(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...)

Web development

• Interneting is Hard - guided web development tutorials for complete beginners
• HTML Cheat Sheet - web development cheat sheets and utilities (very convenient)
• Neocities - a web host with a listing of sites and some limited social features
• Leprd.space - free web hosting for hobbyists
• Hotglue.me - a beginner-friendly visual website builder and host (no coding required)
• Backgrounds with Emma - lotsa repeating backgrounds
• GRSites Textures - an archive of background textures
• Glitter-Graphics.com - a collection of graphics, layouts, glitter text, animated bgs, and more
• 88x31 button maker - made by hekate :^)
• Flaming text - logo maker with tons of options
• Glow text - super cool glowing text generator, check the partner sites for more
• Glitter text online - glitter text generator, lots of fonts + glitter styles
• Collletttivo - free open source fonts
• Glitterphoto - edit photos with glitter... and other things!
• EzGIF - gif editor
• Bulk resize photos - what it says on the tin
• Optimizilla Image Compressor - make your images smaller. it's addicting...
• Webmaster Tools - lotsa cool stuff
• MasterDiz - EVEN MORE cool website tools
• Button templates - buncha cool button blanks
• 7.css - windows 7 ui recreated in pure css
• Terribleideas' Site - some fun and cool native HTML tags made by Brad and Leon!
• HTML Comment Box - easily implemented comment box (hosted off-site)
• LibreRing - very easy to use webring template (with heavily commentated code :D)
• WAVE (Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool) - tool that identifies accessibility issues on a given webpage. also has a browser extension!
• google webfonts helper - generates css and downloads font files to easily self-host google fonts
• Addy Codes Toolkit - hundreds of curated tools/resources for 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.
• 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

• VIshopper cut out people - pics of people isolated from background. also has animals, objects
• removebg - removes backgrounds from images replaces with transparency
• waifu2x - image upscaler, best for anime-styled artwork.
• Adorkastock Sketch - timed gesture drawing tool with photos of real models
• Posemaniacs - gesture drawing tool with 3d models and multiple camera angles (currently under construction.)
• Human anatomy for artist - TONS of photo pose references (many are nude or semi-nude)
• Animal Photo Art References - similar to previous, but with animal heads chosen by skull shape.
• Pose Search - another similar tool that lets you pose a skeleton and view reference photos matching the pose.
• Fat Photo Reference - photo collection of real fat people for art reference (password required)
• My Body Gallery - user-submitted photos of women of different ages, heights, weights, etc.
• Virtual Lighting Studio - allows you to light a portrait with different types/colors of lights at different angles
• Floor plan creator - what it says on the tin
• Roomsketcher - similar to Floor Plan Creator
• Paletton - interactive color scheme creator
• Photopea - browser art program, very similar to Photoshop
• The Creative Independent - website full of practical and emotional guidance for artists. worth a look for any artist
• Radiorunner's Curriculum for the Solo Artist - a curriculum built for the self-taught artist looking for structure and direction.
• NOT/BUT - TO-ZO.COM - advice on self-talk when it comes to drawing
• paint-BBS - an oekaki board made by cinni :^)
• Tegaki E Reboot (TEv2) - a very simple oekaki board that has an active userbase, but doesn't seem to be actively maintained.
• Oekaki na smoczym - a polish oekaki board that has a pretty old-school vibe (relatively speaking).
• Glaze - a tool for obfuscating your art from use in AI datasets

Learning

• Sci-Hub, Library Genesis, and Z-Library - shadow libraries for books and scholarly articles
• Project Gutenberg - lots of free books
• Open Library - Internet Archive's library
• ArXiv - open access scholarly articles
• Smort.io - tool for easily reading and annotating arXiv papers
• LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks read by volunteers from around the world.
• MetPublications - free downloads to out of print met publications
• The Anarchist Library - lots of communist (mainly anarchist) literature
• Marxist Internet Archive - an archive of lots of marxist and marxist-adjacent works.
• Reading Marx's Capital With David Harvery - a guided course for actually understanding das kapital
• CELT - a library of historical and literary Irish texts in several different languages.
• The American Yawp - a collaborative American history textbook
• Tatsumoto - a comprehensive resource for learning japanese
• Tae Kim's guide to Japanese Grammar - most recommended japanese grammar guide
• Minato - free Japanese courses sponsored by the Japanese government
• Animelon - learn Japanese while watching anime
• jpdb - a Japanese kanji/vocab learning resource that has prebuilt decks based on popular Japanese media
• ASL Rochelle - free ASL course
• Justin Guitar - very comprehensive guitar lessons for all skill levels
• Scarleteen - very helpful sex education including LGBTQ health topics
• VIM Adventures - learn how to use vim while playing a game!
• Hack This Site - a legal training ground and info hub for ethical hackers
• Wildflower Search - crowdsourced site that helps you identify wildflowers
• Practice Prayer - a little practice guide for your hobby of choice

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

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
• Transbucket - photo-sharing site for transgender surgery outcomes (account required)
• Phallo.net - an informative and comprehensive resource on FTM phalloplasty
• 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.
• 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.

