Artist and graphic designer who creates finely-crafted illustrations.
Fediverse address:
@margodeweerdt@mastodon.social
Artist and graphic designer who creates finely-crafted illustrations.
Fediverse address:
@margodeweerdt@mastodon.social
All about homebrewing beer, usually Belgian ales made in Sweden.
Fediverse address:
@gustav@mastodon.beer
English-language website and videos about prehistoric sites in Portugal, including megaliths, caves, ancient structures etc.
Fediverse address:
@prehistoricportugal@mastodon.social
Canadian media company which owns many local newspapers and news sites across Canada. This account publishes stories from these many different local news sources.
Fediverse address:
@GlacierMedia@flipboard.com
Cybersecurity conference in Tennessee, USA.
Fediverse address:
@bsidesknoxville@infosec.exchange
German music magazine and website, mainly about rock and pop but also covering hip-hop, electronica, indie. Additionally covers pop culture including films, books, art etc.
Fediverse address (in German):
@MUSIKEXPRESSde@flipboard.com
Weather forecast accounts for Punjab, India. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Hindi):
@amritsar__punjab@in.fedimeteo.com
@hoshiarpur__punjab@in.fedimeteo.com
@ludhiana__punjab@in.fedimeteo.com
US-based lifestyle news site covering decor, fashion, food, wellness etc. Founded by interior designer Bobby Berk, perhaps best known for his appearances on TV series “Queer Eye”.
Fediverse address:
@Bobby_Berk@flipboard.com
South African mountain biking blog, named after the cycling race Cape Epic.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@chasingcapeepic.com
Bot posting trending topics on Wikipedia for random countries.
Fediverse address:
@TrendingOnWiki@toot.community
Investigative reporting co-operative in Los Angeles, California, USA. Founded in 2025.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@thesouthlander.com
Creating weird and fun new electronic projects from old retro technology.
Fediverse address (videos):
@mle_online@makertube.net
Professional drum & bass, techno and electronic musician and composer from Germany, featuring a cyberpunk dystopian aesthetic. Incredibly, their latest track is also available on MiniDisc! 💽
Fediverse address:
@revengeday@corteximplant.com
Blog all about board games and strategy games, featuring reviews, articles, unboxings and session reports.
Fediverse address:
@theboardgameschronicle@wargamers.social
Independent environmental newsletter focusing on the climate crisis, written by an environmentalist and journalist. Based in the US, founded in 2023.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@yessfun@possibilities.news
Travel magazine and website, covering travel news and trip ideas from an LGBTQIA+ perspective. Based in the US, originally published as a standalone magazine in 2003 and now published as a supplement in Out Magazine.
Fediverse address:
@OutTraveler@flipboard.com
Product designer focusing on user experience, currently working on better UX for software at AWS.
Fediverse address:
@PavelASamsonov@mastodon.social
Sports newspaper published in Spain since 1979, mainly covering football (soccer) and especially FC Barcelona.
Fediverse address (in Spanish):
@SPORTes2019@flipboard.com
Sells privacy-friendly FOSS security keys, de-Googled smartphones, Linux laptops etc.
Fediverse address:
@nitrokey@nitrokey.com
Posts lush, relaxing landscape photos, usually from the countryside in the north of England. They’ve beautifully rural and very reminiscent of Tolkien’s Shire.
Fediverse address (main):
@IanCykowski@photog.social
Fediverse address (photos):
@IanCylkowski@pixelfed.social
Well-performed public domain audiobooks uploaded to PeerTube.
Fediverse address (audio):
@audiobooks@fedi.video
News feed from the BTA news agency in Bulgaria.
Fediverse address (in Bulgarian):
@www.bta.bg.bg.rss.free@rss-parrot.net
Independent local newspaper for Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. Founded in 2024.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@stillwaterlokallife.com
Fan blog covering news about the Toronto Maple Leafs ice hockey team.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@pensionplanpuppets.com
Illustrator who creates memorable artwork including strange, Hieronymous Bosch-like works inspired by medieval originals.
Fediverse address:
@hannahcomb@mastodon.art
Account of the Tokyo Camera Club photography site, highlighting photoraphers in Japan.
Fediverse address (in Japanese):
@tokyocameraclub@mstdn.tokyocameraclub.com
The Netherlands Sound & Vision museum. They have a massive archive of thousands of videos available on the Fediverse.
Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@nisv@peertube.beeldengeluid.nl
Hacking event (in the non-criminal sense) held annually in Quebec City, Canada.
Fediverse address (in English & French):
@hackfest@infosec.exchange
Independent non-profit investigative news site based in Pennsylvania, USA, and founded in 2019.
Fediverse address:
@SpotlightPA@flipboard.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
Independent Linux distribution previously known as Serpent OS. Features GNOME desktop and designed for general desktop use.
Fediverse address:
@AerynOS@hachyderm.io
Regularly changing exhibitions on plants at the Stephen & Peter Sachs Museum at the Missouri Botanical Garden. The garden is based in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Fediverse address:
@mobotmuseum@mstdn.social
General purpose Linux distribution which is shipped as a minimal base system by default, letting the user add what they need.
Fediverse address:
@archlinux@fosstodon.org
Free open source Mastodon app for Android phones, available through F-Droid and Google Play. Can also be used by other Fediverse platforms that use the Mastodon API such as PixelFed and GoToSocial. One of the very earliest apps for Mastodon, first released in 2017.
Fediverse address:
@Tusky@mastodon.social
Women’s lifestyle site, covering beauty, entertainment, food, health etc. Based in the US, founded in 2010.
Fediverse address:
@PureWow@flipboard.com
Weather forecast accounts for Florida, USA. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.
Fediverse addresses:
@bonita_springs__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@cape_coral__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@clearwater__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@coral_springs__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@daytona_beach__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@deltona__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@fort_lauderdale__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@gainesville__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@hialeah__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@hollywood__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@jacksonville__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@lakeland__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@miami__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@miramar__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@naples__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@ocala__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@orlando__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@palm_bay__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@panama_city__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@pembroke_pines__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@pensacola__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@port_st_lucie__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@st_petersburg__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@tallahassee__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@tampa__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
Independent legal blog covering law-related events in the Inland Empire area of California, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@ielaw.news
Maths research institute at the University of Sydney, Australia.
Fediverse address:
@SydMathInst@mathstodon.xyz
Electronics technician who does fun colourful videos about electronics projects, 3D printing and plays self-written music on self-built synthesisers. Also does knitting, woodwork and assorted other stuff.
Fediverse address (main):
@blitzcitydiy@mastodon.social
Fediverse address (videos):
@liz@makertube.net
Automated observatory at Saint Mary’s University in Nova Scotia, Canada. Observers can request images from the telescope by registering on its website.
Fediverse address:
@BGO@observatory.social
Unofficial bot posting weather updates from the National Weather Service in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Fediverse address:
@nwsmilwaukee_bot@m.ai6yr.org
Newsletter about climate change-related litigation and justice in courtrooms around the world. Written by a freelance journalist specialising in covering litigation.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@the-wave.net
Discussion group about spinning your own yarn, spindle and wheel spinning (including electric wheels).
Fediverse address:
@handspinning@fedigroups.social
Hackerspace based in Potsdam, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@cccp@chaos.social
Community project to track when Android phones will get updates.
