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From all parts of the Internet, mostly in English (title between ââ) 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 âmeta-articlesâ 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.
Le Monde Diplomatique (French edition)
Le Monde Diplomatique (English edition)
I really recommend Le Monde Diplomatique, a monthly newspaper, in French but with an English translation.
Mediapart, journal d'information francophone
Mediapart est le principal journal que je lis, et surtout que j'Ă©coute via son Ă©mission quotidienne Ă l'air libre.
Un site d'information sur les problÚmes 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 :
Paris-luttes.info pour la région parisienne
Rebellyon.info pour la région lyonnaise
Autres journaux indépendants :
Bondy Blog, informations autour de la Seine-Saint-Denis mais pas que !
Le Média TV sur Peertube, vidéos d'information francophones
Un autre média que je suis réguliÚrement. Je mets leur Peertube plutÎt que Youtube parce que je trouve ça cool qu'ils aient pris le temps de monter leur propre instance !
Pure Politique, vidéos d'actualité politique
Pour se tenir informé briÚvement 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 SalomĂ© SaquĂ© et Paloma Moritz qui font de bons entretiens dessus malgrĂ© tout, des fois David Dufresne aussiâŠ
Le blog de Frédéric Lordon, économiste. Je suis un grand fan ! Pour donner un exemple au pif, cet article :
« Critique de la raison gorafique » (2021)
[Le] gorafique, câest le dĂ©labrement de la langue hĂ©gĂ©monique du capitalisme nĂ©olibĂ©ral (la LCN) en situation de crise organique.
âWar and Anarchists: Anti-Authoritarian Perspectives in Ukraineâ (2022)
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.
« SynthÚse critique d'un fiasco » (2021)
Ce texte est une synthÚse sur la gestion politique assez lamentable de la pandémie par les mouvements de gauche en France.
The âCool articles you should readâ list from Beyond Neolithic Life
Lots of good articles from various authors, ported to Gemtext!
âHow a crippling shortage of analysts let the London Bridge attackers throughâ (2017)
How automated and pervasive surveillance is pretty much useless against terrorism.
Itâs people, not computers, who can identify terrorists before they strike.
âVaccines: A Measured Responseâ (2021)
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.
« Antivax - Les marchands de doute » (2021)
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 mĂ©tacognition (pourquoi on pense ce que l'on pense), et donc plus gĂ©nĂ©ralement de thĂ©orie du complot, de pseudosciences, de sectes mais aussi â et c'est souvent ce qui m'intĂ©resse le plus â de leurs implications politiques. En particulier je recommande ces entretiens :
« Une vie en anthroposophie » avec Grégoire Perra
« Complotisme : si loin, si proche » avec Marie Peltier
Terrorism and Counterterrorism, a MOOC by Universitet Leiden (Netherlands)
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.
« Architecture et anarchie, un couple mal assorti » (2004)
Ou pourquoi nos villes sont nulles.
Ou comment autoréduire du parmesan.
« Le Squat de A à Z » (1999, mà j 2019)
Une brochure informative sur le squat. Les lois changeant réguliÚrement, dans un sens autoritaire, la brochure est pas forcément à jour avec les pratiques policiÚres et préfectorales, mais donne un bon aperçu de ce qu'implique une ouverture, l'organisation, le juridique, la politique.
« Squatter ou sauver ? Il faut choisir ; comment le libéralisme infiltre les squats anarchistes »
Un coup de gueule intéressant sur les pratiques dans les squats anarchistes.
Textes critiques sur l'amour romantique, passionnel, fusionnel. J'adore la petite piĂšce de thĂ©Ăątre « la tĂȘte 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.
Permaculture, agroécologie, etc
Un pilier du Youtube francophone, les thÚmes 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!
âI should have loved biologyâ
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.
âKeys to drawingâ by Bert Dodson teaches you technical basics another way.
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.
Online classes:
NMA (New Masters Academy) for traditional medium classes
CGMA (CG Masters Academy) for digital painting classes
Ctrl+Paint, a library of free videos about drawing with Photoshop
Youtube channels:
Alphonso Dunn provides a lot of interesting advice about drawing with pen & ink.
Cool places for references:
Atlas des régions naturelles, photos of France
Spomenik DB, photos of the Balkans
Line of Action, figure drawing practice tool
CroquisCafe, a Youtube channel for daily figure drawing
A gentle introduction to photography terms and methods.
Gemini links about Gemini!
Medusae.space, the best catalog around geminispace!
Antenna, a neat aggregator for user-submitted feeds
Exploration Surprise! Three random capsule per day!
Early stage but already a nice wiki to browse for inspiration!
LOWâTECH MAGAZINE (solar-powered website)
(always-online version in case the weather is bad)
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.
âThe web browser I'm dreaming ofâ (2021)
Expected features? Six items. Undesired features? Let's see!
An easy history of CSS.
â24/192 music downloads and why they make no senseâ (2012)
Audiophiles are wasteful.
« Yuka contre Open Food Facts ou le match retour de Britannica contre Wikipedia ? » (2019)
Un peu saoulé de voir des gens utiliser Yuka au lieu d'Open Food Facts, surtout aprÚs 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.
âThe Future Is Not Only Useless, Itâs Expensiveâ (2021)
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.
âPlay-to-earnâ and Bullshit Jobs (2021)
In spite of being presented as the future of work by some venture capitalists, the incentives just donât make sense. Floors donât have to be swept in the metaverse unless theyâre designed to need sweeping.
âLine Goes Up - The Problem With NFTsâ (2022)
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. Theyâre incentives, theyâre social structures, theyâre modalities. The problem is what people are doing to others, not that the building theyâre doing it in has the word âbankâ on the outside.
Do you know cool stuff I should read? Please let me know!
âThis isn't Spartaâ (2019)
An historical presentation of the Spartan society that attempts to balance against the fantasized vision depicted in pop culture (i.e. the movie 300).
Ilya Varlamov posts about Turkmenistan (2016)
Photos and commentary on one of the most inaccessible country in the world. Delusional leaders, slabs of white marble over dead cities.