The Browser

Human-curated articles covering all sorts of topics around the internet, as chosen by a team of professional journalists.

Fediverse address (blog):
@index@thebrowser.com

Heartland Urbanist / Matt Caffrey

Organiser and urbanist based in Ohio, USA, creating videos about city planning, housing reform and public transport improvement. Especially interested in the American Midwest and its return to urbanism.

Fediverse address (urban planning videos):
@heartlandurbanist@urbanists.video

Fediverse address (personal account):
@mattcaff@union.place

The Great Pop Culture Debate

Podcast discussing popular culture such as film, TV, music etc, with a specific question in each episode such as “Best Tolkien Character”, “Best 1990s Romcom”, “Best TV Series Finale” etc.

Fediverse address:
@gpcd@mas.to

Dorothy Parker

Bot posting daily exerpt from Dorothy Parker’s poetry. Mentions of the bot produce an automatic reply with a quotation from Parker’s correspondence.

Fediverse address:
@dorothyparker@mas.to

FediMeteo South Carolina

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

Fediverse addresses:
@aiken__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@anderson__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@beaufort__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@charleston__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@columbia__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@conway__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@easley__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@florence__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@goose_creek__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@greenville__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@greenwood__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@greer__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@hilton_head_island__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@lexington__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@mauldin__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@mount_pleasant__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@myrtle_beach__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@newberry__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@north_augusta__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@north_charleston__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@orangeburg__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@rock_hill__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@spartanburg__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@summerville__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@sumter__south_carolina@us.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 Prince Edward Island

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

Fediverse addresses (in English & French):
@alberton__prince_edward_island@ca.fedimeteo.com
@charlottetown__prince_edward_island@ca.fedimeteo.com
@montague__prince_edward_island@ca.fedimeteo.com
@souris__prince_edward_island@ca.fedimeteo.com
@summerside__prince_edward_island@ca.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Maine

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

Fediverse addresses:
@auburn__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@augusta__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@bangor__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@bar_harbor__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@bath__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@biddeford__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@brunswick__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@caribou__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@ellsworth__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@farmington__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@gardiner__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@lewiston__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@old_orchard_beach__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@orono__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@portland__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@presque_isle__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@rockland__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@saco__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@sanford__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@scarborough__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@skowhegan__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@south_portland__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@waterville__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@westbrook__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@york__maine@us.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo West Virginia

Weather forecast accounts for the state of West Virginia, USA. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.

Fediverse addresses:
@barboursville__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@beckley__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@bluefield__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@bridgeport__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@buckhannon__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@charleston__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@clarksburg__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@elkins__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@fairmont__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@huntington__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@keyser__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@lewisburg__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@martinsburg__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@morgantown__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@oak_hill__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@parkersburg__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@point_pleasant__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@princeton__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@ripley__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@romney__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@south_charleston__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@st_albans__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@vienna__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@weirton__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@wheeling__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com

dylyricus (bobdylan lyrics +)

Account devoted to Bob Dylan, his music, his tours and his lyrics, including keeping track of alternative lyrics that he sometimes uses.

Fediverse address:
@dylyricus@universeodon.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 Arizona

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

Fediverse addresses:
@avondale__arizona@us.fedimeteo.com
@casa_grande__arizona@us.fedimeteo.com
@chandler__arizona@us.fedimeteo.com
@flagstaff__arizona@us.fedimeteo.com
@gilbert__arizona@us.fedimeteo.com
@glendale__arizona@us.fedimeteo.com
@goodyear__arizona@us.fedimeteo.com
@kingman__arizona@us.fedimeteo.com
@lake_havasu_city__arizona@us.fedimeteo.com
@marana__arizona@us.fedimeteo.com
@mesa__arizona@us.fedimeteo.com
@peoria__arizona@us.fedimeteo.com
@phoenix__arizona@us.fedimeteo.com
@prescott__arizona@us.fedimeteo.com
@scottsdale__arizona@us.fedimeteo.com
@sierra_vista__arizona@us.fedimeteo.com
@surprise__arizona@us.fedimeteo.com
@tempe__arizona@us.fedimeteo.com
@tucson__arizona@us.fedimeteo.com
@yuma__arizona@us.fedimeteo.com

MPS Göttingen (Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research)

Research establishment in Göttingen, Germany which studies all the bodies that make up our solar system including the Sun, the planets, the asteroids etc. The Institute develops scientific instruments that are sent into space on ESA and NASA missions.

