), it can be tough to build that relationship from scratch.

No matter who your stylist is, what you—the client—must bring to the table is good communication. The best thing you can do is help them understand what it is that you want, and they can then give you their professional opinion.

#4 Barber: What Would You Like? Him: Short Back And Shepherd's Pie Please

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#5 Grandpa’s Definitely Behind This

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#6 Just Found This Sub And I Think I Qualify!

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The fact of the matter is that unless your hairstylist has known you for years or can literally read minds, there will probably be a disconnect between a few things. Namely, between what you want, what they think you want, and what they can realistically achieve with their skills.

So, the more detailed you are about the hairdo you want, the better for you and them. Don’t just describe what you want, but actually show your stylist or barber photos of the hairstyle you want to rock!

These professionals are working with something incredibly visual, and your words might not always be enough to get your ideas through. What’s more, words can be misinterpreted. Photos, meanwhile, are very clear.

#7 Once You Defeat All The Other Karens.. This Is The Final Boss

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#8 Rip To This California Firefighter

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#9 It Was Me, Thought I Could Save $20 By Cutting My Own Hair

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“Start with showing the length you want, and find pictures of looks you could see yourself loving. Don't be afraid to be detailed and specific—hair stylists won't be offended, and actually prefer it,” Southern Living suggests.

However, you can’t ignore the fact that not every stylist will be able to turn your vision into reality. The fact is that some professionals, though they earn a living, do not have the skills for every single hairdo project. A humble, grounded pro will let you know what they are comfortable doing and what is beyond their skills. Meanwhile, someone with an out-of-control ego or something to prove might take on a task beyond their league.

#10 There Goes My Pet Grooming Career

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#11 Illegal Immigrant Elon Musk

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#12 My Uber Driver This Morning

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Furthermore, a real pro knows which hairstyles work with which hair types and face shapes. You might have a fantastic idea for something really awesome, but it might not be the best look for you. Sure, the client is always right, but genuinely good stylists will offer their professional opinions about what you might want to consider doing. You can stick to your original vision and ignore their advice, but sometimes, the right thing to do is to amend your idea for something that’s more personalized.

“Photos work better than words, but you must be considerate of your own natural texture, thickness, and styling habits. These will affect how closely your stylist is able to match the photos, so aim to bring something realistic while still aspirational. When in doubt, you can ask your stylist to recommend specific tweaks to your inspiration that will suit your hair type better,” Southern Living writes.

#13 Do It !

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#14 Idk Who The Hell This Is But, Man

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#15 He Really Thinks No One Noticed

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You have to be honest with yourself about your own skills, too.

The Fade Club warns that you probably don’t want to do your own fade at home, as it is a technical style that is hard to master. And online tutorials won’t give you the skills that take a long time—sometimes literal years—to hone. The last thing you want is for your “cost-saving experiment” to end up in an “emergency barbershop visit to fix it.”

Meanwhile, the hair salon stresses that nobody should blindly copy haircuts they see online. You have to consider whether the cut suits your face shape.

“A haircut that looks great on someone with a chiseled jawline and high cheekbones might not have the same impact on a round or oblong face. Your face shape influences how your haircut frames your features. Not taking this into account can throw off the balance of your look, making your face appear too long, too wide, or even asymmetrical.”

#16 To Her Barber: How Dare You?!

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#17 The Plant Holder

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#18 This One Polarized The Comments Section

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Other things to keep in mind include getting regular haircuts to maintain your dashing good looks, using the right hair products, and actually washing your hair before your appointment at the hair salon. Furthermore, you have to choose the right stylist or barber for your hair type.

“Not every barber has experience with every hair type or style. Curly, textured, straight, fine, or thick hair all require different techniques and tools. Some barbers specialize in fades and modern styles, while others excel in classic scissor cuts. Going to a barber who isn’t experienced with your hair type can lead to uneven results, poor shaping, or cuts that don’t suit your natural growth pattern,” The Fade Club suggests.

#19 I Wonder If She'll Win

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#20 Next Top Model Makeovers

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#21 Did The Fire Alarm Go Off Inside His Barbers?

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During an earlier interview with a professional barber from the UK, Bored Panda dove deep into the line between good and bad haircuts.

“The main difference between avant-garde and plain bad for a haircut is the focus on details and the whole idea behind the haircut. You would think that haircuts like the bowl cut are never gonna be trendy. Wrong. It’s happening and thanks to extremely talented hairstylists, we see a lot of hipsters rocking a very fashionable bowl,” barber Giuliano Dore told our team earlier.

#22 At My Daughter's High School Concert Rmhs

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#23 Local Newsman From Northern Wisconsin

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#24 Haircut My Husband Got At One Of Those "Mens" Salons

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According to the barber, quality lies in the pattern, symmetry, and sometimes even controlled asymmetry. “If I see patchy haircuts, holes, or broken hairlines, I am gonna assume the worst,” Dore said.

He also shared some advice for cutting your own hair at home. “If you want to cut your own hair at home, go with a safe option. Same-level buzz cuts are a safe choice.”

“Home is not the place for challenging haircuts. For example, attempting a 0 to 2 high skin fade by yourself is not gonna work. Even professional barbers don’t do it themselves,” the barber told Bored Panda earlier.

“Being able to cut just based on the reflection of a mirror takes a whole new level of 4D chess and not everyone is ready for the challenge. I would also avoid sharp tools like razor blades. It’s absolutely possible to rock a very decent hairline without using razor blades at home. Clippers are your friends.”

#25 My Hair Before I Shaved It :)

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#26 3 In 1

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#27 What Would You Call This?

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The ‘Just [Eff] My [Stuff] Up’ online group has been entertaining the internet with the very worst haircuts from “all walks of life” for nearly 12 years, since 2014. The community has become utterly massive. At the time of writing, the subreddit gets a mind-melting 761k visitors every single week. This mass of internet users garners a whopping 7k contributions every single week.

The moderators who keep the group running emphasize that the goal of this community is comedy, not hate. Everyone is invited to gently laugh at people’s poor hairstyle choices, not poke fun at the individuals themselves. What’s more, certain things are off the table, such as sharing identifying information or shaming someone who is ill or injured.

#28 Valentina Petrenko, Russian Politician And Former Senator

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#29 Cosmetology Subreddit Told Me To Post Here This Is My Classmate

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#30 8 Year Old Me After Trying To Shave Off My Baby Hairs In The Shower 😭 Feel Free To Laugh, Roast, Etc…

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Tell us about the very worst haircut that you have ever gotten! What happened, and how did you react? Did you go to a professional hair salon, or did you try to beautify yourself at home with some rusty DIY skills?

What do you look for in a hair stylist or barber these days? How do you explain to them exactly what you want to look like?

Share your grievances, wins, and embarrassing moments in the comments at the bottom of this list!

#31 I Was Told I Belong Here

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#32 ”i Look Like A Worm”

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#33 "Give Me The 'No Country For Old Men' Cut"

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#34 Not Sure What You’d Call This One

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#35 The 'Squatch

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#36 This Was A 'Skin Fade'. I Got As Far As The Pub, My Mates Took This Picture And Promptly Ushered Me Back To Their House To Fix It

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#37 Ryan Seacrest

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#38 As Seen During The Super Bowl

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#39 “How Did You Know I Was Iraqi”

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#40 Japanese Exchange Student In Birmingham Asks For A Peaky Blinders Style Haircut

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#41 Walter Jones (Black Power Ranger) In Disney’s Brink!

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#42 First Time Cutting Myself. How We Feelin?

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#43 What I Asked For, What I Got

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#44 Hmm

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#45 Oh Lawd

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#46 Instagram Reels Is A Goldmine

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#47 Home Perm Courtesy Of My Mom In The 70’s

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#48 Mr. Half N Half

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#49 I Deeply Regret Looking Up The Voice Actor Of Johnny Storm From The 1994 Fantastic Four Series On Imdb

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#50 The King And Queen Of Jfmsu

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#51 Real Life Photo Of A Reddit Mod

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#52 It Was 2003, We Didn't Have Internet Fashion Tips Yet, Okay?

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#53 That’s A Choice

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#54 Rafael Nadal

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#55 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz Spent 12.000€ Of Taxpayer Money On A Hairdresser Last Year

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#56 Apologies If This Has Already Been Posted Here

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#57 For Real Though

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#58 I Got You, Bro

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#59 An Ad I Just Got Served On Fb

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#60 A Realtor In Our Area

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#61 They're Like Teenage Toddlers With Tattoos

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#62 Fox News Host And Former Us Representative Trey Gowdy

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#63 Stupid Chud Uncle Messed Up My Style

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#64 My Great Grandma

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#65 Job Interview Haircut

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#66 Prince Harry And His Lawyer (?)

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#67 There Is So Much Going On Here

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#68 I Genuinely Want To Cry

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#69 What Do You Even Say To Get This?😭

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#70 Longevity Award

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#71 Throwback To The Time My Girlfriend Cut My Hair In The Early Days Of The Covid Pandemic

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#72 Todd White, Evangelical Pastor

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#73 I Was Told By 50 People My Cut Belongs Here

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#74 O

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#75 Jermaine Jackson Being Seen For The First Time In 6+ Years

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#76 Boneless Afro

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#77 Illegal Immigrant Elon Musk

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#78 Shi U Only See On TV

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#79 What An Actual Domestic Terrorist Looks Like

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#80 A Lot Going On Here

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#81 A Dichotomy For You To Contemplate

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#82 Peaches In A New Interview

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#83 Maga Thug For Life!

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#84 An Israeli Settler Harasses A Woman Outside Of Hebron, Palestine. Photographed By Pietro Masturzo For L'espresso Magazine

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We often get the urge to laugh at the worst possible moment — a funeral, a hospital waiting room, or the middle of a very serious conversation.

Don’t worry, you are not alone, and you are not a monster.

Recently, netizens shared moments when they laughed only to realize later it wasn’t a joke. The responses are funny as well as mortifying.

One person giggled when a colleague said his car was on fire, and it genuinely was. Another burst out laughing when a friend mentioned their grandmother choked on a banana and passed away. Most said the regret hit almost immediately. But by then, the chuckle had already escaped.

These aren’t wicked or evil laughs. Just a human reflex — and there’s a surprisingly fascinating reason why your brain does it.

Keep reading to find out about it.

#1

I was chatting with an elderly security guard at the movies and he was talking about having a degree he never used. He said "now, I only use it to decorate my bedroom wall." I laughed and he said " you laugh now, I laugh about it sometimes, but I cry most of the time".

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#2

I was taking a cave tour in West Virginia and at one point the tour guide said "Scientists believe that these markings on the rocks were made by erosion from rainfall over time. But WE know that it was actually created by the waters from Noah's flood." I laughed unpleasantly and involuntarily, and the guide glared at me for the rest of the trip.

#3

This happened to me a few days ago. I received a private facebook message of what I can only call word soup. It was seemingly random, but just barely cohesive enough to make sense at times.. like really riding that uncanny valley.


I assumed it was some sort of bot that used markov chains (like /r/subredditsimulator) from scraping posts on my friends list because it had references to things, places and people I knew and even posted photos from people's albums.


So, I screenshotted it and posted it because it was legitimately hilarious. I mean it had such winners as "IF your her love you have to prove all others are inferior to you in bed, with Jill."


I was like, "Hey everyone, check out the weird ramblings of this bot!"


An hour or so later, I got a message from another friend that explained that this was actually an old mutual friend from high school who had suffered a psychotic break and was schizophrenic. Sometimes he goes off his meds, or his family doesn't keep an eye on him and he makes tons of facebook accounts and messages this s**t to people. They'd been getting them for years, and I must have fallen into his crosshairs.


Suddenly it wasn't so funny anymore and was rather tragic. I deleted the post and continued to block the next 6-7 aliases that kept sending stuff like that all night. Went from hilarious, to sad, to alarming in the span of a few hours.

This bizarre malfunction is officially called nervous laughter, or dimorphous expression.

It’s when one emotion, like fear or grief, produces the outward expression of its opposite.

When a situation gets too dark or uncomfortable, your brain panics and searches for an escape hatch. Inappropriate laughter then works as a psychological shield.

