Computer science teacher making educational videos about programming and game development.
Fediverse address (videos):
@moosadee@spectra.video
Category Archives: Uncategorised
Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts
Non-profit glass arts studio and education centre based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Founded in 2009.
Fediverse address:
@focimcga@mastodon.social
Adrenaline.com.br
Brazilian gaming and tech news site covering consoles and PCs.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@Adrenalinebr@flipboard.com
Chefkoch.de
German cooking and baking site and community, featuring recipes for all kinds of foods.
Fediverse address (in German):
@chefkochde@flipboard.com
fourth best
Independent blog covering new music in Ireland.
Fediverse address (blog):
@blog@fourth.best
South Carolina Daily Gazette
Non-profit news site for South Carolina, affiliate of the States Newsroom network of local news sites.
Fediverse address:
@SCdailygazette@flipboard.com
Planet F1
Formula One motor racing news site, based in the UK and founded in 1999.
Fediverse address:
@PlanetF1@flipboard.com
Green Planet Energy eG
German energy co-operative with emphasis on environmentally friendlier forms of energy. (Previously known as Greenpeace Energy.)
Fediverse address (in German):
@GreenPlanet_nrg@mastodon.green
Old Catholic Churches International
International church denomination in the USA and Latin America, based in Augusta, Georgia, USA. Emphasis is on welcoming marginalised people including migrants, LGBTQIA+ people, women and BIPOC.
Fediverse address:
@myocci@mastodon.myocci.social
9to5Linux
News, reviews, tutorials and videos about Linux and free open source software.
Fediverse address (main):
@9to5linux@floss.social
Fediverse address (videos):
@9to5linux@tilvids.com
DMV Weather
Weather forecasts and severe weather alerts for Virginia, Maryland and Washington DC, USA. Also posts about climate change.
Fediverse address:
@rvaweather@dmv.community
Jean-Denis Haas
Animation director at Lucasfilm Animation, worked on Star Trek: Prodigy. Previously at Warner Bros Animation and Industrial Light & Magic. Teacher at Academy of Art University in California, Animation Mentor, and runs own animation workshops.
Fediverse address:
@jeandenishaas@mastodon.art
The Stillwegian
Independent local news site for Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@thestillwegian.news
Not Just Bikes
Videos all about modern urban planning and transport, often using the Netherlands as an example of how to do it well.
Fediverse address:
@notjustbikes@notjustbikes.com
Sheril Kirshenbaum
Scientist, science writer and broadcaster, host of “Serving Up Science” on PBS in the United States. Co-founder of Science Debate, a non-profit organisation promoting scientific discourse in US politics.
Fediverse address:
@Sheril@mastodon.social
Huck Magazine
UK-based culture, art, activism and sport magazine covering stories around the world, with emphasis on subcultures and countercultures. First published in 2006.
Fediverse address:
@HuckMagazine@flipboard.com
PC Magazine / PCMag
Computer and technology magazine, originally dealing with just PCs but nowadays covering a wider range of gadgets. Based in the US, founded in 1982.
Fediverse address:
@PCMag@flipboard.com
MapAmore
Promotes open geographical data including OpenStreetMap, and posts OpenStreetMap hints and tips. The account is based in the Philippines and promotes OSM contribution there.
Fediverse address:
@MapAmore@en.osm.town
Bad Faith Times
US political blog covering how far right politicians are trying to normalise fascist policies.
Fediverse address (blog):
@dennycarter@badfaithtimes.com
The Ditch
Irish news blog particularly covering political or institutional corruption in Ireland.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@ontheditch.com
RI News Feed
News feed from the RI News site, an independent non-profit news provider covering the whole of Rhode Island, USA.
Fediverse address:
@rinewstoday.com@rss-parrot.net
The South Devon Players Theatre & Film Company
Community theatre & film organisation based in Devon, UK. Founded in 2005.
Fediverse address:
@sdevonplayers@mastodonapp.uk
Star Trek FediGroup
Discussion group about all versions of Star Trek.
Fediverse address:
@startrek@fedigroups.social
Paul Southworth
Retired bicycle mechanic giving advice on bike repairs and maintenance, also helping people to fix their own bikes at repair cafes. Based in Vermont, USA.
Fediverse address:
@pws@social.coop
Bella Caledonia
Independent Scottish news account.
Fediverse address:
@BellaCaledonia@mastodon.scot
Filmstarts
Film and television news site based in Germany, founded in 2002.
Fediverse address (in German):
@Filmstarts@flipboard.com
Oblique Questions
Bot posting questions taken out of context from public domain books.
Fediverse address:
@obliquestions@mastodon.matthewmcvickar.com
Berliner Morgenpost / MorgenPost.de
German newspaper and website based in Berlin, covering local, national and international news. First published in 1898
Fediverse address (in German):
@morgenpost@flipboard.com
Industry Decarbonization News
Newsletter about climate mitigation in industries and sectors where decarbonisation is more difficult.
Fediverse address:
@industrydecarbonization@mastodon.online
Muppet GIF of the Day
Fun GIFs of the Muppets in various situations.
Fediverse address:
@GIFS_of_Puppets@ohai.social
The Vietnamese Magazine
English-language non-profit news site about Vietnam, run by activists and journalists concerned about human rights in the country.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@thevietnamese.org
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
David de Groot
Professional photographer in Australia who posts detailed pictures of birds and other wildlife. They also have a personal account that often features food and cookery.
Fediverse address (photos):
@david@photog.social
Fediverse address (food and personal):
@david@theblower.au
Xernist
Freelance illustrator and digital painter who creates beautiful surreal images, often with fantastic themes, usually using Krita software.
Fediverse address (main):
@Xernist@mastodon.art
Fediverse address (images):
@Xernist@pixelfed.social
Wireless Battle Of The Mesh
A series of social events aimed at mesh networking fans.
Fediverse address:
@battlemesh@toot.aquilenet.fr
ESPN700 Utah News Feed
News feed of sports site and radio station covering all major sports in Utah, USA.
Fediverse address:
@espn700sports.com@rss-parrot.net
Basket Under Review
Independent sports news site about college basketball in the USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@basketunderreview.com
LucasArts Places
Bot posting backgrounds from classic Lucasfilm/LucasArts adventure games.
Fediverse address:
@lucasarts_places@mastodon.social
GTK
Free open source cross-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces.
Fediverse address:
@GTK@floss.social
Niccolò Ve
KDE developer posting lots of interesting videos all about software created by the KDE community and related topics.
Fediverse address:
@veggero@tube.kockatoo.org
Boise State Public Radio News Feed
News feed from the website of Boise State Public Radio, a public broadcasting service run by Boise State University, Idaho, USA.
Fediverse address:
@www.boisestatepublicradio.org.news@rss-parrot.net
CycleWR
Organisation advocating for cycling in the Waterloo Region of Ontario, Canada.
Fediverse address:
@CycleWR@cosocial.ca
Book Riot
Independent website all about books, featuring book news, reviews and podcasts with a progressive, feminist and inclusive perspective. Based in Canada, founded in 2011.
Fediverse address:
@BookRiot@flipboard.com
GrapheneOS
Free open source privacy and security focused mobile OS, compatible with nearly every Android app through a sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer.
Fediverse address:
@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social
Anubi
Pixel artist and low poly artist, also does music. Often makes cute drawings of cats and other animals.
Fediverse address:
@anubiarts@oomfie.city
FediHouse Upcycling FediGroup
Discussion group about upcycling houses so they become more self-sufficient using renewable energy, open hardware, FOSS etc.
Fediverse address:
@fedihouse@fedigroups.social
Auswärtiges Amt / German Foreign Office
The official account of the German federal government’s Foreign Office
Fediverse address (in German):
@AuswaertigesAmt@social.bund.de
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
Scuba Divers FediGroup
Discussion group about scuba diving and related topics.
Fediverse address:
@scubadivers@fedigroups.social
US Covid Wastewater Levels Bot
Unofficial bot posting levels of COVID found in wastewater state by state, sourced from CDC data.
Fediverse address:
@covid_wastewater@mastodon.social
Corel Gallery Clipart
Bot posting images of 1990s clip art.
Fediverse address:
@clipart@mastodon.art
Debian India
Organisation of Debian contributors and fans in India.
Fediverse address:
@debianindia@pleroma.debian.social
Ossi
Pixel artist who (amongst other things) creates cute images of classic game consoles.
Fediverse address:
@Ossi@mastodon.art
Helsinki Python
Regular meetups for users of the Python programming language in Helsinki, Finland.
