Heartland Urbanist / Matt Caffrey

Organiser and urbanist based in Ohio, USA, creating videos about city planning, housing reform and public transport improvement. Especially interested in the American Midwest and its return to urbanism.

Fediverse address (urban planning videos):
@heartlandurbanist@urbanists.video

Fediverse address (personal account):
@mattcaff@union.place

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

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

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

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 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

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

Joey Deruy

Self-taught, exhibited artist with a distinctive abstract style using colourful shapes on pale backgrounds, sometimes with figurative and other non-abstract elements mixed in. Deruy was partly raised in Kenya, and there are African influences on his art too.

Fediverse address:
@JoeyDeruy@mastodon.art

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

Quote Me

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

Fediverse address:
@quoteme@mas.to

Shugmonkey

Professional illustrator who creates excellent striking portraits usually based around line drawings with additional colours and elements. It feels like these are lost book covers or album artwork.

Fediverse address:
@shugmonkey@mastodon.art

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 Slovakia

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

Fediverse addresses (in Slovakian):
@banska_bystrica@sk.fedimeteo.com
@bratislava@sk.fedimeteo.com
@cadca@sk.fedimeteo.com
@detva@sk.fedimeteo.com
@dubnica_nad_vahom@sk.fedimeteo.com
@dunajska_streda@sk.fedimeteo.com
@humenne@sk.fedimeteo.com
@kezmarok@sk.fedimeteo.com
@komarno@sk.fedimeteo.com
@kosice@sk.fedimeteo.com
@levice@sk.fedimeteo.com
@liptovsky_mikulas@sk.fedimeteo.com
@lucenec@sk.fedimeteo.com
@martin@sk.fedimeteo.com
@myjava@sk.fedimeteo.com
@nitra@sk.fedimeteo.com
@piestany@sk.fedimeteo.com
@poprad@sk.fedimeteo.com
@presov@sk.fedimeteo.com
@prievidza@sk.fedimeteo.com
@roznava@sk.fedimeteo.com
@sala@sk.fedimeteo.com
@senec@sk.fedimeteo.com
@senica@sk.fedimeteo.com
@spisska_nova_ves@sk.fedimeteo.com
@topolcany@sk.fedimeteo.com
@trencin@sk.fedimeteo.com
@trnava@sk.fedimeteo.com
@zilina@sk.fedimeteo.com
@zvolen@sk.fedimeteo.com

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 New Mexico

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

Fediverse addresses:
@albuquerque__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@belen__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@bernalillo__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@carlsbad__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@clovis__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@deming__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@edgewood__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@farmington__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@gallup__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@grants__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@hobbs__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@las_cruces__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@las_vegas__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@los_lunas__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@portales__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@raton__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@rio_rancho__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@roswell__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@santa_fe__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@shiprock__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@silver_city__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@socorro__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@sunland_park__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@taos__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@truth_or_consequences__new_mexico@us.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

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 Manitoba

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

Fediverse addresses (in English & French):
@brandon__manitoba@ca.fedimeteo.com
@churchill__manitoba@ca.fedimeteo.com
@dauphin__manitoba@ca.fedimeteo.com
@flin_flon__manitoba@ca.fedimeteo.com
@gimli__manitoba@ca.fedimeteo.com
@morden__manitoba@ca.fedimeteo.com
@portage_la_prairie__manitoba@ca.fedimeteo.com
@selkirk__manitoba@ca.fedimeteo.com
@steinbach__manitoba@ca.fedimeteo.com
@the_pas__manitoba@ca.fedimeteo.com
@thompson__manitoba@ca.fedimeteo.com
@winkler__manitoba@ca.fedimeteo.com
@winnipeg__manitoba@ca.fedimeteo.com

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 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

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

DataRequests.org / Datenanfragen.de

German non-profit organisation which is promoting people’s right to privacy, and making people more aware of their privacy rights.

Fediverse address (main account, in English):
@datarequestsorg@mastodon.social

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

Fediverse address (technical account, in English):
@dev_at_datarequestsORG@chaos.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
@gloucester__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
@salem__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