kottke.org

One of the oldest blogs on the internet, founded in 1998. Posts an eclectic mixture of news items, curiosities, art, technology and more. (Technically this is a bot account, but it’s also the blog’s official account.)

Fediverse address:
@kottke@mastodon.social

Text Adventure / Xyzzy

Bot that posts randomly generated text adventure / interactive fiction scenarios. The scenarios are somewhat interactive, you can type commands as replies and the bot will reply with responses depending on what you do. Inspired by the classic text adventures of the 1980s. New scenarios appear every 4 hours.

Fediverse address:
@xyzzy@mastodon.sandwich.net

Gancio

A free open source collaborative online calendar. It allows local communities to share a common calendar that anyone can post events to, even people without an account. (Posts are moderated to prevent spam though.) You can also interact with Gancio through the Fediverse, and it has RSS support for people who want to follow through feed readers.

Fediverse address:
@gancio@mastodon.cisti.org

E Foundation / Murena

The E Foundation develops and maintains a free open source privacy-friendly de-Googled version of Android, which you can either install yourself on your existing phone or buy pre-installed on a new phone. They sell pre-installed phones through the Murena brand, all of which are manufactured by established companies like Fairphone, Samsung etc.

Fediverse address (E Foundation):
@e_mydata@mastodon.social

Fediverse address (Murena):
@murena@mastodon.social

Fediverse address (videos):
@efoundation@peer.tube

FediMeteo Nunavut

Weather forecast accounts for Nunavut, Canada. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.

Fediverse addresses (in English & French):
@arctic_bay__nunavut@ca.fedimeteo.com
@arviat__nunavut@ca.fedimeteo.com
@baker_lake__nunavut@ca.fedimeteo.com
@cambridge_bay__nunavut@ca.fedimeteo.com
@cape_dorset__nunavut@ca.fedimeteo.com
@iqaluit__nunavut@ca.fedimeteo.com
@pond_inlet__nunavut@ca.fedimeteo.com
@rankin_inlet__nunavut@ca.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Mississippi

Weather forecast accounts for Mississippi, USA. Follow an account to see the forecasts for that town or city.

Fediverse addresses:
@bay_st_louis__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@biloxi__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@brookhaven__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@clinton__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@columbus__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@corinth__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@greenville__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@greenwood__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@gulfport__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@hattiesburg__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@hernando__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@jackson__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@laurel__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@madison__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@mccomb__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@meridian__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@natchez__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@olive_branch__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@pascagoula__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@picayune__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@ridgeland__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@southaven__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@starkville__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@tupelo__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@vicksburg__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com

ACARS Drama

Posting interesting or amusing ACARS messages from various aircraft.

Fediverse address (all messages):
@acarsdrama@live.acarsdrama.com

Fediverse address (popular/trending messages):
@trending@live.acarsdrama.com

Fediverse address (bad behaviour messages):
@badpax@live.acarsdrama.com

Fediverse address (crewing ops messages):
@crewing_ops@live.acarsdrama.com

Fediverse address (turbulence messages):
@ride_reports@live.acarsdrama.com

Fediverse address (weather messages):
@wx@live.acarsdrama.com

Fediverse address (animal messages):
@animals@live.acarsdrama.com

Fediverse address (medical messages):
@medical@live.acarsdrama.com

FediMeteo Nova Scotia

Weather forecast accounts for Nova Scotia, Canada. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.

Fediverse addresses (in English & French):
@amherst__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@antigonish__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@bridgewater__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@halifax__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@kentville__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@new_glasgow__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@port_hawkesbury__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@sydney__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@truro__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@yarmouth__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Missouri

Weather forecast accounts for Missouri, USA. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.

Fediverse addresses:
@ballwin__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@blue_springs__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@branson__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@cape_girardeau__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@columbia__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@florissant__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@hannibal__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@independence__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@jefferson_city__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@joplin__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@kansas_city__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@kirkwood__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@lees_summit__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@liberty__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@maryville__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@nevada__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@ozark__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@poplar_bluff__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@raytown__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@rolla__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@sedalia__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@springfield__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@st_joseph__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@st_louis__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@wentzville__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com

Christopher M0YNG

Amateur radio enthusiast who runs the mastodon.radio server for other ham radio fans. M0YNG shares lots of posts by amateur radio fans looking for followers, so following him is a good way to meet others in this field.

