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

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 Manitoba

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

Fediverse addresses (in English & French):
@brandon__manitoba@ca.fedimeteo.com
@churchill__manitoba@ca.fedimeteo.com
@dauphin__manitoba@ca.fedimeteo.com
@flin_flon__manitoba@ca.fedimeteo.com
@gimli__manitoba@ca.fedimeteo.com
@morden__manitoba@ca.fedimeteo.com
@portage_la_prairie__manitoba@ca.fedimeteo.com
@selkirk__manitoba@ca.fedimeteo.com
@steinbach__manitoba@ca.fedimeteo.com
@the_pas__manitoba@ca.fedimeteo.com
@thompson__manitoba@ca.fedimeteo.com
@winkler__manitoba@ca.fedimeteo.com
@winnipeg__manitoba@ca.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Netherlands

Dutch-language weather forecast accounts for cities in the Netherlands, using data from Open-Meteo.

Fediverse addresses (in Dutch, organised by city):
@almelo@nl.fedimeteo.com
@almere@nl.fedimeteo.com
@amersfoort@nl.fedimeteo.com
@amsterdam@nl.fedimeteo.com
@apeldoorn@nl.fedimeteo.com
@arnhem@nl.fedimeteo.com
@assen@nl.fedimeteo.com
@breda@nl.fedimeteo.com
@den_haag@nl.fedimeteo.com
@deventer@nl.fedimeteo.com
@dordrecht@nl.fedimeteo.com
@eindhoven@nl.fedimeteo.com
@emmen@nl.fedimeteo.com
@enschede@nl.fedimeteo.com
@groningen@nl.fedimeteo.com
@haarlem@nl.fedimeteo.com
@haarlemmermeer@nl.fedimeteo.com
@helmond@nl.fedimeteo.com
@hengelo@nl.fedimeteo.com
@hilversum@nl.fedimeteo.com
@leeuwarden@nl.fedimeteo.com
@leiden@nl.fedimeteo.com
@maastricht@nl.fedimeteo.com
@nijmegen@nl.fedimeteo.com
@oss@nl.fedimeteo.com
@roosendaal@nl.fedimeteo.com
@rotterdam@nl.fedimeteo.com
@s_hertogenbosch@nl.fedimeteo.com
@sittard_geleen@nl.fedimeteo.com
@tilburg@nl.fedimeteo.com
@utrecht@nl.fedimeteo.com
@venlo@nl.fedimeteo.com
@zaanstad@nl.fedimeteo.com
@zoetermeer@nl.fedimeteo.com
@zwolle@nl.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Quebec

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

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

Dr Robert Minchin

Astronomer at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in the United States, and previously at (amongst others) the famous Arecibo in Puerto Rico, and the flying telescope SOFIA.

Fediverse address:
@Robminchin@mastodon.online

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights

Official account of the Commissioner for Human Rights at the Council of Europe. The Council of Europe is an independent international organisation protecting human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe.

Fediverse address:
@commissionerHR@mastodon.social

(NOTE: The Council of Europe is a totally separate organisation from the European Union or the European Council. They just have similar names.)

FediMeteo North Dakota

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

Fediverse addresses:
@belcourt__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@beulah__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@bismarck__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@bottineau__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@cavalier__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@devils_lake__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@dickinson__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@fargo__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@grafton__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@grand_forks__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@harvey__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@hazelton__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@horace__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@jamestown__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@killdeer__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@lakota__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@mandan__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@minot__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@oakes__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@rugby__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@stanley__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@valley_city__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@wahpeton__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@west_fargo__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@williston__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com

PublicSpaces

A non-profit coalition of Dutch broadcasters, museums, arts organisations etc. campaigning for an ethical internet. They organise conferences on this topic, and run their own Fediverse servers.

Fediverse address (main, in Dutch and English):
@publicspaces@publicspaces.net

Fediverse address (videos, in Dutch and English):
@publicspaces@video.publicspaces.net

Fediverse address (podcasts, in Dutch and English): @TheTimeIsNow@podcast.publicspaces.net

Senfcall.de

A free open source video conferencing site which aims to provide a privacy-friendly alternative to proprietary services. Calls are made through the web browser using the BigBlueButton platform.

