Sharing links to environmental articles from established news sources, book reviews and photos.
Fediverse address (main):
@primonatura@mstdn.social
Fediverse address (book reviews):
@PrimoNatura@books.theunseen.city
Fediverse address (photos):
@PrimoNatura@pixey.org
Independent local newspaper for Dublin, Ireland. Funded by reader subscriptions.
Fediverse address:
@dublininquirer@mastodon.ie
News, features and commentary site devoted to Liverpool FC, the English Premier League football team. Founded in 1998.
Fediverse address:
@liverpool@mstdn.social
Amateur radio club based in the UK mixing old traditions (constitution, officers, regular meet-ups) and new traditions (online conferences). Meetings happen weekly.
Fediverse address:
@MX0ONL@mastodon.radio
Official account for the Data Protection Commissioner of Berlin, Germany.
Fediverse address (in German):
@BlnBDI@social.bund.de
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
Watercolour artist from Spain, often painting landscapes and cityscapes with a slightly abstract feel and restricted range of colours.
Fediverse address (in English & Spanish):
@jcwatercolor@tkz.one
UK charity defending rights of Long Covid patients and promoting research into Long Covid treatments.
Fediverse address:
@Long_Covid@med-mastodon.com
Official accounts of the Swiss federal government’s foreign ministry, handling Switzerland’s foreign policy.
Fediverse address (in English):
@swissmfa@social.admin.ch
Fediverse address (in French, German, Italian):
@eda_dfae@social.admin.ch
UK 24 hour news & sport radio station, also available online. Run by the BBC, the UK’s public broadcaster.
Fediverse address:
@BBC5Live@social.bbc
Fediverse bot sharing the latest news articles about Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. All news is taken from established news sources rather than random people on social media.
Fediverse address:
@WarNews@mstdn.social
Dendrochronologist, woodland heritage specialist and environmental archaeologist in Scotland.
Fediverse address:
@Dendrochronicle@mastodon.scot
Official account of the Town Hall Theatre in Galway, Ireland. Posting news about latest events including plays, comedy, music etc.
Fediverse address:
@tht@mastodon.ie
Journalist on the Leinster Leader newspaper in County Kildare, Ireland.
Fediverse address:
@cmatherofficial@mastodon.ie
Grassroots volunteer project which livestreams a variety of music-based programmes on the Fediverse every Saturday, accompanied by community chat and various kinds of videos.
Fediverse address:
@jnktn_tv@mastodon.online
Official account of the research department at Deutsche Welle (DW), Germany’s state-owned international broadcaster. It’s an English-language account as it is aimed at an international audience.
Fediverse address:
@dw_innovation@mastodon.social
German federal agency for civil protection and assistance during natural disasters.
Fediverse address (in German):
@thw@social.bund.de
Official account for the German government department of vocational education.
Fediverse address (in German):
@bibb@social.bund.de
Historian who studies undertakers and funerals in 18th Century England. Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Bath in the UK. (Note that due to the specialist subject matter, this account posts a lot of pictures of skeletons and burials.)
Fediverse address:
@drdan_o@mastodon.world
Association of OpenStreetMap volunteer contributors in Switzerland.
Fediverse address:
@SwissOSM@en.osm.town
Welsh melancholic acoustic singer-songwriter, creating music in a self-built home studio.
Fediverse address:
@MTP@musicians.today
Independent local newspaper for Leicester, England, UK. Run by a non-profit co-operative.
Fediverse address:
@thegazettecoop@independent-media.co.uk
Climate scientist at the Danish Meteorological Institute, studying ice and the atmosphere in the Arctic, Greenland and Antarctic.
Fediverse address:
@Ruth_Mottram@fediscience.org
Curated community newsletter about news and events for people in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Fediverse address:
@edinburgh@mastodon.social
Death metal / doom metal musician from Hamburg, Germany.
Fediverse address (main, in German and English):
@MiseryPath@metalhead.club
Fediverse address (videos, in German and English):
@misery_path@video-cave-v2.de
European Union initiative which is helping to fund free open decentralised social media like Mastodon and PeerTube, as well as many other libre online projects.
Fediverse address (main):
@EC_NGI@social.network.europa.eu
Fediverse address (videos):
@ec_ngi@tube.network.europa.eu
German-language bicycle travel blog featuring a really cute toy cat.
