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§(fr) Affordance
blog, politics, tech
Articles about ecology, politics, capitalism, software freedom...
§(fr) Blast
politics, video
Political news, interviews about sociology, activism.
§(en) Buttersafe
comic strip, fun
Absurd yet lovely comics.
§(fr) Comme un poisson dans l'eau
philosophy, podcast, politics, science
(tr: Like a fish in the water) About sentientism, veganism, carnism...
§Contrachrome
comic strip, politics, tech
About Google Chrome's strategies for getting monopolistic and violating privacy.
§(fr) Deus Ex Silicium
tech, video
Analyze electronic products and integrated circuits.
§(fr) Emma
blog, comic strip, health, politics
Articles and comic strips about feminism, intersectionnality, politics, discriminations...
§(en) Extra Ordinary
comic strip, fun
Cute comics about extra ordinary things.
§(fr) Fouloscopie
science, video
(tr: Crowdscopy) Videos about crowds by a researcher. Lots of experiments, very well explained and illustrated.
§(fr) Grisebouille
blog, comic strip, fun, politics, tech
Comic strips and articles about free software, politics, technology, science and other absurd geeky stuff. (libre-licensed!)
§(fr) Histony
blog, history, video
Long videos about historical subjects (mostly of France), critical and detailed but audible like a story.
§(fr) Méta de Choc
podcast, science, skepticism
Interviews of concerned people and researchers about critical thinking, cults, mental health, violences...
§(fr) Monsieur Bidouille
tech, video
Videos about technical concepts in electronics and physics, crazy inventions, actually useful industrial stuff.
§(fr) Monsieur Phi
philosophy, video
Philosophy as I would have liked in class.
§(en) No Boilerplate
fun, podcast, tech, video
"Fast, technical videos" about programming (lot of Rust). Also fiction podcasts and a bit of neurodiversity.
I recommend the podcast Lost Terminal about an AI that tries to survive in a postapocalyptic world where amateur radio is the only long-range communication method, and who learns how to live with humans and other AIs.
§(en) Oglaf
comic strip, fun
(adult content)
§(en) PBS Spacetime
physics, science, video
Videos about quantum physics, astronomy and cosmology.
§Pepper and Carrot
comic strip, fun
The adventures of a witch, with wonderful drawings. Libre-licensed!
§(fr) PsykoCouac
health, science, video
Videos about psychology (by an actual psychologist).
§(en) The Perry Bible Fellowship
comic strip, fun
Geniously ironic comics.
§(en) Pluralistic
blog, politics, tech
Cory Doctorow's blog, about enshittification, software freedom, sci-fi...
§(en) Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
comic strip, fun, philosophy, science, tech
Insightful comics about everything.
§(fr) Science Étonnante
blog, physics, science, tech, video
Clear and detailed videos about science and technics, mostly physics.
§(fr) Scilabus
physics, science, tech, video
Very well explained videos about all kinds of scientific subjects, classical or unexpected, with both homemade and professional experiments.
§(en) Subnormality
comic strip, fun
Long comics that deeply dives into complex characters' psychology.
§(en) Three Blue One Brown
mathematics, science, video
Maths clearly explained with helpful animations.
§(en) xkcd
comic strip, fun, philosophy, science, tech
An almost universal source of geek quotes.
If you don't get it, try this.