Posts photos and screenshots of old games, software and other items of computing history. Lots of nostalgia.
Fediverse address:
@256@mastodon.social
Tagged: History
The 1920s Channel
Video series about the culture of 1920s America, including art, music and theatre.
Fediverse address:
@1920schannel@tilvids.com
Enfield Archaeological Society
Organisation founded in 1955 to carry out archaeological research and fieldwork in the London Borough of Enfield.
Fediverse address:
@enfarchsoc@mastodonapp.uk
Cycling Historian
Professor of History, sport and environmental historian. Particularly keen on the history of bicycles, posting lots of historical photos, articles and other materials.
Fediverse address:
@DrRickWoten@historians.social
Australian Histories Podcast
Podcast series covering episodes of Australian history. Episodes are in non-chronological order, focusing on particular themes instead.
Fediverse address:
@AusHistPod@aus.social
Medieval Indian History
Posting artworks, objects, documents and photos related to Indian history during the medieval period and later.
Fediverse address:
@medievalindianhistory@mastodon.social
Matthew Edney
Map historian and geographer, Osher Professor in history of cartography at the University of Southern Maine, Director of History of Cartography Project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the USA. Runs the “Mapping As A Process” blog.
Fediverse address:
@mhedney@historians.social
James Gleick
Award-winning best-selling science writer, wrote the book on chaos theory that helped inspire the Ian Malcolm character in Jurassic Park. More recent works include “Time Travel: A History” and “The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood”.
Fediverse address:
@JamesGleick@sciencemastodon.com
Dr Dan O’Brien
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
Dr John Barentine FRAS
Astronomer and historian, particularly interested in light pollution and dark skies. Author of three books on the history of astronomy, “The Lost Constellations”, “Uncharted Constellations” and “Mystery of the Ashen Light of Venus”. Runs a consultancy business on light pollution and astronomy.
Fediverse address:
@JohnBarentine@astrodon.social
Old Weird Scotland
Posting informally about interesting bits of Scottish history through the ages, including forgotten stories, science, language, art, people, poetry.
Fediverse address:
@WeirdScotland@mastodon.scot
Letterform Archive
Non-profit archive of over 100,000 items related to lettering, typography, calligraphy and graphic design throughout human history. Based in California, USA.
Fediverse address:
@letterformarchive@typo.social
Lusoteca
English-language account highlighting interesting art, culture and history from Portugal and listing museums where exhibits may be found.
Fediverse address:
@lusoteca@mastodon.world
Big Car
Videos all about cars and automotive history, often focusing on the history of one particular model or brand.
Fediverse Address:
@bigcar@tilvids.com
The British History Podcast
Podcast all about the history of the island of Britain, starting from the ice age and moving forward in chronological order. The emphasis is on the human side of history, rather than just giving dry facts.
Fediverse address:
@bhp@mastodon.social
James Green
Archaeologist based in southeastern USA, posting about archaeology, history, botany, geology and other topics.
Fediverse address:
@archeaids@mastodon.online
Antiquidons Guppe Group
Discussion group about the ancient world and ancient history. (Click here ⧉ for more info on how to use Fediverse groups.)
Fediverse address:
@antiquidons@a.gup.pe
Tech Tales
Podcast about technology history, covering both obscure and well-known software, computers, gadgets and other tech stuff, including both failures and successes.
Fediverse address:
@techtales@mas.to
Carwil Bjork-James
Assistant professor of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University in the United States, interested in ethnographic and historical research into disruptive protest, grassroots autonomy, state violence and indigenous collective rights in Latin America.
Fediverse address:
@Carwil@mastodon.online
Play History
Video game researcher, creator of the Play History video series and author of upcoming arcade history book.
Fediverse address:
@PlayHistory@oldbytes.space
The Internet Archive
Massive non-profit archive website which includes digital copies of vast amounts of printed, audiovisual and interactive media. Perhaps most famous for its Wayback Machine which allows people to look at older versions of almost any website.
Fediverse address:
@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org
Folklore Guppe Group
A Fediverse discussion group about folklore and folk stories. (Click here ⧉ for more about how groups work.)
Fediverse address:
@folklore@a.gup.pe
Gaming Alexandria
Group dedicated to preserving video game history, including games, books, magazines, manuals, news articles etc. They create and maintain a preservation archive.
