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Web tools

Archiving tools

• Archive.today^(link): Like the Internet Archive, but newer (so less expansive) and more beloved of fighters in the modern culture wars; may be less useful for finding backup related to creationism, conspiracy theories, alternative medicine, etc. Its archive links are especially short, which has the advantage of taking up less bytes. However, there is an option to generate a long-form link by pressing the "share" button at the top of the page. The advantage of that is that it retains the original link in the URL, which may be useful for recovering the page through alternative means if archive.today ever folded on us in the future.
• CachedView^(link): For finding a Google Cache snapshot of a webpage. The cache is prone to disappear, so it may be wise to save the result in another archive such as the Wayback Machine.
• GhostArchive^(link): Another option for web archiving. This is a decent option for archiving YouTube videos, unless they are especially long (at a certain file size it will refuse to archive the video, in which case the Wayback Machine may be a better option).
• Internet Archive's Wayback Machine^(link): Over 450 billion saved web pages. Useful for looking up old copies of currently-broken web pages, or for maintaining a stable version of a changing page.
• Megalodon^(link): A Japanese archiving service that could work well as a fallback option. Hopefully you don't need instructions on how to Google Translate it... assuming its interface is not intuitive enough already.
• Arquivo.PT^(link): A Portuguese archiving service, possible fallback option.
• SingleFile^(link): A browser extension that will let you save a faithful copy of a webpage to your own computer. This isn't so helpful for a "trustworthy" citation, but it could come in handy.

Encyclopedias

• Encyclopædia Britannica^(link): For the Gen Z readers out there, this can be described as "if Wikipedia was British and had more formal editorial oversight".
• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy^(link): Online academic encyclopedia of philosophy. Hosted by the University of Tennessee at Martin (UTM).
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy^(link): The other online academic encyclopedia of philosophy, and more frequently cited than UTM's. Very useful.
• Wikipedia^(link): The most well-known wiki on the web, serves as a starter-point for more in-depth research.

Media

• Chronicling America^(link): US government (Library of Congress) resource that's free to browse. It consists of old newspaper scans, and can be searched for keywords. It's nowhere near as expansive as paid resources such as ProQuest, Newspapers.com, and NewspaperArchive, however, it can still be useful as a historical resource.
• Google News Archive^(link): Another free source of old newspapers. Google stopped scanning newspapers a long time ago, but the fruits are still here.
• Google Scholar button (Chrome, Firefox): Searches for highlighted text in Google Scholar. Useful for checking citations.
• Internet Archive's digital library^(link): The Internet Archive's digitization of millions of free books, newspapers, journal articles, movies, software, music. Due to legal problems some of its offerings might be less available than before, particularly some of its music and books. Content that's old enough to have fallen into the public domain in the US will have no issue.
• JSTOR^(link): A lot of academic journals are hosted here, and with a free account you can access one hundred articles from them per month.
• Project Gutenberg^(link): Huge archive of public-domain texts, currently having over 50,000 ebooks in its collection. Also see Standard Ebooks.
• The Free Library^(link): Can be useful for finding copies of news articles from periodicals that have folded within the last few decades, especially periodicals of little note such as certain local newspapers.

Other tools

• China Firewall Test^(link): See if your favorite website is banned by the Chinese Communist Party!
• FotoForensics^(link): This is intended to assist in figuring out whether an image has been digitally manipulated. As the site's backpages explain, it requires some prior understanding to digest what you're looking at. There is no "one button solution", unfortunately, to figuring whether an image is "real" or not, as the site's administrator (among others) says.
• Le décodex^(link): A French webpage, owned by Le Monde, that provides a catalogue for newspages on the internet and details how trustworthy the news on those pages is.
• International Fact-Checking Network^(link): The Poynter Institute's network of about 100 independent and verified fact-checking sites. The given link lists all current and expired signatories.
• InVID Verification Plugin^(link): A browser tool to verify where video footage originated from. This is considered a useful tool by AFP's fact-checkers, Miami Dade College, and Amnesty International.
• rbutr^(link): Rbutr shows you if there are rebuttals (rather, if someone has linked a rebuttal) to the page you're viewing. Very useful, especially for widely-cited and older material.
• Search by Image (Chrome, Firefox): quicker alternative than hopping to whatever reverse image search website(s) you use. Can search with multiple search engines at once.
• Twitter Video Downloader^(link): Tweets are prone to deletion without notice, and the service itself has shown signs of instability in recent years. So why not save or mirror the many videos found there yourself?
• Beall's List^(link): Giant list of pseudojournals. Fell free to use to check for bad actors. This is a mirror of the original Beall's List.

Skepticism

See the main article on this topic: Skepticism

• Adventures in nonsense from Simon Perry^(link):
• Atheist Republic^(link): A forum for atheists. Is really good at debunking all forms of pseudoscience. Run by ex-Muslim Armin Navabi.
• Australian Skeptics^(link): A loose confederation of groups and individuals who are interested in and regularly investigate pseudo-scientific and paranormal claims from a responsible scientific viewpoint.
• Bad Science^(link): Blog run by Ben Goldacre, a column from The Guardian newspaper.
• Center for Inquiry^(link)
• Crank.Net^(link):, a categorized link farm listing numerous forms of crankery from around the Internet
• DC's Improbable Science^(link): Blog run by David Colquhoun at University College London.
• Debunking Denialism^(link): Fighting pseudoscience with reason and evidence.
• Denialism Blog^(link): Blog run by Mark & Chris Hoofnagle and our own PalMD. A ScienceBlog devoted to the denialist movement and its tactics.
• Donna Kossy's Freeze Dried Kooks Museum^(link): Website. A popular 90s collection of, well, kooks.
• Fortean cake^(link): Totnesmartin's pokings into the murky depths of the paranormal.
• Freethought Blogs^(link): Blog. A quasi-spinoff of ScienceBlogs, started by Ed Brayton and PZ Myers. Focuses on rationalism and analysis of the intersection between science, politics, and religion.
• HoaxWiki^(link): A wiki. For those interested in Dutch and Belgian lunatics and skeptics.
• Holysmoke^(link): Textfiles from the FIDONET days, kept alive on the web for posterity. Perhaps a bit amateur by today's standards, but the old Holysmoke echo was sort of the RW of two decades ago. If you really have a lot of time on your hands, or are just feeling nostalgic, there is also a searchable archive of Holysmoke posts.
• Memoirs of a Skepchick^(link): Blog run by Rebecca Watson (and a couple of other authors), covering general science, skepticism, and occasionally feminism in science.
• Metabunk^(link): A discussion forum dedicated to skeptical debunking and creating re-usable refutations to bunk.
• New Mexicans for Science and Reason^(link): A non-profit group with the goals of promoting science, the scientific method, rational thinking, and critical examination of dubious or extraordinary claims.
• Odd Books^(link):, a listing of reviews of books written primarily by people whose views are far outside the mainstream
• Open Science^(link): Open source software and science...what more could you want?
• Sceptics' Guide to the Universe^(link): - podcasts on science and logic.
• The Reason Stick^(link): A blunt, shit-stained instrument wielded indiscriminately to bludgeon pseudoscience, superstition, blind faith and common or garden irrational bollocks.
• ScienceBlogs^(link): Blog. Created by Seed Media Group, with significant editorial input from National Geographic in the last year or two. It has sister sites based in Brazil^(link) and Germany^(link). See the last day's blogs at scienceblogs^(link).
• Scientific American Blogs^(link): Blog.
• Scientopia^(link): Blog. Another ScienceBlogs spinoff; many of its writers are former Sb writers.
• Skeptic Report^(link): SkepticReport hopes to help dispel the darkness by providing a forum for skeptical and critical thinking.
• Skeptical Inquirer^(link): The premier skeptic journal.
• Skeptical Raptor's blog^(link): Run by our own Skeptical Raptor. Talking about global warming, vaccines, zombies, evolution, and other science.
• Skeptical-Science^(link): Blog. Run by Dave Gamble, a UK based blogger focusing on both Skepticism, critical thinking and popular science.
• Skeptics Annotated Bible/Koran/Book of Mormon^(link): A skeptical look at these texts.
• Skeptic's Dictionary^(link)
• SKEPP^(link): A professional resource for Belgian skeptics everywhere.
• Professor Stick^(link): A YouTube channel promoting secularism, reasoning, education, and science. I mostly do reply videos to debunk pseudoscience on the internet.
• Submitted to a Candid World^(link): Blog. Run by our own AmesG. Covers progressive politics, rhetoric, and relevant parts of the anti-science movement.
• The Encyclopedia of American Loons^(link): Blog. Features hundreds of insane, pseudoscience-pushing loons.
• The James Randi Educational Foundation^(link): Website. Featuring a weekly column by the Master, Randi himself; focuses primarily on the paranormal.
• The Lay Scientist^(link): Blog. Run by Martin, a British site covering interesting peer-reviewed research, skepticism, and the intersection between science, politics and the media.
• The Life and Thoughts of One For Logic^(link): by One For Logic
• The Off Season Recipe Blog^(link): Blog. Run by our own EVDebs under the name BrianX. Food and pseudoscience.
• The Skeptic^(link): Magazine. The one published by the Merseyside Skeptics Society.
• The Skeptic Tank^(link): Textfiles from the FIDONET days. Affiliated with Holysmoke.
• The Skeptics Society/Skeptic Magazine^(link)
• Skeptics Stack Exchange^(link)
• Unnatural Vegan^(link): Swayze Foster is a utilitarian who provides measured commentary on vegan issues, and calls out fringe belief systems, pseudoscience, alt-med, judgmentalism, intolerance and assholery in the vegan community. She is completely accepting of non-vegans, ex-vegans, near-vegans etc. (and sometimes gets criticized for this). However, her dismissal of intersectionality is rather questionable.
• What's New with Bob Park^(link): Blog. Covering anti-science developments in science and politics.

