The Night Feeling
Similar to r/LiminalSpaces, this subreddit is full of atmosphere and nostalgia.
EcoGPT - Sustainable AI Chat That Plants Trees
Apparently this is supposed to be a wholesome AI option? Let's see how that plays...
/r/MealTimeVideos : Click and Consume
I've found some fascinating, educational gems on /r/mealtimevideos. I think I found the user Every Frame A Painting through this subreddit! Excellent bite-sized videos that you can sort/filter by duration (I like 20-30 minutes but some 1-hour ones are great).
NEOTROPOLIS
I just discovered this annual spring event in the Mojave desert in California, Neotropolis, through posts on /r/cyberpunk - it's basically a ren fair only cyberpunk. I would LOVE to attend. Gotta keep my eye out for when volunteer and/or tickets open up for 2027.
No Trace Project
For rebels ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Choosing a Password Manager
Really helpful for my program in the fall during October 2026's Cybersecurity Month
Resource Hub | Programming Librarian
Very appreciated resource hub for librarians that run programs.
Databases
UIUC databases A-Z, my favorite reference point as an MSLIS student right now.
A Soft Murmur
Lovely little webapp for storm sounds (and a few other profiles like coffee shop, bookstore, etc)
Interactive presentation & audience engagement tool - Mentimeter
A professor at UIUC used this tool & I loved it! Mentimeter will be the basis of one of my upcoming tech ed classes soon called 'Symbols of Technology' where participants will goof around trying to guess various popular and common technology symbols.
Current Accessibility Tools – Accessible IT Group
Additional accessibility tools created by UIUC
Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools List
W3C a list of tools to assist webdevs in making sure they're compliant.
Prison Library Support Network
An abolitionist, information-based collective that aims to build resource networks that support incarcerated people.
NetGalley Home
ARCs 👀
Accessibility Bookmarklets
Bookmarklets : Highlight accessibility features of web pages
Webamp • Winamp in your browser
The nostalgia of winamp in your browser, webamp.
We oppose DRM. | Defective by Design
7digital United States | High quality DRM-free MP3 music downloads
Based in London, UK (hence the us.7digital link), this company offers a lot of DRM-free popular music.
Bandcamp
"All of the files you download on Bandcamp are 100% DRM-free." 👀 #DownWithDRM HQ is London, UK.
AudiobooksNow
Apparently, only 2% of this site's audiobooks are DRM protected; everything else is on the promise that your purchase is for personal, noncommercial use. Love this! Its own type of physical media (data is an infinitesimal piece of rock but it exists!). HQ is in Virginia, US.
Rome2Rio
Rome2Rio is questionable on local or state-wide stuff in the U.S. midwest, but fantastic (read: better than Google Maps) for international traveling. Based in Australia, so perhaps their regional stuff in Australia is on point (that would make sense).
Ye Olde Blogroll - Because blogs are the soul of the web
😍 A treasure trove / rabbit hole of the independent Internet 🫶
Welcome to Open Library | Open Library
Gotta explore this site once I'm done researching for my rare books class right now!
Archive-It
Hosted by archive.org, Archive-IT is "The leading service for preserving and accessing digital cultural heritage" for institutions (government, academic, etc.)
Stuart Semple: Official Homepage | Official website of the British contemporary artist
Every Frame a Painting
Taylor & Tony are gone again! Thanks for watching!
We returned in late 2024 for a limited series featuring brand new video essays, followed by a short film – "The Second," starring Paul Sun-Hyung Lee & Ethan Hwang.
The original "Every Frame a Painting" was a series of video essays about film form, made from April 2014 to September 2016. We officially announced the end of the channel in December 2017. Nothing sinister, we just felt it was time. This post explains it all:
https://medium.com/@tonyszhou/postmortem-1b338537fabc
Smithsonian Open Access
Treasure trove of public domain scans of art and literature steeped in history.
Radiooooo
Similar to radio.garden but DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS!
Z-Library Project - Download Free books and Articles
I've never used this site, known as a 'shadow library' bc my academic & public libraries have access to these sources & better to give them those traffic stats. But if you're desperate & the final's due at midnight, I get it.
LibriVox | free public domain audiobooks
This is so cool that there's public domain audiobooks out there.