Salacious ads are proliferating online. Here are the backstories on some of those teaser photos.

Lately I’ve noticed an increase in suggestive sexual advertising on this website (Tech-media-tainment) and others such as tech news site 9to5Mac.
The ads feature provocative photos of attractive women with teaser descriptions in classic clickbait fashion. Using my online detective skills (namely reverse image search tools), I’ve uncovered the backstories on some of those pictures.

Actress in super short skirt

One ad is titled “Make Sure You Are Alone Before You See These (sic) Actress Without Any Pants.”
The photo with the ad appears to be an altered image of actress and singer-songwriter Aly Michalka on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on April 25, 2011.
The image in the ad shows her with a shorter skirt than in photos from the show. (Getty Images from the show: here and here.)

Video gamer Danielle Mackey

Another ad shows video game vlogger Danielle Mackey and is wrongly titled “Teachers in bikini leaves nothing to imagination.” The poor grammar is a sign of foreign involvement in the ad.

Hot teachers are hot subject

These ads seem to have a fixation on sexy teachers wearing inappropriate outfits.
For instance, one titled “Teacher flaunts shocking curves in transparent outfit photos.” That ad used photos of different women with the same headline. The pictures showed sexy models and apparently porn actresses.
I could find one image for sale on eBay as “Sexy Girl Big Busty Female Teacher,” but the model is not identified.

Sexy country girls another fetish

Based on the advertisements, sexy country girls are another fetish. One ad titled “Country girls leave nothing to imagination” used a photo of English broadcaster and journalist Kate Garraway.

Nip slips always an attention grabber

Another ad titled “These marriage photos are a feast for your eyeballs” used a photo of a woman wearing a wedding gown with her breast exposed.

MILFs as clickbait

A popular subject for these clickbait advertisements is mature women with large breasts, aka MILFs. Several ads use photos of model named Deauxma, pronounced “Doe-may.”

Song of Summer 2025: ‘Ordinary’ by Alex Warren

Music experts say there was no clear “song of summer” for 2025. There was no one tune that dominated the airwaves and captured the mood of the summer season this year.
Songs on my soundtrack that I enjoyed this summer included “APT.” by Rosé and Bruno Mars, “Pink Pony Club” and “The Subway” by Chappell Roan, “Manchild” by Sabrina Carpenter, “What I Want” by Morgan Wallen featuring Tate McRae, and “Sorry I’m Here For Someone Else” by Benson Boone.
Billboard’s Song of Summer chart lists “Ordinary” by Alex Warren as its leader. It was a No. 1 single on the Hot 100 for 10 weeks.
Chart analysts say that 2025 has produced the fewest new hit songs in U.S. history, the Guardian reported. Of the top 10 most-listened-to songs as of July 18 this year in the U.S., only one was released in 2025: “Ordinary” by Alex Warren.
“‘Ordinary’ is the Song of the Summer based on raw chart numbers, but it’s hardly a windows-down beach banger like, say, ‘Espresso.’ It follows the letter, but not the spirit, of the song-of-the-summer law,” Stephen Thompson, writer/editor for NPR Music wrote Aug. 5.
Spotify chose five songs of summer for 2025, all of which got a boost from TikTok: “Ordinary” by Alex Warren, “Shake It To The Max (FLY) – Remix” by MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea, “Love Me Not” by Ravyn Lenae, “Manchild” by Sabrina Carpenter, and “back to friends” by sombr.
If I had to pick a music artist for summer 2025, I’d choose Morgan Wallen, who currently tops the Billboard Artist 100.

Related articles:

Spotify’s Top 5 Songs of Summer 2025 Revealed: A Softer, More Personal Soundtrack (Spotify; Aug. 27, 2025)

The songs of the summer are here – at least according to Spotify (USA Today; Aug. 27, 2025)

What was the song of the summer? You’ll never, ever guess the correct answer. (The Washington Post; Aug. 28, 2025)

20 Contenders for the 2025 Song of the Summer (Pitchfork; Aug. 6, 2025)

The song of the summer is a bummer (CNN; Aug. 4, 2025)

The Best Summer Songs in 2025: Songs of Summer To Tune Into (Brand Vision Insights; July 24, 2025)

Song of Summer 2024: ‘I Had Some Help’; Breakout artist: Chappell Roan (Tech-media-tainment; Sept. 2, 2024)

Ode to Chicago-style hot dogs

Thanks to the expansion of the Portillo’s restaurant chain outside of Chicago, people across the country can now enjoy Chicago-style hot dogs without having to venture to the Windy City. I love those “dragged through the garden” franks.
When I was living in Wilmette, Ill., my go-to hot dog joint was Irving’s For Red Hot Lovers. It’s got the traditional Chicago-style beef hot dog topped with yellow mustard, bright green sweet pickle relish, chopped white onion, tomato slices, a dill pickle spear, pickled sport peppers, and a dash of celery salt on a steamed poppy seed bun.
On my regular visits to Chicagoland, I like to stop for a dog and fries at Superdawg in Wheeling, Ill.
On my most recent visit this month, I decided to go to one of the most storied hot dog stands in all of Chicago – Gene & June’s in River Grove, Ill. I was not disappointed.
I ordered the double-dog with fries. Gene & June’s tops its franks with mustard, relish, onion and sport peppers. It’s a good hot dog, but the fresh cut and made French fries are the true standout here.

