Blogger Ilya Varlamov called on girls to give up high-waisted jeans, backing up his opinion with photographs On March 19, famous blogger and photographer Ilya Varlamov called on Russian girls to resist the fashion for high-waisted jeans, reinforcing this opinion with his own photographs from Dublin. In the text of an entry from his LiveJournal, Varlamov compared himself to a knight, and the fashion for high-waisted jeans to an invincible dragon, to whom he nevertheless decided to declare war.

Netizens condemned a festival in the Stavropol region, whose guests were fed from snow shovels were widely circulated on the RuNet On March 19, images from the Yuga information portal, taken on February 22 during the celebration of Maslenitsa in Stavropol, . Netizens were outraged by footage of event guests being fed from shovels. The February event took place in Stavropol Victory Park.

Paris authorities are faced with the “disappearance” of the Eiffel Tower in a haze of smog Exactly one year after the previous severe pollution, Paris authorities again faced the “disappearance” of the Eiffel Tower in a haze of smog. A strong increase in the concentration of harmful substances in the air was noticed not only in the capital, but also in many other settlements in northern France.

Music from the sounds of an airplane, car, melting ice and tearing paper Reddit users drew attention to the video called “When you are bored in the plane” (whether on a plane), which appeared on YouTube on March 16. The author of the video wrote a musical track based on ordinary sounds in the passenger compartment. In two days, the video hit several large online publications and collected more than 1.3 million views.

To attract attention to the problem of autism, Twizzler Challenge flash mob with kisses and eating sweets was launched Another flash mob has started in social networks, which, according to the media, will try to achieve the success of the main social action of 2014 Ice Bucket Challenge. It is called Twizzler Challenge and is designed to attract public attention to the problem of autism.

How social media users beat one of the loudest news stories of the day. On March 19, one of the most discussed topics in RuNet was a festival in Stavropol, during which everyone was treated to a giant pancake made from snow shovels. Indignant, users of Russian-language Twitter began to publish photoshopped images and jokes dedicated to the Stavropol treat. (via AdvokatCohen ) (via ButrikM ) (via nomoreanry ) (via 19sergio64 )

Closing of Novaya Gazeta, replacing the ruble with Altyn or Evraz and a cheerful Italian opera instead of Tannhäuser Author: Editorial staff of Promises.Ru The main theme of the week's promises was paper: pure white, with numbers and watermarks, newspaper - of all kinds. It turned out to be connected with the most, at first glance, plots that were not similar to each other. What do you call the money...

Touchtone appeared on the App Store on March 19 and immediately attracted the attention of many publications, including The Verge and Wired . The reason was an unusual plot in which the player assigned the role of an ANB agent who monitors the private life of citizens. In Touchtone, the player will become one of the ANB analysts.

The Lithuanian company ISHUU Technologies introduced the Wolvorii Timeless Smart Timeless Smart Tufli on the Building panels, the color of which can be adjusted with the help of an application on a smartphone. The newspaper CNET drew attention to the new product. The fundraising campaign began on March 12 and at the time of writing the note attracted $ 621 with the required amount of 50 thousand dollars.

columnist New York Times Nick Bilton again raised the topic of the harm of mobile devices: in his opinion, people now underestimate the danger of wearable electronics, just as they once ignored the harm of cigarettes. Other specialized publications issued devastating responses to Bilton's column. Photo by exdigecko In his article, Bilton recalls a 2011 report from the World Health Organization that said mobile phones could be carcinogenic, comparable to dry cleaning chemicals and pesticides.

The subglacial ocean of Jupiter's satellite, pulse as a password replacement and dancing dye Author: Alexander Ershov The chief editor of the Obrazovac publication, Alexander Ershov, weekly selects seven of the most important news from the world of science and technology specifically for TJ. In this issue: a subglacial ocean on Jupiter's moon, replacing passwords with a pulse, fast 3D printing, electrodes for brain control and dancing dye.

A look at Stavropol through the eyes of its inhabitants through Instagram photo filters On March 19, Runet's attention was focused on a photo report from the small Russian city of Stavropol, where a giant pancake on shovels was erased a month earlier for a month earlier. The story turned into a stream of outrageous comments and photojabs , and network users remembered that in 2014, festive pancakes were distributed in the same way on shovels, but at that time it did not create a big resonance.

TJ's editor-in-chief urges colleagues to stop repeatedly destroying the Internet in news headlines With the growing popularity of news about various online trends, Russian media increasingly began to resort to the formulation “blew up the Internet” in the sense of “excited network users” or “became popular.” However, this phrase can often seem too straightforward, making the reader think of some kind of real explosion.

An article by Coinside.ru dated January 24, 2014 on how to use bitcoins to anonymously give bribes was banned for distribution in Russia by decision of the Tugulymsky District Court of the Sverdlovsk Region and included in the register of prohibited sites of Roskomnadzor. Representatives of the resource informed TJ about this. The site’s material under the heading “Why Bitcoin (will not) be banned in Russia” was blocked on the initiative of prosecutor M. Yu.

What famous works look like as read by Roskomnadzor, excluding descriptions of the causes and methods of suicide On March 19, it became known that Roskomnadzor began to fight not only with sites that publish descriptions of methods of suicide and calls for committing it, but also indicate the reasons why suicide is committed. The publication Meduza presented what famous classic works of literature would look like if everything that Russian departments are struggling with was removed from them.