Haus der Astronomie / Centre for Astronomy Education and Outreach

Education centre in Germany which holds workshops, summer schools and conferences all about astronomy and related topics. Operated by the Max Planck Society, and created in partnership with the Klaus Tschira Foundation, the University of Heidelberg and the City of Heidelberg.

Fediverse address (in German and English):
@hausderastronomie@academiccloud.social

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

DataRequests.org / Datenanfragen.de

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

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

Deutsche Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt / German Aerospace Centre

German government centre for aerospace, energy and transportation research, and effectively the German space agency.

Fediverse address (main account, in German):
@DLR@social.bund.de

Fediverse address (alternate account, in German):
@dlr_next@social.bund.de

Christopher M0YNG

Amateur radio enthusiast who runs the mastodon.radio server for other ham radio fans. M0YNG shares lots of posts by amateur radio fans looking for followers, so following him is a good way to meet others in this field.

Fediverse address:
@M0YNG@mastodon.radio

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

FediMeteo US Virgin Islands

Weather forecast accounts for the US Virgin Islands. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.

Fediverse addresses:
@charlotte_amalie__virgin_islands@us.fedimeteo.com
@christiansted__virgin_islands@us.fedimeteo.com
@coral_bay__virgin_islands@us.fedimeteo.com
@crown_bay__virgin_islands@us.fedimeteo.com
@cruz_bay__virgin_islands@us.fedimeteo.com
@frederiksted__virgin_islands@us.fedimeteo.com
@great_harbour__virgin_islands@us.fedimeteo.com
@havensight__virgin_islands@us.fedimeteo.com
@red_hook__virgin_islands@us.fedimeteo.com
@water_island__virgin_islands@us.fedimeteo.com

Open Source Gardens

Organisation connecting gardeners all around the world, encouraging the use of open source seeds and similar philosophies. Posts in English and German.

Fediverse address (main):
@opensourcegardens@chaos.social

Fediverse address (videos):
@opensourcegardens@tube.tchncs.de

Fediverse address (blog):
@handwritten@notes.opensourcegardens.info

FediMeteo Illinois

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

Fediverse addresses:
@aurora__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@berwyn__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@bloomington__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@bolingbrook__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@champaign__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@chicago__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@decatur__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@des_plaines__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@elgin__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@evanston__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@galesburg__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@joliet__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@moline__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@naperville__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@normal__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@oak_lawn__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@orland_park__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@palatine__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@peoria__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@rock_island__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@rockford__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@schaumburg__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@skokie__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@springfield__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com
@waukegan__illinois@us.fedimeteo.com

National Film Board of Canada / Office national du film du Canada

Canada’s public film producer and distributor, founded in 1939. Its massive archive is available to view online, and it continues to produce documentaries, animations, web programmes and alternative dramas.

Fediverse address (in English):
@NFB@socel.net

Fediverse address (in French):
@onf@socel.net

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

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

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

FediMeteo Indiana

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

Fediverse addresses:
@anderson__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@bloomington__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@carmel__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@columbus__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@elkhart__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@evansville__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@fishers__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@fort_wayne__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@gary__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@goshen__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@greenwood__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@indianapolis__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@jeffersonville__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@kokomo__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@lafayette__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@marion__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@mishawaka__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@muncie__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@new_albany__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@noblesville__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@portage__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@richmond__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@south_bend__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@terre_haute__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@valparaiso__indiana@us.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Georgia (US State)

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

Fediverse addresses:
@albany__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@alpharetta__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@athens__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@atlanta__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@augusta__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@brunswick__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@carrollton__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@columbus__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@dalton__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@douglasville__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@gainesville__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@hinesville__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@johns_creek__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@macon__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@marietta__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@newnan__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@peachtree_city__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@rome__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@roswell__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@sandy_springs__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@savannah__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@smyrna__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@statesboro__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@valdosta__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com
@warner_robins__georgia@us.fedimeteo.com

Universität der Bundeswehr München / University of the Bundeswehr Munich

University in Munich, Germany. Originally founded to provide education for members of the German armed forces, nowadays also includes civilian and international students.

Fediverse address (in German):
@unibwm@social.bund.de

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

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

FediMeteo Alaska

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

Fediverse addresses:
@anchorage__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@barrow__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@bethel__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@dillingham__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@fairbanks__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@homer__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@juneau__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@kenai__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@ketchikan__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@kodiak__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@kotzebue__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@nome__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@palmer__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@petersburg__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@seward__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@sitka__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@soldotna__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@valdez__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@wasilla__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@wrangell__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Rhode Island

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

Fediverse addresses:
@barrington__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@bristol__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@central_falls__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@coventry__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@cranston__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@cumberland__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@east_providence__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@johnston__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@lincoln__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@middletown__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@narragansett__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@newport__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@north_providence__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@pawtucket__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@portsmouth__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@providence__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@scituate__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@smithfield__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@south_kingstown__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@tiverton__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@warwick__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@west_warwick__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@westerly__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@woonsocket__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com

The Browser

Human-curated articles covering all sorts of topics around the internet, as chosen by a team of professional journalists.

Fediverse address (blog):
@index@thebrowser.com

The Curator on Mastodon.art

Shares lots of interesting art and creative posts from across the Fediverse, covering every genre. The account has been passed from one maintainer to another over the years, which has helped keep it fresh.

Fediverse address:
@Curator@mastodon.art

De Witte Haas, Schiermonnikoog

De Witte Haas (“The White Hare”) is a photographer and guide on Schiermonnikoog, a small Dutch island in the North Sea which is also a national park of the Netherlands. They post wonderful photos and news about the plants and wildlife on the island.

Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@dewittehaas@mastodon.social

FediMeteo Netherlands

Dutch-language weather forecast accounts for cities in the Netherlands, using data from Open-Meteo.

Fediverse addresses (in Dutch, organised by city):
@almelo@nl.fedimeteo.com
@almere@nl.fedimeteo.com
@amersfoort@nl.fedimeteo.com
@amsterdam@nl.fedimeteo.com
@apeldoorn@nl.fedimeteo.com
@arnhem@nl.fedimeteo.com
@assen@nl.fedimeteo.com
@breda@nl.fedimeteo.com
@den_haag@nl.fedimeteo.com
@deventer@nl.fedimeteo.com
@dordrecht@nl.fedimeteo.com
@eindhoven@nl.fedimeteo.com
@emmen@nl.fedimeteo.com
@enschede@nl.fedimeteo.com
@groningen@nl.fedimeteo.com
@haarlem@nl.fedimeteo.com
@haarlemmermeer@nl.fedimeteo.com
@helmond@nl.fedimeteo.com
@hengelo@nl.fedimeteo.com
@hilversum@nl.fedimeteo.com
@leeuwarden@nl.fedimeteo.com
@leiden@nl.fedimeteo.com
@maastricht@nl.fedimeteo.com
@nijmegen@nl.fedimeteo.com
@oss@nl.fedimeteo.com
@roosendaal@nl.fedimeteo.com
@rotterdam@nl.fedimeteo.com
@s_hertogenbosch@nl.fedimeteo.com
@sittard_geleen@nl.fedimeteo.com
@tilburg@nl.fedimeteo.com
@utrecht@nl.fedimeteo.com
@venlo@nl.fedimeteo.com
@zaanstad@nl.fedimeteo.com
@zoetermeer@nl.fedimeteo.com
@zwolle@nl.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