Fediverse address:
@android@masto.ai
Hackerspace based in Ballarat, Australia. The space includes 3D printers, electronics equipment, soldering stations etc.
Fediverse address:
@ballarat@hackerspace.au
Open science enthusiast, researcher, EU regional co-ordinator of Open Knowledge Foundation, Data Steward at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Research interests in human osteology and bioarchaeology / isotope archaeology.
Fediverse address:
@toothFAIRy@scholar.social
Creates digital oil paintings and other forms of visual art.
Fediverse address:
@GrumpyMark@mastodon.art
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
Feed from an English-language blog all about exploring food and restaurants in Taipei, Taiwan.
Fediverse address:
@hungryintaipei.blogspot.com@rss-parrot.net
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
US-based non-profit consumer organisation and magazine, publishing reviews and tips on a wide range of products.
Fediverse address:
@ConsumerReports@flipboard.com
Articles, projects and tutorials about the Go programming language.
Fediverse address:
@golang_discussions@mastodon.social
Making videos all about old PCs and Macintosh computers.
Fediverse address (videos):
@richie_g@makertube.net
Posting exclusive pictures of forgotten technology such as the all-touchbar MacBook Pro, AOL Punchcards and the IBM ThinkPod.
Fediverse address:
@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social
Illustrator, designer, realtime 3D artist and game developer. Much of Sikowsky’s art contains their own original designs for industrial futuristic machines, characters and vehicles.
Fediverse address:
@Ailantd@mastodon.art
Freelance illustrator, comic creator and board game developer, often featuring robots, mecha and sci-fi.
Fediverse address:
@Eldoniousrex@peoplemaking.games
Informal collective promoting the use of XMPP/Jabber messaging. They run a non-technical website, also called JoinJabber, which helps people sign up on XMPP and includes advice on apps and servers.
Fediverse address:
@joinjabber@indieweb.social
Discussion group about Genealogy.
Fediverse address:
@genealogy@fedigroups.social
German edition of the women’s lifestyle magazine and website covering fashion, beauty, relationships, entertainment.
Fediverse address (in German):
@CosmopolitanDE@flipboard.com
Search engine for vintage, antique or used woodworking tools including planes, saws, chisels etc.
Fediverse address:
@woodworkingtoolfinder@mastodon.social
Gaming blog about cosy games, written from the perspective of someone over 40.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@pixelsandchai.games
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
Runs a blog about generating your own off-grid energy, which is particularly topical right now. There are also photographs of life in Scotland.
Fediverse address (main):
@withaveeay@mastodon.scot
Fediverse address (photos):
@withaveeay@pixelfed.de
An off-beat podcast about free open software, making stuff, handicrafts and related topics.
Fediverse address:
@fossandcrafts@octodon.social
Promotes open access to science, former director of the Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication. Author of the book “Open Access” which describes how easy and beneficial it is to release works under libre licences.
Fediverse address:
@petersuber@fediscience.org
Official account for the Swift free open source programming language.
Fediverse address:
@swiftlang@mastodon.social
News and events in the Belgian Drupal community.
Fediverse address:
@drupalbe@drupal.community
Climate specialist in the International Arctic Research Center at University of Alaska Fairbanks. Interested in Alaskan climate, environment and Indigenous cultures and langauges.
Fediverse address:
@AlaskaWx@alaskan.social
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
Video game news site founded in 2004, also covering technology and entertainment.
Fediverse address (blog):
@feed@gamingtrend.com
Free open source physics-based 2.5D sandbox game. Lets you build intricate machines, games and Rube Goldberg / Heath Robinson setups.
Fediverse address:
@Principia@hachyderm.io
Weather forecast accounts for Georgia, USA. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.
Fediverse addresses:
@albany__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@alpharetta__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@athens__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@atlanta__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@augusta__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@brunswick__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@carrollton__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@columbus__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@dalton__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@douglasville__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@gainesville__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@hinesville__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@johns_creek__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@macon__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@marietta__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@newnan__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@peachtree_city__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@rome__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@roswell__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@sandy_springs__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@savannah__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@smyrna__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@statesboro__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@valdosta__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@warner_robins__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
German news magazine first published in 1947.
Fediverse address (in German):
@DerSpiegel@flipboard.com
Discussion group about photography, for photographers or those who appreciate photographs.
Fediverse address:
@photography@fedigroups.social
Calligraphy, mandala and colouring book artist, also a writer and photographer. Current admin of the excellent mastodon.art server.
Fediverse address:
@welshpixie@mastodon.art
Blog and newsletter about mecha tabletop RPGs, written by the creators of SPINE, Rust Never Sleeps and Backwards: American Gothic Horror.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@backwardstabletop.com
The US government’s worldwide news service and radio network.
Fediverse address:
@VOANews@mastodon.social
Hiking enthusiast, photographer and author of “Then the Hail Came”, a humorous account of a 1983 hike through the Appalachian Trail in the eastern United States.
Fediverse address:
@GSteffanos@mstdn.social
Non-profit organisation in Florida, USA, which runs PBS affiliate TV channel WJCT/Jax PBS and NPR affiliate radio station WJCT-FM. Founded in 1958.
Fediverse address:
@WJCT@flipboard.com
Listener-supported online radio station based in San Francisco featuring over 30 channels, operating since 2000 and commercial-free.
Fediverse address:
@somafm@sfba.social
Creates fascinating mathematical art using many different media including images, crochet, beading and other crafts.
Fediverse address:
@HypercubicPeg@mathstodon.xyz
Bot posting excerpts from “Grose’s Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue”, a collection of 18th Century English popular slang (sometimes crude).
Fediverse address:
@TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us
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
All about hiking in New Hampshire, California and other parts of the United States, including trail maps, route maps and rail trails.
Fediverse address:
@trailspotting@mas.to
Non-profit organisation which runs a news site, PBS-affiliated TV station and NPR-affiliated radio station in San Diego, California, USA.
Fediverse address:
@KPBSPublicMedia@flipboard.com
Engineer who posts lots of info and photos about space missions, particularly exploration of the surface of Mars.
Fediverse address:
@65dBnoise@mastodon.social
Australian conference about the Python programming language.
Fediverse address:
@pyconau@mastodon.pycon.org.au
Online shop selling vintage Dungeons & Dragons items, run by veteran RPG fan playing since the 1980s.
Fediverse address:
@deidungeon@dice.camp
Award-winning independent publisher founded in 1973. Its published authors are highly eclectic including Yann Martel, Irvine Welsh, Barack Obama, Scarlett Thomas, Matt Haig, Alasdair Gray, The Mighty Boosh, Miranda July, Simon’s Cat and many more. They also run their own Fediverse server at bookish.community
Fediverse address:
@canongatebooks@bookish.community
Official site run by the founders of Earth Day, which encourages people to consider the environment on 22nd April each year.
Fediverse address:
@EarthDayorg@flipboard.com
Promoting classical music events in the Val de Loire region in France.
Fediverse address (in French):
@ALCL@framapiaf.org
Android development newsletter founded in 2011.
Fediverse address:
@androidweekly@androiddev.social
Weather forecast accounts for Maharashtra, India. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Hindi):
@akola__maharashtra@in.fedimeteo.com
@chandrapur__maharashtra@in.fedimeteo.com
@mumbai__maharashtra@in.fedimeteo.com
@nagpur__maharashtra@in.fedimeteo.com
@pune__maharashtra@in.fedimeteo.com
British edition of the women’s lifestyle magazine and website, covering fashion, beauty and entertainment. The UK edition was first published in 2005.
