73pctgeek / #weekly-links

https://hamatti.org/posts/double-check-your-websites-alt-texts-with-a-bookmarklet/

Before you publish a page, run this bookmarklet and you’ll easily visualise what your alt text situation is and what needs fixing.

https://www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses/full-catalogue

Browse hundreds of free short courses written by Open University academics. Study at your own pace and earn digital badges and certificates.

https://kalapaint.app/index.php

Kala Paint - Painting software built by painters for painters. One-time purchase. No subscription.

https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/SteamHardware/SteamFrame

Public Steam Frame CAD and Electrical References

https://www.britishmuseum.org/bayeux-tapestry-online-experience

Follow the story and discover the people, places and events of 1066 and the Battle of Hastings. Made for young learners, open to all.

https://nappy.co/

Beautiful photos of Black and Brown people, for free. For commercial and personal use.

https://blog.wafflepatterns.com/post/829812089750192128/flattemplate

ALTFree fashion flat templates! I use often flat templates for designing garments / sewing patterns. It helps a lot for planning. And sketching is really fun! A lot of free templates are on the...

https://dontcookthat.com/

Peacock roasted in its own feathers. Beer made of sulphuric acid. Bread leavened with hydrochloric acid. 144 recipes printed in earnest in real cookbooks between 1831 and 1929. Please do not make any of them.

https://stephango.com/flexoki

An inky color scheme for prose and code.

https://spectrolite.app/

https://tintero.app/

Write novels, theses, lecture notes or screenplays in one app, synced across phone, desktop and browser. Worldbuilding built in. Free offline, forever.

https://github.com/JimmXinu/FanFicFare

FanFicFare is a tool for making eBooks from stories on fanfiction and other web sites. - SupportedSites · JimmXinu/FanFicFare Wiki

https://wadjeteyegames.com/games/nighthawks/

Six months ago, you died and were reborn. A vampire. A predator. Not a mere creature of the night, but one of its masters. At least, that’s how things were supposed to be. Unfortunately, the world has changed. The secret is out. Vampires have finally been exposed, and though your existence is tolerated, your new thirst is

https://steamcommunity.com/app/3949040

RV There Yet? - A co-op adventure about driving your Recreational Vehicle home.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/30/secret-lives-of-men-who-read-romance-books

It’s often assumed straight men are not interested in romantic fiction – but many are sharing their passion in forums online

https://labmuffin.com/how-to-spot-ai-science-slop/

AI-generated science content is super prone to factual errors. Here's how to spot it… Lots of typos and grammatical errors used to signal that something wasn’…

https://labmuffin.com/why-you-cant-trust-ai-chatbots-for-science/

Lazy AI-generated content is everywhere now. Unfortunately, AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini aren't reliable for factual content…

https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-447

Hello, we have very unusual Friday facts for you.

https://katamari.andrew-boylan.com/

Browse, preview, and download textured object models from Katamari Damacy and We Love Katamari.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4019220/Dressmaker/

Become a dressmaker! Choose fabric, cut out patterns, and sew them all together to satisfy (or sabotage!) townsfolk in this cozy crafting game inspired by real dressmaking.

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/21l-011-the-film-experience-fall-2013/

This course concentrates on close analysis and criticism of a wide range of films, from the early silent period, classic Hollywood genres including musicals, thrillers and westerns, and European and Japanese art cinema. It explores the work of Griffith, Chaplin, Keaton, Capra, Hawks, Hitchcock, Altman, Renoir, DeSica, and Kurosawa. Through comparative reading of films from different eras and countries, students develop the skills to turn their in-depth analyses into interpretations and explore theoretical issues related to spectatorship.

https://glazy.org/

Glazy is a free, open-source library of ceramic glaze recipes and materials. Browse thousands of glazes, search by chemistry, and share your own recipes.

https://www.thorsten-voice.de/

https://github.com/thorstenMueller/Thorsten-Voice

Thorsten-Voice: A free to use, offline working, high quality german TTS voice should be available for every project without any license struggling. - thorstenMueller/Thorsten-Voice

https://fedidevs.com/s/MTA2OA/

FOSS apps, projects, and services with accounts on the Fediverse that do NOT use AI, LLMs, Claude, vibe coding, etc. #NeverSlop

https://archive.ph/F1Tbl#selection-8127.0-8127.63

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/books/review/anne-rice-interview-with-the-vampire-50th-anniversary.html

On the novel’s 50th anniversary, her son, the novelist Christopher Rice, looks at the story behind the story.

https://developer.apple.com/accessories/dimensional-drawings/

Download dimensional drawings and technical specifications.

https://themorningnews.org/annie-dillard-and-the-writing-life/

An online magazine, published weekdays.

https://www.businessinsider.com/bryan-johnson-kate-tolo-relationship-love-story-2026-9

Bryan Johnson and Kate Tolo are lovers, cofounders, and human experiments trying to engineer a future where people and AI evolve together.