Cat News

Posting everyday stories about cats around the world and drawing pictures to accompany them. Readers can send their own cat’s stories to be shared and illustrated by the account.

Fediverse address:
@cat_news@mas.to

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

FediMeteo Scotland

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

Computertruhe e.V.

Volunteers in Germany who repair abandoned computers so they can be donated to charity.

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

Fediverse address (Berlin branch, in German):
@berlin@social.computertruhe.de

Fediverse address (Chemnitz branch, in German):
@chemnitz@social.computertruhe.de

Fediverse address (Munich branch, in German):
@muenchen@social.computertruhe.de

Hare

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

FediMeteo California

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

Fediverse addresses:
@anaheim__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@bakersfield__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@chula_vista__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@elk_grove__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@fremont__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@fresno__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@glendale__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@huntington_beach__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@irvine__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@lancaster__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@long_beach__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@los_angeles__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@modesto__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@oakland__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@oceanside__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@ontario__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@oxnard__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@riverside__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@sacramento__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@san_bernardino__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@san_diego__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@san_francisco__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@san_jose__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@santa_rosa__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@stockton__california@us.fedimeteo.com

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

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

PublicSpaces

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

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

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

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

FediMeteo Slovakia

Weather forecast accounts for cities and towns in Slovakia. Follow an account to see its forecasts in Slovakian.

Fediverse addresses (in Slovakian):
@banska_bystrica@sk.fedimeteo.com
@bratislava@sk.fedimeteo.com
@cadca@sk.fedimeteo.com
@detva@sk.fedimeteo.com
@dubnica_nad_vahom@sk.fedimeteo.com
@dunajska_streda@sk.fedimeteo.com
@humenne@sk.fedimeteo.com
@kezmarok@sk.fedimeteo.com
@komarno@sk.fedimeteo.com
@kosice@sk.fedimeteo.com
@levice@sk.fedimeteo.com
@liptovsky_mikulas@sk.fedimeteo.com
@lucenec@sk.fedimeteo.com
@martin@sk.fedimeteo.com
@myjava@sk.fedimeteo.com
@nitra@sk.fedimeteo.com
@piestany@sk.fedimeteo.com
@poprad@sk.fedimeteo.com
@presov@sk.fedimeteo.com
@prievidza@sk.fedimeteo.com
@roznava@sk.fedimeteo.com
@sala@sk.fedimeteo.com
@senec@sk.fedimeteo.com
@senica@sk.fedimeteo.com
@spisska_nova_ves@sk.fedimeteo.com
@topolcany@sk.fedimeteo.com
@trencin@sk.fedimeteo.com
@trnava@sk.fedimeteo.com
@zilina@sk.fedimeteo.com
@zvolen@sk.fedimeteo.com

Gancio

A free open source collaborative online calendar. It allows local communities to share a common calendar that anyone can post events to, even people without an account. (Posts are moderated to prevent spam though.) You can also interact with Gancio through the Fediverse, and it has RSS support for people who want to follow through feed readers.

Fediverse address:
@gancio@mastodon.cisti.org

FediMeteo Michigan

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

WriteFreely

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

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

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

FediMeteo England

Weather forecast accounts for cities in England, using data from Open-Meteo.

Fediverse addresses (organised by city):
@berwick@uk.fedimeteo.com
@birmingham@uk.fedimeteo.com
@blackpool@uk.fedimeteo.com
@bradford@uk.fedimeteo.com
@brighton@uk.fedimeteo.com
@bristol@uk.fedimeteo.com
@cambridge@uk.fedimeteo.com
@canterbury@uk.fedimeteo.com
@carlisle@uk.fedimeteo.com
@chelmsford@uk.fedimeteo.com
@colchester@uk.fedimeteo.com
@coventry@uk.fedimeteo.com
@derby@uk.fedimeteo.com
@exeter@uk.fedimeteo.com
@hugh_town@uk.fedimeteo.com
@hull@uk.fedimeteo.com
@ipswich@uk.fedimeteo.com
@leeds@uk.fedimeteo.com
@leicester@uk.fedimeteo.com
@liverpool@uk.fedimeteo.com
@london@uk.fedimeteo.com
@manchester@uk.fedimeteo.com
@newcastle@uk.fedimeteo.com
@norwich@uk.fedimeteo.com
@nottingham@uk.fedimeteo.com
@oxford@uk.fedimeteo.com
@plymouth@uk.fedimeteo.com
@portsmouth@uk.fedimeteo.com
@reading@uk.fedimeteo.com
@shanklin@uk.fedimeteo.com
@sheffield@uk.fedimeteo.com
@southampton@uk.fedimeteo.com
@stoke_on_trent@uk.fedimeteo.com
@sunderland@uk.fedimeteo.com
@truro@uk.fedimeteo.com
@wakefield@uk.fedimeteo.com
@wolverhampton@uk.fedimeteo.com

Insatiably Curious

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

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

FediMeteo Mississippi

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

Fediverse addresses:
@bay_st_louis__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@biloxi__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@brookhaven__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@clinton__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@columbus__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@corinth__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@greenville__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@greenwood__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@gulfport__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@hattiesburg__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@hernando__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@jackson__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@laurel__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@madison__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@mccomb__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@meridian__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@natchez__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@olive_branch__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@pascagoula__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@picayune__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@ridgeland__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@southaven__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@starkville__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@tupelo__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@vicksburg__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com

Auschwitz Memorial

The memorial and museum at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp built during the Nazi occupation of Poland. Over a million people were murdered by the Nazis at the camp during the Second World War, most of them civilians including children. The memorial functions as a reminder of what can happen, and campaigns for it never to happen again.

Fediverse address:
@auschwitzmuseum@mastodon.world

Tuta (formerly Tutanota)

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

Fediverse address:
@Tutanota@mastodon.social

Text Adventure / Xyzzy

Bot that posts randomly generated text adventure / interactive fiction scenarios. The scenarios are somewhat interactive, you can type commands as replies and the bot will reply with responses depending on what you do. Inspired by the classic text adventures of the 1980s. New scenarios appear every 4 hours.

Fediverse address:
@xyzzy@mastodon.sandwich.net