Lore

Creates art based around the fictional world of Moribund, a grim desert planet with a strange surreal mixture of magic and cowboys. They also do quite a bit of world building around Moribund.

Fediverse address:
@1ore@mastodon.art

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

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

FediMeteo Türkiye

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

Fediverse addresses (in Turkish):
@abant@tr.fedimeteo.com
@adana@tr.fedimeteo.com
@adapazari@tr.fedimeteo.com
@adiyaman@tr.fedimeteo.com
@afyonkarahisar@tr.fedimeteo.com
@agri@tr.fedimeteo.com
@ahlat@tr.fedimeteo.com
@akcaabat@tr.fedimeteo.com
@akcakoca@tr.fedimeteo.com
@akhisar@tr.fedimeteo.com
@aksaray@tr.fedimeteo.com
@aksehir@tr.fedimeteo.com
@alacati@tr.fedimeteo.com
@alanya@tr.fedimeteo.com
@amasra@tr.fedimeteo.com
@amasya@tr.fedimeteo.com
@anamur@tr.fedimeteo.com
@ankara@tr.fedimeteo.com
@antakya@tr.fedimeteo.com
@antalya@tr.fedimeteo.com
@ardahan@tr.fedimeteo.com
@artvin@tr.fedimeteo.com
@avanos@tr.fedimeteo.com
@ayder@tr.fedimeteo.com
@aydin@tr.fedimeteo.com
@ayvalik@tr.fedimeteo.com
@bafra@tr.fedimeteo.com
@balikesir@tr.fedimeteo.com
@bandirma@tr.fedimeteo.com
@bartin@tr.fedimeteo.com
@batman@tr.fedimeteo.com
@bayburt@tr.fedimeteo.com
@bilecik@tr.fedimeteo.com
@bingol@tr.fedimeteo.com
@bitlis@tr.fedimeteo.com
@bodrum@tr.fedimeteo.com
@bolu@tr.fedimeteo.com
@bor@tr.fedimeteo.com
@borcka@tr.fedimeteo.com
@boyabat@tr.fedimeteo.com
@bozcaada@tr.fedimeteo.com
@burdur@tr.fedimeteo.com
@bursa@tr.fedimeteo.com
@buyukcekmece@tr.fedimeteo.com
@canakkale@tr.fedimeteo.com
@cankiri@tr.fedimeteo.com
@carsamba@tr.fedimeteo.com
@cesme@tr.fedimeteo.com
@ceyhan@tr.fedimeteo.com
@cizre@tr.fedimeteo.com
@corlu@tr.fedimeteo.com
@corum@tr.fedimeteo.com
@dalaman@tr.fedimeteo.com
@darende@tr.fedimeteo.com
@datca@tr.fedimeteo.com
@demre@tr.fedimeteo.com
@denizli@tr.fedimeteo.com
@develi@tr.fedimeteo.com
@didim@tr.fedimeteo.com
@divrigi@tr.fedimeteo.com
@diyarbakir@tr.fedimeteo.com
@dogubayazit@tr.fedimeteo.com
@duzce@tr.fedimeteo.com
@edirne@tr.fedimeteo.com
@egirdir@tr.fedimeteo.com
@elazig@tr.fedimeteo.com
@elbistan@tr.fedimeteo.com
@ercis@tr.fedimeteo.com
@erdek@tr.fedimeteo.com
@ergani@tr.fedimeteo.com
@erzincan@tr.fedimeteo.com
@erzurum@tr.fedimeteo.com
@eskisehir@tr.fedimeteo.com
@fatsa@tr.fedimeteo.com
@fethiye@tr.fedimeteo.com
@finike@tr.fedimeteo.com
@gaziantep@tr.fedimeteo.com
@gebze@tr.fedimeteo.com
@gelibolu@tr.fedimeteo.com
@giresun@tr.fedimeteo.com
@gokceada@tr.fedimeteo.com
@goreme@tr.fedimeteo.com
@gumushane@tr.fedimeteo.com
@hakkari@tr.fedimeteo.com
@harput@tr.fedimeteo.com
@harran@tr.fedimeteo.com
@hasankeyf@tr.fedimeteo.com
@hopa@tr.fedimeteo.com
@igdir@tr.fedimeteo.com
@inebolu@tr.fedimeteo.com
@inegol@tr.fedimeteo.com
@iskenderun@tr.fedimeteo.com
@isparta@tr.fedimeteo.com
@istanbul@tr.fedimeteo.com
@izmir@tr.fedimeteo.com
@izmit@tr.fedimeteo.com
@iznik@tr.fedimeteo.com
@kadikoy@tr.fedimeteo.com
@kahramanmaras@tr.fedimeteo.com
@kahta@tr.fedimeteo.com
@karabuk@tr.fedimeteo.com
@karadeniz_eregli@tr.fedimeteo.com
@karaman@tr.fedimeteo.com
@karasu@tr.fedimeteo.com
@kars@tr.fedimeteo.com
@kas@tr.fedimeteo.com
@kastamonu@tr.fedimeteo.com
@kayseri@tr.fedimeteo.com
@kemaliye@tr.fedimeteo.com
@kemer@tr.fedimeteo.com
@keshan@tr.fedimeteo.com
@kilis@tr.fedimeteo.com
@kirikhan@tr.fedimeteo.com
@kirikkale@tr.fedimeteo.com
@kirklareli@tr.fedimeteo.com
@kirsehir@tr.fedimeteo.com
@kizilcahamam@tr.fedimeteo.com
@konya@tr.fedimeteo.com
@konya_eregli@tr.fedimeteo.com
@koycegiz@tr.fedimeteo.com
@kusadasi@tr.fedimeteo.com
@kutahya@tr.fedimeteo.com
