Astrophysicist at LESIA, a department of the Paris Observatory in France. Studies cool evolved stars at high angular resolution using adaptive optics and interferometry.
Fediverse address:
@mmontarges@mastodon.obspm.fr
Astrophysicist at LESIA, a department of the Paris Observatory in France. Studies cool evolved stars at high angular resolution using adaptive optics and interferometry.
Fediverse address:
@mmontarges@mastodon.obspm.fr
Rock climbing magazine and website, based in the US and first published in 1970.
Fediverse address:
@Climbing@flipboard.com
Multidisciplinary research institute in modern and contemporary history located at NOVA University Lisbon and at the University of Évora, founded in 1990.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese & English):
@IHChistory@masto.pt
Long-running podcast hosted by game designers all about D&D and RPG games, including the games themselves, the design work and the business behind it.
Fediverse address:
@MasteringDnD@dice.camp
Brazilian edition of the football news site 90min.com.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@90min_BR@flipboard.com
Brazilian news service from the American news network CNN.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@CNNBrasil@flipboard.com
News feed from Germany’s largest trade union umbrella organisation.
Fediverse address (in German):
@www.dgb.de.aktuelles@rss-parrot.net
Crafter making jewellery, suncatchers and decorative items from copper, natural stones, wire and other materials.
Fediverse address:
@laurelincraft@mastodon.art
Works on Firefox for Mozilla, and runs a live stream featuring programming techniques called “The Joy of Coding”. The stream is on Twitch and PeerTube, and there’s an archive of past episodes on PeerTube.
Fediverse address:
@mconley@diode.zone
Community hackerspace based in Valencia, Spain.
Fediverse address (in Spanish):
@Hackerspace_VLC@mastodon.social
Unofficial Nintendo news site covering indie games available on the Nintendo Switch.
Fediverse address:
@nindiespotlight@peoplemaking.games
Hackerspace based in Nuremberg, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@k4cg@chaos.social
Weather forecast accounts for cities in Hungary. Follow your city to receive weather forecasts in Hungarian in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Hungarian):
@bekescsaba@hu.fedimeteo.com
@budapest@hu.fedimeteo.com
@debrecen@hu.fedimeteo.com
@eger@hu.fedimeteo.com
@esztergom@hu.fedimeteo.com
@gyor@hu.fedimeteo.com
@kaposvar@hu.fedimeteo.com
@kecskemet@hu.fedimeteo.com
@miskolc@hu.fedimeteo.com
@nagykoros@hu.fedimeteo.com
@nyiregyhaza@hu.fedimeteo.com
@pecs@hu.fedimeteo.com
@salgotarjan@hu.fedimeteo.com
@sopron@hu.fedimeteo.com
@szeged@hu.fedimeteo.com
@szekesfehervar@hu.fedimeteo.com
@szombathely@hu.fedimeteo.com
@tatabanya@hu.fedimeteo.com
@vac@hu.fedimeteo.com
@zalaegerszeg@hu.fedimeteo.com
Photo sharing network on the Fediverse, this is sort of the Fedi’s alternative to Instagram. You can follow people on Pixelfed from Mastodon etc and vice versa.
Fediverse address:
@pixelfed@mastodon.social
English-language non-profit news site about Vietnam, run by activists and journalists concerned about human rights in the country.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@thevietnamese.org
News feed from the Portuguese newspaper Publico, founded in 1990.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@www.publico.pt@rss-parrot.net
Independent gadget and accessory review site.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@cool-supply.com
Astronomical research institute in Heidelberg, Germany, specializing in exoplanet atmospheres, planet and star formation, galaxies and cosmology.
Fediverse address (in German & English):
@mpi_astro@wisskomm.social
Technology news website based in the US, founded in 2004.
Fediverse address:
@Engadget@flipboard.com
Crochet designer and maker of environmentally friendly gifts and craft kits. Based in Europe.
Fediverse address:
@LittleConkers@handmade.social
Group formed in Essex, UK, holding regular meetings, talks and study days about Ancient Egypt. Guest speakers include include archaeologists, researchers and experts from around the world (including modern Egypt).
Fediverse address:
@EssexEgyptology@archaeo.social
Online magazine and site covering LGBTQIA+ news in Canada. Originally founded as a print newspaper in Toronto in 1984.
Fediverse address:
@XtraMagazine@flipboard.com
Version of Ubuntu Linux using the KDE Plasma desktop interface.
Fediverse address:
@kubuntu@fosstodon.org
A non-profit organisation which promotes free open source software and defends it in the courts if necessary.
Fediverse address:
@conservancy@sfconservancy.org
Critical engineer, cartographer and programmer researching and teaching interactive maps at the Vienna University of Technology.
Fediverse address:
@floledermann@mapstodon.space
Planetary scientist, science communicator, writer, podcast host. Comms specialist for the SETI Institute and the Planetary Science Institute in the USA.
Fediverse address:
@planetarypan@tech.lgbt
Print and online cultural magazine based in Vancouver, Canada, covering fashion, food, art, travel, beauty etc.
Fediverse address:
@MONTECRISTO_mag@flipboard.com
Systems engineer at NASA JPL, working on Europa Clipper probe to Jupiter’s moon Europa, Perseverance and Curiosity rovers on Mars.
Fediverse address:
@astroptere@masto.ai
News feed of the Australian satirical news site The Shovel.
Fediverse address:
@theshovel.com.au@rss-parrot.net
Climate research network in Austria, aiming to be a contact point for Austrian researchers, politicians, media and public. Founded in 2011.
Fediverse address (in German):
@ccca@fediscience.org
Blog posting news and articles about retro gaming and retro computing.
Fediverse address:
@ramokromok@retrochat.online
Manufacturer of open source hardware and components, including low power home server kits, single board computers, DIY laptop kits etc.
Fediverse address:
@olimex@mastodon.social
Punk and rock’n’roll music news website, podcast and radio show. Includes interviews, features, essays etc.
Fediverse address (blog):
@evan@see-saw.fun
News feed from WTVQ 36, a television station in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. Founded in 1968, ABC affiliate.
Fediverse address:
@www.wtvq.com@rss-parrot.net
Tampa Florida branch of the US-based organisation for LGBTQIA+ people and their parents, families and allies.
Fediverse address:
@pflagtampa@noc.social
Open card game about the history of the bicycle, currently available in French.
Fediverse address (in French):
@retropedalage@masto.bike
Official account for the University of Liège, Belgium. The university was founded in 1817.
Fediverse address (in English & French):
@UniversitedeLiege@mastodon.online
Screenwriter providing a variety of script consultancy services, providing feedback and support to help other writers make better scripts.
Fediverse address:
@philmscribe@mastodon.social
Public benefit corporation advocating for restoring California’s high-impact watershed ecosystems.
Fediverse address:
@WaterAuditCA@mastodon.social
Magazine and website about gaming on personal computers, covering game news, reviews, hardware, accessories etc. Based in the UK, first published in 1993.
Fediverse address:
@PC_Gamer_@flipboard.com
Talented illustrator, creator of the Pepper & Carrot webcomic (available under creative commons), Krita instructor and a keen supporter of libre software. Many FOSS projects have artwork by Revoy.
Fediverse address (main):
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
Fediverse address (videos):
@shichimi@peertube.touhoppai.moe
German edition of the famous magazine about geography, world culture, nature and history.
Fediverse address (in German):
@NatGeoDE@flipboard.com
Cartoonist, illustrator, doodler and visual storyteller.
Fediverse address:
@art_of_carun@mstdn.social
Mathematics blog covering all kinds of topics, aimed at those already somewhat familiar with the maths world.
Fediverse address:
@mathnews@aperiodical.com
Official account for the popular scripting language used widely in web development.
Fediverse address:
@php@fosstodon.org
Independent gaming news site about MMORPGs and also selected other online multiplayer games. Founded in 2015 as the spiritual successor to massively.com.
Fediverse address:
@massivelyop@mastodon.social
Automated account regularly posting insults from plays by William Shakespeare.
Fediverse address:
@shakespearean_Insults@beige.party
Bot posting daily random quotation from the original Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Fediverse address:
@SherlockHolmesQuotes@universeodon.com
Feed of articles from the West Virginia Explorer, an online travel guide for the state of West Virginia, USA.
