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Last updated Saturday January 31st 2026

 alt.activism 

 General non-specific activism discussion 

 157,339 messages 

 alt.activism.community 

 alt.activism.community 

 1,639 messages 

 alt.activism.death-penalty 

 Nice place to discuss frying criminals 

 95,299 messages 

 alt.agnosticism 

 A religion for those who hate religion? 

 181,220 messages 

 alt.america 

 Everything American I think 

 102,761 messages 

 alt.anagrams 

 Creative manipulation of English words? 

 19,133 messages 

 alt.anarchism 

 Ohh another whinefest about "the system" 

 74,797 messages 

 alt.anonymous.messages 

 The infamous anonymous-message forum 

 24,027 messages 

 alt.antiques 

 Ohhh its not crap, its "vintage"... 

 636 messages 

 alt.arts.poetry.comments 

 Feedback on eachothers poetry apparently 

 44,712 messages 

 alt.astronomy 

 Staring up at the stars... 

 94 messages 

 alt.atheism 

 All of them praying there isn't a God 

 338,199 messages 

 alt.bbs.ads 

 Usenet forum for advertising BBS's 

 9,675 messages 

 alt.bbs.allsysop 

 General BBS Sysop whine-fest 

 1,276 messages 

 alt.bbs.doors 

 For discussing BBS door games, Mud's 

 1,094 messages 

 alt.bbs.general 

 Discussion of various BBS software 

 609 messages 

 alt.bbs.internet 

 Integrating BBS with the newfangled Net 

 899 messages 

 alt.bbs.majorbbs 

 Discussion for MajorBBS by Galacticomm 

 718 messages 

 alt.bbs.mystic 

 Mystic Sysops are mystical nerds... 

 11,841 messages 

 alt.bbs.remoteaccess 

 The software, duh... 

 13 messages 

 alt.bbs.renegade 

 Renegade BBS discussion 

 352 messages 

 alt.bbs.searchlight 

 Searchlight/Spinnaker BBS discussion 

 248 messages 

 alt.bbs.synchronet 

 Rob Swindell fetishistic worship forum 

 26,270 messages 

 alt.bbs.sysop 

 Sysop whine-fest 

 470 messages 

 alt.bbs.sysops 

 More Sysop whine-fest... or spam-fest 

 29 messages 

 alt.bible 

 General bible-thumping discussions 

 95,922 messages 

 alt.bible.prophecy 

 Debating whatever bible prophecies 

 115,063 messages 

 alt.buddha.short.fat.guy 

 Uhhh no sure, something about Buddhism 

 154,433 messages 

 alt.checkmate 

 Putting Bobby Fischer on a big pedestal 

 166,985 messages 

 alt.conspiracy 

 How big is your tinfoil hat? 

 97,726 messages 

 alt.drwho.creative 

 Weirdo Dr. Who fanfiction bullshit area 

 0 messages 

 alt.fan.cecil-adams 

 Fans of legendary knowitall Cecil Adams 

 144,831 messages 

 alt.fan.countries.north-korea 

 Fans of North Korea and the Un dynasty 

 653 messages 

 alt.fan.furry 

 Some weird cosplay cult worship I think 

 38,504 messages 

 alt.fan.gene-scott 

 Fans of religious nutjob Gene Scott 

 136,916 messages 

 alt.fan.harry-potter 

 All that magic and he never got laid... 

