Lots is happening and lots is planned in official Minecraft announcements. Also, see some community mods, past game versions, Blender models and more random links and tips!
Official news: 1.21
Official news segment. You probably saw this already:
But seriously, Minecraft Experience seems to be the closest thing we have to a return of physical Minecons.
OppenMiner Dev v.0
Ever wanted to see trench warfare, landmines inter-continental missiles and nukes with explosion physics in the game? This player has you covered! Coming sometimes in the future, check out their progress:
How old is X version?
Dive into the history of Minecraft updates with two joke websites, and one detailed, serious website.
SimCity to Minecraft
These converters turn the buildings on your SimCity map save into a Minecraft build, pretty neat!
Blender and Minecraft
Render your build: Blender 2.80 Tutorials – YouTube & Minecraft 360° GIF Render Tutorial | MegRae
Blender your mob: Secrets to Creating a Minecraft Character in Blender 3D! (youtube.com)
Blender your Minecraft: BlockBlender 1.41 – Convert anything to Minecraft blocks (gumroad.com)
Minecraft your Blender (PAID): BlockBlender to Minecraft .schem (gumroad.com)
Build shapier shapes
Struggle with building shapes or visualizing World Edit selections? See here:
And don’t forget the builder’s special, Arceon Mod (paid) and Axiom Mod (paid for commercial).
Build highlight: History
Check and download this massive passion project spanning years in the making. 2012-2016: Empirepolis!
Also check out this build by sebyweby75 from the Cubed Community server! Anything can be inspiration: