(This is as good a time as any to say that I am not affiliated with any of these sites, I'm not responsible for whatever you do with the links here or whatever you find on the other end, yada yada yada... )
FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA
PALESTINE WILL BE FREE
Web development
Alternative(s) (to) social media
Dreamwidth - an open-source web journal based on Livejournal code and maintained by old LJ staff.
DeadJournal - a web journal for intelligent pissed off people.
InsaneJournal - a web journal that is generally anti-censorship.
Bear Blog - super simple, super fast small web blogging platform.
The Midnight Pub - a text-based pub/blogging platform served over https, gemini, and gopher.
Smol Pub - a blogging/journal platform written in Gemtext.
TiddlyWiki - a non-linear personal web notebook that functions SIMILAR to a Wiki.
BUS STOP - an ephemeral and chill imageboard where posts are deleted after a day.
The Orb - not quite sure what this is but it is definitely a forum
The diaspora* project - a FOSS decentralized social network connected by independently run servers.
SpaceHey - the Myspace revival!
Multiverse - a micro-blogging platform that lets you get super creative with it
LandChad.net - a site that teaches you to setup your own internet platforms
Host Things Yourself! - a fork of landchad.net (sans memes) that uses 100% free software
Web utilities
Temp Mail - Disposable Temporary Mail - what it says on the tin. good for accessing sites/programs that want you to sign up before you can browse their contents.
SharkLasers.com - another temporary email service.
Internet Archive - non-profit library digitizing and archiving TONS of stuff on and offline
Catbox.moe - simple file upload/sharing site.
Have I Been Pwned - see if your email/phone/passwords were in a data breach.
12ft Ladder - bypass any article paywalls
DeepL Translate - an actually really good translation tool
Shodan - search engine for internet-connected devices
inter.tube - a "music locker" that you can store your music files in and stream over subsonic protocol
cobalt - actually good online video-to-mp3/mp4 site with compatibility with multiple sources including youtube/tiktok/twitter
Cool software
Fraidycat - program that lets you follow/organize accounts and feeds all across the web
MusicBee - the best customizable music player and manager IMO
TuxGuitar - the ONLY good (not to mention free), simple-to-use guitar tablature software
Obsidian - super customizable personal offline knowledge base + notetaking app (its like Evernote but better)
Syncthing - p2p file syncing program (I love this)
Open-Shell-Menu - windows start menu/taskbar skinning tool that can emulate previous windows versions
Calibre - comprehensive e-book library management software
HTTrack - offline website backup/mirroring tool
BatteryInfoView - utility for laptops that lets you view battery info and health
Artist tools
Learning
Mental Health
DID Research - super comprehensive resource for info on dissociative identity disorder (and some other dissociative disorders)
Out of the FOG - coping toolbox and information resource for victims of emotional abuse (note: framed as actions of abusive cluster b folks)
Mental Hellth - a newsletter exploring how the current world affects our mental health
I feel like shit - an interactive self care guide
My Fridge Food - recipes based on what you have in your kitchen at the moment
Therapy Shoppe - sensory toys, fidgets, motor skill tools, and other assistive stuff. only thing that requires money on the list bc i love this place.
Getselfhelp.co.uk - lots of printable therapy worksheets. partially geared toward therapists, but still a great self-help resource for anyone no matter what they struggle with.
Habitica - a gamified to-do list/habit tracker in the form of an RPG. has alot of mental health guilds that are very motivating.
The Analog Brain - a tool that guides you through your executive dysfunction to find out what you want/need in the moment
Monotropism - a theory of autism by and for autistic people
LGBTQ Resources
diyhrt.cafe - a listing of suppliers that sell hormones geared towards MTFs. use at your own risk
DIY HRT Directory - a guide to safely perform hormone replacement therapy on one's own. again, use at your own risk
Transthetics - some really futuristic (functional & realistic) FTM packers and prosthetics
Transbucket - photo-sharing site for transgender surgery outcomes (account required)
Phallo.net - an informative and comprehensive resource on FTM phalloplasty
Gay Sex Positions Guide (R18+) - visual Kama Sutra for gay sex (mainly for penis havers)
Okazu - a blog from 2002 focusing on yuri and lesbianism in Japanese media
Black Trans Archive - a really trippy and creatively made art project about black trans identity and experience.
Games
lain game - a playable browser version of the serial experiments lain ps1 game with english text/subtitles
Diablo Web - a web port of the original diablo?!
Taiko Web - an unofficial web implementation of Taiko no Tatsujin
Board Game Online - very weird online board game, playable with friends or strangers
Fallen London - a gothic supernatural text-based rpg
Kingdom of Loathing - a funny surreal rpg adventure game
Flight Rising - a dragon-raising and breeding browser-based adventure game (think neopets)
Furcadia - i think this is a furry web-based mmorpg? seems cool!
