Shugmonkey

Professional illustrator who creates excellent striking portraits usually based around line drawings with additional colours and elements. It feels like these are lost book covers or album artwork.

Fediverse address:
@shugmonkey@mastodon.art

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

Ian Betteridge

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

Fediverse address:
@ianb@well.com

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

FediMeteo Puerto Rico

Weather forecast accounts for Puerto Rico. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.

Fediverse addresses:
@aguadilla__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@arecibo__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@bayamon__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@cabo_rojo__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@caguas__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@carolina__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@humacao__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@mayaguez__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@ponce__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@rio_grande__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@san_juan__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com

Postcard Past – Present Photo

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

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

The Tor Project

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

Fediverse address:
@torproject@mastodon.social

Virtual Genealogical Association

International organisation organising online events for genealogists and family history enthusiasts.

Fediverse address:
@VirtualGenealogy@c.im

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 Finland

Weather forecast accounts for cities in Finland. Follow your city to receive weather forecasts in Finnish in your timeline.

Fediverse addresses (in Finnish):
@espoo@fi.fedimeteo.com
@hameenlinna@fi.fedimeteo.com
@helsinki@fi.fedimeteo.com
@joensuu@fi.fedimeteo.com
@jyvaskyla@fi.fedimeteo.com
@kemi@fi.fedimeteo.com
@kouvola@fi.fedimeteo.com
@kuopio@fi.fedimeteo.com
@lahti@fi.fedimeteo.com
@lappeenranta@fi.fedimeteo.com
@mikkeli@fi.fedimeteo.com
@oulu@fi.fedimeteo.com
@pori@fi.fedimeteo.com
@porvoo@fi.fedimeteo.com
@rovaniemi@fi.fedimeteo.com
@tampere@fi.fedimeteo.com
@turku@fi.fedimeteo.com
@vaasa@fi.fedimeteo.com
@vantaa@fi.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Slovenia

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

Fediverse addresses (in Slovenian):
@celje@sl.fedimeteo.com
@idrija@sl.fedimeteo.com
@izola@sl.fedimeteo.com
@jesenice@sl.fedimeteo.com
@kamnik@sl.fedimeteo.com
@koper@sl.fedimeteo.com
@kranj@sl.fedimeteo.com
@ljubljana@sl.fedimeteo.com
@logatec@sl.fedimeteo.com
@maribor@sl.fedimeteo.com
@murska_sobota@sl.fedimeteo.com
@nova_gorica@sl.fedimeteo.com
@novo_mesto@sl.fedimeteo.com
@piran@sl.fedimeteo.com
@postojna@sl.fedimeteo.com
@ptuj@sl.fedimeteo.com
@sezana@sl.fedimeteo.com
@slovenj_gradec@sl.fedimeteo.com
@trbovlje@sl.fedimeteo.com
@velenje@sl.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Kansas

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

Fediverse addresses:
@colby__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@derby__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@dodge_city__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@emporia__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@garden_city__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@hays__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@hutchinson__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@junction_city__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@kansas_city__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@lawrence__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@leavenworth__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@lenexa__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@manhattan__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@mcpherson__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@olathe__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@ottawa__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@overland_park__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@parsons__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@pittsburg__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@pratt__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@salina__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@shawnee__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@topeka__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@wichita__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com

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

E Foundation / Murena

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

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

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

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

FediMeteo Tennessee

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

Fediverse addresses:
@bartlett__tennessee@us.fedimeteo.com
@blaine__tennessee@us.fedimeteo.com
@bristol__tennessee@us.fedimeteo.com
@chattanooga__tennessee@us.fedimeteo.com
@clarksville__tennessee@us.fedimeteo.com
@cleveland__tennessee@us.fedimeteo.com
@columbia__tennessee@us.fedimeteo.com
@cookeville__tennessee@us.fedimeteo.com
@dickson__tennessee@us.fedimeteo.com
@franklin__tennessee@us.fedimeteo.com
@gallatin__tennessee@us.fedimeteo.com
@germantown__tennessee@us.fedimeteo.com
@hendersonville__tennessee@us.fedimeteo.com
@jackson__tennessee@us.fedimeteo.com
@johnson_city__tennessee@us.fedimeteo.com
@knoxville__tennessee@us.fedimeteo.com
@la_vergne__tennessee@us.fedimeteo.com
@lebanon__tennessee@us.fedimeteo.com
@memphis__tennessee@us.fedimeteo.com
@morristown__tennessee@us.fedimeteo.com
@mount_juliet__tennessee@us.fedimeteo.com
@murfreesboro__tennessee@us.fedimeteo.com
@nashville__tennessee@us.fedimeteo.com
@oak_ridge__tennessee@us.fedimeteo.com
@sevierville__tennessee@us.fedimeteo.com
@smyrna__tennessee@us.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Nebraska

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

Fediverse addresses:
@alliance__nebraska@us.fedimeteo.com
@beatrice__nebraska@us.fedimeteo.com
@bellevue__nebraska@us.fedimeteo.com
@blair__nebraska@us.fedimeteo.com
@broken_bow__nebraska@us.fedimeteo.com
@columbus__nebraska@us.fedimeteo.com
@crete__nebraska@us.fedimeteo.com
@fremont__nebraska@us.fedimeteo.com
@gering__nebraska@us.fedimeteo.com
@grand_island__nebraska@us.fedimeteo.com
@hastings__nebraska@us.fedimeteo.com
@kearney__nebraska@us.fedimeteo.com
@la_vista__nebraska@us.fedimeteo.com
@lexington__nebraska@us.fedimeteo.com
@lincoln__nebraska@us.fedimeteo.com
@mccook__nebraska@us.fedimeteo.com
@norfolk__nebraska@us.fedimeteo.com
@north_platte__nebraska@us.fedimeteo.com
@omaha__nebraska@us.fedimeteo.com
@papillion__nebraska@us.fedimeteo.com
@scottsbluff__nebraska@us.fedimeteo.com
@sidney__nebraska@us.fedimeteo.com
@south_sioux_city__nebraska@us.fedimeteo.com
@wahoo__nebraska@us.fedimeteo.com
@york__nebraska@us.fedimeteo.com