A 2015 study from Yale University found that our brains use “incongruous expressions,” such as crying when happy or laughing when terrified, to restore balance.

When you are hit with an overwhelming wave of negative emotion, your brain forces out a positive one to stop you from having a complete meltdown.

#4

I have a slight hearing problem, which has led to several awkward faux pas situations. The worst one was when I was a cashier at Walgreens.

A woman came up to pay and I asked how she was doing and she replied with a sigh and a "Oh I just found out..." I couldn't hear the second part so I asked her to repeat. I still couldn't hear the second part and I didn't want to make her keep repeating, but her delivery sounded like a dry joke so I just politely laughed.

She gave me the dirtiest look and said "What's so funny about my husband having cancer?"

I definitely heard her that time.

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#5

Please keep in mind, I was, like, 11.

Back when I lived in a a foster group home, me and some of the older guys were playing on the Xbox. One of my foster brothers stopped and started making funny faces at me. He was a chill guy and we got along well and joked together, so I laughed and made faces back.

He was having a seizure.

#6

Monday morning guy comes up to my desk says my car is on fire I respond laughing and saying okay. Guy say no I am serious, look out office window 10 foot flames shooting out of the hood of my car.

Edit: Saw people asking about make and model so it was a 1996 ford Crown Victoria pretty sure there was a lawsuit over it at one point. Tried looking a bit only one I found was on the gas tank issue for early 2000 models.

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The most striking evidence for nervous laughter came from a very unsettling experiment done in the 1960s.

During the study, researchers asked participants to administer electric shocks to strangers, with shocks increasing from 15 to 450 volts.

The strangers were actually actors who weren’t really being shocked — but the participants didn’t know that. Most of the participants, as expected, showed signs of distress.

But some also laughed when they heard screams, and the nervous laughter increased as the voltage went up. While the chuckles may have come across as rude, these participants clearly felt distressed when administering what they thought were painful punishments.

#7

I work at a nonprofit. My boss needed to fill a position, so he sent me to a job fair to collect some resumes. I found "Kevin", a young guy full of energy and enthusiasm with over a decade of fundraising experience.

Me: So, when is Kevin starting?

Boss: Actually, I hired someone else.

Me: Hahah! Seriously, when is Kevin starting?

But it wasn't a joke. Boss hired a dimwitted, sleepy old guy with no discernible skills. I guess he felt they had more in common. Three years later, the old guy got fired for never actually finishing a single project.

#8

"Your dad just cut his finger off with the push mower".

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#9

A friends grandmother died. When i asked how she died, she said "she choked on a piece of banana.....".

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Inappropriate laughter, as uncomfortable as it can be, plays an important role in overall emotional regulation.

 “When we laugh at a good joke or a comic routine, we tend to feel more relaxed afterward. Nervous laughter serves a similar function, allowing the individual to discharge anxiety and relax a bit,” says clinical psychologist Joe Nowinski.

Studies also show that laughter activates the endorphin system in the brain, the same receptors that are activated when using drugs like heroin. It literally produces pain-numbing and mild euphoria effects.

#10

When I first met my best friend at uni she showed me a picture of her brother. I laughed really hard at the picture and said "why is he pulling such a silly face?!" - "Ummm he's got Down's Syndrome." *cringe*.

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#11

I was at a pirate themed costume party and a woman was dressed as the coin from the first Pirates of the Caribbean. The costume was pretty big, you could only see her head and legs, so I shouted across the room 'hey it looks like you have no arms' to which she replied that she didn't. I laughed it off thinking she was joking...nope...she literally had no arms. I've never been more mortified in my life.

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#12

One time I walked into my school and I looked at my friend who was very upset and said "what happened? Your cat pass away?" (It's an Italian saying) and he said "no, my mom did"

I laughed for a while because he was one to make those type of jokes, little did I know..

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Neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran, in his research, explained that laughter first appeared in our history to tell those around us that whatever made us laugh wasn’t a threat.

Think about the last time a friend tripped and hit the floor. Your first move was probably to laugh. Not because you’re cruel. But because your brain ran the math instantly: they’re moving, no blood, no broken bones.

This is also why, when a toddler takes a tumble and looks up with that wobbling lip, a parent’s instinct (after making sure they’re alright) is often to smile or laugh before the child has even decided how to react.

“Perhaps laughter serves a self-regulation function. That is, it is ordinarily associated with happiness and may help to down-regulate the nervousness. Or perhaps, laughter in combination with nervousness suggests to other people around the person that they too should help down-regulate that nervousness,” says Margaret Clark, professor of psychology at Yale University.

#13

I used to have lunch with this guy I worked with. We became really good friends. All of a sudden he stopped coming to my office. I asked him why and he told me it was "Because I think you have a crush on me and you make me very uncomfortable". I am also a Guy who is 12 years younger then him. He is very ugly and has cerebralpalsy. I laughed then I realized he was serious. He has an extremely jealous wife who put all these weird thoughts in his head. As soon as I realized he wasn't joking I said "Do you realize how ugly you are?". I was in shock and it just came out. I felt really bad.

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#14

I was pretty ignorant in high school, and our friend group was one that would bust each other all the time without many boundaries. A friend was telling us about how his father died of breast cancer at the lunch table. I thought he was messing with me so I kept laughing, telling him to quit his b******t. Me being a f*****g dumb teenager assumed only women could get breast cancer, and just rolled my eyes when he kept saying it was true. This proceeded for the entire lunch period.

It wasn't until after lunch period was over and someone else came up to me and confirmed the fact that I realized what a gigantic a*****e I had just been.

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#15

Going to middle school and needing to make a phonecall home (before I had a cell phone) from the office, the secretary said, "It'll cost you 50 cents."

I laughed. She didn't.

That was the moment I realized that despite being a good kid, adults suddenly wouldn't like or trust me simply because I was in middle school. It was jarring.

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Some people also build a habit out of it. Every tense moment and awkward silence can be met with a chuckle. They’ve learned, usually without realizing it, to use humor as armor.

It’s called a defense mechanism — an unconscious strategy that helps us cope with anxiety, stress, and emotions that feel too large to sit with.

The cruel irony is that the more uncomfortable you feel, the more you laugh; the more you laugh, the more uncomfortable everyone else gets.

#16

Met with a custom wedding ring maker. He asked what my budget was and started at $20k. If I had a drink I would have spit all over him. Felt bad that I laughed in his face. He was totally serious. My budget was $2k.

Edit: My highest comment by a longshot is about laughing in someone's face. Meh, could be worse.
I will try to reply to everyone. I have never gotten this many messages ever! Thanks guys!

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#17

I was chatting with a future tinder date and he was an actor. I asked him how he got into it.

"I broke my leg while being the quarterback in high school and tried out for the musical and got the leading role."

"Haha nice what really happened?"

"That's what really happened."

I don't think I've ever met someone who had quite as wholesome of a life as he did.

#18

2 years ago today, I was getting the kids ready to go to a local water park. My husband was taking out the trash. His phone rang. I answered, his mom(who was supposed to be meeting us at the water park) said she needed to talk to my husband immediatly. He walked in the door at that moment. I handed him the phone.

A minute goes by and he says, "I'll be right there." and drops his phone on the table.

He looked at the cieling and said "My sister is d**d."

I was thinking he meant like, she got in trouble in the "OMG my parents are going to k**l me" type way, since he said it so calmly, so I grinned at him and said "What did she do?"

Then he said "She ove***sed.".

Many experts advise against suppressing this emotional response whenever possible. They believe that laughter, in general, helps calm us and signals submissiveness to those we are interacting with.

But when it becomes a cause of distress, experts say what helps is working on the underlying anxiety — the fuel — rather than the laugh itself. “People who feel that they suffer from frequent social anxiety can benefit from practicing strategies such as mindfulness meditation,” suggests psychologist Joe Nowinski.

#19

One of my most uptight friends is a reiki healer. When she first told me, I burst into a fit of laughter. I thought she was making fun of herself....she was serious.

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#20

When I was a high school freshman, there was a girl in my class who said "I have never kissed a boy and wouldn't unless we're married because I don't want to get pregnant from the kiss."
I immediately laughed, until I saw her confused look and realized she's being serious.

That was the first time I truly thought the US education system has failed us.

#21

"You can't wear ponchos on campus anymore because we've decided it could possibly be offensive to...someone" at a Student Union meeting.

It was the pause before someone, the entire lecture theatre took it as a funny joke about political correctness. She was deadly serious.

Those who laughed at a car crash, a terminal diagnosis, or a colleague’s genuine distress are not all terrible people. It’s because their brain, under pressure, reached for the only exit it could find.

The next time nervous laughter catches up to you, you might not be able to stop it. But you’ll know exactly what it was, why it happened, and that you’re not alone in this.

#22

Ok. So I was at my best friends high school Grad party at his house, and he invited some of his other friends not from our school to come too. I always goofed around in high school and today felt like any other day.

This kid, who was nicknamed 'Beateys' and I were getting along fine when I noticed some type of string hanging from his waistbelt. I couldn't really make out what it was so I assumed it was a tag to his clothes or something similar. Being an immature, unaware high schooler, I thought nothing of the context of where we were, or thinking anything would be inappropriate for me to crack a remark or joke. I took his string and started tugging on it and even asked 'Lol what is this, your stupid inflatable pants?"

He looked down and didnt give the reaction I was hoping & he turned & said "No, j*****s, it's actually my insulin pump." Which is where I found out his name wasn't Beateys, it was 'Betes. Y'know, short for Diabetes.

#23

I was a preteen at bible camp and one of the leaders was sharing the story of his upbringing. It got real intense and he ended that intense part of the story with "And now my brother is an alcoholic!" His tone and the timing was rather comedic and I thought he was doing that to break some tension and without thinking anything else of it, I let out a huge, organic "HA!". Everyone turned to look at me. I tried to fake a coughing fit to play it off. Don't think it was very convincing.

#24

A girl that wanted to become our new flatmate, when asked what her hobbies were: "I enjoy sleeping". I laughed. She didn't.

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#25

'Your sister is 10 weeks pregnant'.

#26

My cousin dated a girl named Fear... I laughed and she got pissed. Whoops.

#27

At college orientation, my group was told that we were going to see an improv show later in the day. When we got there, it was one of those acting troupes that does shows about alcohol poisoning and date r**e and stuff like that. We all kind of tried to politely laugh through the show because we felt bad that it wasn't funny (or even well done) and we were under the pretense that it was comedy. We totally got yelled at, but at least one guy pointed out that we were just trying to be nice to a group that we were told were comedians.

#28

(This one's a doosey.) My ex's brother's ex-girlfriend. Everything that came out of her mouth was serious. I laughed every time.

*Looks at CD Case* "Made in Mexico? But they're a third-world country, how do they have CD technology?"

Ex's Brother to me while the four of us were at the fair. They split off from us but he came back first, "So she said you're very mature for your age." I laughed. I was older than her. She didn't know this. He continued, "When I explained you were actually older she went quiet. I don't know where she is." She came back after a palm reading thinking she got an age increase...I laughed again and she was d**d serious.

"Aren't ants just baby wasps? I mean they look similar!"

"No Hawaii is in Cuba. It's not in the US."

"Cats are always female and dogs are always male because they're the same animal! S****l dymorphism!!" (She learned that phrase and used it for three weeks straight...)

Edit: Remembered one. "Horses have teeth?!".

#29

"We just got a call that the church messed up and the wedding isn't at 11 am anymore..."

Two days before my sister in laws wedding. I started hysterical laughing. "Can you imagine?!"

I didn't need to imagine because the family was living it.

#30

Ex-wife and I had been fighting for many months. I'd been sleeping on the couch. But I was staying there for the sake of the kids. One day she came home and she sits me down at the kitchen table and tells me the bad news, "You have to move out. I have a boyfriend now, and he's kind of jealous. He doesn't like the idea of you living here with me." I actually burst out laughing at the irony.

Wasn't laughing too hard, though, when I had to pack up my things and kiss my kids goodbye. They saw my bags by the door and said, "When are you coming back, daddy?" They were legit terrified they would never see me again. All I could say was, "I'll see you soon..." At that point I didn't even know where I was going to live.

