Supporting open science at the Helmholtz Association, a union of scientific, technical and medical research centres and Germany’s largest scientific organisation.
Fediverse address (in English & German):
@HelmholtzOpenScienceOffice@helmholtz.social
Supporting open science at the Helmholtz Association, a union of scientific, technical and medical research centres and Germany’s largest scientific organisation.
Fediverse address (in English & German):
@HelmholtzOpenScienceOffice@helmholtz.social
Weather forecast accounts for Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Hindi):
@port_blair__andaman_and_nicobar_islands@in.fedimeteo.com
Feed of programme news from Hawaiian public broadcaster PBS Hawai’i, on air since 1966.
Fediverse address:
@www.pbshawaii.org@rss-parrot.net
Online news site about Apple products and services. Possibly the oldest online tech news service in the world, operating since 1990.
Fediverse address:
@TidBITS@mastodon.social
News site featuring tips and articles about Ubuntu, Linux, free open source software and related topics.
Fediverse address:
@omgubuntu@floss.social
Lifestyle website for families focusing on homes, food and toys. Based in the US, founded in 2020.
Fediverse address:
@CubbyatHome@flipboard.com
Website about typefaces, type books, fonts and typographical design. Founded in 2002.
Fediverse address:
@typographica@typo.social
Technology news site running since 1998, covering a wide range of tech including computing, hardware, science, the internet, gadgets, video games, cars etc.
Fediverse address:
@arstechnica@mastodon.social
German foundation and think tank, with a focus on contemporary German history, European and international politics, global markets and social justice, democracy and society.
Fediverse address (in German):
@BKHS_Stiftung@social.bund.de
In-depth videos on classic retro tech such as record players, camcorders, old computers, cassette players etc.
Fediverse address (videos):
@vwestlife_makertube@makertube.net
NASA engineer working on fuel cells for upcoming lunar missions, formerly shuttle flight controller.
Fediverse address:
@absolutspacegrl@mastodon.social
Discussion group about cycling, featuring a weekly question and answer session.
Fediverse address:
@bikenite@fedigroups.social
Cathartic illustrations of birds swearing. No, seriously, they use really strong language!
Fediverse address:
@effinbirds@mastodon.social
Global intersectional wikimedia user group aiming to improve quality and breadth of LGBTQIA+ history on Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects.
Fediverse address:
@wmlgbt@tech.lgbt
Volunteers in Germany who repair abandoned computers so they can be donated to charity.
Fediverse address (main account, in German):
@computertruhe@social.computertruhe.de
Fediverse address (Berlin branch, in German):
@berlin@social.computertruhe.de
Fediverse address (Chemnitz branch, in German):
@chemnitz@social.computertruhe.de
Fediverse address (Munich branch, in German):
@muenchen@social.computertruhe.de
Independent site with news and articles about mobile devices running Linux.
Fediverse address:
@tuxdevices@fosstodon.org
UK version of the famous fashion magazine, first published in Britain in 1916.
Fediverse address:
@BritishVogue@flipboard.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
Independent interdisciplinary research and education institute in Germany researching and documenting the history of Nazi mass crimes, particularly the Holocaust, and their impact on the present world.
Fediverse address (in German):
@FritzBauerInstitut@bildung.social
Freelance photojournalist covering news stories, humanitarian issues and world travel. Often works with NGOs to highlight crises and efforts to mitigate them.
Fediverse address:
@gavingough@newsie.social
Food co-operative in St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA.
Fediverse address:
@gefc@social.coop
US edition of the famous lifestyle magazine and website covering fashion, beauty, culture and politics.
Fediverse address:
@ELLE@flipboard.com
Data visualisation coder, interested in open data and data science. Works with governance on UK railway IT and European regulations.
Fediverse address:
@wnd@fosstodon.org
Free open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS devices.
Fediverse address:
@NetNewsWire@indieweb.social
US edition of the women’s magazine and website, covering health, beauty, fashion, politics, money and careers. Originally published in France in 1937.
Fediverse address:
@MarieClaire@flipboard.com
One of Germany’s oldest universities, established in 1477, and its alumni include eleven Nobel winners.
Fediverse address (in German):
@unituebingen@bawü.social
News about dance, music, theatre and the visual arts at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA.
Fediverse address:
@ArtsAtUMBC@mstdn.social
Interactive bot where people on the Fediverse can collaboratively play a game of Pokemon by voting in polls.
Fediverse address:
@pokemon@tomkahe.com
Newspaper and website based in Portland, Oregon, USA, covering local news, sports, culture etc. Founded in 1974.
Fediverse address:
@wweek@flipboard.com
English-language newspaper in the Philippines, covering national and international news. Founded in 1898.
Fediverse address:
@TheManilaTimes@mastodon.social
Three bots posting chiptune music tracks from the C64, ZX Spectrum and Atari ST.
Fediverse address (C64 music, posts every 4 hours):
@SIDMusicBot@retrochat.online
Fediverse address (ZX Spectrum music, posts every 4 hours):
@AYMusicBot@retrochat.online
Fediverse address (Atari ST music, posts once a day):
@STMusicBot@retrochat.online
Discussion group about the hobby and sport of geocaching.
Fediverse address:
@geocaching@fedigroups.social
Bacalao is an electronic musician, DJ, remixer and veteran of the Amiga demo scene with eclectic influences.
Fediverse address (video & audio):
@bacalao@v.basspistol.org
Official feed of the American satirical news site The Onion.
Fediverse address:
@theonion.com@rss-parrot.net
Free open source interface prototyping and design platform. It operates entirely through web browsers using SVG, so it can be used collaboratively and on any OS.
Fediverse address (main):
@penpot@fosstodon.org
Fediverse address (videos):
@penpot_app@peertube.kaleidos.net
Vinyl enthusiast posting about old and new records, also fan of football and Aston Villa.
Fediverse address:
@SpennyH@mastodonapp.uk
Animator and musician who often combines these skills into self-made music videos, often featuring CGI 3D animations.
Fediverse address:
@yatoimtop@greatview.video
Videos all about modern urban planning and transport, often using the Netherlands as an example of how to do it well.
Fediverse address:
@notjustbikes@notjustbikes.com
Indie pop singer-songwriter and musician who embeds sounds from everyday objects found around the house mixed with conventional instruments.
Fediverse address (main):
@babumenos@sunny.garden
Fediverse address (videos):
@babumenos@makertube.net
Official account for the popular scripting language used widely in web development.
Fediverse address:
@php@fosstodon.org
Multidisciplinary secure Canadian research data repository, supported by academic libraries and research institutions across Canada.
Fediverse address (in English & French):
@borealisdata@mstdn.ca
Software architect, open source maintainer and quantum computing expert, author of “Introduction to Quantum Computing with Q# and QDK”.
Fediverse address:
@filipw@mathstodon.xyz
Website providing information, maps and articles about our planet, covering geography, travel, sociology, demography, environment, economics and politics. WorldAtlas is based in Canada and was founded in 1994.
Fediverse address:
@Worldatlascom@flipboard.com
Posting threads about genealogy in German and English.
Fediverse address (in German & English):
@genealogy@berlin.social
Print and digital magazine about sign painting techniques and culture.
Fediverse address (main):
@blag@typo.social
Fediverse address (blog):
@sam@bl.ag
Blind retired adaptive technology specialist, tech enthusiast and gadget junkie.
Fediverse address:
@ralfaro613@iaccessibility.social
Palaeontologist and curator at the Nottingham Natural History Museum, Wollaton Hall, in the UK. Especially interested in plesiosaurs and other Mesozoic marine reptiles. Author of the children’s books “The Plesiosaur’s Neck” and “The Tyrannosaur’s Feathers”, founder of the Dinosaur Toy Blog, Animal Toy Blog and Plesiosaur Directory sites.
