Tradwives Are the Harbinger of Systemic Breakdown – Kristin R. Ghodsee (Everyday Utopia) explores the darker elements of the Tradwife phenomenon, and how it is being informed by our current political and economic context. “AI will soon eliminate many jobs. There is a pressing need to prevent high unemployment that could cause social chaos. Promoting traditional gender roles with separate spheres of work, paid labor and unpaid domestic labor, has the beautiful effect of shrinking the formal labor force when jobs are disappearing. It’s likely that some of the powerful people promoting traditional gender roles realize this.”

Homocommunist Library – I’ve been a follower of the @homocommunist Instagram account for a while now, but was unaware of the website (which, shame on me). It contains articles, ~spicy~ vintage photos, and the aforementioned library of free PDFs of canonical queer/socialist texts.

The 88×31 GIF collection – “A collection of 4540 classic 88×31 buttons from the 1990s, 2000s, and today in GIF format.” I was waxing nostalgic about this relic of 90s and aughts internet, and stumbled upon this on the first page of search results.

Manifest for the Anthropos – A thesis project on the Anthropocene and the damages humans have inflicted on the earth. Really, really love the acknowledgements section: “The design of this page was inspired by a series of self-help, alternative religion and conspiracy theory websites made in the late 90s/early 2000s. These websites are in no need of excessive design elements or conceptual references to illustrate their believes.” Here’s one of the aforementioned sites.

The Poolsuite – Not sure if this has been established yet, but I clearly have a thing for the old Mac aesthetic. This summer-vibes music experience is designed to look like a vintage Mac desktop. (Also took me a minute to realize the whole thing is spon-con for Vacation sunscreen.) Via Lucy Pham’s Websites That Look Like Desktops.

Abandoned Blogs – A somewhat poignant archive/shrine of old blogs that have been long forgotten by their previous writers. Some of these feel like stepping into a time machine or stumbling on somebody’s old diary in an attic.

Switching.Software – “Ethical, easy-to-use and privacy-conscious alternatives to well-known software.” I’ve been thinking more about switching to alternative, open-source applications and this site provides a really nice starting point for that. Via Archive of Daily Digital Disobedience

Symphony in Acid – “an interactive website promoting a track Symphony in Acid from the album Unspoken Words by Max Cooper.” Really cool text animation. Via Fuse

Archive of Daily Digital Disobedience – “The Archive of Daily Disobedience celebrates the disobedient use of technology as a creative survival code of our time.” Tips and hacks for divesting from Big Tech and its culture of surveillance. Via Rozina Aamir

Websites, Done Cheap – Affordable web design by Elijah Beaton. I love the takeout menu design.