Fediverse address:
@HelPy@fosstodon.org
Gregor
Comic artist and live streamer, creator of the humorous (and occasionally melancholy) “Loading Artist” and “Plucked Up” webcomics.
Fediverse address:
@loadingartist@mastodon.world
Gizmodo
Technology, science and science fiction news site. Based in the US, founded in 2002.
Fediverse address:
@Gizmodo@flipboard.com
R-Ladies Gaborone
Branch of the R-Ladies organisation based in Gaborone, Botswana. Promoting gender diversity in the R programming community.
Fediverse address:
@RLadiesGaborone@fosstodon.org
Overcast
Podcast app for iPhone and iPad.
Fediverse address:
@overcastfm@mastodon.social
Fedi.Garden
Independent curated directory of Fediverse servers that have promised to abide by certain standards of reliability and responsible moderation.
(NOTE: This is nothing to do with fedigardens.app ⧉, they just have similar names.)
Fediverse address:
@FediGarden@social.growyourown.services
Jane Manchun Wong
Technology blogger and freelance security researcher based in San Francisco. Wong has had a string of famous scoops, and been the first person to uncover many hidden features, security bugs and unannounced products from big tech companies.
Fediverse address:
@wongmjane@macaw.social
Good Housekeeping Magazine / GoodHousekeeping.com
The original US edition of the lifestyle magazine and website, covering the home, food, health, beauty, entertainment etc. Based in the US, first published in 1885.
Fediverse address:
@GoodHouseMag@flipboard.com
Neo-Classical Music FediGroup
Discussion group about neo-classical or modern classical music.
Fediverse address:
@neoclassicalmusic@fedigroups.social
Data Uruguay
Civil society organisation in Uruguay promoting open government, open data and transparency.
Fediverse address (in Spanish):
@datauy@mastodon.uy
Saku
Freelance artist working on animation and gaming, often with a cartoon-like style.
Fediverse address:
@saku_art@mastodon.gamedev.place
Warwick Post News Feed
News feed from local news site for Warwick, Rhode Island, USA.
Fediverse address:
@warwickpost.com@rss-parrot.net
The Kyiv Independent
English-language Ukrainian online newspaper, based in Kyiv and founded in 2021.
Fediverse address:
@KyivIndependent@flipboard.com
Santa Claus
Father Christmas’s personal account, giving a unique insight into his preparations for the festive season.
Fediverse address:
@Santaclaus@c.im
Landesregierung Schleswig-Holstein
Official account of the State Government of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@landesregierung@social.schleswig-holstein.de
Troy Hunt
Online security expert and creator of the popular “Have I been pwned” tool. Microsoft Regional Director and MVP.
Fediverse address:
@troyhunt@infosec.exchange
Veloren
Free open source open world role playing game with voxel graphics, inspired by Cube World and Breath Of The Wild. There are online multiplayer options, and you can host your own server too. It’s available for Linux, Mac and Windows.
Fediverse address:
@veloren@floss.social
Hot Wheels News
Unofficial toy news blog all about Hot Wheels toy cars.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@hwheadline.com
Dr Helen Czerski
Physicist, oceanographer, presenter and writer. Author of “Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life” and “Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes our World”.
Fediverse address:
@helenczerski@fediscience.org
Professor Nisreen Alwan
Epidemiologist and Professor of Public Health at the University of Southampton in the UK. Interested in Lifecourse Epidemiology and Long Covid.
Fediverse address:
@nisreen@mastodon.online
Ethan Blanton
Computer scientist and retro technology fan, videos about old and new computers.
Fediverse address (videos):
@elb@toobnix.org
Golang Weekly
Articles, projects and tutorials about the Go programming language.
Fediverse address:
@golang_discussions@mastodon.social
LadyIcePaw
Artist, web comic/visual novel writer and game creator, usually featuring fantasy characters drawn in a classic cartoony style and a lot of anthropomorphic creatures.
Fediverse address:
@LadyIcepaw@mastodon.art
Rockies Pitch
Newsletter about baseball, especially the Colorado Rockies team based in Denver, Colorado, USA.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@rockiespitch.com
Humanum
Paints beautiful delicate watercolours based on the natural world and protecting the environment, mixing natural imagery with abstract shapes.
Fediverse address:
@humanum@mastodon.art
Xzyolotl
Artist who creates wonderfully intricate and colourful 2D drawings and 3D renderings of surreal, fantastic monsters.
Fediverse address:
@xzyolotl@mastodon.art
BBC Turkish News Feed
News feed of the Turkish service of the UK public broadcaster BBC.
Fediverse address (in Turkish):
@www.bbc.co.uk.turkce@rss-parrot.net
Methow Nature Notes
Newsletter about nature and wildlife in the Methow Valley and North Cascades areas of Washington state, USA.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@methownaturenotes.com
El Confidencial
Spanish online newspaper founded in 2001, mainly focused on politics and the economy.
Fediverse address (in Spanish):
@ElConfidencial@flipboard.com
GardeningWell
Family in Ireland documenting their eco-friendly sustainably maintained garden.
Fediverse address:
@gardeningwell@mastodon.ie
Casa Vogue
Brazilian magazine about interior design, decor and architecture.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@CasaVOGUE@flipboard.com
letterspace.amsterdam
Hosts free public lectures in Amsterdam about experimentation, innovation and research in type. Founded in 2018.
Fediverse address:
@lttrspc@typo.social
ShortList Magazine
UK lifestyle magazine about entertainment, technology, gaming, fashion, food etc.
Fediverse address:
@ShortListMag@flipboard.com
9News RSS Feed
News feed of the Australian news network 9News.
Fediverse address:
@www.9news.com.au.rss@rss-parrot.net
Philip of the Opera
Music blog all about the opera, especially reviews of modern productions.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@philipoftheopera.com
Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB)
Union representing professional writers of all kinds in the United Kingdom, including television, books, film, games, theatre etc.
Fediverse address:
@WritersGuildGB@union.place
Tokyo Camera Club
Account of the Tokyo Camera Club photography site, highlighting photoraphers in Japan.
Fediverse address (in Japanese):
@tokyocameraclub@mstdn.tokyocameraclub.com
Union syndicale Solidaires
French trade union umbrella group founded in 1981.
Fediverse address (in French):
@unionsolidaires@syndicat.solidaires.org
Tea FediGroup
Discussion group about the wonderful drink tea.
Fediverse address:
@tea@fedigroups.social
PennLive.com
Local news site for Pennsylvania, USA.
Fediverse address:
@PennLivedotcom@flipboard.com
Kingston Springs Gazette
Independent local news site for Kingston Springs, Tennessee, USA. Founded in 2023.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@ksgazette.com
Watson.de
German edition of the Swiss online newspaper covering national & international news.
Fediverse address (in German):
@watson_de@flipboard.com
Cascadia Climate Action Now
Environmental activism group based in the Pacific Northwest of North America.
Fediverse address:
@CascadiaCAN@climatejustice.social
Mobian
Version of Debian Linux designed for mobile devices.
Fediverse address:
@mobian@fosstodon.org
tardis.guide
Website helping people keep track of all Doctor Who videos, audios, books etc.
Fediverse address:
@guide@tardis.team
Bundesministerium für Digitales und Staatsmodernisierung
German federal government’s ministry for digital affairs and state modernisation.
Fediverse address (in German):
@BMDS@social.bund.de
Open State Foundation
Netherlands-based organisation campaigning for more government open data and transparency.
Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@openstate@mastodon.nl
Pawprints Games
Independent game developer, creating cute games (often featuring cats) for the Playdate handheld console and the web.
Fediverse address:
@pawprints@mastodon.gamedev.place
Rowery FediGroup
Polish-language discussion group about cycling and bicycles.
Fediverse address (in Polish):
@rower@fedigroups.social
PsychoPy
Free open source software tools to help researchers create experiments in behavioural sciences including psychology, neuroscience, psychophysics, linguistics, behavioural economics etc.
Fediverse address:
@psychopy@mastodon.social
NintendojoFR
French language site about Nintendo featuring news, articles and podcasts.
Fediverse address (in French):
@nintendojofr@m.nintendojo.fr
Little Bear Crochets
Designs and publishes crochet amigurumi patterns, often cute colourful animals. Also posts about fibre arts in general.
Fediverse address (photos):
@LittleBearCrochets@pixelfed.social
Fediverse address (text posts):
@LittleBearCrochets@mastodon.art
DC Bradshaw
Writes indie RPG material including settings, source books, adventures etc covering a wide range of genres such as fantasy, parody, history, film noir and modern crime.