Fediverse address (main):
@AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win
Fediverse address (blog):
@dinotoyblog@dinotoyblog.com
Fediverse address (videos):
@dinotoyblog@makertube.net
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
Blog by expert on floods and coastal communities vulnerable to climate change. Features stories about water safety, flood recovery and climate adaptation.
Fediverse address (blog):
@joep@joepjanssen.com
Manufacturer of networking equipment including routers, switches, access points, related software etc. Founded in 1996, based in Latvia.
Fediverse address:
@mikrotik@mikrotik.social
German federal court of appeal for cases involving social security (including public health insurance, pensions, occpational safety insurance etc).
Fediverse address (in German):
@Bundessozialgericht@social.bund.de
Bot generating tiny bus stops with people waiting at them.
Fediverse address:
@tiny_bus_stop@mas.to
Posting hints and tips on using Mastodon and the Fediverse, featuring tutorials, user news and other helpful posts.
Fediverse address:
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services
Official account for the Data Protection Commissioner of Berlin, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@BlnBDI@social.bund.de
Free open source Android app for using many different Fediverse platforms including Mastodon, PixelFed, Friendica, PeerTube and more. It’s free if you download it from F-Droid, and paid if you download from Google Play.
Fediverse address:
@apps@toot.fedilab.app
In-depth articles on climate change from an Indian perspective.
Fediverse address (blog):
@rajesh@climaterubik.com
Free open source personal financial management software.
Fediverse address:
@ff3@fosstodon.org
Sewing enthusiast and retired musician, posts about sewing projects, sewing machines, making clothes and other topics.
Fediverse address:
@DanielMenjivar@mastodon.social
US-based sports news site covering pickleball.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@thedinkpickleball.com
Educational courses for genealogists, hosted by the Georgia Genealogical Society in the USA.
Fediverse address:
@IGHRGenealogy@genealysis.social
Independent local news site for Clarington, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 2024.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@claringtonpost.ca
German-language free open source app helping people with their grammar and proofreading.
Fediverse address (in German):
@grammle@bildung.social
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
Tech news site focused on products by Apple including the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch etc.
Fediverse address:
@cultofmac@mastodon.social
Indie game developer based in Ukraine, author of the 2D dieselpunk action adventure Erra: Exordium.
Fediverse address:
@maxim@mastodon.gamedev.place
Lower Saxony branch of DGB, Germany’s largest trade union umbrella organisation.
Fediverse address (in German):
@DGBNiedersachsen@norden.social
French public body providing a national database of buildings.
Fediverse address (in French):
@bdnb@social.numerique.gouv.fr
Oil painter, makes video timelapses of the process as they create their artworks.
Fediverse address:
@shiftypumpkin@makertube.net
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
Aotearoa (New Zealand) branch of the international NGO campaigning to protect the environment and stop climate change.
Fediverse address:
@greenpeace@mas.to
Scottish concept artist working on video games and tabletop roleplaying games.
Fediverse address:
@BraveRobynArt@peoplemaking.games
Discussion group about punk music and punk culture.
Fediverse address:
@punk@fedigroups.social
Weather forecast accounts for Oaxaca, Mexico. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Spanish):
@oaxaca__oaxaca@mx.fedimeteo.com
@puerto_escondido__oaxaca@mx.fedimeteo.com
@salina_cruz__oaxaca@mx.fedimeteo.com
3D printing enthusiast and software engineer, printing both fun bits of art and practical objects.
Fediverse address:
@IvyMike@infosec.exchange
Hackerspace and branch of the Chaos Computer Club in Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@chaos_inkl@chaos.social
Community group in Amsterdam, Netherlands, for people who use the Python programming language.
Fediverse address:
@pyamsterdam@fosstodon.org
Astronomy and Astrophysics section of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies in Ireland. Researching solar and stellar physics, space weather, planetary science, star formation, the interstellar medium, high energy astrophysics and instrumentation.
Fediverse address:
@diasastronomy@mastodon.dias.ie
UK-based digital rights campaign group, aiming to protect online civil liberties.
Fediverse address (main):
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
Fediverse address (videos):
@openrightsgroup@peertube.openrightsgroup.org
Business news site covering the global coffee industry.
Fediverse address (blog):
@news@worldcoffeeportal.com
EU public-private partnership funding health research, part of the Horizon Europe scientific research initiative.
Fediverse address:
@IHIEurope@mastodon.social
Independent site based in Cork, Ireland, providing updates on weather, travel, traffic, local safety-related news etc.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@news.corksafetyalerts.com
Free open source theme park game inspired by RollerCoaster Tycoon. The game uses entirely libre assets, so you don’t need any proprietary licences to play it. It’s still in alpha testing but playable.
Fediverse address:
@FreeRCT@floss.social
Artist and illustrator who draws in a variety of colourful styles, often featuring chibi figures and/or cartoon animals.
Fediverse address:
@prismplume@mastodon.art
UK energy currently supplied by wind energy, posted by an automated account. Posts whenever wind energy supplies more than 10% of UK total energy.
Fediverse address:
@winderful@mstdn.social
Highlighting DJ mixes from techno, ambient, house and other genres.
Fediverse address:
@djmixes@redspinning.top
UK parenting magazine with emphasis on nature and the environment.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@thegreenparent.co.uk
Sport and sports culture website based in San Francisco, USA, founded in 2005.
Fediverse address:
@BleacherReport@flipboard.com
Weather forecast accounts for Louisiana, USA. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.
Fediverse addresses:
@alexandria__louisiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@baton_rouge__louisiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@bogalusa__louisiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@bossier_city__louisiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@covington__louisiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@gretna__louisiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@hammond__louisiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@houma__louisiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@kenner__louisiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@lafayette__louisiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@lake_charles__louisiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@monroe__louisiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@morgan_city__louisiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@natchitoches__louisiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@new_orleans__louisiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@opelousas__louisiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@pineville__louisiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@ruston__louisiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@shreveport__louisiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@slidell__louisiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@sulphur__louisiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@thibodaux__louisiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@west_monroe__louisiana@us.fedimeteo.com
@zachary__louisiana@us.fedimeteo.com
Wildlife photographer based in the South Downs, Sussex in the UK. Especially keen on foxes. Runs the Permuted website.
Fediverse address:
@Words@vivaldi.net
Research Integrity and Training Adviser at the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute. Interested in open science, open access, reproducibility and improving research culture.
Fediverse address:
@Retropz@mastodon.social
Retro computing fan, posting about the ZX Spectrum, SAM Coupé and other classic 8-bit systems.
Fediverse address:
@noisetank@oldbytes.space
Providing support, services and infrastructure for open science at the University of Bern, Switzerland.
Fediverse address (in English & German):
@OSUniBe@openbiblio.social
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
Non-profit organisation campaigning for responsible data practice, based in Manchester, UK.
Fediverse address:
@opendatamcr@mastodon.green
Ugandan film-making collective creating fiction and documentary films collaboratively.
Fediverse address (videos):
@sisi_collective@tv.dilstories.com
Finnish organisation devoted to the academic study of games and gaming, from ancient board games to modern video games.
Fediverse address (in English and Finnish):
@blogi@www.pelitutkimus.fi
Voice actor best known as the voice of Guybrush Threepwood in the Monkey Island adventure games. Resident of Arizona, former food blogger, currently dining critic for the Phoenix New Times.
Fediverse address:
@darmato@idlethumbs.social
Board game news and review site featuring in-depth articles, videos, interviews, festival reports etc. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, but features content by authors from around the world.
