Society & Culture
883 sites
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- Religion & Spirituality (74)
- History (162)
- Philosophy (121)
- Paranormal & Occult (42)
- Subcultures (333)
https://hoaxes.org/
The Museum of Hoaxes, created by Alex Boese, is a sprawling archive dedicated to exploring deceptions, pranks, and misinformation throughout human history from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. Visitors can browse hoax photos, dive into the complete April Fool's Day archive, and read blog posts debunking viral images and bizarre historical cons.
https://digitalfolklore.org/
The Digital Folklore Reader is a published book by Olia Lialina and Dragan Espenschied exploring digital vernacular culture, online amateur creativity, DIY electronics, and internet memes as genuine folklore. The site serves as the book's homepage, offering purchase links, reviews, and a freely downloadable PDF released a decade after the 2009 print edition.
https://benjaminrosshoffman.com/
Benjamin Ross Hoffman's personal blog applies rigorous rational criticism to philosophy, economics, politics, and ethics, with a notable series dissecting the Effective Altruism movement and its structural flaws. Posts range from Hegelian dialectics and macroeconomic theory to sharp critiques of GiveWell, OpenAI, and charitable institutions, making it a dense and intellectually ambitious read.
https://jewfaq.org/calendar.htm
Judaism 101 (JewFAQ), created by Tracey R. Rich, is a comprehensive reference covering the Jewish calendar in depth, including its astronomical basis, leap month system, month and day names, and the mathematics behind Hebrew date calculation. This particular page offers both a readable introduction for beginners and technical JavaScript code for developers who want to implement Hebrew date conversions.
https://tilde.town/~emiltayl
A tilde.town member page built around 'Haikumon,' a whimsical script-generated haiku creature concept with an archive and random generator. The site is minimal but charming, offering a glimpse into the playful creative experiments that define the tilde community culture.
https://publications.newberry.org/ahcb/pages/Pennsylvania.html
The Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries Project offers comprehensive maps, chronologies, and data covering every Pennsylvania county's historical boundaries, names, and organizational changes from the state's earliest counties through the year 2000. Researchers can explore interactive maps, download GIS shapefiles, KMZ files for Google Earth, and printer-friendly PDFs detailing all 67 counties including extinct and proposed counties.
https://charophyte.neocities.org/
Aegann/Ash's personal selfship site documents their long-running self-shipping practice with characters from JJBA, Dorohedoro, Steven Universe, and Hades 2, complete with custom self-insert personas for each pairing. A niche corner of the internet dedicated to the selfship community, with plans for expanded character pages and a connected art gallery.
https://celestialvoyaging.net/
Celestialvoyaging is the personal home base of Charlie, a self-described fictosexual who is in a relationship with Childe/Tartaglia from Genshin Impact, with the entire site lovingly themed around this character. Visitors will find a dedicated shrine, a personal journal, site updates, and links to other hand-crafted pages, all built from scratch and now on its fourth version.
https://mycelial.technology/
Glyph's personal site explores the intersection of mycology, botany, coding, and decentralized technology through a philosophy of symbiosis and 'wu wei.' Visitors will find art, projects, and musings spanning fungi cultivation, fermentation, electronics, meditation, and computers, all woven together by a vision of a multispecies future.
https://ferocioustruth.com/
Ferocious Truth is the blog of J Thomas Moros, exploring rationality, artificial intelligence, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind through long-form reviews and essays. Engaging with works by thinkers like Max Tegmark, Nick Bostrom, and the LessWrong rationality community, the site offers thoughtful critical analysis aimed at readers interested in the intersection of reason and emerging technology.