@luleburgaz@tr.fedimeteo.com
@malatya@tr.fedimeteo.com
@malazgirt@tr.fedimeteo.com
@manavgat@tr.fedimeteo.com
@manisa@tr.fedimeteo.com
@mardin@tr.fedimeteo.com
@marmaris@tr.fedimeteo.com
@mersin@tr.fedimeteo.com
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@midyat@tr.fedimeteo.com
@mudanya@tr.fedimeteo.com
@mugla@tr.fedimeteo.com
@muradiye@tr.fedimeteo.com
@mus@tr.fedimeteo.com
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@nevsehir@tr.fedimeteo.com
@nigde@tr.fedimeteo.com
@niksar@tr.fedimeteo.com
@nizip@tr.fedimeteo.com
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@oludeniz@tr.fedimeteo.com
@ordu@tr.fedimeteo.com
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@osmaniye@tr.fedimeteo.com
@ovacik@tr.fedimeteo.com
@palandoken@tr.fedimeteo.com
@pamukkale@tr.fedimeteo.com
@polatli@tr.fedimeteo.com
@rize@tr.fedimeteo.com
@safranbolu@tr.fedimeteo.com
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@samsun@tr.fedimeteo.com
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@sarikamis@tr.fedimeteo.com
@sariyer@tr.fedimeteo.com
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@siirt@tr.fedimeteo.com
@silifke@tr.fedimeteo.com
@silivri@tr.fedimeteo.com
@silopi@tr.fedimeteo.com
@sinop@tr.fedimeteo.com
@sirnak@tr.fedimeteo.com
@sivas@tr.fedimeteo.com
@siverek@tr.fedimeteo.com
@sivrihisar@tr.fedimeteo.com
@sorgun@tr.fedimeteo.com
@tarsus@tr.fedimeteo.com
@tatvan@tr.fedimeteo.com
@tekirdag@tr.fedimeteo.com
@tirebolu@tr.fedimeteo.com
@tokat@tr.fedimeteo.com
@trabzon@tr.fedimeteo.com
@tunceli@tr.fedimeteo.com
@unye@tr.fedimeteo.com
@urgup@tr.fedimeteo.com
@usak@tr.fedimeteo.com
@uzungol@tr.fedimeteo.com
@van@tr.fedimeteo.com
@yalova@tr.fedimeteo.com
@yozgat@tr.fedimeteo.com
@yuksekova@tr.fedimeteo.com
@zonguldak@tr.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

FediMeteo North Dakota

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

Fediverse addresses:
@belcourt__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@beulah__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@bismarck__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@bottineau__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@cavalier__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@devils_lake__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@dickinson__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@fargo__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@grafton__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@grand_forks__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@harvey__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@hazelton__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@horace__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@jamestown__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@killdeer__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@lakota__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@mandan__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@minot__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@oakes__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@rugby__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@stanley__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@valley_city__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@wahpeton__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@west_fargo__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com
@williston__north_dakota@us.fedimeteo.com

1980s Chiptune Bots

Three bots posting chiptune music tracks from the C64, ZX Spectrum and Atari ST.