Fediverse address:
@dcbradshaw@dice.camp
Cycling Guide
Mobile app providing cycling routes in Ontario and Nova Scotia, provided by the Canadian charity Cycling Guide Foundation.
Fediverse address:
@CyclingGuide@cosocial.ca
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
Lutris
Free open source game preservation platform for Linux PCs which lets you access your games collections from many different platforms. It includes a collection of emulators and compatibility layers to help even older games run correctly on your current machine.
Fediverse address:
@lutris@fosstodon.org
Will Deakin
Data visualisation coder, interested in open data and data science. Works with governance on UK railway IT and European regulations.
Fediverse address:
@wnd@fosstodon.org
Anaïs Faë
Creates amazing naturalistic watercolour pictures of animals and other subjects.
Fediverse address:
@anaisfae@mastodon.art
Doctor Who: Radio Free Skaro
Canadian podcast about the science fiction series Doctor Who.
Fediverse address:
@radiofreeskaro.com@radiofreeskaro.com
Maldita.es
Spanish non-profit foundation for fact checking news and discourse. Founded in 2014.
Fediverse address (in Spanish):
@Malditaes@flipboard.com
DiscourseNet
Non-profit association for discourse studies run by its members.
Fediverse address:
@DiscourseNet@fediscience.org
FlagFacts
Bot posting random flags of nations and regions.
Fediverse address:
@FlagFacts@mas.to
Sasquatch Networks
Providing networking and IT services to small businesses, especially on-premises self-hosted hardware. Based in Pacific Northwest of Oregon, USA.
Fediverse address:
@sasquatch@toot.exchange
Ozoned Cast
Live streaming account mainly about Linux and Linux gaming.
Fediverse address:
@ozoned@stream.ozoned.net
Queer Cycling in Berlin
LGBTQIA+ cycling meetups in Berlin, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@queer_cycling_berlin@lsbt.me
Ashley Reynolds
Previously at the Canadian Museum of Nature and University of Ottawa, studying large Arctic carnivores at the end of the Pleistocene.
Fediverse address:
@ashinonyx@scholar.social
Backheeled
US-based sports news site and podcast covering football (soccer), including MLS, USL and USMNT.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@backheeled.com
The Players’ Tribune
Sports news site, featuring articles and videos from the perspectives of the sportspeople themselves. Based in America, founded in 2014.
Fediverse address:
@PlayersTribune@flipboard.com
Cats FediGroup
Discussion group all about cats!
Fediverse address:
@cats@fedigroups.social
Tiro Typeworks
Digital type foundry founded in 1994. Specialises in custom fonts for multilingual publishing and computing.
Fediverse address:
@TiroTypeworks@typo.social
Faith Humphrey Hill / Dartily Art Studio
Video account for artist combining knitting and drawing to create unique works of art.
Fediverse address (videos):
@dartilyartstudio@makertube.net
Air Adam
Hip-hop DJ, photographer, podcaster, Twitch streamer.
Fediverse address:
@airadam@mastodon.me.uk
Dominik Waßenhoven
Medieval historian at University of Cologne in Germany. Focus on Northern European History (England, Scandinavia, ‘Germany’), especially the 10th – 12th centuries.
Fediverse address (main account, in German and English):
@domwass@scholar.social
Fediverse address (book reviews, in German and English):
@domwass@ramblingreaders.org
UnifiedPush
Set of specifications and free open source tools to help users get more control over how their phone’s (or computers’s) notifications are handled. There are options for self-hosting notification systems if needed.
Fediverse address:
@unifiedpush@fosstodon.org
Yukon Lookout News Feed
Feed from news site Yukon Lookout, covering local news, events and culture.
Fediverse address:
@www.yukonlookout.com@rss-parrot.net
Medialab Invisible
Hackerspace and activist group in Andalusia, Spain.
Fediverse address (in Spanish):
@medialab_invisible@xarxa.cloud
The Blue Alaskan
Investigative journalism blog covering politics in Alaska, USA. Particularly concerned about the rise of far right hate groups.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@thebluealaskan.com
Thrillist
Travel news and articles, also covering food, drink and entertainment. Based in the US, founded in 2004.
Fediverse address:
@thrillist@flipboard.com
MLive.com
Local news site for Michigan, USA, publishing articles from MLive-owned newspapers in the state such as the Ann Arbor News, Bay City Times, Flint Journal, Grand Rapids Press, Jackson Citizen Patriot etc.
Fediverse address:
@MLivecom@flipboard.com
Horizon
Magazine about mental health, addictions and intellectual disability in New Zealand / Aotearoa.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@thehorizon.nz
Race Into Space
Free open source version of the classic 1993 PC game “Buzz Aldrin’s Race Into Space”.
Fediverse address:
@raceintospace@mstdn.games
KMBC-TV Channel 9 News Feed
News feed from KMBC-TV, ABC affiliate television station based in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Fediverse address:
@www.kmbc.com@rss-parrot.net
Premier League Scores
Bot posting the latest scores from Premier League football matches. Scores are hidden behind content warnings in case you want to watch match later. Posting schedule is pinned to profile, and post frequency increases during matches.
Fediverse address:
@premierleaguescores@mastodon.world
Jan Gaska
Fine art oil paintings of landscapes and portraits, working from observation, plein air painting.
Fediverse address:
@jangaska@socel.net
GameFromScratch
Website about game design including news, tutorials, and reviews of game development tools. Founded in 2011.
Fediverse address:
@GameFromScratch@mastodon.gamedev.place
heyheymomo
Really cute cartoons with a straightforward wholesome feel.
Fediverse address:
@heyheymomo@socel.net
Index Theologicus / IxTheo
International Bibliography of Theology and Religious Studies.
Fediverse address:
@ixtheo@hcommons.social
CarExplore
Australian car news site with reviews, feature articles, guides etc. Covers both petrol and electric models.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@carexplore.com.au
Daniel Menjívar
Sewing enthusiast and retired musician, posts about sewing projects, sewing machines, making clothes and other topics.
Fediverse address:
@DanielMenjivar@mastodon.social
CNRS / Centre national de la recherche scientifique
Official French goverment account for the National Centre for Scientific Research in France.
Fediverse address (in French):
@cnrs@social.numerique.gouv.fr
Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (BKG) / Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy
German federal agency for providing topographic data, cartography and geodetic reference systems.
Fediverse address (in German):
@BKG@social.bund.de
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
Mans1
French language hiphop artist from Switzerland, who creates music tracks and music videos. The tracks often have a nice laidback quality to them, mixing the countryside with the city.
Fediverse address (in French & English):
@mans1@v.basspistol.org
Kiplinger
US-based financial advice and business news service, founded in 1920.
Fediverse address:
@Kiplingers@flipboard.com
CBC British Columbia
British Columbia stories on the CBC.
Fediverse address:
@british-columbia-cbcnews@flipboard.com
openSUSE
Version of Linux aimed at software developers and system administrators.
Fediverse address:
@opensuse@fosstodon.org
FediMeteo Colima
Weather forecast accounts for Colima, Mexico. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Spanish):
@colima__colima@mx.fedimeteo.com
@manzanillo__colima@mx.fedimeteo.com
Japan Quake Bot
Unofficial bot posting about earthquakes above magnitude 4, using data from the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Fediverse address:
@japanquake@geodata.nexus
Associação Nacional para o Software Livre / ANSOL
Portuguese non-profit organisation promoting and researching free open source software.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@ansol@floss.social
African Music Forum (AMF)
Music blog about African music since the 1950s, covering all styles. Originally founded in 2012 as an online community.
Fediverse address:
@blogamf@indieweb.social
PostmarketOS
Version of Linux for smartphones, based on the Alpine Linux distro.
Fediverse address:
@postmarketOS@treehouse.systems
State of the Map
Annual conference of the OpenStreetMap Foundation.
Fediverse address:
@sotm@en.osm.town
The Poultney Journal
Community-run local news site for Poultney, Vermont, USA. Founded in 2023.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@poultneyjournal.com
Amit Gawande
Professional software developer, posts regularly about various forms of programming as well as random other thoughts.
Fediverse address:
@amit@social.lol
Freedom Scientific
Manufacturer of accessibility computer products for partially sighted and blind people. Products include screen readers, braille displays, screen magnifiers, large print keyboards etc.
Fediverse address:
@freedomscientific@mastodon.social
Merian / Merian.de
German travel magazine and website looking at places to visit in Germany, Europe and worldwide. First published in 1948.