Viral media

See the main article on this topic: Viral media

• Snopes^(link): Excellent debunkers of the endless flow of urban, rural, and cyber myths (make sure you have JavaScript disabled and a good ad blocker).
• Straight Dope^(link): Like Snopes in a question-and-answer column format.
• About.com: Urban Legends^(link): Has a lot of very-current stuff on viral media.
• CaptainDisillusion^(link): An expert of video editing debunks video editing using video editing. Very high-quality viral video takedowns, with added snark and humor.
• FotoForensics^(link): Detects image editing.
• Hoax-Slayer^(link): Like Snopes but not as good focuses more on chain emails. Shut down in 2021.
• TruthOrFiction.com^(link): Performs a similar function to Snopes, even vouching for them when American wingnuts called Snopes' "voracity" into question.
• Media Bias/Fact Check^(link): Categorises junk media from citable and credible sources (make sure you have a good ad blocker).

Pseudohistory

See the main article on this topic: Pseudohistory

• Bad Archaeology^(link): From Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews and James Doeser. Extraterrestrials, nationalism, and similar incursions in archaeology. (Not updated since 2009 but still useful.)
• Bad Linguistics^(link): (last updated 2015)
• Catchpenny Mysteries of Ancient Egypt^(link): By Larry Orcutt. Mysteries of the pharaohs.
• In the Hall of Ma'at^(link): Touches on many topics, though it focuses mostly on pseudohistory, pseudoarchaeology, pseudolinguistics, and pseudomathematics.
• Jason Colavito.com^(link): Colavito analyses bullshit dubious historical claims from the likes of Graham Hancock, Scott Wolter, L.A.Marzulli, David Wilcock and especially everything to do with Ancient Aliens.
• This Week in Christian Nationalism^(link): Chris Rodda (Senior Research Director for the Military Religious Freedom Foundation) refutes of (mostly David Barton's) pernicious Christian Nationalist pseudo-history. Now defunct.
• Zodiac Killer Facts^(link) Separating Myth from Reality about the Zodiac Killer case

Science and pseudoscience

• Amythest Schaber^(link): Is known for her "Ask an Autistic" series where she answers questions about Autism based on her personal experiences with Autism. Calls out the mineral solutions used to cure people with autism as it "cures" them by killing them, as well as calling out Autism Speaks, a renowned hate charity that has no interest in helping autistic people.
• Animalist News^(link): News and education about the animal kingdom, aimed at younger viewers. Hosted by comedians Alex Farnham and Catie Wayne.
• Applied Science^(link): Real life how to guides for science.
• ASAP Science^(link): Very basic cartoon answers to science questions plus news.
• TheBackyardScientist^(link):
• BAHfest^(link): The festival of Bad Ad Hoc hypotheses. Hilarious fake science talks from the maker of SMBC.
• Bite Sci-zed^(link): Science news from someone who appears to be either a metalhead, a Texas longhorns fan or a Satanist/Illuminati member, possibly all three!
• Bozeman Biology^(link): High school level biology and now chemistry from a talking head.
• The Brain Scoop^(link): Dissection and natural history news with Emily, the Chief Curiosity Correspondent of The Field Museum in Chicago. You will find yourself whistling the theme tune!
• Brit Lab^(link): Previously known as HeadsqueezeTV, a science channel run by BBC.
• BytesizedScience^(link): Bite sized science with spelling puns.
• Cara Santa Maria^(link): Science correspondent from the HuffPost
• CGPGrey^(link): The man the legend, his podcast is also great. (Actually little to no science but it is still great!)
• Compound Interest^(link): Infographics about science topics, with a particular emphasis on chemistry (i.e. the site has an interest in chemical compounds) and medicine, created by a chemistry instructor named Andy Brunning. Note that some graphics may be locked behind a paywall.
• Computerphile^(link): Computer stuff from the University of Nottingham, makers of Periodic Videos.
• Cool Hard Logic^(link): Debunking various kinds of madness.
• Crash Course^(link): Basic intros to Chemistry, Biology and Ecology (but little to no physics!) by Hank Green of the Green Vlogbrothers. Also world and US history, and literature (hosted by John Green) as well as psychology. Expanded with Anatomy and Physiology, Economics, Intellectual Property Law and Astronomy (hosted by Phil Plait).
• Deep Astronomy^(link): astronomer Tony Darnell relays news about astronomy and astrophysics, as well as videos demonstrating events like falling into a black hole or the birth of the first stars.
• DNews^(link): Science news, with hosts Trace Dominguez, Laci Green, and Tara Long.
• Garret Claridge^(link): Videos of various objects getting smashed and destroyed, with a cornucopia of speaker blowouts.
• Geography Now!^(link): Hosted by Paul Barbato, who goes through the geography, demographics, some politics, some history, and some science of every country in the world.
• Grant Thompson^(link):
• Hard Science^(link): Artistic, explosive, and just plain silly experiments. Think Epic Meal Time by way of the Mythbusters workshop. Hosted by Anthony Carboni and Tara Long.
• How Stuff Works^(link): Some good explanations of everyday things.
• I Fucking Love Science^(link): Hosted by Elise Andrew of Facebook fame^(link); soon to be a TV show with Craig Ferguson.
• Kurzgesagt^(link): A channel dedicated to explaining, in depth, various topics.
• Its OK to be Smart^(link): Science news with an arrogant name.
• Jogwheel^(link): Creator of the series, "Is It a Good Idea to Microwave This?"
• John Hawks' blog^(link): A blog focusing on anthropology and archaeology, high quality.
• Lesics^(link): Explanatory engineering videos.
• Maja Toudal (as TheAnMish)^(link): Singer from Denmark who makes videos regarding her personal experience with autism, specifically Asperger's Syndrome. She made a video calling out the miracle mineral solution that is meant to cure autistic people and explained how many people with autism don't want to be cured. Was asked by Philip Rose, aka TheTruePooka, to help call out HeyRuka's statements regarding Denmark being the least dangerous country because of it's lack or racial diversity according to Ruka herself.
• Minute Physics^(link): often over a minute!
• My Mind Matters^(link): A series of interviews documented by Scotty Tipton about the struggles people with mental health issues have from people with mental health themselves telling their own personal stories. These four individuals, Cody, Vix, Nicole, and Sam are speaking from a real place about what it's like to have to deal with the things they have to deal with on a daily basis.
• NeuroLogica^(link): Yale neurologist Steven Novella's blog reflects the breadth of his interests, not just neuroscience.
• NileRed^(link): Fun chemistry experiments. Though he seems to be more active on TikTok now, doing much shorter videos.^(link)
• Numberphile^(link): Maths stuff.
• Office for Science and Society^(link): From McGill University.
• Periodic Videos^(link): The periodic table with a video for every element hosted by a cartoon version of a science prof who has entered the real world!
• Philosophy Tube^(link): Fun philosophy videos about left-wing politics, feminism, mental health, the ethics of pony porn, etc.
• QI^(link): Thou shalt not question Steven Fry.
• Retraction Watch^(link): Scientists make mistakes. This blog shows them being fixed.
• The Royal Institution^(link): Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without em!
• ScienceAlert^(link)
• Science News^(link): high quality, highly readable articles on science subjects. It's written in a style for the educated lay reader but also read by scientists
• Sci-Show^(link): Science news by Hank Green of the Green Vlogbrothers.
• Scholarpedia^(link): A peer-reviewed wiki that focuses on neuroscience, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence.
• Shawn K^(link): We're not sure why this was added... or when... or by whom, but it looks to be a YouTube channel about destroying electronic devices, suggesting a sort of Luddite philosophy.
• Shed Science^(link): Biology in a shed.
• The Slow Mo Guys^(link): Things (mostly explosions) happening in extreme slow motion. Hosted by Gavin Free of Rooster Teeth and Dan Gruchy of the British Army.
• Thoughts of HAT^(link): Heuristic thoughts, ideas, hypotheses and unorthodox answers to unresolved questions in science, universe, quantum world, time, life, brain, artificial intelligence, consciousness, God, self and many more.
• Tom Scott^(link): Stuff you might not have known.
• Veritasium^(link): Australian physicist indulges laymen bypassers.
• Vihart^(link): Maths doodles from what is assumed to be a disembodied talking hand.
• Vsauce^(link): Created and hosted by Michael Stevens, and the flagship channel of a network of four channels focusing on science and geek culture.
• When the Apple Drops^(link): Physics explained with bad puns and tea.

