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

Quote Me

Bot which generates nice-looking images based on specific Fediverse posts.

Fediverse address:
@quoteme@mas.to

FediMeteo Denmark

Weather accounts for cities and towns in Denmark. Follow an account to see its forecasts in Danish.

Fediverse addresses (in Danish):
@aalborg@dk.fedimeteo.com
@aarhus@dk.fedimeteo.com
@copenhagen@dk.fedimeteo.com
@esbjerg@dk.fedimeteo.com
@fredericia@dk.fedimeteo.com
@frederikshavn@dk.fedimeteo.com
@herning@dk.fedimeteo.com
@hillerod@dk.fedimeteo.com
@hirtshals@dk.fedimeteo.com
@hjorring@dk.fedimeteo.com
@holstebro@dk.fedimeteo.com
@horsens@dk.fedimeteo.com
@koge@dk.fedimeteo.com
@kolding@dk.fedimeteo.com
@naestved@dk.fedimeteo.com
@norresundby@dk.fedimeteo.com
@odense@dk.fedimeteo.com
@orhus@dk.fedimeteo.com
@randers@dk.fedimeteo.com
@ringsted@dk.fedimeteo.com
@roskilde@dk.fedimeteo.com
@silkeborg@dk.fedimeteo.com
@skagen@dk.fedimeteo.com
@slagelse@dk.fedimeteo.com
@sonderborg@dk.fedimeteo.com
@svendborg@dk.fedimeteo.com
@taastrup@dk.fedimeteo.com
@vejle@dk.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Idaho

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

Fediverse address:
@ammon__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@blackfoot__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@boise__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@burley__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@caldwell__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@chubbuck__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@coeur_d_alene__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@eagle__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@hailey__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@idaho_falls__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@lewistown__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@meridian__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@moscow__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@mountain_home__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@nampa__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@pocatello__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@post_falls__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@rexburg__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@sandpoint__idaho@us.fedimeteo.com
@twin_falls__idaho@us.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 Maine

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

Fediverse addresses:
@auburn__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@augusta__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@bangor__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@bar_harbor__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@bath__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@biddeford__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@brunswick__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@caribou__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@ellsworth__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@farmington__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@gardiner__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@lewiston__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@old_orchard_beach__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@orono__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@portland__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@presque_isle__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@rockland__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@saco__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@sanford__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@scarborough__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@skowhegan__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@south_portland__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@waterville__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@westbrook__maine@us.fedimeteo.com
@york__maine@us.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

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

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

FediMeteo Minnesota

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

Fediverse addresses:
@apple_valley__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@bemidji__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@blaine__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@bloomington__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@brainerd__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@brooklyn_park__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@burnsville__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@coon_rapids__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@duluth__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@eagan__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@eden_prairie__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@edina__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@lakeville__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@mankato__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@maple_grove__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@minneapolis__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@minnetonka__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@moorhead__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@oakdale__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@plymouth__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@rochester__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@saint_paul__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@shakopee__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@st_cloud__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com
@woodbury__minnesota@us.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Prince Edward Island

Weather forecast accounts for Prince Edward Island, Canada. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.

Fediverse addresses (in English & French):
@alberton__prince_edward_island@ca.fedimeteo.com
@charlottetown__prince_edward_island@ca.fedimeteo.com
@montague__prince_edward_island@ca.fedimeteo.com
@souris__prince_edward_island@ca.fedimeteo.com
@summerside__prince_edward_island@ca.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Vermont

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

Fediverse addresses:
@barre__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@bennington__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@brattleboro__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@burlington__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@essex_junction__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@hartford__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@middlebury__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@milton__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@montpelier__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@morristown__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@newport__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@northfield__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@rutland__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@south_burlington__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@springfield__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@st_albans__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@st_johnsbury__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@waterbury__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@williston__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@winooski__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com

Senfcall.de

A free open source video conferencing site which aims to provide a privacy-friendly alternative to proprietary services. Calls are made through the web browser using the BigBlueButton platform.

Fediverse address (in German and English):
@senfcall@chaos.social

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

1980s Chiptune Bots

Three bots posting chiptune music tracks from the C64, ZX Spectrum and Atari ST.

Fediverse address (C64 music, posts every 4 hours):
@SIDMusicBot@retrochat.online

Fediverse address (ZX Spectrum music, posts every 4 hours):
@AYMusicBot@retrochat.online

Fediverse address (Atari ST music, posts once a day):
@STMusicBot@retrochat.online

FediMeteo France

French-language weather forecast accounts for cities in France. Follow your city to receive weather forecasts in your timeline.

