Blog by Indigenous writer in Canada.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@thousandworlds.ca
Blog by Indigenous writer in Canada.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@thousandworlds.ca
Photos of classic and obscure 45rpm vinyl records from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
Fediverse address:
@45rpm@metapixl.com
Astronomer at Helsinki University in Finland, interested in exoplanets, planetary systems, stellar activity, astrobiology and more. Has discovered dozens of planets including Proxima B, a potentially habitable planet orbiting our nearest neighbouring star Proxima Centauri.
Fediverse address:
@mustapipa@scicomm.xyz
Street photography from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Covers everyday scenes of ordinary life as well as signs of politics from all traditions and communities.
Fediverse address:
@belfastviewfinder@mastodon.ie
Animator and musician who often combines these skills into self-made music videos, often featuring CGI 3D animations.
Fediverse address:
@yatoimtop@greatview.video
Lots of plants, wildlife, lichen, fungi and nature in general. Also sometimes other topics too.
Fediverse address:
@BjornIdle@mastodonapp.uk
Nigerian American studio potter and ceramic artist using traditional African techniques for making pottery.
Fediverse address (main):
@potterybyosa@mastodon.social
Fediverse address (videos):
@potterybyosa@makertube.net
Boston, Massachusetts, USA chapter of user group for the Perl and Raku programming languages.
Fediverse address:
@Boston_PM@fosstodon.org
Cycling magazine and website, covering all aspects of using a bicycle. Based in the US, first published in 1961.
Fediverse address:
@Bicycling@flipboard.com
Automated account posting fire events reported by Oregon fire departments including AFD, AVFD, JCFD3, JCFD4, JCFD5, JFD, MFD.
Fediverse address:
@sofirewatch@pnw.zone
Weather forecast accounts for Delaware, USA. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.
Fediverse addresses:
@bethany_beach__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@bridgeville__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@camden__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@delmar__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@dover__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@elsmere__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@georgetown__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@harrington__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@laurel__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@lewes__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@middletown__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@milford__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@millsboro__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@new_castle__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@newark__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@rehoboth_beach__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@seaford__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@selbyville__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@smyrna__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
@wilmington__delaware@us.fedimeteo.com
News feed from investigative newspaper based in Vermont, USA. Non-profit, founded in 2009.
Fediverse address:
@vtdigger.org@rss-parrot.net
News feed from the Taipei Times, an English language newspaper in Taiwan.
Fediverse address:
@Taipeitimes@feedsin.space
Aviation photos and other images from the personal photo archive of Clemens Vasters.
Fediverse address:
@clemensv@photog.social
Weather forecast accounts for Tamil Nadu, India. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Hindi):
@chennai__tamil_nadu@in.fedimeteo.com
@coimbatore__tamil_nadu@in.fedimeteo.com
@madurai__tamil_nadu@in.fedimeteo.com
@tiruchirappalli__tamil_nadu@in.fedimeteo.com
Independent community-run local news site covering Staten Island in New York City, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@pleaforthefifth.com
The Plain Dealer is a print-only newspaper based in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, published since 1842. Its online-only sister publication, Cleveland.com, is owned by the same company.
Fediverse address:
@clevelandnews@flipboard.com
Artist creating beautifully detailed pixel art featuring wonderfully lit scenes.
Fediverse address:
@nyurakim@mastodon.art
Soft fork of the Firefox web browser, emphasising privacy. The default settings and included security software prioritise protecting the user from being tracked.
Fediverse address:
@librewolf@chaos.social
International society organising free online conferences, round tables and seminars to discuss animal behaviour and question our academic practices.
Fediverse address:
@animalbehaviourlive@ecoevo.social
Weather forecast accounts for Tabasco, Mexico. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Spanish):
@tenosique__tabasco@mx.fedimeteo.com
@villahermosa__tabasco@mx.fedimeteo.com
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
Annual conference in the Pacific Northwest dedicated to the R programming language.
Fediverse address:
@cascadiarconf@fosstodon.org
University in Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1734.
Fediverse address (in German):
@unigoettingen@academiccloud.social
Independent US-based entertainment news site and newsletter covering film, music and fashion.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@hollywoodrebound.com
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
News about cities, city planning and urban life. Originally founded in 2011 as part of The Atlantic magazine, CityLab was sold to Bloomberg in 2019.
Fediverse address:
@citylab@flipboard.com
Electronic music festival in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA.
Fediverse address:
@Circuits_in_the_Woods@mastodon.social
Indie developer, makes experimental surreal games and software including “Tetrageddon”, “Everything is going to be OK”, “Electric Zine Maker” and more.
Fediverse address:
@alienmelon@mastodon.social
Hackerspace based in Arnhem in the Netherlands.
Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@hack42@chaos.social
Professor in departments of Mathematics & Statistics and Biology at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. Interested in spatial, theoretical, mathematical, computational and statistical ecology, evolution and epidemiology, plant community, ecosystem, epidemic dynamics etc.
Fediverse address:
@bbolker@fediscience.org
Veteran programmer and game developer who has worked on many famous projects including the legendary SCUMM game engine at Lucasfilm/LucasArts.
Fediverse address:
@lardratboy@corteximplant.com
British edition of the women’s lifestyle magazine, covering fashion, beauty, art and culture. UK edition originally published in 1929, it merged with Queen magazine and was known as “Harpers & Queen” for several decades.
Fediverse address:
@HarpersBazaarUK@flipboard.com
Popular US magazine and website about geography, history, nature etc around the world. Originally founded in 1888 as an academic journal, nowadays it is aimed at a mainstream audience.
Fediverse address:
@NationalGeographic@flipboard.com
Unofficial bot posting news of the latest rescue launches by the UK & Ireland’s voluntary lifeboat service.
Fediverse address:
@outonashout@mas.to
Tabletop RPG writer putting a new egalitarian twist on familiar genres. For example, Dungeon Local 001 is a fantasy game where the monsters in an already-looted dungeon organise themselves as they try to make it a nice place to live.
Fediverse address:
@notwriting@dice.camp
Official account of the Environment Ministry in the German State of Hesse, handling the environment, climate protection, agriculture and consumer protection.
Fediverse address (in German):
@umwelthessen@social.hessen.de
Independent local news site for Clarington, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 2024.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@claringtonpost.ca
Illustrator and naturalist from Germany who draws and paints in a traditional manner, especially birds, other animals, plants and nature.
Fediverse address:
@naturesketchbook@mastodon.art
Discussion group about the 18xx genre of board games.
Fediverse address:
@18xx@fedigroups.social
Award-winning Chemistry blog featuring infographic posters about chemistry and related topics.
Fediverse address:
@compoundchem@mstdn.social
Spanish-language news site and forum about Linux gaming.
Fediverse address (in Spanish):
@jugandoenlinux@mastodon.social
The E Foundation develops and maintains a free open source privacy-friendly de-Googled version of Android, which you can either install yourself on your existing phone or buy pre-installed on a new phone. They sell pre-installed phones through the Murena brand, all of which are manufactured by established companies like Fairphone, Samsung etc.
Fediverse address (E Foundation):
@e_mydata@mastodon.social
Fediverse address (Murena):
@murena@mastodon.social
Fediverse address (videos):
@efoundation@peer.tube
Weather forecast accounts for Rhode Island, USA. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses:
@barrington__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@bristol__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@central_falls__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@coventry__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@cranston__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@cumberland__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@east_providence__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@johnston__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@lincoln__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@middletown__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@narragansett__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@newport__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@north_providence__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@pawtucket__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@portsmouth__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@providence__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@scituate__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@smithfield__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@south_kingstown__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@tiverton__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@warwick__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@west_warwick__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@westerly__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
@woonsocket__rhode_island@us.fedimeteo.com
Hackerspace in the city of Ghent in Belgium.
Fediverse address:
@hsg@chaos.social
Professional free open source software package for creating 3D and 2D animations, generating CGI effects for live action, and editing video.