Fediverse address:
@meeplemountain@tabletop.social
Newspaper based in Nokomis, Saskatchewan, Canada, covering the entire Last Mountain area. Founded in 1908, previously known as the Nokomis Times.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@lmtimes.ca
Science magazine aimed at a general audience, covering stories from all fields of science. Based in the US, first published in 1980.
Fediverse address:
@DiscoverMag@flipboard.com
News service from the Canadian public broadcaster CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), founded in 1936.
Fediverse address:
@cbcnews@flipboard.com
Account devoted to fiction set in space. Shares concept art, photos, behind the scenes info and other material from space films, TV, books, games etc.
Fediverse address:
@TheSpaceshipper@socel.net
Astronomer at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in the United States, and previously at (amongst others) the famous Arecibo in Puerto Rico, and the flying telescope SOFIA.
Fediverse address:
@Robminchin@mastodon.online
Long-running magazine which publishes short stories by female writers, especially speculative fiction. Their account also posts quotations from literary women at three hour intervals.
Fediverse address:
@lunastation@wandering.shop
US-based newsletter covering current events without any wishful thinking or undue optimism.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@the-sentinel-intelligence.net
Sports news site about women’s ice hockey.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@theicegarden.com
Independent tabletop game publishers based in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Fediverse address:
@RockClanProductions@rollenspiel.social
Peer-reviewed Diamond Open-Access journal of astrophysics, published by Maynooth Academic Publishing in Ireland.
Fediverse address:
@OJ_Astro@astrodon.social
Small independent publisher of TTRPG books including source material, rule sets and more.
Fediverse address:
@periaptgames@dice.camp
Record label based in the US focusing on rock, pop, progressive, folk, singer-songwriter, lo-fi and psychedelic music. Founded in 2018.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@thinklikeakey.us
Weather forecast accounts for Alberta, Canada. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.
Fediverse addresses (in English & French):
@brooks__alberta@ca.fedimeteo.com
@calgary__alberta@ca.fedimeteo.com
@camrose__alberta@ca.fedimeteo.com
@edmonton__alberta@ca.fedimeteo.com
@fort_mcmurray__alberta@ca.fedimeteo.com
@lethbridge__alberta@ca.fedimeteo.com
@lloydminster__alberta@ca.fedimeteo.com
@medicine_hat__alberta@ca.fedimeteo.com
@peace_river__alberta@ca.fedimeteo.com
@red_deer__alberta@ca.fedimeteo.com
@spruce_grove__alberta@ca.fedimeteo.com
@st_albert__alberta@ca.fedimeteo.com
@wetaskiwin__alberta@ca.fedimeteo.com
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
Black men’s lifestyle site for urban enthusiasts and all lovers of culture, based in the US. Covers news, entertainment, sports, relationships and more.
Fediverse address:
@CassiusLife@flipboard.com
Climate scientist at NOAA and Princeton University, working on disentangling patterns of climate change from climate variability using data-driven methods. Especially interested in the Arctic.
Fediverse address:
@ZLabe@fediscience.org
Sinclair ZX Spectrum enthusiast sharing news articles, photos, screenshots, adverts, magazine covers etc from the history of the Spectrum.
Fediverse address:
@juanfr@mastodon.social
News feed from KCCI, a television station based in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. Affiliate of CBS, founded in 1955.
Fediverse address:
@www.kcci.com@rss-parrot.net
Hackerspace in Enschede in the Netherlands.
Fediverse address (in English & Dutch):
@tkkrlab@hsnl.social
Writer, former psychotherapist, member of the Climate Psychology Alliance of North America. Essays published in Slate, Vox, New York Magazine.
Fediverse address:
@shrinkthinks@spore.social
Magazine covering outdoor activities such as hiking, running, adventure travel and related topics. First founded in 1977.
Fediverse address:
@outside@flipboard.com
Watercolour artist who creates lovely pictures of landscapes and other subjects.
Fediverse address:
@ben@mastodon.art
Makes videos about retro adventure games, especially those made by Sierra in the 1980s and 1990s. Note that the videos often feature quite a lot of swearing and adult humour.
Fediverse address (main):
@sqhistorian@dosgame.club
Fediverse address (videos):
@sqhistorian@spectra.video
Magazine all about the re-creation of self-sustaining ecosystems, from individual projects like pollinator-friendly gardens to national initiatives such as the reintroduction of large mammals in conservation areas.
Fediverse address (main):
@rewildingmag@spore.social
Fediverse address (blog):
@stories@rewildingmag.com
Unofficial bot posting status information for Nintendo network services, including maintenance and server outages.
Fediverse address:
@NinStatusBot@mas.to
Gardener, knitter, dog and cat owner based in the UK. Posts regularly about their garden, knitting projects and other topics.
Fediverse address:
@LoraHughes@mastodon.social
Blogger, veteran tech journalist, used to edit the UK magazine MacUser and is well known for accidentally coining Betteridge’s Law of Headlines: If a news headline poses a question then the answer is almost always “no”.
Fediverse address:
@ianb@well.com
Provides practical training courses for investigative journalists covering data journalism, open source intelligence, InfoSec, financial investigations, freedom of information requests etc.
Fediverse address:
@cijournalism@journa.host
Publisher which owns many local newspapers and magazines in Ontario, Canada. This account shares stories from these many different local publications.
Fediverse address:
@MetrolandMedia@flipboard.com
Hackerspace based in Magdeburg, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@netz39@machteburch.social
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
Automated account posting quotations from Douglas Adams’s famous series “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”.
Fediverse address:
@HitchhikersGuideQuoteBot2@mastodon.social
Founder and Executive Director at the DAIR Institute, researching AI from an ethical starting point, encouraging safety processes to be built into AI from beginning to end, and bringing more diverse participation into AI research.
Fediverse address:
@timnitGebru@dair-community.social
Non-profit archive of cancelled or unreleased computer and console games, including prototypes, developer history and assets. Founded in 1999
Fediverse address:
@gamesthatwerent@mastodon.world
Fantasy author often with a historical setting, and fashion historian posting regularly about clothing through the ages.
Fediverse address:
@natania@mastodon.world
Italian edition of the news and pop culture magazine. First published in Italy in 1980.
Fediverse address (in Italian):
@RollingStoneIta@flipboard.com
Based in the North East of Scotland, takes spectacular photos of the landscapes, nature and wildlife.
Fediverse address:
@jimfrost@mastodon.scot
Creator of the Live For Film website, co-host of After The Ending podcast, posting about films, Blu-Ray/DVD releases, television, games and related topics.
Fediverse address:
@PhilEdwards@mastodon.social
Review journal on cell biology, published by Cell Press.
Fediverse address:
@TrendsCellBio@mstdn.science
Bot posting useful info to start your day in Milwaukee, WI, USA. Posts every day at 6 a.m.
Fediverse address:
@gmmke@jws.social
Non-profit marine conservation and science education group, promoting knowledge, research and protection of ocean life. Founded in 1998, staffed by volunteers around the world.
Fediverse address:
@marinebio@mastodon.world
Blog by Gavin Strange, a director and designer at the UK animation studio Aardman.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@blog.jam-factory.com
Covering cultural news and events in New York, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@untappedcities.com
Steampunk / Fantasy writer, author of the Verin Empire books set in a fictional fantasy world with Victorian-style technology.
Fediverse address:
@VerinEmpire@retro.pizza
RSS feeds of the top headlines from the German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle, available in English or German.
Fediverse address (in English):
@www.dw.com.english.maca.en-rss-en-top-1022-rdf@rss-parrot.net
Fediverse address (in German):
@www.dw.com.german.maca.de-rss-de-top-1016-xml-mrss@rss-parrot.net
Genealogist and photographer based in Washington DC, USA.
