Luanti (formerly known as Minetest)

Free open source 3D game engine, for creating Minecraft-style games and worlds. There’s a large range of game modes and mods available, including online multiplayer. It’s available for Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Android.

Fediverse address:
@Luanti@floss.social

IGN / L’Institut national de l’information Géographique et forestière

France’s National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information, a public body which produces and distributes geospatial data including information on forests and other areas.

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

dylyricus (bobdylan lyrics +)

Account devoted to Bob Dylan, his music, his tours and his lyrics, including keeping track of alternative lyrics that he sometimes uses.

Fediverse address:
@dylyricus@universeodon.com

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

How To Do Anything

Bot that matches up random WikiHow images with random WikiHow article titles. This can produce rather baffling, intriguing or horrifying results… Posts at 2 hour intervals.

Fediverse address:
@wikihow@mastodon.social

Professor Dr Wolfgang Cramer

Ecologist and geographer at the CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) in France, whose main aim is to do everything possible to mitigate the climate crisis, and help other scientists to do so as well. Works with the IPCC and MedECC, and supports non-violent climate activism.

Fediverse address:
@wolfgangcramer@fediscience.org

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

Universität der Bundeswehr München / University of the Bundeswehr Munich

University in Munich, Germany. Originally founded to provide education for members of the German armed forces, nowadays also includes civilian and international students.

Fediverse address (in German):
@unibwm@social.bund.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

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

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

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

Chest Bot

Interactive game run by a bot which lets you open loot chests which may contain treasure. The treasure can be saved in an account and spent on imaginary items. (NOTE: This is all just for fun, you don’t actually get any kind of loot! 😃)

Fediverse address (main):
@chest_bot@mastodon.social

Fediverse address (save your loot):
@chest_bot_atm@mastodon.social

Fediverse address (spend your loot):
@chest_bot_shop@mastodon.social

Interzone Magazine

Long-running award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine founded in 1982, publishing short stories and non-fiction pieces as well as full colour illustrations. It publishes both established and unknown writers, and its past contributors include many luminaries such as Terry Pratchett, Iain M. Banks, Gwyneth Jones, J.G. Ballard, William Gibson etc.

Fediverse address:
@InterzoneMag@mastodon.online

FediMeteo Finland

Weather forecast accounts for cities in Finland. Follow your city to receive weather forecasts in Finnish in your timeline.

Fediverse addresses (in Finnish):
@espoo@fi.fedimeteo.com
@hameenlinna@fi.fedimeteo.com
@helsinki@fi.fedimeteo.com
@joensuu@fi.fedimeteo.com
@jyvaskyla@fi.fedimeteo.com
@kemi@fi.fedimeteo.com
@kouvola@fi.fedimeteo.com
@kuopio@fi.fedimeteo.com
@lahti@fi.fedimeteo.com
@lappeenranta@fi.fedimeteo.com
@mikkeli@fi.fedimeteo.com
@oulu@fi.fedimeteo.com
@pori@fi.fedimeteo.com
@porvoo@fi.fedimeteo.com
@rovaniemi@fi.fedimeteo.com
@tampere@fi.fedimeteo.com
@turku@fi.fedimeteo.com
@vaasa@fi.fedimeteo.com
@vantaa@fi.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

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

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 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

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

Heartland Urbanist / Matt Caffrey

Organiser and urbanist based in Ohio, USA, creating videos about city planning, housing reform and public transport improvement. Especially interested in the American Midwest and its return to urbanism.

Fediverse address (urban planning videos):
@heartlandurbanist@urbanists.video

Fediverse address (personal account):
@mattcaff@union.place

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