Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!
Fediverse address:
@scream@botsin.space
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!
Fediverse address:
@scream@botsin.space
Creator of the humorous and slightly twisted “Extra Ordinary” web comic.
Fediverse address:
@exocomics@mastodon.world
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
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
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
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:
@fedivision@botsin.space
Commander Riker from Star Trek trying to surreptitiously make sense of the world.
Fediverse address:
@RikerGoogling@botsin.space
Salty, surreal, sweary dark humour comic featuring mature humour, witches, Death, robots and lots of random weird stuff.
Fediverse address:
@warandpeas@mastodon.social
Blåhaj who likes to swim in the Atlantic ocean and eat fish.
Fediverse address:
@shork@blahaj.social
German satirist, activist and television host.
Fediverse address (in German):
@janboehm@edi.social
Bot that posts pictures and GIFs of cows 🐮
Fediverse address:
@cowbot@botsin.space
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
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
Starfleet officer from the TNG era of Star Trek, dishing out the puns relentlessly
Fediverse address:
@STDeltaShift@universeodon.com
Bot posting the current phase of the moon. Posts once a night.
Fediverse address:
@pom@botsin.space
Family posting videos about fun projects that involve electronics, programming, physics, maths and all kinds of interesting stuff.
Fediverse address:
@GurgleApps@mastodon.social
not the darth u are looking for
Fediverse address:
@darth@mastodon.online
Humorous cartoons often featuring sharks 🦈
Fediverse address:
@thelifeofsharks@mastodon.ie
Bot that randomly combines video game characters’ heads and bodies. Posts a few times a day.
Fediverse address:
@headswap@botsin.space
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
Computer simulating the posts of a cute friendly cat.
Fediverse address:
@netkitty@hackers.town
Cathartic illustrations of birds swearing. No, seriously, they use really strong language!
Fediverse address:
@effinbirds@mastodon.social
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
Surreal observations on the Fediverse, the internet, technology, current events and the real world.
Fediverse address:
@MissingThePt@mastodon.social
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
Proud blåhaj who enjoys playing Nintendo.
Fediverse address:
@sharkland@blahaj.social
Lieutenant Worf from Star Trek TNG is sending emails.
Fediverse address:
@WorfEmail@botsin.space
Bot that generates random metal band names in appropriate fonts and colour schemes. Posts every four hours.
Fediverse address:
@metalband_exe@botsin.space
Automatically generates fictional Silicon Valley style “great new idea” headlines every three hours.
Fediverse address:
@bodega@botsin.space
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
“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
Posting items of good news from around the world.
Fediverse address:
@upliftingtoots@mstdn.social
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
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
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
Posting exclusive pictures of forgotten technology such as the all-touchbar MacBook Pro, AOL Punchcards and the IBM ThinkPod.
Fediverse address:
@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social
British stand-up comedian and comedy writer, half of 1990s double act Lee & Herring, hosts the RHLSTP (Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast) which interviews various celebrities in a relaxed long-form format.
Fediverse address:
@Herring1967@mastodon.social
Humorous web comic about the workplace, featuring a dinosaur and a cat.
Fediverse address:
@threddyrex@mastodon.art
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
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
Cartoonist, creator of the Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (SMBC) webcomic, illustrator of Open Borders, co-author of Soonish.
Fediverse address:
@ZachWeinersmith@mastodon.social
Father Christmas’s personal account, giving a unique insight into his preparations for the festive season.
Fediverse address:
@Santaclaus@c.im
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
Posts a random picture of a cuddly toy every hour.
Fediverse address:
@plush_bot@plush.city
Fediverse discussion group about comedy and comedy history. (Click here ⧉ for more about how groups work.)
Fediverse address:
@comedystudies@a.gup.pe
Posting and sharing vintage American adverts from past decades, often featuring the word “gay”.
Fediverse address:
@GayOldTime@masto.ai