Fediverse address:
@wvexplorer.com@rss-parrot.net
Portuguese programming community including its own forums, magazine, blog, wiki and IRC.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@ptprogramar@mastodon.online
Free open source software for video recording and live streaming.
Fediverse address:
@OBSProject@mastodon.social
Department of the British Library dealing with its digital collections, including digitising material and offering support to those researching the collections.
Fediverse address:
@BL_DigiSchol@techhub.social
Online magazine featuring interesting facts about history, science, pop culture and miscellaneous other topics. Based in the US, founded in 2001.
Fediverse address:
@mental_floss@flipboard.com
Video account publishing book reviews, especially about romantasy books (romantic fiction with a fantasy setting).
Fediverse address:
@faereviews@makertube.net
Emmy Award-winning technology journalist currently at the Wall Street Journal and CNBC in the United States.
Fediverse address:
@joannastern@mastodon.world
Farming and agriculture magazine and news site. Based in the US, first published in 1902.
Fediverse address:
@SuccessfulFarm@flipboard.com
Brazilian media conglomerate consisting of television, radio and online services, providing news, sport and other programming. Founded in 1937.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@Band@flipboard.com
Professional designer and builder of sweet funny puppets (somewhat inspired by muppets). Creates videos, livestreams and writes about his creations.
Fediverse address (main):
@operationpuppet@mastodon.content.town
Fediverse address (videos):
@kevin@puppet.zone
Fediverse address (livestream):
@live@owncast.pixelsandpuppets.com
Amateur astronomer and astrophotographer, member of the AAVSO organisation which coordinates observations by amateur astronomers.
Fediverse address:
@CosmoSidewalk@astrodon.social
Manufacturer of networking equipment including routers, switches, access points, related software etc. Founded in 1996, based in Latvia.
Fediverse address:
@mikrotik@mikrotik.social
Non-profit news outlet and print magazine based in Texas, USA founded in 1954 to provide coverage from a progressive perspective.
Fediverse address:
@TexasObserver@texasobserver.social
German edition of the women’s lifestyle magazine and website covering fashion, beauty, relationships, entertainment.
Fediverse address (in German):
@CosmopolitanDE@flipboard.com
Bob and Mary Reusche Chair in GIS, Professor of Geography and Director, Center for Urban and Regional Analysis (CURA) at Ohio State University USA.
Fediverse address:
@mobileharv@urbanists.social
Hackerspace based in Darmstadt, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@cccda@chaos.social
French edition of the US news site Huffington Post.
Fediverse address (in French):
@LeHuffpost@flipboard.com
Traditionally published Australian author of contemporary and paranormal erotic romance novels. Also keen fan of knitting, crafts and watercolours.
Fediverse address:
@SuzyShearer@mastodon.au
Wind ensemble orchestra based at Cleveland State University in Ohio, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@clevelandwinds.org
Astrophysicist working on gamma-ray astronomy at IRAP (CNRS) in Toulouse, France. Also interested in the impact of scientific research on the environment.
Fediverse address (in English, French, German):
@jknodlseder@astrodon.social
Knitting and crochet enthusiast who runs a site full of tutorials, patterns and designs.
Fediverse address:
@LaVisch@mastodon.social
Electronics artist creating LED installations and custom wearables such as masks, jewellery, head pieces etc.
Fediverse address:
@wow_elec_tron@mastodon.social
Creative writing events at the University of Iowa, USA.
Fediverse address:
@IowaWritersWksp@mastodon.social
Weather forecast accounts for Ontario, Canada. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.
Fediverse addresses (in English & French):
@barrie__ontario@ca.fedimeteo.com
@brampton__ontario@ca.fedimeteo.com
@cornwall__ontario@ca.fedimeteo.com
@guelph__ontario@ca.fedimeteo.com
@hamilton__ontario@ca.fedimeteo.com
@kingston__ontario@ca.fedimeteo.com
@kitchener__ontario@ca.fedimeteo.com
@london__ontario@ca.fedimeteo.com
@mississauga__ontario@ca.fedimeteo.com
@north_bay__ontario@ca.fedimeteo.com
@orillia__ontario@ca.fedimeteo.com
@ottawa__ontario@ca.fedimeteo.com
@peterborough__ontario@ca.fedimeteo.com
@sault_ste_marie__ontario@ca.fedimeteo.com
@st_catharines__ontario@ca.fedimeteo.com
@sudbury__ontario@ca.fedimeteo.com
@thunder_bay__ontario@ca.fedimeteo.com
@timmins__ontario@ca.fedimeteo.com
@toronto__ontario@ca.fedimeteo.com
@windsor__ontario@ca.fedimeteo.com
Volunteer group holding regular sessions to repair textiles, appliances, computers, phones, gadgets etc free of charge, in order to reduce the environmental impact of throwing things away and buying new replacements. The group is based on the Isle of Wight in the south of England.
Fediverse address:
@repaircafeiow@masto.ai
Retro computing fan, posts regularly about vintage games and software from classic 8 bit computers, especially the ZX Spectrum.
Fediverse address:
@JulzMunczy@mastodon.world
Artist and author, creator of the webcomic “Ten Earth Shattering Blows”, a fantasy graphic novel with mature themes.
Fediverse address:
@nuclearpasta@mastodon.art
Privacy-friendly free open source online office suite. It can be self-hosted, or you can use the official instance. It’s collaborative and anonymous, with “zero knowledge” encryption so no one can access your data except you and those you choose to share with.
Fediverse address:
@CryptPad@xwiki.com
Makes videos about desserts including chocolate, cakes, ice creams and other sweet treats. Also posts about accessibility and chronic illness.
Fediverse address:
@dessertgeek@weirder.earth
Streaming platform for PBS public broadcasting television stations in the USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@localpublic.tv
Project, wiki and podcast aiming to open source electronics designs.
Fediverse address:
@opelex@mastodon.energy
Swiss company offering geospatial services based on open source software such as QGIS.
Fediverse address:
@sourcepole@fosstodon.org
Artist and illustrator who draws colourful psychedelic images, usually of people or animals.
Fediverse address:
@gwenn@mastodon.art
Newspaper and website based in Portland Oregon, first published in 1850. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2001. Also covers the Pacific Northwest.
Fediverse address:
@TheOregonian@flipboard.com
German football magazine and website, mainly focused on the German game but also covering other leagues, internationals, football culture etc. First published in 2000.
Fediverse address (in German):
@11FREUNDE@flipboard.com
News feed from the television station WLTX in Columbia, South Carolina, USA. Affiliate of CBS, founded in 1953.
Fediverse address:
@www.wltx.com@rss-parrot.net
Posts pictures of cats taken from medieval manuscripts, created as part of a course at the University of Bochum in Germany.
Fediverse address:
@dailymedievalcats@troet.cafe
Fediverse address (course tutor):
@manuel_kamenzin@troet.cafe
Gaming blog aimed at older gamers who remember the first generations of consoles and home computers.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@silvergamers.com
Weather forecast accounts for Hawaii. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses:
@ewa_beach__hawaii@us.fedimeteo.com
@haiku__hawaii@us.fedimeteo.com
@hanalei__hawaii@us.fedimeteo.com
@hawi__hawaii@us.fedimeteo.com
@hilo__hawaii@us.fedimeteo.com
@honolulu__hawaii@us.fedimeteo.com
@kahului__hawaii@us.fedimeteo.com
@kailua__hawaii@us.fedimeteo.com
@kaneohe__hawaii@us.fedimeteo.com
@kapolei__hawaii@us.fedimeteo.com
@kona__hawaii@us.fedimeteo.com
@lahaina__hawaii@us.fedimeteo.com
@lanai_city__hawaii@us.fedimeteo.com
@makawao__hawaii@us.fedimeteo.com
@mililani__hawaii@us.fedimeteo.com
@pearl_city__hawaii@us.fedimeteo.com
@pukalani__hawaii@us.fedimeteo.com
@wailuku__hawaii@us.fedimeteo.com
@waimea__hawaii@us.fedimeteo.com
@waipahu__hawaii@us.fedimeteo.com
Illustrator who creates charming and pretty storybook art for children’s stories, cards and stationery. Also has a regular livestream where they create artworks.
