Official account for the Racket programming language, a modern dialect of Lisp.
Fediverse address:
@racketlang@functional.cafe
Official account for the Racket programming language, a modern dialect of Lisp.
Fediverse address:
@racketlang@functional.cafe
Discussing microfiction, where stories are small enough to fit into a paragraph. (Click here ⧉ for a guide to using Fediverse groups.)
Fediverse address:
@microfiction@a.gup.pe
Print magazine about contemporary visual art, published in the UK. Includes features, interviews, profiles, reviews and news.
Fediverse address:
@artmonthly@home.social
Website and account highlighting women in the world of mathematics, with the aim of encouraging more diversity in STEM.
Fediverse address:
@hermathsstory@mathstodon.xyz
Full time beekeeper posting about bees, honey and other topics. Based in Hertfordshire, England. Runs the Bee 1st beekeeping supplies site.
Fediverse address (personal):
@garyhammond@c.im
Fediverse address (business):
@bee1st@beekeeping.ninja
Official account of the German State of Hesse and the state’s government.
Fediverse address (in German):
@landesregierung@social.hessen.de
Bot posting old school hip-hop flyers for gigs, events, clubs etc.
Fediverse address:
@oldschoolflyers@rap.social
Promoting research into the life and times of Richard III of England. The society was founded in 1924.
Fediverse address:
@RichardIIISociety@mstdn.social
Public benefit corporation advocating for restoring California’s high-impact watershed ecosystems.
Fediverse address:
@WaterAuditCA@mastodon.social
Structural biology communications journal published by the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr).
Fediverse address:
@ActaCrystF@mstdn.science
Cross stitch designer and illustrator, creates bright colourful cross stitch works in the style of pixel art.
Fediverse address:
@stitchsprout@socel.net
An account by the owner of a bed & breakfast on a rural coastline in south west Ireland. They post photos and videos of the natural world around them, their dog walks and general thoughts.
Fediverse address (main):
@anamsona@fimidi.com
Fediverse address (photos):
@Anja@pixelfed.social
Crafter who makes lovely soft toys and other items, often based around dragons.
Fediverse address (main):
@silverseams@artisan.chat
Fediverse address (artworks):
@silverseams@handmade.social
Discussion group all about biology. (Click here ⧉ for more info on how to use Fediverse groups.)
Fediverse address:
@biology@a.gup.pe
The memorial and museum at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp built during the Nazi occupation of Poland. Over a million people were murdered by the Nazis at the camp during the Second World War, most of them civilians including children. The memorial functions as a reminder of what can happen, and campaigns for it never to happen again.
Fediverse address:
@auschwitzmuseum@mastodon.world
Columnist and chief data reporter at the Financial Times, giving interesting contexts to major events through charts and data. Visiting senior fellow at the London School of Economics.
Fediverse address:
@jburnmurdoch@econtwitter.net
Volunteers mapping the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France through the free open mapping platform OpenStreetMap.
Fediverse address (in French):
@OSM_BFC@mstdn.social
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
Discussion group about cookery of all kinds. (Click here ⧉ for more info about using Fediverse discussion groups.)
Fediverse address:
@cooking@a.gup.pe
Annual 24-hour online community event focused on inclusive design and accessibility in technology and beyond.
Fediverse address:
@inclusivedesign24@indieweb.social
Organisation that helps co-operatives and collectives to create their own online clouds using free open source software.
Fediverse address:
@coopcloud@social.coop
Non-profit health advocacy organisation promoting evidence-based research into adenomyosis and endometriosis.
Fediverse address (in French and English):
@aaers@mastodon.online
Bot posting daily exerpt from Dorothy Parker’s poetry. Mentions of the bot produce an automatic reply with a quotation from Parker’s correspondence.
Fediverse address:
@dorothyparker@botsin.space
Account focusing on discoveries in Lagerstätte, sedimentary deposits that contain particularly well-preserved fossils. Run by a science communications specialist at the Kansas Geological Survey in the USA.
