UK-based news site and podcast for trans people.
Fediverse address:
@whatthetrans@journa.host
UK-based news site and podcast for trans people.
Fediverse address:
@whatthetrans@journa.host
Feed of articles from the West Virginia Explorer, an online travel guide for the state of West Virginia, USA.
Fediverse address:
@wvexplorer.com@rss-parrot.net
History site exploring the history of Newport in Wales, especially the more colourful events and topics. Often features excerpts from local newspaper archives.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@newportcornucopia.co.uk
Feed from independent blog covering South Dakota politics and related topics.
Fediverse address:
@dakotafreepress.com@rss-parrot.net
Official account for the handball teams of the German Deaf Sports Association (DGSV).
Fediverse address (in German):
@dgsv_handball@norden.social
Official account for the Open Dylan implementation of the Dylan programming language, a descendant of Lisp.
Fediverse address:
@DylanLang@fosstodon.org
Music blog, radio show, playlist curation and record label, with a focus on lesser known independent artists and laid back underground music.
Fediverse address:
@theslowmusicmovement@mastodon.social
Artist who draws surreal illustrations with a distinctive style, mixing modern subjects, 1960s colours and an Asian aesthetic, giving it a busy modern feel.
Fediverse address:
@sajan@mastodon.art
Professional software developer, posts regularly about various forms of programming as well as random other thoughts.
Fediverse address:
@amit@social.lol
Community radio station broadcasting in Northside Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 1995.
Fediverse address:
@nearfm@mastodon.ie
Spanish online newspaper founded in 2001, mainly focused on politics and the economy.
Fediverse address (in Spanish):
@ElConfidencial@flipboard.com
Organisation that aims to provide free open federated alternatives to sites like CouchSurfing or Warm Showers.
Fediverse address:
@ohn@floss.social
Regular meetings in Connecticut for people interested in the Java programming language.
Fediverse address:
@ctjava@mastodon.sdf.org
Hackerspace based in Lübeck, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@chaotikumev@social.chaotikum.org
Pixel artist, game designer and chip tune maker.
Fediverse address:
@risu_ika@mastodon.art
News feed from the website of Boise State Public Radio, a public broadcasting service run by Boise State University, Idaho, USA.
Fediverse address:
@www.boisestatepublicradio.org.news@rss-parrot.net
Discussion group about veganism, vegan food and related topics.
Fediverse address:
@vegan@fedigroups.social
Magazine all about the re-creation of self-sustaining ecosystems, from individual projects like pollinator-friendly gardens to national initiatives such as the reintroduction of large mammals in conservation areas.
Fediverse address (main):
@rewildingmag@spore.social
Fediverse address (blog):
@stories@rewildingmag.com
Brazilian edition of the magazine and site about geography, history and nature around the world.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@NatGeoBrasil@flipboard.com
Family posting videos about fun projects that involve electronics, programming, physics, maths and all kinds of interesting stuff.
Fediverse address:
@GurgleApps@mastodon.social
Podcast about the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
Fediverse address:
@TransitionShow@mastodon.energy
Independent movie blog written by a professional film critic based in Louisiana, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@bill@moviegoing.rocks
Indie game developer and creator of the colourful retro neon title Spectrum Break for Android, Mac and Windows.
Fediverse address:
@JHein@mastodon.social
Portuguese programming community including its own forums, magazine, blog, wiki and IRC.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@ptprogramar@mastodon.online
Archaeologist based in southeastern USA, posting about archaeology, history, botany, geology and other topics.
Fediverse address:
@archeaids@mastodon.online
News feed from the Wyoming Outdoor Council, an environmental conservation group in Wyoming, USA, founded in 1967.
Fediverse address:
@wyomingoutdoorcouncil.org.field-notes@rss-parrot.net
Amateur astronomer and astrophotographer, member of the AAVSO organisation which coordinates observations by amateur astronomers.
Fediverse address:
@CosmoSidewalk@astrodon.social
Managed hosting service that makes it as easy as possible for anyone to run their own Fediverse servers. Also publishes useful tutorial videos on how to create and run your own servers.
Fediverse address (main):
@fedihost@mstdn.social
Fediverse address (videos):
@fedihost@video.fedihost.co
Fun US-based public radio show and podcast about the English language, looking at etymologies, linguistics, slang etc.
Fediverse address:
@wayword@mas.to
Two people driving round the world in a camper van, posting about all the sights and experiences they have on their epic road trip.
Fediverse address:
@oCDo@mastodon.nz
Website featuring a curated list of XMPP instances organised into categories based on the quality and type of services offered.
Fediverse address:
@xmpp_providers@fosstodon.org
US-based website featuring sports news, rumours and editorials. Part of the wider FanSided network founded in 2009.
Fediverse address:
@fansided@flipboard.com
Independent tabletop game publishers based in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Fediverse address:
@RockClanProductions@rollenspiel.social
Repair cafe in Rugby, Warwickshire in the UK.
Fediverse address:
@repaircaferugby@mastodon.social
US magazine and website about the advertising industry.
Fediverse address:
@Adweek@flipboard.com
French national online geospatial service to locate particular addresses, using map data from OpenStreetMap.
Fediverse address (in French):
@adressedatagouv@social.numerique.gouv.fr
Discussion group about amateur radio and related topics.
Fediverse address:
@hamradio@fedigroups.social
Website about typefaces, type books, fonts and typographical design. Founded in 2002.
Fediverse address:
@typographica@typo.social
Rock and pop music history and commentary blog, also covering modern concerts by classic artists.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@jukeboxgraduate.com
Union representing professional writers of all kinds in the United Kingdom, including television, books, film, games, theatre etc.
Fediverse address:
@WritersGuildGB@union.place
Metal musician and artist who posts in German and English.
Fediverse address (in German & English):
@bestiaexmachina@metalhead.club
Project, wiki and podcast aiming to open source electronics designs.
Fediverse address:
@opelex@mastodon.energy
A bot for tech people (or anyone) to remind them to take care of themselves while working. There are two versions, with identical content but different post frequencies.
Fediverse address (updates every 3 hours):
@selfcare@hachyderm.io
Fediverse address (updates every 6 hours):
@selfcaregentle@hachyderm.io
News feed from website of local television station in Nampa, Idaho, USA. Affiliate of ABC, broadcasting since 1974.
Fediverse address:
@www.kivitv.com@rss-parrot.net
Investigative reporting co-operative in Los Angeles, California, USA. Founded in 2025.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@thesouthlander.com
Posting and sharing screens, videos and news about the Commodore 64, especially related to games. Also occasionally covers other Commodore machines like the Amiga, VIC-20 and C16.
Fediverse address:
@EC64@oldbytes.space
Videos by an unconventional artist, crafter, yo-yo expert and musician. Based in San Francisco, USA.
Fediverse address (videos):
@docpop@spectra.video
Independent local newspaper for Dublin, Ireland. Funded by reader subscriptions.
Fediverse address:
@dublininquirer@mastodon.ie
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@dublininquirer.com
Technology blogger and freelance security researcher based in San Francisco. Wong has had a string of famous scoops, and been the first person to uncover many hidden features, security bugs and unannounced products from big tech companies.
Fediverse address:
@wongmjane@macaw.social
Meetup events for PHP users in the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region in Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@phpugmrn@phpc.social
Engineer and martian photographer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Also processes images taken by space probes from NASA and other space agencies.
Fediverse address:
@kevinmgill@deepspace.social
Brazilian pop culture and entertainment news site, covering games, films, television etc. Founded in 2011.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@OVicio@flipboard.com
Senior lecturer in Sociology at the University of Liverpool in the UK. Interested in Human-Computer Interaction, Science and Technology Studies, Programming as a Social Science.
Fediverse address:
@pdbrooker@mastodon.online
Long-running community radio station in New Jersey in the United States, broadcasting since 2000. Covers New Jersey bands and homegrown music.
Fediverse address:
@BlowUpRadio@gardenstate.social
German magazine and website about food and drink, restaurants, wines, recipes etc.
Fediverse address (in German):
@FEINSCHMECKERDE@flipboard.com
Video game blog covering many different genres, written by an independent TTRPG producer.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@controllercorner.games
Weather forecast accounts for Jharkhand, India. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Hindi):
@bokaro__jharkhand@in.fedimeteo.com
@ranchi__jharkhand@in.fedimeteo.com
Posts and boosts photos of wildlife and the natural world.
