cool links 12 - blog discovery, tech, making music, darwin's tubercle
Last 'cool links' post was in July! I really dropped off there for a while. What I read or watched worth sharing since last time (that I didn't lose sight of): Reply via email Published 23 Dec, 2025 Sortition Social - a community RSS feed reader. Every day, a random feed is selected from our database and added to the timeline. After seven days, the feed falls off the end of the timeline and is replaced by a new one at the top. The timeline always shows the latest entries from the feeds it features. SearchMySite - Search engine for user-submitted personal and independent websites. RawWeb - Search personal websites! James' Indieweb Search - Another way to search! The Interface Drama Master List - List of games that use interfaces in the story, like terminals, phones and desktops. I love these sort of games; I have played Secret Little Haven, A Normal Lost Phone, Needy Streamer Overload, Emily is Away, Pockedate and more :) List of OSINT exercises - in case you want to train your OSINT skills. (OSINT = Open Source Intelligence; the process of gathering and analyzing publicly available information) You Have To Live Your Life - Covid19 information and counterarguments to common fallacies about spreading infection, not masking etc. The Nerd Reich - Articles about the intersection of right wing extremism and tech. The Prodigial Techbro - A piece about not forgiving ex-techbros on their redemption arc too easily. The EU can be shut down with a few keystrokes - Discussing how much the EU and even its government institutions rely on US tech that could be taken away any second. I Miss Choices - A blog post about missing the variety of design choices and niches in products as everything starts to look the same. The Left Has Failed Animals - Animal rights have always been part of leftism, but have recently played less of a role than it should. Strudel and Nudel - writing music together, without an account, in the browser via code :) Melon's Post Office - free option to send newsletters for MelonLand members. Darwin's tubercle - Wikipedia article about a little thickening on your helix. I have this, and never knew it had a name! Open Printer - Open hardware printer. 40 Questions - Good for the new year around the corner! Questions to ask yourself each year.
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