Fediverse address (videos):
@blender@video.blender.org
Fediverse address (announcements):
@Blender@mastodon.social
French edition of the magazine covering travel, nature, history and the environment. First published in France in 1979.
Fediverse address (in French):
@GEO_France@flipboard.com
Discussing Stoicism and how to apply it to everyday life.
Fediverse address:
@stoicism@fedigroups.social
Conference about free open source software held annually at the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences in Sankt Augustin, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German & English):
@FrOSCon@bonn.social
News feed from WTVQ 36, a television station in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. Founded in 1968, ABC affiliate.
Fediverse address:
@www.wtvq.com@rss-parrot.net
Popular science news website covering space, health, climate, animals, archaeology, physics, maths etc. Founded in 2004 and currently based in the US and UK.
Fediverse address:
@LiveScience@flipboard.com
Videos of hiking and climbing in the Sierra Nevada and Granada Province of Andalucia in Spain.
Fediverse address (videos):
@spanish_highs@video.infosec.exchange
Discussion group about all topics related to Canada.
Fediverse address:
@canada@fedigroups.social
Free open source alternative to Google Keep. It lets you take notes and sync them with a NextCloud account. The apps are available for Android (through F-Droid and Google Play) and NextCloud.
Fediverse address:
@Carnet@framapiaf.org
Discussion group for gamers on the Fediverse.
Fediverse address:
@gaming@fedigroups.social
Spanish national radio station featuring news, speech, sport and music.
Fediverse address (in Spanish):
@OndaCero@flipboard.com
Handwritten notes using many different kinds of fonts, inks and fountain pens.
Fediverse address (in Spanish and English):
@Escritos_mano@mastodon.online
Newsletter reporting on skiing conditions on the south coast of British Columbia, Canada. Written by a mountain guide and a ski mountaineer.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@snow.zenithguides.ca
Local news site covering Massachusetts, USA.
Fediverse address:
@MassLive@flipboard.com
Automated accounts posting weather forecasts and warnings for Winnipeg, Manitoba. Mirror of the official RSS feeds from the Canadian government’s weather service.
Fediverse address (general weather):
@meteo.gc.ca.rss.city.mb-38.f.xml@rss-parrot.net
Fediverse address (weather warnings):
@meteo.gc.ca.rss.warning.mb-38.f.xml@rss-parrot.net
User group for Linux users in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Online meetings, in-person meetings, mailing list etc.
Fediverse address:
@PLUG@fosstodon.org
Free and Open Source Software Optimization Engineering. Focused on low level vectorization of host and accelerator devices. Very into puns, obsessed with pushing the boundaries of CFD performance.
Fediverse address:
@fclc@mast.hpc.social
Makerspace and hackerspace based in Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@vspaceone@chaos.social
Knitting fan posting about projects they are working on. Also many pictures of cats.
Fediverse address:
@exclusivecats@mastodon.ie
Bookshop and workshop in Philadelphia USA, focused on hacking, free culture, gardening and zines.
Fediverse address:
@iffybooks@post.lurk.org
Non-profit investigative journalism news site, mainly focused on Buffalo and Western New York, USA.
Fediverse address:
@Investigati39q0@flipboard.com
Co-developer of the plant-growing simulation game “Idu”, currently studying theoretical physics at university.
Fediverse address:
@eli@mastodon.gamedev.place
Free open source Fediverse platform for 3D printing enthusiasts, lets you upload and share 3D models for prints. It’s intended as a Fediverse alternative to Printables, Makerworld and Thingiverse.
Fediverse address:
@manyfold@3dp.chat
Free open source statistics software for Linux, Mac and Windows. Allows both classical and Bayesian analyses.
Fediverse address:
@JASPStats@fosstodon.org
Posting informally about interesting bits of Scottish history through the ages, including forgotten stories, science, language, art, people, poetry.
Fediverse address:
@WeirdScotland@mastodon.scot
News and events for OpenStreetMap contributors in London, UK.
Fediverse address:
@OSMLondon@en.osm.town
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
News, reviews, tutorials and videos about Linux and free open source software.
Fediverse address (main):
@9to5linux@floss.social
Fediverse address (videos):
@9to5linux@tilvids.com
Creates fascinating mathematical art using many different media including images, crochet, beading and other crafts.
Fediverse address:
@HypercubicPeg@mathstodon.xyz
Indie singer-songwriter from Heidelberg in Germany. Sings in English, French and German. Songs are often based on real life mixed with a touch of romance.
Fediverse address:
@ajaynemusic@pixelfed.social
German government agency and research institute responsible for detecting, preventing and fighting disease outbreaks.
Fediverse address (in German):
@RKI@social.bund.de
Travel photography blog featuring destinations around the world, by a traveller based in San Francisco, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@gavgavgav.net
Online magazine covering youth culture and politics in Taiwan and Asia Pacific.
Fediverse address:
@newbloommag@mastodon.online
Handles IT and digital services within the European Commission.
Fediverse address (department):
@EC_DIGIT@ec.social-network.europa.eu
Fediverse address (director general):
@EC_DIGIT_director_general@ec.social-network.europa.eu
Official account of City of North Charleston in South Carolina, USA.
Fediverse address:
@northcharleston@mas.to
Annual conference about the Ruby programming language, based in Brighton, UK. First held in 2014.
Fediverse address:
@brightonruby@ruby.social
Non-profit organisation which is promoting people’s right to privacy, and making people more aware of their privacy rights.
Fediverse address (main account, in English):
@datarequestsorg@mastodon.social
Fediverse address (main account, in German):
@datenanfragende@mastodon.social
Fediverse address (technical account, in English):
@dev_at_datarequestsORG@chaos.social
Online shop selling vintage Dungeons & Dragons items, run by veteran RPG fan playing since the 1980s.
Fediverse address:
@deidungeon@dice.camp
Bot posting useful info to start your day in Milwaukee, WI, USA. Posts every day at 6 a.m.
Fediverse address:
@gmmke@jws.social
Annual conference of the OpenStreetMap Foundation.
Fediverse address:
@sotm@en.osm.town
News feed of HRT, Croatia’s public broadcaster on television and radio. Founded in 1926.
Fediverse address (in Croatian):
@vijesti.hrt.hr@rss-parrot.net
Weather enthusiast and licensed amateur radio operator, runs a weather station in Dorset, England. Also publishes images directly received from weather satellites.
Fediverse address:
@wessexweather@mastodonapp.uk
UK television and online news service, covering national and international news on UK commercial television since 1955. Originally known as ITN.
Fediverse address:
@ITVNews@flipboard.com
Independent video game review blog and newsletter, covering both modern and older games.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@versusthe.space
Discussion group about Wuppertal in Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@wuppertal@fedigroups.social
Online magazine for designers and web developers, includes lots of tutorials, guides and features.
Fediverse address:
@smashingmag@mastodon.social
Founder of the award-winning Klim Type Foundry, designing new and custom typefaces and fonts. Based in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Fediverse address:
@klim@typo.social
Latvian aviation photography website.
Fediverse address (in Latvian):
@aviofotolv@toot.lv
Official account for the Racket programming language, a modern dialect of Lisp.
Fediverse address:
@racketlang@functional.cafe
Classical music magazine based in India, founded in 2015.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@serenademagazine.com
Bot posting daily random quotation from the original Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Fediverse address:
@SherlockHolmesQuotes@universeodon.com
Runs an enormous online archive of computing history material at the bitsavers website, and is software curator at the Computer History Museum in California, USA.
Fediverse address:
@bitsavers@oldbytes.space
Independent local news service for Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Fediverse address:
@universalhub@mastodon.online
Photo account that posts pictures of interesting chess boards, chess pieces and other chess-related images.
Fediverse address:
@Chess@pixelfed.social
Discussion group about neo-classical or modern classical music.
Fediverse address:
@neoclassicalmusic@fedigroups.social
Free open source audio editing and recording software, forked from Audacity
Fediverse address:
@tenacity@floss.social
German-language bicycle travel blog featuring a really cute toy cat.