Fediverse address:
@GraziaUK@flipboard.com
British edition of the women’s lifestyle magazine, covering fashion, beauty, art and culture. UK edition originally published in 1929, it merged with Queen magazine and was known as “Harpers & Queen” for several decades.
Fediverse address:
@HarpersBazaarUK@flipboard.com
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
Astronomer at Helsinki University in Finland, interested in exoplanets, planetary systems, stellar activity, astrobiology and more. Has discovered dozens of planets including Proxima B, a potentially habitable planet orbiting our nearest neighbouring star Proxima Centauri.
Fediverse address:
@mustapipa@scicomm.xyz
UK magazine about homes, interior design, gardening and lifestyle topics. First published in 1919.
Fediverse address:
@HomesGardens@flipboard.com
Public transport news in Austria.
Fediverse address (in German):
@bahnnews_austria@zug.network
Online music magazine covering alternative, indie, pop, hip-hop, jazz and metal. Based in the US, founded in 1996.
Fediverse address:
@pitchfork@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
Live streaming account mainly about Linux and Linux gaming.
Fediverse address:
@ozoned@stream.ozoned.net
Association of OpenStreetMap volunteer contributors in Switzerland.
Fediverse address:
@SwissOSM@en.osm.town
Independent non-profit news organisation providing news for the state of Virginia, USA. Founded in 2018, affiliate of the States Newsroom network.
Fediverse address:
@VirginiaMercury@flipboard.com
Posting informally about interesting bits of Scottish history through the ages, including forgotten stories, science, language, art, people, poetry.
Fediverse address:
@WeirdScotland@mastodon.scot
Independent artist-owned record label particularly focused on the jazz, rhythm and Afro-futurist genres.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@urbantroutrecords.com
Massive non-profit archive website which includes digital copies of vast amounts of printed, audiovisual and interactive media. Perhaps most famous for its Wayback Machine which allows people to look at older versions of almost any website.
Fediverse address:
@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org
International standards organisation deciding upon specifications for the World Wide Web. It was founded and is led by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the Web.
Fediverse address:
@w3c@w3c.social
Independent local newspaper for Dublin, Ireland. Funded by reader subscriptions.
Fediverse address:
@dublininquirer@mastodon.ie
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@dublininquirer.com
Kendo club based in Portland, Oregon, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@kenchikai.com
Blog for the scientific community of the journals Molecular Ecology and Molecular Ecology Resources.
Fediverse address:
@molecologist@genomic.social
Weather forecast account for Washington DC, USA. Follow the account for forecasts in the DC area.
Fediverse address:
@washington__district_of_columbia@us.fedimeteo.com
UK charity promoting software skills in research as well as collaboration between researchers and software experts. Founded in 2019.
Fediverse address:
@ResearchSoftEng@mastodon.social
Weather forecast accounts for Karnataka, India. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Hindi):
@bengaluru__karnataka@in.fedimeteo.com
@hubballi__karnataka@in.fedimeteo.com
Posting about songs that were in the US, UK and Canadian Top 40 charts on today’s date 40 years ago.
Fediverse address:
@top40yearsago@musician.social
Free open knowledge base, available for anyone to use on any project. It is collaboratively edited like Wikipedia, and its contents is public domain.
Fediverse address:
@wikidata@wikis.world
Bot posting bongs from a bell inside a clock tower in London. Posts once an hour.
Fediverse address:
@bigben@mastodon.org.uk
Independent sports news site covering American Football and Basketball in Auburn, Alabama, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@theplainsreport.com
Award-winning Irish podcast producer, host of several podcasts including The Comfortable Spot, Booktastic Podcast, Two Half Pints Podcast.
Fediverse address:
@TheComfortableSpotPodcast@mastodon.social
Independent blog covering the Austin FC football (soccer) club based in Texas, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@verdeallday.com
Free open source personal financial management software.
Fediverse address:
@ff3@fosstodon.org
Weather forecast accounts for Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Hindi):
@silvassa__dadra_and_nagar_haveli@in.fedimeteo.com
@daman__daman_and_diu@in.fedimeteo.com
Civil society organisation in Uruguay promoting open government, open data and transparency.
Fediverse address (in Spanish):
@datauy@mastodon.uy
Technology reviewer doing videos about all kinds of gadgets, services and related topics.
Fediverse address:
@lonseidman@indieweb.social
Bot posting images from lake shores, with links to photo source and location.
Fediverse address:
@lakes@stefanbohacek.online
Hackerspace for the Ortenau region in Germany.
Fediverse address (in German & English):
@section77@chaos.social
Italian edition of the women’s lifestyle, fashion and beauty magazine.
Fediverse address (in Italian):
@ElleItalia@flipboard.com
Local newspaper and website covering Staten Island in New York City, USA. Founded in 1886.
Fediverse address:
@SILivedotcom@flipboard.com
Official account for Marvel, the makers of superhero comics, films, television series, games etc. Founded in 1939.
Fediverse address:
@Marvel@flipboard.com
Blog about one person’s car restorations and garage projects.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@thegaragediaries.com
The university was founded in 1829 and is particularly well known for its engineering prowess.
Fediverse address (in German and English):
@Uni_Stuttgart@bawü.social
Mobile app providing cycling routes in Ontario and Nova Scotia, provided by the Canadian charity Cycling Guide Foundation.
Fediverse address:
@CyclingGuide@mstdn.ca
US-based comedic site with satirical commentary on news and culture.
Fediverse address:
@McSweeneysFlip@flipboard.com
Hackerspace based in Konstanz, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@hacknology@chaos.social
Free open source software for running your own internet radio station through the web.
Fediverse address:
@azuracast@floss.social
Student magazine at Auckland University in New Zealand / Aotearoa.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@craccum.co.nz
Podcast all about Star Trek, covering all the different series in the franchise including live action and animation. Fun and irreverent discussion, may contain strong language 🙂
Fediverse address:
@ItsGotStarTrek@tenforward.social
Artist creating sculptures, paintings, comics and more. Often features dragons and fantasy themes.
Fediverse address:
@rivalmit@meow.social
Newsletter reporting on skiing conditions on the south coast of British Columbia, Canada. Written by a mountain guide and a ski mountaineer.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@snow.zenithguides.ca
Local newsletter and podcast covering news, events, people, culture etc in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Founded in 2014.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@dailydetroit.com
US-based business and financial magazine, founded in 1917.
Fediverse address:
@Forbes@newsie.social
Website and community about the martial art of jiu jitsu.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@jiujitsumag.com
Bot posting the latest scores from Premier League football matches. Scores are hidden behind content warnings in case you want to watch match later. Posting schedule is pinned to profile, and post frequency increases during matches.
Fediverse address:
@premierleaguescores@mastodon.world
Kenyan news site founded in 2015.
Fediverse address:
@TUKOcoke@mastodon.social
OERSI is a search index for open educational resources, based at the website oersi.org
Fediverse address:
@oersi@openbiblio.social
Community workshop and makerspace with tools and machines, based in York, UK.
Fediverse address:
@yorkhackspace@mastodonapp.uk
Research and development project to develop next generation technologies that put users first, to protect them from exploitation and privacy invasion by online service providers. Partly funded by the European Union.
