LM.io Collection

One of the funniest little creative apps, putting together medieval 'clipart' and letters for a tapestry of your own. I've seen such great funny memes that have used this too. Brilliant project I hope the developer got their PhD with this, lol.

From the creators of GoodSearch.com! Aw I remember goodsearch 🫶 I'm using ecosia right now but this might be an excellent alternative search engine to Google (looking for search engines that don't conflate an Internet search with an AI prompt).

Space Weather sounds silly but it's real and NOAA is running it and everyone should know about this. This is the site that everyone will realize they should've been consulting when the internet apocalypse hits.

We recently had some summer stormy weather and we binged Twister and Twisters and Widows Bay and now I want a radar weather view in my homelab refreshing every 15 minutes. A spare monitor, this page, and the Firefox add-on 'Auto refresh page' c'mon now this is awesome...

This site runs the way Facebook or Nextdoor's marketplaces do, only it's a nonprofit, and it doesn't ply you with ads in the margin, and it doesn't track you (meets GDPR even though it's based in the U.S.) If you're looking for cool free stuff, check this site in your region every once in awhile.

Similar to r/LiminalSpaces, this subreddit is full of atmosphere and nostalgia.

Apparently this is supposed to be a wholesome AI option? Let's see how that plays...

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).

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.

Really helpful for my program in the fall during October 2026's Cybersecurity Month

Very appreciated resource hub for librarians that run programs.

UIUC databases A-Z, my favorite reference point as an MSLIS student right now.

Lovely little webapp for storm sounds (and a few other profiles like coffee shop, bookstore, etc)

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.

Additional accessibility tools created by UIUC

W3C a list of tools to assist webdevs in making sure they're compliant.

An abolitionist, information-based collective that aims to build resource networks that support incarcerated people.

ARCs 👀

Bookmarklets : Highlight accessibility features of web pages

The nostalgia of winamp in your browser, webamp.

Based in London, UK (hence the us.7digital link), this company offers a lot of DRM-free popular music.

"All of the files you download on Bandcamp are 100% DRM-free." 👀 #DownWithDRM HQ is London, UK.

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 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).

😍 A treasure trove / rabbit hole of the independent Internet 🫶

Gotta explore this site once I'm done researching for my rare books class right now!

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