Choose your partner wisely. Take all the time in the world to get to know them. Avoid this experience if you can.

#31

I was shadowing at a high school and one of my stops was a Latin class. The teacher introduced himself but I couldn't understand him so I laughed and said I couldn't speak Latin. He actually just had a surprisingly thick British accent.

#32

Years ago, a coworker told me never to drink water from a pond with a beaver dam because I could get Beaver Fever. I laughed. He informed me that it's a real thing and his dad died of it (Giardia). I felt SO BAD.

#33

When a girl told me she accidentally used the wrong spell (witchcraft) and k****d a cow.

#34

Watching HBO - the national TV premiere of some movie made by universal pictures - pre-torrenting in my family - no one had seen this movie yet. Universal pictures logo appears (cue universal writing over lovely image of the earth)

Sis: I've seen this movie before.

Mum and I: mild laughter, thinking that's not a bad joke

Sis: no really I'm sure I've seen this before.
Mum and I: hysterical laughter.

#35

At an eating disorder clinic in the weekly meeting the staff told us that the neighbours had complained that their cats were vomiting - they thought we were feeding them or something. I was snickering because it sounded to me like they thought we were contagious.

#36

"You are fired".

#37

The other day I read about a guy who plays games on steam with his mouth and he is paralyzed from the neck down. Little did I know, it was not a troll and he actually is paralyzed. Felt really bad after that.

#38

Last year when a couple of veterinary students, myself included, were having lunch.

I lose track of a conversation while on my phone and only heard the back end where a friend started listing symptoms.

Jokingly, I suggested they test the dog for Addison's disease. She was talking about her moms chemo side effects.

#39

When I was in high school, I worked at a video store. One night when I wasn't on-shift, I went in to rent a movie. As soon as I entered, the manager dragged me outside and demanded to know if I'd left a bottle of p**s in the office. He was the kind of guy who'd say/do thing to s***w with people, so I started laughing. Fortunately, he didn't take that as a sign of guilt, and pointed out that if he'd been screwing around, he would have asked in front of everyone. I quickly stopped laughing. Turned out it was another employee's way of giving notice.

#40

Dad Bods

I thought it was a parody of the 'real women have curves' movement. Then when I found out women *really* are all about the dad bod, I cried over all the hours I wasted in the gym trying to look good.

#41

I was chatting with a friend in his car, waiting around, when he tells me he has to do laundry. Small talk, you know? He adds "I've been meaning to do it for 2 weeks! I haven't had clean clothes since. Even underwear!". I start smiling, because who would share that? BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! He follows by stating "I just turn my boxers like, upside down"

Now I start really laughing, and he keeps going and asks me "you've never done that??" with a concerned look.

I just said nope and lit a cigarette, staring away...

Bonus: his car was absolutely filthy, wrappings everwhere, soda cans, and a half finished sandwich from a few days prior. Should have seen it coming.

#42

Not me, but a friend once laughed at my other friend's mother telling us their dog died.

#43

I really wish I was earlier to this as my comment is gonna be buried, but one time I was complaining about some tough test or something to my roommate, and he said, "Oh, that s***s, but my insurance doesn't cover I care" and I burst out laughing thinking he had just invented a line on par with or better than "would you like some cheese with that whine?" and he stared at me blankly and said "Why do you find the fact that I can't get new glasses so funny?".

#44

A girl invited me to her dorm room once. I assumed she just wanted to hang out. Then she asked me if I wanted to have s*x and I laughed, thinking it was a joke. Nope, she was serious.

Note: I laughed because I'd been crushing on her for a bit, but didn't think I actually had a chance with her.

#45

I was talking to my mom's friend and she told me dinosaurs didn't exist and the evolution is a myth and I started laughing at her.

#46

This one is embarrassing. I'm so sorry. I was talking to a friend who was a car dealer (high end cars) and a woman came into the showroom, nearly in tears. He asked if he could help her, and she said she had just come from (other high end car dealer) to buy a new car and they told her to come back with her husband. I laughed out loud and they both looked at me in horror. I had no idea this was a thing: It was 2012, not 1940, for cryin' out loud. (Even in 1940, it would have been rude, and poor business practice, BTW) He immediately treated her like a customer, and sold her a great car.

#47

"Is Maths related to Science?".

#48

Somewhat relevant. I went to the Iowa State fair last year with a girl I had met on tinder. We ran into a friend of hers and she introduced us.

She was carrying a bucket of tiny chocolate chip cookies, and a little bit of chocolate had smeared on her chin. When I pointed it out to her and told her, she turned bright red and said, "it's just a mole.".

#49

I always have a nervous laugh for any situations to the point I tell ppl about this quirk as a precaution. A friend of mine I havent seen in a while, was recently diagnosed with cancer and was prepping for chemo. I had no idea that she was diagnosed since I was out traveling when she decided to tell ppl about her illness.
She drasticly cut her hair so when I saw her again I complimented her on the bold fashion change when she realized I had no idea was going on and told me.
My friend is a joker so I thought she was joking and laughed it off, she kept insisting she was serious and I told her "Having Cancer is not funny, please tell me its a lie."

Good thing she was a good sport about it, I was laughing then nervously chuckling as she was telling me her situation. Had to tell her sorry if I laughed, my stupid personality has no idea how to handle sad news. She just told me to give her a good hug.

#50

A girl writhing around on the ground at a festival. I thought it was performance art. She was actually having a really bad trip and paramedics were rushing over. The looks from her friends as I lamely tried to explain myself will haunt my dreams.

#51

A guy said that anyone who takes any kind of d**g should be k****d by the government. I laughed and he said "no seriously, it would solve the problem".

#52

*"My brother got his face blown off by a s*****n,"* she said.

For some reason, my brain immediately short-circuited and I thought of a *Bugs Bunny* cartoon...Daffy Duck getting shot in the face, his duck-bill landing some few feet away...

I laughed. The girl looked at me in horror. I tried to explain. I failed.

#53

"Good morning ma'am. We've just arrested your husband for statutory r**e. Did you know your husband was having an affair with one of his female students?"

Yeah, it wasn't a joke.

#54

While watching Snow White and the huntsman in the theater There is a scene where a magical deer or unicorn or something like that shows up and stands there all majestic like, then gets shot with an arrow and keels over.

I burst out laughing and my sisters looked at me in disgust.

#55

My brothers girlfriend, when she realized that Cubans came from Cuba, and Haitians come from Haiti and so on and so forth.

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#56

A disabled guy at my university walked like he was a slapstick comedian doing a bit on funny walks.

I didn't know him or have any classes with him. (It's a very large university.) I'd see him every few weeks, walking outdoors, and -- again and again -- I'd think it was somebody *trying* to make people laugh, and so I would.

After a year or so I finally remembered that he existed and that that his walk was not meant to be hilarious.

#57

In my master's degree course some 14 years ago, I first heard the term Aspberger's and busted out laughing thinking someone was kidding and saying a*s burger as a joke. True story.

Being a teacher is not easy. You have to wrangle a full classroom of students all day long, handle pressure from parents and the admins, and actually teach those young minds something in the process. Sadly, many teachers face terrible working conditions. In fact, according to one Australian survey, 80% of teachers experience bullying and harassment from students and parents.

Not every parent is a bully, but some say and do such out-of-pocket things that they need to be kept for posterity. Last year, teacher and creator @AmyThingGoes asked fellow teachers to share the most outrageous things parents have messaged them. And the teachers delivered: from ridiculous demands, entitled behavior, and straight-up disrespect, these parents did more than just make the teachers raise their eyebrows.

#1

“I want to homeschool my child. When will the teacher be at our house and which teacher will it be?”

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#2

My first year teaching PE I had a students parent at an open house tell me that I don’t know the first thing about basketball because I’m a girl. So I challenged him to one V one and I beat him while wearing my Birkenstocks. I know ball

#3

"It is so unprofessional that you took 3 days off and didn't tell the parents you would be out and why. This impacts my daughter's learning. You need to tell us where you were" and cc'd my principal...so I gave my principal permission to go into detail about my miscarriage.

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#4

Parent messaged me “why are you picking on my child, I only ever hear about things she is doing”…ma’am why would I tell you about the other children??

#5

“With technology today I don’t really care if my child can read.”

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#6

“Can you make sure to call my house at 6:30 to wake my son up for school. I work.”

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#7

“Why did my child not hand in this assignment?” I don’t know why your 15 yr old didn’t hand it in. ASK THEM.

#8

I had a parent give ME a report card...

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#9

I got told there was no reason for me to be teaching about the rainbow and "promoting gay culture" I teach elementary art

#10

“You have a Black Lives Matter symbol in your classroom. What does this have to do with ELA? Stick to the curriculum.” Lots to say about that, but mostly, it is a Star Wars rebellion symbol, so…

#11

Imma flip it and reverse it, I’m a parent and I told my son’s teacher “please, if he’s acting a fool YELL AT HIM! By all means I give you permission to reprimand my kid, I will not be upset! And if he doesn’t listen, you can use calling me as a threat bc he KNOWS if I have to leave work bc he’s acting up

#12

Went to a splash pad with students over the summer “please make sure my student has a life jacket as he cannot swim, make sure he doesn’t get too hot or cold, remind him to drink water and take breaks and don’t let him get water in his face.”

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#13

"Please remove all sick children from your room for the next 2 weeks. We are going on a cruise and I don't want my child to be sick and ruin our vacation." When I told her no, I would not be targeting children based on their wellness, she went to the board.😅

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#14

Special Ed teacher here: her daughter threw up and she asked me to smell it to make sure it was a “sick” smell.

#15

In 2013 I got divorced, a few other teachers knew. I never told students, just quit wearing my ring. A parent emailed me and asked I keep wearing my ring so her son didn't learn about divorce. Her son was a senior in high school.

#16

"Please stop marking my son's work in red ink. It's very aggressive and we're trying to encourage him to try hard." Went right into my trash bin

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#17

One of my parents asked me for a parent teacher conference on a Sunday….

#18

“Please do not talk about your sexuality, your students don’t need to know you have a wife.” After every teacher was talking about what they did for the weekend.. with their husbands.. and I was just explaining what I did with my daughter and wife..

#19

Had a senior with a 3 average in a class that’s a grad requirement. Mom asked if student could go back and do all the work for the entire semester (ended in 5 days). I laughed out loud, then said sure, if she can do 90 days worth of work in 5 days I’ll grade it. She got a 3.

#20

“Please remove my child anytime there is talk about ghost, monsters or demons, as we don’t want the devil to infect our child” I was reading a fantasy book in my curriculum

#21

“Can you buy pizza for the class for my daughter’s birthday and then I’ll reimburse you afterwards?” Yeahhh no

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#22

Kid did a back flip in the cafeteria after being told not to so he owed 5 minutes of recess. Mom emailed saying we need to give him his 5 minutes back because he has ADHD and we wouldn’t ask a kid in a wheelchair to stand up, so we can’t expect him to not do backflips.

#23

“Hi, this isn’t school related, but I was wondering if (students name) dad is single?”

#24

not a teacher but as a parent I may have sent numerous emails to my child's teacher somewhat demanding her to make an Amazon wish list 😅 I was like "help me help you. yall dont get paid enough"

#25

1 parent asked me to CREATE and send out her child’s birthday party invitation and sent me all the information to include on it. The worse part was I did it, because it was my first year of teaching and I had not learned to say no yet.

#26

“My son came home without his limited edition Cinnamon Toast Crunch crocs and I’m telling the principal you stole and sold them”

#27

“Please don’t teach about voting, it doesn’t seem appropriate for them to learn..” as I stopped reading and laughed because my kids were voting about oreos or chocolate chip cookies.. they’re 3

#28

“She smells uncertainty, fear, and anxiety, so be prepared.”—this morning

#29

"Miss can you please send homework. it's 1 week into holidays and he's driving me insane"

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#30

“Why is Obama’s picture hanging in your room?” — my response was “I’m a history teacher and he’s is (2010) the President”.

