The Internet Is Beautiful

Who would have thought that an eerie and creepy 3D chatroom game from the 90s, Worlds Chat, would still be somewhat active? We are so lucky that we can find out more about all of its internet mysteries from the past! Thus, let's explore it, and see if we can unearth anything about its famous urban legends!

From Tom Scott's newsletter. The associated blog post: https://kendraalbert.com/2025/07/21/lawyer-letters-without-lawyers.html

Its r/place but with text.

drawducks.com you can go there and draw a little duck and then let it waddle around in a global pool full of other users ducks. Oh and you can click the duck and make it go Quack!

Also, very important, if you click a duck to make it go Quack, surrounding ducks will quack back, and I just think that's neat.

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/30377150

Not a rant. Not nostalgia. Just a quiet piece that made me feel something. It doesn’t try to fix anything, it just notices what’s missing. This article made the silence feel honest.

From the description:

The year is 1518. Mexico-Tenochtitlan, once an unassuming settlement in the middle of Lake Texcoco, now a bustling metropolis. It is the capital of an empire ruling over, and receiving tribute from, more than 5 million people. Tenochtitlan is home to 200.000 farmers, artisans, merchants, soldiers, priests and aristocrats. At this time, it is one of the largest cities in the world.

Today, we call this city Ciudad de Mexico - Mexico City.

Not much is left of the old Aztec - or Mexica - capital Tenochtitlan. What did this city, raised from the lake bed by hand, look like? Using historical and archeological sources, and the expertise of many, I have tried to faithfully bring this iconic city to life.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/61243209

!UnlockedGames@lemm.ee

A few preserved iPhone games or something (I think). These are, apparently, an archive of unsupported versions of popular games on phones, which are no longer available on the App Stores. They run inside the browser. These are NOT pirated, if media IS for sale then please support those who make games before resorting to what is legally defined as theft.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/36251775

"The Landsat series of satellites has been observing Earth for over 50 years, collecting breathtaking imagery and invaluable data used to study our planet’s changing surface.

With a new online interactive, users can type in their name, then view and export the graphic of that name spelled out in Earth features found in Landsat images."

Find new ways to tease yourr friends

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/2691534

Somebody built a chatGPT powerded calculator as a joke

https://github.com/Calvin-LL/CalcGPT.io

TODO: Add blockchain into this somehow to make it more stupid.

free bionic reading script (english, requires tampermonkey, as other plugins need manual enabling)

I wanted to create something to scroll through on the train that was a bit more wholesome than social media, so I created an online library with all of the classic short stories for quick reading. Hoping other people find it useful too.

I just found this website and love the vibe of it.

Also: which is similar. mentioned it before. Why are my links not working :(