natural world
mountain gardens on youtube - videos from the late joe hollis talking about all kinds of things related to herbalism. mountain gardens is an incredible botanical garden in burnsville, NC. they host workshops, classes and plant walks. these videos are awesome if you're trying to get into gardening/herbalism.
guovdageaidnu nature center - this is the website for the guovdageaidnu nature center in norway. the website is in sami and norwegian but there's some english sections translated.
eflora - a really nice collection of notes and info on plants
paleo planet - primitive tech forum
international wolf center - official website for the international wolf center, an organization dedicated to educating about wolves.
national weather service - pretty much all of the well-known sources for getting weather are plagued with ads and unrelated content. going right to the NWS website gives you everything you need without malicious ads.
K3R7WX - weather for southwest louisiana. i just like the way this site looks with all the different models.
longleaf alliance - learn about conservation for one of my favorite trees
restore kuwohi - a website advocating for the restoration of Mt. Kuwohi's name (also known as cligman's dome). it's one of the most beautiful places you can see in the smoky mountains and has great significance to the cherokee nation. it's one of many places in america (not to mention the whole world) that needs its original indigenous name restored.
NOAA satellite and information service - the satellite products and services division of the national environmental satellite, data, and information service (NESDIS) provides real time access to satellite data and products for the public and government.
clear dark sky - a resource to view cloud coverage forecasts. you can browse a number of charts on the website.
NCSU extension gardener plant toolbox - i LOVE this site. comprehensive guides to identifying native and invasive plants in NC!! its such a great resource if you live here.
resources
indylan - the indylan project is devoted to preserving endangered indigenous languages. you can download their app on android or iOS. currently they offer kernewek (cornish), davvisámegiella (northern sami), scots, gàidhlig (gaelic), euskera (basque) and gallego (galician).
giellatekno - website for giellatekno, the research group for saami language technology
mother tongues - an app dedicated to language revitalization
folkworld - there's lots of stuff in here about different cultures and their music, mythology and histories.
freemidi - exactly what the title says.. free midi files...
erowid - erowid provides education about psychoactives (im not condoning anything)
webamp skin museum - a collection of winamp skins in an easy to browse layout.
rigpix database - really cool website dedicated to documenting different radios with photos and detailed info.
abelian - a website where you can listen to live VLF (very low frequency) band recordings from around the world
websdr - "A WebSDR is a Software-Defined Radio receiver connected to the internet, allowing many listeners to listen and tune it simultaneously. SDR technology makes it possible that all listeners tune independently, and thus listen to different signals; this is in contrast to the many classical receivers that are already available via the internet."
ceolas - a really great resource for celtic music and dance
foxfire - the foxfire museum teaches about the history and culture of appalachia through classes & events and their classic books. even if you can't visit the museum, i still really recommend the books
misc
rate your music - this is my favorite place to find new music
say no to web3 - read it
sso comics by elli - elli makes really cute comics for the game star stable online
meatspace - explore the meatspace
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