Fediverse address (in German):
@lechat@le-chat-a-velo.at
Unofficial Nintendo news site covering indie games available on the Nintendo Switch.
Fediverse address:
@nindiespotlight@peoplemaking.games
Interdisciplinary scientific research institute based in Würzburg, Germany. Looking at RNA as a diagnostic molecule, target and drug to combat infectious disease.
Fediverse address:
@Helmholtz_HIRI@helmholtz.social
Research data repository at the University of Arizona, USA.
Fediverse address:
@redata@mastodon.social
Local news and events in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@sfsimplified.com
Academic journal about the links between philosophy and psychology.
Fediverse address:
@PhilosophicalPsychology@fediscience.org
Blog all about board games and strategy games, featuring reviews, articles, unboxings and session reports.
Fediverse address:
@theboardgameschronicle@wargamers.social
Weather forecast accounts for Texas, USA. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.
Fediverse addresses:
@abilene__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@amarillo__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@arlington__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@austin__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@beaumont__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@brownsville__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@carrollton__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@cedar_park__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@college_station__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@corpus_christi__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@dallas__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@denton__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@el_paso__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@fort_worth__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@frisco__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@garland__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@grand_prairie__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@harlingen__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@houston__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@irving__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@killeen__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@laredo__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@lewisville__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@lubbock__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@mcallen__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@mckinney__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@mesquite__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@midland__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@new_braunfels__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@odessa__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@pasadena__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@plano__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@round_rock__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@san_angelo__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@san_antonio__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@temple__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@tyler__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@victoria__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@waco__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
@wichita_falls__texas@us.fedimeteo.com
Photographer who posts lovely pictures of landscapes, wildlife and nature in Austria.
Fediverse address:
@betazoid@pixelfed.social
Collaborative games of Tetris on the Fediverse! Instructions are on the account’s profile.
Fediverse address:
@feditris@fedi.aerocity.site
German-language news site and podcast about Linux and free open source software.
Fediverse address (in German):
@gnulinux@social.anoxinon.de
Does regular live streams of Linux games.
Fediverse address:
@stream@cast.samsai.eu
German edition of the women’s lifestyle magazine and website covering fashion, beauty, decor, travel.
Fediverse address (in German):
@ELLE_de@flipboard.com
German edition of the international men’s fashion and lifestyle magazine.
Fediverse address (in German):
@GQ_Germany@flipboard.com
Artist and graphic designer from Germany, doing colourful digitally painted fantasy and character art often with a gay theme.
Fediverse address:
@Bronzebart@mastodon.art
Non-profit research organisation founded in 1984, looking for life elsewhere in the universe, studying the origin of known life, and informing the general public about these topics. Based in California USA.
Fediverse address:
@setiinstitute@mastodon.social
Videos by an urbanist activist based in Montreal, Canada, but covering city planning, transport, cycling, politics and the environment across Canada and the world.
Fediverse address (videos):
@paige@video.canadiancivil.com
Website about game design including news, tutorials, and reviews of game development tools. Founded in 2011.
Fediverse address:
@GameFromScratch@mastodon.gamedev.place
Magazine and site about cars, featuring news and reviews of the latest models. Based in the US, founded in 1955.
Fediverse address:
@CarandDriver@flipboard.com
Free open source self-hostable personal cloud software for sharing files, collaborative editing, instant messaging, personal music streaming etc.
Fediverse address (main):
@nextcloud@mastodon.xyz
Fediverse address (videos):
@nextcloud_main@peertube.nextcloud.com
Cybersecurity conference in Tennessee, USA.
Fediverse address:
@bsidesknoxville@infosec.exchange
US-based news agency with emphasis on business and financial perspective. Founded in 1990.
Fediverse address:
@bloomberg@flipboard.com
Physicist and writer, author of “Where is Everybody?”, “Measuring the Universe”, “Around the World in 80 Ways” etc. Interested in space, astronomy and the Fermi Paradox, member of the UK SETI Research Network.
Fediverse address:
@stephenwebb@astrodon.social
French language site that features public domain and creative commons food recipes accompanied with lots of photos.
Fediverse address (in French):
@CuisineLibre@mamot.fr
Posts extensively about fishing and fly fishing, the outdoors and walking in the countryside. Day job is as a scientist studying DNA at Drexel University in Philadelphia, USA.
Fediverse address:
@enog@masto.ai
Woodturner from Norway sculpting beautiful wooden objects
Fediverse address:
@berrefjord@mastodon.art
Comic book podcast about weird comic moments and how they relate to pop culture and history, with a queer-friendly feminist viewpoint. May contain strong language.
Fediverse address:
@tencenttakes@retro.pizza
Non-profit news site covering the impact of technology on society. Founded in 2018, based in New York, USA.
Fediverse address:
@themarkup@mastodon.themarkup.org
Cycling cartoonist, author of the cycle-themed book “From A to B”, draws amusing and thought-provoking diagrams about sustainable transport and other topics.
Fediverse address:
@davewalker@mastodon.social
German photography and camera magazine, featuring news, reviews, tips etc.
Fediverse address (in German):
@Photografix@flipboard.com
Official account of the parliament of the German State of Thuringia.
Fediverse address (in German):
@thueringerlandtag@social.bund.de
Online security expert and creator of the popular “Have I been pwned” tool. Microsoft Regional Director and MVP.
Fediverse address:
@troyhunt@infosec.exchange
Free open source Ruby toolkit for security research and development.
Fediverse address:
@ronin_rb@infosec.exchange
Video maker interested in amateur radio, robotics, retro computing, vintage electronics and related topics.
Fediverse address (videos):
@kd8bxp@makertube.net
Germany’s main Federal agency for protection of the environment.
Fediverse address (in German):
@Umweltbundesamt@social.bund.de
Small production winery in Lodi CA, USA, focusing on fresh avant-garde style.
Fediverse address:
@MarkusWine@sfba.social
Classical music blog covering the latest concerts, recordings and other classical news.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@classicalexplorer.com
Local TV news station in St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Privately-owned, founded in 1955.
Fediverse address:
@NTVNewsNL@nfld.me
Canadian newspaper and news site covering the Canadian Parliament, the federal government and federal politics. Founded in 1989.
Fediverse address:
@TheHillTimes@flipboard.com
Indie game developer, pixel artist, illustrator and live streamer, currently working on a 1980s/1990s-style graphic adventure with a Sierra-type look.
Fediverse address:
@JuliaMinamata@mastodon.gamedev.place
Technology Conference / Hacker Con in North Carolina, USA. Founded in 2019.
Fediverse address:
@CackalackyCon@infosec.exchange
Pixel artist and indie game developer, creates epic fantasy artwork and game assets.
Fediverse address:
@nauris@mastodon.art
Women’s lifestyle magazine and website covering food, housekeeping, health, fashion, beauty and decor. Based in Canada, first published in 1928. (NOTE: This is the English-language magazine, there is also a similarly named French-language counterpart.)
Fediverse address:
@ChatelaineMag@flipboard.com
Initiative supported by KDE to certify free open source software as ecologically sustainable.
Fediverse address:
@be4foss@floss.social
Travel blog by Australian couple who have lived in various countries around the world and are currently restoring a barge in the Netherlands.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@timbull.com
Parenting magazine and website covering all stages from pregnancy to raising children. Based in the US, originally a print magazine first published in 1926.
Fediverse address:
@parents@flipboard.com
Community for people interested in open science based in Maastricht in the Netherlands.
Fediverse address:
@oscmaastricht@social.edu.nl
Research scientist who writes books, articles and blogs about artificial intelligence, as seen in major publications like Wired, Popular Science and Physics World.
Fediverse address:
@janellecshane@wandering.shop
Weather forecast accounts for Ladakh, India. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Hindi):
@leh__ladakh@in.fedimeteo.com
Weather forecast accounts for Bihar, India. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Hindi):
@patna__bihar@in.fedimeteo.com
News and reviews of bourbon whiskey.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@bourbonbanter.com
US-based women’s lifestyle website covering fashion, beauty, entertainment and shopping.
