The Great Pop Culture Debate

Podcast discussing popular culture such as film, TV, music etc, with a specific question in each episode such as “Best Tolkien Character”, “Best 1990s Romcom”, “Best TV Series Finale” etc.

Fediverse address:
@gpcd@mas.to

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

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

Prom Coast News

Independent community newspaper featuring local news for coastal areas of Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia. Townships covered include Meeniyan, Stony Creek, Buffalo, Fish Creek, Foster, Port Franklin, Toora, Port Welshpool, Welshpool, Yanakie, Tidal River, Waratah Bay, Sandy Point, Walkerville, Tarwin Lower and Venus Bay.

Fediverse address (blog):
@index@promcoastnews.org.au

How To Do Anything

Bot that matches up random WikiHow images with random WikiHow article titles. This can produce rather baffling, intriguing or horrifying results… Posts at 2 hour intervals.

Fediverse address:
@wikihow@mastodon.social

FediMeteo Puerto Rico

Weather forecast accounts for Puerto Rico. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.

Fediverse addresses:
@aguadilla__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@arecibo__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@bayamon__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@cabo_rojo__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@caguas__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@carolina__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@humacao__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@mayaguez__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@ponce__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@rio_grande__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com
@san_juan__puerto_rico@us.fedimeteo.com

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 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

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 Alberta

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

Fediverse addresses (in English & French):
@brooks__alberta@ca.fedimeteo.com
@calgary__alberta@ca.fedimeteo.com
@camrose__alberta@ca.fedimeteo.com
@edmonton__alberta@ca.fedimeteo.com
@fort_mcmurray__alberta@ca.fedimeteo.com
@lethbridge__alberta@ca.fedimeteo.com
@lloydminster__alberta@ca.fedimeteo.com
@medicine_hat__alberta@ca.fedimeteo.com
@peace_river__alberta@ca.fedimeteo.com
@red_deer__alberta@ca.fedimeteo.com
@spruce_grove__alberta@ca.fedimeteo.com
@st_albert__alberta@ca.fedimeteo.com
@wetaskiwin__alberta@ca.fedimeteo.com

PublicSpaces

A non-profit coalition of Dutch broadcasters, museums, arts organisations etc. campaigning for an ethical internet. They organise conferences on this topic, and run their own Fediverse servers.

Fediverse address (main, in Dutch and English):
@publicspaces@publicspaces.net

Fediverse address (videos, in Dutch and English):
@publicspaces@video.publicspaces.net

Fediverse address (podcasts, in Dutch and English): @TheTimeIsNow@podcast.publicspaces.net

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

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

Professor Dr Wolfgang Cramer

Ecologist and geographer at the CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) in France, whose main aim is to do everything possible to mitigate the climate crisis, and help other scientists to do so as well. Works with the IPCC and MedECC, and supports non-violent climate activism.

Fediverse address:
@wolfgangcramer@fediscience.org

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

FediMeteo Slovenia

Weather accounts for cities and towns in Slovenia. Follow an account to see its forecasts in Slovenian.

Fediverse addresses (in Slovenian):
@celje@sl.fedimeteo.com
@idrija@sl.fedimeteo.com
@izola@sl.fedimeteo.com
@jesenice@sl.fedimeteo.com
@kamnik@sl.fedimeteo.com
@koper@sl.fedimeteo.com
@kranj@sl.fedimeteo.com
@ljubljana@sl.fedimeteo.com
@logatec@sl.fedimeteo.com
@maribor@sl.fedimeteo.com
@murska_sobota@sl.fedimeteo.com
@nova_gorica@sl.fedimeteo.com
@novo_mesto@sl.fedimeteo.com
@piran@sl.fedimeteo.com
@postojna@sl.fedimeteo.com
@ptuj@sl.fedimeteo.com
@sezana@sl.fedimeteo.com
@slovenj_gradec@sl.fedimeteo.com
@trbovlje@sl.fedimeteo.com
@velenje@sl.fedimeteo.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