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[–] xilophor@lemmy.world 60 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I'm kinda surprised no one's mentioned them yet; but if you wanted a long-winded version of Tom Scott with a focus on technologies, take a look at Technology Connections

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[–] Nikls94@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

This guyβ€˜s awesome! Found him years ago when I first read about Laserdisc and his videos were fresh, like 2-3 months old. Been a fan ever since.

[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] plumcreek@lemmy.ml 38 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Map Men! Map Men! Map! Map! Map! Men! Men!

unfinished london!

[–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

Men men men men...

[–] TehBamski@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago
[–] KillingAndKindess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 6 months ago (3 children)

As I anticipated, I've yet to find a replacement for most of the things I enjoyed from Tom.

My source of uniquely emoted monologues of the British persuasion is often somewhat filled by "Lost in the Pond".

My engineering/hardware fix is a mix of many channels, a "newer" channel some may not yet know would be "Inheritance Machinery"

Funky Art projects/style has lately been Ali Spangola, she's a real hoot

Unique Items of a vaguely educational nature would be Objectivity as well as Steve Mould

And Gameshows and the like from DropoutTv, thoughve I've yet to find anything like CitationNeeded.

Tom's a hard guy to replace, but thats not really something I've tried to do anyways. I just get my fixes from many youtubers who also provide unique and wonderful content too.

[–] B0rax@feddit.de 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Hexagons are Bestagons!

[–] meekah@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Seconding inheritance machining. Love the dry humor. In general a very charismatic guy.

If you enjoy that type of content, and don't know him yet, also check out "this old tony". He leans more into the comedy side of things but his videos are also still very informative

[–] KillingAndKindess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I like the cut of his jib, just never connected with any projects of his really.

Do I sense another follower of the man I adopted as my new dad - Adam Savage?

[–] meekah@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Fair enough. Personally its not really about the projects, he's just too funny not to watch.

I actually don't subscribe to him but his 1 day builds pop up on my recommended a lot so I do watch a bunch of his videos. Absolutely charming man as well.

[–] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago

And then you see Adam Savage geeking out, nearly in tears about gauge blocks in his workshop.

[–] Devi@kbin.social 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The Tim Traveller is very similar, they're actually friends too which is nice.

[–] Arfman@aussie.zone 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He's great and I think he's crossed with other similar content creators too including Tom Scott (or I could be wrong about that last one)

[–] bob_lemon@feddit.de 3 points 6 months ago

There's a video about a rail replacement helicopter in which Tim states that Tom wanted to do a video about it. But he was busy at the time, so they sent the tip to Tim instead.

[–] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)
  • Vsauce
  • Veritasum
  • Adam Savage
  • Stuff made here
  • Mark Rober
  • Rex Krueger
  • Wisecrack
[–] dmegatool@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

Steve Mould would fit that list

[–] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

That's a persistent itch.

Here are two channels I think Tom's viewers would appreciate.

Alexis Dahl makes interesting videos on history, science and life in Michigan.

The Tim Traveller makes ridiculous, yet strangely informative videos about locations all over Europe.

Both channels consistently provide answers to questions I hadn't thought to ask. Both do it with a genuine sense of wonder and a lot of heart.

[–] plumcreek@lemmy.ml 11 points 6 months ago

I'll second Tim Traveller. Consistently interesting and he has a real knack for finding offbeat-yet-fascinating places to visit in Europe.

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[–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

Jago Hazard

Technology connections

The B1M

Kurtzgesagt

Colin Furze

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Veritasum is amazing. Recently I rediscovered them with the video about the SAT question everybody got wrong. My mind was blow.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 0 points 6 months ago

Veritasium is up there as one of the best creators on the platform, really good at generating interesting topics, even when talking about the mundane.

[–] skulblaka@startrek.website 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Been watching a bunch of Steve Mould myself, surprised not to see him mentioned more in this thread.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 months ago

Steve mould not doing location filming maybe could be a reason. I think he scratches that itch talking about interesting physics phenomena that Tom had though.

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Some suggestions I haven’t seen yet, not all of which perfectly map with Tom Scott but are still good! At least the first five of these are also available on Nebula.

  • Answers with Joe (starring Joe Scott. No relation, but a similar name!)

  • Wendover / Half as Interesting (two channels with a different vibe, but the same guy)

  • Mustard (cool airplane and other vehicle stuff)

  • Innuendo Studios

  • Legal Eagle

  • SciShow

  • Shaun (basically a podcast, but the guy is quite smart and he does a fantastic job considering how boring he sounds! πŸ˜‚)

  • Hbomberguy

[–] lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Never knew Wendover and HAI were run by the same person, wow 😳

[–] TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They aren't. He's confusing Wendover and Jet Lag. HAI hates Wendover's guts because his channels keep stealing viewers and subscribers from HAI.

(/s)

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 4 points 6 months ago

What about that guy from Extremities?

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 11 points 6 months ago

I never discovered Tom Scott until his announcement that he was taking a break which many other channels made videos on. Looking through them, as well as seeing the suggestions, I can kind of get the gist of the channel. Suggestions I haven't seen yet:

Climate Town - climate and environment related

Rebecca Watson - science and critical thinking

ContraPoints - philosophy related

Adam Conover - Currently more politically oriented but Adam Ruins Everything was more general

[–] extremeboredom@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Atomic Frontier is in a somewhat similar vein, though his uploads aren't as frequent, they are of good quality.

[–] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I think the first time I saw him was when he covered as a guest for Tom?

[–] Hukka@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 months ago

Make sure you subscribe to his newsletter if you haven't yet. He often shares interesting finds from the internet and videos worth watching about all sorts of topics.

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

I heard Cary Huang (known on YouTube as carykh) does some cool STEM related stuff, and... I guess some kind of live competition as well? It's too late for you to join it though.

Mark "Hyce" Huber is a major rail fan, and does a bunch of related stuff. Works at a railroad museum, used to work for a modern freight railroad, has been involved in the rail sim world, and does educational, usually railroad and train-based videos on the Google video scented advertising platform.

Hyce and some of his buddies actually borrow the format of Citation Needed/Two Of These People Are Lying during their "3/4 of an idiot show." Just watch out for the Mystery Citrus!

[–] MR_GABARISE@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The CBC has a really great series called "About That" and the vulgarisation is on a whole other level.

It's geared around Canadian news and politics half of the time but it covers international events as well.

It scratches that itch, just on much more current topics.

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[–] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I was going to edit my other response but I'll just make a new one so OP sees it.

Calum Raasay , out of Scotland, makes some outstanding historo-scientific videos. He travels around quite a bit too.

Another that I haven't seen mentioned is Our Own Devices , he actually used to write for Simon Whistler. Most of his videos are shot in-studio, like Technology Connections and Joe Scott, but he also ventures out into the field for special projects. It's a similar mix to what you'd see on Forgotten Weapons.

[–] maculata@aussie.zone 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm not doing it. No. Bad!

[–] NightAuthor@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

:-( doesn’t exist

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

The phrase β€œTom Scott itch” makes me think of an itchy butthole. Not sure if that was intended, but that’s how I took it

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

engineerguy

Bill Hammack does less travel/outdoors content, but similarly explains Science in a clear manner.

All videos are free to share under a Creative Commons licence CC-by.

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

... and Newpipe recommends good similar videos, if you turn it on, in settings.

Like in this collection, Steve Mould has a clear and interesting Science presentation of common or curious topics.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

Steve Mould is great. I finally have an intuitive understanding of how diodes work because of him.

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