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

FediMeteo Massachusetts

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

Fediverse addresses:
@attleboro__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@boston__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@brockton__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@burlington__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@cambridge__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@chicopee__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@fall_river__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@fitchburg__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@haverhill__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@lawrence__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@leominster__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@lowell__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@lynn__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@malden__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@medford__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@new_bedford__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@newton__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@northampton__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@pittsfield__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@quincy__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@revere__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@somerville__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@springfield__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@taunton__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@weymouth__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@worcester__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Malta

Weather accounts for cities and towns in Malta. Follow an account to see its forecasts in your timeline.

Fediverse addresses:
@attard@mt.fedimeteo.com
@birkirkara@mt.fedimeteo.com
@birzebbuga@mt.fedimeteo.com
@bugibba@mt.fedimeteo.com
@ghaxaq@mt.fedimeteo.com
@gzira@mt.fedimeteo.com
@marsaskala@mt.fedimeteo.com
@mellieha@mt.fedimeteo.com
@mosta@mt.fedimeteo.com
@naxxar@mt.fedimeteo.com
@paola@mt.fedimeteo.com
@qormi@mt.fedimeteo.com
@san_gwann@mt.fedimeteo.com
@siggiewi@mt.fedimeteo.com
@sliema@mt.fedimeteo.com
@st_julians@mt.fedimeteo.com
@valletta@mt.fedimeteo.com
@victoria@mt.fedimeteo.com
@zabbar@mt.fedimeteo.com
@zurrieq@mt.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Greece

Weather accounts for cities and towns in Greece. Follow an account to see its forecasts in Greek.

Fediverse addresses (in Greek):
@agrinio@gr.fedimeteo.com
@alexandroupoli@gr.fedimeteo.com
@andros@gr.fedimeteo.com
@argostoli@gr.fedimeteo.com
@athens@gr.fedimeteo.com
@chalkida@gr.fedimeteo.com
@chania@gr.fedimeteo.com
@corfu@gr.fedimeteo.com
@edessa@gr.fedimeteo.com
@florina@gr.fedimeteo.com
@heraklion@gr.fedimeteo.com
@ioannina@gr.fedimeteo.com
@kalamata@gr.fedimeteo.com
@kalymnos@gr.fedimeteo.com
@kastoria@gr.fedimeteo.com
@kavala@gr.fedimeteo.com
@komotini@gr.fedimeteo.com
@kos@gr.fedimeteo.com
@kozani@gr.fedimeteo.com
@lamia@gr.fedimeteo.com
@larissa@gr.fedimeteo.com
@mykonos@gr.fedimeteo.com
@nafplio@gr.fedimeteo.com
@naxos@gr.fedimeteo.com
@paros@gr.fedimeteo.com
@patras@gr.fedimeteo.com
@pirgos@gr.fedimeteo.com
@preveza@gr.fedimeteo.com
@rethymno@gr.fedimeteo.com
@rhodes@gr.fedimeteo.com
@santorini@gr.fedimeteo.com
@serres@gr.fedimeteo.com
@skiathos@gr.fedimeteo.com
@skopelos@gr.fedimeteo.com
@sparti@gr.fedimeteo.com
@syros@gr.fedimeteo.com
@thessaloniki@gr.fedimeteo.com
@thiva@gr.fedimeteo.com
@tinos@gr.fedimeteo.com
@trikala@gr.fedimeteo.com
@veria@gr.fedimeteo.com
@volos@gr.fedimeteo.com
@xanthi@gr.fedimeteo.com
@zakynthos@gr.fedimeteo.com

ACARS Drama

Posting interesting or amusing ACARS messages from various aircraft.

Fediverse address (all messages):
@acarsdrama@live.acarsdrama.com

Fediverse address (popular/trending messages):
@trending@live.acarsdrama.com

Fediverse address (bad behaviour messages):
@badpax@live.acarsdrama.com

Fediverse address (crewing ops messages):
@crewing_ops@live.acarsdrama.com

Fediverse address (turbulence messages):
@ride_reports@live.acarsdrama.com

Fediverse address (weather messages):
@wx@live.acarsdrama.com

Fediverse address (animal messages):
@animals@live.acarsdrama.com

Fediverse address (medical messages):
@medical@live.acarsdrama.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

The Prototype Fund

Funding initiative of the German government promoting development of open software. Anyone can apply for funding who lives in Germany, is self-employed, pays German taxes and publishes their source code on some sort of source forge. (You don’t need German citizenship.)

Fediverse address (in German):
@PrototypeFund@mastodon.social

FreeTech Project

Non-profit initiative helping people use technology in a more financially, socially and environmentally sustainable manner, mainly relying on FOSS wherever possible. Provides help to everyone, regardless of technical skill level. Based in South Yorkshire, UK.

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

Fediverse address (videos):
@freetechproject@tilvids.com

FediMeteo Taiwan

Weather forecast accounts for towns and cities in Taiwan. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.

