October 26th is Intersex Awareness Day. https://intersexday.org/en/

Here is a good talk by an intersex person on childhood intersex gender assignment surgeries, which are almost never medically needed, and often very harmful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A1rO3eDVM8

Here is another good video on the subject, by someone who had IGM performed on them as an infant, before they could consent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yHAYOvTdMI Being born intersex is about as common as being born a redhead.

"We need society, the medical field, and intersex communities themselves to acknowledge that nature provides humanity with a wide range of forms, so that all of our bodies can be recognized as valid. Unless there is an actual rare functional problem, our bodies should not be altered in infancy, and only those functional problems should be addressed. Our genitals should be altered only if we ourselves request it, to make ourselves comfortable in our own skin, not to make society comfortable by our medical erasure. Society must come again to embrace the diversity that is nature's gift to us." - https://intersexroadshow.blogspot.com/2011/04/intersex-genitalia-illustrated-and.html

All children deserve to be protected from genital cutting without consent, no matter what genitals they are born with. Autonomy over your own body is a human right.

free stuff masterpost by one of our ministers!

Books:
- @pantopialibrary
- libgen.rs
- z-lib.org
- sci-hub.se for papers (you can also directly ask the authors. They may provide them to you for free)
- calibre-ebook.com, free ebook reader
- it-ebooks.info, programming languages ebooks
- audiobookbay.nl, audiobooks
- booksonic.org, audiobook streaming
- mangadex.org, manga

Computer software:
- GetIntoPC.com

Editing Software:
- Photopea.com

Games:
- vimm.net, NES era->ps3 era roms and emulators. Cons: slow download speeds.
- nxbrew.com and NSW2u.xyz for switch roms
- hshop.erista.me, 3DS roms
- oldgamesdownload.com Old 90’s-2000’s PC games and some gamecube games. Technically, all of the games here are abandon ware, meaning the original company/creator doesn’t sell nor make money from the games anymore
- fitgirl-repacks.site Heavily compressed PC games, and other various consoles. Small downloads and faster speeds for the size of the games. Somewhat limited game selection
- steamunlocked.net, Steam games with easy-to-use installers
- cs.rin.ru/forum/index.php A user forum for piracy support, usually about installing cracked games. Does have some scattered PC game downloads
- amiibo.life Amiibo bins, can be loaded with some homebrew to load in games without any external source, or, if you buy writable NFC cards, you can make your own free amiibos

TV:
- aniwatcher.com, animedao.to, twist.moe, nyaa.si for anime
- yesmovies.ag/yes.html, ww3.watchmovie.movie, fmovies.to movies and TV series
- kimcartoon.li and wcostream.com, cartoons
- ustvgo.tv/ Free streaming of live tv, has most US cable tv channels
- hyperbeam.com, Spiritual successor to Rabbit, allows you to stream your screen with friends

Music:
@YTAudioBot add a YT link, get the MP3

Recipes (not technically free, but cheap recipe websites):

- Jack Monroe - Cooking on a Bootstrap
https://cookingonabootstrap.com/

https://www.budgetbytes.com/

http://myfridgefood.com/
(finds recipes based on what you have in your fridge)
- Cookbook Good and Cheap (free cookbook)
- based.cooking

Youtube ad-free:
NewPipe

Free Android APKs:
https://bestforandroid.com/apk/

GitHub Masterpost: links to more torrent sites, software, VPNs, uBlock origin filters, ect. Basically everything you could ever want starting out.

Other:
- thepiratebay.org
- 1337x.to, Torrent site for movies, shows, games, comics, ect
- the-eye.eu/public, An archive of old roms, OS systems, roms (non nintendo), comics, books, ect, ect. Cons: No search function and slightly hard to navigate

Credits: I added some of the links myself, but many come from Tumblr posts I've seen in the past.

Also, remember to use an adblock and similar software before using streaming websites.

To remove paywalls, sometimes turning off JavaScript in the browser's settings works.
You can also try to use 12ft.io