 130,933 messages 

 alt.fan.mst3k 

 Mystery Science Theatre 3000 

 377 messages 

 alt.fan.rush-limbaugh 

 Fans of the great one, Rush Limbaugh 

 275,434 messages 

 alt.fan.starwars 

 Another Star Wars fan-base 

 46,581 messages 

 alt.fan.tatu 

 That one-hit-wonder Russian lesbo band 

 5 messages 

 alt.fan.tolkien 

 JR Tolkien masturbatory worship echo 

 70,339 messages 

 alt.fan.tonya-harding 

 Ahh Tonya Harding, a feisty little fox 

 0 messages 

 alt.flame-wars 

 Ohh just FINE folks getting along nicely 

 8 messages 

 alt.flame.abortion 

 Abortion sucks... literally 

 4,310 messages 

 alt.flame.amusement-park 

 Amusement parks that suck 

 10 messages 

 alt.flame.aol 

 AOL sucks. In other news, water is wet 

 4 messages 

 alt.flame.bass-laffer 

 Bass Laffer sucks 

 1,219 messages 

 alt.flame.bill-clinton 

 Slick Willy knows the definition of sex 

 1 message 

 alt.flame.dogs 

 Its more dog owners who are insufferable 

 17 messages 

 alt.flame.dykes 

 If a gal turns you down, she must be gay 

 23 messages 

 alt.flame.girlfriend 

 To share stories of batshit-crazy ex's 

 4,382 messages 

 alt.flame.jesus.christ 

 But... wasn't he a carpenter? 

 43,148 messages 

 alt.flame.macintosh 

 Steve Jobs sucks 

 403 messages 

 alt.flame.monica-lewinsky 

 But why?!? She can suck-start a 747? 

 4 messages 

 alt.flame.ms-windows 

 The middle finger to Billy boy gates 

 30 messages 

 alt.flame.mud 

 Flaming stupid roleplaying bullshit 

 35 messages 

 alt.flame.operating-systems 

 Flaming eachother's OS is always fun 

 13 messages 

 alt.flame.parents 

 They're only good for your conception... 

 41 messages 

 alt.flame.psychiatry 

 Shrinks can never be trusted 

 2,131 messages 

 alt.flame.rush-limbaugh 

 Those who hate 'em can't stop listening 

 8,552 messages 

 alt.flame.star-trek.voyager 

 Meh, I wasn't a real fan of this either 

 78 messages 

 alt.folklore.urban 

 Urban legends and folklore 

 51,409 messages 

 alt.food.vegan 

 Yeah but beef tastes good... 

 19,108 messages 

 alt.health 

 Everyone's an Internet doctor these days 

 20,626 messages 

 alt.history 

 Pretty sure discussion of all kinds 

 15,186 messages 

 alt.home.repair 

 Home repairs and renovations 

 32,353 messages 

 alt.magick 

 Meh.. another magic/spellcasting forum 

 90,434 messages 

 alt.pagan 

 Paganism and witchcraft 

 203 messages 

 alt.paranormal 

 The paranormal and unexplained 

 34,273 messages 

 alt.philosophy 

 Didn't Freud have sex with his mother? 

 166,712 messages 

 alt.politics 

 General politics chatter 

 94,024 messages 

 alt.politics.british 

 The wigs are all part of the procedure 

 331,528 messages 

 alt.politics.clinton 

 Slick Willy and his even slicker wife 

 65,027 messages 

 alt.politics.communism 

 Whats yours is mine... 

 8,856 messages 

 alt.politics.economics 

 "Its the economy, stupid" 

 345,331 messages 

 alt.politics.liberal 

 Another modern mental disorder forum 

 11 messages 

 alt.politics.marijuana 

 They hate government but love a pot-tax 

 2,468 messages 

 alt.politics.radical-left 

 The most extreme of mental disorders 

 27,720 messages 

 alt.politics.socialism 

 Everything thats yours is now mine 

 19,804 messages 

 alt.politics.trump 

 The politics of badass Donald Trump 

 144,625 messages 

 alt.prisons 

 Not always a Johnny Cash song 

 3,648 messages 

 alt.privacy 

 Discussing privacy, laws, tinfoil hats 

 112,044 messages 

 alt.prophecies.nostradamus 

 Worshipping fucknut Nostradamus 

 125,340 messages 

 alt.religion 

 Nah-uh! My God is better than YOUR God! 

 189,619 messages 

 alt.religion.scientology 

 Waiting for the mothership to arrive 

 160 messages 

 alt.religion.wicca 

 Yet another Wiccan discussion forum 

 137,644 messages 

 alt.society.liberalism 

 An unfortunate mental disorder 

 6,390 messages 

 alt.suicide.holiday 

 The infamous alt.suicide.holiday group 

 500,053 messages 

 alt.support.depression 

 Life sucks but I'm too sad to say why 

 104,714 messages 

 alt.support.suicide 

 Encouraging one's "grand departure" 

 786 messages 

 alt.survival 

 Discussing survivalism for end-times 

 131,135 messages 

 alt.test 

 Ohh some other stupid test-post area 

 4,085 messages 

 alt.tv.pol-incorrect 

 Discussing Politically Incorrect 

 346 messages 

 alt.tv.simpsons 

 Worshipping Matt Groening 

 29,098 messages 

 alt.tv.x-files 

 Gillian Anderson was smokin' hot... 