Fediverse address:
@gamingalexandria@digipres.club
Lucy Betteridge-Dyson
Military historian and broadcaster specialising in the First and Second World Wars, amongst other things including the role of horses in those wars.
Fediverse address:
@lmbd1418@mastodon.online
Infinity64
Posts old public information films and PSAs made by various governments and public bodies around the world. Note that due to the films being designed as public warnings, they may contain deliberately disturbing imagery.
Fediverse address:
@infinity64@tube.tchncs.de
Vintage Edmonton
Newspaper articles, images and other materials from the history of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Fediverse address:
@VintageEdmonton@mstdn.ca
Book Histodons Guppe Group
Discussion group about old books and the history of books. (Click here ⧉ for more info on how to use Fediverse groups.)
Fediverse address:
@bookhistodons@a.gup.pe
Cluster ROOTS
Cluster of excellence at Kiel University in Germany, exploring the social, environmental and cultural processes that have substantially marked human development.
Fediverse address:
@clusterroots@fediscience.org
All about Vinyl
Posting artwork from classic vinyl record album covers.
Fediverse address:
@Vinyl@pixelfed.social
WWWTXT
WWWTXT is a hand-curated selection of public internet posts from 1980-1994.
Fediverse address:
@wwwtxt@mastodon.social
Anatoly Shashkin
All about retro gaming and retro computing, mainly on MS-DOS PCs of the 1980s and 1990s. Posts include screenshots, video clips, MIDI music and discussion of favourite memories.
Fediverse address:
@dosnostalgic@mastodon.social
Asia-Pacific Economic History Review
Academic journal of economic history and related areas, covering East, South and Southeast Asia to the Pacific coast of the Americas, including Australia and New Zealand. Originally founded in 1960 as the Australian Economic History Review.
Fediverse address:
@APEHR@mastodon.social
The Blake Society
Society founded in 1985 which celebrates the poetry, prose and art of William Blake (1757 – 1827).
Fediverse address:
@BlakeSociety@mastodonapp.uk
Dr Coralie Mills
Dendrochronologist, woodland heritage specialist and environmental archaeologist in Scotland.
Fediverse address:
@Dendrochronicle@mastodon.scot
Godsip Club
Blog about some of the stranger aspects of myths, folklore and religion from all around the world.
Fediverse address:
@godsipclub@thefolklore.cafe
Old English Wordhord
Posting an Old English word and its meaning every day, also sometimes related images or topics.
Fediverse address:
@OEWordhord@mastodon.social
Wellington Chinese History
Tracing and recording sites of significance to the Chinese communities in Wellington, New Zealand.
Fediverse address:
@WellingtonChineseHistory@cloudisland.nz
Daniel Loftus
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
The Vulgar Tongue
Bot posting excerpts from “Grose’s Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue”, a collection of 18th Century English popular slang (sometimes crude).
Fediverse address:
@TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us
Auschwitz Memorial
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
Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia
Podcast running since 2021 all about theatrical history in Philadelphia PA in the United States.
Fediverse address:
@schmeterpitz@historians.social
Brian Alberts
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
Art History Animalia
Transdisciplinary zoologist exploring animal iconography from around the world via intersections of natural history with art and visual culture history.
Fediverse address:
@art_history_animalia@historians.social
Richard Nevell
Medieval archaeologist and fan of castles and open knowledge.
Fediverse address:
@RichardNevell@mastodon.social
Alliterative
Videos about the etymology of the English language, presented by the historian Dr Mark Sundaram.
Fediverse address:
@alliterative@tilvids.com
World History Encyclopedia
Non-profit educational organisation based in the UK and Canada, publishing articles, videos, podcasts etc about history. (Previously known as the Ancient History Encyclopedia.)
Fediverse address:
@whencyclopedia@mstdn.social
V Brigham
Veteran programmer for the venerable Commodore 64 home computer from 1982, who nowadays posts in-depth videos about developing software on the C64.
Fediverse address:
@v_brigham@tilvids.com
World History Association
Non-profit academic association promoting the study of world history, founded in 1982 and based in the United States. Publishes the “Journal of World History” and “The World History Bulletin”.
Fediverse address:
@wha@historians.social
Dan Carkner
Independent history researcher currently working on projects about Klezmer music publishing, American Klezmer composers and copyright of the 1910s-1920s.