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#31

“I really think you need to incorporate Spanish more into your class. It’s a disadvantage to those trying to learn” ma’am, I teach English. And we live in Puerto Rico.

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#32

I had a parent message BEYOND upset with me that I labeled their child as a BOY on their trimester assessment scores. BOY = Beginning Of Year

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#33

"I need money for gas, otherwise (name) will not be attending school"

#34

A parent told me her kid was triggered by the word ‘germs’ so asked me if I could call germs ‘munchkins’

#35

“You being gone is the reason my daughter had a panic attack today and you weren’t there to help me.” I’m sorry my mom was in the hospital?

#36

had a CHILD (9 or 10 at the time) interrupting my lesson by saying hawk tuah LOUDLY, emailed home about it, the response from mom was that i was “projecting my adult views onto her child” and now she had to “have a weird adult conversation about what it means what he didn’t know what he was saying” like ma’am. YOU HAVE TO PARENT?!!? REALLY…

#37

“When she is at school you are her parent”

#38

Emailed a parent about her child's increased behavior issues. Was told "he's performing experiments on you to prove you don't treat him fairly. When we gather the data we will go to the principal and let you know what we find"

#39

Had a parent email and accuse me of teaching sexual orientation when I was actually teaching asexual reproduction in unicellular organisms… (I teach biology) lol

#40

Went to my super bc they didn’t agree with the length of my maternity leave (50 school days, per my contract) & said it was “unprofessional” for me to get pregnant knowing I would be due during the school year & tried to speak at the school board meeting about it.

#41

Screamed at me for 10 minutes on the phone. How dare I ask her son to stack his chair on his desk, throw away his trash, and plug in his computer at the end of the day. 🙃 I’m not exaggerating. “It’s your classroom! It’s YOUR job to do that!”

#42

I didn’t get the message (my principal did) but the parent was upset after seeing I was reading Onyx Storm through social media. She said it was inappropriate for me to be promoting those kinds of books where students might be able to see… I teach 4th grade

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#43

Had a kid take a tumble during program and swallow her tooth. Two hours later she goes #2 and the parent asks me to go digging for it so she can put it under her pillow. EXCUSE ME?! I’m still heated and it’s been 3 years.

#44

Got accused of teaching about “drag queens” in a lesson about Japanese kabuki. Women aren’t allowed to be kabuki actors. Lost that fight with admin

#45

“I realize she didn’t do any of the work. But why did she get a zero?”

#46

“Please refrain from playing K Pop Demon Hunters music in the classroom, we are a Christian household and do no promote worshipping demons.” 😄 it was the first day of school and we were doing get to know you activities and I played “Golden”. I teach 4th grade.

#47

I had a parent email me that when her child was worked up in class I needed to lay him down in front of the class while I rolled an exercise ball over him while playing Andrea Bocelli.... I teach sixth grade

#48

During Covid, i told a parent that their child was logging off during class and the parent asked me where the child was going when they logged off...

#49

I was told I made up the Boston tea party to push an agenda… I teach 4th grade

#50

A parent came in livid to tell me she could not believe I wrote her a note that her son had been pulling grasshoppers legs off at recess and it needed to stop. She told me I didn’t know anything about boys and her son had jars and jars full of legless grasshoppers at home.

#51

I was turned into the superintendent because I was unable to open a student’s Gatorade bottle. There was a whole investigation by admin. Ummm I have Lupus.

#52

Put a general comment on everyone’s progress report that says “please encourage your child to attend class regularly, ask questions when needed and participate in class”. Parent thinks I am directing this message at her child. And even after I have explained that I have put this comment on all progress reports for probably the last 20 years she still wants to have a meeting to discuss it. Meeting is tomorrow.

#53

I helped with a class for theater.... had a parent ask why a teen was allowed to teach other teens. I was 27 at the time

#54

Not outrageous, just funny. A kindergarten parent sent in a note asking how much make-up they should put on their daughter for make up picture day.

#55

"Please refrain from bringing politics into the classroom. You should not be discussing the president or tariffs." I'm the AP Government teacher. It was a lesson on presidential communication.

#56

Parent put in a complaint about me for not sending out her child’s birthday invites. She sent them to me on Class Dojo on July 1st. School ended on May 28th

#57

“Who allowed my child to talk to someone without my permission? I will be suing” (the kid talked to the guidance counselor…parent did not sue)

#58

“I’m taking my husband and my 3 yr old and 7 yr old to Disney world. *child who is 2yrs old* is staying with grandparents. Because she is too young. Please don’t tell her about where we are. She’ll get upset.” They were gone about a month and a half. Poor little girl was so sad.

#59

A parent wouldn’t let their high school senior watch a PG disney movie. They said it wasn’t appropriate. It’s Inside Out…

#60

Had a mom tell me via the child’s planner to stop messaging her husband bcs it makes her uncomfortable (he was the only contact I had on file & I was just updating every parent on remind)

#61

I got a handwritten note saying they will be sending a bill for the clothing the child ruined. She requested they not be allowed to use markers or scissors. Ma’am it’s kindergarten 🤣 and our curriculum uses dry erase boards and markers DAILY.

#62

“I can’t volunteer for the field trip because I’m a felon”

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#63

"You're running a communist classroom by manipulating my child for compliance". This was regarding an elf on the shelf......

#64

I had a parent accuse me of deleting a students writing essay. The student didn’t know that I could look up the work history since it was on Google Docs and the parent was embarrassed when I showed her her son was just typing random letters the whole time. She just said thank you and left.

#65

"Please remove all sick children from your room for the next 2 weeks. We are going on a cruise and I don't want my child to be sick and ruin our vacation." When I told her no, I would not be targeting children based on their wellness, she went to the board.😅

We’ve seen our fair share of mothers-in-law behaving badly at weddings. But the following story is the stuff that horror films are made from…

A rehearsal dinner turned into a nightmare when the groom’s mom took a sick joke a bit too far. She had matching t-shirts made for about ten of her relatives. While it may sound cute, it was anything but. The crazy MIL and her entourage burst into the dinner shrieking, and wearing their ‘Bride of Chucky’ tops. While the couple and their guests were horrified, the woman claims it was all in the name of fun.

We’ve heard our fair share of wedding horror stories but this one takes the cake…

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A rehearsal dinner turned creepy when a crazy MIL burst in with a group of people, all wearing ‘Bride of Chucky’ t-shirts

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How to deal with badly behaved wedding guests, according to experts

The worst wedding guests come in all shapes and sizes. Maybe they’re friends, parents, in-laws or even members of the wedding party. Many experts have seen it all, and they say there are ways to pre-empt drama or deal with it on the day without losing your sanity.

One of the most common problems is the drunk guest. Aka the one who becomes besties with the bar and doesn’t know when to call it quits. If you know beforehand that this person might misbehave when under the influence, you should inform your wedding planner or a friend, bridesmaid or bestman.

“We have actually provided a watered-down bottle of the preferred liquor just for pouring drinks for that person,” says Alex Alexander of Alex Events.

Charley Izabella King, a wedding planner from Bluebell Events, also has a few tricks up her sleeve. She reveals that she usually finds the person’s plus one and asks them to help in limiting their alcohol intake. King adds that she’ll also let the bartender and banquet captain know if there are any guests they should keep an eye on.

Katrina Otter, an award-winning wedding planner, agrees.

“If you’ve got guests who you know are big drinkers, tell your caterers or bar staff in advance and ask them to stop serving the guests in question when they deem it’s necessary,” says the expert. “Make sure that there’s plenty of water and non-alcoholic options on hand right through the day and remember that evening food is not only great for giving you a boost of energy later in the day, it’s also very useful for soaking up a day of drink.”

Otter adds that you shouldn’t give any heavy drinkers a big role in your day.

“It’s also helpful to nominate someone who can keep an eye on things and help if things do go awry,” she suggests. “A parent or an uncle is usually a great choice here because these people automatically carry respect. Brief them ahead of time and try not to let someone’s drunken behaviour ruin your day.” 

 “If they get particularly rowdy, I would ask them to leave,” King told Inside Weddings.

But sometimes, even stone-cold sober guests can create wedding chaos and drama. For example, the entitled mother or mother-in-law who catches main character syndrome and thinks she’s the bride.

Experts suggest gently setting firm boundaries during the wedding planning process. So if your mother or mother-in-law insists on choosing your flowers, Alexander advises saying something along the lines of, “It is so lovely of you to want to pay for and surprise me with the flowers, but I have always looked forward to planning my wedding and especially the flowers! Having you there with me as I choose the look of the wedding means so much to me. Thank you!”

In addition, it may help to give your mom or mother-in-law a dedicated role to keep them busy, and make them feel included. This ideally would be something you’re willing to loosen your grip on.

Don’t hesitate to enlist the help of your wedding planner, or a friend to smooth things over.

“We have diverted many a situation by being fully aware of peoples’ feelings,” says King, “and being comforting to them by understanding the situation and helping to resolve it.”

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People were shocked that the MIL turned childhood trauma into a joke

As a rule of thumb, the less we know about something, the more fascinating it becomes. A missing person’s case where someone vanished without a trace. A crime scene that left investigators with more questions than answers. It makes us want to get to the bottom of what really happened and why no one has been able to figure it out.

One Redditor asked users to share creepy unsolved mysteries that deserve more attention, and they came through with stories that are equal parts intriguing and unsettling. We’ve gathered some of the best ones below. Scroll down to read them.

#1

Whatever the f**k is happening with the Epstein files and how many people are getting away with it all. Seems like a mystery until you start really looking into it.

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#2

Shelly Miscavige, David Miscavige's wife (Head of the church of Scientology), who was last seen in public in August 2007...

More info from Wikipedia:
Michele Diane "Shelly" Miscavige (née Barnett; born January 18, 1961) is an American Scientologist who was last seen in public in August 2007. She is a member of the Church of Scientology's Sea Org who married Scientology leader David Miscavige in 1982. Miscavige worked as her husband's assistant and was involved in managing the Church of Scientology's relationship with high-profile member Tom Cruise.

Since her disappearance in 2007, she has been the subject of speculation and inquiries regarding her whereabouts and well-being. In 2012, attorneys who said they represented her responded by saying she was leading a private life devoted to the Church of Scientology. In August 2013, actress Leah Remini, a former Scientologist and critic of the organization, filed a missing person report regarding Miscavige with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). The LAPD closed the investigation within hours and described the report as "unfounded".

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#3

Walter Fischer

He lived in a small village in Slovakia and would go to a nearby town to work in a shoe factory Mon-Fri (returning home to be with his family on weekends). One weekend in January of 1939 he didnt return home.

Several weeks later his wife sends her brother to find him (thinking he was just drinking and choosing not to come home). The brother gets there and speaks to everyone who would know where he was but they all said they hadn't seen him in weeks. His coworkers said that on the Friday where he was due to go home he had said he planned to stay the night and walk to Castle Black (a ruin up in the mountains). This apparently was not a typical thing for him and no info is available on what drove this.

Fearing him d**d up there the brother and some others go up the mountain in search of him. But its January and it is freezing. So they have to abandon the search and accept he likely perished.

Now the extra mystery. 3 months later Walter reappears. He is found in a field more than 1km south of the town or mountain. A local farmer/herder recognises him and sends for his wife and a doctor (recognising he is in a bad condition). When they arrive they realise he is not responding to any questions or verbal prompts (borderline catatonic it seemed) and is covered in burns.

The wife isn't able to take him in so instead he is sent to an asylum. Sadly any further records of Walter or if anyone made any breakthrough in getting him to communicate is lost due to the N**i invasion of Slovakia and the destruction of the asylum and its records.

But its a really fascinating one. Why hike up that mountain in horrible conditions in January? How did he stay alive for 3 months in the Slovakian wilderness and what caused his catatonic state and the burns.

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#4

The Black Dahlia.

More info from Wikipedia:
Elizabeth Short (July 29, 1924 – c. January 14–15, 1947), posthumously known as the Black Dahlia, was an American woman found m*rdered in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on January 15, 1947. Her case became highly publicized owing to the gruesome nature of the crime, which included the mutilation and bisection of her corpse.