Fediverse address (in German):
@lechat@le-chat-a-velo.at
Bird and nature photographer based in the UK, posts and shares lots of wildlife photos.
Fediverse address:
@JimsPhotos@ohai.social
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
Artist who paints and draws realistic and charming pictures of nature and wildlife.
Fediverse address:
@TheWeeOwl@mastodon.art
Gardener posting about life on an allotment in central England. They grow a mixture of flowers, fruit, vegetables, herbs and potatoes.
Fediverse address:
@DavidPB@mastodon.social
German Federal agency promoting civic education, part of the Ministry of the Interior.
Fediverse address (in German):
@bpb@social.bund.de
Showcasing new media technologies, encouraging people and communities to try them.
Fediverse address:
@Connected_Studio@social.bbc
International TV and online news service, founded in 1993 by a consortium of European public broadcasters.
Fediverse address:
@euronews@flipboard.com
German government agency tasked with protecting people and the environment from harm caused by radiation. Part of the German Federal Environment Ministry.
Fediverse address (in German):
@strahlenschutz@social.bund.de
Photographer who takes pictures of nature, birds and other wildlife.
Fediverse address:
@Picturavis@pixelfed.de
Photographer based in Germany, runs a podcast about photography, and lectures on photographic law and analogue photography.
Fediverse address (in German):
@erik@photog.social
Amateur wildlife photographer based in the UK, published internationally. Particularly keen on bird photography, but also other animals and nature.
Fediverse address:
@VickyOuten@mastodon.world
The official account of Switzerland’s federal government’s ministry of Economic Affairs, Education and Research.
Fediverse address (in French, German, Italian):
@WBF_DEFR@social.admin.ch
Fediverse address of current head of department (in French, German, Italian):
@GuyParmelin@social.admin.ch
The memorial and museum at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp built during the Nazi occupation of Poland. Over a million people were murdered by the Nazis at the camp during the Second World War, most of them civilians including children. The memorial functions as a reminder of what can happen, and campaigns for it never to happen again.
Fediverse address:
@auschwitzmuseum@mastodon.world
Independent body providing the German government with research-based advice on integration and migration policy.
Fediverse address (in German):
@SVR_Migration@social.bund.de
German Federal Government’s food safety authority, also monitoring plants, veterinary medicines and genetically modified organisms.
Fediverse address (in German):
@BVL_Bund@social.bund.de
Comedian, UK political satirist, cabaret singer, does a brilliant Liza Minnelli, fan of Sonic the Hedgehog.
Fediverse address:
@soozuk@mastodon.social
Public research university in Innsbruck, Austria, founded in 1669. Its alumni include five Nobel laureates.
Fediverse address:
@uniinnsbruck@social.uibk.ac.at
Official account of the Data Protection Officer in the German State of Saxony.
Fediverse address (in German):
@sdb@social.bund.de
The Free and Open source Software Developers’ European Meeting is a well-established non-profit annual conference all about FOSS. It has taken place every year since 2000, though the most recent ones have been online due to the pandemic.
Fediverse address:
@fosdem@fosstodon.org
Part of a European Union initiative to transition to free open source software, OSPO handles the commission’s relationships with the libre software community. This account is not just a feed, they do actually interact, boost, reply, follow etc.
Fediverse address:
@EC_OSPO@ec.social-network.europa.eu
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
The German Federal Government’s supervisory authority for data protection, monitoring and enforcing laws in this area.
Fediverse address (in German):
@bfdi@social.bund.de
UK cross-party campaign group promoting internationalist values, founded in the wake of the 2016 Brexit referendum.
Fediverse address:
@bestforbritain@mas.to
Epidemiologist and Professor of Public Health at the University of Southampton in the UK. Interested in Lifecourse Epidemiology and Long Covid.
Fediverse address:
@nisreen@mastodon.online
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:
@AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win
Co-founder of the Dutch science communication association SciCom NL, and works at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Blogs about SciComm.
Fediverse address:
@RoyMeijer@scicomm.xyz
German federal authority responsible for essential electric, gas, telecoms and postal infrastructure.
Fediverse address (main account, in German):
@BNetzA@social.bund.de
Fediverse address (power grid account, in German):
@Netzausbau@social.bund.de
French investigative journalism news site, covering corruption, pollution, violence etc. Founded in 2008 by the former editor of Le Monde.
