Posting exclusive pictures of forgotten technology such as the all-touchbar MacBook Pro, AOL Punchcards and the IBM ThinkPod.
Fediverse address:
@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social
Tagged: Fun & Humour
NewsThump
Satirical news site focused on UK and world news.
Fediverse address:
@newsthump@mastodon.online
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
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
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
Riker Googling
Commander Riker from Star Trek trying to surreptitiously make sense of the world.
Fediverse address:
@RikerGoogling@botsin.space
Phases of Moon
Bot posting the current phase of the moon. Posts once a night.
Fediverse address:
@pom@eattherich.club
Ollie the Golden Retriever
Exciting adventures of a cheerful golden retriever who lives in the Netherlands.
Fediverse address:
@thisistheworldofollie@mastodon.world
KITTEN.EXE
Computer simulating the posts of a cute friendly cat.
Fediverse address:
@netkitty@hackers.town
It’s the Weekend
007 letting us know it’s the weekend, every Friday night.
Fediverse address:
@CraigWeekend@mstdn.ca
Threddy Rex
Humorous web comic about the workplace, featuring a dinosaur and a cat.
Fediverse address:
@threddy@infosec.exchange
Head Swap
Bot that randomly combines video game characters’ heads and bodies. Posts a few times a day.
Fediverse address:
@headswap@botsin.space
MetalBand.exe
Bot that generates random metal band names in appropriate fonts and colour schemes. Posts every four hours.
Fediverse address:
@metalband_exe@botsin.space
PodQuiz
Weekly trivia podcast running since 2005, possibly the longest-running trivia podcast in the world.
Fediverse address:
@podquiz@mas.to
Captain Edward Jellico
Starfleet officer from the TNG era of Star Trek, dishing out the puns relentlessly
Fediverse address:
@STDeltaShift@universeodon.com
Slothdude
Artist who enjoys drawing anthropomorphic sloths, and creates “slothified” versions of classic paintings and works of art.
Fediverse address:
@slothdude@mastodon.online
Santa Claus
Father Christmas’s personal account, giving a unique insight into his preparations for the festive season.
Fediverse address:
@Santaclaus@c.im
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
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
Gay Old Time
Posting vintage American adverts from past decades which unintentionally (or sometimes intentionally?) include LGBTQIA+ themes.
Fediverse address:
@GayOldTime@masto.ai
Oblique Questions
Bot posting questions taken out of context from public domain books.
Fediverse address:
@obliquestions@botsin.space
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
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
Effin’ Birds
Cathartic illustrations of birds swearing. No, seriously, they use really strong language!
Fediverse address:
@effinbirds@mastodon.social
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
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
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
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
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@botsin.space
A Most Amusing Bot
Bot posting random items from old practical joke and novelty catalogues.
Fediverse address:
@NoveltyBot@mastodon.social
Missing The Point
Surreal observations on the Fediverse, the internet, technology, current events and the real world.
Fediverse address:
@MissingThePt@mastodon.social
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
Link of the Day
Human-curated bot posting an interesting website to visit once a day. You can suggest sites to be featured, instructions are in the bot’s profile.
Fediverse address:
@linkoftheweek@botsin.space
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
Aoibhe O’Sunlight
Vampire who enjoys blood, meeting people (briefly) and long walks in graveyards. Former Miss Undead 1887.
Fediverse address:
@AfraidOSunlight@mastodonapp.uk
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
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!
Fediverse address:
@scream@botsin.space
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
Weird Satellite
Bot posting very slightly tongue-in-cheek analysis of spy satellite photos.
Fediverse address:
@weirdsatellite@botsin.space
darth™
not the darth u are looking for
Fediverse address:
@darth@mastodon.online
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
Stephen Fry
British actor, author and comedian, half of Fry & Laurie, presenter of QI, played Jeeves on the TV series “Jeeves & Wooster”.
Fediverse address:
@stephenfry@mastodonapp.uk
Admiral Wonderboat
Fun webcomic about amusing adventures of various cartoon animals.
Fediverse address:
@admiralwonderboat@mastodon.social
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
Vote Chess
Collaborative chess games on the Fediverse. Every hour a poll appears which lets people vote on the next move, with the AI responding.
Fediverse address:
@VoteChess@botsin.space
Shork
Blåhaj who likes to swim in the Atlantic ocean and eat fish.
Fediverse address:
@shork@blahaj.social
Plush Bot
Posts a random picture of a cuddly toy every hour.
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
Bodega Bot
Automatically generates fictional Silicon Valley style “great new idea” headlines every three hours.
Fediverse address:
@bodega@botsin.space
Uplifting Toots
Posting items of good news from around the world.
Fediverse address:
@upliftingtoots@mstdn.social
Li Chen
Creator of the humorous and slightly twisted “Extra Ordinary” web comic.
Fediverse address:
@exocomics@mastodon.world
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
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
Jan Böhmermann
German satirist, activist and television host.
Fediverse address (in German):
@janboehm@edi.social
Wikipedia Haiku
Bot that posts haiku poems made up entirely of random phrases from Wikipedia. They can be surprisingly moving… or not. Posts every four hours.
Fediverse address:
@wikipediahaiku@botsin.space
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
Worf Email
Lieutenant Worf from Star Trek TNG is sending emails.
Fediverse address:
@WorfEmail@botsin.space
GurgleApps
Family posting videos about fun projects that involve electronics, programming, physics, maths and all kinds of interesting stuff.
Fediverse address:
@GurgleApps@mastodon.social