The Garden of Memory

Blog by the historian Sean Munge writing on a very eclectic selection of historical and pop culture topics. There are also in-depth history articles and learning materials for paid subscribers.

Fediverse address (blog):
@sean@gardenofmemory.net

MPS Göttingen (Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research)

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

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

LibreOffice

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

Fediverse address:
@libreoffice@fosstodon.org

There are also user groups on the Fediverse:

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

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

Sajan Rai

Artist who draws surreal illustrations with a distinctive style, mixing modern subjects, 1960s colours and an Asian aesthetic, giving it a busy modern feel.

Fediverse address:
@sajan@mastodon.art

FediMeteo Illinois

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

Fediverse addresses:
@aurora__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@berwyn__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@bloomington__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@bolingbrook__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@champaign__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@chicago__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@decatur__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@des_plaines__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@elgin__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@evanston__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@galesburg__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@joliet__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@moline__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@naperville__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@normal__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@oak_lawn__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@orland_park__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@palatine__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@peoria__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@rock_island__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@rockford__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@schaumburg__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@skokie__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@springfield__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@waukegan__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com

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

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

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

FediMeteo Sweden

Weather accounts for cities in Sweden. Follow a city to see its weather forecasts in Swedish on your timeline.

Fediverse addresses (in Swedish):
@boden@se.fedimeteo.com
@boras@se.fedimeteo.com
@eskilstuna@se.fedimeteo.com
@gavle@se.fedimeteo.com
@gothenburg@se.fedimeteo.com
@halmstad@se.fedimeteo.com
@helsingborg@se.fedimeteo.com
@huddinge@se.fedimeteo.com
@jonkoping@se.fedimeteo.com
@kalmar@se.fedimeteo.com
@karlskrona@se.fedimeteo.com
@karlstad@se.fedimeteo.com
@kiruna@se.fedimeteo.com
@linkoping@se.fedimeteo.com
@lulea@se.fedimeteo.com
@lund@se.fedimeteo.com
@malmo@se.fedimeteo.com
@norrkoping@se.fedimeteo.com
@orebro@se.fedimeteo.com
@skelleftea@se.fedimeteo.com
@skovde@se.fedimeteo.com
@sodertalje@se.fedimeteo.com
@stockholm@se.fedimeteo.com
@taby@se.fedimeteo.com
@trollhattan@se.fedimeteo.com
@umea@se.fedimeteo.com
@uppsala@se.fedimeteo.com
@vasby@se.fedimeteo.com
@vasteras@se.fedimeteo.com
@vaxjo@se.fedimeteo.com

Senfcall.de

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

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

Smashing Security

“Smashing Security” is an award winning podcast which is in theory about infosec, but in reality it’s a very entertaining (and occasionally slightly rude) round-up of all sorts of computing and tangential non-computing news. Features lots of back-and-forth banter between hosts Graham Cluely, Carole Theriault and their special guest.

Fediverse address:
@smashingsecurity@mastodon.green

FediMeteo Kentucky

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

Fediverse addresses:
@ashland__kentucky@us.fedimeteo.com
@berea__kentucky@us.fedimeteo.com
@bowling_green__kentucky@us.fedimeteo.com
@covington__kentucky@us.fedimeteo.com
@danville__kentucky@us.fedimeteo.com
@elizabethtown__kentucky@us.fedimeteo.com
@florence__kentucky@us.fedimeteo.com
@frankfort__kentucky@us.fedimeteo.com
@georgetown__kentucky@us.fedimeteo.com
@glasgow__kentucky@us.fedimeteo.com
@henderson__kentucky@us.fedimeteo.com
@hopkinsville__kentucky@us.fedimeteo.com
@lexington__kentucky@us.fedimeteo.com
@london__kentucky@us.fedimeteo.com
@louisville__kentucky@us.fedimeteo.com
@madisonville__kentucky@us.fedimeteo.com
@mount_sterling__kentucky@us.fedimeteo.com
@murray__kentucky@us.fedimeteo.com
@nicholasville__kentucky@us.fedimeteo.com
@owensboro__kentucky@us.fedimeteo.com
@paducah__kentucky@us.fedimeteo.com
@radcliff__kentucky@us.fedimeteo.com
@richmond__kentucky@us.fedimeteo.com
@somerset__kentucky@us.fedimeteo.com
@winchester__kentucky@us.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Austria