Medicine

• Cochrane Reviews^(link): Huge collection of meta-analyses of evidence-based medicine. The only downside is that your access may be limited depending on your place of residence.
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center^(link)
• The Millennium Project^(link): Blog. Run by Peter Bowditch, an Australian site focusing heavily on medical woo (particularly anti-vaccination activism) and multilevel marketing fraud.
• Naturopathic Diaries^(link): Confessions of former naturopathic doctor.
• PubMed^(link): comprising "27 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books". Citations include abstracts and full text links when available. Articles are primarily from peer-reviewed journals, but also include things like homeopathy journals.
• Quackwatch^(link)
• Ratbags.com^(link): Australian blogger Peter Bowditch's takedowns of altie garbage.
• Science-Based Medicine^(link): Articles by Steven Novella and others.
• Science-Based Pharmacy^(link): Blog. Run by Scott Gavura and Avicenna (not that one) does what it says on the tin, unlike the pharma-woo it exposes.
• Virology Blog^(link): Blog... with virology!
• White Coat Underground^(link): Blog. Run by our own PalMD. Covers medical quackery (oh, sorry, "alternative medicine") and, occasionally, the importance of fatherhood. Defunct, so you'll have to use archives.

Vaccines

• Deplatform Disease^(link): Blog about vaccination, written by Edward Nirenberg.
• The Poxes Blog^(link): A blog about the anti-vaccination movement.
• Respectful Insolence^(link): Blog. Written by a surgeon/scientist with a focus on applying rational thought to medicine and alternative therapies.
• Vaxopedia^(link): Blog by Vincent Iannelli, MD.

Astronomy

• Bad Astronomy^(link): popular science writer Phil Plait's pro-science, and occasionally anti-anti-science, blog.
• FlatEarth.ws^(link):Flat Earth debunked.
• FTFE (Fight The Flat Earth)^(link) A YouTube channel dedicated to well, fighting the Flat Earth. Contains a trove of Flat Earth debates, the series FLERFs are Idiots exposing their stupidity and much more.
• NASA Astromaterial Acquisition and Curation^(link): Moon rocks, Mars meteorites, and a whole bunch of random objects from space can be found here.
• Nine Planets^(link): All-encompassing encyclopedia on the Solar System.
• The Planetary Society^(link): Organization dedicated to space exploration and the search for extraterrestrial life.
• Starts With a Bang^(link): mustachioed Lewis and Clark College professor Ethan Siegel's blog: an excellent primer on cosmology.
• John Michael Godier^(link): Science fiction author, futurist, Youtuber, and science popularizer especially notable for his videos on astrobiology.

Geology

• Fossil Works^(link): A database of extinct organisms and their respective ages, sub-epochs, epochs, and periods.
• Palaeos^(link): Perhaps the best catalog for paleontology and phylogeny out there. Recommended by Science.
• Paleocene Mammals of the World^(link): More paleobiological than geological, but is the most comprehensive resource on mammals of the Paleocene on the web. Recommended by Palaeos.

New Age

• New Ages Frauds and Plastic Shamans^(link): Debunking white phonies charging big bucks for a "taste of nativism", while laying claim to Native American ancestry or teachings.

Creationism

• Amorphia Apparel: Teach the Controversy^(link): Teach the controversy paraphernalia - pick your own controversy!
• Answers in Creation^(link): Yes, you can be a Christian without subscribing to insanity. Good to know.
• Answers in Genesis BUSTED!^(link): Blog. Is lots of fun.
• Bioliteracy^(link): About biology scientific literacy.
• Burlington-Edison Committee for Science Education^(link):
• Creationism Versus Science^(link):
• Darwin Day^(link): Darwin Day!
• Darwiniana^(link): A directory on science (mainly biology and geology) as well as creationism.
• ET Babinski^(link): Edward T. Babinski's essays on creationism, evolution and atheism.
• EvoGrad^(link): An evolutionary biology graduate student focusing on the evolution vs creation debate
• Eye on the ICR^(link): Blog. Run by our own PeterL. Pokes fun at the Institute for Creation Research.
• Icons of Antievolution^(link): A group project dedicated to refuting Well's book, Icons of Evolution.
• Ken Miller's Evolution Resources^(link):
• Naturalis Historia^(link): pro-science/anti-creationism blog written by a Calvinist professor of biology who describes himself, among other things, as a "lover of reformed theology," and "concerned that modern conservative evangelicals have increasing abandoned the study of natural revelation resulting in both a lack of appreciation for the “good” creation and the inability to assess the results of modern science." Nuf said.
• No Answers in Genesis^(link): Includes one of the first public exposés of Kent Hovind's ludicrous "thesis."
• NotJustATheory.com^(link): Self-explanatory.
• Paleosols: Three Strikes Against YEC^(link):
• Pharyngula^(link): PZ Myers' blog.
• Piltdown Man Homepage^(link): Page refuting creationist bunk about Piltdown Man by season T.O. veteran Richard Harter (sadly now deceased).
• Playing Chess With Pigeons^(link): talk.origins veteran Troy Britain's blog.
• Questioning Answers in Genesis^(link): pro-science/anti-creationism blog of a Calvinist PhD student in geology. Both QaiG and Naturalis Historia are studiously written from a broad academic perspective that includes analysis of the science as well as factors contributing to YEC belief. Free of any of the shrillness or polemics of any of the blogs of popular "evolutionists.
• Stones and Bones^(link): anti-creationist Gary S. Hurd's blog.
• Talk.Reason^(link): A website founded by Mark Perakh and John M. Lynch. Describes itself as, "Arguments against creationism, intelligent design, and religious apologetics."
• The Creation-Evolution Controversy^(link): Page by computer programmer and experienced creationist refuter Don Lindsay.
• The Nondiscovery blog^(link): Blog. Follows the Discovery Institute and creationism/ID.
• The Panda's Thumb^(link): The talk.origins group blog.
• The Sensuous Curmudgeon^(link): Blog. Anti Creationist/ID-ist blog.

Global warming denialism

• The Breakthrough Institute^(link): Blog. Focuses on climate change, bipartisan (if largely progressive) politics and environmental science with occasional promotions of nuclear power.
• Climate Feedback^(link): A platform where climate scientists comment on inaccuracies in the media.
• DeSmog^(link): Discusses global warming (but more focused on denialism and public relations).
• RealClimate^(link): A Pandas Thumb for climatology.
• Skeptical Science^(link): Like a Talk Origins for denialism. Volunteer-run founded by John Cook.

GMF Activism

• Risk-Monger^(link): by David Zaruk, frequent target of anti-GMO proponents and also advocates for glyphosate.

Politics

• Les décodeurs^(link): The French equivalent to PolitiFact, also owned by Le Monde.
• FactCheck^(link): competitor to PolitiFact. Initially funded by Annenberg Foundation, now also by private donations.
• Freakonomics^(link): Formerly a blog, now focused on promoting radio show and books. Just darn interesting.
• New Matilda^(link): Independent left-wing Australia news and analysis site, critical of both the Labor and Liberal parties. Has a special focus on Aboriginal affairs.
• The Non Sequitur^(link): Blog. Philosophy profs point out logical fallacies in the media and political commentary.
• Opposing Views^(link): so-called "expert debates".
• Peter Sinclair^(link): A graphic designer who vlogs under the name "greenman3610" on his channel called "Climate Denial Crock of the Week." Covers global warming and its denial, clean energy, and the politics surrounding them. Also has a blog by the same name.
• PolitiFact^(link): is a generally pretty good site that fact checks the statements of U.S. politicians. It sometimes skews a bit towards the militant middle. It was originally set up by the Tampa Bay Times, and is now owned by the Poynter Institute.