Fediverse address:
@StyleCaster@flipboard.com
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 (videos):
@morefunmakingit@makertube.net
Independent film journalist’s site, includes film news, reviews, articles. The author is disabled and also writes articles on disabilities in the film world.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@thefilmmaven.com
Software developer and retro computing enthusiast, collects old computers and creates retro software for MS-DOS such as the FOSS Mastodon client DOStodon and the JavaScript environment DOjS.
Fediverse address:
@dec_hl@mastodon.social
Grassroots initiative based in Scotland that organises workshops, user groups, hack events etc to promote open data and libre technology as forces for public good.
Fediverse address:
@ctc@mastodon.me.uk
British edition of the women’s lifestyle magazine and website covering crafts, entertainment, fashion, beauty, parenting, food and health. UK edition first published in 1986.
Fediverse address:
@PrimaMag@flipboard.com
Free open source minimalist web browser for older computers and low-power systems. Maintained since 1999.
Fediverse address:
@dillo@fosstodon.org
Blog and training course about how to play baseball better.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@extrahacksbaseball.com
Creates portraits of RPG characters, paints fantasy miniatures and makes custom dice.
Fediverse address:
@Catbat@mastodon.art
American entertainment, culture and lifestyle news site aimed at black millennials. Founded in 2014.
Fediverse address:
@Blavity@flipboard.com
French language website dedicated to Sega, covering both retro and current releases.
Fediverse address (in French):
@segamag@mamot.fr
Weather forecast accounts for cities in England, using data from Open-Meteo.
Fediverse addresses (organised by city):
@berwick@uk.fedimeteo.com
@birmingham@uk.fedimeteo.com
@blackpool@uk.fedimeteo.com
@bradford@uk.fedimeteo.com
@brighton@uk.fedimeteo.com
@bristol@uk.fedimeteo.com
@cambridge@uk.fedimeteo.com
@canterbury@uk.fedimeteo.com
@carlisle@uk.fedimeteo.com
@chelmsford@uk.fedimeteo.com
@colchester@uk.fedimeteo.com
@coventry@uk.fedimeteo.com
@derby@uk.fedimeteo.com
@exeter@uk.fedimeteo.com
@hugh_town@uk.fedimeteo.com
@hull@uk.fedimeteo.com
@ipswich@uk.fedimeteo.com
@leeds@uk.fedimeteo.com
@leicester@uk.fedimeteo.com
@liverpool@uk.fedimeteo.com
@london@uk.fedimeteo.com
@manchester@uk.fedimeteo.com
@newcastle@uk.fedimeteo.com
@norwich@uk.fedimeteo.com
@nottingham@uk.fedimeteo.com
@oxford@uk.fedimeteo.com
@plymouth@uk.fedimeteo.com
@portsmouth@uk.fedimeteo.com
@reading@uk.fedimeteo.com
@shanklin@uk.fedimeteo.com
@sheffield@uk.fedimeteo.com
@southampton@uk.fedimeteo.com
@stoke_on_trent@uk.fedimeteo.com
@sunderland@uk.fedimeteo.com
@truro@uk.fedimeteo.com
@wakefield@uk.fedimeteo.com
@wolverhampton@uk.fedimeteo.com
Writes microfiction (stories that fit into a single post) usually with a sci-fi theme.
Fediverse address:
@FutzleFiction@chinwag.org
Death metal / doom metal musician from Hamburg, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German & English):
@MiseryPath@metalhead.club
Archaeologist and author, interested in orgins and development of urbanism, folklore, myths, and religious studies. Research areas include bronze and iron age Israel and its interaction with other major cultures in the region.
Fediverse address:
@TiciaVerveer@mastodon.social
Well-performed public domain audiobooks uploaded to PeerTube.
Fediverse address (audio):
@audiobooks@fedi.video
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
Science fiction and fantasy convention in the Pacific Northwest area of the United States, operated entirely by volunteers. Founded in 1978, based in SeaTac WA.
Fediverse address:
@norwescon@social.seattle.wa.us
Weather forecast accounts for Assam, India. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse accounts (in Hindi):
@dibrugarh__assam@in.fedimeteo.com
@guwahati__assam@in.fedimeteo.com
@tezpur__assam@in.fedimeteo.com
Professor in the Social Sciences Institute and the Department of Geography at the Maynooth University in Ireland. Recipient of the 2013 Royal Irish Academy’s Gold Medal for the Social Sciences.
Fediverse address:
@robkitchin@mastodon.social
The Amateur Radio and RF Club at the Ohio State University, mainly posting about upcoming events.
Fediverse address:
@w8lt@mastodon.radio
Fantasy author often with a historical setting, and fashion historian posting regularly about clothing through the ages.
Fediverse address:
@natania@mastodon.world
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
Award-winning British science fiction and fantasy novelist, author of the Merchant Princes series, Laundry Files universe, Halting State series, Eschaton series and others. Also a keen blogger and former tech journalist.
Fediverse address:
@cstross@wandering.shop
Non-profit public interest news reporting inTexas, USA. Particularly aimed at young people, non-white communities, women, and Spanish-speaking communities.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@texassignal.com
Irish news blog particularly covering political or institutional corruption in Ireland.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@ontheditch.com
Sports news site about baseball at the University of Kentucky.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@batcatscentral.com
Reporter on current affairs, extremism, disinformation and conspiracy theories for the Dutch public television organisations NOS and NTR.
Fediverse address:
@RudyBouma@mastodon.social
In-depth skiing blog by Cody Townsend.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@thefiftyplus.pro
Draws unusual creatures and characters with a fluorescent neon look.
Fediverse address:
@violetmagician@mastodon.art
Style, fashion and travel news site run by the Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
Fediverse address (in German):
@NZZBellevue@flipboard.com
Italian magazine about food and food culture, first published in 1929.
Fediverse address (in Italian):
@CucinaItaliana@flipboard.com
Brazilian magazine about interior design, decor and architecture.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@CasaVOGUE@flipboard.com
Award-winning reporter running US-based law news site, covering events in Ameican legal news from the Supreme Court to trial courts.
Fediverse address:
@chrisgeidner@journa.host
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
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
Free open source vector drawing software for Linux, Mac and Windows. It’s a libre alternative to Adobe Illustrator.
Fediverse address:
@inkscape@mastodon.art
Weather forecast accounts for Pennsylvania, USA. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.
Fediverse addresses:
@allentown__pennsylvania@us.fedimeteo.com
@altoona__pennsylvania@us.fedimeteo.com
@bethlehem__pennsylvania@us.fedimeteo.com
@butler__pennsylvania@us.fedimeteo.com
@chambersburg__pennsylvania@us.fedimeteo.com
@chester__pennsylvania@us.fedimeteo.com
@easton__pennsylvania@us.fedimeteo.com
@erie__pennsylvania@us.fedimeteo.com
@greensburg__pennsylvania@us.fedimeteo.com
@harrisburg__pennsylvania@us.fedimeteo.com
@hazleton__pennsylvania@us.fedimeteo.com
@hermitage__pennsylvania@us.fedimeteo.com
@johnstown__pennsylvania@us.fedimeteo.com
@lancaster__pennsylvania@us.fedimeteo.com
@lebanon__pennsylvania@us.fedimeteo.com
@mckeesport__pennsylvania@us.fedimeteo.com
@new_castle__pennsylvania@us.fedimeteo.com
@philadelphia__pennsylvania@us.fedimeteo.com
@pittsburgh__pennsylvania@us.fedimeteo.com
@pottstown__pennsylvania@us.fedimeteo.com
@pottsville__pennsylvania@us.fedimeteo.com
@reading__pennsylvania@us.fedimeteo.com
@scranton__pennsylvania@us.fedimeteo.com
@wilkes_barre__pennsylvania@us.fedimeteo.com
@york__pennsylvania@us.fedimeteo.com
European organisation dedicated to mathematics in Europe, including member societies, institutions and individuals. It was founded in 1990 and has a headquarters in Helsinki, Finland.
