Links to a grab-bag of places

Laura Michet's piece on using Raging Bolt as currency in Pokemon Home
Cure Dolly Japanese Textbook
A translation of The Matter of France that's been online since 1995. On par with the stories of Caesar and King Arthur in medieval times, Charlemagne's paladins have fallen a bit out of favor in recent times.
Ludicity is kind of like a modern cross between Maddox and Dilbert. Time will tell how that comparison ages.
Shmuplations is one of the best sources of translated Japanese game developer interviews.
McMaster-Carr's website, for all your home and industrial project needs. Everyone develops an instinctive knowledge of this website the minute they turn 30.
Akiyoshi Kitaoka's optical illusion page
A post about how to better use color in your wardrobe.
Wikitenauer, for when you want to learn about swordsmanship.
Game industry layoff tracker

People I post with on discord

Voltage is an old friend I met on the old let's play forums. He's a nuclear scientist and zine enthusiast. Writes a lot about video games.
Shinmera is a Lisp developer and yuri fiend. She draws great landscapes.
Rottie Dollheart is a fujo who keeps the spirit of Blingee alive.
Dieting Hippo is a Doom WAD enthusiast who does a lot of game jam games.
SysL makes a lot of good resources and tools like the browser-based gameboy camera.
RainbowCemetery is a retro game developer. She did some wild things to get Anzu Castle Gracula running as well as it does in QBasic on DOS.
Morroque was involved with a lot of the early Kirby fangame scene and has a cute art style.
Hampus Flink does a lot of great pulp art.