Pokemon Eclipse RPG - an online pokemon browser rpg with a lot of fun minigames and events
Everskies - a pixel doll dress up site with forums, very pro-black which is nice.
Bimboland (18+) - a satirical bimbo dress up site with a very supportive user culture. currently known as Ximboland.
Flowergame - grow some plants... :^)
Cube 2: Sauerbraten - a fun little open source fps. semi-inactive but its still fun.
Vimm's Lair - downloads of classic games, manuals, and more from consoles released between 1985-2006
My Abandonware - download old games from 1978-2010 for free
Pretend You're Xyzzy - a cards against humanity clone.
Revenge of the Sunfish - official website of Bizarre Wound games (some very unique games here)
The Asenheim Project - play classic visual novels online through your browser
Hidden Palace - a video game media preservation wiki. check out project deluge!
Dark Pattern Games - a game review site that points out dark patterns/psychological tricks in mobile games.
Eroge Reviews (R18+) - a (seemingly) inactive eroge review blog with a lot of interesting games
ROMhacking.net - website dedicated to romhack news, hosting downloads to hacks, and teaching how to learn romhacking
SEGA SKY - a Polish Dreamcast news site (also the only place I've been able to find certain game downloads)
Fansites
Kirby's Rainbow Resort - a super cute kirby fansite with lots of stuff. hasn't been updated since last 2020, but i have hope.
NFC - the internet nirvana fan club. probably not being updated, but the forum is still active.
thought experiments lain - lots of interesting stuff about lain. no longer updated.
OMNIPRESENCE - another lain fansite. a neat relic of the past.
The Fade - a QOTSA fansite that stopped getting updated in 2006 or so, but has alot of cool info and freebies (like guitar tabs!)
Lookin' Bratz - a Bratz fansite with an unbelievable amount of info and content on it.
Empty Movement - an ancient Revolutionary Girl Utena website with a crazy amount of content (and official images) on it.
TamaTown - a Tamagotchi fansite with tons of information, news, and guides.
Ricky-starks.com - a fansite dedicated to the wrestler Ricky Starks, currently signed to AEW.
tha waltens files - fansite about The Walten Files, an analog horror Youtube series
HOMESTUCK.NET - huge fan resource archive for Homestuck
Disco Reader - creates graphs based on conversation paths in Disco Elysium.
NiGHTS into Dreams.com - a NiGHTS fansite with alot of cool content, official and fanmade (including a forum!!)
The Ham-Ham Paradise - a vintage Hamtaro fansite with a CRAZY amount of content, including episodes of the series!
Interesting sites
The Quantitative Study of Dreams - resources for reading about and conducting dream research
Windows93 - a fun operating system in your browser :^)
Our Mother Tongues - a Native American language revitalization project
Smithsonian Open Access - millions of free-to-use images and data from the Smithsonian
17776, What football will look like in the future - a genuinely phenomenal webseries about football in the year 17776
BLOODSAD - the worst possible feeling. a web project by one of my favorite artists.
Textfiles.com - a huge collection of text files that got passed around on BBSes back in the day.
Everything2 - a lowkey website full of original writings (of different genres, topics, etc) submitted by users
Web Design Museum - a gallery and timeline of trends in web design from 1991-2006. hugely inspiring.
SerenityOS - a turbo cool, retro, unix-like operating system!
Virtual x86 - emulate an operating system in your browser
Riseup - a tech collective that provides communication tools to radicals
Black Socialists of America - website of the black socialists of america, cool design + interesting tools
Buy Nothing Project - a community-building social movement/app that promotes hyper-local sharing as opposed to selling.
Kayla's World - the neat portfolio site of a web sorcerer and artist.
Brunch Bureau - a noir detective streamer's website... I THINK? super cool style and has a 'newspaper' of sorts.
SCUMSUCK.COM - fun and cool artist's website showing off their work including ocs, a webcomic, and a shop (with fun goodies)
ANNIKA IZORA - website of a black designer who enjoys exploring tenderness, dreaming, and digital gardens as praxis
Lackadaisy - a comic about a bunch of dubious cats running a speakeasy during Prohibition.
Solaria's Webspace - cool art and some pretty unique web design tutorials/resources.
Free Music Archive - tons of genuinely free music with license information for each.
Radioooo - a musical time machine... radio! by decade and genre.
Comradery - a co-operative alternative to Patreon
Little Free Library - a nonprofit org that aims to build community and increase book access with mini library boxes.