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

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

Christopher M0YNG

Amateur radio enthusiast who runs the mastodon.radio server for other ham radio fans. M0YNG shares lots of posts by amateur radio fans looking for followers, so following him is a good way to meet others in this field.

Fediverse address:
@M0YNG@mastodon.radio

FediMeteo Newfoundland and Labrador

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

Fediverse addresses (in English & French):
@carbonear__newfoundland_and_labrador@ca.fedimeteo.com
@corner_brook__newfoundland_and_labrador@ca.fedimeteo.com
@fogo_island__newfoundland_and_labrador@ca.fedimeteo.com
@gander__newfoundland_and_labrador@ca.fedimeteo.com
@goose_bay__newfoundland_and_labrador@ca.fedimeteo.com
@grand_falls_windsor__newfoundland_and_labrador@ca.fedimeteo.com
@labrador_city__newfoundland_and_labrador@ca.fedimeteo.com
@st_johns__newfoundland_and_labrador@ca.fedimeteo.com
@stephenville__newfoundland_and_labrador@ca.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Quebec

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

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

FediMeteo Czechia

Weather forecast accounts for cities and towns in Czechia, in the Czech language.

Fediverse addresses (in Czech):
@brno@cz.fedimeteo.com
@ceske_budejovice@cz.fedimeteo.com
@cesky_krumlov@cz.fedimeteo.com
@cheb@cz.fedimeteo.com
@chomutov@cz.fedimeteo.com
@decin@cz.fedimeteo.com
@havirov@cz.fedimeteo.com
@hradec_kralove@cz.fedimeteo.com
@jablonec_nad_nisou@cz.fedimeteo.com
@jihlava@cz.fedimeteo.com
@karlovy_vary@cz.fedimeteo.com
@karvina@cz.fedimeteo.com
@kladno@cz.fedimeteo.com
@liberec@cz.fedimeteo.com
@mlada_boleslav@cz.fedimeteo.com
@olomouc@cz.fedimeteo.com
@opava@cz.fedimeteo.com
@ostrava@cz.fedimeteo.com
@pardubice@cz.fedimeteo.com
@pisek@cz.fedimeteo.com
@plzen@cz.fedimeteo.com
@praha@cz.fedimeteo.com
@pribram@cz.fedimeteo.com
@prostejov@cz.fedimeteo.com
@tabor@cz.fedimeteo.com
@teplice@cz.fedimeteo.com
@trinec@cz.fedimeteo.com
@uherske_hradiste@cz.fedimeteo.com
@usti_nad_labem@cz.fedimeteo.com
@zlin@cz.fedimeteo.com

The Tor Project

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

Fediverse address:
@torproject@mastodon.social

FediMeteo Denmark

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

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

FediMeteo Nova Scotia

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

All Of Time And Space Podcast

Podcast series where the presenters watch every episode of “Doctor Who” from the very beginning in 1963, in broadcast order. Each episode has special guest fans and occasionally people connected to the series itself. Also features a quiz called the Mind Probe.

Fediverse address:
@AOTAS@mastodon.social

FediMeteo Romania

Weather accounts for cities and towns in Romania. Follow an account to see its forecasts in Romanian.