Fediverse address:
@PattyHankins@genealysis.social
US-based website featuring news, lifestyle, fashion and beauty for black women.
Fediverse address:
@HelloBeautiful@flipboard.com
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
Blog by a father of two daughters, about life on the south coast of England.
Fediverse address (blog):
@dad@walkingwithdaddy.com
User group for the TypeScript programming language, holding regular meetups. Based in Michigan, USA.
Fediverse address:
@MichiganTypeScript@fosstodon.org
Spanish food and drink magazine, covering restaurants, cookery, food celebrities etc.
Fediverse address (in Spanish):
@TapasMagazine@flipboard.com
Photographer and videographer, takes spectacular landscape and cityscape photos.
Fediverse address (in French):
@raph@pixelfed.fr
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
Senior Advisor for Science and Exploration at the European Space Agency, member of the JWST Science Working Group and co-founder of Space Rocks (events that mix together people from entertainment and space exploration).
Fediverse address:
@markmccaughrean@mastodon.social
France’s National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information, a public body which produces and distributes geospatial data including information on forests and other areas.
Fediverse address (in French):
@ignfrance@social.numerique.gouv.fr
Mappers supporting the field work of the United Nations through open mapping data.
Fediverse address:
@UN_Mappers@en.osm.town
German language site featuring tutorials for self-hosting your own free open source services, and the same site also provides a number of libre online services.
Fediverse address (in German):
@adminforge@kanoa.de
Website, podcast and online gallery all about old maps, cartography and data visualisation.
Fediverse address:
@oldmapgallery@sciencemastodon.com
Investigative reporting co-operative in Los Angeles, California, USA. Founded in 2025.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@thesouthlander.com
Promoting and sharing cycling events in Massachusetts, USA. (Also runs the Massachusetts State Bike Tour, which is currently on hiatus.)
Fediverse address:
@CycleMA@toot.bike
Preserving curated Pico-8 TweetCarts to prevent them being permanently lost.
Fediverse address:
@Pico8TweetCarts@mastodon.gamedev.place
Unofficial bot posting weather bulletins from the National Weather Service in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Fediverse address:
@nwsalbuquerque_bot@m.ai6yr.org
News feed of the Australian satirical news site The Shovel.
Fediverse address:
@theshovel.com.au@rss-parrot.net
Bot posting brands featured in anime.
Fediverse address:
@anime_knockoffs@sakurajima.moe
British edition of the women’s lifestyle magazine and website, covering entertainment, love & sex, fashion, beauty and health. UK edition first published in 1972.
Fediverse address:
@CosmopolitanUK@flipboard.com
Systems engineer at NASA JPL, working on Europa Clipper probe to Jupiter’s moon Europa, Perseverance and Curiosity rovers on Mars.
Fediverse address:
@astroptere@masto.ai
Small independent Jewish publisher and blog, focusing on Jewish life and culture from the 1850s to the 1920s.
Fediverse address:
@bwjewishhistory@babka.social
Fediverse group about 3d printing projects. If you follow the group and create a post that mentions the group account, the post will be shared with the rest of the group.
Fediverse address:
@3dprinting@techhub.social
Public archive of typography indexed by typeface, format, industry and period. Founded in 2010.
Fediverse address:
@FontsInUse@typo.social
Father Christmas’s personal account, giving a unique insight into his preparations for the festive season.
Fediverse address:
@Santaclaus@c.im
Official account for the handball teams of the German Deaf Sports Association (DGSV).
Fediverse address (in German):
@dgsv_handball@norden.social
Pop culture news site and podcast network based in Alabama, USA. Covers television, film, books, sport, music etc.
Fediverse address:
@thealabamatake@newsie.social
Free open source chess server, with no paywall, no tracking and no ads.
Fediverse address:
@lichess@mastodon.online
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
Discussion group about making and sharing music loops, especially in October.
Fediverse address:
@looptober@fedigroups.social
Sculptor creating enigmatic works from scrap metal and machine parts.
Fediverse address:
@matthijs@mastodon.art
Bicycle enthusiast who posts about cycling and advocates for better cycling infrastructure.
Fediverse address:
@BicycleBen@mas.to
Musician, composer, pianist and singer-songwriter. Creating songs and instrumentals in a wide range of different styles.
Fediverse address:
@muz4now@mastodon.world
Newsletter recommending indie and alt rock music, founded in 2020.
Fediverse address (newsletters):
@index@downbeat.fm
Computer security conference based in Saskatoon, Canada.
Fediverse address:
@bsidesyxe@infosec.exchange
Nebraska resident, weather and science enthusiast, works at the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Fediverse address:
@DeniseGutzmer@mindly.social
Illustrator who draws stylised versions of reality, where familiar things are stretched and folded into interesting shapes.
Fediverse address:
@Strijboll@mastodon.art
Official account for the Netherlands government’s Standardisation Forum, which advises the public sector on the use of open standards in technology.
Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@forumstandaardisatie@social.overheid.nl
Brazilian financial and business news site.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@InfoMoney@flipboard.com
Database of info about thousands of games for Linux, in English and French.
Fediverse address (in English and French):
@Le_bottin_des_jeux_linux@floss.social
Posting news videos and podcasts about alcoholic beverages with the emphasis on craft drinks. Covers beer, wine, spirits and other drinks.
Fediverse address:
@boozebuddy@mastodon.beer
Website featuring articles by academics about history (all periods), art and philosophy. Based in Canada, founded in 2019.
Fediverse address (all periods of history):
@thecollector@flipboard.com
Fediverse address (ancient history):
@ancient-history-thecollector@flipboard.com
Official account of the German Federal Fiscal Court.
Fediverse address (in German):
@bundesfinanzhof@social.bund.de
Blog by an American political activst on how to resist the rise of authoritarianism in the USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@organizingmythoughts.org
Blog about European and global geopolitics, particularly in relation to military strategy and tactics. Written by the Danish military analyst and naval officer Anders Puck Nielsen.
Fediverse address (blog):
@feed@logicofwar.com
Fediverse address (main):
@anderspuck@krigskunst.social
Online local newspaper based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Founded 2014.
Fediverse address:
@HalifaxExaminer@mstdn.ca
Making videos on retrogaming with reviews, comparisons, deep dives etc. Also chiptune composer for modern games on classic systems.
Fediverse address:
@Inglebard@oldbytes.space
Astrophotographer and retired aerospace engineer, posting spectacular images of galaxies and nebulae.
Fediverse address:
@PhotonPhanatic@astrodon.social
Technology blogger and freelance security researcher based in San Francisco. Wong has had a string of famous scoops, and been the first person to uncover many hidden features, security bugs and unannounced products from big tech companies.
Fediverse address:
@wongmjane@macaw.social
University in Munich, Germany. Originally founded to provide education for members of the German armed forces, nowadays also includes civilian and international students.
Fediverse address (in German):
@unibwm@social.bund.de
Non-profit citizen journalism news for Kent and Surrey in the UK. Part of the Bylines network.
Fediverse address:
@KSBylines@mastodon.social
Mathematics blog covering all kinds of topics, aimed at those already somewhat familiar with the maths world.
Fediverse address:
@mathnews@aperiodical.com
Maryland branch of US campaign group fighting poverty and seeking structural justice. (The group is named after a similar movement from 1968 that was led by Martin Luther King.)
Fediverse address:
@marylandppc@union.place
Community-run local news site for Poultney, Vermont, USA. Founded in 2023.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@poultneyjournal.com
Paris, France branch of the R-Ladies organisation, promoting gender diversity in the R community.
Fediverse address (in French):
@rladies_paris@mastodon.social
Makes works of art from items of technology, combining functioning devices with other materials to create sculptures and art installations.