Fediverse address (main):
@Coreyartus@mindly.social
Fediverse address (videos and live streaming):
@coreyartus@makertube.net
Hackerspace based in Konstanz, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@hacknology@chaos.social
Independent non-profit news service for Florida, USA, aiming to provide coverage in the public interest. Founded in 2009, member of Institute For Non-Profit News.
Fediverse address:
@floridabulldog@newsie.social
Fediverse address (news feed):
@www.floridabulldog.org@rss-parrot.net
RSS feed of television station in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Affiliate of CBS, founded in 1954.
Fediverse address:
@www.newschannel5.com@rss-parrot.net
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
Solo indie developer making a retro-style isometric simulation game.
Fediverse address:
@hilkojj@mastodon.gamedev.place
German daily newspaper covering national and international news. Based in Berlin, founded in September 1945.
Fediverse address (in German):
@Tagesspiegel@flipboard.com
Independent student newspaper at the University of Bristol in the UK.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@epigram.org.uk
Blog all about beer and beer history, maintained by a beer enthusiast who has written five books on the subject.
Fediverse address:
@agoodbeerblog@mstdn.social
German photography and camera magazine, featuring news, reviews, tips etc.
Fediverse address (in German):
@Photografix@flipboard.com
Site all about news, arts and culture in the Jewish communities of New Mexico, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@nmjewishjournal.com
Lecturer in the School of Computer Science at the University of Sydney, Australia. His main research area is in the junction between Software Engineering and Cybersecurity. Interested in Program Analysis, Automatic Repair, Mutation Analysis, Specification Mining, Grammar Based Generators and Parsing.
Fediverse address:
@rahul@gopinath.org
Official account for the Data Protection Commissioner of Berlin, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@BlnBDI@social.bund.de
Discussion group about any kind of audio fiction including audio dramas, audiobooks, radio dramas etc.
Fediverse address:
@audiofiction@fedigroups.social
Film and television reviews and essays from an independent blogger.
Fediverse address (blog):
@kristen@thekulturalist.com
Free open source chess server, with no paywall, no tracking and no ads.
Fediverse address:
@lichess@mastodon.online
Highlighting maps that exist in the physical world, such as signs, posters, objects, works of art, graffiti etc.
Fediverse address:
@mappery@mapstodon.space
German-language discussion group about NFL American football.
Fediverse address:
@nfl_de@fedigroups.social
Creates amazing naturalistic watercolour pictures of animals and other subjects.
Fediverse address:
@anaisfae@mastodon.art
Bot generating tiny bus stops with people waiting at them.
Fediverse address:
@tiny_bus_stop@mas.to
Bot that runs toots containing programming code on an 8-bit computer emulator, then replies with a screenshot or video clip of the program running.
Fediverse address:
@bbcmicrobot@mastodon.me.uk
Product manager at Esri, interested in GIS, Health GIS, Maps and Data Visualisation.
Fediverse address:
@GIS_Bandit@mastodon.world
Weather forecast accounts for Guerrero, Mexico. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Spanish):
@acapulco__guerrero@mx.fedimeteo.com
@chilpancingo__guerrero@mx.fedimeteo.com
European Commission funding body supporting European Union research and innovation.
Fediverse address:
@REA@ec.social-network.europa.eu
Tabletop RPG blog written by a history teacher featuring homebrew content for TTRPGs, often anchoring the RPG content in real world history.
Fediverse address (blog):
@lucas@veritastabletop.com
Portuguese language podcast about Ubuntu, libre software and other topics.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@pup@masto.pt
Professional community manager and Blender enthusiast. Founder of BlenderNation, owner/manager of Blender Artists, head of community at Sketchfab.
Fediverse address:
@BartV@mastodon.social
German privacy-oriented digital agency providing advice on privacy-friendly technology, creating digital content and publishing Pyngu Magazine with articles about privacy, design and technology. They also run their own Mastodon server.
Fediverse address (in German):
@pyngudigital@social.pyngu.com
Independent online travel guide covering Southeast Asia, featuring resources, articles and forums.
Fediverse address:
@travelfish@mastodon.social
Star Wars and Lego fan, often posts short videos featuring both.
Fediverse address:
@punkrockvader@mastodon.cloud
Hackerspace in Montpellier, France, for people interested in technology, computing, art etc.
Fediverse address (in French):
@lebib@social.bim.land
Publishing house at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.
Fediverse address (in German):
@iup@social.uibk.ac.at
Free open source platform for keeping track of your physical book collection including any books you lend. It’s suitable for individuals with lots of books, or organisations wanting to start their own private library. It has its own built-in database of titles and the latest version includes Fediverse features.
Fediverse address:
@inventaire@mamot.fr
Posting vintage American adverts from past decades which unintentionally (or sometimes intentionally?) include LGBTQIA+ themes.
Fediverse address:
@GayOldTime@masto.ai
Newspaper and news site for Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. First published in 1883.
Fediverse address:
@Leader_Post@flipboard.com
Official account of City of North Charleston in South Carolina, USA.
Fediverse address:
@northcharleston@mas.to
Web-based OpenStreetMap graphical interface which lets you view themed maps and edit them with an OSM ID.
Fediverse address:
@MapComplete@en.osm.town
News feed from The Park Record, a local newspaper covering Park City and Summit County, Utah, USA. First published in 1880.
Fediverse address:
@www.parkrecord.com@rss-parrot.net
Creating videos about cooking, music, the outdoors, everyday life, technology and other topics.
Fediverse address (videos):
@rudy_gardea@spectra.video
Feed of programme news from Hawaiian public broadcaster PBS Hawai’i, on air since 1966.
Fediverse address:
@www.pbshawaii.org@rss-parrot.net
Blog by Gavin Strange, a director and designer at the UK animation studio Aardman.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@blog.jam-factory.com
Former professional photographer taking lots of lovely pictures of birds, often including descriptions of where the birds are and what they have been doing.
Fediverse address:
@mikestewart@mastodonapp.uk
Hackerspace club based in Barcelona, Spain.
Fediverse address (in Catalan):
@logout@bcn.fedi.cat
Non-profit organisation campaigning for high speed rail connecting the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The suggested plan would connect British Columbia, Oregon and Washington State.
Fediverse address:
@CascadiaRail@social.ridetrans.it
Official account for the handball teams of the German Deaf Sports Association (DGSV).
Fediverse address (in German):
@dgsv_handball@norden.social
Retro computing enthusiast who uses and repairs old computers, and hosts a retro computing livestream.
Fediverse address:
@48kRAM@oldbytes.space
In-depth video reviews and tutorials about Luanti (formerly Minetest) and its mods.
Fediverse address:
@nathansalapat@share.tube
Lovely photos of nature and wildlife in Scotland.
Fediverse address:
@heavybawbag@mastodon.scot
News service for the Sierra area of California, USA, also covering state, national and international news.
Fediverse address:
@yubanet@mastodon.social
Independent Brazilian news site founded in 2000 to look at power and politics. Participant in the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists on the Panama Papers etc.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@Poder360@flipboard.com
Free open source transport network simulation, somewhat inspired by Transport Tycoon. It can be played online through public or private servers, and includes lots of support for mods.
Fediverse address:
@simutrans@fosstodon.org
News feed from ERR, the Estonian public broadcaster founded in 2007. Available in Estonian and English languages.
Fediverse address (in Estonian):
@www.err.ee@rss-parrot.net
Fediverse address (in English):
@news.err.ee@rss-parrot.net
Follows the daily life of two pet goats on a small farm. This is one of the most consistently wholesome accounts on the Fediverse, and highly recommended if you need to chill and forget about the nasty world outside.
Fediverse address:
@GoatsLive@mastodon.social
Football news site founded in 2014, sharing footie articles from around the internet.
Fediverse address:
@footiebuzz@mastodon.social
Free open source alternative to Linktree, which helps people publish links to all their profiles and sites on a single page.
Fediverse address:
@linkstack@mstdn.social
Bot posting events that happened today in fiction from film, TV, games, comics etc.
Fediverse address:
@todayonscreen@xoxo.zone
Organisation of open data supporters in Canada, also arranging regular events related to open data.
Fediverse address (in English & French):
@OpenDataSociety@mstdn.ca
Random operating systems being used by Lex from Jurassic Park.
Fediverse address:
@lexknowssystems@bots.converged.yt
Group campaigning for better passenger and freight rail service in Washington state and the Pacific Northwest.
