Header says it all. I’m seeking sites that are similar in spirit to these sites. Unfortunately, disinfo.com was stripped down and sold off for parts. DangerousMinds is still there, but new content has dropped way off.
Boing Boing seems to still have good content, but also a lot of sales pitches for stuff they sell (they have to make a living, so it’s understandable), but many have left and, even worse, their commenting section seems to be completely dominated by a set of mods and their friends that will quickly delete any comment that dissents ever so slightly with any of the groupthink that is everpresent in the forum and it’s quite cloying. They even seem to take issue with founders like Mark F in the most annoying way possible - I don’t know if the owners/founders even are aware of how toxic it’s become, or if they simply figure the comments are something separate.
Content on these sites that I especially liked in the past - things dealing with Robert Anton Wilson, Leary, RU Sirius, Douglas Rushkoff, Crowley, Church of the Subgenius, playful conspiracy theorizing, transhumanism, the occult, futurism, Bucky Fuller, Whole Earth Catalog, cob houses, Burning Man, etc…
Mostly it seems to be a content mill designed to run a lot of shitty ads from Outbrain and other bottom-of-the-barrel ad markets.