Fediverse addresses (in Romanian):
@alba_iulia@ro.fedimeteo.com
@alexandria@ro.fedimeteo.com
@arad@ro.fedimeteo.com
@bacau@ro.fedimeteo.com
@baia_mare@ro.fedimeteo.com
@botosani@ro.fedimeteo.com
@braila@ro.fedimeteo.com
@brasov@ro.fedimeteo.com
@bucuresti@ro.fedimeteo.com
@buzau@ro.fedimeteo.com
@calarasi@ro.fedimeteo.com
@campina@ro.fedimeteo.com
@campulung@ro.fedimeteo.com
@cluj_napoca@ro.fedimeteo.com
@constanta@ro.fedimeteo.com
@craiova@ro.fedimeteo.com
@deva@ro.fedimeteo.com
@drobeta_turnu_severin@ro.fedimeteo.com
@focsani@ro.fedimeteo.com
@galati@ro.fedimeteo.com
@giurgiu@ro.fedimeteo.com
@iasi@ro.fedimeteo.com
@lupeni@ro.fedimeteo.com
@medgidia@ro.fedimeteo.com
@mioveni@ro.fedimeteo.com
@odorheiu_secuiesc@ro.fedimeteo.com
@oradea@ro.fedimeteo.com
@petrosani@ro.fedimeteo.com
@pitesti@ro.fedimeteo.com
@ploiesti@ro.fedimeteo.com
@ramnicu_valcea@ro.fedimeteo.com
@resita@ro.fedimeteo.com
@roman@ro.fedimeteo.com
@satu_mare@ro.fedimeteo.com
@sfantu_gheorghe@ro.fedimeteo.com
@sibiu@ro.fedimeteo.com
@slatina@ro.fedimeteo.com
@slobozia@ro.fedimeteo.com
@suceava@ro.fedimeteo.com
@targu_jiu@ro.fedimeteo.com
@targu_mures@ro.fedimeteo.com
@timisoara@ro.fedimeteo.com
@tulcea@ro.fedimeteo.com
@turda@ro.fedimeteo.com
@vaslui@ro.fedimeteo.com
@voluntari@ro.fedimeteo.com
@zalau@ro.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Germany

Weather accounts for cities and towns in Germany. Follow an account to see its forecasts in German.

