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

Bundesamts für die Sicherheit der nuklearen Entsorgung / Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management

German Federal Government’s office for regulating, licensing and supervising the disposal, storage, handling and transport of high-level radioactive waste.

Fediverse address (in German):
@base@social.bund.de

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

FediMeteo Oregon

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

Fediverse addresses:
@albany__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@astoria__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@beaverton__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@bend__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@corvallis__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@eugene__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@grants_pass__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@gresham__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@hillsboro__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@keizer__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@klamath_falls__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@lake_oswego__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@mcminnville__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@medford__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@newberg__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@oregon_city__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@portland__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@redmond__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@roseburg__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@salem__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@springfield__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@tigard__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@tualatin__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@west_linn__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com
@woodburn__oregon@us.fedimeteo.com

Magic Aye

Bot that posts automatically generated autostereograms (aka “Magic Eye”), where you have to focus your eyes behind the 2D image to see the 3D image. It can take a while to do this if you aren’t used to the technique, but once it succeeds you will definitely know it has worked.

Fediverse address:
@magic_aye@mastodon.social

FediMeteo New Jersey

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

Fediverse addresses:
@atlantic_city__new_jersey@us.fedimeteo.com
@bayonne__new_jersey@us.fedimeteo.com
@bridgeton__new_jersey@us.fedimeteo.com
@camden__new_jersey@us.fedimeteo.com
@clifton__new_jersey@us.fedimeteo.com
@east_orange__new_jersey@us.fedimeteo.com
@elizabeth__new_jersey@us.fedimeteo.com
@garfield__new_jersey@us.fedimeteo.com
@hackensack__new_jersey@us.fedimeteo.com
@hoboken__new_jersey@us.fedimeteo.com
@jersey_city__new_jersey@us.fedimeteo.com
@long_branch__new_jersey@us.fedimeteo.com
@millville__new_jersey@us.fedimeteo.com
@new_brunswick__new_jersey@us.fedimeteo.com
@newark__new_jersey@us.fedimeteo.com
@passaic__new_jersey@us.fedimeteo.com
@paterson__new_jersey@us.fedimeteo.com
@perth_amboy__new_jersey@us.fedimeteo.com
@plainfield__new_jersey@us.fedimeteo.com
@rahway__new_jersey@us.fedimeteo.com
@summit__new_jersey@us.fedimeteo.com
@trenton__new_jersey@us.fedimeteo.com
@union_city__new_jersey@us.fedimeteo.com
@vineland__new_jersey@us.fedimeteo.com
@west_new_york__new_jersey@us.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Florida

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

Fediverse addresses:
@bonita_springs__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@cape_coral__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@clearwater__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@coral_springs__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@daytona_beach__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@deltona__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@fort_lauderdale__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@gainesville__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@hialeah__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@hollywood__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@jacksonville__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@lakeland__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@miami__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@miramar__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@naples__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@ocala__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@orlando__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@palm_bay__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@panama_city__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@pembroke_pines__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@pensacola__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@port_st_lucie__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@st_petersburg__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@tallahassee__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@tampa__florida@us.fedimeteo.com

CNRS Terre & Univers

Branch of the French National Centre for Scientific Research specifically looking at planetary science, astronomy, climate change, geology and related fields.

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

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

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

Umweltministerium Hessen (Environment Ministry of Hesse)

Official account of the Environment Ministry in the German State of Hesse, handling the environment, climate protection, agriculture and consumer protection.

Fediverse address (in German):
@umwelthessen@social.hessen.de

Snikket

XMPP-based free open federated messenger project. It aims to make XMPP into a more viable alternative to Whatsapp etc by providing consistency in design and terminology, while still maintaining compatibility with other XMPP apps and servers. (It’s a similar plan to how Mastodon made ActivityPub more mainstream while still being compatible with other ActivityPub server types.)

Fediverse address:
@snikket_im@fosstodon.org

FediMeteo North Carolina

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

Fediverse addresses:
@asheville__north_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@burlington__north_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@cary__north_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@chapel_hill__north_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@charlotte__north_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@concord__north_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@durham__north_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@fayetteville__north_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@gastonia__north_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@goldsboro__north_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@greensboro__north_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@greenville__north_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@hickory__north_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@high_point__north_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@jacksonville__north_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@monroe__north_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@morganton__north_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@new_bern__north_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@raleigh__north_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@rocky_mount__north_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@salisbury__north_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@southern_pines__north_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@wilmington__north_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@wilson__north_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@winston_salem__north_carolina@us.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

FediMeteo Netherlands

Dutch-language weather forecast accounts for cities in the Netherlands, using data from Open-Meteo.