Liberal

• The David Pakman Show^(link):
• Dispatches from the Culture Wars^(link): Blog. Writer and skeptic Ed Brayton talks about science, politics, and religion from a left-libertarian point of view.
• The Huffington Post^(link): News. Left-wing US politics blog run by former Republican activist Arianna Huffington. Notoriously woo-friendly (especially as regards Deepak Chopra and anti-vaccination activism), and a cautionary example of how politics and rationality do not always coincide.
• ManBoobz^(link): Blog. Run by David Futrelle; a skeptical (and snarky) blog taking down the Men's Rights Movement, the seduction community, and various other forms of misogyny
• Pandagon^(link): Blog. Left-wing blog owned by Jesse Taylor and home to feminist/skeptic blogger and unrepentant music snob Amanda Marcotte. Covers politics, science, religion, music, and food and has a weekly music party on Turntable.fm.
• Red State Rabble^(link): Blog. Politics, Religion, Science and culture.
• The Unholy American^(link): Blog. Politics, Religion, Atheism, History, and Current Events.
• Vox.com^(link) Great American news site offering personal essays, explainers, and well... the news
• Voxcorvegis^(link): Blog. (User talk:Lady Corvex|Lady Corvex's) blog - mainly about physics, interactions between the sciences and the humanities, fiction/culture, transgender issues and Canadian Politics.
• We Couldn't Make This Up...^(link): Blog. Run by our own PsyGremlin and Π.

Progressive

• The Benjamin Dixon Show^(link):
• Ring of Fire^(link): A progressive network hosted by journalist Farron Cousins and lawyer Mike Papantonio, both based in Florida. Vehemently opposed to the Republican Party, and not that big on the Democratic Party, they often report on news where corporations are actively endangering the lives of their customers and grease lawmakers to let them get away with it. Their membership includes African American democratic socialist [Benjamin Dixon] of the Progressive Army^(link); Jewish American comedian, writer, film director, and talk show host Sam Seder of the Majority Report^(link); progressive talk show godfather Thom Hartmann; and former RT reporter/current TeleSUR English host Abby Martin.
• Sam Seder^(link): Progressive host who does both debates and day-to-day commentary on political news events. In the early 2010s this often took the form of debates with libertarians.
• The Young Turks^(link): Internet talk show covering politics (from a progressive POV) and popular culture, with a mix of serious coverage of current events and some more light-hearted/soft human interest items. Its primary topic is the coverage of the corrupting influence of money in politics (especially after Citizens United), and their attempts to stop it. This show was among the inaugural programs on Sirius Satellite Radio and has been hosted by Cenk Uygur (formerly an MSNBC host) since 2002 with several co-hosts.

Socialist

• Beau of the Fifth Column^(link):
• Cammeyahbams (AKA Libertarian Socialist Rants)^(link): Made a series of videos debunking Caiden Cowger's book "Restoring America". He dropped most of his videos regarding on atheism to focus more on social issues such as providing support for feminism and calling out anti-feminist videos from acts like BurnCoalition, NateTalkstoYou, and The Amazing Atheist. He is a social anarchist who believes in a society where workers should have control over their own work rather than to be forced to exist in a society dominated by an obey or starve mentality.
• The Anarchist Library^(link): An archive of anarchist texts, some of these are excellent but some of them waver into anprim bullshit so it's a mixed bag ultimately.
• Marxists Internet Archive^(link): Another archive, this time of Marxist works. Again a mixed bag.
• Workers’ Liberty^(link): Adheres to third camp Trotskyism. Opposed to many of the social conservative, anti-science, or tankie tendencies that haunt some socialist movements.

Libertarian

• Skeptical Libertarian^(link): Blog.

Authoritarianism

• Anti-Defamation League^(link): Occasionally they take wrong turns especially on Israel, but on average they do more good than not (unless it has anything to do with Israel).
• Hope not Hate^(link): Keeping tags on UK haters.
• Mediaite^(link): A liberal-leaning site that serves a similar function to Media Matters and Right Wing Watch.
• Media Matters for America^(link): Run by David Brock, a former mouthpiece for the vast right-wing conspiracy (no, literally).
• Right Wing Watch^(link): Run by People For the American Way, documents various wingnuts and their vitriol.
• Searchlight^(link): the other ones keeping tabs on UK haters.
• Southern Poverty Law Center^(link): Keeping tabs on hate groups across the US.
• TheocracyWatch^(link): Run by the Center for Religion, Ethics, and Social Policy housed in Cornell University, keeps tabs on the influence of the religious right in US politics and organizations like the Family Research Council. (Apparently defunct, with no front page updates since 2008, and no back page updates since 2011)
• SlackBastard^(link): A one-man blog ran by Australian anarchist Andy Fleming. Keeps tabs on the rise of far-right extremism down under.

Nazism

See the main article on this topic: Nazism

• Holocaust Controversies^(link): While the name might sound like it's taking a false balance approach to the Holocaust, this blog in fact debunks holocaust denialism and occasionally Stalin apologetics too. Has handy guides to common denialist memes/images and videos.
• Netz gegen Nazis^(link): An extensive documentation of current trends in the far-right German nationalist scene, both on the internet as well as in real life.
• Nizkor Project^(link): Covers holocaust denialism.
• Who Makes the Nazis?^(link): Rather extensive documentation of neo-Nazi, third positionist, and radical traditionalist attempts to co-opt alternative music scenes.