Fediverse address:
@aawa@rail.chat
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
Sewing enthusiast and retired musician, posts about sewing projects, sewing machines, making clothes and other topics.
Fediverse address:
@DanielMenjivar@mastodon.social
Free open source theme park game inspired by RollerCoaster Tycoon. The game uses entirely libre assets, so you don’t need any proprietary licences to play it. It’s still in alpha testing but playable.
Fediverse address:
@FreeRCT@floss.social
Spanish edition of the women’s fashion, beauty and lifestyle magazine.
Fediverse address (in Spanish):
@elle_es@flipboard.com
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
Official account of the German public broadcasting network ZDF, founded in 1963.
Fediverse address:
@ZDF@zdf.social
Watercolour artist from Spain, often painting landscapes and cityscapes with a slightly abstract feel and restricted range of colours.
Fediverse address (in English & Spanish):
@jcwatercolor@tkz.one
Open data enthusiast based in Aotearoa / New Zealand, also following the Covid situation there.
Fediverse address:
@thoughtfulnz@mastodon.nz
Hackerspace group based in Aschaffenburg, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@schaffenburg@social.schaffenburg.org
Climate research institute based in Hamburg, Germany. Affiliated with the Max Planck Society and the University of Hamburg. Founded in 1975.
Fediverse address (in English & German):
@MPI_Meteo@wisskomm.social
Fun webcomic about amusing adventures of various cartoon animals.
Fediverse address:
@admiralwonderboat@mastodon.social
European NGO campaigning for open government and freedom of government information. Based in Germany, founded in 2011.
Fediverse address (in German):
@fragdenstaat@chaos.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
Democratically-run online community for creative projects in variety of fields such as role playing games, world-building, storytelling, songs, crafts and more. Self-described as “creative geekery”, based around a forum and website.
Fediverse address:
@Exilian@indiepocalypse.social
NGO managing a platform which hosts scientific communities, evaluating and recommending scientific articles in open archives and preprint servers. Also publishes the Peer Community Journal.
Fediverse address:
@PeerCommunityIn@ecoevo.social
Makes lovely traditional style pottery and stoneware.
Fediverse address:
@0ciX_reloaded@mastodon.art
Mathematician and software engineer at Newcastle University, and an admin on mathstodon.xyz maths-themed Fediverse server.
Fediverse address:
@christianp@mathstodon.xyz
Organisation of Debian contributors and fans in India.
Fediverse address:
@debianindia@pleroma.debian.social
Account curating examples of interface design from early smartphone apps and web-based apps.
Fediverse address:
@OldSchoolUI@mastodon.social
Enthusiastic crafter doing knitting, crochet, and polymer clay work, and sharing pictures of her creations.
Fediverse address:
@lclarke522@gardenstate.social
Weather forecast accounts for Michigan, USA. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.
Fediverse addresses:
@ann_arbor__michigan@us.fedimeteo.com
@battle_creek__michigan@us.fedimeteo.com
@dearborn__michigan@us.fedimeteo.com
@detroit__michigan@us.fedimeteo.com
@farmington_hills__michigan@us.fedimeteo.com
@flint__michigan@us.fedimeteo.com
@grand_rapids__michigan@us.fedimeteo.com
@holland__michigan@us.fedimeteo.com
@jackson__michigan@us.fedimeteo.com
@kalamazoo__michigan@us.fedimeteo.com
@lansing__michigan@us.fedimeteo.com
@livonia__michigan@us.fedimeteo.com
@marquette__michigan@us.fedimeteo.com
@midland__michigan@us.fedimeteo.com
@monroe__michigan@us.fedimeteo.com
@muskegon__michigan@us.fedimeteo.com
@port_huron__michigan@us.fedimeteo.com
@rochester_hills__michigan@us.fedimeteo.com
@saginaw__michigan@us.fedimeteo.com
@southfield__michigan@us.fedimeteo.com
@sterling_heights__michigan@us.fedimeteo.com
@troy__michigan@us.fedimeteo.com
@warren__michigan@us.fedimeteo.com
@westland__michigan@us.fedimeteo.com
@wyoming__michigan@us.fedimeteo.com
Horizon Europe-funded project aiming at supporting emerging policy reforms and paving the way towards an Open Science-aware Responsible Research Assessment system.
Fediverse address:
@graspos@scicomm.xyz
Watercolour artist, wood engraver, ecologist and conservation scientist based in the north of England. Mainly creates works inspired by nature and the countryside.
Fediverse address:
@JohnAltringham@mastodon.online
Free open source web-based software for farm and agricultural management, planning and record keeping.
Fediverse address:
@farmOS@fosstodon.org
Official account of the Leipzig University Library.
Fediverse address (in German):
@ubleipzig@openbiblio.social
Professional storyteller and author from Hungary, writing about folk tales, folklore, mythology, representation, role-playing games etc.
Fediverse address:
@TarkabarkaHolgy@ohai.social
Discussion group about grunge music.
Fediverse address:
@grunge@fedigroups.social
Bot posting random paintings from the United States Department of Agriculture’s pomological watercolor collection.
Fediverse address:
@pomological@tech.intersects.art
Award-winning technology reporter at the Washington Post. Particularly interested in artificial intelligence and algorithms.
Fediverse address:
@drewharwell@mastodon.social
Business news site covering the global coffee industry.
Fediverse address (blog):
@news@worldcoffeeportal.com
US political news site run by pro-democracy conservatives horrified by Trump and the anti-democratic nature of the US Republican party. Founded in 2018.
Fediverse address:
@TheBulwark@flipboard.com
Genealogist and photographer based in Washington DC, USA.
Fediverse address:
@PattyHankins@genealysis.social
German-language group about board games of all kinds.
Fediverse address (in German):
@brettspiele@fedigroups.social
User group for the TypeScript programming language, holding regular meetups. Based in Michigan, USA.
Fediverse address:
@MichiganTypeScript@fosstodon.org
Belgian account all about urban exploration, with lots of photos of abandoned buildings and structures.
Fediverse address (in French and English):
@worldofjosh@mastodon.social
News feed from the television station WRTV in Indiana, USA. Affiliate of ABC, founded in 1949.
Fediverse address:
@www.wrtv.com@rss-parrot.net
German language gaming news site focused on Nintendo and related topics.
Fediverse address (in German):
@nintendo_online@mastodon.social
Weather forecast accounts for Mexico City, Mexico. Follow to see forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse address (in Spanish):
@ciudad_de_mexico__cdmx@mx.fedimeteo.com
Associate professor of journalism at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, researching media distribution.
Fediverse address:
@josh@scholar.social
Magazine covering culture, news, food, politics and fashion in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. First published in 1966.
Fediverse address:
@TorontoLife2019@flipboard.com
Discussion group about the long-term effects of COVID-19 infection.
Fediverse address:
@longcovid@fedigroups.social
Organisation maintaining and supporting the trail structure in the North Fork Flathead area on the edge of Glacier National Park, Montana.
Fediverse address:
@nfta@nftrails.org
German magazine about heavy metal and hard rock, originally related to the UK magazine of the same name but now a separate publication. First published in Germany in 1983.
Fediverse address (in German):
@metalhammer_de@flipboard.com
Feed of palaeontology articles from bioRxiv.
Fediverse address:
@biorxiv_paleo@biologists.social
User group in Geneva, Switzerland for the Ruby programming language and Ruby on Rails framework.
Fediverse address:
@genevarb@ruby.social
The official account of the German government
Fediverse address (in German):
@Bundesregierung@social.bund.de
Interior decor and lifestyle site for university students, especially focused on how to decorate dorm rooms. Based in the USA, founded in 2023.
Fediverse address:
@DormTherapy@flipboard.com
European company selling de-Googlised Android smartphones. The phones themselves are made by established manufacturers such as Fairphone and Samsung, and can be refurbished models if you want to reduce the impact on the environment (or if you just want a cheaper phone).
Fediverse address:
@iode@mastodon.online
Superhero comics, TV and pop culture review, features and interviews site, especially Power Rangers. Based in the US.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@hero-club.com
Cosy laidback chats with familiar faces from the Fediverse. Available on multiple Fediverse platforms including livestream, video on demand, blog and podcast.
