Boy Boy and I Did a Thing

Explosions&Fire, a Australian dude does chemistry stuff
HowNot2, Couple of Cali dudes who discuss mountain climbing related stuff.
Electroboom, A guy from Canadia who makes electronic stuff.
Steve Wallis, a guy who goes camping in places you dont normally camp in.
saveitforparts, a nerd does RF related stuff
ThisOldTony, a guy who makes things, and fixes things,
Technology Connections, a guy who nerds out on tech and how things actually work.
Fran Blanche - Fran lives in ~~San Fran~~ Philly and makes cool electronic gadgets n stuff.
NurdRage - Chemistry dork does chemisty stuff.

Brian David Gilbert, he does high effort absurdist skits

I like Venjent and LittleVMills if we are talking music channels. Also First thought and Second Thought if you dont know them for leftist stuff and news.

F.D Signifier is a great black content creator. If you are looking for memes I really like Gianni Matragrano and VoiceQuills (VoiceQuills is trans)

If you want something specific im sure hexbear could find you what you are looking for.

Clickspring, beautiful clockmaking machining, currently in the multi year process of making an antikythera mechanism with period accurate tools

Strange Aeons, excellent histories of meaningless internet garbage

acollierastro, great rambling physics explanations and commentary on academia

biz, extremely long rambles about film and literature

Mother's Basement, good non-chud anime takes

Chinese Cooking Demystified - chinese cooking

Food Wishes - cooking

GDF - anti-imperialism

Johnny Johnson - war

History Matters - history

Internet Shaquille is really good for food and cooking tips, he has a lot of knowledge and is good at communicating it in a concise way.

I just found out about TodePond and their videos are really cool.

i have been watching the northernlion cine2nerdle videos

Cody’s lab - just a dude who does stuff. Science themed but very varied. He seems like a nice guy too.

If you want something more comedic, or gaming based, I'd suggest checking out Wayneradiotv/the RTVS crew. Fair warning, a bit younger (mid to late 20s, I think one is 30.) Pretty big crew, all are good friends, very much goofy and silly and always looking for a bit. Definitely not for everyone, but its junk food content I don't have to feel bad about because they're all genuinely good people, have at minimum decent politics, and are genuinely funny. Extremely trans and LGBT friendly , pro-Palestine, etc.

Jokes range from 9/11 being a reoccurring gag, the main streamer being "called out" for being the white cis-het of the group, being "viewer hostile" to avoid parasocial weirdos, enjoying bad AI shit, and you usual internet funnies. One streamer had to reupload a vod after it ended with a usual guest saying "All crackers should die". They have also a weird way of being related to a lot of internet culture, like the moonbase alpha video, lots of tumblr memes, and a series which hit it big in 2020.

The only problem is I have no idea where to direct someone new to them. Its too much of a collective art piece.

Nilered

kiwami japan

Ancient Americas - well-researched pre-colonial American history

All of these are on the entertainment side of things:

Scott the Woz - Nostalgia (mostly Nintendo) videogame/console related videos. Related channel Scott's stash

Jauwn - mostly nft game dunking and some nostalgic game reviews (I think he's expanding this)

Two Minute Papers - this channel has been going downhill recently due to the AI craze and seemingly Nvidia sponsorships, but it has had lots of cool videos about research breakthroughs in rendering/simulations that were a fun watch. Hoping it returns to form in the near future.

MachoNacho Productions - old console modding review and installation videos

Thinking Basketball - companion channel to the podcast that breaks down NBA players/teams/systems beyond the level you get in traditional sports media

The B1M - construction channel focused on megaprojects. Probably some brainworms here but I watch and go "ooh pretty that's so cool and huge" uncritically. Seems to have fairly positive coverage of Chinese projects so maybe it doesn't someone can check me here.

Steve1989MREInfo - MRE review channel. Watch it only for the curiosity of the MRE and throw away anything else you hear from the former military guy

Beyond the Brick - Lego showcase channel for events/competitions around the world

Brickcrafts - more giant Lego builds mostly in a single town

CGMeetup - collection of short 3D animated works across a wide variety of contests/one-offs

Habie147 - VR games review/showcase channel from seemingly a leftist?

My only problem with Nexpo is I feel like he does a lot of "China bad" videos and makes me feel icky sometimes. I was curious if other people had the same experience.

If you're into programming or have ever played Animal Crossing, I really recommend Hunter R.. I binged all of his videos recently, but in a nutshell, he does deep dives into the game's mechanics.

Crafsman makes stuff and has a soothing voice

I enjoy watching Botstowo. He makes videos about gas masks and their histories, and was also fairly active in left-wing subreddits (maybe still is, but I don't use reddit).

check out GSN, they have Millionaire

quality thread. throwing more random stuff out there:

linus tech tips (yes, i know), citynerd, chad chad, geography by geoff, criterioncollection, legaleagle (lib shit but it's good legal analysis), 5-4 Podcast, hakim,

music: HOR berlin, NPR music tiny desk, audiotree, KEXP, majestic casual, newretrowave,