Fediverse address (in German):
@MerianOfficial@flipboard.com
Rolling Stone Deutschland / RollingStone.de
German edition of the magazine and website about music, politics and pop culture.
Fediverse address (in German):
@rollingstoneDE@flipboard.com
Playdate
Official account for the Playdate, a new and quirky handheld video game system.
Fediverse address:
@playdate@panic.com
Journal of Experimental Botany
Publishing papers that describe novel and rigorous research addressing broad principles in plant science.
Fediverse address:
@JXBot@mastodon.social
Energy Transition Show Podcast
Podcast about the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
Fediverse address:
@TransitionShow@mastodon.energy
Starbuck’s Exploring
Travel and history blog documenting historical mines and Native American rock art in remote locations in the United States, especially in California and Nevada.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@starbuck.org
Kiwix
Free open source app that lets you view and search reference materials such as Wikipedia, Gutenberg, StackExchange etc without an internet connection. This can be very useful in remote areas, during temporary outages, or during times of turmoil.
Fediverse address:
@kiwix@mastodon.social
Juan F. Ramírez
Sinclair ZX Spectrum enthusiast sharing news articles, photos, screenshots, adverts, magazine covers etc from the history of the Spectrum.
Fediverse address:
@juanfr@mastodon.social
Culver Crescent
Independent local news site for Culver City, California, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@culvercrescent.com
BBC Radio 3 Now Playing Bot
Unofficial bot posting the current track playing on BBC Radio 3 in the UK.
Fediverse address:
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
48 Hills
Independent community news site for San Francisco, California, USA.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@newsletters.48hills.org
Danuar
Retro long-play videos of classic video games from arcades, home computers and consoles, accompanied by reviews in the comments.
Fediverse address:
@danuar@video.hardlimit.com
NFL Scores
Bot posting the latest scores from the NFL. Scores are hidden behind content warnings in case you want to watch match later.
Fediverse address:
@nflscores@mastodon.online
Swapna Krishna
Journalist covering science, space and technology. Presents “Far Out” for the American public broadcaster PBS, and is a writer for Wired and StarTrek.com.
Fediverse address:
@skrishna@wandering.shop
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
Inverse
Online magazine covering technology, culture and science. Based in the United States, founded in 2015.
Fediverse address:
@inversedotcom@flipboard.com
Beth Johnson
Planetary scientist, science communicator, writer, podcast host. Comms specialist for the SETI Institute and the Planetary Science Institute in the USA.
Fediverse address:
@planetarypan@tech.lgbt
Our Spectrum Adventures
Travel blog featuring outdoors travel in the UK. Currently walking around the entire coast of Great Britain.
Fediverse address (blog):
@hello@ourspectrumadventures.com
Women’s Running / WomensRunning.com
Magazine and website for female runners of all skill levels. Based in the US, first published under the name “Her Sports + Fitness” in 2004.
Fediverse address:
@WomensRunning@flipboard.com
Penpot
Free open source interface prototyping and design platform. It operates entirely through web browsers using SVG, so it can be used collaboratively and on any OS.
Fediverse address (main):
@penpot@fosstodon.org
Fediverse address (videos):
@penpot_app@peertube.kaleidos.net
Coyote Media Collective
Worker-owned newsroom for Bay Area of San Francisco, California, USA. Covers local news and culture.
Fediverse address:
@COYOTEMedia@flipboard.com
Python Lyon
Community group for users of the Python programming language in Lyon, France.
Fediverse address:
@python_lyon@piaille.fr
Jonny Revival / Revival Records
Originally set up to digitise and restore old vinyl releases, nowadays blogging about music and records.
Fediverse address:
@revivalrecords@cupoftea.social
Wikimedia Community Ireland
Irish Wikimedia/Wikipedia user group, recognised affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation. Promoting open knowledge in Ireland, promoting availability of knowledge in the Irish language.
Fediverse address:
@WikimediaIE@mastodon.ie
Repair Cafe Rugby
Repair cafe in Rugby, Warwickshire in the UK.
Fediverse address:
@repaircaferugby@mastodon.social
Comic Book Resources / CBR.com
Entertainment news site covering television, films, comic books and anime. Based in the USA, founded in 1995.
Fediverse address:
@CBRcom@flipboard.com
John Aboud
Screenwriter and comedian based in the US. Creator of TV series “Home Economics”, writer on “Close Enough”, “A Futile and Stupid Gesture”, “Childrens Hospital” and the cinema version of “Penguins of Madagascar”. Also a ham radio enthusiast.
Fediverse address:
@jaboud@indieweb.social
Vintage Edmonton
Newspaper articles, images and other materials from the history of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Fediverse address:
@VintageEdmonton@mstdn.ca
Lucire
Online and print fashion magazine founded in 1997. Originally based in New Zealand, now with editions around the world.
Fediverse address:
@lucire@fashionsocial.host
Wellington Chinese History
Tracing and recording sites of significance to the Chinese communities in Wellington, New Zealand.
Fediverse address:
@WellingtonChineseHistory@cloudisland.nz
Postimees News Feed
News feed from Estonia’s oldest newspaper Postimees, founded in 1857. The feed is available in Estonian and English language versions.
Fediverse address (in Estonian):
@www.postimees.ee@rss-parrot.net
Fediverse address (in English):
@news.postimees.ee@rss-parrot.net
Guy Jantic
Posts videos of songs he’s working on, some of them rather silly such as a love song about a “beholder” monster.
Fediverse address:
@guyjantic@tube.tchncs.de
Gossip Guy
Newsletter about community activism in to protect vulnerable groups in Seattle, Washington state, USA.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@gossipguy.net
Web Accessibility Initiative
W3C initiative developing strategies and standards to make the world wide web accessible to people with disabilities.
Fediverse address:
@wai@w3c.social
Luca Mancini
Drummer posting videos of their drumming sessions on progressive and alternative metal music tracks.
Fediverse address (videos):
@luca_mancini@makertube.net
Dr Dan Killam
Environmental scientist and “eclamgelist” at San Francisco Estuary Institute. Killam is particularly interested in clams, and often posts about them.
Fediverse address:
@dantheclamman@scicomm.xyz
Cup of Coffee
US-based baseball newsletter mainly covering the latest events in baseball, but also including assorted other topics.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@cupofcoffeenews.com
Slothstradamus
Food and cookery blog, especially grilled and barbecued food.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@slothstradamus.com
European Alternatives
Website listing digital and technology services based within the European Union.
Fediverse address:
@european_alternatives@mastodon.social
Wallabag
Free open source alternative to Pocket and other article-saving services. There are apps for Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, Firefox, Chrome, Kindle, Kobo and others. It is also compatible with RSS readers. You can self-host your own instance for free, or use the paid-for flagship instance.
Fediverse account:
@wallabag@fosstodon.org
Montreal Gazette
Print and digital newspaper based in Montreal, covering local, national and international news. Canada’s oldest existing daily newspaper, first published in 1778.
Fediverse address:
@mtlgazette@mstdn.social
CKIA FM Radio Basse-Ville
Community radio station in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Run by a non-profit, broadcasting since 1984.
Fediverse address (in French):
@CKIAFM@jasette.facil.services
Letters From Gondwana Feed
Feed of the Letters From Gondwana blog, writing on palaeontology since 2013.
Fediverse address:
@paleonerdish.wordpress.com@rss-parrot.net
TimBL / Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Computer scientist, inventor of the World Wide Web, HTML, HTTP, URLs, web browsers etc. Founder and director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
Fediverse address:
@timbl@w3c.social
Greenpeace International
Official account of the environmental campaign group.
Fediverse address:
@greenpeace@mastodon.social
Genealogy FediGroup
Discussion group about Genealogy.
Fediverse address:
@genealogy@fedigroups.social
The Dinosaur Dave
Paleontology student and Lego builder with an interest in Science Communication, creates lots of wonderful Lego dinosaurs.
Fediverse address:
@TheDinosaurDave@sauropods.win
JTechLog News Feed
News feed from JTechLog, a Hungarian blog about the Java programming language.
Fediverse address (in Hungarian):
@www.jtechlog.hu@rss-parrot.net
Kenney
Community-supported project creating public domain assets for video games.
Fediverse address:
@kenney@mastodon.gamedev.place
Mavoy Music
Polish-language blog about independent music, film and related topics. Founded in 2008.