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

Miscellaneous

• Data Hoarding in the Modern Age - how to become a data hoarder :^)
• Can I Play That? - guides and reviews of accessibility in games. run by disabled gamers
• Global Network of Discovery - neat collection of sites that can recommend things you might like (music, artists, etc)
• Kosmi.io - online hangout webapp for stuff like watching videos and playing games. think rabb.it
• tane.us - plays animal crossing music that corresponds with the current time.
• Magic Baby Names - type names you like and get other names like them. good for character creation
• Sleepyti.me - sleep cycle calculator. basically, helps plan when you should sleep to feel good in the morning.
• paper cd case - generates a foldable paper cd case based on info you put in. also makes jewel case inserts.
• Fansub Guides - guides on how to make fansubs.
• Watch Wrestling Online - stream pro wrestling from tons of different promotions. has popups on some video streams.
• DON'T YOU LECTURE ME WITH YOUR THIRTY DOLLAR WEBSITE - see it to believe it.
• 1001 Albums Generator - have one album from the '1001 Albums to Listen To Before You Die' list sent to you every day.
• Winamp Skin Museum - a nice-to-browse collection of Winamp skins hosted on Internet Archive.
• VHSearch! - a Neocities search engine!
• 5eTools - a suite of free browser-based tools for players and DMs of D&D 5e.
• Food Not Bombs - a global movement that serves food and provides other support to communities with chapters across the globe.
• Full Cart - America's virtual food bank :^)
• Moebuntu - a custom Ubuntu theme that makes everything MOE
• morss.it - make a full-text version of an RSS feed
• Torrents.csv - a collaborative searchable git repository of torrents
• Awesome piracy - a curated list of piracy resources
• Plan C - info on how to access at-home abortion pills online.
• Veadotube - a very intuitive and simple-to-use PNG/vtuber tool
• The Anti-Capitalist Software License - let everyone but captialists use your software
• Archiveteam - info hub for web archival projects
• PC Part Picker - pick and show off your PC builds.
• Fiveable - cool online group study tool with timers, task list, and music (also can be used solo!)
• The Order of the Good Death - a death-positive movement that aims to reform death services in our society.
• De-google-ify Internet - a movement by Framasoft and CHATONS trying to offer community and privacy-friendly software alternatives.
• Bluemaxima's Flashpoint - a downloadable (and viewable) archive of Flash games and animations
• Dagobah Flash Gallery - archive of tons of old Flash games and animations
• Sudomemo - fanmade continuation of Flipnote Hatena
• MangaDex - my current go-to manga website
• Ichigo's Sheet Music - ancient collection of free game/anime sheet music
• Mazeguy Smilies - pixel artist who provides free-to-use classic smilies
• space email - an 'indirect communication platform' where you send and receive messages from strangers
• Budget Bytes - cheap but good recipes for people on a budget
• Focusmate - group coworking/body doubling website to help you get stuff done with a partner
• Dudeist Wedding Officiant Course - course for Dudeist priests to learn how to officiate a wedding
• The Oracle of Bacon - find any given actor's Bacon number

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

• Break Bread - A video about the challenges black youtubers face as well as the overwhelming "whiteness" of Breadtube.
• Why Did We Like Elfen Lied? - An analysis of 2000s weeb teen culture through the lens of Elfen Lied.
• LOWTAX: Empire of Dirt (The Something Awful Documentary) - The only decent coverage I've seen of SA's history.
• The History of Newgrounds (reupload) - It's offensive, because Newgrounds.
• "Killing Stalking" and the Romancing of Abuse - By someone who actually read the manhwa.
• Are They Gay? - Nick and Gatsby from The Great Gatsby - Literary analysis at its finest.
• How the Teenage Players of Habbo Hotel Turned to Financial Crime - It's more insane than you think.
• THE COOLEST PS1 GAME: Racing Lagoon - A super fun video by the best creator on Youtube.
• Explaining Iwakura Lain - Seemingly the most accurate and reasonable analysis of Lain.
• Professional Wrestling is Stupid and Beautiful and I Love it - The video that sold me on getting into wrestling.
• TempleOS | Down the Rabbit Hole - The best operating system ever created.
• Pathologic is Genius, And Here's Why - A video about a weird Russian game about a plague, and other things.
• ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS Tokimeki Memorial - A SIX HOUR VIDEO on a bizarrely influential PS1 dating sim.
• Who Told Pusha T About Drake’s Baby? - Interview with Pusha T on Joe Budden's podcast about his insanely crafted Drake diss.
• BORED APE NAZI CLUB - A deep dive on the Neo-Nazi roots of the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs.

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