Fediverse address:
@Fossilbonanza@sciencemastodon.com
Discussion group about pro wrestling and wrestlers (click here ⧉ for more info on using Fediverse groups).
Fediverse address:
@wrestling@a.gup.pe
British actor, writer and presenter, currently best known for roles in “Malignant”, “Containment” and Netflix film “Falling For Christmas”.
Fediverse address:
@georgeyoung@mastodon.social
Wildlife and forest garden designer, also climate activist, based in West Wales in the UK.
Fediverse address:
@natureworks@mas.to
Community for mapping the Pyrénées-Orientales department of France on OpenStreetMap.
Fediverse address (in French):
@OpenStreetMap66@en.osm.town
Dachshund keeping her dad company in a home office. Paula is hard at work as a “barketing manager”.
Fediverse address:
@PaulaTheSausage@ruhr.social
Grassroots volunteer project which livestreams a variety of music-based programmes on the Fediverse every Saturday, accompanied by community chat and various kinds of videos.
Fediverse address:
@jnktn_tv@mastodon.online
Fibre artist making intricate modern embroidery, as well as yarn spinning, knitting, crochet and sewing.
Fediverse address:
@Felixthefemale@mastodon.art
Third-party Mastodon app for iPhone, iPad and Apple Mac, made by the developers of Tweetbot.
Fediverse address:
@ivory@tapbots.social
American edition of the non-profit news outlet where qualified experts analyse topical news stories. There are no ads or paywalls, and all text is released under a Creative Commons licence.
Fediverse address:
@TheConversationUS@newsie.social
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
Free open source project creating API and build tools in Rust for the Playdate games console.
Fediverse address:
@playdaters@gamedev.social
Artist who creates wonderfully intricate and colourful 2D drawings and 3D renderings of surreal, fantastic monsters.
Fediverse address:
@xzyolotl@mastodon.art
Official account of the German Federal Administrative Court.
Fediverse address (in German):
@BVerwG_de@social.bund.de
The adventures of Moxxi, a Pembroke Welsh Corgi with a lovely smile.
Fediverse address (main):
@moxxi@mastodon.social
Fediverse address (videos):
@moxxi@makertube.net
Knitting fan posting about projects they are working on. Also many pictures of cats.
Fediverse address:
@exclusivecats@mastodon.ie
Music fan posting mainly about all kinds of hip-hop and rap, old and new.
Fediverse address:
@TB41@mastodon.social
Senior lecturer in Sociology at the University of Liverpool in the UK. Interested in Human-Computer Interaction, Science and Technology Studies, Programming as a Social Science.
Fediverse address:
@pdbrooker@mastodon.online
News about dance, music, theatre and the visual arts at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA.
Fediverse address:
@ArtsAtUMBC@mstdn.social
Host of podcast about computational biology, bioinformatics and next generation sequencing.
Fediverse address:
@bioinfochat@scicomm.xyz
“Smashing Security” is an award winning podcast which is in theory about infosec, but in reality it’s a very entertaining (and occasionally slightly rude) round-up of all sorts of computing and tangential non-computing news. Features lots of back-and-forth banter between hosts Graham Cluely, Carole Theriault and their special guest.
Fediverse address:
@smashingsecurity@mastodon.green
An annual event on the Fediverse where people are given a couple of weeks to create a song, then they are published and people on the Fediversevote on a favourite. Usually takes place on or around the time of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Fediverse address:
@announce@fedi.vision
Creates mods, texture packs, skins etc for Minetest.
Fediverse address:
@SilverSandstone@craftodon.social
Official account of the German embassy in Turkey.
Fediverse address:
@AlmanyaBE@social.bund.de
Self-taught photographer taking atmospheric pictures of city scenes and architecture
Fediverse address:
@adibren@mastodon.me.uk
UK cross-party campaign group promoting internationalist values, founded in the wake of the 2016 Brexit referendum.
Fediverse address:
@bestforbritain@mas.to
Artist working with watercolours, ink, pastels and acrylic. Paints warm colourful pictures, often of animals and nature.