Fediverse address:
@EyesOnNature@nrw.social
Free open source modular framework for creating OpenWrt-based firmwares for wireless mesh nodes.
Fediverse address:
@libremesh@social.freifunk.net
Amateur astronomer, astrophotographer and software developer. Creator of open source libraries and applications for astronomy.
Fediverse address:
@melix@astrodon.social
Website listing digital and technology services based within the European Union.
Fediverse address:
@european_alternatives@mastodon.social
Experimental electronic music collective based in Brighton, UK, livestreaming to the Fediverse via OwnCast.
Fediverse address:
@strim@stream.gravitons.org
Daily newspaper based in Chicago, USA. Run by a non-profit, winner of eight Pulitzer prizes, first published in 1948.
Fediverse address:
@ChicagoSunTimes@flipboard.com
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
News stories about Edmonton, Canada, from CTV.
Fediverse address:
@edmonton-CTVNews@flipboard.com
Weather accounts for Vermont, USA. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses:
@barre__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@bennington__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@brattleboro__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@burlington__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@essex_junction__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@hartford__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@middlebury__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@milton__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@montpelier__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@morristown__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@newport__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@northfield__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@rutland__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@south_burlington__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@springfield__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@st_albans__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@st_johnsbury__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@waterbury__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@williston__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@winooski__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
Finnish organisation devoted to the academic study of games and gaming, from ancient board games to modern video games.
Fediverse address (in English and Finnish):
@blogi@www.pelitutkimus.fi
Meetups of the open data community in Switzerland.
Fediverse address (in German):
@opendatabeer@swiss.social
Free open source Fediverse app for iPhone and iPad, compatible with Mastodon, Glitch, GoToSocial, Akkoma IceShrimp etc. Currently still in beta testing, not yet available in app store. Community-run successor to the defunct Metatext app.
Fediverse address:
@Feditext@mastodon.social
Free open source 2D game engine designed mainly for RPGs. Solarus games run on Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and Windows.
Fediverse address (main):
@solarus@mastodon.gamedev.place
Fediverse address (videos):
@solarus_labs@tilvids.com
Organisation advocating for cycling in the Waterloo Region of Ontario, Canada.
Fediverse address:
@CycleWR@cosocial.ca
Researcher in mathematical epidemiology and modelling of infectious disease dynamics at the University of Warwick in the UK.
Fediverse address:
@EdMHill@fediscience.org
News stories about Calgary, Canada from CTV.
Fediverse address:
@calgary-CTVNews@flipboard.com
Free open source personal information manager software (includes email, contacts, calendars, tasks, notes).
Fediverse address:
@EvolutionGnome@floss.social
Magazine covering outdoor activities such as hiking, running, adventure travel and related topics. First founded in 1977.
Fediverse address:
@outside@flipboard.com
Data on the Irish energy grid and the contribution made to it by various sources including renewables.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@currents.greencollective.io
British edition of the home and interior decoration magazine and website, covering style and design in the home.
Fediverse address:
@ElleDecoUK@flipboard.com
Site requesting feedback on new ideas from the BBC, the UK public broadcaster.
Fediverse address:
@BBCTaster@social.bbc
British home and interior decor magazine, first published in 1920.
Fediverse address:
@IdealHome@flipboard.com
Online fork of the LibreOffice productivity suite aimed at businesses, including long term tech support, admin tools, smartphone apps and cloud collaboration.
Fediverse address:
@CollaboraOffice@mastodon.social
Its development company, Collabora, is one of the biggest upstream contributors to LibreOffice’s source code, and has a close relationship with the FOSS community.
Fediverse address:
@collabora@floss.social
Blog about Apple, computing history, space and other topics.
Fediverse address:
@512pixels@eworld.social
Provides an independent ecosystem for DRM-free eBooks and digital comics, including online storage, reading lists, a DRM-free bookshop directory etc.
Fediverse address:
@libreture@mastodon.social
Non-profit glass arts studio and education centre based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Founded in 2009.
Fediverse address:
@focimcga@mastodon.social
Freelance 3D graphics artist with a colourful cute style, also makes public domain CC0 game assets for anyone to use.
Fediverse address:
@KayLousberg@mastodon.social
Website helping people keep track of all Doctor Who videos, audios, books etc.
Fediverse address:
@guide@tardis.team
Musicologist and social scientist, publishing regular classical music posts about specific pieces.
Fediverse address:
@canyonsfan@mastodon.social
Blog by Gavin Strange, a director and designer at the UK animation studio Aardman.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@blog.jam-factory.com
Art magazine covering all periods of art from ancient to contemporary. Based in the USA, first published in 1902.
Fediverse address:
@ArtNews@flipboard.com
Highlighting lots of nice animated short films, including a wide range of animation styles.
Fediverse address:
@AnimatedShortOfTheDay@socel.net
Discussion group about textile arts.
Fediverse address:
@textileart@fedigroups.social
Producer/writer/actor based in the East Midlands of England, experienced in theatre, improv and comedy. Currently performing in “Some Other Mirror”, his original theatre/standup show about transitioning in the UK during lockdown.
Fediverse address:
@riewarden@zirk.us
Local news site for Montreal and Quebec, Canada, also including coverage of events, venues and restaurants. Founded in 2012.
Fediverse address:
@MTLBlog@flipboard.com
Physics professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in the USA. Interested in optical physics, runs the blog “Skulls in the Stars” about physics, optics, pulp fantasy, horror fiction and the intersections of all these.
Fediverse address:
@drskyskull@mastodon.social
Non-profit based in the US promoting global adoption of open geospatial technology.
Fediverse address:
@osgeo@fosstodon.org
Official account of the Austrian government’s open data initiative.
Fediverse address (in German):
@datagvat@mastodon.social
Project enabling reliable, persistent citation of versioned web resources in archaeology and the digital humanities through PID and DOI integration. Funded by German public research body.
Fediverse address:
@civers@social.bund.de
Supporting open science at the Helmholtz Association, a union of scientific, technical and medical research centres and Germany’s largest scientific organisation.
Fediverse address (in English & German):
@HelmholtzOpenScienceOffice@helmholtz.social
Assistant Professor in Social Psychology and co-operation researcher at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Fediverse address:
@cmolho@mastodon.online
American website highlighting local attractions in various US states, including parks, trip ideas, events, restaurants etc.
Fediverse address:
@OIYS@flipboard.com
Illustrator who creates charming and pretty storybook art for children’s stories, cards and stationery. Also has a regular livestream where they create artworks.
Fediverse address (main):
@Coreyartus@mindly.social
Fediverse address (videos and live streaming):
@coreyartus@makertube.net
Discussion group about any kind of audio fiction including audio dramas, audiobooks, radio dramas etc.
Fediverse address:
@audiofiction@fedigroups.social
Photographer who posts lovely pictures of landscapes, wildlife and nature in Austria.
Fediverse address:
@betazoid@pixelfed.social
Probably best known on the Fediverse as lead developer of the excellent Mastodon app Tusky, but did you know they’re also a talented painter?
Fediverse address:
@connyduck@pixelfed.social
Engineer and photographer who posts about space and especially the exploration of Mars.
Fediverse address:
@tom30519@fosstodon.org
Independent French magazine looking at ideas related to the environment, democracy and social justice. Founded in 2013.
Fediverse address (in French):
@socialter@mastodon.social
Hiking and outdoors videos from the Appalachian region in North America.
Fediverse address (videos):
@hollerpixie@makertube.net
France’s biggest non-profit organisation promoting free open source software. They have created many libre online projects including the Fediverse’s PeerTube, Mobilizon and the “Frama” series of servers.
Fediverse address (in French):
@Framasoft@framapiaf.org
Unofficial bot posting info for St. Louis Missouri from the National Weather Service. (NOTE: This is an unofficial bot, so please do not rely on it for safety-critical weather reports.)
Fediverse address:
@nws_lsx@social.edist.ro
Polish-language discussion group about metal music.
Fediverse address (in Polish):
@muzykametalowa@fedigroups.social
Hackerspace based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Fediverse address:
@sandbox@kolektiva.social
Fediverse weather service posting forecasts for cities and towns around the world, provided in each country’s local language. This account is for posts about the service itself, to discover forecast accounts go to the fedimeteo.com website ⧉ and choose your country.
