Around 2019, I had become politically apathetic and nihilistic. After reading some feel-good article about a successful charity drive on a mainstream news site, I decided to dig deeper into this phenomenon. I found this piece on why crowdfunding sucks. It even critiqued the industry I used to work in. Jacobin was the first media outlet that was current and took positions I agreed with, and I've been hooked ever since. Their online articles are incredibly informative, which is invaluable when today's news present information through neoliberal and conservative lenses.
The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) is a good resource if you’re feeling dissatisfied at your job. (I suggest their freebies, like the tri-fold brochure.) Their material is easy to read and understand. Though they’re American, their information about organizing and labour unions are useful for any workplace.
https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/
It's satirical, but it tapped into a frustration I didn't know I had for many years.
https://www.letcashierssit.ca/
I wish this was also satire, but it's not. In Canada, cashiers don't have a right to sit while working.
I wouldn't have ended up on Neocities without Yesterweb's info. While I'm not particularly fond of nostalgia, I think many of Yesterweb's ideas are worth reading about for yourself. I suggest skimming, as their site has become very dense over the years.
https://userstyles.world/style/3061/jacobin-night
To a non-coder, this dark theme for the Jacobin website makes me look way more competent at CSS than I actually am. To anyone with a modicum of CSS knowledge, it will expose me as a total amateur. I made the theme because Firefox's Dark Reader extension didn't look great on Jacobin, and I need Dark Mode to reduce the effects eye floaters have on me. I also wrote a similar theme for Canadian Dimension.
(I used to post my work on SoundCloud.) Yeah, okay! I write and produce music like everyone else seems to do nowadays. I accepted long ago that I'll never have access to professional-grade equipment, let alone instruments or modern software. But really, the reality that I'm neither a musical nor technical genius is probably the main reason for my lack of success. Still, I create because I must.