Fediverse address:
@combs@mastodon.art
Unofficial bot posting info for St. Louis Missouri from the National Weather Service. (NOTE: This is an unofficial bot, so please do not rely on it for safety-critical weather reports.)
Fediverse address:
@nws_lsx@social.edist.ro
Grassroots activist campaign for better cycling infrastructure in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Organises direct action including bike jams and bike buses.
Fediverse address:
@bikegridnow@urbanists.social
Official account of the German public broadcasting network ZDF, founded in 1963.
Fediverse address:
@ZDF@zdf.social
Small company providing services and training for businesses and individuals wishing to create maps or data packages based on OpenStreetMap. The company also contributes to OSM and is a member of the OSM Foundation.
Fediverse address (in German & English):
@geofabrik@en.osm.town
Feed of sports coverage from the Australian public broadcaster ABC.
Fediverse address:
@www.abc.net.au.news.sport@rss-parrot.net
Amateur road and gravel cyclist, posting video highlights from cycling journeys.
Fediverse address:
@ssamulczyk@mstdn.social
Hosts free public lectures in Amsterdam about experimentation, innovation and research in type. Founded in 2018.
Fediverse address:
@lttrspc@typo.social
Popular free open source password manager available in lots of flavours including Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and Windows.
Fediverse address:
@bitwarden@fosstodon.org
Creates bright bold works of crochet and other fabric arts, illustrations, and other media.
Fediverse address:
@launshae@kopiti.am
Automated account posting planets from the Star Wars universe.
Fediverse address:
@StarWarsPlanets@imperialba.se
Knitting and crochet enthusiast who runs a site full of tutorials, patterns and designs.
Fediverse address:
@LaVisch@mastodon.social
Official account of City of North Charleston in South Carolina, USA.
Fediverse address:
@northcharleston@mas.to
French culture and arts magazine covering films, television, books, music etc. First published in 1947.
Fediverse address (in French):
@Telerama@flipboard.com
Electronic dance music project founded by a German producer in 2012.
Fediverse address (blog):
@feed@news.satin-jackets.com
Fediverse address (livestream):
@sj@owncast.satin-jackets.com
Meetups for women and non-binary users of the Ruby programming language.
Fediverse address:
@wnb_rb@ruby.social
Trade union for doctors in the UK, affiliated with Unite the Union. (Previously known as the Medical Practitioners’ Union.)
Fediverse address:
@doctorsinunite@union.place
Highlighting animations and images made in Blender by members of the Blender Artists Community.
Fediverse address:
@blenderartists@mastodon.art
Mathematician working with three dimensional geometry and topology. Makes 3D printed or computer generated mathematical works of art.
Fediverse address:
@henryseg@mathstodon.xyz
Spanish-language news site and forum about Linux gaming.
Fediverse address (in Spanish):
@jugandoenlinux@mastodon.social
Independent electronic musician, formerly known as Proffessor Undressor
Fediverse address:
@COMPANDER@ravenation.club
Podcast directory featuring all kinds of podcasts from Australia.
Fediverse address:
@cheryanne@aus.social
Free open source energy management system for solar power systems which controls EV chargers and smart plugs. Intended for solar charging home storage and vehicles.
Fediverse address (in English & German):
@evcc@fosstodon.org
Non-profit organisation and publication looking at architecture and historic preservation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Also covers urbanism, photography, public art, city life etc.
Fediverse address:
@HiddenCityPhila@flipboard.com
Astronomical research institute in Heidelberg, Germany, specializing in exoplanet atmospheres, planet and star formation, galaxies and cosmology.
Fediverse address (in German & English):
@mpi_astro@wisskomm.social
Grassroots collaborative research project investigating the role of dogs, wolves and horses in the Viking and Medieval societies of Ireland and Britain, covering c. 700 – 1400 AD.
Fediverse address:
@VikingDublinDogs@mastodon.ie
Spanish national radio station featuring news, speech, sport and music.
Fediverse address (in Spanish):
@OndaCero@flipboard.com
Fediverse livestreamer hosting fun community chats, quizzes, playing music, occasionally mentioning serious topics.
Fediverse address (livestream):
@hamishtpb@watch.thepolarbear.co.uk
Fediverse address (videos):
@hamishtpb@video.thepolarbear.co.uk
Organisation based in Vancouver, Canada for women who use the Python programming language.
Fediverse address:
@pyladies_vancouver@fosstodon.org
Feed of latest news from the Land Trust of North Alabama, a USA non-profit which aims to preserve the environment in North Alabama.
Fediverse address:
@landtrustnal.org.category.news@rss-parrot.net
Hackerspace based in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@chaosdorf@chaos.social
An off-beat podcast about free open software, making stuff, handicrafts and related topics.
Fediverse address:
@fossandcrafts@octodon.social
Indie game developer and pixel/voxel artist, currently creating cute little games for the Pico-8 fantasy console.
Fediverse address:
@Achie7240@mastodon.gamedev.place
Series of cute illustrations of animals and other fun things, in a kawaii style, as created by the artist Savannah Cronin.
Fediverse address:
@midnitemoontrip@mastodon.art
News feed from the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat.
Fediverse address (in Finnish):
@www.hs.fi@rss-parrot.net
Discussion group for drummers and about drumming.
Fediverse address:
@drumming@fedigroups.social
US-based music site covering roots music including folk, bluegrass, country, blues etc. Founded in 1995.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@nodepression.org
Humorous posts about life in Canada and Canadian-related topics.
Fediverse address:
@MeanwhileinCanada@ohai.social
Videos about the etymology of the English language, presented by the historian Dr Mark Sundaram.
Fediverse address (main):
@AllEndlessKnot@toot.community
Fediverse address (videos):
@alliterative@tilvids.com
The free open source software created for Wikipedia, available for anyone to use on their own sites.
Fediverse address:
@mediawiki@wikis.world
Music podcast and newsletter about rap and hip-hop.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@cabbageshiphop.com
Official account for the University of Limerick in Ireland.
Fediverse address:
@UL@mastodon.ie
Research division for transformative action at the French government’s research institute for food, agriculture and the environment.
Fediverse address (in English & French):
@INRAE_ACT@social.numerique.gouv.fr
News and events in the Belgian Drupal community.
Fediverse address:
@drupalbe@drupal.community
Account and website highlighting classical and opera music livestreams around the world.
Fediverse address:
@WConcertHall@mastodon.world
Retro technology and electronics enthusiast, making videos of vintage tech teardowns and repairs.
Fediverse address (videos):
@keri_szafir@makertube.net
PBS TV affiliate and NPR radio affiliate in Houston, Texas, USA. Founded in 1950, run by the University of Houston.
Fediverse address:
@houstonpublicmedia@mastodon.social
Particle physicist at CERN, Switzerland. Lead scientist at the DESY research centre in Germany. Helmholtz Professor at University of Hamburg, Germany.
Fediverse address:
@freyablekman@sciencemastodon.com
Simple data-driven free open source game engine, built in Rust.
Fediverse address:
@bevy@mastodon.social
Newsletter covering the latest academic research about Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikimedia.
Fediverse address:
@wikiresearch@mastodon.social
Italian sports magazine covering mainly football (soccer) but also tennis, formula 1 and other sports.
Fediverse address (in Italian):
@RivistaUndici@flipboard.com
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
A free open source collaborative online calendar. It allows local communities to share a common calendar that anyone can post events to, even people without an account. (Posts are moderated to prevent spam though.) You can also interact with Gancio through the Fediverse, and it has RSS support for people who want to follow through feed readers.
Fediverse address:
@gancio@mastodon.cisti.org
News feed from UK-based charity supporting neurodiverse people, led by neurodiverse people.