Fediverse address (in French):
@mediapart@mediapart.social
Staff astronomer at the observatory in Leiden University in the Netherlands, studying the nuclear regions of active galaxies. Also co-founder of Astronomers For Planet Earth, a grassroots pressure group which campaigns to stop global warming.
Fediverse address (in English and German):
@leo@mastodon.green
Official account of the German Federal Fiscal Court.
Fediverse address (in German):
@bundesfinanzhof@social.bund.de
Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag, independent scientific institution advising Parliament and its committees.
Fediverse address (in German):
@TABundestag@social.bund.de
Community of volunteers mapping Pontarlier in France through OpenStreetMap.
Fediverse address (in French):
@OSM_Pontarlier@mstdn.social
Print and digital indie games magazine, helping people find good indie titles to play and looking at the development teams behind them.
Fediverse address:
@debugorg@mastodon.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
Academic librarian at Bodleian in Oxford, UK. Posting about open access, open science, open scholarship.
Fediverse address:
@SarahHLib@mastodonapp.uk
Local news service for Lichfield, Staffordshire in the UK, covering local news, sport and events.
Fediverse address:
@news@social.lichfieldlive.co.uk
Food critic for the Observer newspaper in the UK, radio presenter on the BBC, jazz pianist.
Fediverse address:
@JayRayner@mastodonapp.uk
Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society, a peer-reviewed open access English language anthropology journal.
Fediverse address:
@suomenantropologi@fediscience.org
All about homebrewing beer, usually Belgian ales made in Sweden.
Fediverse address:
@gustav@mastodon.beer
Hiker, mountaineer and amateur radio enthusiast, SOTA activator. Based in the UK.
Fediverse address:
@m1hax@mastodon.radio
Email service run by a small independent company in France.
Fediverse address:
@hellomailo@mastodon.social
German privacy-oriented digital agency providing advice on privacy-friendly technology, creating digital content and publishing Pyngu Magazine with articles about privacy, design and technology. They also run their own Mastodon server.
Fediverse address (in German):
@pyngudigital@social.pyngu.com
Research establishment in Göttingen, Germany which studies all the bodies that make up our solar system including the Sun, the planets, the asteroids etc. The Institute develops scientific instruments that are sent into space on ESA and NASA missions.
Fediverse address (English and German):
@mpsgoettingen@astrodon.social
Woodturner from Norway sculpting beautiful wooden objects
Fediverse address:
@berrefjord@mastodon.art
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
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
Italian paediatrician, formerly in Public Health and now freelance. Particularly interested in diseases that can be prevented by vaccination.
Fediverse address (in English and Italian):
@DrACapolongo@med-mastodon.com
Multi-disciplinary academic web search engine run by Bielefeld University in Germany. It has been operating since 2004 and is one of the largest in the world.
Fediverse address (in German and English):
@base@openbiblio.social
Photographer in Germany, takes pictures of landscapes, architecture, plants and wildlife.
Fediverse address:
@lastscater@pixelfed.de
Posting photos and stories from dining cars on trains around the world, especially in Europe and Austria.
Fediverse address:
@diningcar@rail.chat
Amateur entomologist in Ireland particularly interested in bees and wasps. Posts include close-up photos and details about the different species.
Fediverse address:
@entospace@mastodon.ie
Independent supervisory authority which tries to ensure that EU institutions respect the right to privacy and data protection when processing personal data and developing new policies.
Fediverse address (main):
@EDPS@social.network.europa.eu
Fediverse address (videos):
@edps@tube.network.europa.eu
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@mastodonmusic.social
German Federal Government’s office for regulating, licensing and supervising the disposal, storage, handling and transport of high-level radioactive waste.
Fediverse address (in German):
@base@social.bund.de
Expert advisory body publishing reports for the German Federal Government on environmental policy and analysis of environmental topics.
Fediverse address (in German):
@umweltrat@social.bund.de
Unofficial news and service updates about the UK rail network.
Fediverse address:
@trainwatch@area51.social
Non-profit news service covering Welsh news, supported by grants, reader donations and advertising.
Fediverse address:
@NationCymru@toot.wales
Runs the “Sunken Castles, Evil Poodles” project translating hundreds of old German folk tales into English, including more than just the Brothers Grimm.
Fediverse address:
@juergen_hubert@thefolklore.cafe
Street art in Belfast, Northern Ireland, including murals, graffiti etc. Includes art by all traditions and communities in the city, both political and non-political.