Fediverse address (in German and English):
@senfcall@chaos.social

DataRequests.org / Datenanfragen.de

Non-profit organisation which is promoting people’s right to privacy, and making people more aware of their privacy rights.

Fediverse address (main account, in English):
@datarequestsorg@mastodon.social

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

Fediverse address (technical account, in English):
@dev_at_datarequestsORG@chaos.social

Tuta (formerly Tutanota)

Independent privacy-friendly email and calendar provider which is ad-free and paid for entirely by their users’ subscriptions. There are free open source apps for Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and Windows. There’s also support for E2EE and 2FA wherever possible.

Fediverse address:
@Tutanota@mastodon.social

Quote Me

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

Fediverse address:
@quoteme@mas.to

WriteFreely

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

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

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

Universität der Bundeswehr München / University of the Bundeswehr Munich

University in Munich, Germany. Originally founded to provide education for members of the German armed forces, nowadays also includes civilian and international students.

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

FediMeteo Minnesota

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

Fediverse addresses:
@apple_valley__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@bemidji__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@blaine__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@bloomington__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@brainerd__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@brooklyn_park__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@burnsville__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@coon_rapids__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@duluth__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@eagan__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@eden_prairie__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@edina__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@lakeville__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@mankato__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@maple_grove__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@minneapolis__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@minnetonka__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@moorhead__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@oakdale__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@plymouth__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@rochester__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@saint_paul__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@shakopee__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@st_cloud__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@woodbury__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Denmark

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

Fediverse addresses (in Danish):
@aalborg@dk.fedimeteo.com
@aarhus@dk.fedimeteo.com
@copenhagen@dk.fedimeteo.com
@esbjerg@dk.fedimeteo.com
@fredericia@dk.fedimeteo.com
@frederikshavn@dk.fedimeteo.com
@herning@dk.fedimeteo.com
@hillerod@dk.fedimeteo.com
@hirtshals@dk.fedimeteo.com
@hjorring@dk.fedimeteo.com
@holstebro@dk.fedimeteo.com
@horsens@dk.fedimeteo.com
@koge@dk.fedimeteo.com
@kolding@dk.fedimeteo.com
@naestved@dk.fedimeteo.com
@norresundby@dk.fedimeteo.com
@odense@dk.fedimeteo.com
@orhus@dk.fedimeteo.com
@randers@dk.fedimeteo.com
@ringsted@dk.fedimeteo.com
@roskilde@dk.fedimeteo.com
@silkeborg@dk.fedimeteo.com
@skagen@dk.fedimeteo.com
@slagelse@dk.fedimeteo.com
@sonderborg@dk.fedimeteo.com
@svendborg@dk.fedimeteo.com
@taastrup@dk.fedimeteo.com
@vejle@dk.fedimeteo.com

Insatiably Curious

Travel blog by Australian couple who have lived in various countries around the world and are currently restoring a barge in the Netherlands.

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

FediMeteo Ohio

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

Fediverse addresses:
@akron__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@beavercreek__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@canton__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@cincinnati__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@cleveland__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@columbus__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@cuyahoga_falls__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@dayton__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@dublin__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@elyria__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@fairfield__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@findlay__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@hamilton__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@kettering__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@lakewood__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@lorain__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@mansfield__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@mentor__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@middletown__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@newark__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@parma__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@springfield__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@strongsville__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@toledo__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@youngstown__ohio@us.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

LibreOffice

The most popular free open source office suite, it includes a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation software etc. It’s very widely used by businesses, governments, organisations and individuals, and is available for Linux, Mac and Windows.

Fediverse address:
@libreoffice@fosstodon.org

There are also user groups on the Fediverse:

Fediverse address (in Spanish):
@LibreOfficeEs@mastodon.social

Fediverse address (in French):
@LaMouetteODF@framapiaf.org

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