Society & Culture
883 sites
Subcategories:
- Genealogy & Family History (140)
- Religion & Spirituality (74)
- History (162)
- Philosophy (121)
- Paranormal & Occult (42)
- Subcultures (333)
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://niplav.site/
Niplav's sprawling intellectual website covers forecasting, AI alignment, existential risk, mathematics, philosophy, and quantified self experiments in long-form essays that resist the blog format entirely. The site reads like a personal research compendium, with best-of lists, translations, transcriptions, media consumption logs, and original analysis across a wide range of rationalist and effective-altruism-adjacent topics.
https://dedicated.mysticwater.org/index.php
Dedicated is a clique for language learners, bringing together people who are actively studying or planning to learn a new language. With 54 members and run by Sora Hyūga, it serves as a small community hub celebrating the multilingual journey.
http://newbanner.com/
The New Banner Institute is a Columbia, South Carolina organization founded in 1968 dedicated to philosophic inquiry spanning metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, economics, and cognitive science, drawing on Objectivist and Aristotelian traditions. Visitors can explore working papers, seminar materials, a bibliography of publications, and information about the affiliated College of Early Learning, a Montessori school studying how children develop consciousness.
https://genealogy-links.co.uk/html/more.links.html
UK Genealogy-Links is a comprehensive link directory curating hundreds of genealogical resources for researchers tracing British family histories, with a focus on census records, parish registers, probate records, and county-specific archives. It covers national and international sources alongside dedicated sections for Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, and Suffolk.
https://bisexual-webring.neocities.org/
The Bisexual Webring is an indie web community hub connecting personal websites run by people who identify under the bisexual umbrella, including bisexual, pansexual, polysexual, and related identities. Run by Kamirose and powered by Webringu, it offers a widget system and member directory for queer indie web creators to find and link to one another.
https://gloriouscacophony.neocities.org/
Gloriouscacophony is a dark-themed personal gateway site with an occult aesthetic, featuring the OTS Webring and a warning for NSFW content. The sparse but evocative landing page hints at a deeper personal site exploring alternative or underground subculture interests.
https://tuffgong.neocities.org/
Tuffgong's Manifesto Doggo is a fiercely independent personal hub on Neocities, railing against big tech, mainstream media narratives, and algorithmic culture while championing the old web revival movement. Visitors will find political manifestos, free web graphics, a forum revival project, tech detox articles, and a scrappy DIY aesthetic complete with webrings and a live changelog.
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://nygenweb.net/
NYGenWeb is the New York State affiliate of the USGenWeb Project, offering free genealogical and historical records organized by county with dozens of volunteer coordinators contributing data. Visitors can search place names, access census records, explore historical maps, find Civil War and WWI Medal of Honor recipients, and browse tombstone transcriptions covering all of New York State.