Haus der Astronomie / Centre for Astronomy Education and Outreach

Education centre in Germany which holds workshops, summer schools and conferences all about astronomy and related topics. Operated by the Max Planck Society, and created in partnership with the Klaus Tschira Foundation, the University of Heidelberg and the City of Heidelberg.

Fediverse address (in German and English):
@hausderastronomie@academiccloud.social

Robert W. Gehl

Ontario Research Chair of Digital Governance for Social Justice at York University in Canada. Researches network cultures and technologies, alternative social media and manipulative communication. Author of “Reverse Engineering Social Networks”, “Weaving the Dark Web” and “Social Engineering”.

Fediverse address:
@robertwgehl@scholar.social

FediMeteo Idaho

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

Fediverse address:
@ammon__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@blackfoot__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@boise__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@burley__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@caldwell__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@chubbuck__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@coeur_d_alene__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@eagle__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@hailey__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@idaho_falls__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@lewistown__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@meridian__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@moscow__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@mountain_home__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@nampa__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@pocatello__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@post_falls__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@rexburg__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@sandpoint__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@twin_falls__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Sweden

Weather accounts for cities in Sweden. Follow a city to see its weather forecasts in Swedish on your timeline.

Fediverse addresses (in Swedish):
@boden@se.fedimeteo.com
@boras@se.fedimeteo.com
@eskilstuna@se.fedimeteo.com
@gavle@se.fedimeteo.com
@gothenburg@se.fedimeteo.com
@halmstad@se.fedimeteo.com
@helsingborg@se.fedimeteo.com
@huddinge@se.fedimeteo.com
@jonkoping@se.fedimeteo.com
@kalmar@se.fedimeteo.com
@karlskrona@se.fedimeteo.com
@karlstad@se.fedimeteo.com
@kiruna@se.fedimeteo.com
@linkoping@se.fedimeteo.com
@lulea@se.fedimeteo.com
@lund@se.fedimeteo.com
@malmo@se.fedimeteo.com
@norrkoping@se.fedimeteo.com
@orebro@se.fedimeteo.com
@skelleftea@se.fedimeteo.com
@skovde@se.fedimeteo.com
@sodertalje@se.fedimeteo.com
@stockholm@se.fedimeteo.com
@taby@se.fedimeteo.com
@trollhattan@se.fedimeteo.com
@umea@se.fedimeteo.com
@uppsala@se.fedimeteo.com
@vasby@se.fedimeteo.com
@vasteras@se.fedimeteo.com
@vaxjo@se.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Iowa

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

Fediverse addresses:
@ames__iowa@us.fedimeteo.com
@ankeny__iowa@us.fedimeteo.com
@bettendorf__iowa@us.fedimeteo.com
@burlington__iowa@us.fedimeteo.com
@cedar_falls__iowa@us.fedimeteo.com
@cedar_rapids__iowa@us.fedimeteo.com
@clinton__iowa@us.fedimeteo.com
@council_bluffs__iowa@us.fedimeteo.com
@davenport__iowa@us.fedimeteo.com
@des_moines__iowa@us.fedimeteo.com
@dubuque__iowa@us.fedimeteo.com
@fort_dodge__iowa@us.fedimeteo.com
@grinnell__iowa@us.fedimeteo.com
@iowa_city__iowa@us.fedimeteo.com
@johnston__iowa@us.fedimeteo.com
@marshalltown__iowa@us.fedimeteo.com
@mason_city__iowa@us.fedimeteo.com
@muscatine__iowa@us.fedimeteo.com
@ottumwa__iowa@us.fedimeteo.com
@pella__iowa@us.fedimeteo.com
@sioux_city__iowa@us.fedimeteo.com
@storm_lake__iowa@us.fedimeteo.com
@urbandale__iowa@us.fedimeteo.com
@waterloo__iowa@us.fedimeteo.com
@west_des_moines__iowa@us.fedimeteo.com

Postcard Past – Present Photo

History site taking old postcards of particular places in cities and putting them beside photos of the same locations today, with the site’s articles discussing what has changed socially and economically in that area (or not) since the postcard was made.