Fediverse address:
@extramuralactivity@mastodon.ie
Maintains a catalogue of free / libre sheet music and recordings, mainly folk and traditional pieces in a classical style.
Fediverse address (in English and Italian):
@monviolon@stereodon.social
Computer scientist campaigning for online privacy, also part of the Librecast project which aims to bring multicast technology to the internet.
Fediverse address:
@onepict@chaos.social
The adventures of a plushie called Otsi, based in the UK, as they travel to various places.
Fediverse address:
@Plushhusky@mastodonapp.uk
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 Information Systems and Knowledge Management Lab (ISLab) at the University of Milan in Italy. Posts in English and Italian about research from Computational Linguistics to Computational Humanities.
Fediverse address:
@IslabUnimi@fediscience.org
Insectary manager at the Pirbright Institute, an animal health research institute in Surrey, UK.
Fediverse address:
@callumjethomas@ecoevo.social
Discussion group about Ukraine and Ukrainians. (Click here ⧉ for more info on how to use Fediverse groups.)
Fediverse address:
@ukraine@a.gup.pe
Particle physics detector on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Investigating physics at TeV scale, studying properties of Higgs boson, looking for evidence beyond the standard model, studying heavy ion collisions.
Fediverse address:
@CMSexperiment@sciencemastodon.com
Germany’s main Federal agency for protection of the environment.
Fediverse address (in German):
@Umweltbundesamt@social.bund.de
Austrian daily newspaper based in Vienna, published in both print and online.
Fediverse address:
@derStandard@derstandard.at (in German)
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
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
The German government’s cybersecurity authority, providing IT security standards, support and advice for the government, businesses and consumers.
Fediverse address (in German):
@bsi@social.bund.de
A joint initiative by various German government departments to promote responsible and sustainable use of AI / Large Language Model technologies.
Fediverse address (in German):
@CivicCoding@social.bund.de
Public university in Germany founded in 1971, with twelve faculties covering a wide range of topics.
Fediverse address:
@unibremen@wisskomm.social
Official account for the University of Limerick in Ireland.
Fediverse address:
@UL@mastodon.ie
The official account of the German federal government’s Foreign Office
Fediverse address (in German):
@AuswaertigesAmt@social.bund.de
Astrophysicist and senior lecturer at the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, and part of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester. Hunts for exoplanets.
Fediverse address:
@eamonn_kerins@astrodon.social
Trade union of academic staff (including postgraduate students who teach), professional staff and managerial staff at the University of Leeds. Part of the University and College Union UCU.
Fediverse address:
@leedsucu@union.place
News about European Union energy and environmental policy via the EURACTIV news site.
Fediverse address:
@euractiv_green@eupolicy.social
Independent non-profit foundation established by the German Federal Government, discussig data policy and making privacy recommendations.
Fediverse address (in German):
@DS_Stiftung@social.bund.de
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):
@geofabrik@en.osm.town
Official account of the German State of Hesse and the state’s government.
Fediverse address (in German):
@landesregierung@social.hessen.de
German national and international news programme from the public TV broadcaster ARD, first transmitted in 1952.
Fediverse address:
@tagesschau@ard.social
Umbrella organisation for 16 German state consumer organisations as well as over 2000 smaller specialist organisations. Represents interests of consumers in safety, pricing, clarity etc.
Fediverse address (in German):
@Bundesverband@verbraucherzentrale.social
De Witte Haas (“The White Hare”) is a photographer and guide on Schiermonnikoog, a small Dutch island in the North Sea which is also a national park of the Netherlands. They post wonderful photos and news about the plants and wildlife on the island.
Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@dewittehaas@mastodon.social
Department of the British Library dealing with its digital collections, including digitising material and offering support to those researching the collections.
Fediverse address:
@BL_DigiSchol@techhub.social
Rail electrification engineer, author and train enthusiast based in the UK.
Fediverse address:
@25kV@mas.to
Official account of the parliament of the German State of Thuringia.
Fediverse address (in German):
@thueringerlandtag@social.bund.de
Associate professor of psychometrics and personality psychology at the Department of Psychology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Fediverse address:
@hdkarlsen@fosstodon.org
News and events for OpenStreetMap contributors in London, UK.
