Art and Photography

G'MIC: Enormous collection of filters and effects for image editing in GIMP and Photoshop.

Hannah Detterbeck: Cozy cartoon portraits, postcards, maps, commissions etc.

Piskel: Create free pixel sprites in the browser.

Obsolete World: Nostalgic art from another planet.



Blogs and Personal Sites

82MHz: "I’m Andreas, and this is the place where I write about all the things that catch my interest. It could be books, it could be music, it could be tech (especially retro tech), it could be random musings about society and philosophy or psychology… whatever comes to my mind."

blog.absurdpirate.com: "I'm Absurd Pirate. Welcome to my blog. I suppose you could consider this somewhat of a philosophy blog, but it's really just a place for me to share my thoughts and spread awareness of things I enjoy."

blog.avas.space: "I’m Ava. I'm writing about my thoughts on tech, data protection law, my health and little creative projects."

folkmoss.bearblog.dev: "I'm the Folkmoss. I'm a human from Earth and this is my weblog, or, how I like to call it, my living web book. This is a place where I write about nostalgia, personal experiences, media in general and interesting things I find on and offline."

francescrossley.com: "Hello. Frances is here. This is all very new so at the moment there is a notes section which will probably be the bulk of everything, projects which are nothing much yet, links in the old-fashioned blogroll style, and posts on the blog.

freezeanddesist.bearblog.dev: "Life is too much for me many days and I have never kicked the habit of wanting to put my feelings somewhere and to have the nonzero chance that it might actually be read and validated by someone out there. Hence this is a collection of some emo and/or inconsequential thoughts."

mtwb.blog: "Matt is a writer, historian, and a YouTuber. He is also a voracious reader and consumer of media. On this blog, he talks about books, life, politics, and technology. It’s a place to ramble."

ohhelloana.blog: "I was born in Portugal until my adulthood. I started developing for the web over 10 years ago, as a hobby, because I wanted to create fan sites about my favourite music artists. When I turned 17 I realised I had no other skills in life other than creating websites but I was still a very curious person and tried to be creative all the time."

toska.bearblog.dev: "I am a scientist in training by day who tries to distance herself from science by night. Still, I consider this blog an experiment to test if I can consistently write and hopefully improve along the way."

trueblue.bearblog.dev: "I'm in my early 20s, navigating adulthood and wherever unfamiliar destination I find myself in... Here you can find pieces of myself in writing. I mostly write about happenings in my life, so look around and stay a while, I hope it'd be like catching up with a friend"

without-restraint.bearblog.dev: "natalie is a cuban-american graduate student living in san diego, california. she is a poet, academic, and future archivist with a background in english literature. with experience working in the non-profit and education sectors, natalie believes in mutual aid, the power of community, and sharing ancestral recipes with your loved ones."



Games

Good Old Games: DRM-free video game store curated for preservation and personal ownership.

Lichess: FOSS chess.

Seterra: Learn geography!

Timeguessr: Guess where in the world and what year a given photograph was taken.



History and Archaeology

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Thousands of high-quality maps, charts, and globes from throughout history.

Digital Public Library of America: Open access to historical photographs, books, manuscripts, etc. from various American universities and museums.

Enslaved: Comprehensive historical database of the Atlantic and Indian ocean slave trades.

Getty Search Gateway: Search the Getty's online repository of freely available images.

Megalithic.co.uk: Database of ancient archaeological sites.

University of Pennsylvania's Serial Archive: Massive directory of freely accessible journals, magazines and newspapers from throughout history.



HTML/CSS

98.css: A design system for building faithful recreations of old UIs.

ASCII Generator: Text to ASCII generator.

Broider: Easy GUI tool for creating CSS borders.

CSS Shadow Generator: Little cheat program to easily create various CSS shadows.

CSS Zen Garden: A collection of various CSS themes for inspiration.

Dividers: Big list of ascii dividers to copy and paste.

Everforest: My favorite color palette for tech stuff.

Hover.css: A large collection of premade hover effects to add to your CSS.

Guestbooks by Meadow.Cafe: Easily insert a guestbook into your page.



Indie Web

Bear Blog: Minimal, text-first, privacy-respecting blogging platform. Has a great community and a built-in discovery feed.

Neocities: Free website engine and host. Has a fantastic community. This site is built with Neocities.

Wiby: Search engine for the hobbyist, indie, and vintage web.



Podcasts

Fire Draw Near: Deep dives on the history of Irish and Irish-adjacent traditional folk music.

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps: What is says on the tin. Incredibly comprehensive.

In Our Time: Eclectic educational podcast about history, literature, science, philosophy, religion, etc.

Supermassive: Fun and accessible astronomy podcast by the Royal Astronomical Society.

Uhh Yeah Dude: I don't know how to write a description for this. Best podcast of all time. 2006 for life.

The Worst Idea of All Time: Two guys watch and review the same awful movie every week for a year. Pure insanity.



Reading

Librivox: Free audiobooks of public-domain literature recorded and uploaded by the community.

Oldstyle Tales Press: Analysis/summaries/art/essays focusing on classic English horror and gothic literature.

Project Gutenberg: Free books in the public domain.



Tech

98.js: Mini Windows 98 OS for the browser. Excellent reference tool for recreating a Windows 98 aesthetic.

Asciiquarium: Animated ASCII aquarium art for the terminal.

Cbonsai: Animated ASCII bonsai tree generator for the terminal.

Miniflux: Minimal, self-hosted, open source RSS reader.

Rockbox: FOSS firmware for a wide array of old mp3 players.

Use & Modify: Excellent collection of free fonts.



YouTube Channels

African Biographics: Video essays on modern African history and politics.

Bread on Penguins: Linux channel that explores niche, technical topics in an accessible way.

Cogito: Eclectic and humorous video essays on world history.

F.D. Signifier: Video essays on social justice, black American culture, healthy masculinity, and leftist politics.

Izzzyzzz: Deep dives into 2000s internet and video game culture.

JoshStrifeHayes: Thoughtful, long-form MMORPG content.

TheLinuxCast: Consistent thought pieces and how-tos related to Linux.

TheLinuxExperiment: Linux and FOSS news and updates.

Matt Orchard: Thoroughly researched and well written video essays about true crime and public figures.

Opiuhm: Internet horrors and mysteries covered by a fantastic writer/narrator.

Weird Reads with Emily Louise: Video essays on strange, cultish, and obscure history.



Other

Every Noise at Once: Map of pretty much every music genre ever, with examples.

Ratfactor's Illustrated Guide to Folding Fitted Sheets: One day I'll learn...

WindowSnap: Look through random windows scattered throught the planet.