Society & Culture
883 sites
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- Genealogy & Family History (140)
- Religion & Spirituality (74)
- History (162)
- Philosophy (121)
- Paranormal & Occult (42)
- Subcultures (333)
https://juuyondaime.net/webring
The Autists Online Webring connects handmade indie web sites whose creators identify as autistic, celebrating autistic identity and expression across the independent web. Members must maintain real content beyond a basic profile page, and the ring emphasizes community standards around accessibility, safety, and genuine creative output.
https://tilde.town/~cmccabe/online-communities.html
cmccabe's research page on tilde.town dives deep into the history and future of public access Unix systems, tracing their roots as social spaces long before the modern internet. The piece explores how communities like SDF.org and tilde.town carry on a tradition of shared Unix environments that blend technology with community-building.
https://bahai-library.com/search
The Bahai Library Online is a comprehensive searchable database of Baha'i texts, documents, and publications, allowing visitors to search by author, title, date, tags, and more. Its vast catalog spans centuries of chronology and includes categories ranging from translations and theses to NSA documents and pilgrims' notes, making it an invaluable reference for Baha'i scholarship.
https://tilde.club/~mo
Mo's tilde.club page is a charmingly minimal personal homepage where a construction-industry professional and feminist introduces herself while actively seeking work as a project manager or estimator in NYC. Despite its playful old-web aesthetic with promises of dancing unicorns, the page's core pitch is a genuine job search by someone who completed a Construction Management Program at the Mechanics' Institute.
https://www.meta-religion.com/
Meta-Religion offers a multidisciplinary exploration of world religions, esoteric traditions, and spiritual phenomena, covering everything from Christianity and Buddhism to Wicca, Gnosticism, and the Paranormal. With hundreds of curated links organized across topics like Secret Societies, Spiritualism, Philosophy, and New Religious Groups, it serves as a sprawling reference hub for anyone studying religion through a comparative or academic lens.
https://jewishgen.org/databases/eidb
JewishGen's Ellis Island One-Step Search Tools, developed by Stephen Morse, provide powerful alternative search interfaces for the Ellis Island immigrant arrival database covering records from 1892 to 1957. Part of the broader JewishGen platform, this tool is particularly valuable for Jewish genealogy researchers tracing ancestors who passed through Ellis Island, with access to ship manifests and flexible search options beyond the official database.
http://cropcircles.chez.com/
A French-language enthusiast site dedicated to crop circles, featuring extensive photo galleries sourced from well-known crop circle photographers and researchers around the world. The site connects crop circle phenomena to UFOs, extraterrestrials, the Raelian movement, and ancient sites like the Nazca Lines, making it a dense hub of fringe-science imagery and links.
https://frutigeraeroarchive.org/
The Frutiger Aero Archive is a digital museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the glossy, nature-infused design aesthetic that dominated technology and graphic design from the mid-2000s to around 2013, covering styles like Y2K, Vectordelia, and Web 2.0 visual culture. Visitors can explore over 4000 downloadable wallpapers, a curated music player, flash media, indie games, icons, historical documentation, and an active community forum and chat room.
https://historyisaweapon.com/
History Is A Weapon is a radical history resource built around the idea that historical narratives are never neutral and always serve someone's interests. Drawing on thinkers like Howard Zinn, Gramsci, and Walter Rodney, the site presents history as a tool for understanding and challenging existing power structures.
https://42yearoldloserorami.blogspot.com/2005_04_01_archive.html
A candid personal blog by a Canadian dad reflecting on family life, youth hockey, parenting, and everyday observations from April 2005. The writer shares honest thoughts about coaching his kids in hockey, balancing competitive spirit with childhood enjoyment, and the small moments that make up family life.