Fediverse address:
@OSMLondon@en.osm.town
Official account of Germany’s embassy to the UK.
Fediverse address:
@germanyinuk@social.bund.de
Bookshop buying and selling rare titles, founded in 1879. The shop is based in Oxford, UK, and also has an online service.
Fediverse address:
@blackwellrare@glammr.us
Maths teacher teaching adults at secondary level, posts frequently about mathematics, the teaching of mathematics and problem solving.
Fediverse address (in English, Catalan and Spanish):
@somenxavier@mathstodon.xyz
Official account of the Netherlands Secretary of State for Kingdom Relations & Digitisation.
Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@avhuffelen@social.overheid.nl
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
Swedish climate change activist, part of Fridays For Future.
Fediverse address:
@gretathunberg@mastodon.nu
Posting informally about interesting bits of Scottish history through the ages, including forgotten stories, science, language, art, people, poetry.
Fediverse address:
@WeirdScotland@mastodon.scot
Account and website about street art in Sheffield, England. Covers all kinds of street art including graffiti art, feature walls, paste-ups, shutter art, painted boardings etc.
Fediverse address:
@streetartsheff@mastodonapp.uk
Professor of Theoretical Chemistry and head of the Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique at Sorbonne University.
Fediverse address:
@piquemal@mastodon-pa.sorbonne-universite.fr
Indie game development and storytelling co-op based in the UK, creators of “No Longer Home”.
Fediverse address:
@HumbleGrove@mastodon.gamedev.place
Posts lots of photos of birds (and occasionally other subjects too).
Fediverse address (in German and English):
@hoernchen72@chaos.social
Linguist at the Institut für Deutsche Sprache in Germany. Interested in quantitative linguistics, corpus linguistics, psycholinguistics, text comprehension & comprehensibility, data visualisation, Rstats.
Fediverse address:
@sascha_wolfer@fediscience.org
Official account of the German Federal Court of Justice.
Fediverse address (in German):
@BGH_Bund@social.bund.de
Handles IT and digital services within the European Commission.
Fediverse address (main):
@EC_DIGIT@ec.social-network.europa.eu
Fediverse address (videos):
@ec_digit@tube.network.europa.eu
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
A Fediverse discussion group about politics on the island of Ireland. (Click here ⧉ for more about how groups work.)
Fediverse address:
@irelandpolitics@a.gup.pe
UK-based guide to theatre in London and beyond, featuring reviews, interviews and features. Emphasis on fringe theatre.
Fediverse address:
@everytheatre@mastodonapp.uk
Swedish artist who draws wonderfully cute storybook-type illustrations of the natural world. They are often beautifully flat like the pattern of a nice fabric.
Fediverse address:
@byjessicaelena@mastodon.art
The UK’s main speech radio station, featuring drama, comedy, documentaries, news etc, also available online. Run by the BBC, the UK’s public broadcaster.
Fediverse address:
@BBCRadio4@social.bbc
Committee made up of data protection officials from the German Federal Government and German State Governments.
Fediverse address (in German):
@dsk@social.bund.de
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
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
UK organisation dedicated to the history of labour (i.e. the lives and politics of working people and the labour movement, not specifically the political party).
Fediverse address:
@sslh@mastodon.me.uk
Antiquarian who collects rare books, maintains a private library and blogs about this and related topics in Dutch.
Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@Perkamentus@mastodon.social
Posts about beekeeping including photos and updates from their own apiary.
Fediverse address (in German):
@rall0r@norden.social
Professor of computational mathematics at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Fediverse address:
@andrejbauer@mathstodon.xyz
Cycling enthusiast, photographer and software developer. Lots of photos from cycling trips in the UK.
Fediverse address:
@cyclinggeezr@mindly.social
German government-funded scientific organisation working on improving the safety of nuclear power plants, their decommissioning and the disposal of nuclear waste.
Fediverse address (in German):
@GRS@social.bund.de
Swiss synthetic and supramolecular chemist, PI/Group Leader currently at the University of Zurich, soon moving to University of Geneva. Current research topics polyaromatic chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, synthesis and everything in between. Loves data visualizations, design and figures.
Fediverse address:
@michelrickhaus@mastodon.online
Genealogist, blogger and researcher based in Ireland. Also founder of Project Infant, documenting those who died in Irish mother and baby homes.
