~ Early Web Links ~

Jeff Kaufman's personal blog covers a wide range of topics including effective altruism, urban housing policy, parenting, contra dance music, and technology. The site features regularly updated posts with thoughtful analysis on civic and social issues, alongside links to his music projects and coding work.

The Iranian is a long-running English-language publication founded by Jahanshah Javid in 1995, covering news, culture, and commentary about Iran and the Iranian diaspora. Its archive spans from 1995 to 2021, preserving decades of features, essays, and contributor work that document Iranian life and geopolitics across multiple eras.

Unfogged is a long-running group blog with multiple contributors including Ogged, Fontana Labs, Heebie-Geebie, and others, covering politics, current events, and everyday musings in a lively community format. Posts touch on topics from hurricane damage to Trump administration policy, and the active comment sections often run into the dozens, making the discussion as valuable as the posts themselves.

Link Punk is a linkblog by Braden Slen that curates and comments on daily news stories spanning politics, civil liberties, and current events with a distinctly skeptical, left-leaning voice. The format is clean and RSS-friendly, offering a steady stream of annotated links to journalism and longform reads from across the web.

Built by Michael I. Niman, a journalism professor at SUNY Buffalo State, this site curates critical resources for Media Studies and American Studies researchers, including links to media watchdogs, propaganda analysis, censorship coverage, and alternative media outlets validated for accuracy. It also archives Niman's syndicated columns and recommends books from independent publishers that challenge corporate media culture.

Brad Enslen's personal blog covers a lively mix of political commentary, tech observations, and offbeat humor in a short-post microblog style. The site also features a personal directory, a movies section, and connections to IndieWeb webrings, making it a charming corner of the independent web.

An archived 1995 HotWired article by Josh Quittner exploring the birth of 'Way New Journalism' and how the web might fundamentally transform media, publishing, and the economics of content distribution. A fascinating time capsule from the early commercial web, capturing the excitement and uncertainty journalists felt as digital publishing upended traditional print models.

TUC Radio is an independent radio producer based in Calpella, California, offering podcasts, audio CDs, and DVDs covering progressive political commentary and social issues. The site features an extensive archive of programs dating back to 2011, with a notable focus on the work of political analyst Michael Parenti, covering topics like democracy, theocracy, and U.S. foreign policy.

Beeks.cool's Obscure Media section is a curated linkdump of rare, weird, and ephemeral media assembled by a collector with a sharp eye for the forgotten and strange. Visitors will find VHS oddities, old TV commercial breaks, vintage TTRPG magazines, anime convention ephemera, educational films, and promotional curiosities spanning several decades.

ZEMOS98 is a Spanish cultural organization and festival platform dedicated to deconstructing dominant mass-media messages through critical media arts and activism. Their annual festival, labs, TV productions, and publications make it a hub for experimental media culture and European remapping initiatives.