Fediverse address:
@KarenKasparArt@socel.net
Painter based in California USA, mostly creating watercolours with a gentle soft style inspired by nature, plants, animals, architecture.
Fediverse address:
@JazzCatArtist@mastodon.art
Retro gaming enthusiast and live streamer, especially interested in the Commodore 64.
Fediverse address:
@hayesmaker64@oldbytes.space
Interdisciplinary platform for medieval studies across Oxford University.
Fediverse address:
@OxMedStud@mastodonapp.uk
Prolific livestreamer who plays Linux games on the Fediverse, with streams alternately in English or German. They also have an archive of streams on their video account.
Fediverse address (live stream, in English and German):
@hatnix@live.hatnix.net
Fediverse address (main, in English and German):
@hatnix@social.tchncs.de
Fediverse address (videos, in English and German):
@hatnix@diode.zone
Fediverse livestreamer hosting fun community chats, quizzes, playing music, occasionally mentioning serious topics.
Fediverse address:
@hamishtpb@watch.thepolarbear.co.uk
Education news from Kenya including school-related news, job vacancies, government updates etc.
Fediverse address:
@teachersupdates@mastodon.social
Official account for the Parliament of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Fediverse address (in German):
@ltrlp@social.bund.de
German organisation including all statutory pension providers.
Fediverse address (in German):
@die_rente@social.bund.de
Technology blogger and freelance security researcher based in Hong Kong. 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
Free open source audio and video server and user space API for Linux systems.
Fediverse address:
@pipewire@fosstodon.org
Bot posting yesterday’s most viewed page on English-language Wikipedia.
Fediverse address:
@YesterdaysWiki@botsin.space
Theoretical particle physicist at CERN with main research focus on out-of-equilibrium situations.
Fediverse address:
@thermalization@sciencemastodon.com
Linguist and cat enthusiast, author of “Purrieties of Language” exploring online cat-inspired words, memes, hashtags and other sociolinguistic phenomena.
Fediverse address:
@meow_factor@fediscience.org
UK charity defending rights of Long Covid patients and promoting research into Long Covid treatments.
Fediverse address:
@Long_Covid@med-mastodon.com
Free open source online office suite. There’s an official paid service available, or you can host it yourself for free.
Fediverse address:
@ONLYOFFICE@fosstodon.org
Sharing photos, links and news about archaeology and historical discoveries in Rome and Italy.
Fediverse address:
@Rome_and_stuff@mastodon.social
Proprietor of the Tablas Creek Vineyard in California USA. Posts regularly about wine, wine production and life on a vineyard.
Fediverse address:
@jasonchaas@mastodon.world
Award-winning science fiction and fantasy author based in Hawaii. Creator of the Inverted Frontier series.
Fediverse address:
@LindaNagata@mastodon.online
Official account of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Energy, Transport and Housing in the German State of Hesse.
Fediverse address (in German):
@wirtschafthessen@social.hessen.de
Free open source app that lets you add an end-to-end encrypted folder to your existing cloud service. It works with popular cloud services such as Nextcloud, DropBox, Google Drive, One Drive, iCloud etc. There are apps for Linux, Mac, Windows, iPhone/iPad and Android.
Fediverse address:
@cryptomator@mastodon.online
Small independent publisher of TTRPG books including source material, rule sets and more.
Fediverse address:
@periaptgames@dice.camp
Collects together the latest polling data in Canadian politics.
Fediverse address:
@CanadianPolling@mstdn.ca
Paints beautiful delicate watercolours based on the natural world and protecting the environment, mixing natural imagery with abstract shapes.
Fediverse address:
@humanum@mastodon.art
Highlighting interesting videos and livestreams on the Fediverse, especially from PeerTube and OwnCast.
Fediverse address:
@FediVideo@social.growyourown.services
Former appellate defender, US legal expert and writer, particularly interested in criminal law, criminal procedure, elections and election law. Award-winning author and legal analyst on major news providers such as NBC, Washington Post, CNN etc.
