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

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

Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen / German Advisory Council on Global Change

Indpendent scientific body advising the German Federal Government on the climate crisis and other threats to the planet’s ecosystems.

Fediverse address (in German and English):
@wbgu@social.bund.de

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

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

The Open Source Programme Office (OSPO)

Part of a European Union initiative to transition to free open source software, OSPO handles the commission’s relationships with the libre software community. This account is not just a feed, they do actually interact, boost, reply, follow etc.

Fediverse address:
@EC_OSPO@ec.social-network.europa.eu

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 British Columbia

Weather forecast accounts for British Columbia, Canada. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.

Fediverse addresses (in English & French):
@abbotsford__british_columbia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@burnaby__british_columbia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@chilliwack__british_columbia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@courtenay__british_columbia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@cranbrook__british_columbia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@dawson_creek__british_columbia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@fort_st_john__british_columbia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@kamloops__british_columbia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@kelowna__british_columbia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@nanaimo__british_columbia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@powell_river__british_columbia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@prince_george__british_columbia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@quesnel__british_columbia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@surrey__british_columbia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@terrace__british_columbia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@vancouver__british_columbia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@victoria__british_columbia@ca.fedimeteo.com

Robert W. Gehl

Ontario Research Chair of Digital Governance for Social Justice at York University in Canada. Researches network cultures and technologies, alternative social media and manipulative communication. Author of “Reverse Engineering Social Networks”, “Weaving the Dark Web” and “Social Engineering”.

Fediverse address:
@robertwgehl@scholar.social

Matthias Pfefferle

Creator of the “ActivityPub for WordPress” plug-in which turns WordPress blogs into Fediverse servers. When it’s active, people will be able to follow your WordPress account from Mastodon etc, and when you post a new blog entry it will appear as a post on the Fediverse.

Fediverse address (in English and German)
@pfefferle@mastodon.social

FediMeteo Croatia

Weather accounts for cities and towns in Croatia. Follow an account to see its forecasts in Croatian.

Fediverse addresses (in Croatian):
@bjelovar@hr.fedimeteo.com
@cakovec@hr.fedimeteo.com
@dubrovnik@hr.fedimeteo.com
@karlovac@hr.fedimeteo.com
@koprivnica@hr.fedimeteo.com
@krk@hr.fedimeteo.com
@makarska@hr.fedimeteo.com
@metkovic@hr.fedimeteo.com
@nova_gradiska@hr.fedimeteo.com
@opatija@hr.fedimeteo.com
@osijek@hr.fedimeteo.com
@pakrac@hr.fedimeteo.com
@porec@hr.fedimeteo.com
@pozega@hr.fedimeteo.com
@pula@hr.fedimeteo.com
@rijeka@hr.fedimeteo.com
@senj@hr.fedimeteo.com
@sibenik@hr.fedimeteo.com
@sisak@hr.fedimeteo.com
@slavonski_brod@hr.fedimeteo.com
@solin@hr.fedimeteo.com
@split@hr.fedimeteo.com
@trogir@hr.fedimeteo.com
@umag@hr.fedimeteo.com
@varazdin@hr.fedimeteo.com
@velika_gorica@hr.fedimeteo.com
@vinkovci@hr.fedimeteo.com
@vukovar@hr.fedimeteo.com
@zadar@hr.fedimeteo.com
@zagreb@hr.fedimeteo.com

INRIA / Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique

Official account of the French National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology, founded in 1967. The institute does theoretical and applied research in computer science.