Feminism and social justice

See the main article on this topic: Feminism

See the main article on this topic: Social justice

• Agnes Torok^(link): Slam poet who has called out Donald Trump and the mistreatment women face on the internet. Came under fire from the anti-feminist community for her "Reclaim the Internet" video.
• Alex Rose^(link): Makes videos discussing issues such as mental health issues and LGBTQ+ issues. Not a fan of the gender binary. She also made a video titled, "Four Flaws of Feminism", mainly it not being intersectional enough and called out "white feminism" in that same video.
• Anna Akana^(link): Feminist comedian who makes videos such as calling out fake news, and also making it clear that boys should be given better instructions about what consent is.
• Ashley Olafsen^(link): Author of the book, Survival of the Prettiest. Makes videos discussing issues such as human trafficking, unhealthy relationships, and calling out school dress-codes as well as defending sex education in schools. Co-founder of MOVE, an organization dedicated to helping teenage girls by promoting self confidence and positive body image as well as encouraging those girls to reach out and ask for help when they need it.
• Big Bad Chinese Mama^(link): No, MGTOWers, actually Asian women aren't subservient doormats.
• ceedling^(link): Contributor to Everyday Feminism.
• Chloé Jean Osmond^(link): Made a video discussing privilege that came under fire from Bearing and his fans. Continued to make video despite the harassment she was receiving and eventually addressed the nasty comments she got in another video she made.
• chrisiousity^(link): Made a video illustrating how horrible the jokes that members of the manosphere were making were, including Sargon's "I wouldn't even rape you comment," he made towards Jess Phillips, and the Satiratician making fun of a 13 year-old girl.
• Cody Briscoe^(link): An openly gay YouTuber who he makes commentaries on the strangest videos he's ever seen along with a Daryl Dixon pillow and his dog Iggy. Occasionally comments on the videos of MRA's including Atticus the Deathmetaler's video on the word "Bae", Warcorpse666's regarding people women dying their armpit hair, Kevin Lande's video regarding the three things he learned about modern feminism, assumedly from a Men's Rights Reddit page, BlueMagus's response to his video on GamerGate, MrFlipperInvader782's video response to Laci Green's video on victim blaming, MrRepzion's video involving a student getting expelled from college based on a potentially biased news source, and did two videos on Modelshidden2 for saying sexist words towards women. Has done a video on Christian YouTuber Joseph Martelli regarding how disgusting gay people are. Called out Raykirkland555 for defending Phil Robertson's bigotry.
• Dodie Clark^(link): British musician who writes about her own songs. On her vlog channel, she serves to be a source of inspiration for people, such as her ASMR video where she told people how beautiful they were and how they mean to her. Is friends of Hannah Witton and even made a video with her regarding feminism. Said she loves who she loves in a video regarding her sexuality, even going as far to say, "I don't fall in love with men or women. I fall in love with people." She is also willing to discuss things such as depression and the insecurities that happen in her life, such as depression and sexual abuse.
• ElectricMayhem87^(link): Makes videos illustrating the sophistry and stupidity that is used by the "skeptic" community. Her favorite target that she often makes fun of is Undoomed.
• Emma Popcorn^(link): Makes sketch comedy videos on her channel, including a video where she educates her friend Brad (also played by Emma) about feminism really is and isn't.
• Émilie Joy^(link): YouTuber who makes videos discussing veganism. Made a video titled, "I'M A FEMINIST (& YOU SHOULD BE TOO)", though she does admitted in the comments of her video that she realizes there are certain things within feminism that she doesn't agree with and she doesn't expect everyone to agree with the points she made in her video.
• Erika Lynae^(link): YouTuber who talks about sex on the internet though has made a few videos discussing social issues, such as the video regarding male entitlement.
• Everyday Feminism^(link): An intersectional feminist website, emphasis on the intersectional. Features articles on many facets of social justice; not only sexism but also homophobia, racism, transphobia etc.
• Fawn Mead^(link): Came under fire in early 2016 when her "Your Argument Sucks" video, used to illustrate the bad arguments people use against feminism, got responded to by virtually everybody in the anti-feminist community.
• Feminist Frequency^(link): YouTube review channel run by Anita Sarkeesian. She has come under fire for her opinions due to channels like Thunderf00t and several others taking her out of context. She is often subjected to harassment and death threats from fanboys of these channels.
• Franchesca Ramsey (as chescaleigh)^(link): Host of MTV Decoded where she discusses race issues. Is a frequent target among the anti-feminist/anti-SJW community.
• Gaby Dunn^(link): LGBT YouTube channel and intersectional feminist.
• Hannah Witton^(link): Makes videos regarding the concept of feminism. In her feminism Q&A video, she told the people that she didn't mind if they disagreed with her so long as the comments she received were respectful and weren't attack her or each other. Brings up the issue that men are suffering and that they need just as much help as women.
• Izzy Inkpen^(link): Friend of Emma Ruse and made a video defending her entitled "Importance of the Word Feminism".
• jadedculture^(link): Marxist YouTuber that illustrated how Marxism was being misrepresented. Talks about systematic forms of oppression and made a video calling out white feminism, as in feminism that only appeals to white women when it should be intersectional.
• Jennifer Rostock^(link): A German feminist rockband. The titular singer sang an anti-AfD song that subsequently went viral.
• Jessica Mackey^(link): Feminist and make-up artist. While most of her videos are fun, make-up related videos, she does bring up more serious topics, such as voting and how it should be talked about more.
• justkissmyfrog^(link): British feminist vlogger. Part of Hannah Witton's Banging Book Club along with Lucy Moon.
• Kat Blaque^(link): Genderqueer trans activist who provides commentary on social justice issues such as gender and race. She's been picked up by The Advocate and BuzzFeed.
• Kelly Kitagawa^(link): Intersectional feminist who makes videos regarding certain subjects such as how it's okay to be single, and also says how she hates how some YouTubers are making videos for all the wrong reasons.
• Kendall Rae^(link): Made a video calling out Trisha Paytas's video on why you should vote for Donald Trump and calling out her stupidity. In that same video, she called out Donald Trump as a media man, and how Muslim Americans were horrified by the 9/11 attacks.
• Kristi Winters^(link): A liberal atheist who is a source of information when it comes to feminism that when she challenged Sargon of Akkad to a debate, she was able to provide the better arguments. Is known for illustrating why feminism is still needed in the western world.
• Lefty Cartoons^(link) Creates left-wing comics.
• Let's Get Real^(link): Despite the small subscriber count, it's a collaboration channel between Jessica Mackey, Kendra Mae, and Christa Cutie. Their first topic of discussion was about sex education.
• Liberated Christianity^(link): LGBTQ+ friendly Christian website that promotes positive sexuality and debunks repressive sexual traditions "without Biblical basis."
• Linda Sarsour^(link): Muslim feminist and co-chair of the Women's March 2017 as a result of protesting the Trump inauguration.
• Lindsay Ellis^(link): Internet movie reviewer who was a former member of Channel Awesome who quit when things became a shitshow.
• Lucy Moon^(link): Feminist vlogger who is often known for discussing her body image and how she struggling with as well as the steps she is taking to be more positive about her body in her videos. Is part of Hannah Witton's banging book club.
• Madison Lawrence^(link): Singer-songwriter and intersectional feminist. Made videos regarding Carter Reynold's sexual assault and criticizing Sam Pepper as well as body positivity.
• Magical Molly^(link): Feminist YouTuber who makes vlog videos. Among her vlogs are occasionally poems, including one illustrating how "nice guys" aren't really that nice. Creator of the EXISTING series, which serves to allow women to have their own individual voices as Molly and her guest in each video discuss certain topics that have impacted their lives such as sexism in society and presenting it on a personal level.
• Maja Anushka^(link): Feminist YouTuber who came under fire from Undoomed and his fanboys when she made the video Feminism Also Helps Men. The point she was trying to make in that video was that if you get rid of the gender roles, which is what feminism is fighting for, then men would be able to open up about their problems and be able to have a shoulder to cry on... and Undoomed completely dismissed her solution. Because of the personal attacks made on her, she was forced to take the video down because of how unsafe she felt. In another video she made, in regards to the Undoomed situation, she even said that she didn't mind if people disagreed with her as it makes things interesting but she doesn't like physical attacks made on her, such as how she looks or her voice. Even admitted that she never actually felt hatred towards anybody the way Undoomed and his fanboys had towards her as even the people who are insulting to you are still people.
• Maria the Witch^(link): Asexual Brazilian anarchist and anti-Bolsonaro activist.
• Marinashutup^(link): (also known as marinashutup) Semi-popular feminist YouTuber known for her series called "Feminist Friday", where she discusses a topic related to feminism. She also occasionally makes vlogs that can be completely off-topic or only vaguely related to her channel's theme. She has been the target of harassment, racism, and general misogyny from anti-feminist YouTubers such as Bearing and Undoomed, most of those attacks being unwarranted. Marina also writes for a blog called Everyday Feminism and her videos and articles have been featured in online news publications.
• Matt Crowley (as The House That Jack Built)^(link): Bisexual male feminist movie reviewer. Made an editorial video regarding the concept of satire on the internet and how often it is being misused on the internet.
• Megan MacKay^(link): Canadian feminist and comedian. Creator of the hashtag #UntrollTheInternet after her "Is Political Correctness Ruining Comedy?" video got targeted by Bearing.
• Mexie^(link): Canadian vegan YouTuber who has been known for making videos from a leftist perspective, including how capitalism is harmful to society. An example of this includes her video, "The Unpaid Labour of Women+Nature+Animals" where she illustrates how wage workers are exploited in the capitalist system, how women being forced into unpaid labor furthers that system, and how this hurts animals as well.
• Michael Rowlands^(link): Is known for his series where he deconstructs antifeminist arguments, known as "Why Do Antifeminists Hate Feminism". In response to hatred he's gotten from several members of the manosphere, he has another series where he makes fun of their fans titled "White Knights of the Manosphere".
• Michelle Elman^(link): British YouTuber with a focus on body positivity.
• Monica Ogden^(link): Hosts a show titled "Fistful of Feminism" that serves to discuss the basic concepts of feminism. Has come under fire for her opinions, such as the video where she discusses privileges that people have.
• neonfiona^(link): Bisexual feminist who makes videos about certain topics such as reverse racism and how it doesn't exist, and sexual abuse online such as the Sam Pepper incident.
• Over17Mirrors^(link): British vlogger who makes videos discussing issues such as feminism. During the burkini ban in France, said that Muslim women should be allowed to wear whatever they feel comfortable wearing.
• Owen Macdonald^(link): Male feminist and socialist. Makes videos regarding topics such as how horrible slut and fat shaming are as well as videos criticizing the capitalist system.
• rabbidluigi^(link): A countdown artist known for making several video game countdowns. While his stuff is more light-hearted in nature, when he feels like it he makes more serious content. Is anti-Gamergate and critical of Anita Sarkeesian.
• Ranting Feminist (Claudia Brown)^(link): Despite her title name, Ranting Feminist's videos are actually relatively tame. Makes videos discussing antifeminist arguments and debunking them such including a video illustrating how Milo Yiannopoulos actually wins his arguments against feminists.
• Reg Flowers^(link): Produces measured commentary and thoughts on veganism, intersectionality and social justice.
• Riley J. Dennis^(link): Makes videos discussing gender and politics. Doesn't mind people disagreeing with her opinion as long as they hear out what she has to say first. Has often been the target of antifeminist harassment because of the fact that she is a non-binary trans woman, most of the harassment being unwarranted.
• Sandra Meland (as Sammie)^(link): Made a video explaining why she's a feminist and came under attack from anti-feminist YouTuber Bearing because of it. As a result of Bearing's responses made to her, Sammie made two follow up videos where she stood her ground admitting how she was the girl from Bearing's video and a video where she responded to the hate comments she's received. Is also a big sister and singer.
• Savannah Brown^(link): Known for her poetry, her most notable ones being "What Guys Look for in Girls" (which basically served as a video response to Nash Grier's video), and "Hi, I'm a Slut" (which is a video detailing how horrible slut-shaming is.
• Shaun^(link): Male feminist who often points out when certain articles, videos, and movies are taken out of context because the people making the comments didn't even bother to watch/read.
• SpectrumPulse^(link): An internet reviewer who talks about "music, movies, art, and culture". Though he doesn't mention this often, Mark is admit on a few occassions to being a male feminist, such as in his review of RaeLyn's "God Made Girls",. Made video condemning Dr. Luke's actions and provided support for pop singer Ke$ha after she was not allowed to be let go from her contract. Also called out how disgusting Shawn Mendes's "nice-guy" act was on his review of his sophomore album.
• Steve Shives^(link): Known for his "5 stupid things" video series and his video critics on the works of famous Christian apologetics from CS Lewis's Mere Christianity to Rick Warren's Purpose-Driven Life. Social justice advocate, speaks on intersectionality, politics and critical of atheists as much as anyone else. Avid wrestling fan, posts actual good news and makes funny videos with stuffed animals.
• TheFilminist^(link): Reviewer who makes videos regarding topics such as aromanticism, things that can be done to promote healthy relationships, how to be an ally of the feminist community, and brought up discussions about how the final girl to call out the stereotyping of women in horror movies.
• Those Pesky Dames^(link): Five UK women trying to educate people about what feminism by trying to teach them that it isn't about hatred towards men. Talks about subjects such as domestic abuse, street harassment, slut shaming, prude shaming, body positivity, and other topics.
• Three Arrows^(link): German Youtuber who makes videos debunking claims made by the alt-right, amongst others such as Paul Joseph Watson and Sargon of Akkad.
• Unpopular Opinion^(link): YouTube channel dedicated to questioning anti-social justice ranters including Armoured Skeptic and Sargon of Akkad.
• We Hunted the Mammoth^(link): Documents and comments on the many instances of idiocy, misinformation and misogyny within the MRA, MGTOW and PUA movements. Formerly ManBoobz.com.
• Welcome To My Vagina^(link): Comedy channel that highlights serious issues such as cat-calling. Encouraged a call of arms in regards to the Women's March 2017.
• Willia^(link): Queer feminist YouTuber who makes videos with the sole purpose of positivity, entertainment, and discussion. Assists in providing education regarding basic LGBT+ terms.