Fediverse address:
@Teri_Kanefield@mastodon.social
Professor of computational mathematics at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Fediverse address:
@andrejbauer@mathstodon.xyz
Gompf Family Professor of Chemistry at John Hopkins University in Maryland, United States. Director of the Open Chemistry Collaborative in Diversity Equity (OXIDE). Professor in Departments of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering at John Hopkins. Interested in theoretical and computational chemistry of systems far from equilibrium. Also interested in diversifying chemistry.
Fediverse address:
@EveryWhereChem@mastodon.social
Department of the British Library dealing with its digital collections, including digitising material and offering support to those researching the collections.
Fediverse address:
@BL_DigiSchol@techhub.social
Knitting and crochet enthusiast, also interested in spinning, weaving and other topics.
Fediverse address:
@consumableJoy@artisan.chat
Academic library at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.
Fediverse address:
@Bibliothecaris@social.edu.nl
Crafts enthusiast doing crochet, cross-stitch, sewing and related fibre arts. Also posts about food, health, chronic illness and disability.
Fediverse address (in English and German):
@dillspitzen@mastodon.cloud
Knitting enthusiast, also interested in crochet, weaving and crafts in general. Runs a popular video channel all about fibre arts.
Fediverse address:
@carriecraftgeek@artisan.chat
Podcast discussing Star Trek from a humanist perspective, going through the series in broadcast order.
Fediverse address:
@humanisttrek@trekkies.social
Unofficial Pokemon site with lots of news, information and forums about Pokemon games, anime and related topics.
Fediverse address:
@serebiinet@mastodon.social
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona, USA. Interested in biodiversity, ecology, climate change, scaling, physiological ecology, macroecology and open science.
Fediverse address:
@bjenquist@mastodon.social
Free open source chess server, with no paywall, no tracking and no ads.
Fediverse address:
@lichess@mastodon.online
Professional cartoonist based in Portugal, author of several published books.
Fediverse address (main, in Spanish and Portuguese):
@osr@mastodon.art
Fediverse address (videos):
@osr@tube.tchncs.de
UK 24 hour news & sport radio station, also available online. Run by the BBC, the UK’s public broadcaster.
Fediverse address:
@BBC5Live@social.bbc
Blogger and columnist often covering technology, has written for the New York Times magazine, Wired, Smithsonian magazine and more. Author of “Coders: the Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World”.
Fediverse address:
@clive@saturation.social
Podcast about significant moments in music history, including past, present and forthcoming, exploring the people behind them including interviews, discussions etc. The account also shares interesting items of music news and music journalism.
Fediverse address:
@spotlightonpod@social.lol
Wildlife photographer based in the South Downs, Sussex in the UK. Especially keen on foxes. Runs the Permuted website.
Fediverse address:
@Words@vivaldi.net
Professor of medieval archaeology at the University of Cambridge. Specialises in early medieval English society, landscape archaeology, rights of common and history from 400-1200.
Fediverse address:
@drsueoosthuizen@mastodon.social
Works at the Italian National Institute for Geophysics and Volcanology. Bilotta works on lava flow simulation and fluid dynamics, to help reduce risks and detect danger.
Fediverse address:
@giuseppebilotta@fediscience.org
Robotics and technology fan, interested in solarpunk and currently upgrading their house to be more energy efficient.
Fediverse address:
@loy@fosstodon.org
Podcast and forum about old MS-DOS computer games from the 1980s and 1990s.
Fediverse address:
@dosgameclub@dosgame.club
The hosts also post lots of retro computing stuff:
Fediverse address (Rnlf):
@rnlf@dosgame.club
Fediverse address (Tijn):
@Tijn@dosgame.club
Sculptor creating enigmatic works from scrap metal and machine parts.
Fediverse address:
@matthijs@mastodon.art
Video series featuring informal discussion of the history of various Linux distributions and related topics
Fediverse address:
@linuxuserspace@tilvids.com
Record label based in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, publishing experimental electronic, drone and minimalist music. Also an electronic musician under the name of Orphax.
Fediverse address:
@MovingFurniture@mastodonmusic.social
Editor, proofreader and reviewer. Writes a blog which reviews lots of tabletop RPGs, supplements, adventures etc. Covers all genres of RPG.
