Manyverse

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

NextGen Cookbook

Cooking blog featuring recipes from around the world. The recipes are all easy to make and use fresh ingredients, avoiding processed ingredients. The blog’s aim is to encourage as many people as possible to cook at home.

Fediverse address:
@NextGenCookbook@mastodon.social

Topio e.V.

German non-profit organisation which helps ordinary people “de-Google” their phones by installing privacy-friendly operating systems. They run events to help with this including workshops, exhibitions, lectures etc.

Fediverse address (main account, in German):
@topio@mastodon.social

Fediverse address (photos, in German):
@topio@pixelfed.social

Fediverse address (events, in German):
@topio_space@mobilize.berlin

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 Connecticut

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

Fediverse addresses:
@bridgeport__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@bristol__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@danbury__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@hartford__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@meriden__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@middletown__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@milford__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@new_britain__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@new_haven__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@new_london__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@norwalk__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@norwich__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@shelton__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@stamford__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@torrington__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@waterbury__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@west_haven__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@wethersfield__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@willimantic__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@windsor__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com

DataRequests.org / Datenanfragen.de

Non-profit organisation which is promoting people’s right to privacy, and making people more aware of their privacy rights.

Fediverse address (main account, in English):
@datarequestsorg@mastodon.social

Fediverse address (main account, in German):
@datenanfragende@mastodon.social

Fediverse address (technical account, in English):
@dev_at_datarequestsORG@chaos.social

Haus der Astronomie / Centre for Astronomy Education and Outreach

Education centre in Germany which holds workshops, summer schools and conferences all about astronomy and related topics. Operated by the Max Planck Society, and created in partnership with the Klaus Tschira Foundation, the University of Heidelberg and the City of Heidelberg.

Fediverse address (in German and English):
@hausderastronomie@academiccloud.social

Lore

Creates art based around the fictional world of Moribund, a grim desert planet with a strange surreal mixture of magic and cowboys. They also do quite a bit of world building around Moribund.

Fediverse address:
@1ore@mastodon.art

kottke.org

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

FediMeteo Alaska

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

Fediverse addresses:
@anchorage__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@barrow__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@bethel__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@dillingham__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@fairbanks__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@homer__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@juneau__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@kenai__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@ketchikan__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@kodiak__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@kotzebue__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@nome__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@palmer__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@petersburg__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@seward__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@sitka__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@soldotna__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@valdez__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@wasilla__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@wrangell__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Kansas

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

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

FediMeteo Arkansas

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

Fediverse addresses:
@benton__arkansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@bentonville__arkansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@bryant__arkansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@camden__arkansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@conway__arkansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@fayetteville__arkansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@fort_smith__arkansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@hot_springs__arkansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@jonesboro__arkansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@little_rock__arkansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@north_little_rock__arkansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@paragould__arkansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@pine_bluff__arkansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@rogers__arkansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@russellville__arkansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@sherwood__arkansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@siloam_springs__arkansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@springdale__arkansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@texarkana__arkansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@west_memphis__arkansas@us.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

FediMeteo Nebraska

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

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

Eureka Jeans

Makes handmade jeans as a hobby (not for sale) and posts photos of the works in progress, the tools used to make them and info about how they are made. Many of the jeans are based on techniques from specific periods of history.

Fediverse address:
@eureka@pixelfed.social

FediMeteo New York State

Weather forecast accounts for the state of New York in the USA. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.

Fediverse addresses:
@albany__new_york@us.fedimeteo.com
@binghamton__new_york@us.fedimeteo.com
@buffalo__new_york@us.fedimeteo.com
@elmira__new_york@us.fedimeteo.com
@freeport__new_york@us.fedimeteo.com
@ithaca__new_york@us.fedimeteo.com
@jamestown__new_york@us.fedimeteo.com
@long_beach__new_york@us.fedimeteo.com
@mount_vernon__new_york@us.fedimeteo.com
@new_rochelle__new_york@us.fedimeteo.com
@new_york__new_york@us.fedimeteo.com
@niagara_falls__new_york@us.fedimeteo.com
@north_tonawanda__new_york@us.fedimeteo.com
@oswego__new_york@us.fedimeteo.com
@poughkeepsie__new_york@us.fedimeteo.com
@rochester__new_york@us.fedimeteo.com
@rome__new_york@us.fedimeteo.com
@saratoga_springs__new_york@us.fedimeteo.com
@schenectady__new_york@us.fedimeteo.com
@syracuse__new_york@us.fedimeteo.com
@troy__new_york@us.fedimeteo.com
@utica__new_york@us.fedimeteo.com
@watertown__new_york@us.fedimeteo.com
@white_plains__new_york@us.fedimeteo.com
@yonkers__new_york@us.fedimeteo.com

Postcard Past – Present Photo

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

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

avldigital.de / Fachinformationsdienst Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft

Online project to provide information services to Comparative Literature scholars. Founded in 2016 by the Johann Christian Senckenberg University Library in Frankfurt, Germany.

Fediverse address (in German & English):
@avldigital@openbiblio.social

KDE

Worldwide free open source software community which creates all kinds of popular useful projects such as the Plasma desktop, Kdenlive, Krita and lots more.

Fediverse address (main):
@kde@floss.social

Fediverse address (videos):
@kde_community@tube.kockatoo.org

Fediverse address (conference videos):
@kde@conf.tube

Fediverse address (Spanish language community):
@kde_espana@floss.social