You don’t need Discord for plain text chat. IRC gets the job done just fine, costs less than a “server boost” to run, and puts you firmly in the driver’s seat (especially where privacy is concerned). And you also get to run a real server, not whatever it is that Discord considers a “server”, which is definitely not a server.
There are countless reasons to run an IRC server today, ranging from having a space for casual fun chat with friends to organizing communities or collaborating on massive projects. IRC is simple, lightweight, easy to use, and completely free and open technology.
Ready to take the leap? Let’s go!
Discourse is a super nice, extremely robust, highly capable platform that can support the needs of many types of communities. You can think of it as an incredibly flexible (and infinitely customizable) forum that ships with very nice chat capabilities. It’s a compelling option for communities that can no longer tolerate Discord’s privacy or safety issues, or for those who are just tired of seeing those goddamned Nitro advertisements all over the place.
That’s where the SDC comes in. Through a rigorous editorial and interdisciplinary research process with law schools and practitioners from across the country in several disciplines, the SDC provides concrete ways for communities to amend development codes and adapt to changes as they occur. The SDC aims to help all local governments, regardless of size and budget, build more resilient, environmentally conscious, economically secure and socially equitable communities.
Bandcamp Fridays will continue throughout 2026—check out the dates below, and mark your calendars:
March 6th
May 1st
August 7th
September 4th
October 2nd
November 6th
December 4th
Last month, FLEUR! finally released their debut album ‘Fleur Fleur FLEUR!’. Its 11 tracks perfectly document the band’s carefree attitude and growth as songwriters while also proudly embracing their roots in ’60s pop and rock music.
The rabid adherents of AI – not those who feel compelled to use it for work, but the ones who won’t shut the fuck up about it – are too blinkered, greedy, or ignorant to see the writing on the wall. They do not love computers; maybe they never did.
How can I express the joy, the peace, the love of sharing time in this community? The riches of living with so little, sharing the daily life and chores, the gifts of laughter and work. You might think this way of life is such a struggle, a difficult life, and feel the urge to want to give things, to make life easier. Yet Kunzes and I both agree that we are the ones who are rich, that we have such a precious life, making do with what we have, working together for what we need, not desiring more. We are the ones who feel we have all we need, rich beyond measure, and wanting to share this with you…
This is a broad, non-sectarian, archive of print-ready (imposed) zines to stock your anarchist infoshop or distro project. We were huge fans of the long dead zinelibrary.net.
The War on Cars is is a podcast that delivers news and commentary on the latest developments in the worldwide fight to undo a century’s worth of damage wrought by the automobile, approaching the topic from all angles, from politics to pop culture.
Email's unread count means something specific: these are messages from real people who wrote to you and are, in some cases, actively waiting for your response. The number isn't neutral information. It's a measure of social debt.
But when we applied that same visual language to RSS (the unread counts, the bold text for new items, the sense of a backlog accumulating) we imported the anxiety without the cause.
300 beautiful, high res photos of the ocean for you to use as art reference, desktop wallpapers, or to just browse through and enjoy! Some are only waves, some are waves crashing on rocks, some have buildings, some have natural scenery - there's a variety, and a variety of weather conditions and lighting.
Welcome to Searchable Sea Literature, a free online resource devoted to works by North American authors who write about the ocean. These works include fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and plays.
This work is meant to act as a guide further explaining the syntax and semantics of our Jedi Conlang Dai Bendu .
We, ghostwriterofthemachine and loosingletters, have decided to make a working conlang for the Jedi, incorporating their philosophy and culture, based on the three words we have of Dai Bendu in canon.
I love fannish nerd stuff!
However, there are also widely-used hashtags which you may not be aware of as they use unusual portmanteau words or phrases. Here is an attempt to list some of them
A really helpful list because it's not always obvious how to find community-centered events/tags/etc. when you're just browsing on Mastodon
Generate GPX and KMZ files from your Google Maps saved places to import as bookmarks in CoMaps, or use anywhere you'd like. This tool generates everything locally in your browser and does not upload any data.
Annual Fanfiction Challenge - All fandoms. All ships. No judgment. No signups. No obligations. No requirements to comment (unless you want to - it’s nice!) Reporting based on the honour system (no one is going to check your work) Prize badges for Regular/Hard/Extreme Levels and one for Participation too! You’ll be reading fanfic anyway (don’t lie to yourself), so why not feel even more like you’re accomplishing something?
This site is intended as a safe, easy-to-use way to search and browse the PeerTube network. Accounts are only listed here if they are run responsibly and create good videos. Anything involving bigotry, conspiracy theories, NSFW or junk content is not allowed.
Little Webby Press is a tool to build books and websites from a manuscript folder. You write your book on your computer. There is no back-end service involved, the book generation happens locally. It is all done in your browser. At the end of it, you’ll have two zip files, one containing your book in EPUB3 non-DRM format and another with the HTML for a website.
"Bunnyrom" is the name given by the virtual pet collecting community to the software that is found on countless cheap virtual pets. The name comes from the recognizable bunny sprite which is the first character and often appears on product listings. Their more official name is Jia Yuan.
Also recognizable as the 168-in-1 pet, they come in many shapes and sizes but always have the exact same programming. They're sold and packaged under many names like Cyber Pet, Digi Pet, or some even claim to be Tamagotchi Connections. They're easy to find on sites like AliExpress and eBay, but manage to show up in physical stores and gift shops as well.
The origin of this pet software is unclear as there is no information about who made it or where it originated, but they seem to have been around since the Connection era of Tamagotchis (circa. 2005) and apparently lifted all of their menu icons from them. The characters on the device also include recognizable faces from various well-known franchises like Spongebob, Digimon, and One Piece.
Welcome! This website is all about the Aurebesh, the 'alphabet' from a galaxy far, far away. Here, you will learn to read, translate and write in this fictional writing system.
If you want to learn more about the Aurebesh, how to use this website, or how to install Aurebesh on your own computer, keep reading. Otherwise, jump right in by selecting an Aurebesh trainer from the menu: 'Read Aurebesh' and 'Write Aurebesh' will teach you to read and write in Aurebesh in no time. You can also use the translator to instantly transform any text to Aurebesh.
I love conlangs!!