Fediverse address (blog):
@index@postcard-past.com

Hare

A new programming language currently under development. The developers describe it as: “a systems programming language designed to be simple, stable, and robust” and “well-suited to low-level, high performance tasks.” Apparently it fits onto one 3.5 inch disk! 💾

Fediverse address:
@hare@fosstodon.org

Open Source Gardens

Organisation connecting gardeners all around the world, encouraging the use of open source seeds and similar philosophies. Posts in English and German.

Fediverse address (main):
@opensourcegardens@chaos.social

Fediverse address (videos):
@opensourcegardens@tube.tchncs.de

Fediverse address (blog):
@handwritten@notes.opensourcegardens.info

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

FediMeteo Northwest Territories

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

Fediverse addresses (in English & French):
@fort_smith__northwest_territories@ca.fedimeteo.com
@hay_river__northwest_territories@ca.fedimeteo.com
@inuvik__northwest_territories@ca.fedimeteo.com
@yellowknife__northwest_territories@ca.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo England

Weather forecast accounts for cities in England, using data from Open-Meteo.

Fediverse addresses (organised by city):
@berwick@uk.fedimeteo.com
@birmingham@uk.fedimeteo.com
@blackpool@uk.fedimeteo.com
@bradford@uk.fedimeteo.com
@brighton@uk.fedimeteo.com
@bristol@uk.fedimeteo.com
@cambridge@uk.fedimeteo.com
@canterbury@uk.fedimeteo.com
@carlisle@uk.fedimeteo.com
@chelmsford@uk.fedimeteo.com
@colchester@uk.fedimeteo.com
@coventry@uk.fedimeteo.com
@derby@uk.fedimeteo.com
@exeter@uk.fedimeteo.com
@hugh_town@uk.fedimeteo.com
@hull@uk.fedimeteo.com
@ipswich@uk.fedimeteo.com
@leeds@uk.fedimeteo.com
@leicester@uk.fedimeteo.com
@liverpool@uk.fedimeteo.com
@london@uk.fedimeteo.com
@manchester@uk.fedimeteo.com
@newcastle@uk.fedimeteo.com
@norwich@uk.fedimeteo.com
@nottingham@uk.fedimeteo.com
@oxford@uk.fedimeteo.com
@plymouth@uk.fedimeteo.com
@portsmouth@uk.fedimeteo.com
@reading@uk.fedimeteo.com
@shanklin@uk.fedimeteo.com
@sheffield@uk.fedimeteo.com
@southampton@uk.fedimeteo.com
@stoke_on_trent@uk.fedimeteo.com
@sunderland@uk.fedimeteo.com
@truro@uk.fedimeteo.com
@wakefield@uk.fedimeteo.com
@wolverhampton@uk.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo New Brunswick

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

Fediverse addresses (in English & French):
@bathurst__new_brunswick@ca.fedimeteo.com
@campbellton__new_brunswick@ca.fedimeteo.com
@dieppe__new_brunswick@ca.fedimeteo.com
@edmundston__new_brunswick@ca.fedimeteo.com
@fredericton__new_brunswick@ca.fedimeteo.com
@grand_falls__new_brunswick@ca.fedimeteo.com
@miramichi__new_brunswick@ca.fedimeteo.com
@moncton__new_brunswick@ca.fedimeteo.com
@saint_john__new_brunswick@ca.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Germany