Fediverse address:
@www.s4nd.org@rss-parrot.net
Woodworking magazine and website, featuring project guides, woodwork techniques and tools. Based in the USA, first published in 1985.
Fediverse address:
@PopularWood@flipboard.com
Photos of graffiti on cargo trains passing through Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.
Fediverse address:
@thegraffitiexpress@mstdn.social
Unofficial bot posting weather updates from the National Weather Service in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Fediverse address:
@nwsmilwaukee_bot@m.ai6yr.org
Canadian non-profit dedicated to public interest journalism, highlighting donations to politicians and government spending. Founded in 2023.
Fediverse address:
@IJFmedia@mstdn.social
Highlighting lots of nice animated short films, including a wide range of animation styles.
Fediverse address:
@AnimatedShortOfTheDay@socel.net
Illustrator and sculptor who works with polymer clay, often making cute tiny objects and animals.
Fediverse address:
@Loryenne@mastodon.art
Free open source media server suite. Lets you create your own self-hosted streaming services, which can be accessed from computers, mobile apps, TVs etc.
Fediverse address:
@jellyfin@mastodon.online
Hacker and makerspace based in Leigh in the UK.
Fediverse address:
@leigh_hackspace@mastodon.social
Posting news, quotations and interesting links related to films and television.
Fediverse address:
@filmfreakmafia@mastodon.social
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
Project photographing and documenting every station on the Sydney Trains & Metro network in Sydney, Australia.
Fediverse address:
@Sydney_Stations@mastodon.au
Telescope and astrophotography enthusiast, sci-fi author, software developer and wind tunnel engineer. Runs a video channel all about telescopes including buying, using, repairing etc.
Fediverse address:
@jjdreese@c.im
US human rights lawyer, author and campaigner.
Fediverse address:
@QasimRashid@mastodon.social
Weather forecast accounts for Sinaloa, Mexico. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Spanish):
@culiacan__sinaloa@mx.fedimeteo.com
@mazatlan__sinaloa@mx.fedimeteo.com
Hobbyist photographer based in New Jersey, USA, also interested in cycling, public transit, sport.
Fediverse address:
@cukie@infosec.exchange
Weather forecast accounts for Tripura, India. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Hindi):
@agartala__tripura@in.fedimeteo.com
Website featuring news about pets and advice for pet owners. Based in the US, founded in 2020.
Fediverse address:
@DailyPaws@flipboard.com
Creates portraits of RPG characters, paints fantasy miniatures and makes custom dice.
Fediverse address:
@Catbat@mastodon.art
Board game enthusiast posting photos and experiences from various tabletop gaming sessions.
Fediverse address:
@iain@ohai.social
Bob and Mary Reusche Chair in GIS, Professor of Geography and Director, Center for Urban and Regional Analysis (CURA) at Ohio State University USA.
Fediverse address:
@mobileharv@urbanists.social
News articles related to global warming, written by qualified experts in the field being discussed. Run by a non-profit, there are no ads or paywalls.
Fediverse address:
@TheConversationClimate@newsie.social
Weather forecast accounts for Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Hindi):
@silvassa__dadra_and_nagar_haveli@in.fedimeteo.com
@daman__daman_and_diu@in.fedimeteo.com
Music enthusiast, especially 70s, 80s, 90s but also new releases. Posts about important musical events that happened on this day.
Fediverse address:
@Defiance@sfba.social
Independent online travel guide covering Southeast Asia, featuring resources, articles and forums.
Fediverse address:
@travelfish@mastodon.social
Citizen journalism site covering news in Wales, part of the Bylines network.
Fediverse address:
@BylinesCymru@mastodon.social
Non-profit based in Vancouver, Canada, advocating for electric cars and other vehicles. Founded in 1988.
Fediverse address:
@vevabc@mstdn.ca
News feed from the Jedi Temple Archives website, dedicated to Star Wars toys and collectibles.
Fediverse address:
@www.jeditemplearchives.com@rss-parrot.net
Free open privacy-friendly replacement for closed source Android apps that some accessories require, for example some brands of fitness trackers, smartwatches, headphones etc.
Fediverse address:
@gadgetbridge@social.anoxinon.de
Hackerspace based in Łódź, Poland. Themes of the group include free software, electronics, amateur radio and more.
Fediverse address (in Polish):
@hslodz@mas.to
ORCID is a free open identifier system which assigns a unique code for authors and researchers on academic publications, to help track the contributions made by individuals.
Fediverse address:
@ORCID_Org@scicomm.xyz
US-based music magazine founded in 1985, nowadays entirely online. Mainly covers pop, rock, hip-hop and rap.
Fediverse address:
@SPINMag@flipboard.com
Photographer and smurf fan, often posting pictures of nature, landscapes, sometimes other topics.
Fediverse address:
@antoinnesterk@cyberplace.social
FOSS build and installation framework for management of (scientific) software on High Performance Computing systems.
Fediverse address:
@easybuild@mast.hpc.social
Free open source podcast player for Android devices. The app lets you listen to podcasts, keep track of episodes and manage your podcast subscriptions through open standards like RSS.
Fediverse account:
@AntennaPod@fosstodon.org
Organisation of Debian contributors and fans in India.
Fediverse address:
@debianindia@pleroma.debian.social
Makes videos about desserts including chocolate, cakes, ice creams and other sweet treats. Also posts about accessibility and chronic illness.
Fediverse address:
@dessertgeek@weirder.earth
Website packed with all kinds of information about online bots, including catalogues of bots and guides on how to make a bot.
Fediverse address:
@botwiki@mastodon.social
Laidback chilled out optimistic dude, also a live streamer and video maker. Into video games, breadmaking, cookery and other topics.
Fediverse address (main):
@Mrfunkedude@mastodon.social
Fediverse address (all videos):
@mrfunkedude@dudelike.wtf
Fediverse address (just the cooking/food videos):
@tfkitchen@dudelike.wtf
Online news service for Alameda, California, USA. Covers local news and sport, and is run by a non-profit corporation.
Fediverse address:
@alamedapost@newsie.social
Develops and maintains the XMPP standard for instant messaging and voice and video calls. It’s a free open federated standard, so anyone can set up their own server or write their own app. (XMPP used to be known as Jabber.)
Fediverse address:
@xmpp@fosstodon.org
Monthly real life event for maths enthusiasts, meeting at locations all around the world to discuss mathematical puzzles, games, topics etc.
Fediverse address:
@MathsJam@mathstodon.xyz
German federal government department providing health education and promoting healthy lifestyles.
Fediverse address (in German):
@bioeg@social.bund.de
Festival of type design, lettering, sign painting and calligraphy held in Berlin, Germany.
Fediverse address:
@BerlinLetters@typo.social
Artist creating graphic novel / manga type illustrations with epic vivid scenes and psychedelic colours and shapes.
Fediverse address:
@harriorrihar@mas.to
RSS feed of the news service of Japan’s public broadcaster.
Fediverse address (in Japanese):
@www3.nhk.or.jp.news@rss-parrot.net
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
French government’s official team for preventing and handling cybersecurity incidents. Also known as the CSIRT (Computer Security Incident Response Team). Part of ANSSI, the French cybersecurity agency.
Fediverse address (in French):
@cert_fr@social.numerique.gouv.fr
Campaigning against traffic deaths and injuries in Oakland, California, USA.
Fediverse address (main):
@RapidResponseTeam@sfba.social
Fediverse address (blog):
@web@oakrapidresponse.org
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
Physical Commodore 64 fanzine published in colour A5 format, based in the UK and available worldwide.
Fediverse address:
@FREEZE64@mastodon.world
Free open source app that lets you view and search reference materials such as Wikipedia, Gutenberg, StackExchange etc without an internet connection. This can be very useful in remote areas, during temporary outages, or during times of turmoil.