Fediverse address (C64 music, posts every 4 hours):
@SIDMusicBot@retrochat.online

Fediverse address (ZX Spectrum music, posts every 4 hours):
@AYMusicBot@retrochat.online

Fediverse address (Atari ST music, posts once a day):
@STMusicBot@retrochat.online

iFixit

Site about repairing electronics including phones, computers, consoles, home appliances, vehicles, tools, medical equipment etc. Features repair guides for stuff you’ve bought, online forums for discussing repairs, and reviews of how repairable new gadgets are.

Fediverse address:
@iFixit@mastodon.social

FediMeteo Vermont

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

Fediverse addresses:
@barre__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@bennington__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@brattleboro__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@burlington__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@essex_junction__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@hartford__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@middlebury__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@milton__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@montpelier__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@morristown__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@newport__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@northfield__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@rutland__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@south_burlington__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@springfield__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@st_albans__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@st_johnsbury__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@waterbury__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@williston__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com
@winooski__vermont@us.fedimeteo.com

Canongate Books

Award-winning independent publisher founded in 1973. Its published authors are highly eclectic including Yann Martel, Irvine Welsh, Barack Obama, Scarlett Thomas, Matt Haig, Alasdair Gray, The Mighty Boosh, Miranda July, Simon’s Cat and many more. They also run their own Fediverse server at bookish.community

Fediverse address:
@canongatebooks@bookish.community

Wikimedia LGBT+

Global intersectional wikimedia user group aiming to improve quality and breadth of LGBTQIA+ history on Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects.

Fediverse address:
@wmlgbt@tech.lgbt

FediMeteo Sweden

Weather accounts for cities in Sweden. Follow a city to see its weather forecasts in Swedish on your timeline.

Fediverse addresses (in Swedish):
@boden@se.fedimeteo.com
@boras@se.fedimeteo.com
@eskilstuna@se.fedimeteo.com
@gavle@se.fedimeteo.com
@gothenburg@se.fedimeteo.com
@halmstad@se.fedimeteo.com
@helsingborg@se.fedimeteo.com
@huddinge@se.fedimeteo.com
@jonkoping@se.fedimeteo.com
@kalmar@se.fedimeteo.com
@karlskrona@se.fedimeteo.com
@karlstad@se.fedimeteo.com
@kiruna@se.fedimeteo.com
@linkoping@se.fedimeteo.com
@lulea@se.fedimeteo.com
@lund@se.fedimeteo.com
@malmo@se.fedimeteo.com
@norrkoping@se.fedimeteo.com
@orebro@se.fedimeteo.com
@skelleftea@se.fedimeteo.com
@skovde@se.fedimeteo.com
@sodertalje@se.fedimeteo.com
@stockholm@se.fedimeteo.com
@taby@se.fedimeteo.com
@trollhattan@se.fedimeteo.com
@umea@se.fedimeteo.com
@uppsala@se.fedimeteo.com
@vasby@se.fedimeteo.com
@vasteras@se.fedimeteo.com
@vaxjo@se.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

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

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

Shugmonkey

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

Fediverse address:
@shugmonkey@mastodon.art

Ian Betteridge

Blogger, veteran tech journalist, used to edit the UK magazine MacUser and is well known for accidentally coining Betteridge’s Law of Headlines: If a news headline poses a question then the answer is almost always “no”.

