Cool Stuff
YouTube Channels
- Cody's Lab, NightHawkInLight, and AlphaPhoenix do some cool engineering/various maker-related things and I think aren't too well-known
- CNLohr & Ben Eater do very cool electronics stuff
- The Thought Emporium does a lot of awesome DIY-biotech
- Sebastian Lague creates incredible programming videos
- Jacob Geller is a great video essayist
- SquidTips is an awesome leftist motorcycle dude
- FLESH SIMULATOR is interesting
- Boy Boy does fun yet important journalistic content
Movies
- Check out my Letterboxd :P
Books
I'm currently trying to get through my quite large reading list. Once I get further through I'll post some of my favourites here.
Websites
- Anna's Archive, sci-hub, Library Genesis, and The Eye for finding documents
- The Anarchist Library has a large collection of texts
- Internet Search Tips on how to find papers/books
- ChemHacktica for figuring out organic synthesis
- nervewing collects reports of novel substances
- microCOVID Project & Covid.Tips for viral safety information
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Online Anonymity & No Trace Project for staying private & anonymous
- PRISM Break, switching.software, and Privacy Guides for privacy & software advice
- No Trace Project for how to stay hidden
- The Johhny.Decimal system for file organization
- Practical Typography has a ton of incredible information for making text look good
Software
- Typst is a great typesetting system
- neovim is my preferred text editor
- The fish shell is my favourite at the moment
- borgmatic for automated backups
- Actual for envelope budgeting
- Signal, despite it's flaws, is likely the most secure, private, and easy to use messaging service to use at the moment
- Alacritty is the best terminal emulator I've found