Fediverse address (account posts in English, blog posts in Polish):
@MavoyOfficial@mastodon.online
Arseblog Arsenal Women Newsletter
Unofficial newsletter about Arsenal FC’s women’s football team.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@awnewsletter.arseblog.com
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
Prince Albert Daily Herald News Feed
News feed from independent local newspaper in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Fediverse address:
@paherald.sk.ca@rss-parrot.net
Go Meetup Prague
Local group in Prague, Czechia, for anyone interested in the Go programming language.
Fediverse address:
@gomeetupprague@fosstodon.org
WDCV Frauen
Organisation for women’s cricket in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German & English):
@WDCV_Frauen@nrw.social
When the Going Gets Weird
Newsletter highlighting bizarre stories from various magazines and news outlets.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@newsletter.mathewingram.com
FediMeteo Mississippi
Weather forecast accounts for Mississippi, USA. Follow an account to see the forecasts for that town or city.
Fediverse addresses:
@bay_st_louis__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@biloxi__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@brookhaven__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@clinton__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@columbus__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@corinth__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@greenville__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@greenwood__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@gulfport__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@hattiesburg__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@hernando__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@jackson__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@laurel__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@madison__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@mccomb__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@meridian__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@natchez__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@olive_branch__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@pascagoula__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@picayune__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@ridgeland__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@southaven__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@starkville__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@tupelo__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
@vicksburg__mississippi@us.fedimeteo.com
Ara
Artist, illustrator, creates clay jewellery. Topics covered include folklore, migration, queerness and more.
Fediverse address:
@granat_ararat@mastodon.art
Brandkopf
Excellent artist who paints and draws figures and scenes, both traditionally and digitally, often with a fantasy theme and intricate detail. They regularly do live streams of their work on the Fediverse through their video account.
Fediverse account (main):
@brandkopf@mastodon.art
Fediverse account (videos):
@brandkopf@makertube.net
ME/CFS FediGroup
Discussion group about ME/CFS, for those living with it and those wanting to discuss it.
Fediverse address:
@mecfs@fedigroups.social
Ubuntu Studio
Linux distribution intended for creative people, and includes preinstalled free open source software for image, audio, video and text editing.
Fediverse address:
@ubuntustudio@mastodon.art
Maruki
Brilliant pixel artist and one of the earliest residents of the Fediverse.
Fediverse address:
@maruki@mastodon.social
Bundesregierung (The German Federal Government)
The official account of the German government
Fediverse address (in German):
@Bundesregierung@social.bund.de
Philosophical Psychology
Academic journal about the links between philosophy and psychology.
Fediverse address:
@PhilosophicalPsychology@fediscience.org
R. Watson
Mathematician and hobbyist game developer, currently working on a 1990s DOS-style adventure platforming game.
Fediverse address:
@merrak@mastodon.gamedev.place
Kdenlive
Excellent free open source video editing software, it’s a proper NLE with many useful features, and probably the most popular libre alternative to Adobe Premiere. As the name suggests, it’s made by the KDE FOSS community.
Fediverse address:
@kdenlive@floss.social
rOpenSci
Non-profit initiative to promote open science and open data by creating software tools and infrastructure based on the R programming language.
Fediverse address:
@rOpenSci@hachyderm.io
Le Alternative
Italian-language site about privacy-friendly apps and services, reviews of FOSS games, news about online privacy etc.
Fediverse address (in Italian):
@lealternative@mastodon.uno
Graffiti All Day
Bot posting graffiti every day.
Fediverse address:
@graffiti@rap.social
Open Siddur Project
Non-denominational initiative to build a libre open access archive of digitised Jewish prayer literature.
Fediverse address:
@opensiddur@aleph.land
Rock Clan Productions
Independent tabletop game publishers based in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Fediverse address:
@RockClanProductions@rollenspiel.social
Actually Autistics FediGroup
Discussion group for autistic people.
Fediverse address:
@autistics@fedigroups.social
FediMeteo Telangana
Weather forecast accounts for Telangana, India. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Hindi):
@hyderabad__telangana@in.fedimeteo.com
PDX2600
Hackers’ meetup group based in Portland, Oregon, USA.
Fediverse address:
@pdx2600@mastodon.online
STAT
News site about health and medicine, based in the United States. Owned by Boston Globe Media Partners.
Fediverse address:
@STAT@newsie.social
Fesshole
Amusing and sometimes shocking confessions by anonymous internet users. A comedy project created by Rob Manuel of b3ta fame.
Fediverse address:
@fesshole@mastodon.social
Grammle
German-language free open source app helping people with their grammar and proofreading.
Fediverse address (in German):
@grammle@bildung.social
The Collector Art & History
Art and history news feed from The Collector cultural news site.
Fediverse address:
@art-history-news-thecollector@flipboard.com
SynoForum
Unofficial forum for Synology NAS owners and enthusiasts
Fediverse address:
@synoforum@mastodon.social
The Oregonian / OregonLive.com
Newspaper and website based in Portland Oregon, first published in 1850. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2001. Also covers the Pacific Northwest.
Fediverse address:
@TheOregonian@flipboard.com
Unofficial South Australian County Fire Service Alerts
Unofficial bot posting information and warnings from the South Australian County Fire Service’s current incidents RSS feed.
Fediverse address:
@CFSAlerts@mastodon.online
OpenTTD
Free open source transport network simulation game inspired by Transport Tycoon Deluxe.
Fediverse address:
@openttd@mas.to
DoRaleigh.com
Community news blog for Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
Fediverse address:
@doraleigh.com@doraleigh.com
NorthSec
Community-run cybersecurity event in Montreal, Canada. Held annually since 2013.
Fediverse address (in English & French):
@NorthSec@infosec.exchange
Open Science Pasteur
Blog about open science run by the CeRIS Library of the Pasteur Institute in France.
Fediverse address (in French):
@OpenSci_Pasteur@sciences.re
Lotusland Comics
Indie comic news and review site.
Fediverse address:
@lotuslandcomics@mastodon.online
Ideal Home Magazine
British home and interior decor magazine, first published in 1920.
Fediverse address:
@IdealHome@flipboard.com
Emoji Meadow
Bot posting random meadows made of grass and flower emoji.
Fediverse address:
@EmojiMeadow@mas.to
J. Christine Leach
Draws original cute little monster designs in a Pokemon/Digimon style.
Fediverse address:
@Furrama@mastodon.art
FediMeteo Prince Edward Island
Weather forecast accounts for Prince Edward Island, Canada. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.
Fediverse addresses (in English & French):
@alberton__prince_edward_island@ca.fedimeteo.com
@charlottetown__prince_edward_island@ca.fedimeteo.com
@montague__prince_edward_island@ca.fedimeteo.com
@souris__prince_edward_island@ca.fedimeteo.com
@summerside__prince_edward_island@ca.fedimeteo.com
Gajim
Free open source XMPP desktop app for Linux, Mac and Windows. Includes OMEMO end-to-end encryption support.
Fediverse address:
@gajim@fosstodon.org
Robert Kingett
Writer, blogger and advocate for accessibility, especially in open source and publishing. Blind.
Fediverse address (main):
@WeirdWriter@caneandable.social
Fediverse address (audio & video):
@weirdwriter@makertube.net
Iffy Books
Bookshop and workshop in Philadelphia USA, focused on hacking, free culture, gardening and zines.
Fediverse address:
@iffybooks@post.lurk.org
Vogue Germany
German edition of the famous fashion, beauty and lifestyle magazine, first published in 1928 and then relaunched in 1979.
Fediverse address (in German):
@VOGUE_Germany@flipboard.com
Xtra Magazine
Online magazine and site covering LGBTQIA+ news in Canada. Originally founded as a print newspaper in Toronto in 1984.
Fediverse address:
@XtraMagazine@flipboard.com
Hessischer Landtag / Hesse State Parliament
Official account for the Parliament of the German state of Hesse.
Fediverse address (in German):
@HessischerLandtag@social.bund.de
Queer Romance Club FediGroup
Discussion group about books with LGBTQIA+ romance themes.
Fediverse address:
@queerromanceclub@fedigroups.social
Greenpeace Bochum
Branch of the environmental campaign group in Bochum, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@greenpeace_bo@ruhr.social
WB2IFS
Emergency communications amateur radio station active in Prince George’s County, Maryland, USA.
Fediverse address:
@wb2ifs@mastodon.hams.social
Mawson Bear
Small bear creating little picture books to cheer people up in difficult times.
Fediverse address:
@mawsonbear@mastodon.au
wayback.exe
Bot posting screenshots of old websites displayed within old browsers. The screenshots are taken from the archive.org Wayback Machine.