Fediverse address:
@admin@fedimeteo.com
Meetups for women and non-binary users of the Ruby programming language.
Fediverse address:
@wnb_rb@ruby.social
Online art magazine founded in 2010, based in Chicago USA.
Fediverse address:
@colossal@mastodon.art
Draws doodle-type art often with surreal animals and sometimes a hard edge.
Fediverse address:
@posiputt@mastodon.art
Artist and creative developer creating interactive installations, games and music for museums, public art, companies, fashion, education etc. Based in Boston MA USA.
Fediverse address:
@cacheflowe@mastodon.social
Artist creating beautifully detailed pixel art featuring wonderfully lit scenes.
Fediverse address:
@nyurakim@mastodon.art
Women’s lifestyle magazine and website covering food, housekeeping, health, fashion, beauty and decor. Based in Canada, first published in 1928. (NOTE: This is the English-language magazine, there is also a similarly named French-language counterpart.)
Fediverse address:
@ChatelaineMag@flipboard.com
Author of scenarios and adventures for tabletop RPGs in modern and historic times, often set in Scotland. Currently working on an original TTRPG, The Aether Throne, which features a pulp steampunk setting.
Fediverse address:
@KeithDEdinburgh@dice.camp
Film and television news site based in Germany, founded in 2002.
Fediverse address (in German):
@Filmstarts@flipboard.com
Sewing enthusiast creating bright stylish clothes including shirts and trousers. Also a fan of origami, cooking, photography etc.
Fediverse address:
@elfkin@woof.group
Professor of Evolutionary Biomechanics at the Royal Veterinary College, University of London. Explores how very large animals stand and move, and how locomotion evolved in land vertebrates.
Fediverse address:
@johnrhutchinson@ecoevo.social
Professor of Mathematics at University of Florida, mainly interested in combinatorics and graph theory.
Fediverse address:
@VinceVatter@mathstodon.xyz
Product manager at Esri, interested in GIS, Health GIS, Maps and Data Visualisation.
Fediverse address:
@GIS_Bandit@mastodon.world
American wine magazine and website featuring wine reviews, news and culture, as well as food and restaurants. First published in 1976.
Fediverse address:
@WineSpectat2018@flipboard.com
Official account for the free open source content management system written in PHP.
Fediverse address:
@drupal@mastodon.social
German federal agency for civil protection and assistance during natural disasters.
Fediverse address (in German):
@thw@social.bund.de
Non-denominational initiative to build a libre open access archive of digitised Jewish prayer literature.
Fediverse address:
@opensiddur@aleph.land
German Federal Government’s food safety authority, also monitoring plants, veterinary medicines and genetically modified organisms.
Fediverse address (in German):
@BVL_Bund@social.bund.de
Unofficial bot posting XKCD web comics, often featuring stick figures discussing science, technology or other topics.
(NOTE: I don’t normally list unofficial bots like this, but XKCD is licensed under Creative Commons by its creator, and non-commercial distribution like this is exactly what the creator of XKCD is trying to encourage.)
Fediverse address:
@xkcd@mastodon.xyz
Artist, graphic designer, illustrator and photographer from Germany, especially fantasy art, character art and portraits.
Fediverse address:
@Bronzebart@mastodon.art
Non-profit marine conservation and science education group, promoting knowledge, research and protection of ocean life. Founded in 1998, staffed by volunteers around the world.
Fediverse address:
@marinebio@mastodon.world
Weather forecast accounts for Querétaro, Mexico. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Spanish):
@queretaro__queretaro@mx.fedimeteo.com
Illustrator and designer making videos about how to be creative, principles of design, recording artistic ideas, and why AI needs to be avoided at all costs.
Fediverse address (videos):
@cory_kerr@makertube.net
Conference in Ohio, USA about the Python programming language.
Fediverse address:
@pyohio@fosstodon.org
Independent blog covering the FC Dallas football (soccer) team in Texas, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@torostalk.com
Site and blog about fly fishing, aquatic conservation and fish ecology.
Fediverse address:
@index@duewestanglers.com
Hackerspace in Enschede in the Netherlands.
Fediverse address (in English & Dutch):
@tkkrlab@hsnl.social
Independent coverage of competitive climbing as a sport, rather than just a hobby.
Fediverse address (blog):
@feed@inside-climbing.com
Map historian and geographer, Osher Professor in history of cartography at the University of Southern Maine, Director of History of Cartography Project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the USA. Runs the “Mapping As A Process” blog.
Fediverse address:
@mhedney@historians.social
German privacy-oriented digital agency providing advice on privacy-friendly technology, creating digital content and publishing Pyngu Magazine with articles about privacy, design and technology. They also run their own Mastodon server.
Fediverse address (in German):
@pyngudigital@social.pyngu.com
Discussion group for sharing hiking photos and anecdotes.
Fediverse address:
@hiking@fedigroups.social
Weather forecast accounts for cities in Belgium. Follow your city to receive weather forecasts in Dutch and French in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Dutch & French):
@antwerpen@be.fedimeteo.com
@arlon@be.fedimeteo.com
@brugge@be.fedimeteo.com
@bruxelles@be.fedimeteo.com
@charleroi@be.fedimeteo.com
@dinant@be.fedimeteo.com
@doornik@be.fedimeteo.com
@gent@be.fedimeteo.com
@hasselt@be.fedimeteo.com
@ieper@be.fedimeteo.com
@leuven@be.fedimeteo.com
@liege@be.fedimeteo.com
@mons@be.fedimeteo.com
@namur@be.fedimeteo.com
@ottignies_louvain_la_neuve@be.fedimeteo.com
Newspaper publishing group which owns many local newspapers across Canada. Their account shares stories from these local papers.
Fediverse address:
@BlackPressMedia@flipboard.com
Non-profit online news site covering New York City, USA. The content is freely accessible as the service is funded by members, donors and sponsors.
Fediverse address:
@THECITY@newsie.social
Discussion group about all forms of electronic music.
Fediverse address:
@electronicmusic@fedigroups.social
DIY magazine and website covering home improvement including how to fix, maintain and build things around the house. Based in the US, first published in 1951.
Fediverse address:
@FamilyHandyman@flipboard.com
Enthusiastic crafter doing knitting, crochet, and polymer clay work, and sharing pictures of her creations.
Fediverse address:
@lclarke522@gardenstate.social
Initiative to promote translation of scientific articles, books, papers etc.
Fediverse address:
@TranslateScience@fediscience.org
Magazine about Singapore, covering all kinds of topics including news, culture, arts, politics, tech etc.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@jom.media
Multi-disciplinary artist, creator of weird and surreal short videos.
Fediverse address (videos):
@gaffen@spectra.video
Discussion group about punk music and punk culture.
Fediverse address:
@punk@fedigroups.social
Alaska-based publishing company founded in 1981. Mainly focused on titles connected to Alaska, but now also publishing fiction and non-fiction more widely.
Fediverse address:
@FathomPublishing@mastodon.social
Freelance illustrator, comic creator and board game developer, often featuring robots, mecha and sci-fi.
Fediverse address:
@Eldoniousrex@peoplemaking.games
Vinyl record fan posting about their discoveries. Also keen gardener discussing their allotment. Based in the UK.
Fediverse address:
@Tristananthony@mastodonapp.uk
Pixel artist creating minimalist depictions of complex objects, especially for the Pico-8 virtual game console. Currently working on a shoot-em-up with magic robots.
Fediverse address:
@jammigans@mastodon.art
News feed from investigative journalism news site in New Mexico, USA.
Fediverse address:
@searchlightnm.org@rss-parrot.net
Posting news about severe weather in North Wales, also sometimes sharing weather-related posts and Welsh news.
Fediverse address:
@Storms@toot.wales
Hacktivist collective based in Valencia, Spain.
Fediverse address (in Catalan):
@criticalswitch@kolektiva.social
Creates independent comics with underground mature themes such as body horror.
Fediverse address:
@erikapriceart@mastodon.art
German edition of the magazine and website about music, politics and pop culture.
Fediverse address (in German):
@rollingstoneDE@flipboard.com
French investigative journalism news site, covering corruption, pollution, violence etc. Founded in 2008 by the former editor of Le Monde.