Fediverse address (in English & German):
@mpsgoettingen@academiccloud.social

FediMeteo Croatia

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

INRIA / Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique

Official account of the French National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology, founded in 1967. The institute does theoretical and applied research in computer science.

Fediverse address (in French):
@inria@social.numerique.gouv.fr

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 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

Sajan Rai

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

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

BookWyrm

The Fediverse’s alternative to Goodreads. You can keep track of your books, write reviews, follow other readers and more. Also, as it’s part of the Fediverse you can follow BookWyrm members from Mastodon etc.

Fediverse address:
@bookwyrm@tech.lgbt

FediMeteo Scotland

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

Fediverse addresses (organised by city):
@aberdeen@uk.fedimeteo.com
@dundee@uk.fedimeteo.com
@dunfermline@uk.fedimeteo.com
@edinburgh@uk.fedimeteo.com
@fort_william@uk.fedimeteo.com
@glasgow@uk.fedimeteo.com
@inverness@uk.fedimeteo.com
@kirkwall@uk.fedimeteo.com
@lamlash@uk.fedimeteo.com
@lerwick@uk.fedimeteo.com
@mallaig@uk.fedimeteo.com
@oban@uk.fedimeteo.com
@perth@uk.fedimeteo.com
@port_ellen@uk.fedimeteo.com
@portree@uk.fedimeteo.com
@stirling@uk.fedimeteo.com
@stornoway@uk.fedimeteo.com
@tarbert@uk.fedimeteo.com
@thurso@uk.fedimeteo.com
@ullapool@uk.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Austria

German-language weather forecast accounts for cities in Austria, using data from Open-Meteo.

Fediverse addresses (in German, organised by city):
@baden@at.fedimeteo.com
@bregenz@at.fedimeteo.com
@eisenstadt@at.fedimeteo.com
@gmunden@at.fedimeteo.com
@graz@at.fedimeteo.com
@innsbruck@at.fedimeteo.com
@klagenfurt@at.fedimeteo.com
@lech@at.fedimeteo.com
@lienz@at.fedimeteo.com
@linz@at.fedimeteo.com
@salzburg@at.fedimeteo.com
@sankt_anton@at.fedimeteo.com
@sankt_peter@at.fedimeteo.com
@sankt_polten@at.fedimeteo.com
@villach@at.fedimeteo.com
@wels@at.fedimeteo.com
@wien@at.fedimeteo.com

The Prototype Fund

Funding initiative of the German government promoting development of open software. Anyone can apply for funding who lives in Germany, is self-employed, pays German taxes and publishes their source code on some sort of source forge. (You don’t need German citizenship.)

Fediverse address (in German):
@PrototypeFund@mastodon.social

FediMeteo Virginia

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

Fediverse addresses:
@alexandria__virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@blacksburg__virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@bristol__virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@chesapeake__virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@culpeper__virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@danville__virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@fredericksburg__virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@hampton__virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@harrisonburg__virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@hopewell__virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@leesburg__virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@lynchburg__virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@manassas__virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@newport_news__virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@norfolk__virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@petersburg__virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@portsmouth__virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@radford__virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@richmond__virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@roanoke__virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@staunton__virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@suffolk__virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@virginia_beach__virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@waynesboro__virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@winchester__virginia@us.fedimeteo.com

Widescreen Gaming Forum / WSGF

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