Hello, happy Friday! Some links for y’all:
Crafts & Hobbies
Here’s a bunch of really artsy, really cute witchy/pagan printables including coloring pages, grimoire pages, and idea lists.
And here’s a typeface for people who love to knit— and it doubles as a pattern, too!
Pride Radio Network, which is “a multi-mode amateur radio repeater network created by and for the members of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies.”
Zines & Books
Some intriguing zines I found recently:
- For An Anarchist Radio Relay League (PDF direct link)
- SASS Witchcraft Zine (“secular, agnostic/atheist, skeptical, and science-seeking”)
- Collection of fanzines from nonasuch on Tumblr
- Free digital zines from Alexa Kari on various topics, including one about museum controversies!
Also ZineMap.com which has zine libraries, stores that sell zines, etc. listed in an easy-to-use directory.
Internet Culture, etc.
Sacha Judd writes about how the internet is broken for groups/communities, not just individual users. She didn’t mention forums at all, BUT they have everything needed for a vibrant community space except the problem is cost: hosting, plus time/emotion/effort for moderators to keep things running. One reason Discord has taken off for fan groups is because it’s free, you can do mod things, you can search for history more or less, and so on. It’s basically like a slightly shittier forum mixed with IRC. Anyway…
Streetpass for Mastodon — a fun browser extension where it automatically finds Mastodon accounts for websites you visit. It’s a spin off the Nintendo 3DS’ StreetPass feature!
A short but informative video presentation about ReclaimTech, a community movement away from corporate web/social media. Here’s their main website which has more info and resource links.
Here’s a little thing about the downsides of open source software licenses (h/t alisx).
Two modes of Internet use by Tracy Durnell:
I’ve found my relationships are healthier when I keep my offline-first relationships offline (e.g. not following each other on Facebook or Instagram) — following someone’s Instagram makes it feel like I know what’s going on with them without interacting. Following offline friends on social media can reduce what used to be normal friendships into parasocial relationships.
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I suspect bringing offline relationships online is responsible for a lot of the loneliness people feel — social media looks like you have all these friends… but no one you could ask to feed your cat while you’re away, because one-to-many broadcasting replaced direct interactions 😿 Essentially, the offline relationship became an online one.
US Politics
“Former library director awarded $700,000 after she was fired for refusing to remove LGBTQ+ books” — yay!
Need more stuff to read? I’ve compiled all previous linkspam posts here on my website, or you can explore the linkspam tag to find more.