Fediverse address (in French):
@mediapart@mediapart.social
Coverage of NHL ice hockey from ESPN.
Fediverse address:
@nhl-espn@flipboard.com
Blog, newsletter and podcast about home schooling children, made by a father in New Zealand / Aotearoa.
Fediverse address (blog):
@issy@starkravingdadblog.com
Weather accounts for cities and towns in Croatia. Follow an account to see its forecasts in Croatian.
Fediverse addresses (in Croatian):
@bjelovar@hr.fedimeteo.com
@cakovec@hr.fedimeteo.com
@dubrovnik@hr.fedimeteo.com
@karlovac@hr.fedimeteo.com
@koprivnica@hr.fedimeteo.com
@krk@hr.fedimeteo.com
@makarska@hr.fedimeteo.com
@metkovic@hr.fedimeteo.com
@nova_gradiska@hr.fedimeteo.com
@opatija@hr.fedimeteo.com
@osijek@hr.fedimeteo.com
@pakrac@hr.fedimeteo.com
@porec@hr.fedimeteo.com
@pozega@hr.fedimeteo.com
@pula@hr.fedimeteo.com
@rijeka@hr.fedimeteo.com
@senj@hr.fedimeteo.com
@sibenik@hr.fedimeteo.com
@sisak@hr.fedimeteo.com
@slavonski_brod@hr.fedimeteo.com
@solin@hr.fedimeteo.com
@split@hr.fedimeteo.com
@trogir@hr.fedimeteo.com
@umag@hr.fedimeteo.com
@varazdin@hr.fedimeteo.com
@velika_gorica@hr.fedimeteo.com
@vinkovci@hr.fedimeteo.com
@vukovar@hr.fedimeteo.com
@zadar@hr.fedimeteo.com
@zagreb@hr.fedimeteo.com
Conference in the UK about the Python programming language.
Fediverse address:
@PyConUK@fosstodon.org
Independent artist-owned record label particularly focused on the jazz, rhythm and Afro-futurist genres.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@urbantroutrecords.com
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
News feed from Crikey, the Australian online news site.
Fediverse address:
@www.crikey.com.au@rss-parrot.net
Italian edition of the women’s lifestyle magazine, first published in 1973.
Fediverse address (in Italian):
@CosmopolitanIta@flipboard.com
Online peer-reviewed social science journal, founded in 1994 at the University of Arizona. Publishes research into the linkages between political economy and human environmental impacts, across different locations and academic disciplines.
Fediverse address:
@journalofpoliticalecology@sciences.social
RSS feeds of the top headlines from the German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle, available in English or German.
Fediverse address (in English):
@www.dw.com.english.maca.en-rss-en-top-1022-rdf@rss-parrot.net
Fediverse address (in German):
@www.dw.com.german.maca.de-rss-de-top-1016-xml-mrss@rss-parrot.net
Author and photographer running a project to document every station on London’s immense Underground railway network, as well as its related lines including the Overground, DLR and Elizabeth Line.
Fediverse address:
@tubemapper@mastodonapp.uk
The oldest Linux gaming site in the world that is still operating, Holarse was founded in 2000. German-language website which also provides a variety of libre services including XMPP chat, a Matrix room and Luanti (formerly Minetest) servers.
Fediverse address (in German):
@holarse@mastodon.social
Account of the R Contribution Working Group, encouraging a wider range of contributors to R.
Fediverse address:
@R_Contributors@hachyderm.io
Discussion group about all topics related to OpenStreetMap.
Fediverse address:
@openstreetmap@fedigroups.social
Biology research institute in Dresden, Germany. Areas of study include molecular biology, cell biology, developmental biology, biophysics and systems biology.
Fediverse address:
@mpicbg@wisskomm.social
Discussion group about the wonderful drink tea.
Fediverse address:
@tea@fedigroups.social
Federated free open source communications platform with support for messaging and calling. The platform has many different apps available with the most popular being Element (formerly known as Riot).
Fediverse address:
@matrix@mastodon.matrix.org
Award-winning best-selling science writer, wrote the book on chaos theory that helped inspire the Ian Malcolm character in Jurassic Park. More recent works include “Time Travel: A History” and “The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood”.
Fediverse address:
@gleick@mas.to
Climate research institute based in Hamburg, Germany. Affiliated with the Max Planck Society and the University of Hamburg. Founded in 1975.
Fediverse address (in English & German):
@MPI_Meteo@wisskomm.social
Worker-owned newsroom for Bay Area of San Francisco, California, USA. Covers local news and culture.
Fediverse address:
@COYOTEMedia@flipboard.com
Free open source Android app providing an alternative frontend for YouTube.
Fediverse address:
@libretube@fosstodon.org
Associate Professor of Psychology at University of Oslo in Norway. Investigating role of the oxytocin system in health and wellbeing, also some psychophysiology and metascience research.
Fediverse address:
@dsquintana@mastodon.social
Creates electronic “cybersoul” music, often mixing an ambient soundtrack with urban imagery, surreal video effects and spoken word. Setto is part of the Basspistol musical syndicate which runs Fediverse instances and other libre services.
Fediverse address:
@setto@v.basspistol.org
Makerspace and hackerspace based in San Francisco, California, USA. Includes a wood and textile workshop, 3D printers, a laser cutter, and supplies for electronics, crafts and fine arts.
Fediverse address:
@sequoiafabrica@sfba.social
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
Technology, science and science fiction news site. Based in the US, founded in 2002.
Fediverse address:
@Gizmodo@flipboard.com
Free open source packet analyser software, used for network troubleshooting and development.
Fediverse address:
@wireshark@ioc.exchange
Discussion group about skateboarding in Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@sk8de@fedigroups.social
Interviews with prominent black post production and production artists in the film industry.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@postinblack.com
Official account for the University of Limerick in Ireland.
Fediverse address:
@UL@mastodon.ie
Greek photographer who takes beautiful arty images, usually quite close to the subjects and often emphasising abstract shapes.
Fediverse address:
@nikant@toot.community
Online project to provide information services to Comparative Literature scholars. Founded in 2016 by the Johann Christian Senckenberg University Library in Frankfurt, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German & English):
@avldigital@openbiblio.social
User group in Geneva, Switzerland for the Ruby programming language and Ruby on Rails framework.
Fediverse address:
@genevarb@ruby.social
Non-profit local news site providing news for the Mountain Empire communities of Canelo, Elgin, Patagonia and Sonoita in Santa Cruz County, Arizona.
Fediverse address:
@PatagoniaRT@flipboard.com
Virtual Machine hosting company based in the Netherlands which donates a percentage of all fees to the OpenBSD Foundation.
Fediverse address:
@OpenBSDAms@bsd.cafe
News feed from the website of Autism Europe, a non-profit advocating for the rights of autistic people.
Fediverse address:
@www.autismeurope.org.news-publications@rss-parrot.net
Sports news site particularly focused on teams based in Chicago, USA including the Cubs, Bears, Bulls and Blackhawks.
Fediverse address:
@BleacherNation@flipboard.com
Large community makerspace in southeastern Massachusetts, workshop for local makers and fixers.
Fediverse address:
@millforge@masto.millforge.org
Annual conference discussing free open source graphics software, including graphic design, digital painting and more. The conferences have been happening every year since 2006, though the pandemic has somewhat complicated things recently.
Fediverse address (main):
@lgm@post.lurk.org
Fediverse address (videos):
@lgm@conf.tube
Staff astronomer at the observatory in Leiden University in the Netherlands, studying the nuclear regions of active galaxies. Also co-founder of Astronomers For Planet Earth, a grassroots pressure group which campaigns to stop global warming.
Fediverse address (in English and German):
@leo@mastodon.green
News feed from Estonia’s oldest newspaper Postimees, founded in 1857. The feed is available in Estonian and English language versions.
Fediverse address (in Estonian):
@www.postimees.ee@rss-parrot.net
Fediverse address (in English):
@news.postimees.ee@rss-parrot.net
Aims to provide a next generation internet with better privacy, human rights, more decentralisation, less spam and better energy efficiency by using “multicast”.
Fediverse address (main):
@librecast@chaos.social
Fediverse address (videos):
@librecast@spectra.video
Official account for the University of Liège, Belgium. The university was founded in 1817.