Fediverse address (main):
@firesidefedi@social.firesidefedi.live
Fediverse address (livestream):
@ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live
Fediverse address (videos):
@ozoned@tubefree.org
Fediverse address (blog):
@firesidefedi@write.firesidefedi.live
Fediverse address (podcast):
@firesidefedi@audio.firesidefedi.live
Making video game playthrough videos with commentary, especially modern adventure games.
Fediverse address (videos):
@blueblasphemy@video.gamerstavern.online
Listener-supported non-commercial independent FM radio station in New Jersey USA, also available online. Currently the longest running freeform radio station in the United States.
Fediverse address:
@WFMU@c.im
Bot posting random items from the Harvard Art Museums via their API.
Fediverse address:
@HarvardArtRoulette@zirk.us
OpenStreetMap contributor and enthusiast, also interested in FOSS, privacy, Wikidata etc.
Fediverse address:
@Doudouosm@en.osm.town
Urban bird and wildlife photographer based in New York, USA.
Fediverse address:
@urbandinosaurs@urbanists.social
Journalist and activist in Singapore. Publishes the “We, The Citizens” newsletter covering Singapore from a rights-based perspective.
Fediverse address:
@kixes@kopiti.am
Bot posting images from lake shores, with links to photo source and location.
Fediverse address:
@lakes@stefanbohacek.online
US-based non-profit campaigning for online rights, privacy and civil liberties. Founded in 1990.
Fediverse address:
@eff@mastodon.social
Website providing information, maps and articles about our planet, covering geography, travel, sociology, demography, environment, economics and politics. WorldAtlas is based in Canada and was founded in 1994.
Fediverse address:
@Worldatlascom@flipboard.com
Aims to provide a next generation internet with better privacy, more decentralisation, less spam and better energy efficiency by using “multicast”.
Fediverse address:
@librecast@chaos.social
Electronic music composer, remixer and producer based in Finland, originally started writing music on an Amiga 500. Interested in demoscene, synths and related topics.
Fediverse address:
@lb@icosahedron.website
Discussion group about law and legal matters.
Fediverse address:
@law@fedigroups.social
Blog about US politics by a former congressional staffer. Mainly focuses on the procedures used to create and shape laws rather than specific policies or events.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@policyisforlovers.com
News feed from Bulgaria’s official international broadcaster, providing news from a Bulgarian perspective in many common languages. Originally founded in 1936 as Radio Sofia.
Fediverse address (in English):
@bnr.bg.en@rss-parrot.net
Hackerspace in Brussels, Belgium hosting regular events for tech people, tinkerers and artists. Features an electronics lab, 3D printing facilities, tools etc.
Fediverse address:
@HSBXL@mastodon.online
Organisation that helps co-operatives and collectives to create their own online clouds using free open source software.
Fediverse address:
@coopcloud@social.coop
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
Spanish fact-checking company mainly focusing on social media.
Fediverse address (in Spanish):
@NewtralMedia@flipboard.com
Software architect, open source maintainer and quantum computing expert, author of “Introduction to Quantum Computing with Q# and QDK”.
Fediverse address:
@filipw@mathstodon.xyz
Computer security expert and Microsoft MVP, posting on InfoSec, client security and related topics.
Fediverse address:
@SwiftOnSecurity@infosec.exchange
Philosophy department at the University of Groningen, Netherlands.
Fediverse address (in Dutch & English):
@facultyofphilosophygroningen@social.edu.nl
German film and television news site, founded in 1996.
Fediverse address (in German):
@kinode@flipboard.com
Pixel artist and creator of mods for Minetest (the free open source alternative to Minecraft).
Fediverse address:
@zughy_boi@mastodon.social
News site dedicated to the maritime world in the Pacific Northwest of North America, including ocean and inland waters.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@futuretides.org
Humorous comic strips (often political or social satire) using photos of real life action figures and toys, including transformers, superheroes, Star Trek and others.
Fediverse address:
@ToyBoxComix@retro.pizza
Hackerspace based in the city of Wroclaw in Poland.
Fediverse address (in Polish):
@hswro@mobilizon.pl
UK charity promoting software skills in research as well as collaboration between researchers and software experts. Founded in 2019.
Fediverse address:
@ResearchSoftEng@mastodon.social
Indie game developer currently working on the adventure “Comet” for the Playdate games console.
Fediverse address:
@Guv_Bubbs@mastodon.gamedev.place
Discussion group about ME/CFS, for those living with it and those wanting to discuss it.
Fediverse address:
@mecfs@fedigroups.social
Free open source media server suite. Lets you create your own self-hosted streaming services, which can be accessed from computers, mobile apps, TVs etc.
Fediverse address:
@jellyfin@mastodon.online
Weather forecast accounts for Campeche, Mexico. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Spanish):
@campeche__campeche@mx.fedimeteo.com
@ciudad_del_carmen__campeche@mx.fedimeteo.com
Free open source launcher for GOG and Epic Games, available on Linux, Mac and Windows.
Fediverse address:
@heroiclauncher@mastodon.social
Site and blog about fly fishing, aquatic conservation and fish ecology.
Fediverse address:
@index@duewestanglers.com
Long-running podcast all about Nintendo news, with informal chat and answering listeners’ questions.
Fediverse address:
@rfnpodcast@mastodon.social
3D artist creating CGI renders mainly of Star Trek sets and ships, made entirely using libre tools such as Blender.
Fediverse address:
@Rekkert@mastodon.social
Weather forecast accounts for Indiana, USA. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.
Fediverse addresses:
@anderson__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@bloomington__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@carmel__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@columbus__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@elkhart__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@evansville__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@fishers__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@fort_wayne__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@gary__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@goshen__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@greenwood__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@indianapolis__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@jeffersonville__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@kokomo__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@lafayette__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@marion__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@mishawaka__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@muncie__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@new_albany__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@noblesville__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@portage__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@richmond__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@south_bend__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@terre_haute__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@valparaiso__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
Magazine covering science, nature, arts, history and travel. Published by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, USA, since 1970.
Fediverse address:
@Smithsonianmag@flipboard.com
Discussion group about all kinds books, authors and related topics.
Fediverse address:
@bookstodon@fedigroups.social
Linguist at the Institut für Deutsche Sprache in Germany. Interested in quantitative linguistics, corpus linguistics, psycholinguistics, text comprehension & comprehensibility, data visualisation, Rstats.
Fediverse address (in English & German):
@sascha_wolfer@fediscience.org
Hackerspace based in Coburg, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@Hackzogtum@chaos.social
Weather forecasts for Alabama, USA. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses:
@alabaster__alabama@us.fedimeteo.com
@anniston__alabama@us.fedimeteo.com
@auburn__alabama@us.fedimeteo.com
@birmingham__alabama@us.fedimeteo.com
@decatur__alabama@us.fedimeteo.com
@dothan__alabama@us.fedimeteo.com
@enterprise__alabama@us.fedimeteo.com
@florence__alabama@us.fedimeteo.com
@gadsden__alabama@us.fedimeteo.com
@hoover__alabama@us.fedimeteo.com
@huntsville__alabama@us.fedimeteo.com
@madison__alabama@us.fedimeteo.com
@mobile__alabama@us.fedimeteo.com
@montgomery__alabama@us.fedimeteo.com
@opelika__alabama@us.fedimeteo.com
@phoenix_city__alabama@us.fedimeteo.com
@prattville__alabama@us.fedimeteo.com
@selma__alabama@us.fedimeteo.com
@tuscaloosa__alabama@us.fedimeteo.com
@vestavia_hills__alabama@us.fedimeteo.com
Women-led, independent, reader-funded digital news magazine based in the United States
Fediverse address:
@damemagazine@newsie.social
Hackerspace based in Ingolstadt, Germany.
Fediverse address (in English & German):
@bytewerk@chaos.social
Research institute for astrophysics in Paris, part of the Sorbonne University. Founded in 1936.
Fediverse address (in French):
@astroIAP@social.numerique.gouv.fr
Free open source alternative to Pocket and other article-saving services. There are apps for Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, Firefox, Chrome, Kindle, Kobo and others. It is also compatible with RSS readers. You can self-host your own instance for free, or use the paid-for flagship instance.
Fediverse account:
@wallabag@fosstodon.org
Artist who draws in many styles, often portraits, sometimes comic book art, sometimes serious pastiches or light-hearted parodies of characters from popular fiction.