Fediverse address:
@M0YNG@mastodon.radio

FediMeteo Quebec

Weather forecast accounts for Quebec, Canada. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.

Fediverse addresses (in English & French):
@amos__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@baie_comeau__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@drummondville__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@gaspe__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@gatineau__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@granby__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@laval__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@mont_tremblant__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@montreal__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@quebec_city__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@rimouski__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@rouyn_noranda__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@saguenay__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@saint_jean_sur_richelieu__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@sept_iles__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@sherbrooke__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@trois_rivieres__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@val_d_or__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com

Adam S. Smith

Palaeontologist and curator at the Nottingham Natural History Museum, Wollaton Hall, in the UK. Especially interested in plesiosaurs and other Mesozoic marine reptiles. Author of the children’s books “The Plesiosaur’s Neck” and “The Tyrannosaur’s Feathers”, founder of the Dinosaur Toy Blog, Animal Toy Blog and Plesiosaur Directory sites.

Fediverse address (main):
@AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win

Fediverse address (blog):
@dinotoyblog@dinotoyblog.com

Fediverse address (videos):
@dinotoyblog@makertube.net

FediMeteo Oregon

Weather forecast accounts for Oregon, USA. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.

Fediverse addresses:
@albany__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@astoria__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@beaverton__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@bend__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@corvallis__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@eugene__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@grants_pass__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@gresham__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@hillsboro__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@keizer__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@klamath_falls__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@lake_oswego__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@mcminnville__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@medford__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@newberg__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@oregon_city__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@portland__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@redmond__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@roseburg__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@salem__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@springfield__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@tigard__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@tualatin__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@west_linn__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@woodburn__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com

Luanti (formerly known as Minetest)

Free open source 3D game engine, for creating Minecraft-style games and worlds. There’s a large range of game modes and mods available, including online multiplayer. It’s available for Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Android.

Fediverse address:
@Luanti@floss.social

De Witte Haas, Schiermonnikoog

De Witte Haas (“The White Hare”) is a photographer and guide on Schiermonnikoog, a small Dutch island in the North Sea which is also a national park of the Netherlands. They post wonderful photos and news about the plants and wildlife on the island.

Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@dewittehaas@mastodon.social

Bundesamts für die Sicherheit der nuklearen Entsorgung / Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management

German Federal Government’s office for regulating, licensing and supervising the disposal, storage, handling and transport of high-level radioactive waste.

Fediverse address (in German):
@base@social.bund.de

WriteFreely

Free open source federated blogging platform. The interface and options are minimalist, with the focus on reading text with as few distractions as possible. It’s part of the Fediverse, so you can follow WriteFreely blogs from Mastodon etc. You can host a WriteFreely server yourself, or sign up on an existing server.

Fediverse address (main):
@writefreely@writing.exchange

Fediverse address (blog):
@writefreely@blog.writefreely.org

FediMeteo Indonesia

Weather accounts for cities and towns in Indonesia. Follow an account to see its forecasts.