Fediverse address:
@pookie@dice.camp
Volunteers in Germany who repair abandoned computers so they can be donated to charity.
Fediverse address (main account, in German):
@computertruhe@mastodon.social
Fediverse address (Berlin branch, in German):
@ComputertruheBerlin@mastodon.social
Fediverse address (Chemnitz branch, in German):
@ComputertruheChemnitz@chaos.social
Fediverse address (Munich branch, in German):
@ComputertruheMuenchen@social.tchncs.de
Independent privacy-friendly email provider, based in Germany.
Fediverse address (in English and German):
@mailbox_org@social.mailbox.org
A Fediverse discussion group all about knitting. (Click here ⧉ for more about how groups work.)
Fediverse address:
@knitting@a.gup.pe
Creates lovely surreal illustrations, often with a soft misty dream-like quality.
Fediverse address:
@_crystal_dreams@mastodon.social
Committee made up of data protection officials from the German Federal Government and German State Governments.
Fediverse address (in German):
@dsk@social.bund.de
Builds customised scale models including built-in lighting, especially ships featured in Star Trek.
Fediverse address (photos):
@mkm_modelwerx@pixelfed.social
Fediverse address (videos):
@mattkmcguire@peertube.tv
Emergency communications amateur radio station active in Prince George’s County, Maryland, USA.
Fediverse address:
@wb2ifs@mastodon.hams.social
Linux distribution based on Debian designed for computer security tasks such as digital forensics, penetration testing, security research and reverse engineering.
Fediverse address:
@kalilinux@infosec.exchange
Artist creating figurative and abstract sculptures entirely from old typewriter parts.
Fediverse address:
@jeremymayer@mastodon.art
News updates about Nintendo’s Splatoon series, manually curated by a human being.
Fediverse address:
@splatoon@wetdry.world
The world’s oldest digital library, distributing public domain books as free digital files in open formats.
Fediverse address (main account):
@gutenberg_org@mastodon.social
Fediverse address (official bot posting latest titles):
@gutenberg_new@mastodon.social
German-language online music radio station. The station is non-profit, non-commercial, legally licensed, and funded by the people who run it. The music is international, programmes are mainly in German, but with some shows in English.
Fediverse address (in German): @Radio_Regentrude@troet.cafe
Discussion group about the Commodore 64 home computer, including its games, software, hardware etc. (Click here ⧉ for more info on how to use Fediverse discussion groups.)
Fediverse address:
@commodore64@a.gup.pe
Originally set up to digitise and restore old vinyl releases, nowadays blogging about music and records.
Fediverse address:
@revivalrecords@mastodon.social
Wildlife photographer from New York who takes pictures of local birds, insects and other creatures.
Fediverse address:
@johnpavan@photog.social
Classical and opera music writer, author of biography of Prokofiev, lecturer, broadcaster on BBC Radio 3, classical & opera editor at The Arts Desk. Based in the UK.
Fediverse address:
@davidpnice@mastodon.online
Discussion group about geography (click here ⧉ for more info on using Fediverse groups).
Fediverse address:
@geography@a.gup.pe
Studio making small indie games, animations, illustrations and handmade art.
Fediverse address:
@holypangolin@mastodon.social
Making handcrafted works of art including jewellery, silversmithing, water colours, lapidary, plaster casting, fused glass, coptic book binding and candle making.
Fediverse address:
@Lilacmonkey_ea@mastodonapp.uk
Pixel artist and low poly artist, also does music. Often makes cute drawings of cats and other animals.
Fediverse address:
@anubiarts@mastodon.social
Free open source strategy game about human history, inspired by the Civilization games.
Fediverse address:
@freeciv@fosstodon.org
Retro gaming livestreamer who tends to focus on older games and unusual forgotten titles that aren’t streamed often.
Fediverse address:
@shaneisgames@mastodon.social
Chess enthusiast and FOSS fan, often posting and sharing news about chess competitions.