A native of Boston, Short spent her early life in New England and Florida before relocating to California, where her father lived. It is commonly held that she was an aspiring actress, though she had no known acting credits or jobs during her time in Los Angeles. Short acquired the nickname of the Black Dahlia posthumously, as newspapers of the period often nicknamed particularly lurid crimes; the term may have originated from the film noir thriller The Blue Dahlia (1946). After the discovery of her body, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) began an extensive investigation that produced over 150 suspects but yielded no arrests.

Short's unsolved m*rder and the details surrounding it have had a lasting cultural impact, generating various theories and public speculation. Her life and death have been the basis of numerous books and films, and her m*rder is frequently cited as one of the most famous unsolved m*rders in U.S. history, as well as one of the oldest unsolved cases in Los Angeles County. It has likewise been credited by historians as one of the first major crimes in postwar America to capture national attention.

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#5

The Wow! Signal. One strange radio signal from space and then... nothing.

More info from Wikipedia:
The Wow! signal was a strong narrowband radio signal detected on August 15, 1977, by Ohio State University's Big Ear radio telescope in the United States, then used to support the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. The signal appeared to come from the direction of the constellation Sagittarius and bore expected hallmarks of extraterrestrial origin.

Astronomer Jerry R. Ehman discovered the anomaly a few days later while reviewing the recorded data. On the computer printout, he circled the reading of the signal's intensity, "6EQUJ5", and wrote the comment "Wow!" beside it, leading to the event's widely used name.

The entire signal sequence lasted for the full 72-second window during which Big Ear was able to observe it. Despite numerous follow-up searches and hypotheses (including brief consideration of reflections from space debris, interstellar scintillation, and comet hydrogen clouds), the signal has never recurred, and no explanation, terrestrial or otherwise, has been confirmed. While some researchers have suggested it could represent an extraterrestrial transmission, its single occurrence and lack of replication limit the strength of this interpretation. The Wow! signal has inspired targeted searches, scientific discussion about rare astrophysical phenomena, and references in popular culture.

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#6

The Springfield Missouri 3 missing women. 3 women gone with no trace from a home. Nothing in 34 years.

More info from Wikipedia:
The Springfield Three refers to an unsolved missing persons case that began on June 7, 1992, when friends Suzanne Elizabeth "Suzie" Streeter and Stacy Kathleen McCall, and Streeter's mother, Sherrill Elizabeth Levitt, went missing from Levitt's home in Springfield, Missouri, United States. All of their personal belongings, including cars and purses, were left behind. There were no signs of a struggle except a broken porch light globe; there was also a message on the answering machine that police believe might have provided a clue about the disappearances, but it was inadvertently erased.

In 1997, Robert Craig Cox, a convicted kidnapper and robber, claimed that he knew the women had been m*rdered and that their bodies would never be recovered. Neither their whereabouts nor their remains have ever been discovered. No investigators in the case believe Cox has any credibility.

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#7

Polish 24-year-old tourist Bruno Muschalik went on a solo trip to India and has been missing since August 2015. Since he failed to come back home his dad has been flying to India dozens of times to look for him.

Supposedly over 1000 people have gone missing in Parvati valley since 1990s. that includes 20+ foreign nationals from the US, Poland, Israel etc and hundreds of Indians.

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#8

Also Mateusz Kawecki, 30yr old, Poland. Polish construction worker living in Hanover, Germany for 5 years with his father (sister is also in Hanover). Uncertain about the details but it goes something like this. Receives a phone call from his long term fiancée that she was due delivery of their baby. He leaves Hanover at 11:30pm for his fiancées village in Southern Poland on the 28th of March, 2018 in his BMW, a 679km or so drive (9hrs or so). At about 10:30am his father calls him as he hadn't arrived and he said that he had been stuck at the Polish-German border for 2hrs, citing traffic. He also texts his fiancée to tell her the same thing. By about mid-afternoon, the worried fiancée calls his sister in Hanover, they call Mateus phone, it rings but no one picks up. By evening time they go to Polish police to report him missing but they think it's too soon. Eventually, they open the case. The German police have refused to open a concurrent case as long as the Polish police are investigating. The family ask the Polish police for his SIM to be located as his phone was ringing but they say they couldn't cause it was a German SIM. The German police couldn't either cause the SIM was last located in Poland. But Polish police claim he never entered the border because his car plate registration wasn't captured by cameras at the border. The frustrated family search the whole route for months and fail to find him and no clues come up.

In Sept, a neighbour approaches the family reporting a smell from their barn, the village have noticed throughout summer, thinking there must be a d**d animal. At the end of the barn (as I imagine it) is a tier (a story) cordoned off by a wall forming a kinda attic space. Since they couldn't find the d**d animal, the neighbour asked to check the attic . He finds a pile of clothes and a back pack on the floor. He moves the clothes about to find a severed or decapitated head and a badly decomposed corpse (so damaged it couldn't be identified). However the backpack contains Mateus items, his ID, a Polish water bottle, cigarette packs and stubs but interestingly as well a carton of orange juice (which he never drank cause he detested orange juice since he was a kid) & the clothes were his. Two nooses are tied to the roof.

Following a police search & investigation of the barn. His case was ruled a s*****e. However 4 days later (after his body was found) the family finds (on the lower floor I believe) his shoe...with his amputated decomposing foot still inside! They complain the search was not conducted properly.

The mystery thickens as it is later reported that there were German & Polish public transport tickets found with him. He also checked into a hotel on the German-Polish border with a stranger, who was it? The interesting thing is that Mateus' body was found in the barn of the small village of his family home, he wasn't aiming for there, he was aiming for his house with his fiancée in Southern Poland, a small village 635km away (that's a cross country distance apparently across Germany). Further, his clothes were bloody and some or all of his teeth had been knocked off, sticking to his clothes. His phone was found with his backpack. He made a short 1s call to his uncle on the 29th of March, likely a b**t dial- his uncle never received the call.

His car was never found, neither car nor keys to this day. His family report to have used the barn, throughout the summer and it would have been obvious to them as somehow the attic was reportedly in plain-sight & the barn doors were open if he was there- not to mention the smell. Also, since it is a small village, it's strange that no one in the village caught sight of Mateus, his car or anything about him. It was like he set off from Hanover in the middle of the night to d*e in his family home's barn when he was aiming for his fiancées over 600km away for his child birth. Finally, where was Mateusz really when he received his dad phone call, was he really at the border and obstructed or delayed by traffic? That border section is unmanned except for ANPR cameras...but if he was headed the wrong direction, did he lie to his family & fiancée, why? Who was the stranger? And how about the public transport tickets in Germany & Poland when he had a car & set off in one? Why commit s*****e when he appeared to be anticipating the birth of his child otherwise he would never have set off? Nevermind the amputated foot, the knocked out teeth... which doesn't fit a deteriorating hanging body (though the severed head might) So many mysteries in this case.

What a mystery and such trauma for both him and his family (unless they were somehow involved).

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#9

Highway of tears. 100 missing since the 70s.

More info from Wikipedia:
The Highway of Tears is a 719-kilometre (447 mi) corridor of Highway 16 between Prince George and Prince Rupert in British Columbia, Canada, which has been the location of crimes against many women, beginning in 1969 when the highway was completed. The phrase was coined during a vigil held in Terrace, British Columbia in 1998, by Florence Naziel, who was thinking of the victims' families crying over the loss of their loved ones.

There is a disproportionately high number of Indigenous women on the list of victims, hence the association with the Missing and M*rdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) movement.

Proposed explanations for the years-long toleration of the crimes and the limited progress in identifying culprits include poverty, dr*g ab*se, widespread domestic violence, disconnection with traditional culture and disruption of the family unit through the foster care system and Canadian Indian residential school system. Poverty in particular leads to low rates of vehicle ownership and mobility; thus, hitchhiking is often the only way for many to travel vast distances to see family or go to work, school, or seek medical treatment.

The lack of public transportation between communities was at one time a major factor. Another factor leading to unsolved disappearances is that the area is largely isolated and remote. Soft soil in many areas makes burial easier and carnivorous scavengers often carry away human remains. Additionally, before December 2024, much of the highway had no cellular telephone service.

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#10

Brian Shaffer, a 27-year-old medical student who vanished from a bar in Columbus, Ohio, in 2006. CCTV shows him enter but he never leaves.

More info from Wikipedia:
In the early hours of April 1, 2006, Brian Randall Shaffer, a 27‑year‑old medical student at the Ohio State University College of Medicine, disappeared in Columbus, Ohio. He had spent the previous night, March 31, having drinks with friends at a campus‑area bar to mark the start of spring break. He later became separated from them, and they assumed he had gone home.

Security footage from outside the second‑floor entrance recorded Shaffer briefly speaking with two women just before 2 a.m. before walking out of frame. No video shows him exiting the building, and he has not been seen or heard from since. The case received national media attention.

Shaffer's disappearance has been especially puzzling to investigators because the bar had no other publicly accessible exits at the time, aside from a nearby service door. Columbus police have explored several theories about what happened. Some scrutiny has focused on a friend who was with Shaffer that night, though he was advised not to take polygraph tests. Other speculation has included a possible connection to the purported Smiley Face serial k**ler, but police rejected any link to the alleged k**ler, consistent with the FBI and other agencies. It has also been suggested that Shaffer might be alive and living elsewhere under a new identity.

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#11

Tristan Brübach.

​I am from germany and have been following this case for over ten years now.

It is honestly one of the most disturbing mysteries I have ever come across and almost no one outside of Germany seems to know about it.

​In 1998 in Frankfurt a 13 year old boy named Tristan Brübach was m******d in broad daylight in a tunnel near a train station. The k**ler did not just k**l him. He performed some kind of surgical mutilation on the body and took body parts with him as trophies. Experts strongly suggest that this was a case of cannibalism.

​The weirdest part is that it happened in the middle of the day in a busy public area. Witnesses saw a man with a ponytail and police checked over 14000 people but the guy just vanished. It has been over 25 years and the trail is ice cold. It feels like the k**ler just walked into thin air.

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#12

Morgan Nick. June 9, 1995, six-year old Morgan and her mother, Colleen Nick, attended a little league baseball game in Alma, Arkansas. At 10:30 PM, Morgan and her friends asked if they could leave the stands to catch fireflies. Initially, Colleen was hesitant to let her but was convinced by the other parents to let her. Morgan was last seen by her friends at 10:45 PM alone near her mom's car emptying the sand from her shoes. Her friends also reported seeing a "creepy" man talking to Morgan as she put her shoes back on.

Morgan's friends returned to the stands without her, told Colleen that she was at the car. But when Morgan's mother returned to the car, she was not there, and Morgan was not seen or heard from again.

Police only ever named one person of interest, Billy Lincks. This guy died in prison for an unrelated charge in 2000. They identified fibers in his red truck that were similar to Morgan's shirt. In 2024, police revealed there was DNA evidence that strongly indicated Morgan was in the truck.

But we might never know what really happened to her or where she is.

Her parents started the Morgan Nick Foundation to both help parents cope with the disappearances of their children, and help prevent children disappearances. June 1995 was before the Amber Alert was created. Furthermore, in Arkansas, it's known as the Morgan Nick Amber Alert.

I'm from Arkansas, I was born in 1997. My mom would tell me about this horrible cold case throughout my childhood and it's stuck with me to adulthood, I guess.

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#13

John P. Wheeler III:

Wheeler, a highly connected Pentagon official and presidential aide, suddenly began behaving erratically in December 2010. Surveillance footage captured him wandering the streets confused, disheveled, and carrying only one shoe while asking strangers for help. He had recently been involved in a bitter feud with neighbors and was reportedly linked to a bizarre smoke-b**b incident. Days later, his battered body was found in a Delaware landfill. His d***h was ruled a homicide, but no suspect has ever been identified.

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#14

The missing Malaysian airplane.

More info from Wikipedia:
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370 / MAS370) was an international passenger flight operated by Malaysia Airlines that disappeared from radar on 8 March 2014, while flying from Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia to its planned destination, Beijing Capital International Airport in China. The cause of its disappearance has not been determined. It is widely regarded as the greatest mystery in aviation history and remains the single deadliest case of aircraft disappearance.

