Web links
This page is mostly for http resources - however I also share my collected gemini bookmarks here:
Things I self-host:
Akkoma - highly configurable ActivityPub server software with low resource requirements and very low bandwidth use by default.
tootik - ActivityPub server with a Gemini frontend.
Miniflux - minimalist RSS feed reader.
GmCapsule - Gemini server written by SkyJake.
Pi-Hole - An ad-blocker for your whole network that can easily be run on a ~1-watt computer, e.g. pi zero or equivalent
Matrix - encrypted messaging, group chat, video calls, etc
Blogs/resources I like:
FreeFediverse.org - a repository of essays, articles, and other resources for those who want to maintain a fediverse free from surveillance capitalism.
ooh.directory - directory of over 2,000 awesome blogs.
The Luddite - an anticapitalist tech blog.
Destructured blog by L. Rhodes - how we shape online spaces, and how online spaces shape us.
The Nexus of Privacy - tech policy, online safety, the fediverse.
Blood in the Machine - Brian Merchant's blog (substack)
Pivot To AI - prominent cryptocurrency critic David Gerard points and laughs at the grifters pumping the AI hype bubble
Sustainable computing:
Low-tech Magazine - a magazine (with a solar powered website) that focuses on sustainable practices and technologies.
GerryMcGovern.com - contains the full text of Gerry's book World Wide Waste.
Designing Friction (short essay) - "a call for friction in digital culture"
Branch Magazine - magazine about sustainable technology
Website Carbon Calculator - estimates the carbon emissions of a webpage.
Podcasts:
Tech Won't Save Us - Paris Marx interviews guests thinking deeply about the effects of technologies on society.
This Machine Kills - Edward Ongweso Jr & Jathan Sadowski critique tech from a materialist perspective.
Better Offline - Ed Zitron rants angrily (and entertainingly!) about the tech industry's 'rot economy'
Web Search:
SearchMySite.net - curated search engine for the indieweb & small web.
Marginalia.nu - aims to be a search engine for the small web, ephemera, and the weird.
SearXNG - configurable search aggregator. I currently use this as my main web search.
Wiby - search engine that indexes simple, light websites (i.e., minimal CSS/JavaScript)