Fediverse address:
@Hrastnik@fosstodon.org
Discussion group about flight simulators. (Click here ⧉ for more info on how to use Fediverse groups.)
Fediverse address:
@flightsim@a.gup.pe
Photographer based in Oregon USA, takes really gorgeous pictures of landscapes and the natural world.
Fediverse address:
@pt@mastodon.art
Fediverse discussion group where people post three things that have made them happy. (Click here ⧉ for more about how groups work.)
Fediverse address:
@3goodthings@a.gup.pe
Writer of speculative fiction inspired by Palestinian folklore, published in ArabLit Quarterly, Fantasy Magazine, Lackington’s and others. Member of the SFWA, CSFFA and Codex Writers Group.
Fediverse address:
@SoniaSulaiman@wandering.shop
Free source-available 2D and 3D game engine for cross-platform PC, smartphone and console games.
Fediverse address:
@defold@mastodon.gamedev.place
Gaming video essays, podcasts, reviews etc, mainly about indie titles but also mainstream releases. Run by former game journalists and developers.
Fediverse address:
@pixelsforbreakfast@mstdn.games
Newspaper articles, images and other materials from the history of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Fediverse address:
@VintageEdmonton@mstdn.ca
Maker of weird indie TTRPG adventures. Posts maps and notes highlighting details of the adventures.
Fediverse address:
@cog5@dice.camp
Canadian Indigenous news site, originally founded as a printed newspaper in 1983.
Fediverse address:
@Windspeaker@mstdn.ca
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@astrodon.social
Physical and digital magazine with news and features about Linux, FOSS, software development, electronics projects etc.
Fediverse address:
@linuxmagazine@fosstodon.org
Pixel artist and game developer, currently working on a new ZX Spectrum title.
Fediverse address:
@martian@mastodon.gamedev.place
Illustrator who creates charming and pretty storybook art for children’s stories, cards and stationery. Also has a regular livestream where they create artworks.
Fediverse address (main):
@coreyartus@mastodon.art
Fediverse address (videos and live streaming):
@coreyartus@makertube.net
A free open source video conferencing site which aims to provide a privacy-friendly alternative to proprietary services. Calls are made through the web browser using the BigBlueButton platform.
Fediverse address (in German and English):
@senfcall@chaos.social
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
Website helping people to follow the activities of the United States Congress, including the passage of bills and the voting records of members.
Fediverse address:
@GovTrack@mastodon.social
Makes crochet amigurumi animals, pokemon and commissions based on people’s pets.
Fediverse address:
@LilacVormelaArt@mastodon.art
Theoretical physicist, professor of condensed matter theory at the Technical University of Berlin.
Fediverse address:
@hweimer@fediscience.org
Illustrator and graphic designer with a clean, clear and friendly style.
Fediverse address:
@andycarolan@social.lol
Comic artist, illustrator and animal behaviourist. Creates vivid fine line drawings of real animals, cryptids and monsters, often with a spooky undertone. Also discusses real life animal behaviour.
Fediverse address:
@notidee@mastodon.art
Illustrator who creates beautiful fantasy-themed images often fusing mythical creatures with nature.
Fediverse account (in French and English):
@Chane@mastodon.art
Retro computing fan who runs a company selling spare parts, accessories and repairs for classic 8-bit home computers.
Fediverse address:
@futurewas8bit@oldbytes.space
Initiative based in the UK to encourage walking. They invite small towns and villages to apply for Walkers are Welcome accreditation, which guarantees that rights of way are protected, public transport links are in place and there is local support for walkers within the community.
Fediverse address:
@WalkersAreWelcome@mastodonapp.uk
A Fediverse discussion group about chemistry and related fields. (Click here ⧉ for more about how groups work.)
Fediverse address:
@chemistry@a.gup.pe
Security and media analyst at BBC Monitoring, specialising in the Sahel, the Wagner group’s operations in Africa, and conflicts across the continent.
Fediverse address:
@beverly_ochieng@mastodon.social
The most popular part of the Fediverse, there are thousands of Mastodon servers with millions of registered users. Mastodon is a microblogging platform where people can post up to 500 characters of text as well as attach images, audio and video.