Chicago mobster grave tour

The Chicago mobsters of the last century continue to fascinate the public. You can take guided bus tours of their neighborhoods and haunts to this day.
Why is it that people want to learn more about old-time gangsters like Al Capone and John Dillinger? I suppose it’s because they had a sense of style and celebrity that ordinary criminals today lack. Plus, they weren’t known for killing civilians just rival gang members and those who wronged them.
There was also the dichotomy of Italian and Irish mobsters being church-going Catholics and yet still committing crimes. Plus, some like Capone gave to the poor and needy. You don’t see inner city gangs today helping widows and orphans.
On a recent trip to Chicago, I visited Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois. It’s the final resting place for many notorious criminals.
I stopped by the graves of Al Capone (Alphonse Capone, 1899-1947), Frank Nitto (aka Frank “The Enforcer” Nitti, 1888-1943), Vincent Gebardi (aka Jack “Machine Gun Jack” McGurn, 1902-1936) and Sam Giancana (1908-1975).
Some “fan” even left a .45-caliber bullet on Machine Gun Jack’s grave.
Also buried at Mt. Carmel Cemetery is actor Dennis Farina, 1944-2013).

Free web platforms are preserving digital artifacts … for now

Over the years, I have spotlighted 450 websites that I found to be useful, educational or entertaining. Many of the early websites have disappeared without a trace because they stopped paying services to maintain them.
But those that set up shop on free platforms such as Google’s Blogger or social media services like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter/X are still around, even if they haven’t been updated in years. That means the content on those sites is being preserved in a digital time capsule.
I can only hope that the companies behind those free, ad-supported services will continue to keep those websites alive, even when the creators are long gone. But there are no promises like that in the digital age.
Of the 450 websites that I’ve highlighted on Tech-media-tainment since late 2008, 117 are no longer reachable or the data is gone. Three of the websites have gone dark since the last time I checked in February 2025.
A good example of a website that is being preserved is the Twitter/X account of anti-Islam demonstrator Salwan Momika. He risked his life to speak out against the threat of Islamic culture to Western society. He was murdered on Jan. 29, 2025, during a live broadcast on TikTok. His Twitter/X account still exists thankfully. Hopefully his other social media accounts do as well.
It is important to preserve the voices and opinions of people from throughout the years. They are useful for tracking the progress of humanity and also for sentimental purposes.
I still keep voicemails on my iPhone from my mother, who died in January, just to hear her voice every now and then. I also keep old emails from friends and loved ones.

Photo: Salwan Momika burning the Quran in Stockholm on Oct. 21, 2023. (Photo by Frankie Fouganthin via Creative Commons.)

Favorite websites in review, part 18

This is the latest roundup of websites spotlighted on Tech-media-tainment.

426. GooBing Detroit (goobingdetroit.com)
427. AARoads (aaroads.com)
428. Tourons of Yellowstone (instagram.com/touronsofyellowstone)
429. Snicker Cat (instagram.com/thesnickercat)
430. Steve Inman: Non-Essential Commentary (x.com/SteveInmanUIC)
431. Influencers in the Wild (tiktok.com/@influencersinthewild)
432. Passenger Shaming (instagram.com/passengershaming)
433. Mugshawtys (instagram.com/mugshawtys)
434. Rev. Ray Cistman (x.com/RevRayCistman)
435. The TV Answerman (tvanswerman.com)
436. The Sports Fan Project (thesportsfanproject.com)
437. Barry Butler Photography (x.com/barrybutler9)
438. Chicago History (x.com/Chicago_History)
439. Chicago Critter (x.com/ChicagoCritter)
440. SubX.News (x.com/SubxNews)
441. Chicago Contrarian (x.com/ChicagoContrar1)
442. Mark Weyermuller (x.com/publicpolicyman)
443. Libs of Chicago (x.com/Libs_OfChicago)
444. Goofies of Chicago (x.com/Chicago_Goofies)
445. X.com (x.com)
446. Thread Reader (threadreaderapp.com)
447. Press Gazette (pressgazette.co.uk)
448. Ed Zitron’s Where's Your Ed At (wheresyoured.at)
449. Layoffs.fyi (layoffs.fyi)
450. HeyJackass! (heyjackass.com)

Photo: 2025 Chicago Shot Clock (HeyJackass!)

Worthwhile websites on journalism, tech industry and Chicago

I regularly spotlight websites that I find interesting, useful or entertaining. Here’s the latest batch.

Press Gazette

The U.K.-based Press Gazette provides great coverage of the media industry. Its tagline is “Fighting for quality news media in the digital age.”
Of interest to me is the excellent job it does casting a critical eye on the impact of Google search algorithms and, more recently, AI summaries on news publishers.

Ed Zitron’s Where’s Your Ed At

Ed Zitron’s Where’s Your Ed At is a blog run by PR person and writer Ed Zitron. He isn’t afraid to call out bullshit when he sees it in the tech industry, especially when it comes to the recent AI boom.
“I've been railing against bullshit bubbles since 2021,” he said in a recent post. That includes the anti-remote work push, the NFT bubble, the made-up quiet quitting panic and problems with FTX several months before it imploded.
“I believe the AI bubble is deeply unstable, built on vibes and blind faith,” Zitron said.

Layoffs.fyi

Layoffs.fyi has been tracking tech industry layoffs since the Covid-19 pandemic. It is a personal project of Roger Lee, an internet entrepreneur based in San Francisco.
He also tracks government employees laid off by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). So far this year, DOGE has laid off 67,749 government employees

HeyJackass!

HeyJackass! Illustrates the violent crime problem in Chicago with charts and graphics showing shootings and homicides. It also sells funny Chicago-themed T-shirts and other merchandise.

Photo: Chicago Chalkie (HeyJackass!)