Fediverse address (in English & French):
@UniversitedeLiege@mastodon.online
Volunteer-run craft beer community based in Washington DC, USA. Includes a podcast, events, beer news etc.
Fediverse address:
@DCBeer@mastodon.beer
Runs their own observatory and teaches astronomy at a local observatory, enthusiastic astrophotographer with many publishing credits. Currently based in Texas in the US.
Fediverse address:
@philo@astronomy.city
French online magazine covering international news, politics, economics, culture etc. Founded in 2009, it was originally based on the American news site of the same name but is now a separate entity.
Fediverse address (in French):
@Slatefr@flipboard.com
Feed from the Yakface.com website, dedicated to Star Wars toys and collectors.
Fediverse address:
@yakfaceforums.com.main@rss-parrot.net
Unofficial OpenBSD news account, posting and boosting OpenBSD news.
Fediverse address:
@openbsdnow@bsd.network
The open data team of the local government in the City of Dortmund.
Fediverse address (in German):
@DortmundData@ruhr.social
Official account of the Chapel (Cascade High Productivity Language) parallel programming language.
Fediverse address:
@chapelprogramminglanguage@mastodon.social
Cartoonist, illustrator, painter, also works with linocut prints.
Fediverse address:
@fearbiter@mastodon.art
Independent online news service for Marathon County, Wisconsin, USA, run by a non-profit corporation.
Fediverse address:
@wausaupilot@journa.host
Fediverse address (Flipboard):
@WausauPilot@flipboard.com
UK campaign engaging with advertisers to stop funding media outlets that promote hate and bigotry.
Fediverse address:
@stopfundinghate@mastodon.social
Professor of astronomy at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada. Campaigner for dark skies and regulation of reflective satellites. They are also a farmer, and regularly post updates on their farm’s animals.
Fediverse address:
@sundogplanets@mastodon.social
Free open source Ruby toolkit for security research and development.
Fediverse address:
@ronin_rb@infosec.exchange
Bot posting pictures of trees in New York City, USA.
Fediverse address:
@everytreenyc@urbanists.social
Blog by an urban planning and transportation writer critical of current preparations for the Los Angeles, USA, World Cup, Superbowl and Olympics. There is no actual sports coverage, it’s just about the effect of these massive sporting events on the infrastructure of the city.
Fediverse address (blog):
@feed@torched.la
US-based food and restaurant website, providing news and reviews of dining in 23 cities around America. Founded in 2005.
Fediverse address:
@Eater@flipboard.com
News about city planning, transportation, housing and politics in the Seattle and Puget Sound area of Washington State, USA.
Fediverse address:
@urbanistorg@mstdn.social
Democratically-run online community for creative projects in variety of fields such as role playing games, world-building, storytelling, songs, crafts and more. Self-described as “creative geekery”, based around a forum and website.
Fediverse address:
@Exilian@indiepocalypse.social
German organisation including all statutory pension providers.
Fediverse address (in German):
@die_rente@social.bund.de
Website providing news about craft beer and related events in Idaho, Oregon, Washington State and Canada. Also covers some other drinks such as ciders, spirits, hard seltzers etc.
Fediverse address:
@beer@universeodon.com
US-based news and culture site with a feminist perspective, founded in 2007.
Fediverse address:
@Jezebel@flipboard.com
Entertainment industry news magazine and website, covering film, television, music etc. Based in the US, founded in 1905 to cover the theatre business.
Fediverse address:
@Variety@flipboard.com
Unofficial website dedicated to the sci-fi series Doctor Who.
Fediverse address:
@doctorwho.isbrill.com@doctorwho.isbrill.com
Unofficial feed from the website of the Oklahoma Gazette, covering news and culture in Oklahoma City and the state of Oklahoma, USA. Originally a printed newspaper first published in 1979.
Fediverse address:
@okgazette@okla.social
Organising pub quiz-style trivia nights held at venues in Maryland, USA.
Fediverse address:
@atomictrivia@dmv.community
All about retro gaming and retro computing, mainly on MS-DOS PCs of the 1980s and 1990s. Posts include screenshots, video clips, MIDI music and discussion of favourite memories.
Fediverse address:
@dosnostalgic@mastodon.social
Non-profit theatre in Seattle WA, USA, particularly interested in productions that question norms and embrace diversity. (BAT stands for Burien Actors Theatre.)
Fediverse address:
@BATtheatre@social.seattle.wa.us
Canadian non-profit group developing free open source software to help people protect their privacy.
Fediverse address:
@openprivacy@hachyderm.io
Online newsaper and website about entertainment and pop culture, including film, TV, music, games etc. Based in the US, first published in 1993.
Fediverse address:
@AVClub@flipboard.com
Weather forecast accounts for Coahuila, Mexico. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Spanish):
@saltillo__coahuila@mx.fedimeteo.com
News feed from KCCI, a television station based in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. Affiliate of CBS, founded in 1955.
Fediverse address:
@www.kcci.com@rss-parrot.net
Making videos about retro computing and retro tech, especially computers from the 1980s and 1990s. The video maker is from Scandinavia, but the videos themselves are in English.
Fediverse address (videos):
@retroscandinavian@video.chasmcity.net
Official account for the Parliament of the German state of Hesse.
Fediverse address (in German):
@HessischerLandtag@social.bund.de
German newspaper covering national and international news from a progressive perspective. Founded in 1978 as a co-operative owned by its staff.
Fediverse address (in German):
@tazgetroete@mastodon.social
Amateur radio operators in South Pasadena, California USA. Connects local hams of all skill levels, and provides emergency communications training.
Fediverse address:
@SouthPasRadio@mastodon.radio
Non-profit citizen journalism news for Kent and Surrey in the UK. Part of the Bylines network.
Fediverse address:
@KSBylines@mastodon.social
Official portal for open data from the German Federal Government.
Fediverse address (in German):
@opendata@social.bund.de
Local TV news station in St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Privately-owned, founded in 1955.
Fediverse address:
@NTVNewsNL@nfld.me
Contemporary art museum based in Eupen, Belgium featuring works by artists from around the world. Founded in 1993, originally named the International Art Centre of East Belgium.
Fediverse address:
@ikob@mastodon.social
One of France’s national theatres in Paris, focused on international co-productions and multilingual performances. Founded in 1819.
Fediverse address (in French):
@theatreodeon@reseauculture.fr
Discussion group about cosmology and related topics.
Fediverse address:
@cosmology@fedigroups.social
Research institute based in Germany, investigating the physical foundations of fusion power. The institute is part of the European Atomic Energy Community.
Fediverse address (in German & English):
@plasmaphysik@wisskomm.social
Brazilian news site about film, television and pop culture, founded in 2006.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@Cinemaeafins@flipboard.com
Draws original cute little monster designs in a Pokemon/Digimon style.
Fediverse address:
@Furrama@mastodon.art
A Luanti (Minetest) server co-run by a contributor to the Luanti project.
Fediverse address:
@aes@peoplemaking.games
Reader-supported local news site for Manchester in the UK.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@manchestermill.co.uk
Weather forecast accounts for Uttarakhand, India. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Hindi):
@almora__uttarakhand@in.fedimeteo.com
@dehradun__uttarakhand@in.fedimeteo.com
@nainital__uttarakhand@in.fedimeteo.com
Professional illustrator and graphic designer from Brazil, who combines 3D graphics with a nice low polygon handmade look.
Fediverse address:
@miojao@mastodon.art
Repair cafe in Saint-Étienne, France.
Fediverse address (in French):
@repaircafe_stetienne@mobilizon.fabriquedelatransition.fr
French site about podcasts, recommending podcasts to listen to and providing news about the podcast world. Founded in 2018.
Fediverse address (in French):
@podmust@flipboard.com
Local news organisation and news site for California, running 21 local newspapers. Founded in 1996.
Fediverse address:
@HeySoCal@flipboard.com
German art magazine and website mainly focused on contemporary art, also featuring design, architecture, fashion etc. First published in 2004.
Fediverse address (in German):
@monopol_online@flipboard.com
Highlighting interesting videos and livestreams on the Fediverse, especially from PeerTube and OwnCast.
Fediverse address:
@FediVideo@social.growyourown.services
Centre for citizen science in Flanders, Belgium.
