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From all parts of the Internet, mostly in English (title between “”) or French (title between «»). These are websites, capsules, articles, books, periodicals, booklets, video channels, podcasts, etc, that present something in a nice or clever way, are well-sourced or have an effective style, and that in my opinion are worth your time if the subject interests you!
The classification and ordering of links is arbitrary. Most of the time, I place more recent articles or “meta-articles” at the top.
You can also take a look at the logs I follow on the smolnet right here. So many cool online places!
Last update: 2023-02-15.
I really recommend Le Monde Diplomatique, a monthly newspaper, in French but with an English translation.
Mediapart est le principal journal que je lis, et surtout que j'écoute via son émission quotidienne À l'air libre.
Un site d'information sur les problèmes liés à la mondialisation : écologie, santé publique, alimentation, etc. Les dossiers sont assez complets et les analyses pertinentes.
Obligé, les sites de la mutu. Ce sont des sites participatifs d'informations militantes locales :
Autres journaux indépendants :
Un autre média que je suis régulièrement. Je mets leur Peertube plutôt que Youtube parce que je trouve ça cool qu'ils aient pris le temps de monter leur propre instance !
Pour se tenir informé brièvement de l'actualité politique et parlementaire ; actuellement sous la forme de deux vidéos de 10 à 15 minutes par semaine. C'est ancré à gauche, mais sans concessions pour la gauche parlementaire.
Je ne mets pas Blast parce que je supporte pas Denis Robert, mais il y a Salomé Saqué et Paloma Moritz qui font de bons entretiens dessus malgré tout, des fois David Dufresne aussi…
Le blog de Frédéric Lordon, économiste. Je suis un grand fan ! Pour donner un exemple au pif, cet article :
> [Le] gorafique, c’est le délabrement de la langue hégémonique du capitalisme néolibéral (la LCN) en situation de crise organique.
A summary of political issues within Ukraine, how left-wing groups and individuals try to articulate ideology and practical survival, the confusion around antifascism and the perspectives for anti-authoritarian groups. The article links to other pieces from both Ukrainian and Russian anarchists.
> If war breaks out, we do not Know if the anti-authoritarian movement will survive, but we will try to do so. In the meantime, this text is an attempt to leave the experience that we have accumulated online.
Ce texte est une synthèse sur la gestion politique assez lamentable de la pandémie par les mouvements de gauche en France.
Lots of good articles from various authors, ported to Gemtext!
How automated and pervasive surveillance is pretty much useless against terrorism.
> It’s people, not computers, who can identify terrorists before they strike.
Engaging documentary on the roots of the scare against vaccines, focuses mostly on Wakefield's MMR scare and his buddy Fudenberg, bridging at the end with COVID-19.
Similaire au documentaire de hbomberguy ci-dessus mais en français, donc pour la famille ou les copain·e·s récalcitrant·e·s.
Ce podcast traite de métacognition (pourquoi on pense ce que l'on pense), et donc plus généralement de théorie du complot, de pseudosciences, de sectes mais aussi — et c'est souvent ce qui m'intéresse le plus — de leurs implications politiques. En particulier je recommande ces entretiens :
I attended this course a long time ago and it has been eye opening in many aspects.
This section currently contains only French booklets I've read and appreciated. I want to add my favorite books on these subject here in the future.
Cette section ne comporte actuellement que des brochures en français que j'ai lu et apprécié. J'ai envie d'ajouter mes livres préférés sur ces sujets, un jour.
Ou pourquoi nos villes sont nulles.
Ou comment autoréduire du parmesan.
Une brochure informative sur le squat. Les lois changeant régulièrement, dans un sens autoritaire, la brochure est pas forcément à jour avec les pratiques policières et préfectorales, mais donne un bon aperçu de ce qu'implique une ouverture, l'organisation, le juridique, la politique.
Un coup de gueule intéressant sur les pratiques dans les squats anarchistes.
Textes critiques sur l'amour romantique, passionnel, fusionnel. J'adore la petite pièce de théâtre « la tête contre le ventre » !
A free collection of videos teaching how to harvest seeds from a variety of flowers and fruits, and storing them for reusage in the next years.
Un pilier du Youtube francophone, les thèmes principaux sont l'agriculture, les techniques de permaculture, l'agroécologie, la botanique, la cuisine, la conservation, etc.
Réalisations et histoires autour de l'autonomie aliementaire et énergétique.
Des vidéos sur l'hydroponie.
Advice for weather reading by looking at the sky, with awesome ASCII art!
> In the textbooks, astonishing facts were presented without astonishment. Someone probably told me that every cell in my body has the same DNA. But no one shook me by the shoulders, saying how crazy that was.
As an absolute beginner, I suggest using only traditional media such as cheap pencil and paper, spending some time with black and white, understand some common pitfalls like symbol drawing.
As a beginner, these are some of the books I've enjoyed. Of course at this point and for the rest of your artistic life, the most important thing to do will not be to read books but drawing everyday.
“The Vilppu Drawing Manual” by Glenn Vilppu;
All Vilppu's classes on NMA;
“Figure Drawing for All It's Worth” by Andrew Loomis;
“Drawing the Head and Hands” by Andrew Loomis;
Hampton's “Figure Drawing: Design and Invention” by Michael Hampton;
Michael Hampton's analytical figure drawing class on CGMA;
“Force - Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators” by Mike Mattesi;
“Color and Light” by James Gurney;
Online classes:
Youtube channels:
Cool places for references:
A gentle introduction to photography terms and methods.
Gemini links about Gemini!
Early stage but already a nice wiki to browse for inspiration!
Interesting magazine on anything low-tech and sustainable. I like that they often put the effort to imagine how inventions or reinventions would fit in society at large and not just in the workshop of enthusiasts.
Expected features? Six items. Undesired features? Let's see!
An easy history of CSS.
Audiophiles are wasteful.
Un peu saoulé de voir des gens utiliser Yuka au lieu d'Open Food Facts, surtout après la lecture de cet article.
You probably already know Hacker News, but do you know this TL;DR? (looks like they stopped posting though).
Cryptocurrencies, Web3, NFTs, welcome to the cringiest timeline.
A fantastic aggregator for all the failures in the crypto/nft/defi world.
This one is also good, following the bird downfall since the Musk took control.
Probably the article resonating the most with how I feel about the latest blockchain grotesque invention.
> As the visual manifestation of cryptocurrency, NFT art combines the nuanced social awareness of computer programmers with the soulful whimsy of hedge fund managers.
> In spite of being presented as the future of work by some venture capitalists, the incentives just don’t make sense. Floors don’t have to be swept in the metaverse unless they’re designed to need sweeping.
A 2h-long video squeezing a lot of financial system issues, from the 2008 crisis to NFT issues, picturing how the latter does nothing to prevent the former from happening again.
> Crypto currency does nothing to address 99% of the problems with the banking industry because those problems are patterns of human behavior. They’re incentives, they’re social structures, they’re modalities. The problem is what people are doing to others, not that the building they’re doing it in has the word ‘bank’ on the outside.
Do you know cool stuff I should read? Please let me know!
An historical presentation of the Spartan society that attempts to balance against the fantasized vision depicted in pop culture (i.e. the movie 300).
Photos and commentary on one of the most inaccessible country in the world. Delusional leaders, slabs of white marble over dead cities.
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