Fediverse addresses (in Taiwanese Mandarin):
@changhua@tw.fedimeteo.com
@chiayi@tw.fedimeteo.com
@hsinchu@tw.fedimeteo.com
@hualien@tw.fedimeteo.com
@kaohsiung@tw.fedimeteo.com
@keelung@tw.fedimeteo.com
@kinmen@tw.fedimeteo.com
@lienchiang@tw.fedimeteo.com
@miaoli@tw.fedimeteo.com
@nantou@tw.fedimeteo.com
@newtaipei@tw.fedimeteo.com
@penghu@tw.fedimeteo.com
@pingtung@tw.fedimeteo.com
@taichung@tw.fedimeteo.com
@tainan@tw.fedimeteo.com
@taipei@tw.fedimeteo.com
@taitung@tw.fedimeteo.com
@taoyuan@tw.fedimeteo.com
@yilan@tw.fedimeteo.com
@yunlin@tw.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Japan

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

Fediverse addresses (in Japanese):
@akita@jp.fedimeteo.com
@aomori@jp.fedimeteo.com
@asahikawa@jp.fedimeteo.com
@chiba@jp.fedimeteo.com
@fukui@jp.fedimeteo.com
@fukuoka@jp.fedimeteo.com
@fukushima@jp.fedimeteo.com
@funabashi@jp.fedimeteo.com
@gifu@jp.fedimeteo.com
@hamamatsu@jp.fedimeteo.com
@himeji@jp.fedimeteo.com
@hiroshima@jp.fedimeteo.com
@kagoshima@jp.fedimeteo.com
@kanazawa@jp.fedimeteo.com
@kawasaki@jp.fedimeteo.com
@kitakyushu@jp.fedimeteo.com
@kobe@jp.fedimeteo.com
@kofu@jp.fedimeteo.com
@koriyama@jp.fedimeteo.com
@kumamoto@jp.fedimeteo.com
@kyoto@jp.fedimeteo.com
@matsue@jp.fedimeteo.com
@matsumoto@jp.fedimeteo.com
@matsuyama@jp.fedimeteo.com
@miyazaki@jp.fedimeteo.com
@nagasaki@jp.fedimeteo.com
@nagoya@jp.fedimeteo.com
@naha@jp.fedimeteo.com
@nara@jp.fedimeteo.com
@niigata@jp.fedimeteo.com
@oita@jp.fedimeteo.com
@okayama@jp.fedimeteo.com
@osaka@jp.fedimeteo.com
@sagamihara@jp.fedimeteo.com
@saitama@jp.fedimeteo.com
@sakai@jp.fedimeteo.com
@sapporo@jp.fedimeteo.com
@sendai@jp.fedimeteo.com
@shizuoka@jp.fedimeteo.com
@takamatsu@jp.fedimeteo.com
@takatsuki@jp.fedimeteo.com
@tokushima@jp.fedimeteo.com
@tokyo@jp.fedimeteo.com
@tottori@jp.fedimeteo.com
@toyama@jp.fedimeteo.com
@toyota@jp.fedimeteo.com
@ube@jp.fedimeteo.com
@wakayama@jp.fedimeteo.com
@yamagata@jp.fedimeteo.com
@yamaguchi@jp.fedimeteo.com
@yokohama@jp.fedimeteo.com

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

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

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

Awesome Games Studio

Indie game development team based in Poland, releasing on all major computer, console and mobile platforms. Creators of “Oozi”, “I, Zombie”, “Yet Another Zombie Defense”, “Fury Unleashed” and “Yet Another Zombie Survivors”.

Fediverse address:
@awgs@mas.to

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

Open Source Gardens

Organisation connecting gardeners all around the world, encouraging the use of open source seeds and similar philosophies. Posts in English and German.

Fediverse address (main):
@opensourcegardens@chaos.social

Fediverse address (videos):
@opensourcegardens@tube.tchncs.de

Fediverse address (blog):
@handwritten@notes.opensourcegardens.info

Adam S. Smith

Palaeontologist and curator at the Nottingham Natural History Museum, Wollaton Hall, in the UK. Especially interested in plesiosaurs and other Mesozoic marine reptiles. Author of the children’s books “The Plesiosaur’s Neck” and “The Tyrannosaur’s Feathers”, founder of the Dinosaur Toy Blog, Animal Toy Blog and Plesiosaur Directory sites.

Fediverse address (main):
@AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win

Fediverse address (blog):
@dinotoyblog@dinotoyblog.com

Fediverse address (videos):
@dinotoyblog@makertube.net

Radio Prague International News Feed

News feed from the official Czech international news service, available in multiple languages. Founded in 1936.

