Society & Culture
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- Religion & Spirituality (74)
- History (162)
- Philosophy (121)
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https://onecosmos.blogspot.com/
One Cosmos is the long-running blog of 'Gagdad Bob,' a witty and idiosyncratic thinker who weaves together theology, metaphysics, philosophy, and political commentary into a unique spiritual worldview he calls 'neotraditional retrofuturism.' Posts blend mysticism, humor, and serious intellectual engagement with figures like Thomas Aquinas, making it a genuinely singular corner of the web for readers drawn to unconventional religious philosophy.
https://vencake.neocities.org/
VenCake is a personal 18+ site styled as a cozy café, inviting visitors to 'enter' or order takeaway before exploring its contents. The café theme and food-forward branding suggest a creative space centered around baking or food culture, with a playful and welcoming personality.
https://stevemorse.org/
Stephen P. Morse's "One-Step Webpages" is a massive collection of genealogy research tools that streamline searches through immigration records, passenger lists, and ship manifests from Ellis Island, Baltimore, Boston, New Orleans, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and beyond. With hundreds of specialized search forms spanning records from the early 1800s through the mid-20th century, it is an indispensable resource for anyone tracing immigrant ancestors to the United States.
https://cementgarden.neocities.org/
Cementgarden is a personal Neocities site by a creator who documents their interests in EGL (elegant gothic lolita) fashion, art, music, and daily life through diary entries, a closet showcase, and drawings. The site features a layout archive, custom stylesheets, a music diary with an embedded player, and a warm old-web aesthetic that makes it a charming slice of personal expression.
https://workhouses.org.uk/
Peter Higginbotham's exhaustive reference site chronicles the history of the British workhouse system, covering Poor Laws from 1601 through the end of the workhouse era with detailed entries on hundreds of individual Poor Law Unions across England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Visitors will find full texts of historic legislation, location guides, photographs, records of workhouse life, and deeply researched articles on topics ranging from bastardy laws to oakum picking.
https://tigerlilyblues.neocities.org/home
Tigerlily's cozy personal site centers on a love of hiking and exploring abandoned places, with sections for music, film, and a curated collection of odd and mysterious websites. Built partly as a coding learning project, it has a warm old-web charm with webrings, a web garden, and shrines to explore.
https://www.svenknebel.de/posts
Sven Knebel's personal blog chronicles his demoscene contributions, including TIC-80 byte-sized programs submitted to events like Deadline and Lovebyte demoparty, complete with code, screenshots, and videos. The site also touches on IndieWeb tech experiments like micropub endpoints and occasional 'Today I Learned' posts, making it a fascinating window into the demoscene and indie web communities.
https://alexander.illinoisgenweb.org/cox/immanuellutheran.html
Part of the ILGenWeb project for Alexander County, Illinois, this page documents the history and photos of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Cairo, tracing its founding in 1866 by German immigrant settlers through its decades of pastors and renovations. It includes rare interior photographs, a detailed congregational history written by church historian Mrs. H. Brinkmeyer, and notes on early founding families like the Lohrs, making it a valuable resource for local and genealogical research.
https://tilde.town/~oyvinrob
A tilde.town member page by oyvinrob, part of the old-web revival tilde community where users SSH in to craft personal homepages. The content is nearly bare, offering little more than a greeting and a nod to Helvetica Neue, but it signals participation in the tilde subculture.
https://naiveyearly.com/
Naive Yearly is an annual conference organized by Kristoffer that gathers artists, designers, developers, and writers who explore the web as a creative and expressive medium. Past editions have been held in Copenhagen and Ljubljana in collaboration with cultural institutions, with talks archived in a library and community summits planned for 2025.