 9,979 messages 

 alt.unix.geeks 

 The gathering of the socially-retarded 

 294 messages 

 alt.usenet.kooks 

 Fans of Usenet trolls, kooks, fuckwits 

 7,700 messages 

 alt.war.civil.usa 

 Discussing American civil war.. and 2.0 

 44,047 messages 

 comp.ai 

 Artificial Intelligence. (Moderated) 

 1,953 messages 

 comp.ai.philosophy 

 Philosophical aspects of Artificial Inte 

 59,224 messages 

 comp.arch 

 Computer architecture 

 130,928 messages 

 comp.compilers 

 Compiler construction, theory, etc. (Mod 

 2,751 messages 

 comp.dcom.telecom 

 Telecommunications digest. (Moderated) 

 17,262 messages 

 comp.editors 

 File editors 

 123,913 messages 

 comp.lang.c 

 Oh frig, C you gotta define EVERYTHING 

 243,097 messages 

 comp.lang.forth 

 Forth programmers eat a lot of Bratwurst 

 117,861 messages 

 comp.lang.fortran 

 Putting John Backus on a giant pedestal 

 5,038 messages 

 comp.lang.javascript 

 Netscape Communications Corp.'s JavaScri 

 235,098 messages 

 comp.misc 

 General topics about computers not cover 

 21,735 messages 

 comp.mobile.android 

 Discussion about Android-based devices 

 235,699 messages 

 comp.mobile.ipad 

 Discussion about the Apple Ipad 

 72,996 messages 

 comp.os.linux.advocacy 

 Torvalds farts & fans know what he ate 

 164,161 messages 

 comp.os.linux.misc 

 Linux-specific topics not covered by oth 

 135,166 messages 

 comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy 

 Putting Bill Gates on a giant pedestal 

 5,562 messages 

 comp.os.vms 

 DEC's VAX* line of computers & VMS. 

 264,034 messages 

 comp.programming 

 Programming issues that transcend langua 

 57,429 messages 

 comp.protocols.tcp-ip 

 TCP and IP network protocols. 

