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 Japan

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

Fediverse addresses (in Japanese):
@akita@jp.fedimeteo.com
@aomori@jp.fedimeteo.com
@asahikawa@jp.fedimeteo.com
@chiba@jp.fedimeteo.com
@fukui@jp.fedimeteo.com
@fukuoka@jp.fedimeteo.com
@fukushima@jp.fedimeteo.com
@funabashi@jp.fedimeteo.com
@gifu@jp.fedimeteo.com
@hamamatsu@jp.fedimeteo.com
@himeji@jp.fedimeteo.com
@hiroshima@jp.fedimeteo.com
@kagoshima@jp.fedimeteo.com
@kanazawa@jp.fedimeteo.com
@kawasaki@jp.fedimeteo.com
@kitakyushu@jp.fedimeteo.com
@kobe@jp.fedimeteo.com
@kofu@jp.fedimeteo.com
@koriyama@jp.fedimeteo.com
@kumamoto@jp.fedimeteo.com
@kyoto@jp.fedimeteo.com
@matsue@jp.fedimeteo.com
@matsumoto@jp.fedimeteo.com
@matsuyama@jp.fedimeteo.com
@miyazaki@jp.fedimeteo.com
@nagasaki@jp.fedimeteo.com
@nagoya@jp.fedimeteo.com
@naha@jp.fedimeteo.com
@nara@jp.fedimeteo.com
@niigata@jp.fedimeteo.com
@oita@jp.fedimeteo.com
@okayama@jp.fedimeteo.com
@osaka@jp.fedimeteo.com
@sagamihara@jp.fedimeteo.com
@saitama@jp.fedimeteo.com
@sakai@jp.fedimeteo.com
@sapporo@jp.fedimeteo.com
@sendai@jp.fedimeteo.com
@shizuoka@jp.fedimeteo.com
@takamatsu@jp.fedimeteo.com
@takatsuki@jp.fedimeteo.com
@tokushima@jp.fedimeteo.com
@tokyo@jp.fedimeteo.com
@tottori@jp.fedimeteo.com
@toyama@jp.fedimeteo.com
@toyota@jp.fedimeteo.com
@ube@jp.fedimeteo.com
@wakayama@jp.fedimeteo.com
@yamagata@jp.fedimeteo.com
@yamaguchi@jp.fedimeteo.com
@yokohama@jp.fedimeteo.com

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

Awesome Games Studio

Indie game development team based in Poland, releasing on all major computer, console and mobile platforms. Creators of “Oozi”, “I, Zombie”, “Yet Another Zombie Defense”, “Fury Unleashed” and “Yet Another Zombie Survivors”.

Fediverse address:
@awgs@mas.to

The Socel Director

Runs the Socel.net server aimed at animators and those with connections to animation. Often shares posts about animation and art.

Fediverse address:
@admin@socel.net

6502b

Artist creating absolutely stunning miniature scenes and dioramas entirely through intricately made tiny scale models combined with clever lighting, often featuring technological themes. Also a pixel artist and game developer.

Fediverse address:
@6502B@mastodon.social

BookWyrm

The Fediverse’s alternative to Goodreads. You can keep track of your books, write reviews, follow other readers and more. Also, as it’s part of the Fediverse you can follow BookWyrm members from Mastodon etc.

Fediverse address:
@bookwyrm@tech.lgbt

FediMeteo Florida

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

Fediverse addresses:
@bonita_springs__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@cape_coral__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@clearwater__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@coral_springs__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@daytona_beach__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@deltona__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@fort_lauderdale__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@gainesville__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@hialeah__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@hollywood__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@jacksonville__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@lakeland__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@miami__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@miramar__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@naples__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@ocala__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@orlando__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@palm_bay__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@panama_city__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@pembroke_pines__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@pensacola__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@port_st_lucie__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@st_petersburg__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@tallahassee__florida@us.fedimeteo.com
@tampa__florida@us.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo South Dakota

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

Fediverse addresses:
@aberdeen__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@belle_fourche__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@brandon__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@brookings__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@chamberlain__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@custer__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@elk_point__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@hot_springs__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@huron__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@lennox__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@madison__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@miller__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@mitchell__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@mobridge__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@pierre__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@rapid_city__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@sioux_falls__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@sisseton__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@spearfish__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@sturgis__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@tea__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@vermilion__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@watertown__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@winner__south_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@yankton__south_dakota@us.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

