Staying at home can be really boring. Plus, everyone needs a bit of distraction. So, I'm tweeting a continuous thread of free resources: Books, websites with free subscriptions, videos, audiobooks, and tools to explore stuff.
JSTOR -- a digital library is offering more than 6,000 books and over 150 journals through open access. This is what Aaron Swartz fought for.
jstor.org/open/
jstor.org/open/
If you like Space, European Space Agency (ESA) has a fantastic thread on tools and videos related to the topic.
In addition to that, I wrote a piece about other space tools available for you while you're working from home,
thenextweb.com/space/2020/03/…
thenextweb.com/space/2020/03/…
For Music, Billboard has this fantastic and continuously updating piece on musicing holding digital concerts or impromptu jams on Instagram or on various websites.
billboard.com/articles/colum…
billboard.com/articles/colum…
Scribd is opening up its library 30 days. There are a lot of books and documents including stuff related to Cambridge Analytica to explore there. Sign up through this link scribd.com/readfree?utm_s…
Football fans, there's no EPL, La Liga, or Champions League to watch. But, FIFA will be uploading some classic World Cup matches and documentaries on its YouTube channel. And you can even vote to decide what match you want to see.
Cambridge is offering its library of 7,000 books for free till May 2020
cambridge.org/core/what-we-p…
cambridge.org/core/what-we-p…
Audible is offering a ton of titles for kids and teens for free in six languages.
stories.audible.com/start-listen
stories.audible.com/start-listen
Tinkle and Amar Chitra Katha are giving out one-month subscription till March 31
Nerdist has a list of more than 100 comics you can read for free right now. h/t @shreemiverma @adityab
nerdist.com/article/100-fr…
nerdist.com/article/100-fr…
Story Weaver has tons of free eBooks for your children in multiple languages
h/t @11ty1
storyweaver.org.in
h/t @11ty1
storyweaver.org.in
Playform has this fantastic AI-powered tool to turn your amateur sketches into paintings. Plus, other tools on the site will let you learn more about AI model training through images.
create.playform.io/sketch-to-image
create.playform.io/sketch-to-image
2000 AD has more than 400 pages of Judge Dredd comics on their website for free
h/t @ashwinkalmane
2000ad.com/news/free-to-d…
h/t @ashwinkalmane
2000ad.com/news/free-to-d…
If you want to work out at home, Gold's Gym is offering a free subscription to its app till May 31, Goldsmap, with thousands of audio and video workouts.
goldsgym.com/anywhere/?fbcl…
goldsgym.com/anywhere/?fbcl…
This is fantastic stuff. Poynter now has free journalism courses through its website.
poynter.org/from-the-insti…
poynter.org/from-the-insti…
Some fantastic games, Alto's Odyssey and Alto's adventure are free to play right now for a week.
h/t @amrith
h/t @amrith
