Collaborative games of Tetris on the Fediverse! Instructions are on the account’s profile.
Fediverse address:
@feditris@fedi.aerocity.site
Tagged: Fun & Humour
Smashing Security
“Smashing Security” is an award winning podcast which is in theory about infosec, but in reality it’s a very entertaining (and occasionally slightly rude) round-up of all sorts of computing and tangential non-computing news. Features lots of back-and-forth banter between hosts Graham Cluely, Carole Theriault and their special guest.
Fediverse address:
@smashingsecurity@mastodon.green
Comedy Studies Guppe Group
Fediverse discussion group about comedy and comedy history. (Click here ⧉ for more about how groups work.)
Fediverse address:
@comedystudies@a.gup.pe
Plush Bot
Posts a random picture of a cuddly toy every three hours.
Fediverse address:
@plush_bot@plush.city
Toy Box Comix
Humorous comic strips (often political or social satire) using photos of real life action figures and toys, including transformers, superheroes, Star Trek and others.
Fediverse address:
@ToyBoxComix@retro.pizza
The Orville Guppe Group
Discussion group about sci-fi series “The Orville”. (Click here ⧉ for more about how to use Fediverse groups.)
Fediverse address:
@theorville@a.gup.pe
Book Dedications Bot
Bot posting dedication pages of random books.
Fediverse address:
@dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online
Aoibhe O’Sunlight
Vampire who enjoys blood, meeting people (briefly) and long walks in graveyards. Former Miss Undead 1887.
Fediverse address:
@AfraidOSunlight@mastodonapp.uk
How To Do Anything
Bot that matches up random WikiHow images with random WikiHow article titles. This can produce rather baffling, intriguing or horrifying results… Posts at 2 hour intervals.
Fediverse address:
@wikihow@mastodon.social
The Fedivision Song Contest
An annual event on the Fediverse where people are given a couple of weeks to create a song, then they are published and people on the Fediversevote on a favourite. Usually takes place on or around the time of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Fediverse address:
@announce@fedi.vision
Joe Gran
Animator who does fun, surreal, sometimes sweet and sometimes disturbing short videos. Gran also runs a PeerTube server hosting lots of animators at greatview.video.
Fediverse address:
@joe@greatview.video
NanoRaptor
Posting exclusive pictures of forgotten technology such as the all-touchbar MacBook Pro, AOL Punchcards and the IBM ThinkPod.
Fediverse address:
@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social
A Most Amusing Bot
Bot posting random items from old practical joke and novelty catalogues.
Fediverse address:
@NoveltyBot@mastodon.social
Riker Googling
Commander Riker from Star Trek trying to surreptitiously make sense of the world.
Fediverse address:
@RikerGoogling@mas.to
Cat News
Posting everyday stories about cats around the world and drawing pictures to accompany them. Readers can send their own cat’s stories to be shared and illustrated by the account.
Fediverse address:
@cat_news@mas.to
GurgleApps
Family posting videos about fun projects that involve electronics, programming, physics, maths and all kinds of interesting stuff.
Fediverse address:
@GurgleApps@mastodon.social
Muppet GIF of the Day
Fun GIFs of the Muppets in various situations.
Fediverse address:
@GIFS_of_Puppets@ohai.social
Russ Sharek
Russ Sharek is a clown. No really, he is literally a clown in a theatre group, performs a weekly online show called “Circus in Place”, has an excellent podcast called “Two Clowns in a Closet” and is one of the longest-running members of the Fediverse. Give him a listen!
Fediverse address:
@RussSharek@mastodon.art
Capcom VS Everyone
Inspired by the classic video games, this is a bot that posts unusual crossovers featuring characters from all genres of popular culture. Posts once a day.
Fediverse address:
@vs_everyone@mastodon.social
Oblique Questions
Bot posting questions taken out of context from public domain books.
Fediverse address:
@obliquestions@mastodon.matthewmcvickar.com
Gay Old Time
Posting vintage American adverts from past decades which unintentionally (or sometimes intentionally?) include LGBTQIA+ themes.
Fediverse address:
@GayOldTime@masto.ai
Star Trek Minus Context
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
Uplifting Toots
Posting items of good news from around the world.
Fediverse address:
@upliftingtoots@mstdn.social
Captain Edward Jellico
Starfleet officer from the TNG era of Star Trek, dishing out the puns relentlessly
Fediverse address:
@STDeltaShift@universeodon.com
XKCD Bot
Unofficial bot posting XKCD web comics, often featuring stick figures discussing science, technology or other topics.
(NOTE: I don’t normally list unofficial bots like this, but XKCD is licensed under Creative Commons by its creator, and non-commercial distribution like this is exactly what the creator of XKCD is trying to encourage.)
Fediverse address:
@xkcd@mastodon.xyz
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!
Fediverse address:
@scream@bots.robots.rodeo
Chest Bot
Interactive game run by a bot which lets you open loot chests which may contain treasure. The treasure can be saved in an account and spent on imaginary items. (NOTE: This is all just for fun, you don’t actually get any kind of loot! 😃)
Fediverse address (main):
@chest_bot@mastodon.social
Fediverse address (save your loot):
@chest_bot_atm@mastodon.social
Fediverse address (spend your loot):
@chest_bot_shop@mastodon.social
War and Peas
Salty, surreal, sweary dark humour comic featuring mature humour, witches, Death, robots and lots of random weird stuff.
Fediverse address:
@warandpeas@mastodon.social
Cow Fortunes
Fortune cookies of randomness read by an ASCII cow.