Chest Bot

Interactive game run by a bot which lets you open loot chests which may contain treasure. The treasure can be saved in an account and spent on imaginary items. (NOTE: This is all just for fun, you don’t actually get any kind of loot! 😃)

Fediverse address (main):
@chest_bot@mastodon.social

Fediverse address (save your loot):
@chest_bot_atm@mastodon.social

Fediverse address (spend your loot):
@chest_bot_shop@mastodon.social

Ellie Huxtable

Account dedicated to motorcycles, posting news about own bikes and sharing bike posts from others. Currently owns a 2013 BMW HP4 Carbon, 2007 Yamaha R6 and 2022 Husqvarna 701SM.

Fediverse address:
@ellie@bikers.social

Interzone Magazine

Long-running award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine founded in 1982, publishing short stories and non-fiction pieces as well as full colour illustrations. It publishes both established and unknown writers, and its past contributors include many luminaries such as Terry Pratchett, Iain M. Banks, Gwyneth Jones, J.G. Ballard, William Gibson etc.

Fediverse address:
@InterzoneMag@mastodon.online

Fireside Fedi

Cosy laidback chats with familiar faces from the Fediverse. Available on multiple Fediverse platforms including livestream, video on demand, blog and podcast.

Fediverse address (main):
@firesidefedi@social.firesidefedi.live

Fediverse address (livestream):
@ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live

Fediverse address (videos):
@ozoned@tubefree.org

Fediverse address (blog):
@firesidefedi@write.firesidefedi.live

Fediverse address (podcast):
@firesidefedi@audio.firesidefedi.live

Adam S. Smith

Palaeontologist and curator at the Nottingham Natural History Museum, Wollaton Hall, in the UK. Especially interested in plesiosaurs and other Mesozoic marine reptiles. Author of the children’s books “The Plesiosaur’s Neck” and “The Tyrannosaur’s Feathers”, founder of the Dinosaur Toy Blog, Animal Toy Blog and Plesiosaur Directory sites.

Fediverse address (main):
@AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win

Fediverse address (blog):
@dinotoyblog@dinotoyblog.com

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

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

FediMeteo Hungary

Weather forecast accounts for cities in Hungary. Follow your city to receive weather forecasts in Hungarian in your timeline.

Fediverse addresses (in Hungarian):
@bekescsaba@hu.fedimeteo.com
@budapest@hu.fedimeteo.com
@debrecen@hu.fedimeteo.com
@eger@hu.fedimeteo.com
@esztergom@hu.fedimeteo.com
@gyor@hu.fedimeteo.com
@kaposvar@hu.fedimeteo.com
@kecskemet@hu.fedimeteo.com
@miskolc@hu.fedimeteo.com
@nagykoros@hu.fedimeteo.com
@nyiregyhaza@hu.fedimeteo.com
@pecs@hu.fedimeteo.com
@salgotarjan@hu.fedimeteo.com
@sopron@hu.fedimeteo.com
@szeged@hu.fedimeteo.com
@szekesfehervar@hu.fedimeteo.com
@szombathely@hu.fedimeteo.com
@tatabanya@hu.fedimeteo.com
@vac@hu.fedimeteo.com
@zalaegerszeg@hu.fedimeteo.com

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

Postcard Past – Present Photo

History site taking old postcards of particular places in cities and putting them beside photos of the same locations today, with the site’s articles discussing what has changed socially and economically in that area (or not) since the postcard was made.

Fediverse address (blog):
@index@postcard-past.com

FediMeteo West Virginia

Weather forecast accounts for the state of West Virginia, USA. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.

Fediverse addresses:
@barboursville__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@beckley__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@bluefield__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@bridgeport__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@buckhannon__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@charleston__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@clarksburg__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@elkins__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@fairmont__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@huntington__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@keyser__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@lewisburg__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@martinsburg__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@morgantown__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@oak_hill__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@parkersburg__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@point_pleasant__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@princeton__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@ripley__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@romney__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@south_charleston__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@st_albans__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@vienna__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@weirton__west_virginia@us.fedimeteo.com
@wheeling__west_virginia@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