Fediverse address:
@kiwix@mastodon.social
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 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
User group based in London, UK, for users of the Ruby programming language.
Fediverse address:
@lrug@ruby.social
Organising English-language talks on various topics in Tokyo, Japan.
Fediverse address:
@nntokyo@mastodon.social
German travel blog run by a sustainable tourism expert and photographer, writing about places to visit in Germany, Europe and around the world.
Fediverse address (in German):
@JuliaLassner@flipboard.com
Retro gaming and retro computing collector, posting about titles and hardware from years gone by.
Fediverse address:
@RetroWizzard@oldbytes.space
Bot posting the current location of Elon Musk’s jet, based on public data from the ADS-B system.
Fediverse address:
@elonjet@mastodon.social
US political newspaper and website based in Washington DC, focused on the United States Congress and its legislative activity. First published in 1955.
Fediverse address:
@RollCall@flipboard.com
Blogger, product consultant, perhaps best known as the inventor of the hashtag on social networks. Also co-creator of ActivityStrea.ms, which led to the creation of the ActivityPub Fediverse.
Fediverse address:
@chrismessina@mastodon.xyz
Works on Firefox for Mozilla, and runs a live stream featuring programming techniques called “The Joy of Coding”. The stream is on Twitch and PeerTube, and there’s an archive of past episodes on PeerTube.
Fediverse address:
@mconley@diode.zone
Non-profit organisation of developers trying to protect the open web from restrictions imposed by tech giants.
Fediverse address:
@owa@mastodon.social
Unofficial feed of updates from DC’s transit (VRE, MARC, WMATA).
Fediverse address:
@CapitalTransit@epsilon-ix.masto.host
German news magazine and website covering national and international news. First published in 1948.
Fediverse address (in German):
@Stern_Digital@flipboard.com
Artist and graphic designer who creates finely-crafted illustrations.
Fediverse address:
@margodeweerdt@mastodon.social
Consultant specialising in digital identity and internet standards, also posts about women in technology and cybersecurity. Based near Seattle in the United States.
Fediverse address:
@sphcow@mastodon.social
Non-profit citizen journalism from Yorkshire, UK. Part of the Bylines network.
Fediverse address:
@YorksBylines@mastodon.social
AmiW shares photos of street art murals from all around the world. Each photo is accompanied by credits and the location of the mural.
Fediverse address (in English and German):
@AmiW@mastodon.online
Ecologist and geographer at the CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) in France, whose main aim is to do everything possible to mitigate the climate crisis, and help other scientists to do so as well. Works with the IPCC and MedECC, and supports non-violent climate activism.
Fediverse address:
@wolfgangcramer@fediscience.org
Independent local news service for Silver Spring and Takoma Park, Maryland, USA.
Fediverse address:
@sourceofthespring@dmv.community
Automated announcements about Kubernetes Community Days for cloud people in the Washington DC and DMV area.
Fediverse address:
@kcd_dc@hachyderm.io
Community organisation helping people to explore creative technologies and crafts. Based in Hitchin in the UK.
Fediverse address:
@hackhitchin@techhub.social
Studio making small indie games, animations, illustrations and handmade art.
Fediverse address:
@holypangolin@mastodon.social
Hackerspace based in Amersfoort in the Netherlands.
Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@bitlair@hsnl.social
Entertainment and lifestyle magazine and website, covering celebrity news, human interest stories, true crime and royalty. Based in the US, first published in 1974.
Fediverse address:
@people@flipboard.com
Professor of Geography and the Environment at Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, New York USA. Interested in climate change, climate coloniality, sustainability, water justice, international development and political ecology.
Fediverse address:
@farhanasultana@mastodon.social
Host of the Q-Dropped podcast, which explores families and relationships torn apart by delusional “QAnon” conspiracy theories.
Fediverse address:
@godlessmom@mas.to
Scientist at the World Health Organisation, professor of Geriatrics and Gerontology. Interested in Ageing, Public Health, Integrated Care, Geriatria.
Fediverse address:
@macesari@med-mastodon.com
Artist, illustrator and game designer, currently working on an indie title called “The Garden Path” featuring relaxing, pastoral graphics themed around plants and vegetables. Also hosts regular live streams showing the creation of the game’s artwork.
Fediverse address:
@ldurrant@mastodon.art
Local news site for San Francisco, California, USA, founded in 2004.
Fediverse address:
@SFistNews@flipboard.com
American men’s lifestyle magazine and website covering the outdoors, fitness, food and drink, fashion, travel etc. First published in print in 1992.
Fediverse address:
@mensjournal@flipboard.com
Unofficial bot posting links to BSD security advisories. (Still in Alpha testing.)
Fediverse address:
@bsd@mastodon.bot
Listener-supported online radio station based in San Francisco featuring over 30 channels, operating since 2000 and commercial-free.
Fediverse address:
@somafm@sfba.social
Professional concept artist and illustrator (clients include Riot Games, 20th Century Fox, Magic: The Gathering). Fan of open source software such as Blender, Godot, Krita. Interested in Eco-punk themes, working with scientists tackling the climate crisis.
Fediverse address:
@Enora@mastodon.art
Unofficial bot posting news of the latest rescue launches by the UK & Ireland’s voluntary lifeboat service.
Fediverse address:
@outonashout@mas.to
Independent artist-owned record label particularly focused on the jazz, rhythm and Afro-futurist genres.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@urbantroutrecords.com
Rail electrification engineer, author and train enthusiast based in the UK.
Fediverse address:
@25kV@mas.to
Discussion group all about cats!
Fediverse address:
@cats@fedigroups.social
Blog about NHL ice hockey news and rumours.
Fediverse address:
@spectorshockey@mstdn.ca
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
Long-running blog about crisis management, maintained by a psychologist turned firefighter working in the Amsterdam Fire Brigade in the Netherlands.
Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@Rizoomes@mastodon.social
Bot posting new word searches once a day. Hand-created without any AI.
Fediverse address:
@dailywordsearch@mastodon.castlemistsoftware.com
Historian who writes and presents podcasts about the history of beer, and is particularly interested in how the history of beer opens historical topics to a wider audience.
Fediverse address:
@brewedculture@mastodon.beer
Entertainment, pop culture and video games news site, based in the United States.
Fediverse address:
@polygon@mastodon.social
Women’s fitness magazine and website covering exercise, nutrition, mental health, beauty etc. Based in the US, first published in 1981.
Fediverse address:
@Shape@flipboard.com
Cybersecurity conference in Tennessee, USA.
Fediverse address:
@bsidesknoxville@infosec.exchange
Linux-based operating system for personal home computers, with the desktop environment Budgie specially created for it (Solus is also available with many other desktops too).
Fediverse address:
@getsolus@floss.social
Photo archive of Los Angeles, taken between 1987 and 2000. Mainly black and white, but with some colour images.
Fediverse address:
@portcitystudios@masto.ai
Free open source encrypted platform that allows whistleblowers and activists to contact journalists and NGOs anonymously through the Tor network.
Fediverse address:
@securedrop@freedom.press
Website for pet owners with advice, guides and reviews of pet-related products. Based in the USA.
Fediverse address:
@TheSprucePets@flipboard.com
Site and podcast looking at video games from an arts, design and cultural perspective.
Fediverse address (blog):
@killscreen@killscreen.com
Follows the daily life of two pet goats on a small farm. This is one of the most consistently wholesome accounts on the Fediverse, and highly recommended if you need to chill and forget about the nasty world outside.
Fediverse address:
@GoatsLive@mastodon.social
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
Retro gaming collector, posting about famous and obscure video games from the 1980s and 1990s. Often features games for Sega consoles.
