Dr Johnny Blanchard / RE:Enthused

Retro computing expert and author. Creates videos on vintage computers and consoles, including both highly obscure and well known machines. Provides the historical context of the devices, and explores the technical details of the hardware itself.

Fediverse address (main):
@jonn_blanchard@retrochat.online

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

Fediverse address (photos):
@jonn_blanchard@metapixl.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

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

Sajan Rai

Artist who draws surreal illustrations with a distinctive style, mixing modern subjects, 1960s colours and an Asian aesthetic, giving it a busy modern feel.

Fediverse address:
@sajan@mastodon.art

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

Widescreen Gaming Forum / WSGF

Online community testing PC games on various different monitor setups and noting how they perform. Founded in 2003, currently with over 2400 games in their testing database.

Fediverse address:
@WSGF@mastodon.social

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

The Fedivision Song Contest

An annual event on the Fediverse where people are given a couple of weeks to create a song, then they are published and people on the Fediversevote on a favourite. Usually takes place on or around the time of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Fediverse address:
@announce@fedi.vision

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 California

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

Fediverse addresses:
@anaheim__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@bakersfield__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@chula_vista__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@elk_grove__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@fremont__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@fresno__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@glendale__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@huntington_beach__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@irvine__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@lancaster__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@long_beach__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@los_angeles__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@modesto__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@oakland__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@oceanside__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@ontario__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@oxnard__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@riverside__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@sacramento__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@san_bernardino__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@san_diego__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@san_francisco__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@san_jose__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@santa_rosa__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@stockton__california@us.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Quebec

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

Fediverse addresses (in English & French):
@amos__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@baie_comeau__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@drummondville__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@gaspe__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@gatineau__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@granby__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@laval__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@mont_tremblant__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@montreal__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@quebec_city__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@rimouski__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@rouyn_noranda__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@saguenay__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@saint_jean_sur_richelieu__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@sept_iles__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@sherbrooke__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@trois_rivieres__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com
@val_d_or__quebec@ca.fedimeteo.com

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 New Zealand / Aotearoa

Weather forecast accounts for New Zealand / Aotearoa. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.

Fediverse addresses (in English & Māori):
@ashburton@nz.fedimeteo.com
@auckland@nz.fedimeteo.com
@blenheim@nz.fedimeteo.com
@christchurch@nz.fedimeteo.com
@dunedin@nz.fedimeteo.com
@gisborne@nz.fedimeteo.com
@greymouth@nz.fedimeteo.com
@hamilton@nz.fedimeteo.com
@hastings@nz.fedimeteo.com
@invercargill@nz.fedimeteo.com
@napier@nz.fedimeteo.com
@nelson@nz.fedimeteo.com
@new_plymouth@nz.fedimeteo.com
@oamaru@nz.fedimeteo.com
@palmerston_north@nz.fedimeteo.com
@queenstown@nz.fedimeteo.com
@rotorua@nz.fedimeteo.com
@tauranga@nz.fedimeteo.com
@timaru@nz.fedimeteo.com
@wellington@nz.fedimeteo.com
@westport@nz.fedimeteo.com
@whanganui@nz.fedimeteo.com
@whangarei@nz.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Ohio

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

Fediverse addresses:
@akron__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@beavercreek__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@canton__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@cincinnati__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@cleveland__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@columbus__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@cuyahoga_falls__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@dayton__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@dublin__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@elyria__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@fairfield__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@findlay__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@hamilton__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@kettering__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@lakewood__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@lorain__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@mansfield__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@mentor__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@middletown__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@newark__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@parma__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@springfield__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@strongsville__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@toledo__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com
@youngstown__ohio@us.fedimeteo.com

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

Canongate Books

Award-winning independent publisher founded in 1973. Its published authors are highly eclectic including Yann Martel, Irvine Welsh, Barack Obama, Scarlett Thomas, Matt Haig, Alasdair Gray, The Mighty Boosh, Miranda July, Simon’s Cat and many more. They also run their own Fediverse server at bookish.community

Fediverse address:
@canongatebooks@bookish.community

Phoenix Radio

Friendly internet radio station with live human presenters playing a wide variety of music from the 1950s to the present day. Live shows can be interacted with, and can also be listened to later on demand.

Fediverse address:
@PhoenixRadio1208@phoenixradio1208.com

Topio e.V.

German non-profit organisation which helps ordinary people “de-Google” their phones by installing privacy-friendly operating systems. They run events to help with this including workshops, exhibitions, lectures etc.

Fediverse address (main account, in German):
@topio@mastodon.social

Fediverse address (photos, in German):
@topio@pixelfed.social

Fediverse address (events, in German):
@topio_space@mobilize.berlin

FediMeteo Switzerland

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

Fediverse addresses:
@altdorf@ch.fedimeteo.com
@basel@ch.fedimeteo.com
@bern@ch.fedimeteo.com
@biel@ch.fedimeteo.com
@chur@ch.fedimeteo.com
@fribourg@ch.fedimeteo.com
@geneva@ch.fedimeteo.com
@koniz@ch.fedimeteo.com
@la_chaux_de_fonds@ch.fedimeteo.com
@lausanne@ch.fedimeteo.com
@lucerne@ch.fedimeteo.com
@lugano@ch.fedimeteo.com
@montreux@ch.fedimeteo.com
@neuchatel@ch.fedimeteo.com
@schaffhausen@ch.fedimeteo.com
@sion@ch.fedimeteo.com
@solothurn@ch.fedimeteo.com
@st_gallen@ch.fedimeteo.com
@thun@ch.fedimeteo.com
@vernier@ch.fedimeteo.com
@winterthur@ch.fedimeteo.com
@yverdon@ch.fedimeteo.com
@zollikon@ch.fedimeteo.com
@zurich@ch.fedimeteo.com

KDE

Worldwide free open source software community which creates all kinds of popular useful projects such as the Plasma desktop, Kdenlive, Krita and lots more.

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

Fediverse address (videos):
@kde_community@tube.kockatoo.org

Fediverse address (conference videos):
@kde@conf.tube

Fediverse address (Spanish language community):
@kde_espana@floss.social

Gancio

A free open source collaborative online calendar. It allows local communities to share a common calendar that anyone can post events to, even people without an account. (Posts are moderated to prevent spam though.) You can also interact with Gancio through the Fediverse, and it has RSS support for people who want to follow through feed readers.

Fediverse address:
@gancio@mastodon.cisti.org

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

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