Fediverse address:
@nixnada@mastodon.art
Music blog and internet radio in English and German about underground punk, noise and garage music.
Fediverse address (in English and German):
@12xu@12xu.xyz
Builds and paints scale models, miniatures and dioramas. Covers many genres including sci-fi, fantasy and realism.
Fediverse address:
@DrH@dice.camp
A new kind of social network which works peer-to-peer, and all personal data is stored locally on your computer or phone. It’s part of the Scuttlebutt network, but has a user-friendly interface, features and branding that are aimed at a more mainstream audience. There are free open source apps for iOS, Android, Linux, Mac and Windows.
Fediverse address:
@manyver_se@fosstodon.org
Official account of the German Federal Labour Court.
Fediverse address (in German):
@bundesarbeitsgericht@social.bund.de
Sports news and articles from the US broadcaster NBC.
Fediverse address:
@NBCSports@flipboard.com
Maths teacher teaching adults at secondary level, posts frequently about mathematics, the teaching of mathematics and problem solving.
Fediverse address (in English, Catalan and Spanish):
@somenxavier@mathstodon.xyz
Photo account posting images and descriptions of meals they have prepared using custom recipes.
Fediverse address:
@drews-foods@pixelfed.social
Weather forecast accounts for the US Virgin Islands. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.
Fediverse addresses:
@charlotte_amalie__virgin_islands@us.fedimeteo.com
@christiansted__virgin_islands@us.fedimeteo.com
@coral_bay__virgin_islands@us.fedimeteo.com
@crown_bay__virgin_islands@us.fedimeteo.com
@cruz_bay__virgin_islands@us.fedimeteo.com
@frederiksted__virgin_islands@us.fedimeteo.com
@great_harbour__virgin_islands@us.fedimeteo.com
@havensight__virgin_islands@us.fedimeteo.com
@red_hook__virgin_islands@us.fedimeteo.com
@water_island__virgin_islands@us.fedimeteo.com
Official account for the non-profit organisation that promotes Creative Commons licences and public domain tools for sharing knowledge and creativity.
Fediverse address:
@creativecommons@mastodon.social
Folk dancer, melodeon and smallpipe player, performs with an inclusive morris dancing group based in England.
Fediverse address:
@Phil@folksocial.org
Award-winning nightclub in San Francisco, California, USA, founded in 1985. Hosts an eclectic range of events including music, burlesque shows, lectures, private parties etc.
Fediverse address:
@dnalounge@sfba.social
Official account of the French government’s Committee for Open Science.
Fediverse address (in French):
@ouvrirlascience@social.numerique.gouv.fr
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
Toy enthusiast based in Belgium, making videos about restoring diecast toys, especially toy cars. The videos and account are in English.
Fediverse address:
@belgiandiecastrestorations@mstdn.social
Chess enthusiast and FOSS fan, often posting and sharing news about chess competitions.
Fediverse address:
@Hrastnik@fosstodon.org
Video game researcher, creator of the Play History video series and author of upcoming arcade history book.
Fediverse address:
@PlayHistory@oldbytes.space
Branch of the R-Ladies organisation based in Gaborone, Botswana. Promoting gender diversity in the R programming community.
Fediverse address:
@RLadiesGaborone@fosstodon.org
Lifestyle magazine and website about home decor, food, gardening and entertainment. Based in the US, first published in 1978.
Fediverse address:
@CountryLiving@flipboard.com
Print and digital magazine for people interested in languages and linguistics.
Fediverse address:
@babel@masto.ai
Music podcast and newsletter about rap and hip-hop.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@cabbageshiphop.com
Amateur archaeology and prehistory enthusiast, shares lots of stories and images related to the ancient world.
Fediverse address:
@Epicurus@mastodon.online
Editor, proofreader and reviewer. Writes a blog which reviews lots of tabletop RPGs, supplements, adventures etc. Covers all genres of RPG.
Fediverse address:
@pookie@dice.camp
Lifestyle magazine and website mainly about the home, interior decoration and gardening. Based in the US, first published in 1987.
Fediverse address:
@VerandaMag@flipboard.com
Local news service for Chicago, USA, run by a non-profit organisation and supported by reader subscriptions. Founded in 2018.
Fediverse address:
@BlockClubCh@flipboard.com
Bot posting latest releases of vinyl records as sourced from store websites, subreddits, discords etc.
Fediverse address:
@VinylReleases@cupoftea.social
Sports newspaper published in Spain since 1979, mainly covering football (soccer) and especially FC Barcelona.
Fediverse address (in Spanish):
@SPORTes2019@flipboard.com
Network of public radio stations in Montana, USA, providing news, arts programmes and music. MPR is affiliated with NPR, and was founded in 1965.
Fediverse address:
@MTPR@flipboard.com
Makerspace and hackerspace based in Munich, Germany.
Fediverse address:
@munichmakerlab@chaos.social
Posts videos of songs he’s working on, some of them rather silly such as a love song about a “beholder” monster.
Fediverse address:
@guyjantic@tube.tchncs.de
Hackerspace based in Campinas, Brazil.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@lhc@mastodon.com.br
Local news, events and restaurants in Toronto, Canada.
Fediverse address:
@blogTO@flipboard.com
Blog by an American political activst on how to resist the rise of authoritarianism in the USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@organizingmythoughts.org
Enthusiastic bibliophile, posting about books, literary news, poetry, occasional reviews, runs a “Silent Book Club” and a blog about reading.
Fediverse address:
@bookgaga@mastodon.social
Sports news site about women’s ice hockey.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@theicegarden.com
Live streaming account playing free open source games, and some software coding.
Fediverse address:
@aethernaut@tv.aethernaut.eu
Organisation promoting gender diversity in the R programming and statistics community.
Fediverse address:
@RLadiesGlobal@hachyderm.io
German open-access academic journal of critical urban research.
Fediverse address (in German):
@sub_urban@urbanists.social
Artist who specialises in drawing comic book style works, often featuring mecha such as characters from Transformers.
Fediverse address:
@llicorish@mastodon.art
UK-based music, film and culture website originally launched as a music paper in 1952.
Fediverse address:
@NMEMagazine@flipboard.com
Business and financial news magazine and news site. Based in the US, first published in 1921.
Fediverse address:
@Barrons@flipboard.com
Award-winning Canadian comedy troupe creating sketches, livestreams, podcasts and assorted silliness. Founded in 2003.
Fediverse address:
@LoadingReadyRun@kind.social
Independent 3D graphics and animation artist creating short animated films as well as tools and 3D assets for other people to use. Especially keen on using Blender and other free open source software.
Fediverse address (main):
@nacioss@fosstodon.org
Fediverse address (videos):
@marco@makertube.net
Free open source flight simulator, in development since 1997.
Fediverse address:
@flightgear@fosstodon.org
Professor of History, sport and environmental historian. Particularly keen on the history of bicycles, posting lots of historical photos, articles and other materials.
Fediverse address:
@DrRickWoten@historians.social
Online radio station playing unusual music including comedy, oddities, parodies, mashups, offbeat etc.
Fediverse address:
@funhouseradio@mastodon.world
German film and television news site and online community.
Fediverse address (in German):
@moviepilot@flipboard.com
Travel blogger from Bulgaria, posts on both Bulgaria and other countries around the world.
Fediverse address:
@bgonthego@flipboard.com
Videos of hiking and climbing in the Sierra Nevada and Granada Province of Andalucia in Spain.
Fediverse address (videos):
@spanish_highs@video.infosec.exchange
Newsletter highlighting bizarre stories from various magazines and news outlets.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@newsletter.mathewingram.com
Free open source Matrix messaging app for Linux desktop and Linux mobile. It’s made by KDE.
Fediverse address:
@neochat@kde.social
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
Reader-supported local news site for Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA. Main stories are public interest and investigative reporting on local issues.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@berkshireargus.com
Makers of free open source IT asset management software and the Goodforms email validation service.
Fediverse address:
@grokability@hachyderm.io
Astrophotographer and space enthusiast who takes astonishingly detailed photos from his backyard telescope.
Fediverse address:
@stargazerrob@mastodon.online
Discussion group for people who enjoy all kinds of puzzles.
Fediverse address:
@puzzling@fedigroups.social
Grassroots interdisciplinary open science community based in Twente in the Netherlands, part of the Dutch Network of Open Science Communities. Open to researchers, students and anyone who is interested in open science.