Fediverse address:
@EuroMathSoc@mathstodon.xyz
Independent local news site for Putnam Valley, New York, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@watchingputnamvalley.com
Bot posting results from snooker matches, uses the snooker.org API.
Fediverse address:
@snookerbot@snooker.uk.to
Non-profit online map service using data from OpenStreetMap, based in the European Union.
Fediverse address:
@lokjo@mapstodon.space
App directory for Linux-based smartphones, listing all kinds of software available for them.
Fediverse address:
@linuxphoneapps@floss.social
General Practitioner in Nürtingen, Germany. Posts mainly about medicine.
Fediverse address (in German and English):
@peterdaeubler@mastodon.green
As the name suggests, posts screenshots from random episodes of Star Trek (all versions) with a line subtitled and no other context, with interesting results…
Fediverse address:
@nocontexttrek@mastodon.social
Designs custom emoji, emotes, icons, stickers etc for use online. Dzuk is also the creator of Mutant Standard, an emoji set that is more inclusive of society and culture.
Fediverse address (main):
@dzuk@weirder.earth
Fediverse address (Mutant Standard):
@mutantstd@weirder.earth
Conference for the GNOME community in Latin America, held online and in person.
Fediverse address (in Spanish):
@GNOMELatam@floss.social
Digital photography news and review site, covering cameras, lenses, equipment etc, also featuring a photography forum. Currently based in the US, founded in the UK in 1998.
Fediverse address:
@DPReview@flipboard.com
An artists’ initiative based in the Netherlands and Germany which helps organise exhibitions of new and experimental art.
Fediverse address (in English, Dutch and German): @womeinesonnescheint@mstdn.social
Game designer/writer/director on many highly influential adventure games at Lucasfilm/LucasArts and Telltale, such as Day Of The Tentacle, Monkey Island, Pajama Sam, Sam & Max, Wolf Among Us etc.
Fediverse address:
@thatdave@mastodon.social
French regional newspaper covering Gironde, the Charente, the Charente-Maritime, the Dordogne, the Lot et Garonne, the Landes and the Pyrénées Atlantiques. First published in 1944.
Fediverse address (in French):
@SudOuest@flipboard.com
Belgian federal scientific institute researching astronomy, solar physics, planetary sciences and earth sciences.
Fediverse address (in English, Dutch & French):
@ORB_KSB@mastodon.social
Free open source electronics design automation suite, available for Linux, Mac and Windows.
Fediverse address:
@kicad@fosstodon.org
American website about backpacking, hiking and the outdoors. (Originally also a print magazine published from 1973 – 2022, it’s now just the website.)
Fediverse address:
@BackpackerMag@flipboard.com
German edition of the men’s health, fitness and lifestyle magazine.
Fediverse address (in German):
@MensHealth_de@flipboard.com
Hackerspace based in Łódź, Poland. Themes of the group include free software, electronics, amateur radio and more.
Fediverse address (in Polish):
@hslodz@mas.to
Discussion group about all types of Warhammer games and miniatures.
Fediverse address:
@warhammercommunity@fedigroups.social
Executive director at MIT Office of Research Computing & Data, high performance computing expert.
Fediverse address:
@jcuff@mastodon.mit.edu
Sports news and articles from the US broadcaster NBC.
Fediverse address:
@NBCSports@flipboard.com
French-language music blog dedicated to No Wave, Noise, HxC, Free-Jazz, Improv, Drone, Punk etc. Founded in 1999.
Fediverse address (in French):
@stntorg@mastodon.social
Biology research institute in Dresden, Germany. Areas of study include molecular biology, cell biology, developmental biology, biophysics and systems biology.
Fediverse address:
@mpicbg@wisskomm.social
Germany’s largest research and universal library, founded in 1558.
Fediverse address (in German):
@bsbmuenchen@openbiblio.social
Tips and news about MiST FPGA boards (and related boards), which allow hardware level recreation of classic computers and consoles.
Fediverse address:
@mistboard@masto.ai
German celebrity gossip magazine, first published in 1948.
Fediverse address (in German):
@BUNTE_DE@flipboard.com
Campaign urging event organisers to make their events safer by implementing protections against the spread of Covid-19 (such as testing, masking, ventilation etc).
Fediverse address:
@phpledge@floss.social
News service from the Canadian public broadcaster CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), founded in 1936.
Fediverse address:
@cbcnews@flipboard.com
Develops and maintains a free open source desktop environment used by many popular versions of Linux including Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora etc.
Fediverse address (main):
@gnome@floss.social
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@gnome_br@mastodon.social
Discussion group about ADHD.
Fediverse address:
@actuallyadhd@fedigroups.social
Artist and illustrator making really sweet wholesome bird art. Highly recommended!
Fediverse address:
@hootalex@mastodon.social
Cycling enthusiast based in North-West England, has a photo blog about his bike trips.
Fediverse address:
@pete@masto.hypertelia.com
News feed from television station based in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Affiliate of ABC, founded in 1967.
Fediverse address:
@wgno.com@rss-parrot.net
Image processing app for iPhone/iPad which lets you convert stills and video clips so that they look like graphics from classic 8-bit and 16-bit computers and consoles.
Fediverse address:
@retrospecs@mastodon.social
Project creating free open source health information systems for use by hospitals and other medical institutions.
Fediverse address:
@gnuhealth@mastodon.social
News feed from ERR, the Estonian public broadcaster founded in 2007. Available in Estonian and English languages.
Fediverse address (in Estonian):
@www.err.ee@rss-parrot.net
Fediverse address (in English):
@news.err.ee@rss-parrot.net
Musician, composer, pianist and singer-songwriter. Creating songs and instrumentals in a wide range of different styles.
Fediverse address:
@muz4now@mastodon.world
Independent game developer, creating cute games (often featuring cats) for the Playdate handheld console and the web.
Fediverse address:
@pawprints@mastodon.gamedev.place
Magazine and website about gaming on personal computers, covering game news, reviews, hardware, accessories etc. Based in the UK, first published in 1993.
Fediverse address:
@PC_Gamer_@flipboard.com
Hackerspace based in Dresden, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@c3d2@c3d2.social
Planetary Scientist and Assistant Professor at the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Investigates atmospheric formation and the deep interiors of rocky exoplanets.
Fediverse address:
@timlichtenberg@fediscience.org
The Environmental Physics Group at the University of Tübingen, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German & English):
@umphy@bawü.social
Podcast series where the presenters watch every episode of “Doctor Who” from the very beginning in 1963, in broadcast order. Each episode has special guest fans and occasionally people connected to the series itself. Also features a quiz called the Mind Probe.
Fediverse address:
@AOTAS@mastodon.social
Makerspace combining arts and technology crafts in Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Fediverse address:
@makerspace_urbana@tech.lgbt
Organising events for Android users in Paris, France.
Fediverse address (in French):
@paug@androiddev.social
Human-curated newsletter recommending classic records from pop, rock and other genres.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@cultwax.com
Independent local news site for Kingston Springs, Tennessee, USA. Founded in 2023.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@ksgazette.com
Non-profit project highlighting the best and most interesting public domain art, books and other media.
Fediverse address:
@publicdomainrev@mastodon.social
Weather forecast accounts for Alaska, USA. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.
Fediverse addresses:
@anchorage__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@barrow__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@bethel__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@dillingham__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@fairbanks__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@homer__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@juneau__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@kenai__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@ketchikan__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@kodiak__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@kotzebue__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@nome__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@palmer__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@petersburg__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@seward__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@sitka__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@soldotna__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@valdez__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@wasilla__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
@wrangell__alaska@us.fedimeteo.com
User group based in London, UK, for users of the Ruby programming language.
Fediverse address:
@lrug@ruby.social
Site covering all kinds of events related to free open source software.
Fediverse address:
@foss_events@fosstodon.org
Aviation site covering news, analysis, planespotting etc. Based in New York City, USA.