Fediverse address:
@interpeer@chaos.social
Open source weather data free for non-commercial use via an API, using data from weather agencies around the world. Covers both forecasts and historical data.
Fediverse address:
@openmeteo@fosstodon.org
Brazilian science magazine, previously known as Globo Ciência. First published in 1991.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@RevistaGalileu@flipboard.com
European organisation dedicated to mathematics in Europe, including member societies, institutions and individuals. It was founded in 1990 and has a headquarters in Helsinki, Finland.
Fediverse address:
@EuroMathSoc@mathstodon.xyz
Long-running website, archive and blog dedicated to the life and times of silent film star Louise Brooks, perhaps best known as Lulu from G.W. Pabst’s classic “Pandora’s Box”.
Fediverse address:
@LouiseBrooksSociety@sfba.social
Magazine and website about design, decor and architecture in modern homes. Based in the USA, first published in 2000.
Fediverse address:
@Dwell@flipboard.com
Global network of radio telescopes able to observe supermassive black holes. Run as a collaboration of universities, observatories and institutes around the world.
Fediverse address:
@ehtelescope@mastodon.social
Open access press at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Publishes peer-reviewed academic books and journals.
Fediverse address:
@HelsinkiUPress@h-net.social
Non-profit citizen journalism in Scotland. Part of the Bylines network of similar news sites.
Fediverse address:
@BylinesScotland@mastodon.social
Canadian publishing company which owns many local newspapers in Atlantic Canada including Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. This account posts stories from these various different local papers.
Fediverse address:
@saltwirenetwork@flipboard.com
Pixel artist and professional game artist.
Fediverse address:
@DaaWeeD@mastodon.art
Independent community news site for San Francisco, California, USA.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@newsletters.48hills.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
Board game, card game and RPG convention in Edinburgh, Scotland, first held in 2018.
Fediverse address:
@TabletopScot@mastodon.scot
Italian online newspaper, founded in 2010.
Fediverse address (in Italian):
@ilPost@flipboard.com
German-language discussion group for cyclists of all kinds.
Fediverse address (in German):
@fedibiker@fedigroups.social
Online comic set on a fictional world which is undergoing an environmental catastrophe, where the population struggles to survive. (Intended for mature readers.)
Fediverse address:
@risingsand@mastodon.social
Official open data platform of the French government.
Fediverse address (in French):
@datagouvfr@social.numerique.gouv.fr
Professional concept artist and illustrator (clients include Riot Games, 20th Century Fox, Magic: The Gathering). Fan of open source software such as Blender, Godot, Krita. Interested in Eco-punk themes, working with scientists tackling the climate crisis.
Fediverse address:
@Enora@mastodon.art
Bot posting trains passing through Pōkeno, New Zealand.
Fediverse address:
@pokenotrains@mastodon.social
Independent student newspaper at the University of Bristol in the UK.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@epigram.org.uk
Festival of type design, lettering, sign painting and calligraphy held in Berlin, Germany.
Fediverse address:
@BerlinLetters@typo.social
Mathematics article reviewing service covering pure and applied maths, edited by the European Mathematical Society, the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and FIZ Karlsruhe.
Fediverse address:
@zbMATH@mathstodon.xyz
Astronomy and Astrophysics section of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies in Ireland. Researching solar and stellar physics, space weather, planetary science, star formation, the interstellar medium, high energy astrophysics and instrumentation.
Fediverse address:
@diasastronomy@mastodon.dias.ie
Land use planner using GIS and spatial analysis, adjunct instructor at Marist College teaching GIS courses. Mapping enthusiast and helping to create ecologically sustainable communities.
Fediverse address:
@GeoDon@mapstodon.space
Embedded systems engineering firm specialising in early-stage prototyping and product development.
Fediverse address:
@cgnd@mastodon.social
Lifestyle site for black American women covering news, entertainment, beauty (especially hair) and more.
Fediverse address:
@ShineMyCrown@newsie.social
Weather forecast accounts for Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Hindi):
@port_blair__andaman_and_nicobar_islands@in.fedimeteo.com
Independent sports blog about NBA basketball in the USA, written by veteran NBA analyst Jared Dubin.
Fediverse address (blog):
@jadubin5@lastnightinbasketball.com
US magazine and website about the advertising industry.
Fediverse address:
@Adweek@flipboard.com
Allen County, Indiana, USA team of the ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Service.
Fediverse address:
@ACARES@mastodon.hams.social
Free open source end-to-end encrypted peer-to-peer messaging system for Android and Linux which can be used online through Tor, or locally through wifi or bluetooth. Especially suited to activists in repressive regimes or those working in disaster zones.
Fediverse address:
@briar@fosstodon.org
French computing research laboratory founded in 1986.
Fediverse address:
@LipnLab@lipn.info
Experimental modular synth musician, posting videos of music with synth setups.
Fediverse address (videos):
@destroyed_sample@makertube.net
Official account of the Leipzig University Library.
Fediverse address (in German):
@ubleipzig@openbiblio.social
Covering the popular Psion series of computers and organisers from the 1980s and 1990s, especially models running the SIBO/EPOC16 platform such as the Series 3 etc.
Fediverse address:
@thelastpsion@oldbytes.space
Multi-disciplinary artist, creator of weird and surreal short videos.
Fediverse address (videos):
@gaffen@spectra.video
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
Hackerspace based in Brasilia, Brazil.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@calangohc@bolha.us
Unofficial bot posting transit updates from the STM and REM status pages for Montreal, Quebec in Canada.
Fediverse address (in English):
@MTL_Transit_Status_en@mstdn.ca
Fediverse address (in French):
@MTL_Transit_Status_fr@mstdn.ca
Artist who paints and draws realistic and charming pictures of nature and wildlife.
Fediverse address (main):
@TheWeeOwl@mastodon.art
Fediverse address (photos):
@TheWeeOwl@pixelfed.art
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
Pixel artist with a fun, colourful cartoon-like style.
Fediverse address:
@pixelsnorf@mastodon.social
German football news site covering club and international matches, European leagues, men’s and women’s football.
Fediverse address (in German):
@90min_DE@flipboard.com
Cartoonist, illustrator, doodler and visual storyteller.
Fediverse address:
@art_of_carun@mstdn.social
Music news blog covering the local music scene in Canada, especially improvised music.
Fediverse address (blog):
@feed@rhythmchanges.ca
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
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
Carpenter creating custom-built wooden furniture.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@kampkustoms.com
Non-profit news organisation covering Mississippi, USA. Founded in 2016, winner of the 2023 Pulitzer prize for local reporting.
Fediverse address:
@MSTODAYnews@flipboard.com
Small production winery in Lodi CA, USA, focusing on fresh avant-garde style.
Fediverse address:
@MarkusWine@sfba.social
News and rumours site dedicated to Apple products including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, Apple Watch etc.
Fediverse address:
@9to5Mac@mastodon.online
Creates astronomy-related pictures of stars, planets and other space stuff based on publicly released images.
Fediverse address:
@spacegeck@astrodon.social
Electronic musician based in the UK, making own samples from broken and cheap instruments. Influences include Warp Records, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Plaid, Red Snapper, Autechre etc.