Fediverse address (main):
@thedanielsgenealogy@genealysis.social
Fediverse address (Project Infant):
@projectinfant@mastodon.ie
German branch of the campaign by scientists to save the planet from environmental destruction due to climate change. They are letting the world know the science of climate change, conducting research themselves and helping climate scientists to network.
Fediverse address (in German):
@S4F@climatejustice.global
German federal ministry responsible for all issues related to housing, building of houses, urban development and regional planning.
Fediverse address (in German):
@BMWSB_Bund@social.bund.de
German Institute for Global & Area Studies
Fediverse address (in German):
@GIGA_Institute@social.bund.de
Writing about railways, cycling and other topics. Advocates for cross border rail in the European Union.
Fediverse address:
@jon@gruene.social
The Hamburg State and University Library is the largest academic library in the German state of Hamburg.
Fediverse address:
@stabihh@openbiblio.social
Independent privacy-friendly email provider, based in Germany.
Fediverse address (in English and German):
@mailbox_org@social.mailbox.org
Photographs European birds and other wildlife.
Fediverse address:
@messidor@pixelfed.de
Official account of the Ministry of Finance in the German State of Hesse.
Fediverse address (in German):
@finanzen@social.hessen.de
Irish illustrator and musician, creates beautiful fine line drawings often featuring otherworldly themes from folklore and myths.
Fediverse address:
@adamrobertmartin@mastodon.art
The public body which runs the European Union. The elected governments of the 27 European Union member states each choose a commisioner to represent their country. The 27 commissioners then collectively run the EU through the Commission.
Fediverse address:
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu
Community for mapping the Pyrénées-Orientales department of France on OpenStreetMap.
Fediverse address (in French):
@OpenStreetMap66@en.osm.town
Bird watcher and wildlife photographer, based on the border between England and Scotland. Also owner of an eBike.
Fediverse address:
@sylvianana@mastodon.world
One of the largest university museums in the UK, with more than 4.5 million items. It puts on a diverse range of exhibitions covering art, history, archaeology, natural history and more.
Fediverse address:
@McrMuseum@mastodonapp.uk
Horizon Europe-funded project aiming at supporting emerging policy reforms and paving the way towards an Open Science-aware Responsible Research Assessment system.
Fediverse address:
@graspos@scicomm.xyz
The judicial branch of the European Union. The court mainly deals with application and interpretation of EU law, resolves cases between national governments and EU institutions, and may take action against EU institutions on behalf of individuals, companies or organisations.
NOTE: This is not connected in any way with the European Court of Human Rights. The ECHR is part of the Council of Europe, not the European Union. These are totally separate organisations.
Fediverse address:
@Curia@curia.social-network.europa.eu
Podcast interview series by Ken Sweeney, an award-winning Irish podcast producer. The interviews are with people from many different places and backgrounds. Some of them are celebrities, some academics, some simply in interesting situations.
Fediverse address:
@TheComfortableSpotPodcast@mastodon.social
Author, perhaps best known for the “Sandman” series, writes novels, graphic novels, comics, short stories, television, film and more.
Fediverse address:
@neilhimself@mastodon.social
English-language account highlighting interesting art, culture and history from Portugal and listing museums where exhibits may be found.
Fediverse address:
@lusoteca@mastodon.world
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
UK-based wine website with news, picks and offers, run by a wine enthusiast. Focused on wines that are reasonably priced and available in Britain/Europe.
Fediverse address:
@winedrinker@mastodon.social
Professor of Internet Law at Essex Law School, University of Essex in the UK. Particularly interested in media policy and communications regulation, including data protection, social media and the internet.
Fediverse address:
@LornaWoods@someone.elses.computer
Freelance journalist and writer based in Leipzig, Germany. Particularly interested in social policy.
Fediverse address (in German):
@insavandenberg@mstdn.social
Long-time music fan based in the UK, often posting about records from their youth in the 1960s and 1970s.
Fediverse address:
@OldBumpy@mastodonapp.uk
The official account of Switzerland’s federal government’s ministry of the interior.
Fediverse address (in French, German, Italian):
@EDI_DFI@social.admin.ch
Award-winning brass band based in the North of England, formed by workers at the local coal mine in 1917. As well as dozens of domestic awards, the band has represented England at the European level and took part in the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics. The band’s music and story were the basis for the hit film “Brassed Off” starring Ewan McGregor and Pete Postlethwaite.