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

Fediverse addresses (in German):
@aachen@de.fedimeteo.com
@asendorf@de.fedimeteo.com
@attendorn@de.fedimeteo.com
@augsburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@aurich@de.fedimeteo.com
@bad_homburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@bad_kreuznach@de.fedimeteo.com
@bayreuth@de.fedimeteo.com
@bedburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@bensheim@de.fedimeteo.com
@bergisch_gladbach@de.fedimeteo.com
@berlin@de.fedimeteo.com
@bielefeld@de.fedimeteo.com
@bochum@de.fedimeteo.com
@bonn@de.fedimeteo.com
@bottrop@de.fedimeteo.com
@braunschweig@de.fedimeteo.com
@bremen@de.fedimeteo.com
@bremerhaven@de.fedimeteo.com
@buchholz@de.fedimeteo.com
@buchholz_saxony@de.fedimeteo.com
@celle@de.fedimeteo.com
@chemnitz@de.fedimeteo.com
@cottbus@de.fedimeteo.com
@darmstadt@de.fedimeteo.com
@dessau@de.fedimeteo.com
@dortmund@de.fedimeteo.com
@dresden@de.fedimeteo.com
@duisburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@dusseldorf@de.fedimeteo.com
@ebersberg@de.fedimeteo.com
@emden@de.fedimeteo.com
@erfurt@de.fedimeteo.com
@essen@de.fedimeteo.com
@flensburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@frankfurt@de.fedimeteo.com
@freiburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@freising@de.fedimeteo.com
@furth@de.fedimeteo.com
@garmisch_partenkirchen@de.fedimeteo.com
@gelsenkirchen@de.fedimeteo.com
@gladbeck@de.fedimeteo.com
@goslar@de.fedimeteo.com
@gottingen@de.fedimeteo.com
@greifswald@de.fedimeteo.com
@greiz@de.fedimeteo.com
@gutersloh@de.fedimeteo.com
@hagen@de.fedimeteo.com
@halle@de.fedimeteo.com
@hamburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@hamm@de.fedimeteo.com
@hannover@de.fedimeteo.com
@hanstedt@de.fedimeteo.com
@heidelberg@de.fedimeteo.com
@heilbronn@de.fedimeteo.com
@herne@de.fedimeteo.com
@hildesheim@de.fedimeteo.com
@hof@de.fedimeteo.com
@ingolstadt@de.fedimeteo.com
@jena@de.fedimeteo.com
@jesteburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@karlsruhe@de.fedimeteo.com
@kassel@de.fedimeteo.com
@kiel@de.fedimeteo.com
@koblenz@de.fedimeteo.com
@koln@de.fedimeteo.com
@krefeld@de.fedimeteo.com
@landshut_bavaria@de.fedimeteo.com
@leipzig@de.fedimeteo.com
@leverkusen@de.fedimeteo.com
@lubeck@de.fedimeteo.com
@ludwigshafen@de.fedimeteo.com
@magdeburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@mainz@de.fedimeteo.com
@mannheim@de.fedimeteo.com
@memmingen@de.fedimeteo.com
@moers@de.fedimeteo.com
@monchengladbach@de.fedimeteo.com
@muhlheim@de.fedimeteo.com
@munchen@de.fedimeteo.com
@munster@de.fedimeteo.com
@naumburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@neubrandenburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@neumunster@de.fedimeteo.com
@neuss@de.fedimeteo.com
@nurnberg@de.fedimeteo.com
@oberhausen@de.fedimeteo.com
@offenbach@de.fedimeteo.com
@oldenburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@osnabruck@de.fedimeteo.com
@paderborn@de.fedimeteo.com
@passau@de.fedimeteo.com
@pforzheim@de.fedimeteo.com
@potsdam@de.fedimeteo.com
@recklinghausen@de.fedimeteo.com
@regensburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@reutlingen@de.fedimeteo.com
@rostock@de.fedimeteo.com
@saarbrucken@de.fedimeteo.com
@salzgitter@de.fedimeteo.com
@schwabisch_hall@de.fedimeteo.com
@schwarzenbek@de.fedimeteo.com
@siegen@de.fedimeteo.com
@solingen@de.fedimeteo.com
@speyer@de.fedimeteo.com
@stralsund@de.fedimeteo.com
@straubing@de.fedimeteo.com
@stuttgart@de.fedimeteo.com
@suhl@de.fedimeteo.com
@trier@de.fedimeteo.com
@ulm@de.fedimeteo.com
@villingen_schwenningen@de.fedimeteo.com
@weimar@de.fedimeteo.com
@wiesbaden@de.fedimeteo.com
@winsen@de.fedimeteo.com
@witten@de.fedimeteo.com
@wolfsburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@worms@de.fedimeteo.com
@wuppertal@de.fedimeteo.com
@wurzburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@zweibrucken@de.fedimeteo.com
@zwickau@de.fedimeteo.com

Topio e.V.

German non-profit organisation which helps ordinary people “de-Google” their phones by installing privacy-friendly operating systems. They run events to help with this including workshops, exhibitions, lectures etc.

Fediverse address (main account, in German):
@topio@mastodon.social

Fediverse address (photos, in German):
@topio@pixelfed.social

Fediverse address (events, in German):
@topio_space@mobilize.berlin

FediMeteo Taiwan

Weather forecast accounts for towns and cities in Taiwan. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.