Fediverse address (in English):
@english.radio.cz@rss-parrot.net

Fediverse address (in Czech):
@cesky.radio.cz@rss-parrot.net

Fediverse address (in French):
@francais.radio.cz@rss-parrot.net

Fediverse address (in German):
@deutsch.radio.cz@rss-parrot.net

Fediverse address (in Russian):
@ruski.radio.cz@rss-parrot.net

Fediverse address (in Spanish):
@espanol.radio.cz@rss-parrot.net

Fediverse address (in Ukrainian):
@ukraina.radio.cz@rss-parrot.net

FediMeteo Colorado

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

Fediverse addresses:
@arvada__colorado@us.fedimeteo.com
@aurora__colorado@us.fedimeteo.com
@boulder__colorado@us.fedimeteo.com
@broomfield__colorado@us.fedimeteo.com
@castle_rock__colorado@us.fedimeteo.com
@centennial__colorado@us.fedimeteo.com
@colorado_springs__colorado@us.fedimeteo.com
@commerce_city__colorado@us.fedimeteo.com
@denver__colorado@us.fedimeteo.com
@durango__colorado@us.fedimeteo.com
@fort_collins__colorado@us.fedimeteo.com
@grand_junction__colorado@us.fedimeteo.com
@greeley__colorado@us.fedimeteo.com
@lakewood__colorado@us.fedimeteo.com
@longmont__colorado@us.fedimeteo.com
@loveland__colorado@us.fedimeteo.com
@montrose__colorado@us.fedimeteo.com
@parker__colorado@us.fedimeteo.com
@pueblo__colorado@us.fedimeteo.com
@steamboat_springs__colorado@us.fedimeteo.com
@sterling__colorado@us.fedimeteo.com
@thornton__colorado@us.fedimeteo.com
@trinidad__colorado@us.fedimeteo.com
@westminster__colorado@us.fedimeteo.com

The Small Technology Foundation

Researches, develops and promotes online services designed for human beings rather than corporate profits.

Fediverse address (live streaming):
@fedi@owncast.small-web.org

Fediverse address (co-founder Laura Kalbag):
@laura@mastodon.laurakalbag.com

Fediverse address (co-founder Aral Balkan):
@aral@mastodon.ar.al

Fireside Fedi

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

FediMeteo Ireland

Weather forecast accounts for cities in Ireland. Follow your city to receive its weather forecasts in your timeline.

Fediverse addresses:
@athlone@ie.fedimeteo.com
@ballina@ie.fedimeteo.com
@banagher@ie.fedimeteo.com
@birr@ie.fedimeteo.com
@bray@ie.fedimeteo.com
@buncrana@ie.fedimeteo.com
@carlow@ie.fedimeteo.com
@carrick_on_shannon@ie.fedimeteo.com
@castlebar@ie.fedimeteo.com
@cavan@ie.fedimeteo.com
@clonmel@ie.fedimeteo.com
@cork@ie.fedimeteo.com
@drogheda@ie.fedimeteo.com
@dublin@ie.fedimeteo.com
@dundalk@ie.fedimeteo.com
@enfield@ie.fedimeteo.com
@galway@ie.fedimeteo.com
@greystones@ie.fedimeteo.com
@inis@ie.fedimeteo.com
@kilkee@ie.fedimeteo.com
@kilkenny@ie.fedimeteo.com
@letterkenny@ie.fedimeteo.com
@limerick@ie.fedimeteo.com
@longford@ie.fedimeteo.com
@maynooth@ie.fedimeteo.com
@monaghan@ie.fedimeteo.com
@mullingar@ie.fedimeteo.com
@naas@ie.fedimeteo.com
@navan@ie.fedimeteo.com
@newbridge@ie.fedimeteo.com
@portlaoise@ie.fedimeteo.com
@roscommon@ie.fedimeteo.com
@skerries@ie.fedimeteo.com
@swords@ie.fedimeteo.com
@thurles@ie.fedimeteo.com
@tipperary@ie.fedimeteo.com
@tralee@ie.fedimeteo.com
@tullamore@ie.fedimeteo.com
@waterford@ie.fedimeteo.com
@wexford@ie.fedimeteo.com

Ian Betteridge

Blogger, veteran tech journalist, used to edit the UK magazine MacUser and is well known for accidentally coining Betteridge’s Law of Headlines: If a news headline poses a question then the answer is almost always “no”.

Fediverse address:
@ianb@well.com

FediMeteo Puerto Rico

Weather forecast accounts for Puerto Rico. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.

Fediverse addresses:
@aguadilla__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@arecibo__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@bayamon__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@cabo_rojo__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@caguas__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@carolina__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@humacao__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@mayaguez__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@ponce__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@rio_grande__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@san_juan__puerto_rico@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

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

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 Missouri

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

Fediverse addresses:
@ballwin__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@blue_springs__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@branson__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@cape_girardeau__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@columbia__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@florissant__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@hannibal__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@independence__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@jefferson_city__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@joplin__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@kansas_city__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@kirkwood__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@lees_summit__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@liberty__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@maryville__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@nevada__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@ozark__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@poplar_bluff__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@raytown__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@rolla__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@sedalia__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@springfield__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@st_joseph__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@st_louis__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com
@wentzville__missouri@us.fedimeteo.com