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Your weekly Free Thread is here; the annual MST Club Christmas Video Marathon is go; it's (still) the season to be linkin'; the current Gift Swap thank you thread is here.

Reality is collapsing. There are no rules. But there is a Thread. It's weekly. It's free. It's your weekly #freethread. Say hello to Mrs. French's cat if you see her there.

screenshot from Blake Watson's 'HTML for People' book site

"I feel strongly that anyone should be able to make a website with HTML if they want": JHarris posted Blake Watson's great, free, web book with simple directions and <em>a ton</em> of resources for marking it up old-school. [this is good]

the weekly Free Thread is always a bright spot

screenshot of opening level of the game I Have No Mouth, And I Must Create Blocks On All Sides Of Me

"charming, handcrafted, fiendishly difficult puzzle games with a retro 8-bit feel": Lovingly Crafted Puzzle Games Since 2013, a passel of Puzzlescript, iOS and Android games to while away the hours, 8-bit at a time.

Screwdriver on a White Background by wuestenigel (cc by)

You need to do a thing - NOW! For when you need to calculate a thing, or look up a thing, or be able to do the thing in your Browser without any faff: Faintdreams posted a Big list of free In-Browser, Single Use tools

MartinWisse posts about "Photopea," a free web-based graphic software alternative to Photoshop.