 12,267 messages 

 comp.sys.apple2 

 Discussion about Apple II micros 

 56,712 messages 

 comp.sys.atari.st 

 Discussion about 16 bit Atari micros 

 15,439 messages 

 comp.sys.cbm 

 Discussion about Commodore micros 

 53,854 messages 

 comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware 

 Discussing IBM PS/2 hardware 

 42,960 messages 

 comp.sys.mac.advocacy 

 Steve Jobs fetishistic worship forum 

 120,336 messages 

 comp.sys.raspberry-pi 

 Raspberry Pi computers & related hardwar 

 26,116 messages 

 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce 

 FreeBSD announcements 

 143 messages 

 nyc.general 

 Whats happening in New York City 

 47,187 messages 

 nyc.politics 

 Politics specific to New York City 

 91,990 messages 

 ott.weather 

 Ottawa weather - very nice or very shit 

 13,487 messages 

 rec.arts.drwho 

 Discussion about Dr. Who 

 510,969 messages 

 rec.arts.manga 

 All aspects of the Japanese storytelling 

 7,759 messages 

 rec.arts.movies.past-films 

 Past movies 

 192,329 messages 

 rec.arts.poems 

 For the posting of poetry 

 500,533 messages 

 rec.arts.sf.composition 

 The writing and publishing of speculativ 

 144,799 messages 

 rec.arts.sf.fandom 

 Discussions of SF fan activities 

 137,300 messages 

 rec.arts.sf.misc 

 Science fiction lovers' newsgroup 

 3,237 messages 

 rec.arts.sf.movies 

 Discussing SF motion pictures 

 28,307 messages 

 rec.arts.sf.science 

 Real and speculative aspects of SF scien 

 45,985 messages 

 rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc 

 Miscellaneous topics pertaining to Star 

 25,695 messages 

 rec.arts.sf.tv 

 Discussing general television SF 

 136,210 messages 

 rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5 

 Babylon 5 creators meet Babylon 5 fans 

 1,564 messages 

 rec.arts.sf.written 

 Discussion of written science fiction an 

 447,593 messages 

 rec.arts.startrek.fandom 

 Star trek fandom, or a mental disorder 

 1,967 messages 

 rec.arts.startrek.current 

 New Star Trek shows, movies and books 

 77,350 messages 

 rec.arts.startrek.misc 

 General discussions of Star Trek 

 11,153 messages 

 rec.arts.startrek 

 More Star Trek weirdo fan worship 

 3,769 messages 

 rec.arts.tv 

 The boob tube, its history, and past and 

 232,996 messages 

 rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc 

 Mystery Science Theater 3000 fan chat 

 22,866 messages 

 rec.arts.tv.uk.misc 

 Fans of UK TV shows 

 624 messages 

 rec.audio.pro 

 Professional audio recording and studio 

 276,749 messages 

 rec.autos.driving 

 Automobile discussion (general) 

 162,177 messages 

 rec.autos.sport.f1 

 Formula 1 motor racing 

 237,477 messages 

 rec.autos.tech 

 Technical aspects of automobiles, et. al 

 117,727 messages 

 rec.crafts.metalworking 

 Metal working and metallurgy 

 215,230 messages 

 rec.drugs.misc 

 Misc. recreational drugs 

 5,408 messages 

 rec.gambling.lottery 

 Strategy and news of lotteries and sweep 

 63,752 messages 

 rec.games.frp.dnd 

 Dungeons and Dragons 

 75 messages 

 rec.games.pinball 

 Discussing pinball-related issues 

 116,000 messages 

 rec.games.trivia 

 Discussion about trivia games 

 32,776 messages 

 rec.games.video.sega 

 All Sega video game systems and software 

 13,461 messages 

 rec.gardens.edible 

 Edible gardening topics 

 40,483 messages 

 rec.knives 

 Anything that goes cut or has an edge 

 28,027 messages 

 rec.music.beatles 

 Postings about the Fab Four & their musi 

 88,319 messages 

 rec.music.dylan 

 Dylan's great, if you can understand him 

 103,320 messages 

 rec.music.folk 

 Folks discussing folk music of various s 

 6,459 messages 

 rec.music.misc 

 Music lovers' group 

 3,168 messages 

 rec.outdoors.rv-travel 

 Discussions related to recreational vehi 

 163,809 messages 

 rec.pets.dogs.misc 

 All other topics, chat, humor, etc 

 8,070 messages 

 rec.radio.amateur.misc 

 Amateur radio practices, contests, event 

 23,970 messages 

 rec.radio.amateur.dx 

 Discussion, tips, notices and news for D 

 5,937 messages 

 rec.radio.info 

 Informational postings related to radio 

 1,756 messages 

 rec.radio.shortwave 

 Shortwave radio enthusiasts 

 106,048 messages 

 rec.sport.football.college 

 US-style college football 

 209,579 messages 

 sci.chem 

 Chemistry and related sciences 

 55,615 messages 

 sci.electronics.basics 

 Elementary questions about electronics 

 72,318 messages 

 sci.electronics.design 

 Electronic circuit design 

 142,388 messages 

 sci.electronics.repair 

 Fixing electronic equipment 

 124,896 messages 

 sci.environment 

 Discussions about the environment and ec 

 198,370 messages 

 sci.lang 

 Natural languages, communication, etc 

 297,380 messages 

 sci.logic 

 Logic -- math, philosophy & computationa 

 262,759 messages 

 sci.math.symbolic 

 Symbolic algebra discussion 

 10,429 messages 

 sci.med.cardiology 

 All aspects of cardiovascular diseases 

 72,666 messages 

 sci.med.dentistry 

 "Let me put this in your mouth..." 