LGBT

• A Gender Variance Who's Who^(link): Blog. Contains a ton of biographical articles about trans people from throughout history to the current day.
• AmeliaAce^(link): Makes videos talking about asexuality.
• Ash Hardell^(link): Makes videos discussing LGBTQ+ topics. Called out anti-feminism with their video titled, "Hey, Anti-Feminists..." that they did with Riley Dennis.
• Assigned Media^(link): Something between a media watchdog and a regular blog for trans topics.
• Digital Transgender Archive^(link): A large collection of historical trans-related documents, photos, etc. The connection can be a little dubious, e.g. content about drag queens. The wider a net the better, no?
• Erin In The Morning^(link): Written by journalist Erin Reed. The blog can be a decent way to understand anti-trans laws, especially in the United States, and the political forces behind them. Sometimes it is actually the first source to report on some particular incident or another.
• GayWrites^(link): Channel dedicated to discussing LGBTQ+ issues including discussing the transphobia taking place in America as a result of Donald Trump's victory and debunking the myths about bisexuality.
• Gender Analysis^(link): A blog about trans topics and controversies, written by Zinnia Jones and Heather McNamara.
• Gender Dysphoria Bible^(link): An excellent website providing evidence-based information on gender dysphoria.
• Health Liberation Now!^(link): A trans-led site that focuses on the anti-trans groups meddling in trans medicine.
• Julia Serano^(link): A transfeminist known for her writings on controversies in gender. Her website, which quaintly looks like it was designed in 2005, includes a comprehensive list of her writings.
• Milo Stewart^(link): Transgender YouTuber who often comes under fire from the anti-feminist community. Is often taken out of context because of people who have failed to watch the video such as their "Subconscious Biases" video.
• Katy Montgomerie^(link): Trans feminist commentator who hosts TERF Wars livestreams. Has also written here and here.
• Queer Kid Stuff^(link): An educational channel dedicated to teaching children about the LGBT community.
• Rowan Ellis^(link): YouTuber who makes videos in regards to talking about LGBTQ+ topics. Recently brought up the issue of educational LGBTQ+ videos being censored on YouTube with their restricted mode and how toxic something like this really is. It's especially toxic if the children comes from a religious family.
• Shinigami Eyes^(link): Open source addon for Chrome web browser that highlights trans-friendly websites as green (and transphobic webshites as red).
• TransAdvocate^(link): A pro-trans analysis site that is a project of the Transgender Foundation of America.
• Transgender Map^(link): A pretty large compendium of knowledge on trans topics. The creator, Andrea James, originally wrote Transsexual Road Map in the 1990s onward, which this evolved out of. Aside from transitioning information, one notable fixture is its series of decently-referenced profiles for both pro-trans and anti-trans activists (individuals and groups). It's more of a starting point for research (the way one might use Wikipedia) regarding the latter, however, since the profiles can sometimes be somewhat inaccurate.
• Trans Safety Network^(link): Largely a series of articles that are critical of anti-trans activists and their links to mainstream conservative think tanks, far-right groups, or anti-LGBT religious organizations.
• Trans Writes^(link): What it says on the tin. Its co-founder Gemma Stone's writings there are of some note.
• Xtra Magazine^(link): An intersectional LGBT online magazine.
• Zinnia Jones^(link): Covers LGBTQ and atheist topics. ZJ is possibly the single most prominent genderqueer vlogger on Youtube and has also joined Freethoughtblogs.com.

Religion

• Adherents.com^(link): Lots of interesting data.
• Internet Sacred Texts Archive^(link): An archive of the scriptures of numerous different religious and spiritual traditions.
• ReligiousTolerance.org^(link): VERY informative and unbiased resource on various religions.

Christianity

• AskThatAshley^(link): Christian YouTuber who serves as a shoulder to cry on. Wants her channel to help spread love and encouragement into other people's lives. Made a video on why she is both a Christian and a feminist and how Jesus was also a feminist as well.
• BibleGateway.com^(link): For Bible quotes in multiple translations and languages. Fully searchable.
• Epydemic2020^(link): A Christian apologist whose videos revolve mostly around the moral argument for God.
• FarAwayDistance^(link): A nice girl who makes videos about Christianity and her faith. Tries being as nice to people who may disagree with her as possible.
• Katie Gregoire^(link): Christian YouTuber from Canada who is known for being the relationship guru who has never been in a relationship. Despite being a Christian, she doesn't shove her beliefs down people's throats, and a good majority of her videos are aimed to help teenage girls live healthy, fulfilling lives. Doesn't think Harry Potter is something that should be avoided like a good majority of God-fearing Christians.
• LizziesAnswers^(link): Makes videos talking about her relationship with God and her religion. She also occasionally makes videos defending social justice issues such as "WHY I'M A FEMINIST AND A CHRISTIAN" as well as occasionally making videos where she discusses her depression. Despite being Christian, has openly admitted she has friends who are agnostic and atheist and even admitted in a video titled, "WHY CHRISTIANS BECOME ATHEISTS & Proof for Christianity," how angered she felt by this one sermon bashing atheists by throwing around stereotypes of them.
• RationalRoundtable^(link): Christian who offers rational discussions for faith.
• ReligiousFreaks.com^(link): Open discussion between believers and non believers.
• RomanMissalExegete^(link): A Roman Catholic vlogger. Most of his videos deal with philosophy or explain Catholic theology.
• Tektontv^(link): Channel of apologist and cartoonist James Patrick Holding of Tektonics fame. While he can be particularly condescending to skeptics, especially ProfMTH, his videos have informative content.
• Tentmaker Ministries^(link): a Unitarian Universalist site dedicated to debunking religious exclusion while supporting science.
• ThePuppyTurtle^(link): An ex-YEC and ex-Nephilimfree fanboy, his channel's content focuses mainly on religious topics. However, he has several playlists dedicated to refuting creationism, UFO enthusiasts, and what he perceives as flawed arguments made by atheists.
• TogetherForPeace^(link): An Eastern Orthodox vlogger who describes himself as "A Christian talking with atheists & others." He originally started his channel as a means for interfaith communication between Christians and Muslims, but he later decide to communicate with atheists as well. He has (accurately) described YouTube as "The Jerry Springer Show on crack."
• Ukchristian28^(link): A Reformed Evangelical Christian from Great Britain. The subjects of his videos vary from criticism of certain atheists, theology, to criticism of fundamentalists. He has stated that he is neutral towards the evolution/creationism debate, but considers Young Earth Creationism to be absurd.

Judaism

• Sefaria^(link): Library of Jewish religious texts, including the Tanakh and Talmud.