Fediverse address:
@NYCAviation@avgeek.social
Official account of the French government data protection agency.
Fediverse address (in French):
@cnil@social.numerique.gouv.fr
007 letting us know it’s the weekend, every Friday night.
Fediverse address:
@CraigWeekend@mstdn.ca
Cookery and food website featuring recipes, food ideas, ingredients, cooking equipment reviews etc. Based in the USA.
Fediverse address:
@TheSpruceEats@flipboard.com
Website and podcast with news and features about art, culture and more. Founded in 2009, based in New York, USA.
Fediverse address:
@hyperallergic@newsie.social
Bot posting random meadows made of grass and flower emoji.
Fediverse address:
@EmojiMeadow@mas.to
Illustrator who creates memorable artwork including strange, Hieronymous Bosch-like works inspired by medieval originals.
Fediverse address:
@hannahcomb@mastodon.art
Hackerspace based in Hobart, Australia.
Fediverse address:
@hobarthackerspace@aus.social
Non-profit organisation in Washington DC providing free books to people in prison. Founded in 1999.
Fediverse address:
@DCBookstoPrisons@bookstodon.com
Current views from webcams from around Lake Erie in North America.
Fediverse address:
@livelakeerie@mastodon.social
Conference in Japan for users of the Ruby on Rails web app framework.
Fediverse address (in Japanese):
@kaigionrails@ruby.social
Discussion group about all kinds of coins, tokens and medallions from any period in history.
Fediverse address:
@numismatics@fedigroups.social
Programmer, hacker, solarpunk enthusiast, educator, activist and writer. Co-author of the Solarpunk Prompts podcast.
Fediverse address (in Polish & English):
@alxd@writing.exchange
Fediverse address (videos):
@alxd@tube.tchncs.de
Hackers’ meetup group based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Fediverse address:
@2600stockholm@mastodon.social
Conference about the Python programming language based in Northern California and the Bay Area, USA.
Fediverse address:
@NorthBayPython@social.northbaypython.org
Weather forecast accounts for the Northwest Territories, Canada. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.
Fediverse addresses (in English & French):
@fort_smith__northwest_territories@ca.fedimeteo.com
@hay_river__northwest_territories@ca.fedimeteo.com
@inuvik__northwest_territories@ca.fedimeteo.com
@yellowknife__northwest_territories@ca.fedimeteo.com
Home decoration magazine and website. Based in the US, first published in 2005.
Fediverse address:
@dominomag@flipboard.com
Director of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab and assistant professor of the Department of Computer Science at Princeton University in the United States. Also runs the hci.social Mastodon server.
Fediverse address (in English and Spanish):
@andresmh@hci.social
Official account of the Commissioner for Human Rights at the Council of Europe. The Council of Europe is an independent international organisation protecting human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe.
Fediverse address:
@commissionerHR@mastodon.social
(NOTE: The Council of Europe is a totally separate organisation from the European Union or the European Council. They just have similar names.)
News feed from the government of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.
Fediverse address:
@news.gov.mb.ca.news.index.html@rss-parrot.net
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
US political blog by former policy advisor Patrick G. Eddington warning about the dangers of the authoritarian regime currently in power, and Trump’s dismantling of the constitution.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@therepublicsentinel.com
Official account of the French National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology, founded in 1967. The institute does theoretical and applied research in computer science.
Fediverse address (in French):
@inria@social.numerique.gouv.fr
Posting and podcasting about all kinds of board games, as well as occasional random tangents.
Fediverse address:
@ofdiceandmen@tabletop.social
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
Weather forecasts and severe weather alerts for Virginia, Maryland and Washington DC, USA. Also posts about climate change.
Fediverse address:
@rvaweather@dmv.community
Product designer focusing on user experience, currently working on better UX for software at AWS.
Fediverse address:
@PavelASamsonov@mastodon.social
The university was founded in 1829 and is particularly well known for its engineering prowess.
Fediverse address (in German and English):
@Uni_Stuttgart@bawü.social
Discussion group for all kinds of writers.
Fediverse address:
@writingcommunity@fedigroups.social
Amateur radio operators in South Pasadena, California USA. Connects local hams of all skill levels, and provides emergency communications training.
Fediverse address:
@SouthPasRadio@mastodon.radio
Metal musician and artist who posts in German and English.
Fediverse address (in German & English):
@bestiaexmachina@metalhead.club
Bot which posts a photo and description of a random bird from the ebird.org database, at 8 hour intervals.
Fediverse address:
@birds@moresci.sale
Highlighting animations and images made in Blender by members of the Blender Artists Community.
Fediverse address:
@blenderartists@mastodon.art
Irreverent videos with strong language about bits of history, philosophy, literature and related topics.
Fediverse address (videos):
@athenaproductions@tilvids.com
Applied research on power electronics and microelectronics at Reutlingen University, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German & English):
@ElectronicsAndDrives@mastodon.social
Archaeologist and criminologist at Maastricht University, studying artefact and fossil smuggling, art crime and theft of cultural objects.
Fediverse address:
@Drdonnayates@archaeo.social
Annual conference for developers working on applications for Linux.
Fediverse address (main):
@LAS@floss.social
Fediverse address (videos):
@las@tube.kockatoo.org
Local newspaper for Storey County and Lyon County, Nevada, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@thecomstockchronicle.com
Associate professor of journalism at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, researching media distribution.
Fediverse address:
@josh@scholar.social
Community-focused Minecraft survival server.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@peanutsmp.com
Potter and sculptor, creating pretty handmade mugs, bowls, jars etc often featuring dogs and other animals.
Fediverse address:
@Garyedwardr@earthstream.social
Russ Sharek is a clown. No really, he is literally a clown in a theatre group, performs a weekly online show called “Circus in Place”, has an excellent podcast called “Two Clowns in a Closet” and is one of the longest-running members of the Fediverse. Give him a listen!
Fediverse address:
@RussSharek@mastodon.art
Official account for the Parliament of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Fediverse address (in German):
@ltrlp@social.bund.de
The official account of the German federal government’s Ministry of the Interior
Fediverse address (in German):
@bmi@social.bund.de
Small independent publisher of TTRPG books including source material, rule sets and more.
Fediverse address:
@periaptgames@dice.camp
App which allows sending heart rate from Apple Watch or Airpods to other fitness equipment including Peloton.
Fediverse address (blog):
@shawn@heartcast.app
Pop culture entertainment news site, especially concerned with sci-fi, fantasy, comics and geeky topics.
Fediverse address:
@Cosmiccircus@universeodon.com
Site and blog about fly fishing, including fishing tips and equipment reviews.
Fediverse address (blog):
@nick@currentflowstate.com
Hackerspace based in Campinas, Brazil.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@lhc@mastodon.com.br
Hackerspace based in Konstanz, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@hacknology@chaos.social
Independent community news site for San Francisco, California, USA.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@newsletters.48hills.org
Videos devoted to the Linux OS, software for Linux, Linux-based phones, FOSS, de-Googlising and related topics. The videos include news items, reviews, features and tutorials aimed at a wide range of skill levels.
Fediverse address (main):
@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social
Fediverse address (videos):
@thelinuxexperiment@tilvids.com
Independent non-profit investigative news site based in Pennsylvania, USA, and founded in 2019.
Fediverse address:
@SpotlightPA@flipboard.com
Accessibility company offering online human assistants to help with everyday tasks that require eyesight, via the web and smartphone apps.
Fediverse address:
@AiraVI@techhub.social
Game development non-conference which takes place entirely online. Takes place at the same time as (but is not connected to) GDC. First held in 2017.
Fediverse address:
@notgdc@mastodon.gamedev.place
A set of continuously delivered immutable Linux-based OSes using Fedora Atomic Desktop, with flavours for general use, gaming, work and lightweight systems.
Fediverse address:
@UniversalBlue@fosstodon.org
Professor of Geography at Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada. Particularly interested in researching pollution and waste from electronics.