The crew of the Boeing 777-200ER, registered as 9M-MRO, last communicated with air traffic control (ATC) around 38 minutes after takeoff when the flight was over the South China Sea. The aircraft was lost from ATC's secondary surveillance radar screens minutes later but was tracked by the Malaysian military's primary radar system for another hour, deviating westward from its planned flight path. It left radar range 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) west-northwest of Penang Island in northwestern Peninsular Malaysia.

With all 227 passengers and 12 crew aboard confirmed dead, the disappearance of Flight 370 was the deadliest incident involving a Boeing 777, the deadliest of 2014, and the deadliest in Malaysia Airlines' history until it was surpassed in all three regards by Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 on 17 July 2014. Relying mostly on the analysis of data from the Inmarsat satellite with which the aircraft last communicated, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) initially proposed that a hypoxia event was the most likely cause given the available evidence, although no consensus has been reached among investigators concerning this theory. At various stages of the investigation, possible hijacking scenarios were considered, including crew involvement, and suspicion of the aircraft's cargo manifest; many disappearance theories regarding the flight have also been reported by the media.

The search for the missing aircraft became the most expensive search in the history of aviation. It focused initially on the South China Sea and Andaman Sea, before a novel analysis of the aircraft's automated communications with an Inmarsat satellite indicated that the aircraft had travelled far southward over the southern Indian Ocean. Several pieces of debris washed ashore in the western Indian Ocean during 2015 and 2016; many of these were confirmed to have originated from Flight 370. After a three-year search across 120,000 km2 (46,000 sq mi) of ocean failed to locate the aircraft, the Joint Agency Coordination Centre heading the operation suspended its activities in January 2017. A second search launched in January 2018 by private contractor Ocean Infinity also ended without success after six months. The Malaysian Ministry of Transport's final report from July 2018 was inconclusive. It highlighted Malaysian ATC's fruitless attempts to communicate with the aircraft shortly after its disappearance.

In the absence of a definitive cause of disappearance, air transport industry safety recommendations and regulations citing Flight 370 have been implemented to prevent a repetition of the circumstances associated with the loss. These include increased battery life on underwater locator beacons, lengthening of recording times on flight data recorders and cockpit voice recorders, and new standards for aircraft position reporting over open ocean.

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#15

In the coming years, the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie.

More info from Wikipedia:
"On February 1, 2026, Nancy Guthrie (née Long), the American 84‑year‑old mother of NBC News journalist and Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, was kidnapped from her home in Catalina Foothills, a suburb of Tucson, Arizona. Evidence recovered at the residence indicated that Guthrie had been taken against her will, and Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos stated that he believed she had been abducted.

A multi‑agency investigation led by the Pima County Sheriff's Department, with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and search-and-rescue teams, has included extensive forensic analysis, neighborhood canvassing, and review of surveillance footage. Bloodstains found at the scene were confirmed to be Nancy's. Multiple ransom notes of undetermined origin demanded payment in cryptocurrency, with two deadlines that had passed by February 9. On February 10, the FBI released still images along with a short video from a video‑doorbell camera, showing an "armed individual" wearing a mask and carrying a backpack tampering with said doorbell camera on Nancy's property prior to her disappearance.

Family appeals on social media have not yet yielded any "proof of life" sought from the person or persons who abducted Nancy Guthrie. On February 24, the family offered $1 million for information that assists in her recovery. Her condition and whereabouts remain unknown. The case has drawn international attention, with Savannah Guthrie suspending her broadcasting duties, including coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics, to participate in the ongoing search."

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#16

Dorothy Jane Scott- this always creeped me out because of the time put in and how one minute you’re helping your friend and next your worst nightmare happens.

From Wikipedia: Dorothy Jane Scott (April 23, 1948 — May 28, 1980) was an American woman who disappeared on May 28, 1980, in Anaheim, California. After driving two co-workers to the hospital, Scott went to fetch her car to take them back to their workplace. However, as her car approached them, it sped away; neither could see who was driving as its headlights had blinded them. The co-workers reported Scott missing a couple of hours later, after not hearing from her. In the preceding months, Scott had been receiving anonymous phone calls from a man who had reportedly been stalking her and had left threatening messages.
In June 1980, a man called The Orange County Register, a local newspaper that had reported Scott's disappearance, and claimed that he had killed Scott. Police believe the caller was Scott's killer. From 1980 to 1984, Scott's mother also received phone calls from a man who claimed to have Scott or to have killed her. None of the calls could be traced, however, because the caller would not stay on the line long enough. In August 1984, partial human remains were found and later identified as Scott's. No arrests have been made in Scott's case.

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#17

Susan Swedell

On the evening of January 19, 1988, 19-year-old Susan Swedell vanished during a blizzard in Lake Elmo, MN.

After finishing her shift at K-Mart in Oak Park Heights, Susan stopped at a gas station while experiencing car trouble. She left her car at the gas station and was seen getting into an older-model sedan, possibly a late-1970s Ford LTD with a white man who had shoulder-length sandy-brown hair and was wearing a waist length coat.

Susan Swedell has not been seen or heard from since that night. Her car, along with her purse was found the next morning at the gas station (now the site of a Holiday Station) on the outskirts of Lake Elmo.

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#18

The d***h of Noah Donohoe, age 14. Mixed race kid in Ireland. Left home at 3 am wearing flip flops, shorts, shirt and headsets he returned at 4 am barefoot without his headset. Went to school, came back. Told his mum at about 4/5pm he is going to cycle to his friends place across on the other side of Belfast (seems quite the distance). He packed a bag of clothing & laptop & left wearing a helmet, jacket, shorts and trainers. He is spotted on CCTV (& by passerby) an hour later at 5pm in central Belfast by Queens University then again on CCTV naked and without his bike or backpack...and entering some public space but which was only open to residence. At 9pm, his mother reports him missing. He was missing for 5 days before being found d**d & naked in a sewer drain, even further away than from his last sighting. Past-portum, revealed cause of d***h to be drowning. Coroner's verdict: accidental drowning. Still a mystery, how or why he died. Where he went to earlier that morning, why he was barefoot and where was his headset, why he was naked on the streets of central Belfast at 6pm, where was his bike? His backpack was found close to Ulster university, where someone tried to pawn off his laptop (he was jailed for 3 months). Another mystery to me is why his mum would let him cycle such a long way on an Autumn/ November evening alone (would have certainly been dark or getting dark by the time he left and soon after). Bet there are deep regrets and she is devastated. No one has ever been charged...after all the verdict is that it was accidental.

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#19

Oakey Al Kite, Randy Wayne Leach, Amy Mihaljevic, St. Louis Jane Doe, and, the most disgusting case ever, the Dardeen family. Do not look that one up if you are squeamish.

On the plus side in recent years we have seen the solving of Alexis Flores, Morgan Jade Violi, Princess Doe, Yogurt Shop M*rders...

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#20

Joe Anderson, Jamestown ND. Found in the trunk of his car in just his underwear and wrapped up in a tarp.

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#21

The Donna Kay Cloud case from 2016 in Splendora, Texas. She was friends with many of the people I went to high school with, but I personally never met her.

She was 19 with a 4 year old son, and had been dealt quite a rough hand in life and made a few mistakes of her own, but was very much trying to turn her life around. She was going on a blind date with a guy she had been talking to, and left her dad’s house I think with the guy and a couple friends in his truck to eat at Texas Roadhouse. She never made it there.

All 3 guys she was with were interviewed and “cleared” and her own dad keeps changing his story and refuses to fully cooperate. Her cell phone even pinged at a location 2 months after her disappearance. This story haunts me because it’s very close to home and feels like a true embodiment of the good ole boy system in SETX where I’m from. And she’d NEVER leave her son. Somebody is protecting somebody.

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#22

The Yuba County Five. Such a terribly sad case and little to no answers.

More info from Wikipedia:
The Yuba County Five were young men from Yuba County, California, United States, each with mild intellectual disabilities or psychiatric conditions, who were reported missing after attending a college basketball game at California State University, Chico (also known as Chico State), on the night of February 24, 1978. Four of them—Bill Sterling, 29; Jack Huett, 24; Ted Weiher, 32; and Jack Madruga, 30—were later found dead; the fifth, Gary Mathias, 25, has never been found.

Several days after their disappearance, Madruga's car, a 1969 Mercury Montego the group drove to Chico, was found abandoned in a remote area of Plumas National Forest, on a high mountain dirt road far out of their way back to Yuba County. Investigators could not determine why the car was abandoned, as it was in good working order and could easily have been pushed out of the snowpack it was in. At that time, no trace of the men was found.

In June 1978, four of the men's bodies were discovered after the snow had melted. Ted Weiher was found inside a United States Forest Service (USFS) trailer some 20 miles north of the abandoned car. Only bones were left of Jack Madruga, Bill Sterling, and Jackie Huett as a result of scavenging animals; Weiher had apparently lived for as long as three months after the men were last seen, starving to death despite an ample supply of food and heating materials in and near the trailer. Weiher was missing his shoes; investigators found Mathias' own shoes in the USFS trailer, suggesting Mathias also survived for some time beyond the group's last sighting.

A local man later came forward, claiming that he had spent the same night in his own car a short distance from where the Mercury was found. The witness told police that he saw and heard people around his car that night, and twice called for help, only for them to grow silent and turn off their flashlights. This, and the considerable distance from the car to where the bodies were found, has led to suspicions of foul play.

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#23

The 2017 Las Vegas sh**ting. Deadliest mass sh**ting in modern U.S. history and we still don’t really know why.

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#24

Deborah Deann Poe (often referred to as Debrah Poe or Deborah Poe) was a 25-year-old convenience store clerk who vanished without a trace from an Orlando, Florida Circle K on February 4, 1990

The Last Sighting: Deborah was working the overnight shift at a Circle K near the intersection of Aloma Avenue and Hall Road. A regular customer found the store completely abandoned at 4:00 a.m.

The Store's Condition: There were no signs of a struggle, and the cash register was completely untouched, with no money missing.

Personal Belongings: Deborah’s car (a red Toyota Celica) was parked in the lot, with her keys, purse, and latest paycheck securely locked inside. Her uniform was discovered neatly folded behind the counter.

The Megadeth T-Shirt Man: A customer reported seeing an unknown man wearing a "Megadeth" rock band t-shirt behind the counter at 3:15 a.m. He was never identified or located.

Police Investigation: Scent dogs tracked her path from behind the store to the nearby road, suggesting she was forcibly abducted and driven away in an unknown vehicle.

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#25

Not really anything mystery but the amout of d**d people that are still left up on Mount Everest really disturbs me.

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#26

The strange deaths of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon in Panama.

More info from Wikipedia:
Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon were two Dutch students who disappeared on 1 April 2014, while hiking a trail called El Pianista in Panama. After an extensive search, portions of their bodies were found a few months later. Their cause of death could not be determined definitively; Dutch authorities working with forensic and search-rescue investigators initially thought it likely the students had accidentally fallen from a cliff after becoming lost. The circumstances and aftermath of their disappearance have resulted in much speculation about their final days.

Although many theories have been presented as to what happened to Kremers and Froon, no official cause of death has been ruled. Panamanian authorities came under fire for allegedly mishandling the disappearance and aftermath.

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#27

The disappearance of Anne-Elisabeth Hagen in Norway.

Halloween morning October 31, 2018, 68-year-old Anne-Elisabeth Hagen vanished from her home near Oslo. When her husband, businessman Tom Hagen, returned home from work, he claimed to find signs of a struggle and a ransom note demanding €9 million in the cryptocurrency Monero. The note threatened that she would be k****d if police were contacted.

What makes the case especially strange is that police secretly investigated it as a kidnapping for months, but later concluded the kidnapping itself may have been staged. They eventually shifted to the theory that Anne-Elisabeth had been m******d and that the ransom note was part of an elaborate deception. Tom Hagen was arrested in 2020 on suspicion of m****r or complicity, but was released within days and the case against him was ultimately dropped because investigators could not prove his involvement.