Fediverse addresses (in Dutch, organised by city):
@almelo@nl.fedimeteo.com
@almere@nl.fedimeteo.com
@amersfoort@nl.fedimeteo.com
@amsterdam@nl.fedimeteo.com
@apeldoorn@nl.fedimeteo.com
@arnhem@nl.fedimeteo.com
@assen@nl.fedimeteo.com
@breda@nl.fedimeteo.com
@den_haag@nl.fedimeteo.com
@deventer@nl.fedimeteo.com
@dordrecht@nl.fedimeteo.com
@eindhoven@nl.fedimeteo.com
@emmen@nl.fedimeteo.com
@enschede@nl.fedimeteo.com
@groningen@nl.fedimeteo.com
@haarlem@nl.fedimeteo.com
@haarlemmermeer@nl.fedimeteo.com
@helmond@nl.fedimeteo.com
@hengelo@nl.fedimeteo.com
@hilversum@nl.fedimeteo.com
@leeuwarden@nl.fedimeteo.com
@leiden@nl.fedimeteo.com
@maastricht@nl.fedimeteo.com
@nijmegen@nl.fedimeteo.com
@oss@nl.fedimeteo.com
@roosendaal@nl.fedimeteo.com
@rotterdam@nl.fedimeteo.com
@s_hertogenbosch@nl.fedimeteo.com
@sittard_geleen@nl.fedimeteo.com
@tilburg@nl.fedimeteo.com
@utrecht@nl.fedimeteo.com
@venlo@nl.fedimeteo.com
@zaanstad@nl.fedimeteo.com
@zoetermeer@nl.fedimeteo.com
@zwolle@nl.fedimeteo.com

RMTransit

Public transport expert and enthusiast, runs the popular RMTransit video channel which has in-depth looks at all forms of transit and how they relate to urban planning. Covers trains, metros, buses, trams, high speed rail etc all around the world. (Author is based in Toronto, Canada.)

Fediverse address (main):
@reece@canadiancivil.com

Fediverse address (videos):
@reece@video.canadiancivil.com

Fediverse address (blog):
@reecemartintransit@reecemartin.ca

FediMeteo Wyoming

Weather forecast accounts for Wyoming, USA. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city in your timeline.

Fediverse addresses:
@afton__wyoming@us.fedimeteo.com
@buffalo__wyoming@us.fedimeteo.com
@casper__wyoming@us.fedimeteo.com
@cheyenne__wyoming@us.fedimeteo.com
@cody__wyoming@us.fedimeteo.com
@douglas__wyoming@us.fedimeteo.com
@evanston__wyoming@us.fedimeteo.com
@gillette__wyoming@us.fedimeteo.com
@green_river__wyoming@us.fedimeteo.com
@greybul__wyoming@us.fedimeteo.com
@jackson__wyoming@us.fedimeteo.com
@kemmerer__wyoming@us.fedimeteo.com
@lander__wyoming@us.fedimeteo.com
@laramie__wyoming@us.fedimeteo.com
@newcastle__wyoming@us.fedimeteo.com
@pinedale__wyoming@us.fedimeteo.com
@powell__wyoming@us.fedimeteo.com
@rawlins__wyoming@us.fedimeteo.com
@riverton__wyoming@us.fedimeteo.com
@rock_springs__wyoming@us.fedimeteo.com
@sheridan__wyoming@us.fedimeteo.com
@thermopolis__wyoming@us.fedimeteo.com
@torrington__wyoming@us.fedimeteo.com
@wheatland__wyoming@us.fedimeteo.com
@worland__wyoming@us.fedimeteo.com

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 Wisconsin

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

Fediverse addresses:
@appleton__wisconsin@us.fedimeteo.com
@beloit__wisconsin@us.fedimeteo.com
@brookfield__wisconsin@us.fedimeteo.com
@eau_claire__wisconsin@us.fedimeteo.com
@fond_du_lac__wisconsin@us.fedimeteo.com
@green_bay__wisconsin@us.fedimeteo.com
@greenfield__wisconsin@us.fedimeteo.com
@janesville__wisconsin@us.fedimeteo.com
@kenosha__wisconsin@us.fedimeteo.com
@la_crosse__wisconsin@us.fedimeteo.com
@madison__wisconsin@us.fedimeteo.com
@manitowoc__wisconsin@us.fedimeteo.com
@menomonee_falls__wisconsin@us.fedimeteo.com
@milwaukee__wisconsin@us.fedimeteo.com
@muskego__wisconsin@us.fedimeteo.com
@new_berlin__wisconsin@us.fedimeteo.com
@oshkosh__wisconsin@us.fedimeteo.com
@racine__wisconsin@us.fedimeteo.com
@sheboygan__wisconsin@us.fedimeteo.com
@stevens_point__wisconsin@us.fedimeteo.com
@waukesha__wisconsin@us.fedimeteo.com
@wausau__wisconsin@us.fedimeteo.com
@wauwatosa__wisconsin@us.fedimeteo.com
@west_allis__wisconsin@us.fedimeteo.com
@west_bend__wisconsin@us.fedimeteo.com