Fediverse address:
@ianb@well.com

FediMeteo Bulgaria

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

Fediverse addresses (in Bulgarian):
@bansko@bg.fedimeteo.com
@blagoevgrad@bg.fedimeteo.com
@burgas@bg.fedimeteo.com
@chirpan@bg.fedimeteo.com
@dobrich@bg.fedimeteo.com
@gabrovo@bg.fedimeteo.com
@gotse_delchev@bg.fedimeteo.com
@haskovo@bg.fedimeteo.com
@kardzhali@bg.fedimeteo.com
@kazanlak@bg.fedimeteo.com
@kyustendil@bg.fedimeteo.com
@lom@bg.fedimeteo.com
@lovech@bg.fedimeteo.com
@montana@bg.fedimeteo.com
@pazardzhik@bg.fedimeteo.com
@pernik@bg.fedimeteo.com
@pleven@bg.fedimeteo.com
@plovdiv@bg.fedimeteo.com
@razgrad@bg.fedimeteo.com
@ruse@bg.fedimeteo.com
@samokov@bg.fedimeteo.com
@sandanski@bg.fedimeteo.com
@sevlievo@bg.fedimeteo.com
@shumen@bg.fedimeteo.com
@silistra@bg.fedimeteo.com
@sliven@bg.fedimeteo.com
@smolyan@bg.fedimeteo.com
@sofia@bg.fedimeteo.com
@stara_zagora@bg.fedimeteo.com
@svishtov@bg.fedimeteo.com
@targovishte@bg.fedimeteo.com
@troyan@bg.fedimeteo.com
@varna@bg.fedimeteo.com
@veliko_tarnovo@bg.fedimeteo.com
@vidin@bg.fedimeteo.com
@vratsa@bg.fedimeteo.com
@yambol@bg.fedimeteo.com

Widescreen Gaming Forum / WSGF

Online community testing PC games on various different monitor setups and noting how they perform. Founded in 2003, currently with over 2400 games in their testing database.

Fediverse address:
@WSGF@mastodon.social

FediMeteo France

French-language weather forecast accounts for cities in France. Follow your city to receive weather forecasts in your timeline.

Fediverse addresses (in French):
@aix_en_provence@fr.fedimeteo.com
@amiens@fr.fedimeteo.com
@angers@fr.fedimeteo.com
@argenteuil@fr.fedimeteo.com
@asnieres_sur_seine@fr.fedimeteo.com
@avignon@fr.fedimeteo.com
@besancon@fr.fedimeteo.com
@bordeaux@fr.fedimeteo.com
@boulogne_billancourt@fr.fedimeteo.com
@brest@fr.fedimeteo.com
@caen@fr.fedimeteo.com
@cayenne@fr.fedimeteo.com
@clermont_ferrand@fr.fedimeteo.com
@colombes@fr.fedimeteo.com
@dijon@fr.fedimeteo.com
@dunkerque@fr.fedimeteo.com
@fort_de_france@fr.fedimeteo.com
@grenoble@fr.fedimeteo.com
@le_havre@fr.fedimeteo.com
@le_mans@fr.fedimeteo.com
@lille@fr.fedimeteo.com
@limoges@fr.fedimeteo.com
@lyon@fr.fedimeteo.com
@marseille@fr.fedimeteo.com
@metz@fr.fedimeteo.com
@montpellier@fr.fedimeteo.com
@montreuil@fr.fedimeteo.com
@mulhouse@fr.fedimeteo.com
@nancy@fr.fedimeteo.com
@nanterre@fr.fedimeteo.com
@nantes@fr.fedimeteo.com
@nice@fr.fedimeteo.com
@nimes@fr.fedimeteo.com
@orleans@fr.fedimeteo.com
@paris@fr.fedimeteo.com
@perpignan@fr.fedimeteo.com
@pointe_a_pitre@fr.fedimeteo.com
@poitiers@fr.fedimeteo.com
@reims@fr.fedimeteo.com
@rennes@fr.fedimeteo.com
@roubaix@fr.fedimeteo.com
@rouen@fr.fedimeteo.com
@saint_denis@fr.fedimeteo.com
@saint_etienne@fr.fedimeteo.com
@saint_laurent_du_maroni@fr.fedimeteo.com
@saint_paul@fr.fedimeteo.com
@saint_pierre@fr.fedimeteo.com
@strasbourg@fr.fedimeteo.com
@toulon@fr.fedimeteo.com
@toulouse@fr.fedimeteo.com
@tours@fr.fedimeteo.com
@versailles@fr.fedimeteo.com
@villeurbanne@fr.fedimeteo.com