Weekly Links 26-29

PaperTexture.co — Some lovely art surfaces available here, both free and paid. Tools and Techniques of Show Card Writing (Substack) — Blog post by artist James Gurney (Dinotopia). clipart studio — Make collages using the power of the Internet Archive. Very cool. Worse on Purpose — Investigation into the enshittification of brands. Pair with The Brand Ledger Which are still trustworthy, which aren't. The greatest Norwegian — Fun read about Harald Hardråde, vaguely relevant due to the NOR-ENG FIFA match. History repeating and all that. Hardcore IndieWeb — Encouraging and explanatory post by Adam Newbold (omg.lol) detailing how to get your own little independent website up and running for very little money indeed! Links found via my RSS feeds, Mastodon, The Browser, and general internetting. Weekly links are also bookmarked on MyMarks