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

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

Virtual Genealogical Association

International organisation organising online events for genealogists and family history enthusiasts.

Fediverse address:
@VirtualGenealogy@c.im

FediMeteo Connecticut

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

Fediverse addresses:
@bridgeport__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@bristol__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@danbury__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@hartford__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@meriden__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@middletown__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@milford__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@new_britain__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@new_haven__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@new_london__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@norwalk__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@norwich__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@shelton__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@stamford__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@torrington__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@waterbury__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@west_haven__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@wethersfield__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@willimantic__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com
@windsor__connecticut@us.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Croatia

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

Fediverse addresses (in Croatian):
@bjelovar@hr.fedimeteo.com
@cakovec@hr.fedimeteo.com
@dubrovnik@hr.fedimeteo.com
@karlovac@hr.fedimeteo.com
@koprivnica@hr.fedimeteo.com
@krk@hr.fedimeteo.com
@makarska@hr.fedimeteo.com
@metkovic@hr.fedimeteo.com
@nova_gradiska@hr.fedimeteo.com
@opatija@hr.fedimeteo.com
@osijek@hr.fedimeteo.com
@pakrac@hr.fedimeteo.com
@porec@hr.fedimeteo.com
@pozega@hr.fedimeteo.com
@pula@hr.fedimeteo.com
@rijeka@hr.fedimeteo.com
@senj@hr.fedimeteo.com
@sibenik@hr.fedimeteo.com
@sisak@hr.fedimeteo.com
@slavonski_brod@hr.fedimeteo.com
@solin@hr.fedimeteo.com
@split@hr.fedimeteo.com
@trogir@hr.fedimeteo.com
@umag@hr.fedimeteo.com
@varazdin@hr.fedimeteo.com
@velika_gorica@hr.fedimeteo.com
@vinkovci@hr.fedimeteo.com
@vukovar@hr.fedimeteo.com
@zadar@hr.fedimeteo.com
@zagreb@hr.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo New Mexico

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

Fediverse addresses:
@albuquerque__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@belen__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@bernalillo__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@carlsbad__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@clovis__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@deming__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@edgewood__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@farmington__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@gallup__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@grants__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@hobbs__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@las_cruces__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@las_vegas__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@los_lunas__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@portales__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@raton__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@rio_rancho__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@roswell__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@santa_fe__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@shiprock__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@silver_city__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@socorro__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@sunland_park__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@taos__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com
@truth_or_consequences__new_mexico@us.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Newfoundland and Labrador

Weather forecast accounts for Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.

Fediverse addresses (in English & French):
@carbonear__newfoundland_and_labrador@ca.fedimeteo.com
@corner_brook__newfoundland_and_labrador@ca.fedimeteo.com
@fogo_island__newfoundland_and_labrador@ca.fedimeteo.com
@gander__newfoundland_and_labrador@ca.fedimeteo.com
@goose_bay__newfoundland_and_labrador@ca.fedimeteo.com
@grand_falls_windsor__newfoundland_and_labrador@ca.fedimeteo.com
@labrador_city__newfoundland_and_labrador@ca.fedimeteo.com
@st_johns__newfoundland_and_labrador@ca.fedimeteo.com
@stephenville__newfoundland_and_labrador@ca.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Nova Scotia

Weather forecast accounts for Nova Scotia, Canada. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.

Fediverse addresses (in English & French):
@amherst__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@antigonish__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@bridgewater__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@halifax__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@kentville__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@new_glasgow__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@port_hawkesbury__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@sydney__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@truro__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com
@yarmouth__nova_scotia@ca.fedimeteo.com

LibreOffice

The most popular free open source office suite, it includes a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation software etc. It’s very widely used by businesses, governments, organisations and individuals, and is available for Linux, Mac and Windows.

Fediverse address:
@libreoffice@fosstodon.org

There are also user groups on the Fediverse:

Fediverse address (in Spanish):
@LibreOfficeEs@mastodon.social

Fediverse address (in French):
@LaMouetteODF@framapiaf.org

The Small Technology Foundation

Researches, develops and promotes online services designed for human beings rather than corporate profits.

Fediverse address (live streaming):
@fedi@owncast.small-web.org

Fediverse address (co-founder Laura Kalbag):
@laura@mastodon.laurakalbag.com

Fediverse address (co-founder Aral Balkan):
@aral@mastodon.ar.al

Scarlet Ferret Bookshop

Online bookshop selling human-curated DRM-free ebooks by indie authors. Also sells digital magazines, non-fiction, bundles etc. All ebooks come with digital extra features such as additional stories, artwork, playlists etc.

Fediverse address:
@scarletferret@mastodon.online

FediMeteo Massachusetts

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

Fediverse addresses:
@attleboro__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@boston__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@brockton__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@burlington__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@cambridge__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@chicopee__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@fall_river__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@fitchburg__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@haverhill__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@lawrence__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@leominster__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@lowell__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@lynn__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@malden__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@medford__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@new_bedford__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@newton__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@northampton__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@pittsfield__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@quincy__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@revere__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@somerville__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@springfield__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@taunton__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@weymouth__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com
@worcester__massachusetts@us.fedimeteo.com

Magic Aye

Bot that posts automatically generated autostereograms (aka “Magic Eye”), where you have to focus your eyes behind the 2D image to see the 3D image. It can take a while to do this if you aren’t used to the technique, but once it succeeds you will definitely know it has worked.

