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://osakasyndrome.bearblog.dev/
OsakaSyndrome's minimalist Bear-powered blog collects miscellaneous personal thoughts and observations under the handle Osaka. The site is part of the denpa webring, hinting at a connection to internet subculture and niche online communities.
http://peccatte.karefil.com/
Patrick Peccatte's French-language site explores the intersection of philosophy, computer science, and mathematics, with a particular focus on the demarcation between science and pseudoscience, the philosophy of mind, and quasi-empiricism in mathematics. Home to the full PDF text of his 1996 book 'La consistance rationnelle' and extensive commentary on the Sokal affair and thinkers like Wittgenstein, Putnam, and Searle.
https://dmwv.org/
The Descendants of Mexican War Veterans (DMWV) is a non-profit national lineage society chartered in Texas, dedicated to honoring those who served in the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848. The site features a graves registry project, virtual cemetery, historical markers, membership information, and preservation efforts for one of America's lesser-remembered conflicts.
http://www.webarchaeology.com/html/links.htm
This links page is part of the Levi Jordan Plantation Web Archaeology project, created by Carol McDavid, connecting visitors to scholarly resources on Southern plantations, slavery, and African American genealogy. The broader site documents collaborative archaeology at a Texas plantation site, weaving together descendants, historians, and community voices.
https://tilde.town/~npa/wall
A minimalist interactive page on tilde.town where visitors can change the background color of a shared 'rainbow wall' between red, blue, green, yellow, purple, and orange. Part of the tilde.town community, this tiny collaborative toy captures the playful, experimental spirit of the tilde social web.
http://gnosis.org/naghamm/gosthom.html
Part of the Gnostic Society Library at gnosis.org, this page presents the Gospel of Thomas in multiple scholarly translations, including the Patterson and Meyer rendering of all 114 sayings from the Nag Hammadi Coptic manuscript. It serves as a gateway to a broader collection of Gnostic texts, resources, and related books for anyone researching early Christian apocrypha or Gnostic traditions.
https://illinoisgenweb.org/
ILGenWeb is a long-running volunteer-driven project offering free genealogical and historical resources for all 102 Illinois counties, operating since 1996 as part of the USGenWeb Project. Visitors can explore county-level records, transcribed census data, Civil War records, county boundary histories, and links to archives like the Illinois State Archives and IRAD.
https://niagara.nygenweb.net/military/jacksondiary.html
A transcription of the 1864 Civil War diary of Shedrick Jackson, a Black barber from Middleport, New York who served in the 140th NY regiment, donated to the Niagara County NYGenWeb project by a descendant's relative. The diary offers a rare day-by-day firsthand account of camp life throughout the year 1864, concluding with a poem written by Jackson himself.
http://hal.com/~landman/Hypatia
A site dedicated to Hypatia, the ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher of Alexandria, likely featuring biographical and historical content about this notable historical figure. The frames-based structure suggests a multi-section layout typical of late 1990s web design, making it a period artifact in its own right.
https://manchesterhistory.net/
A site dedicated to the history and culture of Manchester, offering a local perspective on one of England's most storied cities. The focus on historical content makes it a useful reference for anyone researching Manchester's past and community heritage.