Fediverse address:
@Unclear_User@nerdculture.de
The Institute of Scientific and Technical Information, part of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). Collects, processes and distributes scientific and technical research results.
Fediverse address (in French):
@InistCNRS@social.numerique.gouv.fr
Online service which lets people log, map and share their train journeys.
Fediverse address:
@trainlookout@mastodon.world
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
Free open source operating system for smartwatches, based on Linux.
Fediverse address:
@AsteroidOS@fosstodon.org
Copyright and plagiarism consultant at CopyByte, runs the blog PlagiarismToday.com.
Fediverse address:
@plagiarismtoday@mastodon.world
Theoretical physicist and postdoc at Dartmouth College in the United States. Interested in condensed matter and many-body physics, especially Fermi liquids, unconventional superconductors and superfluids, topological bosons, Kitaev magnets, and analog materials.
Fediverse address:
@JoshuahHeath@mathstodon.xyz
News feed from Crikey, the Australian online news site.
Fediverse address:
@www.crikey.com.au@rss-parrot.net
Local news site for Hale Center, Texas, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@halecenterinsider.com
Italian documentary film-maker, especially interested in the relationship between technology and society. Also a keen fan of the Fediverse.
Fediverse address (videos):
@ele@videos.elenarossini.com
Artist, illustrator and cartographer, creates wonderful maps based on fictional worlds, as well as artwork for tabletop RPGs and other storytelling contexts.
Fediverse address:
@wfgWorkshop@mastodon.art
Bot posting random items from the Getty museum collection via their API.
Fediverse address:
@GettyRoulette@zirk.us
Online shop providing retro computer parts and repairs, especially the Commodore 64, 128, 16, +4, VIC-20, Amiga. Also the Tandy CoCo.
Fediverse address:
@retrorewind@retrorewind.social
LGBTQIA+ staff organisation at Leeds City Council in the United Kingdom.
Fediverse address:
@LCCLGBT@mastodonapp.uk
Professor of digital forensic linguistics at Ruhr-Uni Bochum in Germany. Working on social media data using corpus and computational methods.
Fediverse address (in English & German):
@tschfflr@fediscience.org
Print and digital newspaper covering news in Aurora, Colorado and the rest of the USA.
Fediverse address:
@TheAuroraSentinel@newsie.social
Ubuntu-based Linux distribution using the KDE Plasma desktop.
Fediverse address:
@Feren_OS@mastodon.social
TV, radio and online news service of the US broadcasting network CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System). Founded in 1927.
Fediverse address:
@CBSNews@flipboard.com
Writes microfiction (stories that fit into a single post) usually with a sci-fi theme.
Fediverse address:
@FutzleFiction@chinwag.org
Blog by a gardener in Indiana, USA, who is attempting to create a garden entirely out of native wildflowers.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@sowandsee.com
Non-profit news organisation covering state politics and policies in California, USA. Founded in 2015.
Fediverse address:
@CALMatters@flipboard.com
Webcam posting regular photos from the UK polar research vessel RRS Sir David Attenborough. (This is the ship famous for nearly being named Boaty McBoatface, and it carries an automated submarine with that name.)
Fediverse address:
@RRSSirDavidAttenborough@stefanbohacek.online
Bot that simulates Dungeons & Dragons campaigns through regular polls. Visitors vote to choose what the character will do next.
Fediverse address:
@dungeons@mastodon.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
Hackerspace based in Recklinghausen, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@c3re@chaos.social
Non-profit organisation in Washington DC providing free books to people in prison. Founded in 1999.
Fediverse address:
@DCBookstoPrisons@bookstodon.com
Weather forecast accounts for cities in Belgium. Follow your city to receive weather forecasts in Dutch and French in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Dutch & French):
@antwerpen@be.fedimeteo.com
@arlon@be.fedimeteo.com
@brugge@be.fedimeteo.com
@bruxelles@be.fedimeteo.com
@charleroi@be.fedimeteo.com
@dinant@be.fedimeteo.com
@doornik@be.fedimeteo.com
@gent@be.fedimeteo.com
@hasselt@be.fedimeteo.com
@ieper@be.fedimeteo.com
@leuven@be.fedimeteo.com
@liege@be.fedimeteo.com
@mons@be.fedimeteo.com
@namur@be.fedimeteo.com
@ottignies_louvain_la_neuve@be.fedimeteo.com
Independent community news site in the Central Valley, California, USA. Emphasis is on encouraging local activism and protecting vulnerable groups.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@usparkvalley.com
News feed of independent non-profit news service for Arizona, USA.
Fediverse address:
@azmirror.com@rss-parrot.net
Hackerspace based in the Hague in the Netherlands.
Fediverse address:
@revspace@hsnl.social
News feed from the official website of the Government of Croatia.
Fediverse address (in Croatian):
@vlada.gov.hr@rss-parrot.net
Ice hockey news site covering the NHL.
Fediverse address:
@dailyhockeydose@mastodon.social
News feed of the Australian news network 9News.
Fediverse address:
@www.9news.com.au.rss@rss-parrot.net
Weather forecast accounts for Aguascalientes, Mexico. Follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline.
Fediverse addresses (in Spanish):
@aguascalientes__aguascalientes@mx.fedimeteo.com
News feed from local independent non-profit newsroom for Nebraska, USA. Investigative reports on local issues.
Fediverse address:
@flatwaterfreepress.org@rss-parrot.net
User experience veteran, has worked on UX for Apple System 7, Symbian’s DesignLab and currently Android UX research and Physical Web for Google.
Fediverse address:
@scottjenson@social.coop
Promoting study of the Arctic and Antarctic weather and climate. Part of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS) NGO which promotes atmospheric sciences.
Fediverse address:
@ICPM@fediscience.org
Creating short simple 3D animations using the Blender animation suite.
Fediverse address (videos):
@axaneco@makertube.net
Freelance Mountain Leader mainly in Scotland and the English Lake District, based on the Isle of Arran. Posts and shares about wildlife and landscapes on mountains and elsewhere.
Fediverse address:
@Snoweider@mastodon.scot
Brazilian magazine about interior design, decor and architecture.
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@CasaVOGUE@flipboard.com
Discussion group for anyone who does some kind of craft such as crochet, knitting, sewing etc.
Fediverse address:
@crafters@fedigroups.social
User group for the Ruby programming language in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Fediverse address:
@kcruby@ruby.social
Sport fan interested in data visualisation, creates charts and diagrams representing sporting statistics.
Fediverse address:
@kpfssport@mastodonapp.uk
Spanish online newspaper founded in 2001, mainly focused on politics and the economy.
Fediverse address (in Spanish):
@ElConfidencial@flipboard.com
Weather accounts for cities and towns in Estonia. Follow an account to see its forecasts in Estonian.
Fediverse addresses (in Estonian):
@elva@ee.fedimeteo.com
@haapsalu@ee.fedimeteo.com
@johvi@ee.fedimeteo.com
@kardla@ee.fedimeteo.com
@keila@ee.fedimeteo.com
@kivioli@ee.fedimeteo.com
@kuressaare@ee.fedimeteo.com
@maardu@ee.fedimeteo.com
@narva@ee.fedimeteo.com
@paide@ee.fedimeteo.com
@pargi@ee.fedimeteo.com
@parnu@ee.fedimeteo.com
@polva@ee.fedimeteo.com
@rakvere@ee.fedimeteo.com
@rapla@ee.fedimeteo.com
@saue@ee.fedimeteo.com
@sillamae@ee.fedimeteo.com
@tallinn@ee.fedimeteo.com
@tartu@ee.fedimeteo.com
@valga@ee.fedimeteo.com
@viljandi@ee.fedimeteo.com
@vohma@ee.fedimeteo.com
@voru@ee.fedimeteo.com