Fediverse address:
@xylander@mastodon.social
Free open source audio editing and recording software, forked from Audacity
Fediverse address:
@tenacity@floss.social
Reporter on current affairs, extremism, disinformation and conspiracy theories for the Dutch public television organisations NOS and NTR.
Fediverse address:
@RudyBouma@mastodon.social
Free open source Mastodon app for iPhone, iPad and Apple Mac.
Fediverse address:
@IceCubesApp@mastodon.online
Interviews with prominent black post production and production artists in the film industry.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@postinblack.com
Bot generating tiny bus stops with people waiting at them.
Fediverse address:
@tiny_bus_stop@mas.to
Official technical news and updates from the developers of Mastodon.
Fediverse address:
@MastodonEngineering@mastodon.social
Amateur radio operator based in Ottawa, Canada, owns a satellite and HF tower installation.
Fediverse address:
@va3db@mastodon.radio
Bot posting latest releases of vinyl records as sourced from store websites, subreddits, discords etc.
Fediverse address:
@VinylReleases@cupoftea.social
Posting videos of bike rides and cycling in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Fediverse address:
@deathbydenim@spectra.video
Free open source third party web client for Mastodon, an unofficial alternative to the official web interface.
Fediverse address:
@phanpy@hachyderm.io
Hackerspace based in Kiruna, Sweden.
Fediverse address:
@HacKRNspace@mastodon.acc.sunet.se
Discussion group about grunge music.
Fediverse address:
@grunge@fedigroups.social
Canadian trade union based in London, Ontario. Affiliated with Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) and Canadian Labour Congress (CLC).
Fediverse address:
@londonlabourcouncil@union.place
Automated account simulating BBC radio DJ John Peel introducing undiscovered bands on his music programme.
Fediverse address:
@johnpeelbandnames@mas.to
Hackerspace based in Frankfurt, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@cccffm@chaos.social
Website and account highlighting women in the world of mathematics, with the aim of encouraging more diversity in STEM.
Fediverse address:
@hermathsstory@mathstodon.xyz
Cycling cartoonist, author of the cycle-themed book “From A to B”, draws amusing and thought-provoking diagrams about sustainable transport and other topics.
Fediverse address:
@davewalker@mastodon.social
Newsletter covering the latest academic research about Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikimedia.
Fediverse address:
@wikiresearch@mastodon.social
Gardening blog about first experiences on an allotment in the UK.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@weedsandpotential.com
Unofficial news site about the Jacksonville Jaguars, an American football team based in Florida, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@duval22.com
Advocacy group in Victoria, Australia representing young people who use public transport.
Fediverse address:
@stra@aus.social
Small independent brewery in Cheshire, UK, producing cask ales for pubs and bars. The brewery was built mostly from salvaged materials as chronicled on regular video updates.
Fediverse address:
@fourpriests@mastodon.beer
Climate scientist at the Danish Meteorological Institute, studying ice and the atmosphere in the Arctic, Greenland and Antarctic.
Fediverse address (main):
@Ruth_Mottram@fediscience.org
Fediverse address (videos):
@ruth_mottram@tilvids.com
Uploading classic public domain films covering a range of periods and genres.
Fediverse address:
@films@fedi.video
Website and online community dedicated to the Amiga and other Commodore machines.
Fediverse address:
@amigalove@mastodon.social
Senior Researcher in Linguistics at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in France and member of the Academia Europaea. Particular interests language contact, bilingualism and endangered languages spoken in the Balkans and Latin America.
Fediverse address:
@Lila@scholar.social
Feed from an English-language travel blog posting tips and advice about travelling in Croatia.
Fediverse address:
@www.chasingthedonkey.com.croatia-travel-blog@rss-parrot.net
Germany’s largest research and universal library, founded in 1558.
Fediverse address (in German):
@bsbmuenchen@openbiblio.social
Promoting study of the Arctic and Antarctic weather and climate. Part of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS) NGO which promotes atmospheric sciences.
Fediverse address:
@ICPM@fediscience.org
Journalist covering science, space and technology. Presents “Far Out” for the American public broadcaster PBS, and is a writer for Wired and StarTrek.com.
Fediverse address:
@skrishna@wandering.shop
RSS feed of television station in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Affiliate of CBS, founded in 1954.
Fediverse address:
@www.newschannel5.com@rss-parrot.net
Unofficial news and rumours about Apple products including the Mac, iPhone, iPad, Watch etc. Also features an extensive forum on its website. Founded in 2000, based in USA.
Fediverse address:
@macrumors@mastodon.social
Bot posting webcam images from Antarctica via Australian, UK and US research bases.
Fediverse address:
@southpoleviews@stefanbohacek.online
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
Weather forecast accounts for cities in Poland. Follow your city to receive its weather forecasts in Polish in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Polish):
@bialystok@pl.fedimeteo.com
@bydgoszcz@pl.fedimeteo.com
@czestochowa@pl.fedimeteo.com
@elblag@pl.fedimeteo.com
@gdansk@pl.fedimeteo.com
@gliwice@pl.fedimeteo.com
@gorzow@pl.fedimeteo.com
@gorzow_wielkopolski@pl.fedimeteo.com
@grudziadz@pl.fedimeteo.com
@jastrzebie_zdroj@pl.fedimeteo.com
@kalisz@pl.fedimeteo.com
@katowice@pl.fedimeteo.com
@kielce@pl.fedimeteo.com
@krakow@pl.fedimeteo.com
@legnica@pl.fedimeteo.com
@lodz@pl.fedimeteo.com
@lublin@pl.fedimeteo.com
@olsztyn@pl.fedimeteo.com
@opole@pl.fedimeteo.com
@plock@pl.fedimeteo.com
@poznan@pl.fedimeteo.com
@radom@pl.fedimeteo.com
@rzeszow@pl.fedimeteo.com
@szczecin@pl.fedimeteo.com
@tarnow@pl.fedimeteo.com
@torun@pl.fedimeteo.com
@walbrzych@pl.fedimeteo.com
@warszawa@pl.fedimeteo.com
@wroclaw@pl.fedimeteo.com
@zielona_gora@pl.fedimeteo.com
Free open source cross-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces.
Fediverse address:
@GTK@floss.social
New type of web browser engine, currently in the experimental phase. Free open source software, developed by the Linux foundation and volunteers.
Fediverse address:
@servo@floss.social
Videos all about modern urban planning and transport, often using the Netherlands as an example of how to do it well.
Fediverse address:
@notjustbikes@notjustbikes.com
Reader-supported local news site for Birmingham in the UK.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@birminghamdispatch.co.uk
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
Free open source web-based software for farm and agricultural management, planning and record keeping.
Fediverse address:
@farmOS@fosstodon.org
Local news site and newsletter for East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@eastlansinginsider.news
Branch of the French National Centre for Scientific Research specifically looking at planetary science, astronomy, climate change, geology and related fields.
Fediverse address (in French):
@CNRS_INSU@social.numerique.gouv.fr
US-based site covering hip-hop news including music, artists, culture etc.
Fediverse address:
@HipHopWired@flipboard.com
Exciting adventures of a cheerful golden retriever who lives in the Netherlands.
Fediverse address:
@olliedegoudenophaler@mastodon.world
Independent site based in Australia all about retro gaming including vintage consoles, classic computer games, pinball machines and general retro culture.
Fediverse address:
@ausretrogamer@mastodon.online
Expert advisory body publishing reports for the German Federal Government on environmental policy and analysis of environmental topics.