Free Geek - a nonprofit that promotes digital access to all and refurbishes technology to give it to people in need
Gods And Monsters - website about mythological creatures that feels pleasantly personal
DEEP HELL - a webzine analyzing what we can learn from video games
Blood Knife - a webzine about cyberpunk, sci-fi, horror, and communism... and the culture in general
Wrestling Arsenal - a blog for gay guys who love pro wrestling (it's life-changing)
Floating Neutrinos - website of a family who lived on floating scrap rafts
Ted's Caving Page - the internet's first creepypasta
Poolsuite - internet leisure suite.
Big Soy Naturals - sexy and cool podcast where two they-devils discuss happenings of the internet.
DIY Feminist Cybersecurity - cybersecurity tips aiming for safety in digital spaces.
unixsheikh.com - articles and tutorials about open-source, unix/gnu, sysadmin, and other techy stuff of that nature.
digital love languages - a 10 week course exploring code as a gentle, healing, and loving practice
GUIdebook - an older site that preserves and showcases GUIs and info about them
The Cutting Room Floor - wiki that compiles information and research on unused game content
Unfuck Your Habitat - both a guide to cleaning your house/habitat and making your life better
Slipshine (18+) - sex-positive porn comic publisher (check out The Rock Cocks!)
Permacomputing wiki - a resource on permacomputing, a permaculture approach to computer and network technology
Listen to Wikipedia - listen to musical notes play every time there is an edit on Wikipedia
HBR1 - homepage and online radio of the electronic/trance/ambient record label Hardboiled Records
Wiki Wiki Web - the very first wiki... EVER!
Institute of Network Cultures - a research organization that analyzes the relationship betwen culture and technology
Miscellaneous
Interesting articles
The Very Real Decline of All We Hold Dear As Told Through the Progressively Shittier Spider-Man Movies - They really could be better movies.
Reimagining Care-full Communities - Do we [as people of color, as queer-identified people] feel truly unsafe on the Internet?
The Day the Good Internet Died - For a small slice of time, being online was a thrilling mix of discovery, collaboration, creativity, and chaotic potential. Then Google Reader disappeared.
In Memory of Dump.fm, an Endlessly Collaborative Image Poem - Dump.fm died a quiet, seemingly definitive death this month, after having survived a number of rumored deaths over the years.
This webcomic made it okay to be sad online. Then its artist vanished. - The author of ‘Pictures for Sad Children’ went AWOL after a 2014 Kickstarter drama. In an exclusive interview, she explains why she had to unplug from the internet.
A Study of Physical Education - A short essay written by Mao Zedong on the importance on physical education and assessing where current methods of promoting exercise have failed.
How To Pirate - Written by a fellow Neocities user.
The Gospel According to Pusha T - The artist raps about cocaine with effortless dexterity. But in lionizing the antics of the dealer, he fails to fully comprehend the life of an addict.
Growing Up Kinky: Research Shows How Kink Identity Is Formed - New research sheds light on the formation and development of kink identity.
Yakuza 3 Reviewed by Yakuza - What it says on the tin. A very fun read analyzing the accuracy of Yakuza 3.
On the (In)security of Social Media Callouts - A criticism of the current "callout" phenomenon on social media sites.
'LOVE YOU GUYS (NO HOMO)' - How gamers and fans play with sexuality, gender, and Minecraft on YouTube.
The Unified Theory of Ophelia: On Women, Writing, and Mental Illness - On young girls driven mad by the world and seeing Ophelia everywhere.
standing on the shoulders of complex female characters - am i in my fleabag era or is my fleabag era in me?
I Should Be Able to Mute America - The rest of the world should not have to know the name Bari Weiss.
How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation - I couldn’t figure out why small, straightforward tasks on my to-do list felt so impossible. The answer is both more complex and far simpler than I expected.
Everyone needs to grow up - Whether it’s people who mention their Hogwarts house on their Hinge profile or literal white supremacists, culture is awash with adult babies.
what happened to yesterweb? an investigation - A pretty accurate summation of what went on with the Yesterweb, in case you weren't there for it.
Interesting videos
Online stores
Fuzzy N Chic - sells handmade Tamagotchi covers and other Tamagotchi accessories.
itemLabel - a revenge based company that sells Peepys and other collectible creatures, plus some neat accessories.
JJGames - super affordable used games
Hirbawi Kufiya - the last and only kufiya factory left in Palestine.
Online Ceramics - a streetwear clothing company that's partnered with A24 (expensive)
Ragstock - recycled and vintage clothing (not SUPER affordably priced)
Lazy Oaf - streetwear brand with colorful, eye-catching designs (not cheap)
Better World Books - socially-conscious bookseller with loads of cheap new/used books
House Plant Shop - actually reasonably priced house plants.
Houzz - home decor store with alot of cool rugs
READY! Computer Corp. - newer, small company that makes very stylish portable computer kits
miniSUPER Sticker Club - the cutest stickers u ever done seen