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

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 Argentina

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

Fediverse addresses (in Spanish):
@buenos_aires__buenos_aires@ar.fedimeteo.com
@catamarca__catamarca@ar.fedimeteo.com
@cipolletti__rio_negro@ar.fedimeteo.com
@comodoro_rivadavia__chubut@ar.fedimeteo.com
@cordoba__cordoba@ar.fedimeteo.com
@corrientes__corrientes@ar.fedimeteo.com
@formosa__formosa@ar.fedimeteo.com
@goya__corrientes@ar.fedimeteo.com
@jujuy__jujuy@ar.fedimeteo.com
@la_plata__buenos_aires@ar.fedimeteo.com
@la_rioja__la_rioja@ar.fedimeteo.com
@mar_del_plata__buenos_aires@ar.fedimeteo.com
@mendoza__mendoza@ar.fedimeteo.com
@mercedes__buenos_aires@ar.fedimeteo.com
@neuquen__neuquen@ar.fedimeteo.com
@parana__entre_rios@ar.fedimeteo.com
@posadas__misiones@ar.fedimeteo.com
@rawson__chubut@ar.fedimeteo.com
@resistencia__chaco@ar.fedimeteo.com
@rio_cuarto__cordoba@ar.fedimeteo.com
@rio_gallegos__santa_cruz@ar.fedimeteo.com
@rosario__santa_fe@ar.fedimeteo.com
@salta__salta@ar.fedimeteo.com
@san_carlos_de_bariloche__rio_negro@ar.fedimeteo.com
@san_juan__san_juan@ar.fedimeteo.com
@san_luis__san_luis@ar.fedimeteo.com
@san_miguel_de_tucuman__tucuman@ar.fedimeteo.com
@san_rafael__mendoza@ar.fedimeteo.com
@santa_fe__santa_fe@ar.fedimeteo.com
@santiago_del_estero__santiago_del_estero@ar.fedimeteo.com
@tandil__buenos_aires@ar.fedimeteo.com
@ushuaia__tierra_del_fuego@ar.fedimeteo.com
@viedma__rio_negro@ar.fedimeteo.com
@villa_maria__cordoba@ar.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

Tusky

Free open source Mastodon app for Android phones, available through F-Droid and Google Play. Can also be used by other Fediverse platforms that use the Mastodon API such as PixelFed and GoToSocial. One of the very earliest apps for Mastodon, first released in 2017.

Fediverse address:
@Tusky@mastodon.social

FediMeteo Norway

Weather accounts for cities and towns in Norway. Follow an account to see its forecasts in Norwegian.

Fediverse addresses (in Norwegian):
@alesund@no.fedimeteo.com
@alta@no.fedimeteo.com
@arendal@no.fedimeteo.com
@bergen@no.fedimeteo.com
@bodo@no.fedimeteo.com
@drammen@no.fedimeteo.com
@fagernes@no.fedimeteo.com
@flam@no.fedimeteo.com
@fredrikstad@no.fedimeteo.com
@gardermoen@no.fedimeteo.com
@gjovik@no.fedimeteo.com
@hammerfest@no.fedimeteo.com
@harstad@no.fedimeteo.com
@haugesund@no.fedimeteo.com
@horten@no.fedimeteo.com
@kirkenes@no.fedimeteo.com
@kongsberg@no.fedimeteo.com
@kristiansand@no.fedimeteo.com
@larvik@no.fedimeteo.com
@lillehammer@no.fedimeteo.com
@molde@no.fedimeteo.com
@moss@no.fedimeteo.com
@narvik@no.fedimeteo.com
@oslo@no.fedimeteo.com
@porsgrunn@no.fedimeteo.com
@sandefjord@no.fedimeteo.com
@sandnes@no.fedimeteo.com
@skien@no.fedimeteo.com
@stavanger@no.fedimeteo.com
@tonsberg@no.fedimeteo.com
@tromso@no.fedimeteo.com
@trondheim@no.fedimeteo.com
@voss@no.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Italy

Weather accounts for cities and towns in Italy. Follow an account to see its forecasts in Italian.