Fediverse address:
@grimethorpeband@mastodonapp.uk
Takes very striking and intriguing photos of abandoned buildings and other vivid urban scenes in the UK.
Fediverse address (main):
@c0mpiling@photog.social
Fediverse address (photos):
@c0mpiling@pixelfed.social
Initiative based in the UK to encourage walking. They invite small towns and villages to apply for Walkers are Welcome accreditation, which guarantees that rights of way are protected, public transport links are in place and there is local support for walkers within the community.
Fediverse address:
@WalkersAreWelcome@mastodonapp.uk
Critical engineer, cartographer and programmer researching and teaching interactive maps at the Vienna University of Technology.
Fediverse address:
@floledermann@mapstodon.space
German Federal Government’s 24-hour team for computer security incidents, handling crises in real time and issuing preventative measures.
Fediverse address (in German):
@certbund@social.bund.de
Columnist and chief data reporter at the Financial Times, giving interesting contexts to major events through charts and data. Visiting senior fellow at the London School of Economics.
Fediverse address:
@jburnmurdoch@econtwitter.net
German federal agency for providing topographic data, cartography and geodetic reference systems.
Fediverse address (in German):
@BKG@social.bund.de
German Federal Government’s ministry reducing structural differences between the former East and West Germanies.
Fediverse address (in German):
@Ostbeauftragter@social.bund.de
Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, operating the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT), the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) and building the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).
Fediverse address:
@astron@mastodon.nl
DJ and electronic music producer interested in techno, based in Germany.
Fediverse address:
@consint@mstdn.social
Wonderful photos of plants, nature and the countryside in Germany.
Fediverse address:
@Bella@pixelfed.social
Beekeeper in Germany posting pictures of their apiary and beehives
Fediverse address (in German):
@furtherhonig@pixel.tchncs.de
Small independent coffee roasters in Dublin, Ireland. A percentage of all sales are automatically donated to Women’s Aid, to projects in the places that grow the coffee, and to Imbibe’s staff.
Fediverse address:
@ImbibeCoffeeRoasters@mastodon.ie
Satirical news site focused on UK and world news.
Fediverse address:
@newsthump@mastodon.online
Posting news about severe weather in North Wales, also sometimes sharing weather-related posts and Welsh news.
Fediverse address:
@Storms@toot.wales
Blog about volcanoes, earthquakes and geology in Iceland, run by an enthusiastic layperson.
Fediverse address:
@icelandgeology@mastodon.social
Landscape photographer based in the UK, with a wide range of styles from spectacular to atmospheric to fine art.
Fediverse address:
@kiers@mastodon.social
Irish political opinion poll aggregation, combines all polls to estimate support for parties in Ireland.
Fediverse address:
@IrishPollingIndicator@mastodon.ie
Cycling enthusiast based in North-West England, has a photo blog about his bike trips.
Fediverse address:
@pete@toot.bike
Professional drum & bass, techno and electronic musician and composer from Germany, featuring a cyberpunk dystopian aesthetic. Incredibly, their latest track is also available on MiniDisc! 💽
Fediverse address:
@revengeday@corteximplant.com
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
British actor, writer and presenter, currently best known for roles in “Malignant”, “Containment” and Netflix film “Falling For Christmas”.
Fediverse address:
@georgeyoung@mastodon.social
British rock and pop singer, musician, songwriter, DJ and producer, founder of the band Ride, was also in Oasis and Hurricane #1. (Not to be confused with Andy Bell of another UK band Erasure)
Fediverse address:
@andybell@ravenation.club
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
A digital library of primary and secondary sources for the history of the British Isles. BHO is part of the Institute of Historial Research, a UK educational organisation founded in 1921.
Fediverse address:
@BHO@historians.social
Photographer and natural scientist who takes pictures of birds, plants and wildlife.
Fediverse address (in English and German):
@majamielkephoto@mastodon.art
Interdisciplinary science centre at LMU Munich in Germany, promoting open science practices such as open data, open materials, analysis scripts etc. Organises workshops, public talks and original research.
Fediverse address:
@lmu_osc@scicomm.xyz
Comic artist and illustrator based in Berlin. Currently working on self-published fantasy comic series “Vom Anfang”.
Fediverse address:
@Ensyis@mastodon.art
Academic library at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.
Fediverse address:
@Bibliothecaris@social.edu.nl