Fediverse address (in Engish & Dutch):
@OpenSciTwente@akademienl.social
Weather forecast accounts for cities in Northern Ireland, using data from Open-Meteo.
Fediverse addresses (organised by city):
@armagh@uk.fedimeteo.com
@bangor_ireland@uk.fedimeteo.com
@belfast@uk.fedimeteo.com
@londonderry@uk.fedimeteo.com
@omagh@uk.fedimeteo.com
Website from the creator of Fedi.Directory (that’s me!) which helps non-technical people create their own online services through managed hosting providers, who do all the technical stuff behind the scenes.
Fediverse address:
@homegrown@social.growyourown.services
Weather forecast accounts for Jharkhand, India. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Hindi):
@bokaro__jharkhand@in.fedimeteo.com
@ranchi__jharkhand@in.fedimeteo.com
Provides practical training courses for investigative journalists covering data journalism, open source intelligence, InfoSec, financial investigations, freedom of information requests etc.
Fediverse address:
@cijournalism@journa.host
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
@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
@port_ellen@uk.fedimeteo.com
@portree@uk.fedimeteo.com
@tarbert@uk.fedimeteo.com
@thurso@uk.fedimeteo.com
Records ambient sounds in various environments, including natural and human-made, using a high quality field recorder. Highlights sounds we may not always notice consciously.
Fediverse address:
@bojan@mastodon.art
Photographer based in Germany, runs a podcast about photography, and lectures on photographic law and analogue photography.
Fediverse address (in German):
@erik@photog.social
Online peer-reviewed social science journal, founded in 1994 at the University of Arizona. Publishes research into the linkages between political economy and human environmental impacts, across different locations and academic disciplines.
Fediverse address:
@journalofpoliticalecology@sciences.social
News feed of television station in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. Affiliate of NBC, founded in 1956.
Fediverse address:
@www.wbir.com@rss-parrot.net
Non-profit based in Germany promoting free open source software related to GIS and geodata.
Fediverse address (in German):
@FOSSGISeV@mastodon.online
Weather forecast accounts for Morelos, Mexico. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Spanish):
@cuernavaca__morelos@mx.fedimeteo.com
Local news site and television station based in New York, USA, part of the NBC network.
Fediverse address:
@NBCNewYork@flipboard.com
Amateur wildlife photographer based in the UK, published internationally. Particularly keen on bird photography, but also other animals and nature.
Fediverse address:
@VickyOuten@mastodon.world
Unofficial news and review site all about the D&D tabletop RPG including game books, accessories, updates and related topics.
Fediverse address:
@DnDFanatics@dice.camp
Archaeologist based in southeastern USA, posting about archaeology, history, botany, geology and other topics.
Fediverse address:
@archeaids@mastodon.online
Live streaming account mainly about Linux and Linux gaming.
Fediverse address:
@ozoned@stream.ozoned.net
Software development conference in Greenville, South Carolina, USA. Welcomes coders of all skill levels and programming languages.
Fediverse address:
@carolinacodes@mastodon.social
Maths enthusiast and academic who gives talks on mathematics and related topics. He’s also an admin on the maths-themed Fediverse server mathstodon.xyz and is keen on juggling.
Fediverse address:
@ColinTheMathmo@mathstodon.xyz
Community-driven conference for the Ruby programming language held in Baltic and Nordic countries.
Fediverse address:
@balticruby@ruby.social
Professor of Astrophysics, author of “Licht im Dunkeln/Light in the Darkness/Licht in de duisternis”, joint winner of the 2011 Spinoza prize, 2021 Henry Draper Medal, 2023 Herschel Medal, 2023 Balzan Prize. Working on the Event Horizon Telescope project at Radboud University.
Fediverse address:
@hfalcke@mastodon.social
Non-profit magazine based in Paonia, Colorado, USA, covering social, political and ecological issues in the western US. Founded in 1970.
Fediverse address:
@HighCountryNew@flipboard.com
Radio station network in Nevada, USA, member of National Public Radio. Broadcasts on conventional FM radio and online.
Fediverse address:
@KNPR@flipboard.com
Hackerspace based in Eindhoven in the Netherlands.
Fediverse address:
@hackalot@hsnl.social
Computer scientist, inventor of the World Wide Web, HTML, HTTP, URLs, web browsers etc. Founder and director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
Fediverse address:
@timbl@w3c.social
Unofficial site dedicated to public transport on the TTC and in the Greater Toronto Area. Based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Fediverse address:
@transit@mas.to
Astrophotography enthusiast based in Australia, often taking pictures of the Moon and the Sun as well as distant stars.
Fediverse address:
@jromz03@aus.social
Non-profit community hackerspace and makerspace based in Landau, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@ztl@rheinneckar.social
Unofficial bot posting XKCD web comics, often featuring stick figures discussing science, technology or other topics.
(NOTE: I don’t normally list unofficial bots like this, but XKCD is licensed under Creative Commons by its creator, and non-commercial distribution like this is exactly what the creator of XKCD is trying to encourage.)
Fediverse address:
@xkcd@mastodon.xyz
Reader-supported sports news site focused on the Seattle Sounders and Seattle Reign football (soccer) clubs in Seattle, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@News@sounderatheart.com
Fediverse address:
@SounderAtHeart@skrimmage.com
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
Discussion group about photography, for photographers or those who appreciate photographs.
Fediverse address:
@photography@fedigroups.social
Bicycle enthusiast who posts about cycling and advocates for better cycling infrastructure.
Fediverse address:
@BicycleBen@mas.to
Free open source Fediverse app for iPhone and iPad, compatible with Mastodon, Glitch, GoToSocial, Akkoma IceShrimp etc. Currently still in beta testing, not yet available in app store. Community-run successor to the defunct Metatext app.
Fediverse address:
@Feditext@mastodon.social
Retro gaming site with news, reviews, interviews and features about classic video games and systems. Founded in 2019.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@retrododo.com
Branch of the environmental campaign group in Munich, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@Greenpeace_M@muenchen.social
De Witte Haas (“The White Hare”) is a photographer and guide on Schiermonnikoog, a small Dutch island in the North Sea which is also a national park of the Netherlands. They post wonderful photos and news about the plants and wildlife on the island.
Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@dewittehaas@mastodon.social
Online fork of the LibreOffice productivity suite aimed at businesses, including long term tech support, admin tools, smartphone apps and cloud collaboration.
Fediverse address:
@CollaboraOffice@mastodon.social
Its development company, Collabora, is one of the biggest upstream contributors to LibreOffice’s source code, and has a close relationship with the FOSS community.
Fediverse address:
@collabora@floss.social
Director of the GNOME foundation, a software and organisation engineer.
Fediverse address:
@sonny@floss.social
Newspaper and news site based in Louisiana, USA. Founded in 1925, winner of the 2019 Pulitzer for local reporting.
Fediverse address:
@TheAdvocate4q66@flipboard.com
Non-profit initiative to promote open science and open data by creating software tools and infrastructure based on the R programming language.
Fediverse address:
@rOpenSci@hachyderm.io
Free open source community fork of the Drone Continuous Integration platform.
Fediverse address:
@WoodpeckerCI@floss.social
Weather forecast accounts for Tamil Nadu, India. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Hindi):
@chennai__tamil_nadu@in.fedimeteo.com
@coimbatore__tamil_nadu@in.fedimeteo.com
@madurai__tamil_nadu@in.fedimeteo.com
@tiruchirappalli__tamil_nadu@in.fedimeteo.com
US-based technology news site, founded in 2005.
Fediverse address:
@TechCrunch@mstdn.social
German discussion group about building your own homelab.
Fediverse address (in German):
@homelab_de@fedigroups.social
Community group for users of the Python programming language in Los Angeles and southern California.
Fediverse address:
@socalpython@fosstodon.org
Highlighting and archiving artwork from classic video games and their manuals.
Fediverse address:
@GameArtArchive@mastodon.social
Discussion group for nurses, nursing researchers and nursing academics.
Fediverse address:
@nursing@fedigroups.social
Videos of repairing and modding vintage technology including old computers, peripherals, games consoles and other electronics. Also does MS-DOS programming.