Fediverse addresses (in Italian):
@agrigento@it.fedimeteo.com
@alessandria@it.fedimeteo.com
@ancona@it.fedimeteo.com
@aosta@it.fedimeteo.com
@arezzo@it.fedimeteo.com
@ascoli_piceno@it.fedimeteo.com
@asti@it.fedimeteo.com
@avellino@it.fedimeteo.com
@bari@it.fedimeteo.com
@barletta@it.fedimeteo.com
@belluno@it.fedimeteo.com
@benevento@it.fedimeteo.com
@bergamo@it.fedimeteo.com
@biella@it.fedimeteo.com
@bologna@it.fedimeteo.com
@bolzano@it.fedimeteo.com
@brescia@it.fedimeteo.com
@brindisi@it.fedimeteo.com
@cagliari@it.fedimeteo.com
@caltanissetta@it.fedimeteo.com
@campobasso@it.fedimeteo.com
@carbonia@it.fedimeteo.com
@caserta@it.fedimeteo.com
@catania@it.fedimeteo.com
@catanzaro@it.fedimeteo.com
@chieti@it.fedimeteo.com
@como@it.fedimeteo.com
@cosenza@it.fedimeteo.com
@cremona@it.fedimeteo.com
@crotone@it.fedimeteo.com
@cuneo@it.fedimeteo.com
@enna@it.fedimeteo.com
@fano@it.fedimeteo.com
@fermo@it.fedimeteo.com
@ferrara@it.fedimeteo.com
@firenze@it.fedimeteo.com
@foggia@it.fedimeteo.com
@forli@it.fedimeteo.com
@frosinone@it.fedimeteo.com
@genova@it.fedimeteo.com
@gorizia@it.fedimeteo.com
@grosseto@it.fedimeteo.com
@imperia@it.fedimeteo.com
@isernia@it.fedimeteo.com
@l_aquila@it.fedimeteo.com
@la_spezia@it.fedimeteo.com
@latina@it.fedimeteo.com
@lecce@it.fedimeteo.com
@lecco@it.fedimeteo.com
@livorno@it.fedimeteo.com
@lodi@it.fedimeteo.com
@lucca@it.fedimeteo.com
@macerata@it.fedimeteo.com
@mantova@it.fedimeteo.com
@martinsicuro@it.fedimeteo.com
@massa_carrara@it.fedimeteo.com
@matera@it.fedimeteo.com
@messina@it.fedimeteo.com
@milano@it.fedimeteo.com
@modena@it.fedimeteo.com
@monza@it.fedimeteo.com
@napoli@it.fedimeteo.com
@novara@it.fedimeteo.com
@nuoro@it.fedimeteo.com
@oristano@it.fedimeteo.com
@padova@it.fedimeteo.com
@palermo@it.fedimeteo.com
@parma@it.fedimeteo.com
@pavia@it.fedimeteo.com
@perugia@it.fedimeteo.com
@pesaro@it.fedimeteo.com
@pescara@it.fedimeteo.com
@peschiera_del_garda@it.fedimeteo.com
@piacenza@it.fedimeteo.com
@pisa@it.fedimeteo.com
@pistoia@it.fedimeteo.com
@pordenone@it.fedimeteo.com
@potenza@it.fedimeteo.com
@prato@it.fedimeteo.com
@ragusa@it.fedimeteo.com
@ravenna@it.fedimeteo.com
@reggio_calabria@it.fedimeteo.com
@reggio_emilia@it.fedimeteo.com
@rieti@it.fedimeteo.com
@rimini@it.fedimeteo.com
@roma@it.fedimeteo.com
@rovigo@it.fedimeteo.com
@salerno@it.fedimeteo.com
@sassari@it.fedimeteo.com
@savona@it.fedimeteo.com
@senigallia@it.fedimeteo.com
@siena@it.fedimeteo.com
@siracusa@it.fedimeteo.com
@sondrio@it.fedimeteo.com
@taranto@it.fedimeteo.com
@teramo@it.fedimeteo.com
@terni@it.fedimeteo.com
@torino@it.fedimeteo.com
@trapani@it.fedimeteo.com
@trento@it.fedimeteo.com
@treviso@it.fedimeteo.com
@trieste@it.fedimeteo.com
@udine@it.fedimeteo.com
@urbino@it.fedimeteo.com
@varese@it.fedimeteo.com
@venezia@it.fedimeteo.com
@verbania@it.fedimeteo.com
@vercelli@it.fedimeteo.com
@verona@it.fedimeteo.com
@vibo_valentia@it.fedimeteo.com
@vicenza@it.fedimeteo.com
@villasimius@it.fedimeteo.com
@viterbo@it.fedimeteo.com

Radio Regentrude

German-language online music radio station. The station is non-profit, non-commercial, legally licensed, and funded by the people who run it. The music is international, programmes are mainly in German, but with some shows in English.

Fediverse address (in German):
@Radio_Regentrude@troet.cafe

Dorothy Parker

Bot posting daily exerpt from Dorothy Parker’s poetry. Mentions of the bot produce an automatic reply with a quotation from Parker’s correspondence.

Fediverse address:
@dorothyparker@mas.to

Bojan

Records ambient sounds in various environments, including natural and human-made, using a high quality field recorder. Highlights sounds we may not always notice consciously.

Fediverse address:
@bojan@mastodon.art

Court of Justice of the EU / Cour de justice de l’UE

The judicial branch of the European Union. The court mainly deals with application and interpretation of EU law, resolves cases between national governments and EU institutions, and may take action against EU institutions on behalf of individuals, companies or organisations.

NOTE: This is not connected in any way with the European Court of Human Rights. The ECHR is part of the Council of Europe, not the European Union. These are totally separate organisations.

Fediverse address (in English):
@Curia@curia.social-network.europa.eu

Fediverse address (in French):
@Curia_fr@curia.social-network.europa.eu