Islam

• Amani Al-Khatahtbeh^(link): Creator of the website, "MuslimGirl", which serves to help give a platform for the voices of Muslim women. Talks about how Muslim women should be represented on her channel. Did a collaboration video with Hannah Witton titled, "Can You Be a Muslim Feminist?" where she answered, yes. As a result, Amani has received harassment from the anti-feminist "skeptic" community.

Atheism

• 43alley^(link): Atheist from the deeply religious southern United States who is very knowledgeable in the Bible and is the creator of the popular "An Atheist Reads the Bible" series.
• About.com: Atheism/Agnosticism^(link): A good all-round source for religious skepticism.
• AngryWomble^(link): A British geologist who has been known to be a NephilimFree repellent. Once caused Neph to ragequit in under three minutes. Notably, she does not make any YouTube videos of her own, although she is a regular member of SkepticTV.
• Anthony Magnabosco^(link): Does tons of videos about street epistemology.
• AntiCitizenX^(link): He makes some rather exhaustive refutations of common apologetic arguments, very philosophy and logic-oriented.
• Antybu86^(link): The guy who exposed the Atheist Antidote's plagiarism, and refutes various claims by conservatives and theists.
• Atheist Nexus^(link): An international community of atheists.
• Baud2Bits^(link): The guy who demolishes Ken Ham, Ray Comfort, and the like; has a Holy Bible Verse By Verse series; plus numerous videos on science, history, and neuroscience with a skeptical bias.
• Betty Bowers^(link): Satire of an uber-conservative fundamentalist Christian woman.
• The Bible Reloaded^(link): Their videos focus on Bible study mixed with pop culture and some humor. Better known for dramatic readings of Chick Tracks and long form movie reviews (such as God's Not Dead) called Atheists Watch.
• Brett Palmer^(link): The Bible Skeptic's YouTube channel, a skeptic who has made a video series explaining scientific inaccuracies in the Book of Genesis as well as other videos.
• C0ct0pusPrime^(link): An atheist vlogger, many of his videos are critical of Fox News as well as other news sources. Currently he has over 20,000 subscribers.
• C0nc0rdance^(link): A strong defender of evolution, also well known for making video series examining medical pseudoscience.
• Captain Andy^(link): Spent most of his early videos calling out the religious right, especially how atheism is not a mental illness. Called out TL;DR for his racism and sexism and now defends feminism.
• Cdk007^(link): Well-known YouTube scientist, best known for making videos that debunk creationism and promoting science.
• ChattiestSpike2^(link): An atheist who covers topics relating to debunking creationist claims and is currently working on a digital arts degree.
• Chris Rodda^(link): A MRFF researcher who specializes in debunking the lies of David Barton.
• The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster^(link)
• CircusOfBedlam^(link): A photo editor who pieces together very creative videos backed by monologues. Seeks to collaborate with other YouTubers.
• CoolHardLogic^(link): is a very staid Brit who makes videos dissecting and demonstrating to be wrong such things as geocentrism, homeopathy, and batshit insanity.
• csbair^(link): Has many videos debunking or flat out making fun of fundamentalist creationists. Makes speaking in monotone sound awesome. Part of the BlogTV show "SkepticTV," which took part in the 12 Hour NephilimFree Science Gangbang Skype call.
• DarkMatter2525^(link): Creates videos, mostly animations, poking fun at fundamentalist religious views. Has some problems concerning Islam and feminism, but these do not make up the vast majority of his arguments or videos.
• De-Conversion^(link): is a site written by "converts" to atheism.
• demotivatoropinion^(link): A progressive liberal who makes videos detailing the problems that takes place within the "skeptic" community and how people who several members of that skeptical atheist community who, several years ago, would've called out conservative wingnuttery have abandoned their skepticism by endorsing Donald Trump because he agrees with them politically. Has taken a stand against doxxing no matter what side of the argument the person he's referring to is on and is willing to call out when violence being used is wrong.
• Discovering Religion^(link): A guy who has has created a series named "DiscoveringReligion", its aim is to explain the problems with religion and debunk scientific things that creationists attempt to debunk (e.g evolution). Highly recommended for its editing.
• Dogma Debate with David Smalley^(link)
• DonExodus2^(link): An evolutionary biologist. His videos are usually geared towards showing the evidence for evolution. Has said in the past he was a Christian, although in his most recent videos, he has reexamined his faith, and declared atheism until he finds evidence of God.
• Edward Current^(link): An atheist playing a Stephen Colbert-type parody of fundamentalist Christians. He has also made serious videos criticizing 9/11 truthers.
• EssenceOfThought^(link): Made a video calling out BASSFZz regarding the how the right to question religion should be defended. Also made a video calling out The Atheist Gamer, entitled, "Dealing with an Atheist on Feminism". Also, made a video calling out StateOfDaniel regarding his defense of iEmmanuela as well as calling out Theodore Shoebat.
• Evangelical Realism--A newish blog exploring reality^(link):
• Everyone's "atheism" community on Google+^(link): Website at http://www.atheism-community.com/
• Evid3nc3^(link): Once a critic of VenomFangX, most of his videos are part of an extensive ongoing autobiographical account of his deconversion from fundamentalist Christianity.
• Evil Bible.com^(link): Dissection of non-Christian messages in Christian text.
• ExtantDodo^(link): Long videos debunking everything Kent Hovind ever dared utter. Also provided long videos debunking Ray Comfort, Janet Folger, John Pendleton, Ken Ham, and other well known creationists.
• Feredir28^(link): An atheist historian and staunch critic of creationism.
• FSAthe1st^(link): A well-known user for making videos debunking creationism and pseudoscience.
• Finite Atticus^(link): Openly gay atheist who is known for documenting his deconversion from Christianity.
• The Freedom From Religion Foundation^(link)
• Gary Edwards^(link): Professional philosopher specializing in debunking "natural theologians", or those who engage in persuasive philosophical apologetics.
• Grappling Ignorance^(link): Makes videos on atheism and topics on life.
• Holy Koolaid^(link): A friendly atheist YouTuber promoting scientific skepticism through animations.
• International Humanist and Ethical Union^(link)
• Internet Infidels^(link): Also called the Secular Web.
• Iron Chariots^(link): Comprehensive Counter-apologetics wiki founded by Matt Dillahunty. (defunct, active fork wiki called Religions Wiki: https://religions.wiki/index.php/Main_Page)
• Jesus Never Existed^(link): Various counter-apologetics and biblical history articles by Kenneth Humphreys.
• Jimmy Snow^(link): Also known as Mr. Atheist. American ex-Mormon who makes videos criticizing religious fundamentalism and promoting humanist values.
• kalsolaruk^(link): British guy who makes comedy-style stand-up and animated videos pointing out biblical stupidities. Also see his kalsolaruk's "Biblical speed reading and believing competition" video on YouTube.
• Kayleigh Kill^(link): Internet vlogger who is mainly known for making unboxing videos and reviews as well as nerd culture like Harry Potter and Dr. Who. Tried a bunch of different religions but couldn't find the one that fit for her. Tries not to get political, but she's someone you don't want to mess with when she does. Was actually able to look at both sides of the "Elliott Rodger incident", as she agreed with both Laci Green and JaclynGlenn's points. She realized that it was his mental disabilities, such as his signs of Asperger's Syndrome, that fueled his misogyny. Recently made videos calling Donald Trump out as a threat to America as a vote for Trump would be harmful to her friend who was of Muslim descent, and that intolerance regarding everything Trump and his campaign stands for would not be tolerated anymore. Admitted that she was a feminist in a video calling out Sam Pepper and acknowledges how women who go against feminism will benefit and suffer from any political and social changes made against women in regards to what they can and cannot do. Believes in the rights of basic human privacy.
• Kevin Logan^(link): British Atheist who is known for making a series called "The descent of the Man-osphere". The series features him pointing out the stupidity of several members of the MRA and MGTOW movements such as Davis Aurini, Roosh V, BASSFZz, Bearing, Matt Forney, and various others. Know for rushing to the defenses of Anita Sarkeesian, Steve Shives, Kareem Abdul-Jabar, Laci Green, and Jacq'd Up. Has a cat that constantly wants chicken.
• lefayad1991^(link): A recent out of the closet atheist who while a Christian debunked many creationist videos. A current university student double majoring in History and Political Science. Member of SkepticTV.
• LithodidMan^(link): A biologist who makes many videos debunking creationist videos.
• TheLivingDinosaur^(link): A brilliant biochemist with a degree who makes many videos debunking creationism and anti-science videos. He is noted for his "Holy Hallucination" series, and making fun of the subjects of said videos.
• Martymer81^(link): Swedish physics teacher and debunker; has a series entitled "Why Do People Laugh at Spirit Science?".
• TheMessianicManic^(link):
• MockingAsshole Discusses^(link): Made video responses to channels like TheAtheistGamer for his unoriginality, Hunter Avallone for failing to understand feminism (despite him not being a feminist himself), and James the Preacher's bigotry when it came to transgender people.
• Mr. Deity^(link): Comedy series based on the domestic life of God.
• Myles Power^(link): Skeptic and biologist. Most videos are him debunking and criticizing conspiracy theories, alternative medicine, and bad science.
• Netwriter^(link): A Native American, Vietnam veteran, and former Christian who has knowledge about the Bible and has provided many videos examining it.
• The Non-Alchemist^(link): Former Christian Calvinist turned atheist who makes brief videos analyzing and refuting arguments that are in favor of Christianity.
• NonStampCollector^(link): An Australian vlogger who makes cartoons about the ridiculousness of the God of the Bible. He tends to portrays theists as uncritical buffoons.
• paperpics^(link): Formally known for classics such as "word to your mother, hodge" and making Brandon Smith (FlyingCyborgRaptor) scream twice in "Your Silly Memes Wont Save You". Now known for random videos made with his friends mostly. Use to be considered "annoying" by The Ranting Community.
• paulchartley^(link): British atheist also known as "Phantom Video Productions" and "The Holyghost Busters". Offers snarky refutations of fundamentalism, creationism and the Bible. Uncovered Ray Comfort's use of cue cards in his anti-abortion movie "180".
• Paulogia^(link): A former Christian who tackles Christian and creationist arguments.
• PaulsEgo^(link): An American atheist. Reminiscent of The Amazing Atheist, but less rough. Often likes to tell stories about his past.
• Philhellenes^(link): Makes excellent videos pertaining to science and religion. His video, "Why Don'tSUBST: Scientists Fear Hell?" is recommended.
• Potholer54^(link): A British journalist with a degree in geology. His "The Universe Made Easy" series is (or rather, was, since it is now finished) very popular, and is usually highly regarded. He is also known for his debunking of creationism and global warming denial.
• Potholer54debunks^(link): Potholer54's channel dedicated to debunking pseudoscience.
• ProfMTH^(link): A university professor and atheist who creates videos debunking biblical literalism and common arguments for theism. Many of his videos also pertain to homosexuality in the Bible and in a religious context.
• proteanview^(link): A gay atheist who frequently speaks out against Zionism, as well as providing his perspective on a wider variety of other topics. Hence , his YouTube handle. Occasionally serves as a foil to Pat Condell's pro-zionism /anti-muslim immigrant videos
• QualiaSoup^(link): A debunker of theism and other fallacious belief systems.
• The Rational Reply^(link): - Jim Rational's daily replies to bizarre religious claims
• Rationality Rules^(link): Debunks Christian and Muslim apologetics. Also a harsh critic of Jordan Peterson's views on religion.
• Rebecca Watson^(link):
• Red's Rhetoric^(link): Astronomy channel. Red also debunks claims and videos made by flat-earthers.
• Religious Antagonist^(link): A provocative, irreverent, blasphemous, controversial and sacrilegious man, Mike sets to make fun of and humiliate the religions of this world.
• Richard Dawkins Foudation for Reason & Science^(link).
• The Secular Web^(link): This site covers the whole of freethought.
• SisyphusRedeemed^(link): Professional philosopher, apatheist and rationalist, his videos are very insightful and he is a terribly knowledgeable chap.
• Slacktivist^(link): covers religion and politics from a liberal evangelical Christian perspective, including a critical analysis of Left Behind
• Somegreybloke^(link): British cartoon character Graham Murkett humourously talks about current events and makes fun of cranks.
• Spikesmth^(link): An atheist who makes many outstanding videos debunking religion and pseudoscience and strongly supports reason and science.
• Suris^(link): American atheist and also a leftist.
• Taboo Topics^(link): Makes videos calling out conservative homophobes as well as making a video about how she left Christianity.
• Telltale^(link): Ex-Jehovah's Witness who makes videos analyzing cults.
• That Weasel^(link): Agnostic who has a series of videos called "Feeding the Trolls", where he looks at the most obnoxious personalities on the internet, several of which being right wing fundamentalist Christians, and makes videos analyzing what it is about their videos that don't work. For example, he debunked a video entitled "50 Reasons How Gay Marriage Affects Society". In spite of his uncertain stance in regards to God, he admits that he is willing to make compromises and how being able to open up and compromise help fix the problems. He knows when certain topics are too inappropriate to talk about, such as James the Preacher commenting on the Connecticut School Shootings, or Captain Crazification insulting the death of JewWario by blaming it on the feminists. Made a video rant on Donald Trump regarding him wanting to close the internet off.
• The Thinking Atheist^(link)
• The1janitor^(link): Makes videos often criticizing sexism, racism, or other biases in society. While he occasionally walks on eggshells on certain issues like Gamergate or "negging" (though he does criticize the "assholes" of said issues, which is something), his overall intentions seem well, and his videos are often filled with informative and rational content.
• TheoreticalBullshit^(link): Real name Scott Clifton, he is an American actor and musician. He is also an atheist and refutes religious claims using philosophical points. His argument against the Kalam Cosmological Argument has recently come under the attention of William Lane Craig.
• TheraminTrees^(link): Brother of QualiaSoup. Makes similar videos.
• Thoughtsic.com^(link): A militant atheist with a radical liberal agenda to match. Occasional science-related post.
• Tim Minchin^(link): Songs against religion.
• TheTruePooka^(link): An angry New York atheist and Jewish apostate. Rages against the political abuses of the moral majority and frequently instructs viewers, if they should find something upsetting, to just pet the cat.
• TrustingDoubt^(link): Channel owned by Valerie Tarico, a psychologist and former fundamentalist. She is known for her fantastic video series explaining how God is a complete human construction.
• TruthSurge^(link): An ex-Christian atheist who makes many excellent videos on the historicity of religion and Christianity.
• Underlings^(link): Atheist who uses the Bible against Christianity itself and uses it to show that if the God of the bible exists, he is necessarily evil. Illustrates evils that the Bible has including murder and genocide, animal and human sacrifice, torture, child abuse, animal abuse, theft, slavery, pedophilia, rape, incest, cannibalism, betrayal, and lying by citing from the Bible itself as traditional methods of science wasn't enough to convince fundamentalist Christians.
• undertakerfreak1127^(link): Once a militant atheist, but recently began to mature as his thought process developed. Recently admitted that rape culture did exist in America, and that it was hurting both women and men and even acknowledged that women got paid less in the same fields that men work in.
• Viced Rhino^(link): Canadian Youtuber who debunks creationist videos.
• ViolentlyGraceful^(link): Skeptic who makes great videos on the old testament and promoter of Documentary hypothesis.
• WildwoodClaire^(link): Native North Carolinan geologist who debunks YEC claims and provides the occasional geology-centric video.
• XandarsMeteor^(link): Creator of of the Atheist Impact series consisting of several videos of about an hour long.
• Xoroaster^(link): A well read user who exposes fallacious beliefs in the Bible and uses historical context.
• ZOMGitsCriss^(link): Romanian. Most subscribers can't stop calling her "hot." Also on Freethoughtblogs.com. Is critical of Anita Sarkeesian and Jonathan McIntosh.