There are a lot of odd details: the ransom demand was in cryptocurrency years before crypto ransom cases became common, the note was written in awkward Norwegian, police found cable ties and traces suggesting a struggle, the family dog had been locked away, and despite years of investigation involving thousands of tips, surveillance footage, international forensic assistance, and extensive searches, nobody knows for certain whether Anne-Elisabeth was kidnapped, m******d, or by whom. Her body has never been found.

Nearly eight years later, the case remains unsolved.

#28

Yuba County 5

Five men when missing in Yuba County, California, in February 1978. Four were found d**d in Plumas national forest, while one remains missing to this date. No one knows why they went that direction as they were headed the wrong way to get home.

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#29

Terrence Woods, someone I knew as a student.

He was filming something in rural Idaho and allegedly just ran away into the woods, never to be seen again. In nearly any article I see, he's described as gentle, friendly and kind, and that completely checks out with my experience with him. It all seems so wrong, but there doesn't seem to be any lead otherwise.

Hope you're still out there man, you were great singing Linger by the Cranberries on your guitar.

#30

Jodi Huisentruit - Iowa Newscaster abducted early in the morning on her way to work and never seen again. There are a number of potential suspects but nobody really knows what happened to her. There is a subreddit for this person.

Elizabeth Barraza - another one with a subreddit - possibly more commonly known but a woman is setting up for a garage sale in the morning and someone shows up in a pickup truck, confronts her and sh**ts her d**d. It's captured on multiple doorbell cameras yet to this day over 6 years later we do not know who the culprit is. Numerous potential suspects like the Huisentruit case but no "for sures".

#31

One that doesn't get nearly as much attention as some famous mysteries is the Lead Masks Case in Brazil.

In 1966, two electronics technicians were found d**d on a hill near Niterói, Brazil. They were wearing formal suits, waterproof coats, and strange homemade lead masks that covered their eyes. Nearby was a notebook containing cryptic instructions, including a reference to taking capsules and waiting for a signal. There were no obvious signs of violence, and investigators never conclusively determined what happened.

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#32

The granite caves of Barabar India.

Of all the ancient wonders that make you scratch your head, this one is an absolute doozy.

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#33

Sneha Philip. The woman who was last seen the evening of 9/10. Lived near WTC, but there is no evidence that she returned home the night before.

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#34

All those d**d or disappeared scientists.

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#35

The fact that some people vanish without a trace and nobody ever finds out what happened still messes with me.

Fashion is all about taking risks. If you leave the house knowing that some people will despise your outfit, you’re probably making the right choices. But there are some articles of clothing that are essentially universally hated, so if you’re ready to be a fashion critic, we’ve got plenty of pieces for you to pick apart right here.

Bored Panda has searched far and wide for comedically bad clothing design fails, so we’ve compiled a list of our findings below. From text that makes no sense to color schemes that might remind you of something disgusting, there’s no limit to the ways that designers can mess up. We hope you enjoy channeling your inner Miranda Priestly and scrolling through these hilarious faux pas, and be sure to upvote the ones that you can’t help but laugh at!

#1 T-Shirts For A Fun Run

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#2 The Heel Of These Heels Are Heels

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#3 It's Supposed To Be A Floral Pattern, It Looks Like Bruises

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Have you ever had a meltdown after going shopping for jeans? Perhaps you’ve tried on 25 pairs, but nothing fits just right. Everything is too baggy in the waist, yet too tight in the hips. Or nothing is the exact cut and color that you had in mind. So you give up, buy a pretzel, and leave the mall feeling ten times worse than you did when you arrived. 

We all have to wear clothes pretty much all of the time, so you would think that designing cute, comfortable pieces of clothing would be extremely easy. Yet for some reason, it seems like bizarre and uncomfortable items are the norm, not the exception. As you can clearly see from this list, there’s no limit to the number of terrible pieces that you can buy, no matter where you live. 

#4 Do You Like My New Boots?

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#5 Shoes That Look Like You Always Just Stepped In Dog Poop

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#6 I Cant Really Decide If Im Dumb For Walking On Pebbles Or If This Is Just Bad Design

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According to Vogue, part of the reason why we’re all struggling to find decent clothing nowadays is that nobody knows where to shop. Fast fashion brands are accessible and affordable, but the quality of their pieces is terrible, and their impact on the planet is even worse. Meanwhile, brands that were historically a bit higher end seem to have plummeted in quality in recent years, so you don’t always get what you pay for.

And luxury brands are obviously off limits for the average person. When half of Americans are struggling to even buy groceries, spending a significant amount of money on clothing is out of the question. But apparently, social media has also played a role in the collective fashion identity crisis.  

#7 Donated Blood Today And This Was The Shirt I Got

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#8 A 'Polo' Shirt

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#9 Hood On vs. Hood Off

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“The pandemic definitely threw the collective style zeitgeist for a loop,” writer and fashion commentator Alexandra Hildreth told Vogue. “Many consumers stopped shopping for office and non-athleisure daywear altogether, and many others got their own style identity swept up in TikTok’s unprecedented trend acceleration.”

It has become increasingly difficult for social media users to discern what is actually their own taste versus what they think they like because they saw it online. 

#10 Can We Stop With The Broken Text Clothing? It's So Bad

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#11 This Shirt That I Ordered For My Son

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#12 Cat Socks

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Meanwhile, social media has certainly expanded the definition of what is considered fashionable. Clashing patterns, skirts layered over dresses, and using skirts as tops would have been fashion faux pas ten years ago. But for some reason, nowadays, many people seem to be dressing “ugly” on purpose.

Fashion lover Emilee Russell wrote a piece for her Substack examining this phenomenon, where she noted that unflattering silhouettes are suddenly being celebrated. And part of the reason for this may simply be because we’re bored. 

#13 Buy A Man Eat Fish

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#14 Finally Found One Of The Infamous "Refuse To Sink Shirts" Irl

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#15 This Shirt I Found In Turkey

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“We live in a time where fashion history and trends from decades ago can be dug up in about 3 seconds,” Russell explains. “We have immediate access to inspiration from all eras of style via the internet. That being said, it seems that because of this (and the unfortunate nature of micro trends thanks to social media), we’ve mowed through just about every possible trend there is and seen them styled in all the ‘right’ ways according to the style makers. We’re fatigued. We want something new.” And the solution to this might just be breaking the rules.

#16 These Shoes Have A Texture Printed Onto Them. There Is No Actual Texture

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#17 That Awkward Moment When You Accidentally Print A Picture Of A Model In A Similar Shirt Onto The Shirt You Made

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#18 Foot Is Free. Ball Dom

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The Guardian also proclaimed in 2024 that “dressing pretty is over,” noting that “this is fashion’s ugly decade.” But even within the realm of unflattering fashion, you can’t be too ugly. Styling questionable pieces still requires an eye for design, and looking unkempt won’t make anyone envy that dress that makes you look like a pilgrim. One thing that might help is adding plenty of accessories. If you’re covered in jewelry, hair clips, a scarf, and a belt, one unattractive piece won’t stand out so much. And apparently, maximalism is in.      

#19 Bruh

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#20 "Leg End"?

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#21 Be Happy

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It’s also important to remember that you can wear whatever the hell you want, whenever you want, regardless of what’s trending on TikTok. If you find a piece that you love, don’t be scared to wear it. For all you know, it might become trendy next year. And even if it doesn’t, personal style should be personal. At the end of the day, it’s your life. And if you feel confident in something, then it’s certainly worth strutting down the street in. 

#22 Heres The Second One For Evreyone

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#23 This Pennywise Halloween Costume

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#24 Hopefully You Guys Find My Shirt As Amusing As I Do!

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Are you enjoying these hilariously tragic fashion fails, pandas? Keep upvoting the pieces that you can’t believe were ever created, and let us know in the comments below what the worst articles of clothing you’ve seen recently were. Then, if you’re interested in checking out another article from Bored Panda featuring terrible design, look no further than right here!

#25 Meet Asla

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#26 Balenciagas New $5000 Dress

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#27 Show Me Your Awkward Crops, Let's Make Some New Dinos

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#28 Didn’t Realise How Bad This T Shirt Was Until I Put On A Jacket!

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#29 This Shirt I Bought That May Give Off The Wrong Message

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#30 How Rude (Toddler Clothes)

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#31 Grain Text Effect In Photoshop

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#32 Look At These Amazing Walking Dead Socks!

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#33 Mmmm My Favorite Combo

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#34 Absent Is A Clothing Brand Here In Nz

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#35 Found This On Facebook, No Idea What It’s Trying To Say

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#36 Found This Frankenstein Of A Shirt While Packing My Things For Moving Houses

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#37 Shirt Mock-Up Printed On The Shirt

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#38 Poorly Translated Shirt

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#39 I’ve Had This Shirt For Years, And Since English Is Not My First Language I Have Always Doubted If This Is Wrong As Hell Or I’m Having A Stroke. Any Help?

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#40 Thanks, Tokyo Laundry, For Your Red Label On My Grey Jumper Resulting In The Nice Pink Square On My Back. This Is Now The Craft Jumper Since It’s Ruined

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#41 I Ordered These Pants, And To Try Them On You Have To Remove The Tags So You Can't Send It Back

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#42 These Pants Don't Even Have Pockets They Just Added A Zipper To Make It Look Like A Pocket

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#43 These Shoes Have A Fake Label Sewn Over Another Fake Label

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#44 They Put The Website Name On The Shirt That Was Paid For

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#45 These 2020 Glasses

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#46 Advertising Plus-Size Leggings With A Small Model In One Leg Instead Of Getting A Plus-Sized Model

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#47 No Has Bo Me Ever?

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#48 Badly Designed Music Shirt Flatlines

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#49 This Official Playstation Brand Shirt With The Circle, X, And Triangle Colors Wrong

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#50 This Shirt I Got 2 Years Ago

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#51 Still Regret Not Buying This Hat I Saw In Japan

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#52 This Shirt

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#53 It's Supposed To Say "Women Want Me, Fish Fear Me"

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#54 New Jeans I Ordered Online, Have A Dark Spot Which Make You Look Like You Wet Yourself A Little

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#55 I Get That It’s A Shirt. But What Does This Mean?

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#56 Children's T-Shirt, Thought For A Good Minute It Said "Clam"

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#57 Someone Tell Me What This Shirt Says

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#58 My Friend Found This Shirt At Target Lmao

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#59 My Dad's Shirt

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#60 Australian Hat?!?!

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#61 This Doctor Who T-Shirt Is Supposed To Say “Time Lord”

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#62 This Guy Looks Like He's Wearing A Taylor Swift T-Shirt

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#63 My Kid’s Robotics Club Shirt

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When you work from home, you often have the freedom to tackle little household tasks whenever you like. Maybe you clean out a closet during lunch or take the trash out for a quick breather between meetings. But what happens when neighbors start judging how you handle your own space? 

One man, working from home, often mowed his lawn at odd hours—shirtless, thanks to the heat. One day, while chatting with a neighbor, her husband showed up, noticed him, and later demanded he “dress appropriately” for mowing his own yard. Keep reading to see how this man responded with some perfectly petty revenge.

What a person does on their own time and on their own property is their business

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When this man’s neighbor was offended by how he chose to dress while mowing his lawn, he decided to take his outfits a step further

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Working from home often boosts productivity, allowing people to focus deeply without the usual office distractions and interruptions

Ever since the pandemic, the workplace landscape has changed dramatically. One of the biggest shifts has been the rise of work-from-home setups, something very few companies offered before. Employees suddenly had the freedom to structure their own day, take quick breaks, and even run small household errands between meetings. Tasks that used to feel impossible during office hours could now fit into micro-moments throughout the day. Work became less tied to a desk and more about results and flexibility.

Even as the world slowly returns to offices and commutes, remote work has proven it’s more than just a temporary experiment; it’s here to stay for millions of people worldwide. Companies are beginning to recognize that productivity isn’t tied to a desk, a cubicle, or even a physical office building. Employees, on the other hand, have discovered a newfound sense of freedom and control over their days, shaping work around life rather than the other way around. Research into remote work shows a fascinating mix of outcomes: many report getting more done, feeling more focused, and even experiencing less stress, while others face the challenge of blurred boundaries, isolation, and a sense of disconnection from colleagues. For countless workers, this hybrid reality has reshaped what “going to work” even means. 