Fediverse address (videos):
@root_42@makertube.net
Blog and newsletter about the security and foreign policy of Europe, especially the threat from Putin. Written by the former foreign minister of Lithuania.
Fediverse address (blog):
@gabrielius@landsbergis.com
Multidisciplinary designer and indie game dev creating titles for the Playdate console. Also co-creator of Uncrank’d, the unofficial Playdate fanzine.
Fediverse address:
@Xanialasagna@mastodon.gamedev.place
German food news and cookery advice site, and also a real life cooking school in Hamburg.
Fediverse address (in German):
@EATCLUB2021@flipboard.com
Automated account posting quotations from Douglas Adams’s famous series “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”.
Fediverse address:
@HitchhikersGuideQuoteBot2@mastodon.social
OpenStreetMap contributor group based in Bogotá, Colombia.
Fediverse address (in Spanish):
@MaptimeBogota@en.osm.town
Citizen journalism news site based in Sussex, UK. Part of the Bylines network.
Fediverse address:
@SussexBylines@mastodon.social
Local news site for San Francisco, California, USA, founded in 2004.
Fediverse address:
@SFistNews@flipboard.com
Research institute at Leiden University in the Netherlands.
Fediverse address:
@cwts@social.cwts.nl
Retro gaming livestreamer who tends to focus on older games and unusual forgotten titles that aren’t streamed often.
Fediverse address:
@shaneisgames@mstdn.games
Italian edition of the women’s lifestyle, fashion and beauty magazine, first published in 1987.
Fediverse address (in Italian):
@MarieClaireIta@flipboard.com
Brazilian cookery and food website, featuring recipes for all kinds of dishes and cooking types.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@TudodeReceitas@flipboard.com
Artist and retro computing fan, also runs a video account and photo account dedicated to retro computing / retro gaming topics. Particularly interested in the Commodore Amiga.
Fediverse address (main):
@TopazRabbit@oldbytes.space
Fediverse address (videos):
@topazrabbit@makertube.net
Spanish newspaper published since 1978, based in Catalonia.
Fediverse address (in Spanish):
@ElPeriodico_Esp@flipboard.com
Bot posting dedication pages of random books.
Fediverse address:
@dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online
Writing about railways, cycling and other topics. Advocates for cross border rail in the European Union.
Fediverse address:
@jon@gruene.social
Board game enthusiast, often posting/sharing about board games and gaming events. Also sometimes posts about UK and US politics.
Fediverse address:
@emmahunneyball@mastodonapp.uk
Electronics and ham radio enthusiast, RF and antennas systems engineer.
Fediverse address:
@oz1lqo@techhub.social
Computer club and hackerspace in Uppsala, Sweden.
Fediverse address:
@dfupdate@social.linux.pizza
Associate Professor of Chemistry at Temple University in the USA. On the computational biophysical chemistry group.
Fediverse address:
@voelzlab@mas.to
Useful site which lets you check if you are the victim of a security breach.
Fediverse address:
@haveibeenpwned@infosec.exchange
Blind retired adaptive technology specialist, tech enthusiast and gadget junkie.
Fediverse address:
@ralfaro613@iaccessibility.social
Bot generating 6 second trailer GIFs for every new game release on Steam.
Fediverse address:
@microtrailers@mastodon.social
Author, screenwriter and journalist. Creator of the 2013 TV series “Dracula”, author of “Psalms for the End of the World”, writer of the Dark Horse graphic novel “The Strange Case of Mr Hyde”.
Fediverse address:
@colehaddon@mastodon.social
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
Small independent Jewish publisher and blog, focusing on Jewish life and culture from the 1850s to the 1920s.
Fediverse address:
@bwjewishhistory@babka.social
Weather forecast accounts for Jalisco, Mexico. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Spanish):
@guadalajara__jalisco@mx.fedimeteo.com
A new programming language currently under development. The developers describe it as: “a systems programming language designed to be simple, stable, and robust” and “well-suited to low-level, high performance tasks.” Apparently it fits onto one 3.5 inch disk! 💾
Fediverse address:
@hare@fosstodon.org
Game Boy Camera photographer and modder, creator of Game Boy Camera M and Game Boy Mini Camera.
Fediverse address:
@gameboycamera@glitch.lgbt
Fediverse livestreamer hosting fun community chats, quizzes, playing music, occasionally mentioning serious topics.
Fediverse address (livestream):
@hamishtpb@watch.thepolarbear.co.uk
Fediverse address (videos):
@hamishtpb@video.thepolarbear.co.uk
Blog focused on traditional tabletop RPGs and the “Old School Renaissance” movement interested in the TTRPG genre’s roots.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@fight.inthesha.de
Online news site about Apple products and services. Possibly the oldest online tech news service in the world, operating since 1990.
Fediverse address:
@TidBITS@mastodon.social
News feed from the New Mexico Political Report, an independent news site covering politics in New Mexico, USA.
Fediverse address:
@nmpoliticalreport.com@rss-parrot.net
Free open source note taking and to-do app which you can sync online with lots of popular cloud services including Nextcloud. Available for Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and Windows.
Fediverse address:
@joplinapp@mastodon.social
Health department at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.
Fediverse address:
@ConcordiaSOH@mastodon.social
Official account of the Ministry of Finance in the German State of Hesse.
Fediverse address (in German):
@finanzen@social.hessen.de
Artist creating striking oil paintings in a pop art style featuring pop culture, astronauts, dinosaurs and social commentary.
Fediverse address:
@scottlistfield@mastodon.social
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
Official account of the European hacking organisation founded in 1981, based in Germany. (NOTE: This means “hacking” in the sense of understanding technology rather than conducting criminal activity.)
Fediverse address:
@CCC@social.bau-ha.us
Surfing and surf culture digital magazine and website. Based in the USA, founded in 1962.
Fediverse address:
@Surfer@flipboard.com
Non-profit newsroom exploring the communities influencing and shaped by science. Member newsroom of the Institute of Nonprofit News. All stories are funded by readers, and there are no ads or a paywall.
Fediverse address:
@thexylom@journa.host
Official account of the non-profit which maintains and promotes the Python programming language, founded by the original developer of Python.
Fediverse address:
@ThePSF@fosstodon.org
Watercolour artist who creates lovely pictures of landscapes and other subjects.
Fediverse address:
@ben@mastodon.art
Sports news from the American newspaper USA Today.
Fediverse address:
@usatodaysports@flipboard.com
Weather forecast accounts for Nova Scotia, Canada. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.
Fediverse addresses (in English & French):
@amherst__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@antigonish__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@bridgewater__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@halifax__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@kentville__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@new_glasgow__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@port_hawkesbury__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@sydney__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@truro__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@yarmouth__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com
Travel news website and publisher of travel guides. Founded in Australia in 1973, currently headquartered in the US.
Fediverse address:
@LonelyPlanet@flipboard.com
Brazilian sports news site covering football (soccer) in Brazil.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@VamoFutebol@flipboard.com
Weather forecast accounts for the state of Mexico in the country of Mexico. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Spanish):
@toluca__estado_de_mexico@mx.fedimeteo.com
Unofficial bot posting details of the latest games released on Steam.
Fediverse address:
@steamreleasebot@mastodon.rip
Polish-language group of activists promoting privacy and user rights on the internet. They also run a podcast and provide lectures and workshops on these topics.
Fediverse address (main, in Polish):
@icd@mastodon.internet-czas-dzialac.pl
Fediverse address (videos, in Polish):
@icd@video.internet-czas-dzialac.pl
Develops and maintains Ubuntu Touch, a Linux-based operating system for smartphones and tablets. Ubuntu Touch was originally started by Canonical, but UBports took over development and maintenance in 2017.
Fediverse address:
@ubports@mastodon.social
Videos about repairing classic 8-bit and 16-bit computers such as the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, Amstrad CPC etc. Also repairs games consoles, other tech and accessories.
Fediverse address (videos):
@morefunmakingit@makertube.net
French language site that features public domain and creative commons food recipes accompanied with lots of photos.
Fediverse address (in French):
@CuisineLibre@mamot.fr
Works at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, is a professor of Sustainability Science at Humbolt University, and also advises the German government on environmental issues.
Fediverse address:
@W_Lucht@mstdn.social
Conference in Ohio, USA about the Python programming language.
Fediverse address:
@pyohio@fosstodon.org