Fundamentalism

• Alma Geddon^(link): focuses on the theme of failed doomsday prophecies. Despite a rustic web design the lists are quite thorough, covering doomsayers from 633 BCE to modern times, as well as a side article on pop cultural interpretations of doomsday.
• Objective Ministries^(link): A parody of fundy loons. See especially Orbital Cross Alpha.
• Rick Ross^(link): One of the better respected cult watchers. Useful site.

Humor and parody

• NewsTechnica^(link): Blog. Fake news by David Gerard.
• The Onion^(link): Parody News site. Yes, this is THE Onion.
• Sadly, No^(link): Blog. Another funny moonbat blog.
• Foxes in love^(link): Cute comic about gay foxes.

Writing

• Odd Books by Alfred Armstrong^(link): Blog. A tour through some of the weirdest material the literary world has to offer, including abundant miscellaneous kookery, proto-seduction guru Frank Harris, egotistical poetaster Amanda McKittrick Ros, and John Harvey Kellogg-wannabe Webster Edgerley (who put the Ralston in Ralston-Purina).
• Quote Investigator^(link): researches who is actually behind well known quotes
• Science After Sunclipse^(link): Blog. Run by Blake Stacey.
• Stupid Evil Bastard^(link): Blog.

Just good

• FreeRice.com^(link): Feed your vocabulary while you feed hungry people. Can't get much better than that.
• Nathan Zed (as TheThirdPew)^(link): Internet vlogger who makes videos about media and everyday life. Calls out sexual abuse on YouTube and the problem with modern prank videos.

See also

• RationalWiki:Bookshelf

References

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