Fediverse address:
@Mastodon@mastodon.social
German government body for dealing with matters relating to the elderly.
Fediverse address (in German):
@DZA@social.bund.de
Gardener and permaculture enthusiast posting lots of tips and photos about growing your own food and maintaining your garden.
Fediverse address:
@tickfoot@merveilles.town
Podcast series covering episodes of Australian history. Episodes are in non-chronological order, focusing on particular themes instead.
Fediverse address:
@AusHistPod@aus.social
Bird and wildlife photographer based in Australia.
Fediverse address:
@gpmoore_esq@aus.social
XMPP-based free open federated messenger project. It aims to make XMPP into a more viable alternative to Whatsapp etc by providing consistency in design and terminology, while still maintaining compatibility with other XMPP apps and servers. (It’s a similar plan to how Mastodon made ActivityPub more mainstream while still being compatible with other ActivityPub server types.)
Fediverse address:
@snikket_im@fosstodon.org
In-depth videos about tabletop role-playing games, including the history of the hobby and reviews of new releases.
Fediverse address:
@abstruse@makertube.net
Creates lovely cute crochet amigurumi plushies with cute accessories.
Fediverse address (in English and French):
@Margote@mastodon.art
Official bot account sharing articles from Blender tutorial and news site BlenderNation.
Fediverse address:
@blendernation@botsin.space
German government department responsible for processing asylum applications, protecting refugees and helping them integrate into society.
Fediverse address (in German):
@bamf@social.bund.de
A Fediverse discussion group about cycling and bicycles. (Click here ⧉ for more about how groups work.)
Fediverse address:
@cycling@a.gup.pe
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
Writer and novelist, author whose seminal work “Neuromancer” in 1984 helped lay the foundations for the cyberpunk genre.
Fediverse address:
@GreatDismal@mastodon.social
Magazine covering outdoor activities such as hiking, running, adventure travel and related topics. First founded in 1977.
Fediverse address:
@outside@flipboard.com
Develops free open source alternatives to Google’s proprietary services in Android.
Fediverse address:
@microg@fosstodon.org
News site featuring tips and articles about Ubuntu, Linux, free open source software and related topics.
Fediverse address:
@omgubuntu@floss.social
Website and account chronicling the appearances of computers in film and TV series.
Fediverse address:
@starringthecomputer@mas.to
News, reviews, tutorials and videos about Linux and free open source software.
Fediverse address (main):
@9to5linux@floss.social
Fediverse address (videos):
@9to5linux@tilvids.com
Academic focusing on human-computer interaction, virtual reality and digital health.
Fediverse address:
@tess@hci.social
InfoSec expert, privacy advocate, malware analyst and practitioner of corny humour.
Fediverse address:
@catsalad@infosec.exchange
A non-profit coalition of Dutch broadcasters, museums, arts organisations etc. campaigning for an ethical internet. They organise conferences on this topic, and run their own Fediverse servers.
Fediverse address (main, in Dutch and English): @publicspaces@publicspaces.net
Fediverse address (videos, in Dutch and English): @publicspaces@video.publicspaces.net
Fediverse address (podcasts, in Dutch and English): @TheTimeIsNow@podcast.publicspaces.net
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
Personal account looking back at the Commodore 64, creating new pixel art, developing C64 games and sharing retro gaming posts.
Fediverse address:
@Ai16C@mastodon.gamedev.place
Indpendent council of public figures advising the German Federal Government on sustainability policy.
Fediverse address (in German):
@RNE_DE@social.bund.de
Makes handmade jeans as a hobby (not for sale) and posts photos of the works in progress, the tools used to make them and info about how they are made. Many of the jeans are based on techniques from specific periods of history.
Fediverse address:
@eureka@pixelfed.social
Privacy-friendly smartphone operating system based on Android.
Fediverse address:
@calyxos@fosstodon.org
Independent TTRPG creator, makes adventures, settings, tools and standalone games. Particularly interested in Mausritter.