Fediverse address:
@wayback_exe@muffin.industries
Gemma Sarracenia
Gardening fan and carnivorous plant enthusiast. Also interested in insects and arachnids. Creator of a colouring book themed around carnivorous plants.
Fediverse address:
@tippitiwichet@mastodon.social
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
Weird Estate
Fun account highlighting amusing listings for houses, flats and other real estate properties around the world.
Fediverse address:
@weirdestate@eigenmagic.net
La Stampa
Italian national newspaper, first published in 1867.
Fediverse address (in Italian):
@LaStampa@flipboard.com
Ink/Stitch
Free open source embroidery design extension for the FOSS drawing software Inkscape. Their Fediverse account provides video tutorials for using Ink/Stitch.
Fediverse address (in German and English):
@inkstitch@diode.zone
Chaostreff Backnang
Hackerspace based in Backnang, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@ctbk@chaos.social
FOSS and Crafts
An off-beat podcast about free open software, making stuff, handicrafts and related topics.
Fediverse address:
@fossandcrafts@octodon.social
CultureMap Austin
Lifestyle news site for Austin, Texas, USA, covering events, food and drink, travel, beauty, fashion etc.
Fediverse address:
@CultureMapATX@flipboard.com
Tech Tales
Podcast about technology history, covering both obscure and well-known software, computers, gadgets and other tech stuff, including both failures and successes.
Fediverse address:
@techtales@mas.to
LibreMesh
Free open source modular framework for creating OpenWrt-based firmwares for wireless mesh nodes.
Fediverse address:
@libremesh@social.freifunk.net
The Dissident
Anti-fascist blog covering news about authoritarianism in the United States.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@thedissident.news
Vote Chess
Collaborative chess games on the Fediverse. Every hour a poll appears which lets people vote on the next move, with the computer responding with its own move.
Fediverse address:
@votechess@bots.petras.space
CCC Sticker Operation Center
Helps to distribute stickers from the hacker festival Chaos Communication Congress (C3) in Leipzig, Germany, and its online counterpart the Remote Chaos Experience (rC3).
Fediverse address (in English and German):
@c3stoc@chaos.social
FediTris 2
Collaborative games of Tetris on the Fediverse! Instructions are on the account’s profile.
Fediverse address:
@feditris@fedi.aerocity.site
Repair-Café Markgröningen
Repair cafe in Markgröningen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@RCmarkgroeningen@chaos.social
Extinct Feed
Feed from the blog Extinct, featuring articles on the overlap between palaeontology and philosophy.
Fediverse address:
@www.extinctblog.org.extinct@rss-parrot.net
Le BIB Hackerspace
Hackerspace in Montpellier, France, for people interested in technology, computing, art etc.
Fediverse address (in French):
@lebib@social.bim.land
Ubuntu CZ/SK
Czech and Slovak community dedicated to Ubuntu Linux.
Fediverse address (in Czech):
@UbuntuCZ@floss.social
FediMeteo Poland
Weather forecast accounts for cities in Poland. Follow your city to receive its weather forecasts in Polish in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Polish):
@bialystok@pl.fedimeteo.com
@bydgoszcz@pl.fedimeteo.com
@czestochowa@pl.fedimeteo.com
@elblag@pl.fedimeteo.com
@gdansk@pl.fedimeteo.com
@gliwice@pl.fedimeteo.com
@gorzow@pl.fedimeteo.com
@gorzow_wielkopolski@pl.fedimeteo.com
@grudziadz@pl.fedimeteo.com
@jastrzebie_zdroj@pl.fedimeteo.com
@kalisz@pl.fedimeteo.com
@katowice@pl.fedimeteo.com
@kielce@pl.fedimeteo.com
@krakow@pl.fedimeteo.com
@legnica@pl.fedimeteo.com
@lodz@pl.fedimeteo.com
@lublin@pl.fedimeteo.com
@olsztyn@pl.fedimeteo.com
@opole@pl.fedimeteo.com
@plock@pl.fedimeteo.com
@poznan@pl.fedimeteo.com
@radom@pl.fedimeteo.com
@rzeszow@pl.fedimeteo.com
@szczecin@pl.fedimeteo.com
@tarnow@pl.fedimeteo.com
@torun@pl.fedimeteo.com
@walbrzych@pl.fedimeteo.com
@warszawa@pl.fedimeteo.com
@wroclaw@pl.fedimeteo.com
@zielona_gora@pl.fedimeteo.com
Rolling Stone Brasil
Brazilian edition of the magazine and website about music, politics and popular culture.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@RollingStoneBR@flipboard.com
Microbiology Journal Club
Academic/science account that discusses interesting microbiology papers in an informal weekly livestream.
Fediverse address:
@MicrobioJC@scicomm.xyz
sexybiggetje
Account dedicated to gardening, homegrown food, cooking (mainly vegetarian) and coffee.
Fediverse address:
@martijn@plantsand.coffee
Fitness Foundry / Coach Julio
Award-winning personal trainer based in Massachusetts, USA. Posting about fitness and exercise for people of all backgrounds. Interested in health equity and is an EMT-B.
Fediverse address:
@Fitnessfoundry@mas.to
Don Meltz
Land use planner using GIS and spatial analysis, adjunct instructor at Marist College teaching GIS courses. Mapping enthusiast and helping to create ecologically sustainable communities.
Fediverse address:
@GeoDon@mapstodon.space
Mark Ingalls
Meteorologist based in British Columbia, Canada, with focus on renewable energy meteorology.
Fediverse address (personal):
@ingalls@mstdn.ca
Fediverse address (Pacific Northwest weather):
@ingallswx.com@ingallswx.com
The Universe of Commodore 64
Blog featuring news and images about the Commodore 64 home computer.
Fediverse address:
@C64_Universe@mastodon.gamedev.place
Wladimir Palant
Security researcher and software developer, runs a blog about Infosec.
Fediverse address:
@WPalant@infosec.exchange
Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology Communications
Structural biology communications journal published by the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr).
Fediverse address:
@ActaCrystF@mstdn.science
Blavity / blavity.com
American entertainment, culture and lifestyle news site aimed at black millennials. Founded in 2014.
Fediverse address:
@Blavity@flipboard.com
Meshe
Singer-songwriter creating wonderful pop lullabies and music videos to accompany them.
Fediverse address (videos):
@meshe@makertube.net
Juan
Software engineer, FOSS enthusiast and retro game creator. Currently making new free games for retro computers like the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX and Commodore 64.
Fediverse address:
@reidrac@mastodon.gamedev.place
FediMeteo Michoacán
Weather forecast accounts for Michoacán, Mexico. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Spanish):
@morelia__michoacan@mx.fedimeteo.com
Jan Böhmermann
German satirist, activist and television host.
Fediverse address (in German):
@janboehm@edi.social
Bundesinstitut für Öffentliche Gesundheit / Federal Institute for Public Health
German federal government department providing health education and promoting healthy lifestyles.
Fediverse address (in German):
@bioeg@social.bund.de
Marvin Johanning
Wildlife photographer based in Germany, mainly focusing on birds.
Fediverse address:
@mjohanning@birds.town
Trending on Wiki
Bot posting trending topics on Wikipedia for random countries.
Fediverse address:
@TrendingOnWiki@toot.community
Teresa Arroyo
Illustrator with a very distinctive style, featuring humorous characters with large eyes and a 1950s colour palette.
Fediverse address (in English, Spanish and Catalan):
@teresa_arroyo@mastodon.social
Simply Recipes
Cookery site covering recipes, techniques, ingredients, food news etc. Based in the US, founded in 2003.
Fediverse address:
@SimplyRecipes@flipboard.com
OSMLondon
News and events for OpenStreetMap contributors in London, UK.
Fediverse address:
@OSMLondon@en.osm.town
Andy Marshall’s Genius Loci Digest
Travel blog by photographer touring the UK in a camper van, particularly interested in architecture.
Fediverse address (blog):
@fotofacade@digest.andymarshall.co
R-Ladies Rome
Rome, Italy branch of the R-Ladies organisation, promoting gender diversity in the R community.
Fediverse address:
@rladiesrome@fosstodon.org
New Hampshire 2600
Local 2600 group based in New Hampshire, USA, for people interested in technology and hacking (i.e. finding out how tech works, not criminal stuff). Holds regular real life meetings.
Fediverse address:
@nh2600@defcon.social
PyCon UK
Conference in the UK about the Python programming language.
Fediverse address:
@PyConUK@fosstodon.org
Tucson Sentinel
Award-winning online newspaper covering news in Arizona and the US. The Sentinel is non-profit and was founded in 2009 by the online editor of the venerable Tucson Citizen.