 6 messages 

 sci.med.psychobiology 

 Dialog and news in psychiatry and psycho 

 4,730 messages 

 sci.military.naval 

 Navies of the world, past, present and f 

 118,637 messages 

 sci.misc 

 Short-lived discussions on subjects in t 

 3,616 messages 

 sci.optics 

 Discussion relating to the science of op 

 12,750 messages 

 sci.physics 

 Physical laws, properties, etc. 

 178,646 messages 

 sci.physics.relativity 

 The theory of relativity 

 225,437 messages 

 sci.physics.research 

 Current physics research. (Moderated) 

 17,504 messages 

 sci.psychology.psychotherapy 

 Practice of psychotherapy 

 54,655 messages 

 sci.skeptic 

 Skeptics discussing pseudo-science 

 91,972 messages 

 sci.space.policy 

 Discussions about space policy 

 106,649 messages 

 sci.space.science 

 Space and planetary science and related 

 1,217 messages 

 sci.space.tech 

 Technical and general issues related to 

 3,113 messages 

 seattle.politics 

 seattle.politics 

 102,007 messages 

 soc.college 

 Colleges and universities (general) 

 678 messages 

 soc.culture.afghanistan 

 Discussion of the Afghan society 

 13,559 messages 

 soc.culture.british 

 British culture (and odd mannerisms) 

 77,634 messages 

 soc.culture.canada 

 Discussions of Canada and its people 

 79,654 messages 

 soc.culture.celtic 

 "Celtic pride" was a hilarious movie 

 6,698 messages 

 soc.culture.china 

 Apparently more than just Tik Tok? 

 154,548 messages 

 soc.culture.france 

 More than just arrogance and bland food 

 5,647 messages 

 soc.culture.germany 

 More than just Kraftwerk and Hasselhoff 

 611 messages 

 soc.culture.greek 

 More than just nonstop homoeroticism 

 98,856 messages 

 soc.culture.irish 

 More than just beating up your relatives 

 96,476 messages 

 soc.culture.japan 

 More than just weird schoolgirl porn 

 64,561 messages 

 soc.culture.netherlands 

 Whats 2 hours of begging? Dutch foreplay 

 103,282 messages 

 soc.culture.polish 

 Yeah but Polish food gives you the shits 

 128,210 messages 

 soc.culture.quebec 

 More than just pale imitations of France 

 108,433 messages 

 soc.culture.russian 

 More than just vodka and shirtless Putin 

 98,323 messages 

 soc.culture.scottish 

 More than just Haggis & overt cheapness 

 99,775 messages 

 soc.genealogy.britain 

 Genealogy in Great Britain and the islan 

 130,026 messages 

 soc.history.ancient 

 Ancient history (up to AD 700) 

 57,853 messages 

 soc.retirement 

 For seniors: retirement, aging, geronto 

 156,998 messages 

 talk.atheism 

 Debate about the validity and nature of 

 89,762 messages 

 talk.origins 

 Evolution versus creationism (sometimes 

 142,331 messages 

 talk.philosophy.humanism 

 Humanism in the modern world 

 22,188 messages 

 talk.politics 

 General politics discussion 

 44,657 messages 

 talk.politics.china 

 Discussion of political issues related t 

 73,175 messages 

 talk.politics.drugs 

 The politics of drug issues 

 71,622 messages 

 talk.politics.european-union 

 The EU and political integration in Euro 

 24,327 messages 

 talk.politics.guns 

 The politics of firearm ownership and (m 

 195,261 messages 

 talk.politics.medicine 

 talk.politics.medicine 

 20,883 messages 

 talk.religion.bahai 

 Discussion of the Baha'i Faith 

 33,165 messages 

 talk.religion.buddhism 

 All aspects of Buddhism as religion and 

 111,200 messages 

 talk.religion.misc 

 Religious, ethical, & moral implications 

 30,216 messages 

 talk.religion.newage 

 Esoteric and minority religions & philos 

 9,149 messages 

 tor.pagan 

 Oh just fake pagan posers in Toronto 

 184 messages 

 tx.politics 

 Texas politics 

 122,009 messages 

 uk.current-events.terrorism 

 Terrorism in the UK 

 97,213 messages 

 uk.media.tv.sf.drwho 

 Another Dr. Who discussion forum 

 81,925 messages 


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