Fediverse address:
@jlepawsky@hachyderm.io
Indie game reviews and features site which aims to cover independently-made video games with alternative perspectives or interesting approaches, including older games which may have been missed originally.
Fediverse address:
@IndieGamesPlus@mastodon.social
Cybersecurity conference based in Germany, run by a group of enthusiastic professionals. Uses an open space format to provide a more informal experience for participants.
Fediverse address:
@OSCo@infosec.exchange
French mobile phone network co-operative. The co-op is owned by its members who vote on the direction it should take. They are also part the FairtecEU group which campaigns for more ecologically sustainable and privacy-friendly digital services.
Fediverse address (in French):
@telecoop@framapiaf.org
A vintage computing centre in Freiburg, Germany. They preserve hardware and software from the 1970s, 80s and 90s, and have it set up working so visitors can use it.
Fediverse address (in German):
@3rz@freiburg.social
Website featuring a curated list of XMPP instances organised into categories based on the quality and type of services offered.
Fediverse address:
@xmpp_providers@fosstodon.org
Research professor and author on the Middle East and the Islamic world. Has been a professor at a number of institutions across the United States, most recently as visiting scholar at the Center for Middle East Studies, University of California.
Fediverse address:
@Sherifazuhur@sfba.social
Weather forecast accounts for Uttarakhand, India. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Hindi):
@almora__uttarakhand@in.fedimeteo.com
@dehradun__uttarakhand@in.fedimeteo.com
@nainital__uttarakhand@in.fedimeteo.com
UK-based music, film and culture website originally launched as a music paper in 1952.
Fediverse address:
@NMEMagazine@flipboard.com
Independent body providing the German government with research-based advice on integration and migration policy.
Fediverse address (in German):
@SVR_Migration@social.bund.de
Widely used free open source professional painting application, also suited to drawing, illustration and 2D animation work.
Fediverse address (main):
@Krita@mastodon.art
Fediverse address (videos):
@krita@tube.kockatoo.org
Fediverse address (community):
@krita_artists@mastodon.art
Research group using data from satellites to monitor sea ice in the polar regions (the Arctic and Antarctica).
Fediverse address:
@PolarBremen@mas.to
EPS is a non-profit organisation promoting physics and physicists in Europe through events, publications, prizes etc. Founded in 1968, based in Mulhouse, France.
Fediverse address:
@europeanphysicalsociety@mastodon.social
Weather forecast accounts for Gujarat, India. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Hindi):
@ahmedabad__gujarat@in.fedimeteo.com
@rajkot__gujarat@in.fedimeteo.com
@surat__gujarat@in.fedimeteo.com
@vadodara__gujarat@in.fedimeteo.com
Community-run local news site for Poultney, Vermont, USA. Founded in 2023.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@poultneyjournal.com
Runs the website SnookerHQ.com which provides coverage of professional snooker. Founded in 2011, it includes match reports, features, interviews, podcasts and quizzes.
Fediverse address:
@snookerhq@newsie.social
Hackerspace based in Linz, Austria.
Fediverse address:
@devlol@chaos.social
Vinyl enthusiast posting reviews and photos of records they are currently playing. Also a developer creating useful Apple Mac software.
Fediverse address:
@dnanian@mas.to
Website for pickleball players in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@blog.dinkville.com
Hesse (also known as Hessen or Hessia) has a population of 6 million, with its largest city being Frankfurt.
Fediverse address (in German):
@HessischerLandtag@social.bund.de
Site and newsletter about wildfires in Idaho, USA, written by an experienced fire information provider.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@idahofire.org
Folk dancer, melodeon and smallpipe player, performs with an inclusive morris dancing group based in England.
Fediverse address:
@Phil@folksocial.org
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
Long-running blog all about beer founded in 2004, based in Oregon, USA. The writer of the blog has also published a book called “Bend Beer: A History of Brewing in Central Oregon”.
Fediverse address:
@brewsite@mastodon.online
Independent gaming news site about MMORPGs and also selected other online multiplayer games. Founded in 2015 as the spiritual successor to massively.com.
Fediverse address:
@massivelyop@mastodon.social
Czech and Slovak community dedicated to Ubuntu Linux.
Fediverse address (in Czech):
@UbuntuCZ@floss.social
Space and astronomy enthusiast, astrophotographer taking pictures of stars, galaxies and nebulae.
Fediverse address:
@cathieleblanc@geekdom.social
Independent local news site for South Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@soduwelikelocal.news
Initiative to promote translation of scientific articles, books, papers etc.
Fediverse address:
@TranslateScience@fediscience.org
Independent sports news site covering football (soccer) in New York City, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@hudsonriverblue.com
Conference about the Python programming language, based in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Founded in 2018.
Fediverse address:
@pycascades@hachyderm.io
News feed from KPAX, a television station in Missoula, Montana. Affiliate of CBS, broadcasting since 1970.
Fediverse address:
@www.kpax.com.news@rss-parrot.net
Local news site and newsletter for East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@eastlansinginsider.news
Cologne, Germany branch of the R-Ladies organisation, promoting gender diversity in the R community.
Fediverse address:
@rladies_cologne@fosstodon.org
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
Non-profit community hackerspace and makerspace based in Landau, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@ztl@rheinneckar.social
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
Artist who specialises in drawing comic book style works, often featuring mecha such as characters from Transformers.
Fediverse address:
@llicorish@mastodon.art
Travel tips, wildlife photos and news about West Yellowstone, a town next to Yellowstone National Park in Montana, USA.
Fediverse address:
@DestinationYellowstone@mastodon.world
Covering the popular Psion series of computers and organisers from the 1980s and 1990s, especially models running the SIBO/EPOC16 platform such as the Series 3 etc.
Fediverse address:
@thelastpsion@oldbytes.space
Free open source launcher for GOG and Epic Games, available on Linux, Mac and Windows.
Fediverse address:
@heroiclauncher@mastodon.social
Music, culture and arts magazine focusing on independent artists. Also home of the Spotlight On Podcast about significant moments in music history, including past, present and forthcoming.
Fediverse address:
@thetonearm@social.lol
Event series and podcast for geospatial enthusiasts. Holds meetings in European cities to discuss geoinnovation.
Fediverse address:
@geomob@mapstodon.space
US-based magazine for young women covering fashion, beauty, entertainment etc. (Unfortunately they closed the excellent political part of the magazine.)
Fediverse address:
@TeenVogue@flipboard.com
Posting artwork from classic vinyl record album covers.
Fediverse address:
@Vinyl@pixelfed.social
InfoSec expert, privacy advocate, malware analyst and practitioner of corny humour.
Fediverse address:
@catsalad@infosec.exchange
Official account of the Ministry of Science and Art in the German State of Hesse. Handles Hesse’s culture, universities and research.
Fediverse address (in German):
@hmwk_hessen@social.hessen.de
Gossip and entertainment magazine with focus on black celebrities, based in Georgia, USA. Founded in 2006.
Fediverse address:
@Bossip@flipboard.com
News feed from the ABC-affiliated television station in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Fediverse address:
@www.abc4.com@rss-parrot.net
Humorous comic strips (often political or social satire) using photos of real life action figures and toys, including transformers, superheroes, Star Trek and others.
Fediverse address:
@ToyBoxComix@retro.pizza
Discussion group about ME/CFS, for those living with it and those wanting to discuss it.
Fediverse address:
@mecfs@fedigroups.social
Blog all about tango music and dancing, especially the Argentine tango.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@tandaoftheweek.com
Retro computing fan who runs a company selling spare parts, accessories and repairs for classic 8-bit home computers.
Fediverse address:
@futurewas8bit@oldbytes.space
Independent news outlet based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, offering community, city and statewide coverage.
Fediverse address:
@livewirecalgary@mastodon.social
Travel blog featuring a Peruvian finger puppet as it travels around Europe and elsewhere.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@siegeavecvue.eu
News feed of television station in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. Affiliate of NBC, founded in 1956.
Fediverse address:
@www.wbir.com@rss-parrot.net
Professional theatre reviewer running their own video channel and website covering UK theatre. Previously reviewed for The Guardian and The Stage.