Fediverse addresses (in Taiwanese Mandarin):
@changhua@tw.fedimeteo.com
@chiayi@tw.fedimeteo.com
@hsinchu@tw.fedimeteo.com
@hualien@tw.fedimeteo.com
@kaohsiung@tw.fedimeteo.com
@keelung@tw.fedimeteo.com
@kinmen@tw.fedimeteo.com
@lienchiang@tw.fedimeteo.com
@miaoli@tw.fedimeteo.com
@nantou@tw.fedimeteo.com
@newtaipei@tw.fedimeteo.com
@penghu@tw.fedimeteo.com
@pingtung@tw.fedimeteo.com
@taichung@tw.fedimeteo.com
@tainan@tw.fedimeteo.com
@taipei@tw.fedimeteo.com
@taitung@tw.fedimeteo.com
@taoyuan@tw.fedimeteo.com
@yilan@tw.fedimeteo.com
@yunlin@tw.fedimeteo.com

Quote Me

Bot which generates nice-looking images based on specific Fediverse posts.

Fediverse address:
@quoteme@mas.to

The Tor Project

Non-profit organisation that maintains the Tor network, which allows people to communicate anonymously over the internet thanks to a special network that scrambles any attempts to trace connections. The easiest way to use Tor is with the Tor web browser, which you can download from their website.

Fediverse address:
@torproject@mastodon.social

Computertruhe e.V.

Volunteers in Germany who repair abandoned computers so they can be donated to charity.

Fediverse address (main account, in German):
@computertruhe@social.computertruhe.de

Fediverse address (Berlin branch, in German):
@berlin@social.computertruhe.de

Fediverse address (Chemnitz branch, in German):
@chemnitz@social.computertruhe.de

Fediverse address (Munich branch, in German):
@muenchen@social.computertruhe.de

FediMeteo New Mexico

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

Fediverse addresses:
@albuquerque__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@belen__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@bernalillo__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@carlsbad__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@clovis__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@deming__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@edgewood__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@farmington__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@gallup__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@grants__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@hobbs__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@las_cruces__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@las_vegas__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@los_lunas__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@portales__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@raton__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@rio_rancho__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@roswell__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@santa_fe__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@shiprock__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@silver_city__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@socorro__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@sunland_park__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@taos__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@truth_or_consequences__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com

Ian Betteridge

Blogger, veteran tech journalist, used to edit the UK magazine MacUser and is well known for accidentally coining Betteridge’s Law of Headlines: If a news headline poses a question then the answer is almost always “no”.

Fediverse address:
@ianb@well.com

FediMeteo Newfoundland and Labrador

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

Fediverse addresses (in English & French):
@carbonear__newfoundland_and_labrador@ca.fedimeteo.com
@corner_brook__newfoundland_and_labrador@ca.fedimeteo.com
@fogo_island__newfoundland_and_labrador@ca.fedimeteo.com
@gander__newfoundland_and_labrador@ca.fedimeteo.com
@goose_bay__newfoundland_and_labrador@ca.fedimeteo.com
@grand_falls_windsor__newfoundland_and_labrador@ca.fedimeteo.com
@labrador_city__newfoundland_and_labrador@ca.fedimeteo.com
@st_johns__newfoundland_and_labrador@ca.fedimeteo.com
@stephenville__newfoundland_and_labrador@ca.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo South Dakota

Weather forecast accounts for South Dakota, USA. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city in your timeline.

Fediverse addresses:
@aberdeen__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@belle_fourche__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@brandon__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@brookings__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@chamberlain__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@custer__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@elk_point__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@hot_springs__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@huron__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@lennox__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@madison__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@miller__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@mitchell__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@mobridge__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@pierre__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@rapid_city__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@sioux_falls__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@sisseton__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@spearfish__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@sturgis__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@tea__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@vermilion__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@watertown__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@winner__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@yankton__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com

Fediphoto Lineage

An app for Android phones available through F-Droid which makes it as easy as possible to share photos on the Fediverse. It’s based on an app by PLA, who enjoyed sharing pictures on the Fediverse while out and about. PLA sadly died in January 2021, and Fediphoto Lineage aims to honour his memory by keeping his project alive.

Fediverse address:
@fediphoto_lineage@libranet.de