Fediverse address:
@cowfortunes@thomaspreece.net
Jan Böhmermann
German satirist, activist and television host.
Fediverse address (in German):
@janboehm@edi.social
Santa Claus
Father Christmas’s personal account, giving a unique insight into his preparations for the festive season.
Fediverse address:
@Santaclaus@c.im
Ollie the Golden Retriever
Exciting adventures of a cheerful golden retriever who lives in the Netherlands.
Fediverse address:
@olliedegoudenophaler@mastodon.world
PodQuiz
Weekly trivia podcast running since 2005, possibly the longest-running trivia podcast in the world.
Fediverse address:
@podquiz@mas.to
Threddy Rex
Humorous web comic about the workplace, featuring a dinosaur and a cat.
Fediverse address:
@threddy@infosec.exchange
How Much for Just the Podcast?
Light-hearted Star Trek podcast series hosted by two Australians, discussing episodes in a uniquely unhinged take on chronological order.
Fediverse address:
@justthepod@tenforward.social
Zach Weinersmith
Cartoonist, creator of the Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (SMBC) webcomic, illustrator of Open Borders, co-author of Soonish.
Fediverse address:
@ZachWeinersmith@mastodon.social
Comics Outta Context
Random panels taken from old comics removed from context in a Lichtenstein-esque manner, made weird and amusing due to their inexplicable nature.
Fediverse address:
@ComicContext@mstdn.social
Moose Allain
Cartoonist and illustrator, artist behind the World Of Moose website, and published in UK magazines such as Private Eye and The Literary Review.
Fediverse address:
@MooseAllain@mas.to
Vote Chess
Collaborative chess games on the Fediverse. Every hour a poll appears which lets people vote on the next move, with the computer responding with its own move.
Fediverse address:
@votechess@bots.petras.space
Phases of Moon
Bot posting the current phase of the moon. Posts once a night.
Fediverse address:
@pom@eattherich.club
KITTEN.EXE
Computer simulating the posts of a cute friendly cat.
Fediverse address:
@netkitty@hackers.town
NewsThump
Satirical news site focused on UK and world news.
Fediverse address:
@newsthump@mastodon.online
Weird Satellite
Bot posting very slightly tongue-in-cheek analysis of spy satellite photos.
Fediverse address:
@weirdsatellite@mastodon.art
Daily Medieval Cats
Posts pictures of cats taken from medieval manuscripts, created as part of a course at the University of Bochum in Germany.
Fediverse address:
@dailymedievalcats@troet.cafe
Fediverse address (course tutor):
@manuel_kamenzin@troet.cafe
Missing The Point
Surreal observations on the Fediverse, the internet, technology, current events and the real world.
Fediverse address:
@MissingThePt@mastodon.social
It’s the Weekend
007 letting us know it’s the weekend, every Friday night.
Fediverse address:
@CraigWeekend@mstdn.ca
Magic Aye
Bot that posts automatically generated autostereograms (aka “Magic Eye”), where you have to focus your eyes behind the 2D image to see the 3D image. It can take a while to do this if you aren’t used to the technique, but once it succeeds you will definitely know it has worked.
Fediverse address:
@magic_aye@mastodon.social
Shork
Blåhaj who likes to swim in the Atlantic ocean and eat fish.
Fediverse address:
@shork@blahaj.social
Lex Knows Systems
Random operating systems being used by Lex from Jurassic Park.
Fediverse address:
@lexknowssystems@bots.converged.yt
Li Chen
Creator of the humorous and slightly twisted “Extra Ordinary” web comic.
Fediverse address:
@exocomics@mastodon.world
Fediverse Plays Pokemon
Interactive bot where people on the Fediverse can collaboratively play a game of Pokemon by voting in polls.
Fediverse address:
@pokemon@tomkahe.com
Slothdude
Artist who enjoys drawing anthropomorphic sloths, and creates “slothified” versions of classic paintings and works of art.
Fediverse address:
@slothdude@mastodon.online
Effin’ Birds
Cathartic illustrations of birds swearing. No, seriously, they use really strong language!
Fediverse address:
@effinbirds@mastodon.social
Daily Word Search
Bot posting new word searches once a day. Hand-created without any AI.
Fediverse address:
@dailywordsearch@mastodon.castlemistsoftware.com
Lyrical Garfield
Bot posting Garfield cartoon strips with random song lyrics replacing the text.
Fediverse address:
@LyricalGarfield@masto.ai
Moxxi
The adventures of Moxxi, a Pembroke Welsh Corgi with a lovely smile.
Fediverse address (main):
@moxxi@mastodon.social
Fediverse address (videos):
@moxxi@makertube.net
Admiral Wonderboat
Fun webcomic about amusing adventures of various cartoon animals.
Fediverse address:
@admiralwonderboat@mastodon.social
Text Adventure / Xyzzy
Bot that posts randomly generated text adventure / interactive fiction scenarios. The scenarios are somewhat interactive, you can type commands as replies and the bot will reply with responses depending on what you do. Inspired by the classic text adventures of the 1980s. New scenarios appear every 4 hours.
Fediverse address:
@xyzzy@mastodon.sandwich.net
Doodlebrink
Creates amusing and memorable doodles rather than hugely serious works of art.
Fediverse address (in German, but it’s almost entirely visual):
@doodlebrink@troet.cafe
Worf Email
Lieutenant Worf from Star Trek TNG is sending emails.
Fediverse address:
@WorfEmail@mas.to