Society & Culture
883 sites
Subcategories:
- Genealogy & Family History (140)
- Religion & Spirituality (74)
- History (162)
- Philosophy (121)
- Paranormal & Occult (42)
- Subcultures (333)
https://gillmansreadingroom.neocities.org/
Gillman's Reading Room is a curated link directory dedicated to the nonhuman and alterhuman community, gathering forums, personal websites, essays, glossaries, and social media groups for those who identify as nonhuman in some way. Created by Gillman, the site also hosts their own coined terms, personal essays, and research alongside beginner resources like a required reading page.
http://philosopher.org.uk/
Roger Jones has built a comprehensive introduction to Western philosophy from the Enlightenment to postmodernism, covering major thinkers like Kant, Hegel, Sartre, Foucault, and Wittgenstein with dedicated pages for each. Topics span rationalism, existentialism, analytic philosophy, philosophy of mind, moral philosophy, and proofs of God's existence, making it a genuinely useful reference for students and curious readers alike.
https://migenweb.org/
MIGenWeb is a volunteer-run genealogy project affiliated with USGenWeb, offering free historical and genealogical resources for the state of Michigan organized by county. Visitors can explore Michigan's history, research family records, and connect with volunteers who contribute data across the state's many counties.
http://warship.org/
The International Naval Research Organization (INRO) is a non-profit dedicated to the study of naval vessels and their histories, focusing on the iron and steel warship era from roughly 1860 to the present. For over 50 years, INRO has published 'Warship International,' a quarterly journal recognized globally as the most authoritative publication in the field of warship research.
https://nostalgic.neocities.org/
A nostalgia-focused personal site celebrating the aesthetics and culture of the early 2000s web, complete with affiliates, cliques, and that classic 'any browser, any resolution' spirit. It captures the handcrafted, anything-goes energy of old-school personal homepages with a loving wink at the era.
https://holographic.neocities.org/
A sparkly personal corner of the web from a creator going by 'holographic', featuring sections about their life, favorite places via virtual road trips, and a decade's worth of music charts. The site has since moved to a new username (fairytrash), making this a glimpse of a colorful, psychedelic-gif-adorned web presence mid-transition.
https://universalistchristian.org/books/ancient-history
A complete digitized text of Hosea Ballou's 19th-century scholarly history tracing the doctrine of Universalism from the apostolic era through the fifth general council and into the Reformation. Covering figures like Origen and early church fathers across centuries of theological development, this is a valuable primary reference for anyone researching Universalist Christianity and its ancient roots.
https://tilde.town/~krowbar/circle
Krowbar's Circle is a curated community directory on tilde.town, listing member pages from the tilde.town indie Unix community in a browsable, old-web style format. It serves as a neighborly hub connecting residents of this collaborative tilde server, making it easy to discover the creative personal pages of fellow community members.
https://yesterweb.org/
The Yesterweb is a community movement dedicated to reclaiming the internet from corporate and algorithmic control, advocating for a more human, creative, and socially responsible web culture. Centered around a detailed manifesto, social etiquette guidelines, a zine, and a webring, it serves as a hub for those who believe in building an independent, old-web-inspired internet community.
https://tilde.town/~ne1
A personal corner on tilde.town by user ~ne1, featuring ASCII art, musings on internet culture, and reflections on the tilde community itself. The page captures the spirit of the tilde movement with explorations of the town's chat, forums, and virtual spaces, alongside scattered thoughts on surveillance, botany, and post-Facebook ideals.