Fediverse addresses (in Indonesian):
@agats@id.fedimeteo.com
@ambon@id.fedimeteo.com
@amlapura@id.fedimeteo.com
@atambua@id.fedimeteo.com
@bajawa@id.fedimeteo.com
@balikpapan@id.fedimeteo.com
@banda_aceh@id.fedimeteo.com
@bandar_lampung@id.fedimeteo.com
@bandung@id.fedimeteo.com
@banjar@id.fedimeteo.com
@banjarbaru@id.fedimeteo.com
@banjarmasin@id.fedimeteo.com
@bantaeng@id.fedimeteo.com
@bantul@id.fedimeteo.com
@banyuwangi@id.fedimeteo.com
@barabai@id.fedimeteo.com
@batam@id.fedimeteo.com
@batu@id.fedimeteo.com
@baubau@id.fedimeteo.com
@bekasi@id.fedimeteo.com
@bengkalis@id.fedimeteo.com
@bengkulu@id.fedimeteo.com
@biak@id.fedimeteo.com
@bima@id.fedimeteo.com
@binjai@id.fedimeteo.com
@bintuni@id.fedimeteo.com
@bitung@id.fedimeteo.com
@blitar@id.fedimeteo.com
@bogor@id.fedimeteo.com
@bojonegoro@id.fedimeteo.com
@bondowoso@id.fedimeteo.com
@bontang@id.fedimeteo.com
@bukittinggi@id.fedimeteo.com
@bulukumba@id.fedimeteo.com
@cianjur@id.fedimeteo.com
@cilacap@id.fedimeteo.com
@cilegon@id.fedimeteo.com
@cimahi@id.fedimeteo.com
@cirebon@id.fedimeteo.com
@curup@id.fedimeteo.com
@dekai@id.fedimeteo.com
@denpasar@id.fedimeteo.com
@depok@id.fedimeteo.com
@dobo@id.fedimeteo.com
@dompu@id.fedimeteo.com
@donggala@id.fedimeteo.com
@dumai@id.fedimeteo.com
@enarotali@id.fedimeteo.com
@ende@id.fedimeteo.com
@fakfak@id.fedimeteo.com
@garut@id.fedimeteo.com
@gorontalo@id.fedimeteo.com
@gresik@id.fedimeteo.com
@gunungsitoli@id.fedimeteo.com
@indramayu@id.fedimeteo.com
@jakarta@id.fedimeteo.com
@jambi@id.fedimeteo.com
@jayapura@id.fedimeteo.com
@jember@id.fedimeteo.com
@jepara@id.fedimeteo.com
@kabanjahe@id.fedimeteo.com
@kaimana@id.fedimeteo.com
@kalianda@id.fedimeteo.com
@karawang@id.fedimeteo.com
@kebumen@id.fedimeteo.com
@kediri@id.fedimeteo.com
@kendari@id.fedimeteo.com
@ketapang@id.fedimeteo.com
@kolaka@id.fedimeteo.com
@kotabaru@id.fedimeteo.com
@kotabumi@id.fedimeteo.com
@kotamobagu@id.fedimeteo.com
@krui@id.fedimeteo.com
@kuala_kapuas@id.fedimeteo.com
@kuala_tungkal@id.fedimeteo.com
@kudus@id.fedimeteo.com
@kupang@id.fedimeteo.com
@kuta@id.fedimeteo.com
@kutacane@id.fedimeteo.com
@labuan_bajo@id.fedimeteo.com
@labuha@id.fedimeteo.com
@langsa@id.fedimeteo.com
@larantuka@id.fedimeteo.com
@lembang@id.fedimeteo.com
@lhokseumawe@id.fedimeteo.com
@liwa@id.fedimeteo.com
@lubuklinggau@id.fedimeteo.com
@lumajang@id.fedimeteo.com
@luwuk@id.fedimeteo.com
@madiun@id.fedimeteo.com
@magelang@id.fedimeteo.com
@majene@id.fedimeteo.com
@makassar@id.fedimeteo.com
@malang@id.fedimeteo.com
@malinau@id.fedimeteo.com
@mamuju@id.fedimeteo.com
@manado@id.fedimeteo.com
@manna@id.fedimeteo.com
@manokwari@id.fedimeteo.com
@marisa@id.fedimeteo.com
@martapura@id.fedimeteo.com
@masohi@id.fedimeteo.com
@mataram@id.fedimeteo.com
@maumere@id.fedimeteo.com
@medan@id.fedimeteo.com
@merauke@id.fedimeteo.com
@metro@id.fedimeteo.com
@meulaboh@id.fedimeteo.com
@mojokerto@id.fedimeteo.com
@muara_bungo@id.fedimeteo.com
@muara_enim@id.fedimeteo.com
@muara_teweh@id.fedimeteo.com
@mulia@id.fedimeteo.com
@muntok@id.fedimeteo.com
@nabire@id.fedimeteo.com
