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Links to useful resources around the web.















Liberapay Monetization Paywall
https://liberapay.com/ People who contribute to the commons need you to support their work. Building free software, spreading free knowledge, these things take time and cost money, not only to do the initial work, but also to maintain it over time. Liberapay’s recurrent donations system is designed to provide a stable […]

Liberapay Creator Monetization Paywall




History.gov History Hub Archive
https://historyhub.history.gov/welcome A support community managed by the National Archives for researchers, citizen historians, archival professionals, and open government advocates What is History Hub? History Hub is a crowdsourcing platform sponsored by the National Archives. It is a place to ask questions, share information, work together, and find people based on […]

History.gov History Hub Archive















https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law Goodhart’s law is an adage named after economist Charles Goodhart, which has been phrased by Marilyn Strathern as “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.” One way in which this can occur is individuals trying to anticipate the effect of a policy and […]

Goodhart’s Law




Just the News
https://justthenews.com/ JusttheNews.com is committed to just reporting facts from journalists with a long record of public trust and excellence. In an era where opinion and supposition are too often substituted for fact and where journalists rush to get things first and hope their stories are correct, JusttheNews.com tries to stand […]

Just the News


TUDelft Open CourseWare MOOC
https://ocw.tudelft.nl/programs/ “OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a free and open digital publication of high quality university‐level educational materials… Delft University of Technology has joined the Open Education Consortium in offering the world free access to certain course content online. TU Delft OpenCourseWare (OCW) seeks to capitalize on the potential of the internet […]

TUDelft Open Courseware







Information is Beautiful Infographics
https://informationisbeautiful.net/ Data, information, knowledge: we distill it into beautiful, useful graphics & diagrams. Founded by David McCandless, author of two bestselling infographics books, Information is Beautiful is dedicated to helping you make clearer, more informed decisions about the world. All our visualizations are based on facts & data: constantly updated, […]

Information is Beautiful Infographics













4th Amendment to the US Constitution
The fourth amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the […]

4th Amendment to the US Constitution




Source: Freedom of the Press Foundation Freedom of the Press Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to helping support and defend public-interest journalism focused on exposing mismanagement, corruption, and law-breaking in government. We accept tax-deductible donations to a variety of journalism organizations that push for transparency and accountability, and […]

Freedom of the Press Foundation




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mausoleum_of_the_First_Qin_Emperor The first fragments of warriors and bronze arrowheads were discovered by Yang Zhifa, his five brothers, and Wang Puzhi who were digging a well in March 1974 in Xiyang, a village of the Lintong county.[15][16] At a depth of around two meters, they found hardened dirt, then red earthenware, […]

Terracotta Warriors




Nassim Taleb's Fooled By Randomness
https://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/ Author of the INCERTO a philosophical and practical essay on uncertainty (Skin In the Game, Antifragile, The Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness, and The Bed of Procrustes), a (so far) 5-volume”investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk,and decision making when we don’t understand the world, expressed in […]

Nassim Taleb’s Fooled By Randomness






100 Emergency Items
Source: Tess Pennington @ LewRockwell Do you ever wonder if a major emergency situation occurred what would disappear first? Due to the overwhelming nature of prepping for a emergency situation, many do not know where to even begin, let alone think of emergency situations they would need to prepare for. […]

Prepper Items List


Surveillance Self-Defense Security Starter Pack
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or […]

Surveillance Self-Defense Security Starter Pack






ProtonMail Encrypted Email
https://protonmail.com/ Swiss PrivacyData Security and NeutralityProtonMail is incorporated in Switzerland and all our servers are located in Switzerland. This means all user data is protected by strict Swiss privacy laws. End-to-End EncryptionAutomatic Email SecurityAll emails are secured automatically with end-to-end encryption. This means even we cannot decrypt and read your […]

ProtonMail Encrypted Email





National Archives Catalog
https://catalog.archives.gov/ The National Archives Catalog lets the staff and public search multiple National Archives resources at once. The catalog searches across archival descriptions, digitized and electronic records, authority records, and web pages from Archives.gov and the Presidential Libraries. The catalog also allows the public to participate in cataloging records by […]

National Archives Catalog







United States Constitution
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=United_States_Constitution We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United […]

United States Constitution










Know Your Meme History
https://knowyourmeme.com/ Know Your Meme is a site that researches and documents Internet memes and viral phenomena. Founded in December of 2008, Know Your Meme’s research is handled by an independent professional editorial and research staff and community members. In three years of its existence, the site grew to reach more […]

Know Your Meme History






Seven Lesser Known Classical Liberal Thinkers
1. Herbert Spencer Recommended reading: Social Statics A polymath, Herbert Spencer was originally known for his writing on biology. He coined the phrase “survival of the fittest,” used to describe the process of natural selection. Spencer rose to prominence by extending the lessons of biological evolution to politics and sociology. […]

7 Lesser-Known Classical Liberal Thinkers







Consortium News
https://consortiumnews.com/ When we founded Consortiumnews.com in 1995 – as the first investigative news magazine based on the Internet – there was already a crisis building in the U.S. news media. The mainstream media was falling into a pattern of groupthink on issue after issue, often ignoring important factual information because […]

Consortium News





Mozu Tombs, Japan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozu_Tombs The Mozu Tombs (百舌鳥古墳群, Mozu kofungun) are a group of megalithic tombs in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Originally consisting of more than 100 tombs, only less than 50% of the key-hole, round and rectangular tombs remain.

Mozu Tombs Japan




Code Academy Free Coding Lessons
https://www.codecademy.com/catalog/subject/all About Codecademy Codecademy is an education company. But not one in the way you might think. We’re committed to building the best learning experience inside and out, making Codecademy the best place for our team to learn, teach, and create the online learning experience of the future. Education is […]

Code Academy Free Coding Lessons







Mount Fuji Japan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Fuji Mount Fuji (富士山, Fujisan, IPA: [ɸɯꜜ(d)ʑisaɴ] (About this soundlisten)), located on the island of Honshū, is the highest mountain in Japan, standing 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft). It is also the second-highest volcano located on an island in Asia (after Mount Kerinci in Sumatra), and seventh-highest peak of an island […]

Mount Fuji Japan















Seowon Korea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seowon Seowon (Korean: 서원; Hanja: 書院) were the most common educational institutions of Korea during the mid- to late Joseon Dynasty. They were private institutions, and combined the functions of a Confucian shrine and a preparatory school. In educational terms, the seowon were primarily occupied with preparing students for the […]

Seowon Korea