Fediverse address:
@hlashbrooke@fosstodon.org
Photographs of everyday life from London in the 1970s, often highlighting trends and social issues of the time.
Fediverse address:
@1970sLondon@mastodonapp.uk
Unofficial bot posting latest data on Covid in wastewater in San Francisco Bay Area CA, USA.
Fediverse address:
@covidsewage@simonwillison.net
Comic artist and writer based in London, often featuring sci-fi, environmental and technological themes.
Fediverse address:
@claudiamatosa@comics.town
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
Star Trek fan and speculative fiction writer, mostly posting about Trek but with other topics as well. Covers all the versions of the series.
Fediverse address:
@jordanlafordan@tenforward.social
Beekeeper in Germany posting pictures of their apiary and beehives
Fediverse address (in German):
@furtherhonig@pixel.tchncs.de
Creates new Nintendo NES games and pixel graphics, using clever tricks to make them look much better than you’d expect for the hardware.
Fediverse address:
@FrankenGraphics@mastodon.art
Entertainment, pop culture and video games news site, based in the United States.
Fediverse address:
@polygon@mastodon.social
General purpose Linux distribution. Takes an alternative approach, is non-GNU and built from scratch.
Fediverse address:
@chimera_linux@floss.social
One of the largest university museums in the UK, with more than 4.5 million items. It puts on a diverse range of exhibitions covering art, history, archaeology, natural history and more.
Fediverse address:
@McrMuseum@mastodonapp.uk
Free open source XMPP app for Linux and Android, and part of the KDE project. Includes OMEMO support for end-to-end encryption.
Fediverse address:
@kaidan@fosstodon.org
Web-based OpenStreetMap graphical interface which lets you view themed maps and edit them with an OSM ID.
Fediverse address:
@MapComplete@en.osm.town
German-language site all about the D&D tabletop role-playing game, including news and reviews.
Fediverse address (in German):
@dnddeutsch@pnpde.social
Free open source privacy-friendly front end for YouTube.
Fediverse address:
@invidious@social.tchncs.de
Bot posting sci-fi, fantasy and horror magazine covers from the 1920s to the 1980s.
Fediverse address:
@SFFMagazineCovers@zirk.us
Discussion group about Alberta, Canada, including events, people, places etc. (Click here ⧉ for more info on how to use Fediverse groups.)
Fediverse address:
@alberta@a.gup.pe
Restores and fixes old computers, consoles and other bits of retro technology, often posting detailed videos about the repair process.
Fediverse address (main):
@janbeta@chaos.social
Fediverse address (videos):
@jan_beta@makertube.net
Award-winning Chemistry blog featuring infographic posters about chemistry and related topics.
Fediverse address:
@compoundchem@mstdn.social
Creating beautiful paintings and other works of art inspired by space subjects, such as galaxies, nebulae, moons etc.
Fediverse address:
@VickyPaintsSpace@mastodon.art
Watercolour artist and illustrator mainly focusing on landscapes and spaceflight. Also interested in geology and gems.
Fediverse address:
@manyfaceted@mstdn.social
Veteran programmer for the venerable Commodore 64 home computer from 1982, who nowadays posts in-depth videos about developing software on the C64.
Fediverse address:
@v_brigham@tilvids.com
Human-curated account sharing interesting art and photography posts from the Fediverse.
Fediverse address:
@ArtPhotosDesk@flipboard.social
Naturalist and wildlife biologist based in Mumbai, India. Discovered the Sorting Hat Spider.
Fediverse address:
@curiocritters@ecoevo.social
Videos about repairing classic 8-bit and 16-bit computers such as the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, Amstrad CPC etc. Also repairs games consoles, other tech and accessories.
Fediverse address:
@morefunmakingit@makertube.net
Long-running podcast and film club founded in 2015 covering all genres of cinema, often based around live events or long form interviews. Includes contributions from filmmakers, audiences, critics and academics.
Fediverse address:
@Cinematologists@mstdn.social
Welsh melancholic acoustic singer-songwriter, creating music in a self-built home studio.
Fediverse address:
@MTP@musicians.today