@namlea@id.fedimeteo.com
@nanga_pinoh@id.fedimeteo.com
@negara@id.fedimeteo.com
@nunukan@id.fedimeteo.com
@oksibil@id.fedimeteo.com
@padang@id.fedimeteo.com
@padangsidimpuan@id.fedimeteo.com
@pagar_alam@id.fedimeteo.com
@painan@id.fedimeteo.com
@palangkaraya@id.fedimeteo.com
@palembang@id.fedimeteo.com
@palopo@id.fedimeteo.com
@palu@id.fedimeteo.com
@pamekasan@id.fedimeteo.com
@pangandaran@id.fedimeteo.com
@pangkalan_bun@id.fedimeteo.com
@pangkalpinang@id.fedimeteo.com
@parepare@id.fedimeteo.com
@pariaman@id.fedimeteo.com
@pasuruan@id.fedimeteo.com
@payakumbuh@id.fedimeteo.com
@pekalongan@id.fedimeteo.com
@pekanbaru@id.fedimeteo.com
@pematangsiantar@id.fedimeteo.com
@penajam@id.fedimeteo.com
@polewali@id.fedimeteo.com
@pontianak@id.fedimeteo.com
@poso@id.fedimeteo.com
@prabumulih@id.fedimeteo.com
@praya@id.fedimeteo.com
@probolinggo@id.fedimeteo.com
@purwokerto@id.fedimeteo.com
@putussibau@id.fedimeteo.com
@raha@id.fedimeteo.com
@ranai@id.fedimeteo.com
@rantauprapat@id.fedimeteo.com
@rantepao@id.fedimeteo.com
@rembang@id.fedimeteo.com
@rengat@id.fedimeteo.com
@ruteng@id.fedimeteo.com
@sabang@id.fedimeteo.com
@salatiga@id.fedimeteo.com
@samarinda@id.fedimeteo.com
@sambas@id.fedimeteo.com
@sampit@id.fedimeteo.com
@sangatta@id.fedimeteo.com
@sarmi@id.fedimeteo.com
@saumlaki@id.fedimeteo.com
@sawahlunto@id.fedimeteo.com
@sekayu@id.fedimeteo.com
@selatpanjang@id.fedimeteo.com
@semarang@id.fedimeteo.com
@senggigi@id.fedimeteo.com
@sengkang@id.fedimeteo.com
@sentani@id.fedimeteo.com
@serang@id.fedimeteo.com
@serui@id.fedimeteo.com
@sibolga@id.fedimeteo.com
@sidoarjo@id.fedimeteo.com
@singaraja@id.fedimeteo.com
@singkawang@id.fedimeteo.com
@sintang@id.fedimeteo.com
@sleman@id.fedimeteo.com
@soe@id.fedimeteo.com
@sofifi@id.fedimeteo.com
@solok@id.fedimeteo.com
@sorong@id.fedimeteo.com
@subang@id.fedimeteo.com
@sukabumi@id.fedimeteo.com
@sumbawa_besar@id.fedimeteo.com
@sumenep@id.fedimeteo.com
@sungai_penuh@id.fedimeteo.com
@surabaya@id.fedimeteo.com
@surakarta@id.fedimeteo.com
@tahuna@id.fedimeteo.com
@takengon@id.fedimeteo.com
@tanah_merah@id.fedimeteo.com
@tangerang@id.fedimeteo.com
@tangerang_selatan@id.fedimeteo.com
@tanjung@id.fedimeteo.com
@tanjung_balai_karimun@id.fedimeteo.com
@tanjung_pandan@id.fedimeteo.com
@tanjung_redeb@id.fedimeteo.com
@tanjung_selor@id.fedimeteo.com
@tanjungbalai@id.fedimeteo.com
@tanjungpinang@id.fedimeteo.com
@tarakan@id.fedimeteo.com
@tarutung@id.fedimeteo.com
@tasikmalaya@id.fedimeteo.com
@tegal@id.fedimeteo.com
@tembilahan@id.fedimeteo.com
@teminabuan@id.fedimeteo.com
@tenggarong@id.fedimeteo.com
@ternate@id.fedimeteo.com
@tidore@id.fedimeteo.com
@timika@id.fedimeteo.com
@tobelo@id.fedimeteo.com
@tolitoli@id.fedimeteo.com
@tomohon@id.fedimeteo.com
@tual@id.fedimeteo.com
@tuban@id.fedimeteo.com
@ubud@id.fedimeteo.com
@waikabubak@id.fedimeteo.com
@waingapu@id.fedimeteo.com
@waisai@id.fedimeteo.com
@wamena@id.fedimeteo.com
@wangi_wangi@id.fedimeteo.com
@watampone@id.fedimeteo.com
@wonosari@id.fedimeteo.com
@wonosobo@id.fedimeteo.com
@yogyakarta@id.fedimeteo.com