Fediverse address (in English & Dutch):
@Scivil@mastodon-belgium.be
German lifestyle blog featuring recipes, beauty, fashion, travel and other topics.
Fediverse address (in German):
@Castlemaker@flipboard.com
Official account of the German Federal Fiscal Court.
Fediverse address (in German):
@bundesfinanzhof@social.bund.de
Videos of hiking and climbing in the Sierra Nevada and Granada Province of Andalucia in Spain.
Fediverse address (videos):
@spanish_highs@video.infosec.exchange
Blog by photographer based in Colorado, USA, mainly focusing on the wilderness and landscapes in the state.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@blog.adamthompsonphoto.com
Non-profit local news site for Washington DC, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@socialweb@51st.news
Discussion group for people who enjoy all kinds of puzzles.
Fediverse address:
@puzzling@fedigroups.social
Campaign against domestic and sexual violence, run by US-based non-profit organisations.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@nomore.org
Creating in-depth tutorial videos about low-budget cinematography, film-making and photography. Especially keen on lighting setups and reviews of different lighting techniques.
Fediverse address (videos):
@trenton_hoshiko@trentontube.trentonhoshiko.com
Repair cafe in Markgröningen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@RCmarkgroeningen@chaos.social
Peer-reviewed scientific journal on molecular biology and evolutionary biology. Published by the Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution.
Fediverse address:
@molbioevol@ecoevo.social
Annual event for system administrators managing Apple devices and services. Based on the east coast of the United States.
Fediverse address:
@macadminsconf@mastodon.social
Free open source alternative to Linktree, which helps people publish links to all their profiles and sites on a single page.
Fediverse address:
@linkstack@mstdn.social
Makers of organic ethically-produced chocolate in Costa Rica.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@malekuchocolate.com
Weather forecast accounts for Utah, USA. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.
Fediverse addresses:
@bountiful__utah@us.fedimeteo.com
@cedar_city__utah@us.fedimeteo.com
@clearfield__utah@us.fedimeteo.com
@draper__utah@us.fedimeteo.com
@eagle_mountain__utah@us.fedimeteo.com
@herriman__utah@us.fedimeteo.com
@layton__utah@us.fedimeteo.com
@lehi__utah@us.fedimeteo.com
@logan__utah@us.fedimeteo.com
@murray__utah@us.fedimeteo.com
@ogden__utah@us.fedimeteo.com
@orem__utah@us.fedimeteo.com
@provo__utah@us.fedimeteo.com
@riverton__utah@us.fedimeteo.com
@salt_lake_city__utah@us.fedimeteo.com
@sandy__utah@us.fedimeteo.com
@south_jordan__utah@us.fedimeteo.com
@spanish_fork__utah@us.fedimeteo.com
@springville__utah@us.fedimeteo.com
@st_george__utah@us.fedimeteo.com
@taylorsville__utah@us.fedimeteo.com
@tooele__utah@us.fedimeteo.com
@washington__utah@us.fedimeteo.com
@west_jordan__utah@us.fedimeteo.com
@west_valley_city__utah@us.fedimeteo.com
Association of OpenStreetMap volunteer contributors in Switzerland.
Fediverse address:
@SwissOSM@en.osm.town
Medical doctor, disaster responder, amateur radio operator, weather enthusiast.
Fediverse address:
@AE4WX@mas.to
Hackerspace based in Backnang, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@ctbk@chaos.social
Blog and podcast series exploring Irish cinema.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@filmireland.net
Current views from webcams around Lake Ontario in North America.
Fediverse address:
@livelakeontario@mastodon.social
Photographer and videographer, takes spectacular landscape and cityscape photos.
Fediverse address (in French):
@raph@pixelfed.fr
German travel blog focusing on slow travel and food abroad.
Fediverse address (in German):
@sansanberlin@flipboard.com
News feed from the Latvian public broadcaster LSM.
Fediverse address (in Latvian):
@www.lsm.lv@rss-parrot.net
Blind historian based in the US, author, writes books about blind individuals from history and how they dealt with the challenges of their time.
Fediverse address:
@BlindHistoryLady@nfb.social
Podcast series where the presenters watch every episode of “Doctor Who” from the very beginning in 1963, in broadcast order. Each episode has special guest fans and occasionally people connected to the series itself. Also features a quiz called the Mind Probe.
Fediverse address:
@AOTAS@mastodon.social
Computer science professor and affiliate law professor at Columbia University in New York, USA. Interested in privacy and legal issues, also well known as one of the creators of USENET.
Fediverse address:
@SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange
PBS/NPR public broadcaster providing news on television and radio for Boston, Massachusetts and beyond. Owned by the WGBH Educational Foundation.
Fediverse address (main):
@gbhnews@mastodon.social
Fediverse address (photos):
@gbhnews@pixelfed.social
Online magazine for designers and web developers, includes lots of tutorials, guides and features.
Fediverse address:
@smashingmag@mastodon.social
Free open source transport network simulation, somewhat inspired by Transport Tycoon. It can be played online through public or private servers, and includes lots of support for mods.
Fediverse address:
@simutrans@fosstodon.org
Artist creating figurative and abstract sculptures entirely from old typewriter parts.
Fediverse address:
@jeremymayer@mastodon.art
US magazine covering politics, culture, social issues, humour and art, also particularly well known for its cartoons. First published in 1925.
Fediverse address:
@NewYorker@flipboard.com
German technology news site and online community.
Fediverse address (in German):
@Golemde@flipboard.com
Silversmith creating jewellery from mainly from silver and gemstones, but sometimes also other metals and materials. Publishes video tutorials on how each piece was designed and made.
Fediverse address:
@Silverworker@mastodon.world
Group of film critics for publications based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Fediiverse address:
@AtlantaFilmCriticsCircle@defcon.social
Game developer, writer and artist. Perhaps best known as the creator of the classic games “Prince of Persia” and “Karateka”, Mechner nowadays writes and draws graphic novels and publishes sketchbooks.
Fediverse address:
@jmechner@mastodon.art
Artist with background in computer science creating kinetic sculptures and public art installations, based in Seattle USA.
Fediverse address:
@attoparsec@clacks.link
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
Mouse that helps people learn Latin, with really cute photos featuring Latin vocabulary.
Fediverse address:
@Minimus@archaeo.social
Initiative supported by KDE to certify free open source software as ecologically sustainable.
Fediverse address:
@be4foss@floss.social
Canadian car news, review and advice site, covering all kinds of cars and car culture.
Fediverse address:
@Drivingca@flipboard.com
Volunteer group holding regular sessions to repair textiles, appliances, computers, phones, gadgets etc free of charge, in order to reduce the environmental impact of throwing things away and buying new replacements. The group is based on the Isle of Wight in the south of England.
Fediverse address:
@repaircafeiow@masto.ai
Sports network based in the US, with regional channels around the world. Originally founded as a cable TV channel in 1979.
Fediverse address:
@espn@flipboard.com
Polish-language group of activists promoting privacy and user rights on the internet. They also run a podcast and provide lectures and workshops on these topics.
Fediverse address (main, in Polish):
@icd@mastodon.internet-czas-dzialac.pl
Fediverse address (videos, in Polish):
@icd@video.internet-czas-dzialac.pl
Small bear creating little picture books to cheer people up in difficult times.
Fediverse address:
@mawsonbear@mastodon.au
German newspaper and news site, covering national and international news. Based in Frankfurt, first published in 1945.
Fediverse address (in German):
@FR_de@flipboard.com
Art and culture news site based in New York, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@hyperallergic.com
Hosts free public lectures in Amsterdam about experimentation, innovation and research in type. Founded in 2018.
Fediverse address:
@lttrspc@typo.social
Live streamer with games, friendly chat, cybersecurity etc.
Fediverse address (live stream):
@notify@stream.logal.dev
Fediverse address (videos):
@logaldeveloper@tubefree.org
Amateur road and gravel cyclist, posting video highlights from cycling journeys.
