Society & Culture
883 sites
Subcategories:
- Genealogy & Family History (140)
- Religion & Spirituality (74)
- History (162)
- Philosophy (121)
- Paranormal & Occult (42)
- Subcultures (333)
https://spgstx.org/
The South Plains Genealogical Society (SPGS) is a Lubbock, Texas-based organization dedicated to helping people trace their family histories and ancestral roots. Their site offers resources for local, state, national, and world genealogy research, along with meeting info, surname research, an award-winning newsletter called South Plains Roots, and a podcast.
https://messiahscriptures.neocities.org/
Messiah Scriptures is a freely shareable online collection of New Testament books, Apocrypha, and the Tanakh, organized for easy navigation by individual book. The site emphasizes open access, explicitly encouraging sharing and linking under a FOSS-style ethos.
http://genealogytrails.com/
Genealogy Trails is a massive volunteer-driven project dedicated to transcribing and freely sharing genealogical and historical records across all U.S. states, organized by region with over 200,000 webpages of data. Researchers can dig into census records, pension rolls, obituaries, military headstones, mortality schedules, and more, all contributed by unpaid volunteers and available at no cost.
https://selkie0776.neocities.org/
Selkie's personal Neocities page blends lolita fashion, emo/j-pop music fandom, and retro 2000s web aesthetics into a charmingly nostalgic corner of the internet. Visitors will find blog entries, fanlistings, a guestbook, and a self-introduction from a Biology major with interests spanning Black Veil Brides, VOCALOID, casual lolita fashion, and exotic animals.
https://americasdecline.neocities.org/
A visually striking personal homepage on Neocities with a bold aesthetic, bright colors, and suggestive content hidden behind an entry splash page. The site's distorted title typography and retro web design sensibility suggest a creator deeply invested in old-web revival culture and expressive online identity.
http://cyndislist.blogspot.com/
Cyndi Ingle's companion blog to the legendary CyndisList.com, a free categorized index of genealogical resources on the Internet that has been running since 1996. Here she shares tips, advice, personal reflections, and updates about the main directory, making it a must-visit for anyone tracing family history online.
Esoteric Stupidity
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https://beelzebabe.neocities.org/
Beelzebabe's 'Esoteric Stupidity' is a digital curiosity cabinet featuring pixel art, chaos magick resources, stamps, pixel dolls, and eclectic occult oddities. The site blends old-web aesthetics with esoteric subject matter, making it a quirky destination for those drawn to the intersection of internet craft and the occult.
https://members.tripod.com/anand_dange/mylinks.html
Anand Dange's personal link collection brings together an extensive array of Marathi-language websites, Hindi and Marathi music resources, Indian news outlets, and Bay Area practical resources for Indian immigrants. The page serves as a curated gateway to Marathi culture online, including sites for Pu.La. Deshpande, Marathi songs, cricket, and California transit and DMV information.
https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2022/the-message-and-medium-of-the-personal-blog
Jim Nielsen's blog explores the philosophy of personal blogging through the lens of Neil Postman's 'Amusing Ourselves to Death,' reflecting on how the medium of an indie blog carries its own intrinsic message about individuality and independence. This single post is a thoughtful meditation on McLuhan's 'the medium is the message' and what it means to own and control your own corner of the web.
$ where
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https://tilde.town/~bear/where.html
A tilde.town community tool that shows which users are currently online and plots their approximate geographic locations on an interactive map. Visitors can opt in anonymously or publicly by creating a simple file in their home directory, and the open-source project on GitHub welcomes contributions.