Fediverse address (in German):
@umweltrat@social.bund.de
Official account of the Ministry of Science and Art in the German State of Hesse. Handles Hesse’s culture, universities and research.
Fediverse address (in German):
@hmwk_hessen@social.hessen.de
Sewing enthusiast and retired musician, posts about sewing projects, sewing machines, making clothes and other topics.
Fediverse address:
@DanielMenjivar@mastodon.social
Cluster of excellence at Kiel University in Germany, exploring the social, environmental and cultural processes that have substantially marked human development.
Fediverse address:
@clusterroots@fediscience.org
An international environmental campaign to stop global warming. You can follow the Swedish and German branches on the Fediverse.
Fediverse address (in Swedish):
@parents4future_se@climatejustice.global
Fediverse address (in German):
@parents4future@climatejustice.global
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
Free open source KDE Mastodon desktop client.
Fediverse address:
@tokodon@kde.social
IT expert, software developer, good guy hacker, long-time Fediverse user. Fighting for privacy rights, libre software and ethical tech. Did information security and infrastructure for Panama Papers journalists, amongst others.
Fediverse address:
@rysiek@mstdn.social
Open data enthusiast based in Aotearoa / New Zealand, also following the Covid situation there.
Fediverse address:
@thoughtfulnz@mastodon.nz
Brazilian entertainment news site covering film and television releases.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@CinePOP2018@flipboard.com
Non-profit publisher of Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, Disease Models & Mechanisms and Biology Open.
Fediverse address:
@Co_Biologists@biologists.social
French newspaper, originally founded in 1944 by the resistance against the Nazis, nowadays owned by luxury conglomerate LVMH. Comes in two editions, one covering national and international news (Le Parisien Aujourd’hui) and the other covering local news in Paris (Le Parisien).
Fediverse address (in French):
@Le_Parisien@flipboard.com
In-depth articles on climate change from an Indian perspective.
Fediverse address (blog):
@rajesh@climaterubik.com
Indie game developer, previously worked on Wii U games and now releasing on Steam and Xbox. Current release is the puzzle game “Drop It: Block Paradise”.
Fedi directory:
@ZeNfA@mastodon.gamedev.place
Weather forecast accounts for Guanajuato, Mexico. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Spanish):
@guanajuato__guanajuato@mx.fedimeteo.com
@leon__guanajuato@mx.fedimeteo.com
Associate Professor of Chemistry at Temple University in the USA. On the computational biophysical chemistry group.
Fediverse address:
@voelzlab@mas.to
Video game news and review site, also covering related pop culture, anime, TV, films etc. Based in the United States, founded in 2004.
Fediverse address:
@Kotaku@flipboard.com
German federal government agency supervising the integrity of banks, financial services, payment systems and similar organisations.
Fediverse address (in German):
@BaFin@social.bund.de
Official website dedicated to the Parramatta Eels rugby league club in Sydney Australia. Provides exclusive content about the team to members.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@parraplus.com.au
Bot posting dedication pages of random books.
Fediverse address:
@dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online
Bot posting historical photos in or connected to Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Fediverse address:
@MplsPhotoBot@mastodon.social
Bird and wildlife photographer based in southwest Germany, also interested in generative art and computing.
Fediverse address:
@doersino@mastodon.social
Chess Grandmaster, author of “The Silicon Road to Chess Improvement”, makes videos about computer chess engines, human games and opening analysis.
Fediverse address:
@gmmds@mastodonapp.uk
Version of Debian Linux designed for mobile devices.
Fediverse address:
@mobian@fosstodon.org
Podcast about the Python programming language.
Fediverse address:
@talkpython@fosstodon.org
Electronics and ham radio enthusiast, RF and antennas systems engineer.
Fediverse address:
@oz1lqo@techhub.social
Video game blog covering many different genres, written by an independent TTRPG producer.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@controllercorner.games
Local news and events in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@sfsimplified.com
Independent game asset designer, including buildings, scenery and props from all kinds of genres including sci-fi, fantasy, real world etc.
Fediverse address:
@loafbrr@mastodon.gamedev.place
Political and legal geographer, immigration researcher at the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Assistant Professor at Syracuse University in the United States.
Fediverse address:
@austinkocher@mastodon.social
Long-form cycling videos from rural and urban Finland.
Fediverse address (videos):
@jaywink@urbanists.video
Software architect, open source maintainer and quantum computing expert, author of “Introduction to Quantum Computing with Q# and QDK”.
Fediverse address:
@filipw@mathstodon.xyz
Free open source federated audio platform, which allows people to discover, follow and share music and podcasts on the Fediverse.
Fediverse address:
@funkwhale@social.funkwhale.audio
Drinks news and culture site covering wine, beer and spirits. Mainly aimed at consumers, but also includes a business section for the drinks trade. Based in the US, founded in 2014.
Fediverse address:
@VinePair@flipboard.com
Multidisciplinary secure Canadian research data repository, supported by academic libraries and research institutions across Canada.
Fediverse address (in English & French):
@borealisdata@mstdn.ca
Weekly newsletter about embedded software and hardware, published since 2013.
Fediverse address:
@embedsys@mastodon.social
Bird and wildlife photographer based in Vienna, Austria.
Fediverse address (in German and English):
@ferdinand@wien.rocks
Researcher posting about satellite communications, space, astronomy and related topics.
Fediverse address:
@AkaSci@fosstodon.org
Bot posting random flags of nations and regions.
Fediverse address:
@FlagFacts@mas.to
US magazine covering literature, politics, the arts, culture, philosophy, history and current events. First published in 1963.
Fediverse address:
@nybooks@newsie.social
Print and online cultural magazine based in Vancouver, Canada, covering fashion, food, art, travel, beauty etc.
Fediverse address:
@MONTECRISTO_mag@flipboard.com
Newsletter about technology and politics from an Irish perspective.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@thebriefing.ie
Creator of the excellently sarcastic “Web3 is going just great” project which posts the latest news about cryptocurrency/NFT scams, disasters and collapses.
Fediverse address (White’s account):
@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io
Fediverse address (Web3 is going just great account):
@web3isgreat@indieweb.social
Multi-disciplinary academic web search engine run by Bielefeld University in Germany. It has been operating since 2004 and is one of the largest in the world.
Fediverse address (in German and English):
@base@openbiblio.social
Author creating sci-fi and fantasy novels featuring mythical monsters and kaiju.
Fediverse address:
@CreatureAuthor@toot.community
Photos of graffiti on cargo trains passing through Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.
Fediverse address:
@thegraffitiexpress@mstdn.social
Newspaper based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Fediverse address:
@VancouverSun@flipboard.com
Magazine and website all about guitars, guitar music and guitarists. Based in the US, first published in 1980.
Fediverse address:
@GuitarWorld@flipboard.com
Award-winning American cartoonist and illustrator, often dealing with social issues and urban life.
Fediverse address:
@karlchristiankrumpholz@mastodon.social
Hungarian community forum for Linux Mint users.
Fediverse address (in Hungarian):
@linuxmint_hun@mastodon.social
Film site looking at offbeat alternative cinema, including Hollywood, World and LGBTQIA+ films. Runs two accounts covering modern films and older films.