Fediverse address:
@ssamulczyk@mstdn.social
Weather accounts for cities and towns in Malta. Follow an account to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses:
@attard@mt.fedimeteo.com
@birkirkara@mt.fedimeteo.com
@birzebbuga@mt.fedimeteo.com
@bugibba@mt.fedimeteo.com
@ghaxaq@mt.fedimeteo.com
@gzira@mt.fedimeteo.com
@marsaskala@mt.fedimeteo.com
@mellieha@mt.fedimeteo.com
@mosta@mt.fedimeteo.com
@naxxar@mt.fedimeteo.com
@paola@mt.fedimeteo.com
@qormi@mt.fedimeteo.com
@san_gwann@mt.fedimeteo.com
@siggiewi@mt.fedimeteo.com
@sliema@mt.fedimeteo.com
@st_julians@mt.fedimeteo.com
@valletta@mt.fedimeteo.com
@victoria@mt.fedimeteo.com
@zabbar@mt.fedimeteo.com
@zurrieq@mt.fedimeteo.com
LGBTQIA+ news from the German newspaper Tagesspiegel.
Fediverse address (in German):
@tagesspiegel-queer-Tagesspiegel@flipboard.com
Blog about one person’s car restorations and garage projects.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@thegaragediaries.com
Independent conference for fans of the Mac and other Apple products. Based in Illinois, USA.
Fediverse address:
@macstockexpo@tooting.ninja
American music and entertainment magazine, covering independent music, film, television etc. Originally a website founded in 1998, then a print magazine in 2002 and now a digital-only publication.
Fediverse address:
@PasteMagazine@flipboard.com
Account boosting Global News stories about New Brunswick.
Fediverse address:
@new-brunswick-GlobalNews@flipboard.com
Website featuring resources for newly diagnosed or self-diagnosed autistic people.
Fediverse address:
@autism101@mstdn.social
Discussion group for fans of Korean pop music.
Fediverse address:
@kpop@fedigroups.social
Open access press at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Publishes peer-reviewed academic books and journals.
Fediverse address:
@HelsinkiUPress@h-net.social
Doodle artist creating pen and ink drawings.
Fediverse address:
@ronnietucker@mastodon.art
Makes handmade jeans as a hobby (not for sale) and posts photos of the works in progress, the tools used to make them and info about how they are made. Many of the jeans are based on techniques from specific periods of history.
Fediverse address:
@eureka@pixelfed.social
Online community testing PC games on various different monitor setups and noting how they perform. Founded in 2003, currently with over 2400 games in their testing database.
Fediverse address:
@WSGF@mastodon.social
News feed from the Bulgarian national newspaper founded in 1992.
Fediverse address (in Bulgarian):
@www.standartnews.com@rss-parrot.net
Makes videos about retro adventure games, especially those made by Sierra in the 1980s and 1990s. Note that the videos often feature quite a lot of swearing and adult humour.
Fediverse address (main):
@sqhistorian@dosgame.club
Fediverse address (videos):
@sqhistorian@spectra.video
Uploading classic public domain films covering a range of periods and genres.
Fediverse address:
@films@fedi.video
Professional storyboard and concept artist who has worked on a panoply of films and TV series including Star Trek Discovery, Pacific Rim, Ghost In The Shell etc. Also a former comic artist at Marvel, DC and 2000AD.
Fediverse address:
@Robmccallum@mastodon.art
New project to make a Fediverse alternative to Tumblr. It’s still at a very early pre-Alpha stage, but is making progress.
Fediverse address:
@Swanye@fosstodon.org
Freelance illustrator and game artist, who does cute and intricate colourful drawings, often with a fantasy theme, using digital tools.
Fediverse address:
@chrislewislee@mastodon.gamedev.place
German government-funded scientific organisation working on improving the safety of nuclear power plants, their decommissioning and the disposal of nuclear waste.
Fediverse address (in German):
@GRS@social.bund.de
“Smashing Security” is an award winning podcast which is in theory about infosec, but in reality it’s a very entertaining (and occasionally slightly rude) round-up of all sorts of computing and tangential non-computing news. Features lots of back-and-forth banter between hosts Graham Cluely, Carole Theriault and their special guest.
Fediverse address:
@smashingsecurity@mastodon.green
Independent email provider based in Norway, employee-owned.
Fediverse address:
@runbox@mastodon.social
User group for Linux users in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Online meetings, in-person meetings, mailing list etc.
Fediverse address:
@PLUG@fosstodon.org
US-based non-profit organisation promoting films as a way to aid teaching of important topics such as human rights, the environment, history etc.
Fediverse address:
@JourneysInFilm@hcommons.social
British edition of the lifestyle magazine and website covering food, homes, beauty, fashion and health. UK edition first published in 1922.
Fediverse address:
@GoodHouseUK@flipboard.com
Martial arts school based in San Francisco, California, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@mrcooley@goodwolftsd.com
Online FOSS conference aiming to welcome COVID-cautious people interested in the free open source world.
Fediverse address:
@fluconf@gts.cryptography.dog
Private pilot, photographer, former aviation journalist, flight sim enthusiast. Based in Oregon, USA.
Fediverse address:
@Av8rdan@mytransponder.com
Publishing papers that describe novel and rigorous research addressing broad principles in plant science.
Fediverse address:
@JXBot@mastodon.social
Bicycle fan based in North America, posts photos and maps from various cycling trips.
Fediverse address:
@ridewithchris@mstdn.social
Free open source encrypted platform that allows whistleblowers and activists to contact journalists and NGOs anonymously through the Tor network.
Fediverse address:
@securedrop@freedom.press
Free open source digital audio workstation software, available for Linux, BSD, Mac and Windows.
Fediverse address:
@ardour@fosstodon.org
Weather forecast accounts for cities in Northern Ireland, using data from Open-Meteo.
Fediverse addresses (organised by city):
@armagh@uk.fedimeteo.com
@bangor_ireland@uk.fedimeteo.com
@belfast@uk.fedimeteo.com
@londonderry@uk.fedimeteo.com
@omagh@uk.fedimeteo.com
Free open source online platform for organising community activism and volunteer initiatives such as food sharing etc. Anyone can set up their own Karrot site, or join an existing site.
Fediverse address:
@karrot@fosstodon.org
Free open source tabletop role-playing game with a solarpunk sci-fi setting.
Fediverse address:
@FullyAutomatedRPG@mstdn.games
OpenStreetMap group organising regular meetups in Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Fediverse address:
@maprva@en.osm.town
Investigative journalism and open source intelligence group reporting on major international events such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, corrupt governments, racist conspiracy theorists etc. Bellingcat is based in the Netherlands.
Fediverse address:
@Bellingcat@mstdn.social
Bot posting a medieval book illumination every day.
Fediverse address:
@medieval_illuminations@mastodon.social
Professional cartoonist based in Portugal, author of several published books.
Fediverse address (main, in Spanish and Portuguese):
@osr@mastodon.art
Fediverse address (videos):
@osr@tube.tchncs.de
Popular US magazine and website about geography, history, nature etc around the world. Originally founded in 1888 as an academic journal, nowadays it is aimed at a mainstream audience.
Fediverse address:
@NationalGeographic@flipboard.com
Conference in Switzerland devoted to the Ruby programming language.
Fediverse address:
@helvetic_ruby@ruby.social
Crochet and crafts enthusiast, also posting about gardening, pets and baking.
Fediverse address:
@Ceefercrafts@toot.community
News feed from the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat.
Fediverse address (in Finnish):
@www.hs.fi@rss-parrot.net
Bot posting a random MS-DOS command every day, along with a description of what it does and a screenshot of it in action.
Fediverse address:
@msdosreference@manitu.social
Toy enthusiast based in Belgium, making videos about restoring diecast toys, especially toy cars. The videos and account are in English.
Fediverse address (main):
@belgiandiecastrestorations@mstdn.social
Fediverse address (videos):
@belgiandiecastrestorations@makertube.net
Online news magazine from Chemistry Europe, an organisation of 16 European chemical societies.
Fediverse address:
@ChemistryViews@mstdn.social
Research into the history of Esperanto music albums and their creators.
Fediverse address:
@eomusichistory@thomaspreece.net
Free community conference for software developers in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Fediverse address:
@boscc@techhub.social
A free open source live streaming platform with built in chat, it’s like a libre alternative to Twitch. It’s now part of the Fediverse so you can follow OwnCast accounts from Mastdon etc. When an OwnCast account goes live, people who follow it will see a message appear in their timeline.