Fediverse address:
@TheatreReviews@mastodonapp.uk
Discussion group about all topics related to OpenStreetMap.
Fediverse address:
@openstreetmap@fedigroups.social
Discussion group for the Monsterdon film event where people across the Fediverse watch a monster movie together and comment on it.
Fediverse address:
@monsterdon@fedigroups.social
Marine ecologist making wonderful videos about nature, gardening, the environment and life in the ocean.
Fediverse address:
@kate@video.katehildenbrand.com
Posting everyday stories about cats around the world and drawing pictures to accompany them. Readers can send their own cat’s stories to be shared and illustrated by the account.
Fediverse address:
@cat_news@mas.to
Automated account posting information about technology events in Hungary.
Fediverse address:
@techconf@mastodon.social
One of the best and longest-running accounts on the Fediverse, Westin writes single post works of microfiction, mainly with sci-fi and fantasy themes.
Fediverse address:
@MicroSFF@mastodon.art
Award-winning drinks writer based in the UK, especially interested in beer, cider, spirits and cocktails.
Fediverse address:
@drinkswriter@epicure.social
French-language site founded in 1997 all about Nintendo, featuring news, reviews, features, podcast and its own Discord community.
Fediverse address (in French):
@PN@masto.p-nintendo.com
Canadian psytrance/psytech DJs and producers, doing sets of trance, house, techno etc.
Fediverse address (videos):
@cosmicbabies@makertube.net
Non-profit organisation promoting persistent and openly accessible digital taxonomic data about plants, animals and fungi. Founded in 2008 and based in Bern, Switzerland.
Fediverse address:
@plazi_species@mastodon.green
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
Annual geospatial technology and business conference.
Fediverse address:
@foss4gna@fosstodon.org
Hackerspace based in Mannheim, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@RaumZeitLabor@chaos.social
Podcasts and livestreams featuring tabletop RPG sessions, with emphasis on storytelling, comedy and horror.
Fediverse address:
@PenanceRPG@dice.camp
Blog about open science run by the CeRIS Library of the Pasteur Institute in France.
Fediverse address (in French):
@OpenSci_Pasteur@sciences.re
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
Video blogs and essays on various topics including technology and pop culture.
Fediverse address (videos):
@bpt11@tilvids.com
American research astronomer at the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics, currently mapping the Milky Way.
Fediverse address:
@rdrimmel@mstdn.social
Open access peer-reviewed journal for quantum science and related fields. Non-profit and run by the research community.
Fediverse address:
@quantumjournal@mathstodon.xyz
Sinclair ZX Spectrum enthusiast sharing news articles, photos, screenshots, adverts, magazine covers etc from the history of the Spectrum.
Fediverse address:
@juanfr@mastodon.social
Unofficial website devoted to the Steam Deck, featuring game optimisations, reviews, news and guides.
Fediverse address:
@steamdeckhq@mastodon.world
Managed hosting service that makes it as easy as possible for anyone to run their own Fediverse servers. Also publishes useful tutorial videos on how to create and run your own servers.
Fediverse address (main):
@fedihost@mstdn.social
Fediverse address (videos):
@fedihost@video.fedihost.co
Technology, science and science fiction news site. Based in the US, founded in 2002.
Fediverse address:
@Gizmodo@flipboard.com
Award-winning cartoonist and creator of the FoxTrot comic strip, widely syndicated in newspapers across the United States. Amend has also guested on other strips including XKCD and Penny Arcade.
Fediverse address:
@billamend@sfba.social
News feed from independent news site for Oklahoma City, USA.
Fediverse address:
@freepressokc.com@rss-parrot.net
Newspaper in Houston, Texas, USA. Founded in 1901.
Fediverse address:
@HoustonChron@flipboard.com
Online fork of the LibreOffice productivity suite aimed at businesses, including long term tech support, admin tools, smartphone apps and cloud collaboration.
Fediverse address:
@CollaboraOffice@mastodon.social
Its development company, Collabora, is one of the biggest upstream contributors to LibreOffice’s source code, and has a close relationship with the FOSS community.
Fediverse address:
@collabora@floss.social
Designs and creates electronics and 3D printing projects, for example colourful glowing keyboards.
Fediverse address (main):
@s_ol@merveilles.town
Fediverse address (videos):
@s_ol@diode.zone
Website about all the characters that make up the Unicode standard.
Fediverse address:
@codepoints@typo.social
Official account of the press office of the Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in the German State of Hesse.
Fediverse address (in German):
@HBDI@social.hessen.de
Excellent videos all about cycling and bicycles, including cycling tips, city cycling, bike reviews, bike accessories, maintenance, cycling culture etc.
Fediverse address:
@shifter@video.canadiancivil.com
Lifestyle and arts magazine covering California and the western part of the USA. Founded in 2017.
Fediverse address:
@AltaJournal@flipboard.com
Creator of gaming videos, often about handheld PC game devices such as the Steam Deck. Fan of indie games, retro games, emulation and more.
Fediverse address:
@Phawx@meta.masto.host
Travel blog exploring the world, by a veteran American photojournalist.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@thedocumentarian.org
Portuguese non-profit organisation promoting and researching free open source software.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@ansol@floss.social
Making videos about OpenRA, the free open source version of the Command & Conquer Red Alert games.
Fediverse address (videos):
@milkman@video.gamerstavern.online
Award-winning freelance journalist and blogger focusing on plants and gardening, including organic gardening, flowers and vegetables. Member of the Garden Media Guild and the Professional Garden Photographers Association. Based in the Cotswolds in England, UK.
Fediverse address:
@thechattygardener@mastodon.online
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
Educational courses for genealogists, hosted by the Georgia Genealogical Society in the USA.
Fediverse address:
@IGHRGenealogy@genealysis.social
Security risk analysis based on current geopolitical events, provided by a US-based security risk management company.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@rileysentinel.com
Weather forecast accounts for New Hampshire, USA. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses:
@berlin__new_hampshire@us.fedimeteo.com
@claremont__new_hampshire@us.fedimeteo.com
@concord__new_hampshire@us.fedimeteo.com
@derry__new_hampshire@us.fedimeteo.com
@dover__new_hampshire@us.fedimeteo.com
@exeter__new_hampshire@us.fedimeteo.com
@gilford__new_hampshire@us.fedimeteo.com
@hanover__new_hampshire@us.fedimeteo.com
@hollis__new_hampshire@us.fedimeteo.com
@keene__new_hampshire@us.fedimeteo.com
@laconia__new_hampshire@us.fedimeteo.com
@lebanon__new_hampshire@us.fedimeteo.com
@littleton__new_hampshire@us.fedimeteo.com
@manchester__new_hampshire@us.fedimeteo.com
@merrimack__new_hampshire@us.fedimeteo.com
@nashua__new_hampshire@us.fedimeteo.com
@newmarket__new_hampshire@us.fedimeteo.com
@plymouth__new_hampshire@us.fedimeteo.com
@portsmouth__new_hampshire@us.fedimeteo.com
@raymond__new_hampshire@us.fedimeteo.com
@rochester__new_hampshire@us.fedimeteo.com
@salem__new_hampshire@us.fedimeteo.com
@somersworth__new_hampshire@us.fedimeteo.com
@windham__new_hampshire@us.fedimeteo.com
@wolfeboro__new_hampshire@us.fedimeteo.com
Game developer and UI programmer.
Fediverse address:
@ben@m.benui.ca
German edition of lifestyle website about luxury design, fashion, travel, food, jewellery and watches.
Fediverse address (in German):
@NOBLE_STYLE_DE@flipboard.com
Posts a random picture of a cuddly toy every three hours.
Fediverse address:
@plush_bot@plush.city
Community radio station in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Run by a non-profit, broadcasting since 1984.
Fediverse address (in French):
@CKIAFM@jasette.facil.services
German film and television news site and online community.
Fediverse address (in German):
@moviepilot@flipboard.com