Links

Esoterica & curious knick-knacks.

>Tools & Services

f-droid.org - Android marketplace for open source apps
Privacy friendly frontends - Alternative frontends for common sites
libreboot.org - Free as in Freedom boot firmware
duck.ai - DuckDuckGo's LLM wrapper that stores conversations locally
libredirect - Automatically redirect common sites (Instagram, Youtube, Reddit etc.) to alternate frontends that respect privacy
shodan.io - Search engine for open IoT devices (cameras etc.)
grapheneos.org - Privacy focused mobile OS
someonewhocares.org/hosts/ - Massive hosts file to make internet suck less
suckless.org - Software that sucks less
exploit-db.com - Database of cybsec failures
haveibeenpwned.com - Check if your email has been in data leaks
wiby.me - Web1.0 search engine
archive.org - Internet Archive
plainoldrecipe.com - Take a recipe website URL and remove the cruft
colormind.io - Color scheme generator
gnooks.com - Literature recommendations based on what you like
libretranslate.com - FOSS alternate for Google Translate
mixxx.org - FOSS DJ Software
home-assistant.io - Open source smart home that can be self-hosted
sherlockproject.xyz - Tool for looking up all associated accounts with a single username
logseq.com - Open source note taking app with a graph view (bloated)
pi-hole.net - Block ads for your entire network
ryf.fsf.org/products - Free as in Freedom hardware
sopimusgeneraattori.ohjelmistofriikit.fi - Software consulting contract template
ancestralwhispers.org/reconstructions - Estimated 3D model reconstructions of collected gene samples
WiGLE - Maps and databases of wireless networks
deflock.me - Spot, map, and resist automated license plate readers
opencode.ai - Open source AI coding agent

>Data & Sharing

annas-archive.org - Open library for books, research papers etc.
arxiv.org - Free distribution service for scholarly articles
sci-hub.pub - List of sci-hub instances for avoiding research article paywalls
nicotine-plus.org - Client for Soulseek
soularr.net - Connect Soulseek with your Lidarr
thepiratebay.org - The most resilient public torrent site
romspedia.com - Millions of ROMs for video games
vimm.net/vault - Niche classic game preservation

>Blogs & Personal sites

stallman.org - Stallman's personal site
lukesmith.xyz - The man who fell for every meme
Seneca Effect - Ugo Bardi's musings about collapsing civilizations
Eurogenes Blog - Blog about ancient population genomics
readthesequences.com - Eliezer Yudkowsky's compilation of blog posts about rationality (might lead to cult activity)
Al Lowe's Humor Site - Al Lowe's old timey humor site

>Wikis, Guides & Tutorials

Hitchiker's Guide - How to guide to privacy and anonymity
IntelTechniques - OSINT Technique Guide
Cybersecurity - basics and armory -
Surveillance Self-Defence - Tips, Tools and How-Tos for safer online communication
Awesome *ARR - Tools for automation and management of media collection
Awesome Self-hosted - Tools for self-hosting various services
Awesome Privacy - More privacy focused alternatives for everyday apps
Awesome Security - Security tools and resources
Awesome OSINT - Open-Source Intelligence tools and resources
Awesome OSINT for Everything - More OSINT tools and resources
Awesome Permacomputing - Permacomputing resources
TwitchAdSolutions - Solutions around Twitch's aggressive ad scheme
selfh.st - Everything about self-hosting services
motherfuckingwebsite.com - Website design philosophy to adhere to
privacytools.io - Site focused on preserving online privacy
Startup CTO's Handbook - Startup CTO for dummies
Keyboard Layouts v3 - Everything about different keyboard layouts and how they perform
Designing a Symbol Layer - Guide about how to design an effective symbol layer for keyboard
Standard Patterns in Choice-Based Games - Design patterns in branching storylines for games
lostmediawiki.com - Wiki for tracking down lost media
/ptg/wiki - Anon's wiki for private torrent trackers
based.cooking - No bullshit cooking site
IndieWeb - POSSE - Publish Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere
zhach.news - System Design Primer - Learn how to design large-scale systems
3D Game Shaders For Beginners - Guides for 3D game textures, lightning, occlusion etc.
Gentleperson's Guide To Forum Spies - Cointelpro & Disinfo Techniques

>Message boards & Forums

lainchan.org - Alt chan for cyberpunks
hackernews - Orange Reddit
lesswrong.com - Community blog focused on rationality and AI (might lead to cult activity)

>Random

Cyberpunk Media - List of cyberpunk media
serverlesshorrors.com - Stories of people getting ravaged by cloud providers
Our Incredible Journey - Collection of Kisses of Death
RMS on Facebook - Reasons not to be used by Facebook
Psychology Experiment Failures - Some famous psychological studies that faced replication crisis
Hacker Scripts - Story about an old build engineer
stilldrinking.org/programming-sucks - 'Nuff said
Limbo of the Lost Dev Interview 2011 - Story about two game developers that got destroyed by third one
Leaving Rust gamedev after 3 years - Reasons why Rust is not for game development
Sued by Nintendo - A list of legal actions taken by the big N
Reset The Clock - Collection of known PDFs
The Good White Man Roster - A database of progressive white men who are thirsty for credit
Desiderata - The original live, love, laugh
Iron and The Soul - Henry Rollins' article about lifting
Thulean Perspective Archive - Archive for Norwegian Santa Claus' old videos