Fediverse address:
@TucsonSentinel@mastodon.tucsonsentinel.com
Flipboard Culture Desk
Human-curated news about culture and entertainment, including music, film, food, travel etc. Based in the United States.
Fediverse address:
@CultureDesk@flipboard.social
Scientist Rebellion Denmark
Danish branch of environmental campaign group, scientists and academics concerned about the climate crisis.
Fediverse address:
@ScientistRebellionDK@climatejustice.social
Geotechdigital / Geotechland
Video blogger who covers FOSS, community projects, Linux and other related tech stuff.
Fediverse address:
@geotechdigital@tilvids.com
Linux User Space
Video series featuring Linux news and also histories of various Linux distributions and tools.
Fediverse address (videos):
@linuxuserspace@tilvids.com
Maine Beacon News Feed
News feed from the Maine Beacon, a local news service from the progressive group Maine People’s Alliance.
Fediverse address:
@mainebeacon.com@rss-parrot.net
MoviePilot.de
German film and television news site and online community.
Fediverse address (in German):
@moviepilot@flipboard.com
EasyBuild
FOSS build and installation framework for management of (scientific) software on High Performance Computing systems.
Fediverse address:
@easybuild@mast.hpc.social
WeDistribute / Sean Tilley
News about decentralised social networks edited by veteran online community expert Sean Tilley.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@relay@newsletter.wedistribute.org
Fediverse address (personal blog):
@sean@deadsuperhero.com
Forgejo
Free open source self-hostable software forge, a community fork of Gitea supported by Codeberg. Federation of forges through ActivityPub planned.
Fediverse address:
@forgejo@floss.social
Polygon
Entertainment, pop culture and video games news site, based in the United States.
Fediverse address:
@polygon@mastodon.social
Linux Mint Magyar Közösség
Hungarian community forum for Linux Mint users.
Fediverse address (in Hungarian):
@linuxmint_hun@mastodon.social
AL.com
Local news site for Alabama, USA.
Fediverse address:
@AlcomNews@flipboard.com
Lake Huron Live
Current views from webcams around Lake Huron in North America.
Fediverse address:
@livelakehuron@mastodon.social
Javed Ahmed
Naturalist and wildlife biologist based in Mumbai, India. Discovered the Sorting Hat Spider.
Fediverse address:
@curiocritters@ecoevo.social
Galgenmännchen-Spiel FediGroup
Discussion group for German-language word games.
Fediverse address (in German):
@galgodon@fedigroups.social
Rebecca Tushnet
Professor of Law at Harvard Law School in the USA. Focuses on intellectual property law, advertising law and First Amendment law. Also helped to found (and is on the legal committee of) the Organization for Transformative Works, a non-profit supporting fan-created works such as fan fiction.
Fediverse address:
@rtushnet@mastodon.lawprofs.org
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
Bitwarden
Popular free open source password manager available in lots of flavours including Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and Windows.
Fediverse address:
@bitwarden@fosstodon.org
IRAP / Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie
Astrophysics laboratory in Toulouse, France. Founded in 2011, operated jointly by CNRS (the French National Centre for Scientific Research) and Paul Sabatier University.
Fediverse address (in French):
@irap@social.numerique.gouv.fr
Nintendo Metro
Blog posting video clips, music and stills from classic Nintendo games.
Fediverse address:
@NintendoMetro@mastodon.social
Xavier B.
Maths teacher teaching adults at secondary level, posts frequently about mathematics, the teaching of mathematics and problem solving.
Fediverse address (in English, Catalan and Spanish):
@somenxavier@mathstodon.xyz
Craig Smith / Little Martian
Pixel artist and game developer, currently working on a new ZX Spectrum title.
Fediverse address:
@martian@mastodon.gamedev.place
RustNL / RustWeek
Non-profit organisation based in the Netherlands promoting the Rust programming language. Organises the annual RustWeek conference.
Fediverse address:
@rustnl@fosstodon.org
Pagan FediGroup
Discussion group about pagan topics including paganism, witchcraft, druidry, herbalism etc.
Fediverse address:
@pagan@fedigroups.social
247Sports
US sports news website, mainly focused on college football and basketball.
Fediverse address:
@247Sports@flipboard.com
Martin Escardo
Professor in the School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham in the UK. Interested in constructive mathematics and (constructive and non-constructive) homotopy type theory and univalent foundations, connections of topology with computation, (infinity) topos theory, locale theory, domain theory, combinatorial game theory etc.
Fediverse address:
@MartinEscardo@mathstodon.xyz
OpenStreetMap India
Volunteer community creating a free open source map of India through OSM.
Fediverse address:
@OSMIndia@en.osm.town
Kalman ‘Carun’ Balla
Cartoonist, illustrator, doodler and visual storyteller.
Fediverse address:
@art_of_carun@mstdn.social
Radi
Videos of playing sessions in the video game “Art of Rally”.
Fediverse address (videos):
@radi@video.hardlimit.com
Roll Call
US political newspaper and website based in Washington DC, focused on the United States Congress and its legislative activity. First published in 1955.
Fediverse address:
@RollCall@flipboard.com
BBC Brasil
Brazilian news service of the BBC, the UK public broadcaster.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@BBCBrasil@flipboard.com
Soldiers for the Cause
US-based anti-war journal written by military veterans of wars. Encourages American veterans to stand up for their own beliefs rather than be used as props by politicians.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@soldiersforthecause.org
LO i Oslo / Landsorganisasjonen i Oslo
Oslo branch of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions, Norway’s largest trade union umbrella organisation.
Fediverse address (in Norwegian):
@LOiO@oslo.town
Home Assistant FediGroup
Discussion group about free open source software for home automation.
Fediverse address:
@homeassistant@fedigroups.social
Tapas Magazine
Spanish food and drink magazine, covering restaurants, cookery, food celebrities etc.
Fediverse address (in Spanish):
@TapasMagazine@flipboard.com
Eli
Co-developer of the plant-growing simulation game “Idu”, currently studying theoretical physics at university.
Fediverse address:
@eli@mastodon.gamedev.place
Gaming Alexandria
Group dedicated to preserving video game history, including games, books, magazines, manuals, news articles etc. They create and maintain a preservation archive.
Fediverse address:
@gamingalexandria@digipres.club
Fathom Publishing
Alaska-based publishing company founded in 1981. Mainly focused on titles connected to Alaska, but now also publishing fiction and non-fiction more widely.
Fediverse address:
@FathomPublishing@mastodon.social
Media History Digital Library
Online archive of material related to the history of film, broadcasting and audio. Founded in 2009 by film historian David Pierce.
Fediverse address:
@mhdl@hcommons.social
Sports Illustrated Magazine / SI.com
US sports magazine and website covering American football, basketball, baseball, soccer, golf etc. First published in 1954.
Fediverse address:
@si_flipboard@flipboard.com
Lucy Wallace
Freelance Mountain Leader mainly in Scotland and the English Lake District, based on the Isle of Arran. Posts and shares about wildlife and landscapes on mountains and elsewhere.
Fediverse address:
@Snoweider@mastodon.scot
Beeld en Geluid
The Netherlands Sound & Vision museum. They have a massive archive of thousands of videos available on the Fediverse.
Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@nisv@peertube.beeldengeluid.nl
Golem.de
German technology news site and online community.
Fediverse address (in German):
@Golemde@flipboard.com
The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Museum based in Niles, California, USA devoted to the silent film era, especially films produced by the Essanay film studio. The museum maintains an archive of thousands of silent films.
Fediverse address:
@Essanay@sfba.social
ACARS Drama
Posting interesting or amusing ACARS messages from various aircraft.
Fediverse address (all messages):
@acarsdrama@live.acarsdrama.com
Fediverse address (popular/trending messages):
@trending@live.acarsdrama.com
Fediverse address (bad behaviour messages):
@badpax@live.acarsdrama.com
Fediverse address (crewing ops messages):
@crewing_ops@live.acarsdrama.com
Fediverse address (turbulence messages):
@ride_reports@live.acarsdrama.com
Fediverse address (weather messages):
@wx@live.acarsdrama.com
Fediverse address (animal messages):
@animals@live.acarsdrama.com
Fediverse address (medical messages):
@medical@live.acarsdrama.com
What’s Alan Watching?