Fediverse address (main):
@altfilmguide@mstdn.social
Fediverse address (classic cinema):
@altfgclassics@mastodon.social
News feed of non-profit news service founded in 2020 to provide coverage of government and politics in the state of Kansas, USA.
Fediverse address:
@kansasreflector.com@rss-parrot.net
Urban and rural cycling videos from New York, USA. Day job as a climate scientist.
Fediverse address (videos):
@atthenius@urbanists.video
Brazilian edition of the car news and review site.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@Motor1Brasil@flipboard.com
Managing director of the High Performance Computing Center at Texas Tech University, and adjunct professor of physics.
Fediverse address:
@AlanSill@mast.hpc.social
Bot posting daily random quotation from the original Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Fediverse address:
@SherlockHolmesQuotes@universeodon.com
Music blog about African music since the 1950s, covering all styles. Originally founded in 2012 as an online community.
Fediverse address:
@blogamf@indieweb.social
Dutch-langugage news site about Android smartphones and related topics.
Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@droidapp@mastodon.nl
News service for the Sierra area of California, USA, also covering state, national and international news.
Fediverse address:
@yubanet@mastodon.social
Make free open source command line interface apps, libs and back ends.
Fediverse address:
@charmcli@mastodon.social
Posts extensively about fishing and fly fishing, the outdoors and walking in the countryside. Day job is as a scientist studying DNA at Drexel University in Philadelphia, USA.
Fediverse address:
@enog@masto.ai
Discussion group about the science fiction series Doctor Who.
Fediverse address:
@DoctorWho@fedigroups.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
Lots of plants, wildlife, lichen, fungi and nature in general. Also sometimes other topics too.
Fediverse address:
@BjornIdle@mastodonapp.uk
Non-profit based in the United States supporting neurodiverse and disabled people, campaigning against ableism.
Fediverse address:
@stimpunks@mastodon.online
Bot posting random items from the Harvard Art Museums via their API.
Fediverse address:
@HarvardArtRoulette@zirk.us
Local news service for Oklahoma City and the state of Oklahoma, USA. Run by the non-profit organisation the Sustainable Journalism Foundation.
Fediverse address:
@NonDoc@flipboard.com
Non-profit organisation campaigning for responsible data practice, based in Manchester, UK.
Fediverse address:
@opendatamcr@mastodon.green
Hackerspace based in Nijmegen in the Netherlands.
Fediverse address:
@HSN@hsnl.social
Drummer posting videos of their drumming sessions on progressive and alternative metal music tracks.
Fediverse address (videos):
@luca_mancini@makertube.net
Indie game studio making RPGs and strategy games with various settings including sci-fi, cyberpunk, mecha and fantasy.
Fediverse address:
@TreseBrothers@mastodon.social
Local newspaper for St John’s Newfoundland and the Avalon Peninsula, Canada. Boosted from the SaltWire Network account.
Fediverse address:
@the-telegram-saltwirenetwork@flipboard.com
Bot posting the latest scores from the NFL. Scores are hidden behind content warnings in case you want to watch match later.
Fediverse address:
@nflscores@mastodon.online
Online archive of material related to the history of film, broadcasting and audio. Founded in 2009 by film historian David Pierce.
Fediverse address:
@mhdl@hcommons.social
Automated account regularly posting insults from plays by William Shakespeare.
Fediverse address:
@shakespearean_Insults@beige.party
Small independent gaming blog covering video game news including indie games and mainstream titles.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@moonpiesanctuary.com
Professional dog trainer based in California, USA. Host of the Dog Talk podcast and author of the book “If Your Dog Could Talk”.
Fediverse address:
@dogtraining@mastodon.world
Foundation for “remembrance, responsibility and the future”, created in connection with reparation payments to victims of Nazi forced labour and other Nazi atrocities.
Fediverse address (in German):
@evzfoundation@social.bund.de
Podcast series covering episodes of Australian history. Episodes are in non-chronological order, focusing on particular themes instead.
Fediverse address:
@AusHistPod@aus.social
Amateur radio enthusiast and builder of model rockets. Creates videos about both these topics, sometimes combining them with radio rockets.
Fediverse address (videos):
@n3vem@makertube.net
TV channel and PBS affiliate in Seattle, Washington state, USA.
Fediverse address:
@cascadepbs@social.seattle.wa.us
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
Non-profit organisation providing local news coverage about North Dakota, USA. Founded in 2021.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@newscoopnd.org
OONI monitors network-level blocking of internet access, which is usually by governments or ISPs, and flags up any mass internet blocks or other interference. They also develop FOSS tools for carrying out this monitoring.
Fediverse address:
@ooni@mastodon.social
Queer feminist collective based in Asheville, North Carolina, USA. Operates a bookstore co-op and social movement.
Fediverse address:
@firestorm@kolektiva.social
German federal agency for providing topographic data, cartography and geodetic reference systems.
Fediverse address (in German):
@BKG@social.bund.de
Cooking blog based in Belgium featuring weekly meal plans keeping to a budget of under 25 euros per person.
Fediverse address (blog):
@ben@spoonfeed.be
Curated community newsletter about news and events for people in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Fediverse address:
@edinburgh@mastodon.social
Public university in Germany founded in 1971, with twelve faculties covering a wide range of topics.
Fediverse address (in German):
@unibremen@wisskomm.social
Longest-running organiser of antiques fairs and vintage fairs in Ireland.
Fediverse address:
@vintageireland@mastodon.ie
Golwg360 is a Welsh-language news service covering Welsh and international news. The same account also features Golwg, a printed news magazine covering current events in Wales.
Fediverse address (in Welsh):
@golwg@360.cymru
Hacktivist collective based in Valencia, Spain.
Fediverse address (in Catalan):
@criticalswitch@kolektiva.social
Non-profit educational organisation based in the UK and Canada, publishing articles, videos, podcasts etc about history. (Previously known as the Ancient History Encyclopedia.)
Fediverse address:
@whencyclopedia@mstdn.social
French national online geospatial service to locate particular addresses, using map data from OpenStreetMap.
Fediverse address (in French):
@adressedatagouv@social.numerique.gouv.fr
Artist and illustrator who draws digitally in a fairly naturalistic style, often depicting wildlife or landscapes.
Fediverse address:
@BenjaminBrinckmann@mastodon.art
Discussion group about esports of all kinds.
Fediverse address:
@esport@fedigroups.social
American fashion magazine and website, first published in 1867.
Fediverse address:
@HarpersBAZAAR@flipboard.com
Official account for Wikipedia, the free open collaboratively-written online encyclopaedia. All its articles are available for reproduction elsewhere under creative commons.
Fediverse address:
@wikipedia@wikis.world
Punk/stoner/grunge rock band that releases its music under a creative commons licence.
Fediverse address:
@hearsepileup@metalhead.club
Professional community manager and Blender enthusiast. Founder of BlenderNation, owner/manager of Blender Artists, head of community at Sketchfab.
Fediverse address:
@BartV@mastodon.social
Independent film journalist’s site, includes film news, reviews, articles. The author is disabled and also writes articles on disabilities in the film world.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@thefilmmaven.com
Non-profit organisation promoting persistent and openly accessible digital taxonomic data about plants, animals and fungi. Founded in 2008 and based in Bern, Switzerland.
Fediverse address:
@plazi_species@mastodon.green
News feed from the ABC-affiliated television station in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Fediverse address:
@www.abc4.com@rss-parrot.net
Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag, independent scientific institution advising Parliament and its committees.
