Society & Culture
883 sites
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- Religion & Spirituality (74)
- History (162)
- Philosophy (121)
- Paranormal & Occult (42)
- Subcultures (333)
https://internationalheraldry.com/
International Heraldry is a richly illustrated reference covering the history, rules, and traditions of heraldic design across England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Canada, Australia, and beyond. Visitors can explore coats of arms, family crests, hatchments, blazon conventions, and national heraldry systems through hundreds of images and detailed explanatory sections.
https://casparoesterheld.com/
Caspar Oesterheld's blog explores the intersections of philosophy, artificial intelligence, and effective altruism, with deep dives into decision theory, cooperative AI, and game-theoretic concepts like the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma. Posts are technically rigorous and research-oriented, making it a compelling read for anyone interested in AI alignment, rational agency, and the philosophical underpinnings of multi-agent systems.
http://merzo.net/
Russell's Guide to Interdimensional Entities is a reference compendium cataloging beings, spirits, and entities said to exist beyond the physical plane. The site takes a guide-book approach to the paranormal, making it a unique and curious resource for those interested in metaphysical lore and otherworldly beings.
https://tilde.town/~cristea
A tilde.town member page by a user named cristea, featuring a brief Romanian-language greeting alongside classic old-web decorative text styling. The page is part of the tilde.town community, a collaborative Unix server that fosters the old-web personal homepage revival subculture.
https://keithhacks.cyou/furryring.php
Furryring is a webring created by Kaizo connecting personal websites belonging to queer furries and furry-adjacent folks, welcoming both longtime community members and newcomers. The member list spans dozens of independent sites, and the ring is hosted on Kaizo's broader personal site alongside projects, a gallery, and an anonymous mailbox.
https://usgenwebsites.org/mdgenweb
MDGenWeb is a free genealogy resource for researchers tracing Maryland ancestors, organized by county with records, research aids, and volunteer opportunities to transcribe documents and cemetery records. Part of the larger USGenWeb Project, it covers all of Maryland's counties dating back to original colonial-era establishments in the 1600s.
https://snowy.neocities.org/
Skylar's farewell update to a Neocities site she built at age 15, reflecting on five years of growing up, changing interests, and finding community on the indie web. A heartfelt time capsule that captures the bittersweet experience of revisiting a teenage online presence and saying goodbye to it with gratitude.
http://facultysites.vassar.edu/brvannor/bibliography.html
Compiled by Vassar College professor Bryan W. Van Norden, this annotated bibliography covers essential English-language translations and secondary readings in Chinese philosophy, spanning Confucianism, Daoism, Mohism, Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism, and more. Each entry includes Van Norden's own critical commentary comparing authors and editions, making it an invaluable starting point for students and scholars approaching the field.
http://crusher.parad.net/
A memorial site dedicated to Chris Long, who lived from 1977 to 2000, preserving the memory of a young person lost too soon. The site requires a frames-enabled browser to view its full contents, suggesting it was built during the late 1990s or early 2000s web era.
http://orphanwilde.blogspot.com/
The Orphan Wilde is a philosophically dense blog written with a self-described "particular brand of misanthropy," exploring topics like epistemology, models of reality, and libertarian political thought. Posts dive into map-territory relations, the nature of scientific models, and homesteading life, making it a provocative read for those who enjoy rigorous skeptical thinking.