Fediverse address:
@magic_aye@mastodon.social

FediMeteo Netherlands

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

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

Hare

A new programming language currently under development. The developers describe it as: “a systems programming language designed to be simple, stable, and robust” and “well-suited to low-level, high performance tasks.” Apparently it fits onto one 3.5 inch disk! 💾

Fediverse address:
@hare@fosstodon.org

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

Interzone Magazine

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

Fediverse address:
@InterzoneMag@mastodon.online

RMTransit

Public transport expert and enthusiast, runs the popular RMTransit video channel which has in-depth looks at all forms of transit and how they relate to urban planning. Covers trains, metros, buses, trams, high speed rail etc all around the world. (Author is based in Toronto, Canada.)

Fediverse address (main):
@reece@canadiancivil.com

Fediverse address (videos):
@reece@video.canadiancivil.com

Fediverse address (blog):
@reecemartintransit@reecemartin.ca

FediMeteo Kansas

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

Fediverse addresses:
@colby__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@derby__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@dodge_city__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@emporia__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@garden_city__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@hays__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@hutchinson__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@junction_city__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@kansas_city__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@lawrence__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@leavenworth__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@lenexa__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@manhattan__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@mcpherson__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@olathe__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@ottawa__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@overland_park__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@parsons__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@pittsburg__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@pratt__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@salina__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@shawnee__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@topeka__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com
@wichita__kansas@us.fedimeteo.com

Joey Deruy

Self-taught, exhibited artist with a distinctive abstract style using colourful shapes on pale backgrounds, sometimes with figurative and other non-abstract elements mixed in. Deruy was partly raised in Kenya, and there are African influences on his art too.

Fediverse address:
@JoeyDeruy@mastodon.art

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

Heartland Urbanist / Matt Caffrey

Organiser and urbanist based in Ohio, USA, creating videos about city planning, housing reform and public transport improvement. Especially interested in the American Midwest and its return to urbanism.

Fediverse address (urban planning videos):
@heartlandurbanist@urbanists.video

Fediverse address (personal account):
@mattcaff@union.place

FediMeteo Japan

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

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

Auschwitz Memorial

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

FediMeteo Washington State

Weather forecast accounts for the state of Washington in the USA. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.

Fediverse addresses:
@auburn__washington@us.fedimeteo.com
@bellevue__washington@us.fedimeteo.com
@bellingham__washington@us.fedimeteo.com
@bothell__washington@us.fedimeteo.com
@everett__washington@us.fedimeteo.com
@federal_way__washington@us.fedimeteo.com
@kennewick__washington@us.fedimeteo.com
@kent__washington@us.fedimeteo.com
@kirkland__washington@us.fedimeteo.com
@lakewood__washington@us.fedimeteo.com
@lynnwood__washington@us.fedimeteo.com
@marysville__washington@us.fedimeteo.com
@olympia__washington@us.fedimeteo.com
@pasco__washington@us.fedimeteo.com
@puyallup__washington@us.fedimeteo.com
@redmond__washington@us.fedimeteo.com
@renton__washington@us.fedimeteo.com
@richland__washington@us.fedimeteo.com
@seattle__washington@us.fedimeteo.com
@shoreline__washington@us.fedimeteo.com
@spokane__washington@us.fedimeteo.com
@spokane_valley__washington@us.fedimeteo.com
@tacoma__washington@us.fedimeteo.com
@vancouver__washington@us.fedimeteo.com
@yakima__washington@us.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo Nevada

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

Fediverse addresses:
@battle_mountain__nevada@us.fedimeteo.com
@boulder_city__nevada@us.fedimeteo.com
@caliente__nevada@us.fedimeteo.com
@carson_city__nevada@us.fedimeteo.com
@elko__nevada@us.fedimeteo.com
@ely__nevada@us.fedimeteo.com
@fallon__nevada@us.fedimeteo.com
@fernley__nevada@us.fedimeteo.com
@gardnerville__nevada@us.fedimeteo.com
@hawthorne__nevada@us.fedimeteo.com
@henderson__nevada@us.fedimeteo.com
@indian_springs__nevada@us.fedimeteo.com
@las_vegas__nevada@us.fedimeteo.com
@laughlin__nevada@us.fedimeteo.com
@lovelock__nevada@us.fedimeteo.com
@mesquite__nevada@us.fedimeteo.com
@north_las_vegas__nevada@us.fedimeteo.com
@overton__nevada@us.fedimeteo.com
@pahrump__nevada@us.fedimeteo.com
@reno__nevada@us.fedimeteo.com
@sparks__nevada@us.fedimeteo.com
@tonopah__nevada@us.fedimeteo.com
@wells__nevada@us.fedimeteo.com
@winnemucca__nevada@us.fedimeteo.com
@yerington__nevada@us.fedimeteo.com

FediMeteo South Carolina

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

Fediverse addresses:
@aiken__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@anderson__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@beaufort__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@charleston__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@columbia__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@conway__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@easley__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@florence__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@goose_creek__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@greenville__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@greenwood__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@greer__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@hilton_head_island__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@lexington__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@mauldin__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@mount_pleasant__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@myrtle_beach__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@newberry__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@north_augusta__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@north_charleston__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@orangeburg__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@rock_hill__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@spartanburg__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@summerville__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com
@sumter__south_carolina@us.fedimeteo.com