Fediverse address (in German):
@TABundestag@social.bund.de
German-language free open source app helping people with their grammar and proofreading.
Fediverse address (in German):
@grammle@bildung.social
News feed of Chemistry World magazine, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Fediverse address:
@www.chemistryworld.com@rss-parrot.net
Organisation of businesses supporting Rstats, the R Foundation and the R community.
Fediverse address:
@RConsortium@fosstodon.org
News feed from the Portuguese newspaper Expresso, founded in 1973.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@expresso.pt@rss-parrot.net
Bot posting random exoplanets and their listings in NASA’s “Eyes on Exoplanets” database.
Fediverse address:
@exoplanets@stefanbohacek.online
Principal Consultant and Instructor in data analytics and data visualisation, keen cyclist, former rocket scientist.
Fediverse address:
@DavidNapoli@datavis.social
Non-profit public interest news reporting inTexas, USA. Particularly aimed at young people, non-white communities, women, and Spanish-speaking communities.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@texassignal.com
Lifestyle website focused on houses, home decorating, gardening, cleaning and design. Based in the US, founded in 2021.
Fediverse address:
@HouseDigest@flipboard.com
Weather forecast accounts for Odisha, India. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Hindi):
@bhubaneswar__odisha@in.fedimeteo.com
@cuttack__odisha@in.fedimeteo.com
Newsletter about community activism in to protect vulnerable groups in Seattle, Washington state, USA.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@gossipguy.net
Lifestyle news site aimed at a male audience, covering cars, watches, outdoor equipment, electronic tech, food, drink, fashion etc. Based in the US, founded in 2007.
Fediverse address:
@GearPatrol@flipboard.com
Cycling enthusiast based in North-West England, has a photo blog about his bike trips.
Fediverse address:
@pete@masto.hypertelia.com
Conference in Wrocław, Poland for the Ruby programming language.
Fediverse address:
@wrocloverb@ruby.social
Discussion group about all things related to Star Wars.
Fediverse address:
@starwars@fedigroups.social
Fun US-based public radio show and podcast about the English language, looking at etymologies, linguistics, slang etc.
Fediverse address:
@wayword@mas.to
German-language group about board games of all kinds.
Fediverse address (in German):
@brettspiele@fedigroups.social
One of the oldest blogs on the internet, founded in 1998. Posts an eclectic mixture of news items, curiosities, art, technology and more. (Technically this is a bot account, but it’s also the blog’s official account.)
Fediverse address:
@kottke@mastodon.social
Wildlife photographer based in Germany, mainly focusing on birds.
Fediverse address:
@mjohanning@birds.town
Freelance illustrator and calligrapher, calligraphy teacher, also creates medieval-style illuminations.
Fediverse address:
@kleavens@sfba.social
Web hosting and data centre provider based in Germany. Founded in 1997.
Fediverse address:
@hetzner@mastodon.hetzner.social
Hackerspace based in Bielefeld, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@acmelabs@chaos.social
News feed from investigative newspaper based in Vermont, USA. Non-profit, founded in 2009.
Fediverse address:
@vtdigger.org@rss-parrot.net
Website and account highlighting animals featured in anime.
Fediverse address:
@anianimalsmoe@sakurajima.moe
Union representing professional writers of all kinds in the United Kingdom, including television, books, film, games, theatre etc.
Fediverse address:
@WritersGuildGB@union.place
Hackerspace based in Strasbourg, France.
Fediverse address (in French):
@hackstub@kolektiva.social
AI and cognitive science researcher. Particularly interested in knowledge representation and reasoning in humans and machines, semantic/language technologies, cognitive systems, persuasive technology.
Fediverse address:
@antoniolieto@fediscience.org
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
Oslo branch of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions, Norway’s largest trade union umbrella organisation.
Fediverse address (in Norwegian):
@LOiO@oslo.town
Interested in mathematics and game development, creating roguelike indie games inspired by maths and videos with non-Euclidean geometry.
Fediverse address:
@zenorogue@mathstodon.xyz
Volunteers mapping the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France through the free open mapping platform OpenStreetMap.
Fediverse address (in French):
@OSM_BFC@mstdn.social
Repairing and servicing jukeboxes and pinball machines in the greater Los Angeles area.
Fediverse address:
@jukeboxmarty@mastodon.social
Australian car news site with reviews, feature articles, guides etc. Covers both petrol and electric models.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@carexplore.com.au
Blog posting video clips, music and stills from classic Nintendo games.
Fediverse address:
@NintendoMetro@mastodon.social
XMPP-based free open federated messenger project. It aims to make XMPP into a more viable alternative to Whatsapp etc by providing consistency in design and terminology, while still maintaining compatibility with other XMPP apps and servers. (It’s a similar plan to how Mastodon made ActivityPub more mainstream while still being compatible with other ActivityPub server types.)
Fediverse address:
@snikket_im@fosstodon.org
Vancouver-based non-profit society and comic publisher, dedicated to supporting local comic artists and developing the BC comics community.
Fediverse address:
@CloudscapeComics@mastodon.social
Mapping community group based in Salt Lake City, aiming to maintain and update OSM data for Utah USA.
Fediverse address:
@utah@en.osm.town
Cartoonist and illustrator, artist behind the World Of Moose website, and published in UK magazines such as Private Eye and The Literary Review.
Fediverse address:
@MooseAllain@mas.to
Peer support group for those with Prostate Cancer, their families and friends. Meetings in Lancaster, Kendal and Bentham UK.
Fediverse address:
@tbpcsg@vivaldi.net
Retro computing expert and author. Creates videos on vintage computers and consoles, including both highly obscure and well known machines. Provides the historical context of the devices, and explores the technical details of the hardware itself.
Fediverse address (main):
@jonn_blanchard@retrochat.online
Fediverse address (videos):
@johnny_blanchard@makertube.net
Fediverse address (photos):
@jonn_blanchard@metapixl.com
Independent local news site for Culver City, California, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@culvercrescent.com
Father Christmas’s personal account, giving a unique insight into his preparations for the festive season.
Fediverse address:
@Santaclaus@c.im
Singer-songwriter creating ballads, vignettes and multipart circle songs in a folk tradition.
Fediverse address:
@jvw@musicians.today
Computing history museum with a focus on 36-bit systems, based in Washington state, USA.
Fediverse address:
@icm@mastodon.sdf.org
Weather forecast accounts for Tamaulipas, Mexico. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Spanish):
@ciudad_victoria__tamaulipas@mx.fedimeteo.com
@nuevo_laredo__tamaulipas@mx.fedimeteo.com
@tampico__tamaulipas@mx.fedimeteo.com
Bot posting automated weather information and webcam images from Greenlaw in the Scottish Borders.
Fediverse address:
@borderswx@mastodon.scot
Independent game developer making point & click adventure games, creator of “Shadows of the Afterland”.
Fediverse address:
@arumastudios@mastodon.gamedev.place
Organisation based in Flanders, Belgium, which supports, promotes and researches art in Belgium and abroad.
Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@Kunstenpunt@mastodon.social
The original French version of the women’s lifestyle, fashion and beauty magazine, first published in 1945.
Fediverse address (in French):
@ellefrance@flipboard.com
Bot posting latest Rust releases.
Fediverse address:
@whatrustisit@social.berline.rs