Studies show that working from home often leads to a noticeable boost in productivity, and the reasons go beyond simply being at a desk. Without the constant interruptions of a busy office: phones ringing, coworkers dropping by, and the endless chatter, people can truly focus on their work and accomplish tasks more efficiently. Emails get answered faster, reports are completed on time, and projects move forward with a clarity that’s hard to achieve in a crowded office environment. 

At the same time, stress levels can drop significantly when employees have control over their own environment. There are no awkward water-cooler conversations, no office politics lurking in the background, and far fewer micro-distractions pulling your attention away. Instead, you can arrange your workspace, set the lighting, and even control the background noise to match your mood and energy. 

Another major advantage of working from home is the incredible control it gives you over your own schedule. Suddenly, the rigid 9-to-5 no longer dictates your every move—you decide when to tackle that big project, when to take a mental break, or even when to fit in household chores that would normally feel impossible on a workday. This flexibility means you can enjoy meals on your own timetable, grab a snack when your energy dips, or handle personal errands without feeling guilty or rushed. For many, this sense of autonomy transforms the daily grind into something that feels manageable, even liberating, giving life a rhythm that aligns with your own energy, needs, and priorities.

Work from home also gives employees a much better work-life balance. One of the biggest perks is cutting out long, stressful commutes. Imagine spending an hour to reach work and another hour and a half stuck in traffic on the way back; that’s two and a half hours of your day gone before you even log off. Remote work eliminates that, giving people extra time to exercise, spend time with family, or just relax. The time saved can transform daily life, turning previously frustrating days into productive, satisfying ones.

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Remote work can sometimes lead to feelings of isolation, making it harder to stay connected with colleagues and maintain social interactions

Of course, there are downsides to remote work. Studies note that isolation can be a big issue. Without colleagues around, it’s easy to feel lonely or disconnected from the team. The casual interactions that make office life enjoyable (the jokes, the quick check-ins, the brainstorming sessions) are lost when you’re at home. Employees can also struggle with home office setups: chairs that aren’t ergonomic, small desks, poor lighting, and spotty Wi-Fi all contribute to physical discomfort and mental fatigue.

On the flip side, remote work can also blur boundaries between work and personal life. People often end up working longer hours because there’s no clear “end of day,” support from leadership may feel distant, and social interactions are limited. It can be difficult to switch off, making work-life balance harder to maintain despite the absence of commuting. Without intentional breaks and boundaries, home can start to feel more like an extension of the office than a sanctuary.

Clearly, working from home comes with its pros and cons. It offers freedom, flexibility, and the chance to shape your own day, but it also brings challenges like isolation and blurred boundaries. In this particular case, the man mowing his lawn becomes a small but telling reminder of the balance remote work brings; how it grants personal freedom while sometimes creating unexpected social friction and negotiations with neighbors. The key takeaway? Remote work isn’t flawless, but approached with awareness, a sense of humor, and a bit of strategy, it can make life and even something as simple as mowing the lawn, feel lighter and more manageable. Pandas, we want to hear from you: what are your thoughts on this balance between personal freedom and neighborly expectations?

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Je ne lis pas les médias d'actu, et je ne vais quasiment plus sur les réseaux sociaux. Pas par flemme, mais parce qu'à force, je ne voyais plus le monde QUE par le prisme des mauvaises nouvelles et de la négativité (sans parler de la connerie humaine omniprésente mais ça c'est un autre sujet... lol).

Et il se trouve qu'un psychologue de l'université Wilfrid Laurier, Ali Jasemi, vient justement de mettre un peu de science sur ce ras-le-bol que je ressens depuis longtemps. Car si je sature, c'est pas uniquement à cause des drames relayés par BFM ou France Info.

Il y a aussi toutes ces anecdotes sans intérêt mais négatives au possible, ces vidéos d'agression, ces grosses ou petites injustices, cette haine, ces attaques et tout ce qu'on voit à longueur de journée sur nos réseaux sociaux et qui est imaginé, fabriqué et poussé pour nous faire réagir, nous indigner et faire du clic. Et j'avoue qu'au-delà d'un certain stade, ça devient trèèès compliqué à gérer émotionnellement.

Je suis aussi convaincu qu'au bout d'un moment, soit on s'écroule, soit on se retrouve totalement immunisée à la souffrance des autres ou de la nature.

En me coupant de toute cette merde, j'ai surtout remarqué qu'une information vraiment importante finira toujours par arriver jusqu'à moi. Et si personne autour de moi n'en parle, c'est probablement que ce n'était que du bruit. Comme ça, j'évite la quasi-totalité des faits divers, et bizarrement je me porte plutôt bien.

Et d'après ce qu'explique Jasemi, je ne suis apparemment pas le seul à pratiquer ça puisque les nouvelles générations se débranchent également de plus en plus de l'actualité. Dans son analyse paru sur The Conversation , il explique que la fatigue informationnelle, ce n'est ni de la paresse, ni de la faiblesse, et encore moins un désintérêt des nouvelles générations. C'est, je cite, "la réaction prévisible d'un cerveau humain confronté à un environnement pour lequel il n'a jamais été conçu".

Car le truc, c'est que notre cerveau est précisément câblé pour ça. Pendant des centaines de milliers d'années, le cerveau qui prêtait attention aux menaces, c'était celui qui survivait. Un prédateur planqué dans les fourrés comptait davantage qu'un joli coucher de soleil, sauf qu'aujourd'hui, ce vieux réflexe se fait exploiter à la chaîne par les pro de l'économie de l'attention.

Une étude parue dans Nature Human Behaviour a passé au crible plus de 105 000 titres d'articles, et le résultat est sans appel puisque chaque mot négatif ajouté dans un titre fait grimper le taux de clic d'environ 2,3%. Et les mots positifs, eux, font l'inverse, ils font fuir le lecteur. Donc autant vous dire que tout ce flux de news génère pas mal de "plaisir" pour nos cerveaux déjà bien ramollis et torturés, et qu'on glisse très vite dans cette espèce de transe du scroll infini de la mauvaise nouvelle.

Aujourd'hui, c'est 40% des gens dans le monde qui évitent activement les infos, au moins de temps en temps, contre moins de 30% à la fin des années 2010. Chez les plus accros, ceux que les chercheurs classent en consommation problématique, ce qui représente 16,5% des adultes américains quand même, 61% déclarent se sentir physiquement mal, contre 6% chez les autres.

Et ce n'est pas la première fois que les études tirent la sonnette d'alarme sur notre rapport aux écrans. Il y a vraiment un côté fascination pour les contenus de merde, les contenus violents, dégradants et j'en passe. C'est un problème, même si c'est profondément humain. Et comme pour toutes les addictions, il y a un moment où ça bascule, où c'est elle qui prend les commandes et où vous n'êtes plus celui qui décide.

Après, je ne vais pas vous mentir, se couper totalement de l'info et des sources fiables, ça a un revers chez certaines personnes. En effet, ça peut laisser le champ libre à la désinformation si on ne prend pas soin de choisir ses sources et surtout de les croiser. Les escrocs de la fake news sont nombreux et il est facile de se faire berner quand on n'a pas l'habitude.

C'est humain, et il faut lutter contre ça, même si j'ai un peu l'impression qu'il n'y a pas grand monde qui lutte en ce moment...

Alors si vous saturez vous aussi, sachez que vous n'êtes ni faible ni paresseux. Coupez le robinet, gardez deux ou trois sources que vous avez choisies, et faites confiance au reste... L'important finira toujours par vous trouver.

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Je sais pas si vous vous intéressez un petit peu à la robotique, mais cette semaine il y a eu deux vidéos qui sont sorties et je voudrais réagir par rapport à ça.

La première, c'est lors d'une démonstration dans la rue d'un robot qui a un moment lève la jambe et éclate le ventre d'un enfant qui se trouvait à côté. Et la seconde c'est à Vivatech lors d'une chorégraphie débile où deux robots ont arraché des télés.

Je ne me lasse jamais de tous ces projets qui ressuscitent des vieux jeux. Et celui dont je vais vous parler aujourd'hui, c'est à neuviemeporte qu'on le doit. Celui-ci s'est donné pour mission de reconstruire ligne de code par ligne de code, ce bon vieux F-15 Strike Eagle II, le simulateur de vol de combat sorti chez MicroProse en 1989. Et hier, le 20 juin dernier, le projet a passé un cap important puisque le portage est enfin jouable. Et son dev cherche maintenant des pilotes d'essai pour le mettre à l'épreuve.

Donc si ça vous chauffe, mes petits Maverick en herbe, faut récupérer les exécutables sur son dépôt, ensuite vous les balancez dans le dossier de votre copie du jeu à la place des originaux (faites un backup avant, hein) et vous décollez !! Et si ça plante, si un truc s'affiche de travers, si une touche ne répond plus, vous lui remontez le bug, tout simplement.

Je reconnais quand même que le boulot derrière, est dingue car ce n'est ni une émulation ni une recompilation à partir d'un code source volé. neuviemeporte a vraiment désassemblé le binaire de 1989, réécrit chaque morceau en C, et recompilé tout ça. Puis ensuite, il a comparé les instructions machine produites avec celles du jeu original et tant que les opcodes n'arrivent pas identiques au bit près, c'est que la reconstruction est faussée. Alors il recommence et ainsi de suite ! Je ne sais pas s'il utilise l'IA pour ça mais je lui conseille fortement afin d'automatiser au maximum tout ce travail de débugging. C'est exactement ce que je suis en train de faire avec mon recompilateur de Roms et à la main, ça me prendrais facile 10 ans, je crois...

Le plus fou, c'est qu'il a d'abord dû retrouver quel compilateur MicroProse utilisait à l'époque. Il a fait des recherches sur certaines chaînes de caractères présentes dans le code et il est tombé au fond de l'exécutable sur celle-ci : "MS Run-Time Library - Copyright (c) 1988, Microsoft Corp". Verdict, c'est du Microsoft C 5.1. Et sans ce détail, il n'avait aucune chance de générer exactement la même séquence d'instructions que le binaire d'origine.

Et puis il y a ce petit détail que j'adore... En fait, le mec fait une reconstruction "bug-for-bug". En gros, les bugs du jeu de 1989 doivent rester. Ainsi, si dans la version originale votre avion se met à tomber vers le ciel quand il est à l'envers et en panne de carburant, et bien il doit continuer à tomber vers le ciel... Même comportement, mêmes défauts, mêmes sensations qu'à l'époque.

Mais alors, d'où ça lui vient, cette obsession ?

Hé bien comme nous tous, de ses jeunes années de passion dévorante avec l'informatique, quand il était scotché à son premier 386 et qu'il a découvert là son premier monde ouvert sur son ordinateur. Et ce truc lui est resté... Développeur C/C++ le jour, dingue de MS-DOS et de reverse engineering la nuit, comme il le résume lui-même sur son site. Il a lancé ce projet de recompilation en 2022 et avoue que le rythme actuel le dépasse un peu aujourd'hui...

Mais c'est ce genre de "missions de vie" qui a déjà sauvé d'autres classiques. Je pense par exemple à Mario 64 qui a été décompilé au point de tourner aujourd'hui dans un navigateur , et plein de vieux jeux DOS ne survivent que parce que des passionnés s'en occupent un par un, un peu comme l'ont fait les ancêtres nés avant l'an 2000 (je me mets dans le lot, 1982 FTW! les gars !).

Un petit mot quand même pour les futurs testeurs, parce que ce n'est pas tout à fait du plug-and-play... La version reconstruite ne passe pas par l'écran de configuration d'origine car elle part du principe que vous êtes en affichage MCGA/VGA, sans son et sans joystick. Donc pas la peine de régler votre Roland MT-32 virtuel, ça démarre direct au manche. Et pour signaler un souci, une capture via Ctrl+F5 dans DOSBox + une description de ce qui se passait avant le plantage et c'est réglé.

Voilà, si une copie traîne dans vos archives, allez voir son appel et reprenez les commandes.