Fediverse addresses (in German):
@aachen@de.fedimeteo.com
@asendorf@de.fedimeteo.com
@attendorn@de.fedimeteo.com
@augsburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@aurich@de.fedimeteo.com
@bad_homburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@bad_kreuznach@de.fedimeteo.com
@bayreuth@de.fedimeteo.com
@bedburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@bensheim@de.fedimeteo.com
@bergisch_gladbach@de.fedimeteo.com
@berlin@de.fedimeteo.com
@bielefeld@de.fedimeteo.com
@bochum@de.fedimeteo.com
@bonn@de.fedimeteo.com
@bottrop@de.fedimeteo.com
@braunschweig@de.fedimeteo.com
@bremen@de.fedimeteo.com
@bremerhaven@de.fedimeteo.com
@buchholz@de.fedimeteo.com
@buchholz_saxony@de.fedimeteo.com
@celle@de.fedimeteo.com
@chemnitz@de.fedimeteo.com
@cottbus@de.fedimeteo.com
@darmstadt@de.fedimeteo.com
@dessau@de.fedimeteo.com
@dortmund@de.fedimeteo.com
@dresden@de.fedimeteo.com
@duisburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@dusseldorf@de.fedimeteo.com
@ebersberg@de.fedimeteo.com
@emden@de.fedimeteo.com
@erfurt@de.fedimeteo.com
@essen@de.fedimeteo.com
@flensburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@frankfurt@de.fedimeteo.com
@freiburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@freising@de.fedimeteo.com
@furth@de.fedimeteo.com
@garmisch_partenkirchen@de.fedimeteo.com
@gelsenkirchen@de.fedimeteo.com
@gladbeck@de.fedimeteo.com
@goslar@de.fedimeteo.com
@gottingen@de.fedimeteo.com
@greifswald@de.fedimeteo.com
@greiz@de.fedimeteo.com
@gutersloh@de.fedimeteo.com
@hagen@de.fedimeteo.com
@halle@de.fedimeteo.com
@hamburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@hamm@de.fedimeteo.com
@hannover@de.fedimeteo.com
@hanstedt@de.fedimeteo.com
@heidelberg@de.fedimeteo.com
@heilbronn@de.fedimeteo.com
@herne@de.fedimeteo.com
@hildesheim@de.fedimeteo.com
@hof@de.fedimeteo.com
@ingolstadt@de.fedimeteo.com
@jena@de.fedimeteo.com
@jesteburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@karlsruhe@de.fedimeteo.com
@kassel@de.fedimeteo.com
@kiel@de.fedimeteo.com
@koblenz@de.fedimeteo.com
@koln@de.fedimeteo.com
@krefeld@de.fedimeteo.com
@landshut_bavaria@de.fedimeteo.com
@leipzig@de.fedimeteo.com
@leverkusen@de.fedimeteo.com
@lubeck@de.fedimeteo.com
@ludwigshafen@de.fedimeteo.com
@magdeburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@mainz@de.fedimeteo.com
@mannheim@de.fedimeteo.com
@memmingen@de.fedimeteo.com
@moers@de.fedimeteo.com
@monchengladbach@de.fedimeteo.com
@muhlheim@de.fedimeteo.com
@munchen@de.fedimeteo.com
@munster@de.fedimeteo.com
@naumburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@neubrandenburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@neumunster@de.fedimeteo.com
@neuss@de.fedimeteo.com
@nurnberg@de.fedimeteo.com
@oberhausen@de.fedimeteo.com
@offenbach@de.fedimeteo.com
@oldenburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@osnabruck@de.fedimeteo.com
@paderborn@de.fedimeteo.com
@passau@de.fedimeteo.com
@pforzheim@de.fedimeteo.com
@potsdam@de.fedimeteo.com
@recklinghausen@de.fedimeteo.com
@regensburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@reutlingen@de.fedimeteo.com
@rostock@de.fedimeteo.com
@saarbrucken@de.fedimeteo.com
@salzgitter@de.fedimeteo.com
@schwabisch_hall@de.fedimeteo.com
@schwarzenbek@de.fedimeteo.com
@siegen@de.fedimeteo.com
@solingen@de.fedimeteo.com
@speyer@de.fedimeteo.com
@stralsund@de.fedimeteo.com
@straubing@de.fedimeteo.com
@stuttgart@de.fedimeteo.com
@suhl@de.fedimeteo.com
@trier@de.fedimeteo.com
@ulm@de.fedimeteo.com
@villingen_schwenningen@de.fedimeteo.com
@weimar@de.fedimeteo.com
@wiesbaden@de.fedimeteo.com
@winsen@de.fedimeteo.com
@witten@de.fedimeteo.com
@wolfsburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@worms@de.fedimeteo.com
@wuppertal@de.fedimeteo.com
@wurzburg@de.fedimeteo.com
@zweibrucken@de.fedimeteo.com
@zwickau@de.fedimeteo.com

Powderpaint

A pop band from the Fediverse, their music is really well produced sharp retro synthpop, often featuring LGBTQIA+ themes in the lyrics. I would especially recommend their self-titled album, and “Constellation” is a good track to start off with.

Fediverse address:
@powderpaint@glitch.social

Dr. Carlotta A. Berry, PhD

Professor of Electrical Engineering and Robotics at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, co-director of the Rose Building Undergraduate Diversity programme, and co-founder of Black In Engineering and Black In Robotics.

Fediverse address:
@drcaberry@blacktwitter.io

Deutsche Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt / German Aerospace Centre

German government centre for aerospace, energy and transportation research, and effectively the German space agency.

Fediverse address (main account, in German):
@DLR@social.bund.de

Fediverse address (alternate account, in German):
@dlr_next@social.bund.de