Fediverse address:
@owncast@social.owncast.online
Weather forecast accounts for cities in Ireland. Follow your city to receive its weather forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses:
@athlone@ie.fedimeteo.com
@ballina@ie.fedimeteo.com
@banagher@ie.fedimeteo.com
@birr@ie.fedimeteo.com
@bray@ie.fedimeteo.com
@buncrana@ie.fedimeteo.com
@carlow@ie.fedimeteo.com
@carrick_on_shannon@ie.fedimeteo.com
@castlebar@ie.fedimeteo.com
@cavan@ie.fedimeteo.com
@clonmel@ie.fedimeteo.com
@cork@ie.fedimeteo.com
@drogheda@ie.fedimeteo.com
@dublin@ie.fedimeteo.com
@dundalk@ie.fedimeteo.com
@enfield@ie.fedimeteo.com
@galway@ie.fedimeteo.com
@greystones@ie.fedimeteo.com
@inis@ie.fedimeteo.com
@kilkee@ie.fedimeteo.com
@kilkenny@ie.fedimeteo.com
@letterkenny@ie.fedimeteo.com
@limerick@ie.fedimeteo.com
@longford@ie.fedimeteo.com
@maynooth@ie.fedimeteo.com
@monaghan@ie.fedimeteo.com
@mullingar@ie.fedimeteo.com
@naas@ie.fedimeteo.com
@navan@ie.fedimeteo.com
@newbridge@ie.fedimeteo.com
@portlaoise@ie.fedimeteo.com
@roscommon@ie.fedimeteo.com
@skerries@ie.fedimeteo.com
@swords@ie.fedimeteo.com
@thurles@ie.fedimeteo.com
@tipperary@ie.fedimeteo.com
@tralee@ie.fedimeteo.com
@tullamore@ie.fedimeteo.com
@waterford@ie.fedimeteo.com
@wexford@ie.fedimeteo.com
Evolutionary ecologist and Junior Research Group Leader at Bielefeld University in Germany. Interested in phenotypic plasticity, transgenerational plasticity and the role of plasticity in evolution.
Fediverse address:
@DenisMeuthen@fediscience.org
Computing history museum with a focus on 36-bit systems, based in Washington state, USA.
Fediverse address:
@icm@mastodon.sdf.org
Tech news curated by actual human beings, covering the internet, computing, apps, social media etc. Based in the United States.
Fediverse address (main):
@TechDesk@flipboard.social
Fediverse address (flipboard.com account):
@tech@flipboard.com
Creates precise but psychedelic, colourful and detailed artwork, often related to animals and/or libre projects. For example, Ubuntu releases often receive a new piece of artwork by Ritter based on that version’s animal mascot.
Fediverse address:
@sylvia_ritter@mastodon.social
Portuguese-language discussion group about the Campinas region in Brazil.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@rmc@fedigroups.social
Freelance illustrator and digital painter who creates beautiful surreal images, often with fantastic themes, usually using Krita software.
Fediverse address (main):
@Xernist@mastodon.art
Fediverse address (images):
@Xernist@pixelfed.social
Classical string quartet from Amsterdam in the Netherlands, releasing albums and touring internationally.
Fediverse address:
@dudokquartet@classicalmusic.social
Hackers’ meetup group based in Lansing, Michigan, USA.
Fediverse address:
@lansing2600@mastodon.praxis.red
Hackerspace for the Ortenau region in Germany.
Fediverse address (in German & English):
@section77@chaos.social
Weather forecast accounts for Colima, Mexico. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Spanish):
@colima__colima@mx.fedimeteo.com
@manzanillo__colima@mx.fedimeteo.com
Gardener, knitter, dog and cat owner based in the UK. Posts regularly about their garden, knitting projects and other topics.
Fediverse address:
@LoraHughes@mastodon.social
Site exploring history through original written documents by historical figures such as letters, manuscripts, notes etc.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@historyonpapers.com
Archive of punk music flyers from Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.
Fediverse address:
@punx@grpunkflyers.notopia.dev
Polish-language discussion group about cycling and bicycles.
Fediverse address (in Polish):
@rower@fedigroups.social
Non-profit magazine based in Washington DC, USA, mainly covering US politics and government. Founded in 1969.
Fediverse address:
@WAMonthly@flipboard.com
AUR-style package manager for Ubuntu.
Fediverse address:
@pacstall@social.linux.pizza
Professor in departments of Mathematics & Statistics and Biology at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. Interested in spatial, theoretical, mathematical, computational and statistical ecology, evolution and epidemiology, plant community, ecosystem, epidemic dynamics etc.
Fediverse address:
@bbolker@fediscience.org
Artist based in England, using gouache, watercolour, acrylic and oil paints, sometimes all at once.
Fediverse address:
@Chloeg@mastodon.art
Discussion group about scuba diving and related topics.
Fediverse address:
@scubadivers@fedigroups.social
News and events in the Belgian Drupal community.
Fediverse address:
@drupalbe@drupal.community
Newspaper articles, images and other materials from the history of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Fediverse address:
@VintageEdmonton@mstdn.ca
Professional designer and builder of sweet funny puppets (somewhat inspired by muppets). Creates videos, livestreams and writes about his creations.
Fediverse address (main):
@operationpuppet@gamerstavern.online
Fediverse address (videos):
@kevin@puppet.zone
Fediverse address (livestream):
@live@owncast.pixelsandpuppets.com
Popular long-established Linux distribution first released in 2003, sponsored by the US software company Red Hat.
Fediverse address:
@fedora@fosstodon.org
Independent non-profit community news site for San Diego, California, USA. Aim is to provide a voice for communities that are underrepresented or misrepresented in mainstream media.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@daylightsandiego.org
Non-profit volunteer group advocating for cycling in Ottawa, Canada.
Fediverse address:
@bikeottawa@mastodon.social
German news site covering national and international news.
Fediverse address (in German):
@RNDAudience@flipboard.com
Bot posting random flags of nations and regions.
Fediverse address:
@FlagFacts@mas.to
Discussion group about the history of organised crime in the USA.
Fediverse address:
@mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
Research Integrity and Training Adviser at the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute. Interested in open science, open access, reproducibility and improving research culture.
Fediverse address:
@Retropz@mastodon.social
News magazine based in the US, covering American and world events. Published since 1923.
Fediverse address:
@time@flipboard.com
Account devoted to fiction set in space. Shares concept art, photos, behind the scenes info and other material from space films, TV, books, games etc.
Fediverse address:
@TheSpaceshipper@socel.net
Non-profit news organisation covering Mississippi, USA. Founded in 2016, winner of the 2023 Pulitzer prize for local reporting.
Fediverse address:
@MSTODAYnews@flipboard.com
Fundraising, money management and legal status platform for charities, activists and libre projects that want to be transparent about where their money comes from and how it is used.
Fediverse address:
@opencollective@opencollective.com
Magazine and website all about guitars, guitar music and guitarists. Based in the US, first published in 1980.
Fediverse address:
@GuitarWorld@flipboard.com
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
News feed from independent local newspaper based on Route 4 in Vermont, USA.
Fediverse address:
@mountaintimes.info@rss-parrot.net
Blog about making things with wood, often guitars or music-related.
Fediverse address:
@index@tonywallace.com
Long-running magazine which publishes short stories by female writers, especially speculative fiction. Their account also posts quotations from literary women at three hour intervals.
Fediverse address:
@lunastation@wandering.shop
Newsletter recommending films to watch, covering all genres and periods including contemporary and classic films. Written by a Pulitzer-nominated film critic.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@tyburrswatchlist.com
Long-established charity and campaign group that has fought for the right to privacy since 1990.
Fediverse address (main):
@privacyint@mastodon.xyz
Fediverse address (videos):
@privacyint@media.privacyinternational.org
News hub showing RSS feeds from various FOSS gaming projects.
Fediverse address:
@fossgaming@fosstodon.org
Blog of cocktails and other drinks from bars in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@seth@blog.boozybeggar.com
Make free open source command line interface apps, libs and back ends.
Fediverse address:
@charmcli@mastodon.social
Free open source Mastodon app for iPhone, iPad and Apple Mac.
Fediverse address:
@IceCubesApp@mastodon.online
Bird watcher and amateur wildlife photographer based in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, USA.
Fediverse address:
@cpay@mastodon.online
Freelance illustrator and calligrapher, calligraphy teacher, also creates medieval-style illuminations.
Fediverse address:
@kleavens@sfba.social