Blog about current television series by the professional critic Alan Sepinwall.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@whatsalanwatching.com
Chima Anya – The Clinic
Romanian Nigerian British rapper, also a medical doctor based in the UK.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@chimaanya.com
The Merithayan’s Tome
Tabletop role-playing game blog featuring worldbuilding, homebrew and tips for Dungeons & Dragons and Daggerheart.
Fediverse address (blog):
@merithayan@tome.merithayan.com
Nevada Independent News Feed
News feed of The Nevada Independent, a non-profit online newspaper covering political news in Nevada, USA. Founded in 2017.
Fediverse address:
@thenevadaindependent.com@rss-parrot.net
Inside Climbing
Independent coverage of competitive climbing as a sport, rather than just a hobby.
Fediverse address (blog):
@feed@inside-climbing.com
Bourbon & Banter
News and reviews of bourbon whiskey.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@bourbonbanter.com
Elle Decor Magazine / ElleDecor.com
Interior design and furnishings magazine and website, US edition of the Elle Decoration franchise.
Fediverse address:
@elledecor@flipboard.com
It’s FOSS
News site about Linux and free open source software.
Fediverse address (main):
@itsfoss@mastodon.social
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@itsfoss.com
BookCrossing
Fun website helping people give books away and follow the books as they journey around the world. Founded in 2001.
Fediverse address:
@BookCrossing@mastodon.social
Sam / Ethical Revolution
Runs a website giving people practical options for a more ecologically sustainable and positive future.
Fediverse address (main):
@ethicalrevolution@climatejustice.social
Fediverse address (videos):
@ethicalrevolution@spectra.video
Julia Ferraioli
Open Source Technical Leader at Cisco’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO). Co-founder of Open Source Stories and contributor to LeadDev. Also posts about disabilities.
Fediverse address:
@juliaferraioli@floss.social
The Boozy Beggar
Blog of cocktails and other drinks from bars in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@seth@blog.boozybeggar.com
American Sailing Association
Organisation which educates and certifies recreational sailors in the USA, founded in 1983.
Fediverse address:
@AmericanSailing@flipboard.com
Dr Joshuah Heath
Theoretical physicist and postdoc at Dartmouth College in the United States. Interested in condensed matter and many-body physics, especially Fermi liquids, unconventional superconductors and superfluids, topological bosons, Kitaev magnets, and analog materials.
Fediverse address:
@JoshuahHeath@mathstodon.xyz
TechTudo
Brazilian tech news site covering phones, computers, gadgets, games, software etc.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@TechTudo@flipboard.com
Prevention Magazine / Prevention.com
Lifestyle magazine and website focused on health, fitness, nutrition and beauty. Based in the US, first published in 1950.
Fediverse address:
@PreventionMag@flipboard.com
Missing The Point
Surreal observations on the Fediverse, the internet, technology, current events and the real world.
Fediverse address:
@MissingThePt@mastodon.social
XKCD Bot
Unofficial bot posting XKCD web comics, often featuring stick figures discussing science, technology or other topics.
(NOTE: I don’t normally list unofficial bots like this, but XKCD is licensed under Creative Commons by its creator, and non-commercial distribution like this is exactly what the creator of XKCD is trying to encourage.)
Fediverse address:
@xkcd@mastodon.xyz
ChessNord
Vinyl record enthusiast, posting regularly about classic and new vinyl releases and their covers.
Fediverse address:
@ChessNord@mastodon.social
Hawkesbury Gazette
Independent local newspaper for Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1888.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@hawkesburygazette.com
Jo H
Aviation enthusiast posting photos of many kinds of aircraft, including civilian and military, vintage and modern.
Fediverse address:
@futurshox@mytransponder.com
Cloud68.co
Hosting provider offering fully managed hosting of wide range of FOSS platforms including Nextcloud, Mastodon, PeerTube and many others.
Fediverse address:
@Cloud68@fosstodon.org
FediMeteo Guerrero
Weather forecast accounts for Guerrero, Mexico. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Spanish):
@acapulco__guerrero@mx.fedimeteo.com
@chilpancingo__guerrero@mx.fedimeteo.com
data.gouv.fr
Official open data platform of the French government.
Fediverse address (in French):
@datagouvfr@social.numerique.gouv.fr
Sequin World
Independent online shop selling sequins and beads worldwide, based in the UK.
Fediverse address:
@sequinworld@mastodon.world
Splann
Independent investigative journalism news site based in Brittany, France.
Fediverse address (in French & Breton):
@splann@mamot.fr
Particles, Universe, NuClei and Hadrons for the NFDI (PUNCH4NFDI)
Organisation representing nine thousand scientists in Germany, covering particle, astro, astroparticle, hadron and nuclear physics. Aims to set up a FAIR federated science data platform.
Fediverse address:
@punch4nfdi@nfdi.social
Dr Alexandre Santerne
Astronomer at the Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille and teaching at Aix-Marseille Univeristy. Expert on exoplanet detection and characterisation. Involved in the ESA PLATO space mission.
Fediverse address (in English and French):
@AlexSanterne@fediscience.org
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
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
Autoweek / autoweek.com
Car and car culture news site, covering new cars, motorsport, DIY car repairs, classic cars etc. Based in the USA, originally a print magazine first published in 1958.
Fediverse address:
@Autoweek2019@flipboard.com
The Georgia Sun
Independent local news site for Georgia, USA.
Fediverse address:
@GeorgiaSun@mastodon.social
Pitchfork
Online music magazine covering alternative, indie, pop, hip-hop, jazz and metal. Based in the US, founded in 1996.
Fediverse address:
@pitchfork@flipboard.com
Escape Collective
Cycling news site especially focusing on competitive cycling, professional cyclists, race results, high performance bicycles, training etc.
Fediverse address (blog):
@escape@escapecollective.com
Men’s Journal
American men’s lifestyle magazine and website covering the outdoors, fitness, food and drink, fashion, travel etc. First published in print in 1992.
Fediverse address:
@mensjournal@flipboard.com
Iltalehti News Feed
News feed from the Finnish newspaper Iltalehti.
Fediverse address (in Finnish):
@www.iltalehti.fi@rss-parrot.net
Tetalab
Hackerspace based in Toulouse, France.
Fediverse address (in French):
@tetalab@mamot.fr
Laughing Squid
Popular blog covering art, culture and technology, founded in 2003 with roots in an older email list from 1996. It’s run by a web hosting company of the same name based in the United States.
Fediverse address:
@laughingsquid@mastodon.social
Board Game Breakdown
Board game website and video channel featuring reviews and “how to play” videos.
Fediverse address:
@boardgamebreakdown@mas.to
Atlanta Film Critics Circle
Group of film critics for publications based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Fediiverse address:
@AtlantaFilmCriticsCircle@defcon.social
Serious Eats
Website for food and cookery fans featuring articles about food, ingredients recipes, cooking equipment reviews etc. Based in the US and founded in 2006.
Fediverse address:
@SeriousEats@flipboard.com
The Leveller
Independent non-profit campus and community newspaper at Carleton University in Ontario, Canada.
Fediverse address:
@leveller_ottawa@mastodon.online
Josh Lepawsky
Professor of Geography at Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada. Particularly interested in researching pollution and waste from electronics.
Fediverse address:
@jlepawsky@hachyderm.io
Mailbox.org
Independent privacy-friendly email provider, based in Germany.
Fediverse address (in English & German):
@mailbox_org@social.mailbox.org
Poetry FediGroup
Discussion group about poems and poets.
Fediverse address:
@poetry@fedigroups.social
Firefox Dev Tools
Web developer tools built into Firefox, allowing devs to examine, edit and debug HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Fediverse address:
@FirefoxDevTools@mastodon.social
Climate Change Centre Austria
Climate research network in Austria, aiming to be a contact point for Austrian researchers, politicians, media and public. Founded in 2011.
Fediverse address (in German):
@ccca@fediscience.org
Gustav’s homebrewing
All about homebrewing beer, usually Belgian ales made in Sweden.
Fediverse address:
@gustav@mastodon.beer
LiveWire Calgary
Independent news outlet based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, offering community, city and statewide coverage.
Fediverse address:
@livewirecalgary@mastodon.social
Lime Bar
Electronic musician making own music videos.
Fediverse address (videos):
@limebar@communitymedia.video
Suzza
Writing about experiences with mathematics, particularly anxiety. Working on holding conference in US to connect mathematics communicators. Encouraging STEM people to make content for the general public.
Fediverse address:
@suzza@mathstodon.xyz
R-Ladies Cologne
Cologne, Germany branch of the R-Ladies organisation, promoting gender diversity in the R community.
Fediverse address:
@rladies_cologne@fosstodon.org