DIY Links

In the old days we linked to cool websites. This links page is different. Everything linked here is an independent creator, organisation or charity that I support financially because they do amazing stuff.

Creators

The Blindboy Podcast (via Patreon) – creating the best possible podcast.

Benn Jordan (via Patreon) – creating amazing videos

Alexander Proukodine (via Patreon) – running Libre Arts

Laurent Cozic (via Patreon) – maintaining the Joplin Notes app

Scroobius Pip (via Patreon) – creating another amazing podcast

I also buy plenty of music, much of that is on my Bandcamp collection page.

Community & Small Business

Lost Map Records (via Postmap Club) – a record label based on a Scottish island

The Manchester Mill (via Substack, sorry) – the local journalism that Manchester deserves

Mastodon.art (via Patreon) – a social media platform

Jellyfin (via Opencollective) – a home media server

postmarketOS (via Opencollective) – bringing real open source software to smartphones

Bitwig – makers of Bitwig Studio, one of the few pro audio companies who provide first-class support for Linux . (See also: u-he, Loomer, Modartt, and Audio Damage).

Web services: Pinboard.in (storing and archiving my web bookmarks, when it works), and Feedbin – an RSS feed reader (remember those?).

Charity

Médicos Sin Fronteras – doing something at least