Fediverse addresses (in French):
@aix_en_provence@fr.fedimeteo.com
@amiens@fr.fedimeteo.com
@angers@fr.fedimeteo.com
@argenteuil@fr.fedimeteo.com
@asnieres_sur_seine@fr.fedimeteo.com
@avignon@fr.fedimeteo.com
@besancon@fr.fedimeteo.com
@bordeaux@fr.fedimeteo.com
@boulogne_billancourt@fr.fedimeteo.com
@brest@fr.fedimeteo.com
@caen@fr.fedimeteo.com
@cayenne@fr.fedimeteo.com
@clermont_ferrand@fr.fedimeteo.com
@colombes@fr.fedimeteo.com
@dijon@fr.fedimeteo.com
@dunkerque@fr.fedimeteo.com
@fort_de_france@fr.fedimeteo.com
@grenoble@fr.fedimeteo.com
@le_havre@fr.fedimeteo.com
@le_mans@fr.fedimeteo.com
@lille@fr.fedimeteo.com
@limoges@fr.fedimeteo.com
@lyon@fr.fedimeteo.com
@marseille@fr.fedimeteo.com
@metz@fr.fedimeteo.com
@montpellier@fr.fedimeteo.com
@montreuil@fr.fedimeteo.com
@mulhouse@fr.fedimeteo.com
@nancy@fr.fedimeteo.com
@nanterre@fr.fedimeteo.com
@nantes@fr.fedimeteo.com
@nice@fr.fedimeteo.com
@nimes@fr.fedimeteo.com
@orleans@fr.fedimeteo.com
@paris@fr.fedimeteo.com
@perpignan@fr.fedimeteo.com
@pointe_a_pitre@fr.fedimeteo.com
@poitiers@fr.fedimeteo.com
@reims@fr.fedimeteo.com
@rennes@fr.fedimeteo.com
@roubaix@fr.fedimeteo.com
@rouen@fr.fedimeteo.com
@saint_denis@fr.fedimeteo.com
@saint_etienne@fr.fedimeteo.com
@saint_laurent_du_maroni@fr.fedimeteo.com
@saint_paul@fr.fedimeteo.com
@saint_pierre@fr.fedimeteo.com
@strasbourg@fr.fedimeteo.com
@toulon@fr.fedimeteo.com
@toulouse@fr.fedimeteo.com
@tours@fr.fedimeteo.com
@versailles@fr.fedimeteo.com
@villeurbanne@fr.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 Delaware

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

Fediverse addresses:
@bethany_beach__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@bridgeville__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@camden__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@delmar__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@dover__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@elsmere__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@georgetown__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@harrington__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@laurel__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@lewes__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@middletown__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@milford__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@millsboro__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@new_castle__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@newark__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@rehoboth_beach__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@seaford__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@selbyville__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@smyrna__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@wilmington__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com

The Tor Project

Non-profit organisation that maintains the Tor network, which allows people to communicate anonymously over the internet thanks to a special network that scrambles any attempts to trace connections. The easiest way to use Tor is with the Tor web browser, which you can download from their website.

Fediverse address:
@torproject@mastodon.social

FediMeteo Maryland

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

Fediverse addresses:
@annapolis__maryland@us.fedimeteo.com
@baltimore__maryland@us.fedimeteo.com
@bel_air__maryland@us.fedimeteo.com
@bethesda__maryland@us.fedimeteo.com
@bowie__maryland@us.fedimeteo.com
@cambridge__maryland@us.fedimeteo.com
@college_park__maryland@us.fedimeteo.com
@cumberland__maryland@us.fedimeteo.com
@easton__maryland@us.fedimeteo.com
@edgewood__maryland@us.fedimeteo.com
@elkton__maryland@us.fedimeteo.com
@frederick__maryland@us.fedimeteo.com
@gaithersburg__maryland@us.fedimeteo.com
@germantown__maryland@us.fedimeteo.com
@greenbelt__maryland@us.fedimeteo.com
@hagerstown__maryland@us.fedimeteo.com
@hyattsville__maryland@us.fedimeteo.com
@laurel__maryland@us.fedimeteo.com
@ocean_city__maryland@us.fedimeteo.com
@rockville__maryland@us.fedimeteo.com
@salisbury__maryland@us.fedimeteo.com
@silver_spring__maryland@us.fedimeteo.com
@takoma_park__maryland@us.fedimeteo.com
@waldorf__maryland@us.fedimeteo.com
@westminster__maryland@us.fedimeteo.com

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