go beyond 10 items per category and they will be moved to a separate block.

art

• artvee - classical art in the public domain.

academic websites

• mybib - for quick citing of references.

online magazines

• real life mag - a magazine about living with technology.

english major vibes

• folktexts - expansive database of folk and fairy tales.
• green’s dictionary of slang - literally what it is. there's also a timeline and a bunch of quotations.
• onelook - search the definition of the word and get the word, like a reverse dictionary
• the phrontistery - a dictionary of unusual, obsolete, and archaic words.
• wordreference - online multilingual dictionary (for a number of languages) and provides more detailed translations.

books

• project gutenberg - all copyright-free works in one place. in short, classics galore.
• library genesis, other link - more free pdfs of academic books.
• recommend me a book - this website gives you the first page of a random book without the author or the title so you can read it with no preconceptions.
• a doc with 900+ film books collected by a user
• open library - a free online library that's part of the internet archive.

journals

• public domain review - is an online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to the exploration of curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas. (from the site)
• journal of the fantastic in the arts - is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of the fantastic in literature, art, drama, film, and popular media.

articles

• a drive containing a couple articles about haunted houses and hauntings compiled by a user

research

• sci-hub - a research paper treasure trove.

specific places

• a doc compiled by razan idris that has reading materials on sudan

activism and politics

• master list of black revolutionary readings - created by timmy chau and still contains links to free pdfs.
• anti-racist resource guide - created by tasha k. and contains books, podcasts, etc.
• d e c o l o n i z e : resources - by ari sahagún and jay saper. this is a list of resources that are related to decolonization: developing a shared understanding of the basics (a primer), in particular related to economic impacts, and including current/ongoing efforts and leaders. mostly focused on colonized land currently known by some as the united states. (from the doc itself)
• antisemitism: a basic guide - literally what it says it is.

graphic design and editing shiz

• photopea - adobe photoshop but free and in your browser.

colors

• css drive color palette generator - upload an image and get a color palette based on it, plus its hex codes.
• coolors - another color generating site.

fonts

• the old school pc font resource - literally what the name is.
• velvetyne - free and open-source fonts. all are pretty unique too.
• disaster fonts - free sci-fi inspired fonts.

free images

• unsplash - free stock images without watermarks.

sound

• tree.fm - lets you listen to the sounds of different forests around the world.
• tabletop audio - long loopable ambient noise tracks for every imaginable setting.

fun websites!

• neal.fun
• neocities - the creative side of the internet! also a place to avoid the corporate bs of mainstream sites.

games

• a better world - gives you a chance to rewrite history.
• metaflora - metazooa but with plants.
• metazooa - guess a mystery animal daily using its taxonomic rank, which is revealed more every time you attempt!

tech

• ninite - install all of your programs in one go if you have a new pc.

coding

• mdn web docs - well-written guides for html, css, and javascript.

gets me out of a hellhole

• &udm=14 - ai-free google search!
• breezewiki - site that removes all the ads, popups, quizzes, autoplays, etc. from fandom (finally!)
• terms of service, didn’t read - website (also has an addon) that streamlines the terms of service of popular web services

jumping beyond the fence

• 12ft.io - bypasses paywalls except for a handful of popular sites.
• printfriendly - literally designed to make sites print-friendly, so it works.

media

• figcat - repository of lists of creative works.

films

• the international fairy-tale filmography - extensive list of fairy tale film adaptations.

streaming

• sflix - movie and show streaming.
• bflix - movie and show streaming.
• fsharetv - classic movies online.

download

• cobalt - a web tool that makes it easier to download content from the internet.

writing

• arcadia's world building checklist - very extensive world building questionnaire, but also keeps things believable.

language learning

• listening practice - this site was created to help language learners improve their listening comprehension and understand native speakers better.

mushrooms

• mushroom expert - learn about mushrooms!

fashion

• a doc full of historical fashion references and resources

indie web / neocities

• blinkies.cafe - build a blinkie!
• 90's cursor effects - a funky cursor for your website with its code provided.