Fediverse address:
@carkner@klezmor.im
Books on the Line
Account dedicated to the historic railways of South East Wales, featuring book reviews and other materials on the topic.
Fediverse address:
@booksontheline@toot.wales
Kai-Christian Bruhn
Computing archaeologist, Professor for Interdisciplinary Applications of Spatial Surveying- and Information-Technology at Mainz University of Applied Sciences in Germany.
Fediverse address:
@kacebe@scholar.social
Histodons Guppe Group
A Fediverse discussion group about history, covering all periods. (Click here ⧉ for more about how groups work.)
Fediverse address:
@histodons@a.gup.pe
The Old Map Gallery
Website, podcast and online gallery all about old maps, cartography and data visualisation.
Fediverse address:
@oldmapgallery@sciencemastodon.com
Society for the Study of Labour History
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
Essex Egyptology Group
Group formed in Essex, UK, holding regular meetings, talks and study days about Ancient Egypt. Guest speakers include include archaeologists, researchers and experts from around the world (including modern Egypt).
Fediverse address:
@EssexEgyptology@archaeo.social
Old School Flyers
Bot posting old school hip-hop flyers for gigs, events, clubs etc.
Fediverse address:
@oldschoolflyers@rap.social
Medieval Illumination
Bot posting a medieval book illumination every day.
Fediverse address:
@medieval_illuminations@mastodon.social
Pierre Spaninks
Amateur Egyptologist fascinated with the ancient world.
Fediverse address (in Dutch and English):
@pierre@waag.social
Archaeodons Guppe Group
Discussion group about archaeology and history. (Click here ⧉ for more info on how to use Fediverse groups.)
Fediverse address:
@archaeodons@a.gup.pe
Fritz Bauer Institute
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
Global Maritime History
Website founded in 2013 providing resources and discussion for maritime historians of all levels and interests. The approach is broad, covering ships, ports, voyaging, littoral environments, art, literature etc.
Fediverse address:
@globalmaritimehistory@digipres.club
Dr Nathalie Brusgaard
Archaeologist and prehistorian, Assistant Professor at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Interested in the relationship between animals and humans throughout history.
Fediverse address:
@brusgaard@archaeo.social
Let’s Talk Philosophy
Videos about philosophers, their ideas and their historical context.
Fediverse address:
@letstalkphilosophy@tilvids.com
Donna Yates
Archaeologist and criminologist at Maastricht University, studying artefact and fossil smuggling, art crime and theft of cultural objects.
Fediverse address:
@Drdonnayates@archaeo.social
David Reamer
Historian, author, columnist in the Anchorage Daily News. Posting about the history of Alaska including photos, video, art etc.
Fediverse address:
@ANC_Historian@alaskan.social
Movies Silently
Account and website all about silent films, the silent era and related topics such as vintage recipes etc.
Fediverse address:
@moviessilently@mastodon.social
Between Wanderings
Small independent Jewish publisher and blog, focusing on Jewish life and culture from the 1850s to the 1920s.
Fediverse address:
@bwjewishhistory@babka.social
Viking Dublin Dogs
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
Sebastian Hageneuer
Archaeologist, researcher and PhD student. Hageneuer runs archaeology sites focusing on 3D digital archaeological reconstructions and archaeoinfomatics.
Fediverse address:
@ArchaeoBasti@mastodon.online
Epicurus
Amateur archaeology and prehistory enthusiast, shares lots of stories and images related to the ancient world.
Fediverse address:
@Epicurus@mastodon.online
Accordion Bruce
Musician and Accordion historian, author of the book “Accordion Revolution: A People’s History”.
Fediverse address:
@AccordionBruce@mastodon.social
Cats of Yore
Sharing interesting pictures and links about cats from throughout history.
Fediverse address:
@CatsOfYore@varmint.town
Punkrock History
Photos, facts and flyers from the punk music scene of the 1970s and 1980s.
Fediverse address:
@historyofpunkrock@sfba.social
0 A.D.
Free open source real time strategy game set in the ancient world, similar to Age Of Empires. It’s still in Alpha testing, but is playable and available for Linux, Mac, Windows and BSD.
Fediverse address (main):
@play0ad@mastodon.social
Fediverse address (videos):
@playzeroad@videos.pair2jeux.tube
The Partial Historians
Creators of a podcast series covering the history of Ancient Rome, they also use the account to share interesting news and images about ancient history.
Fediverse address:
@phistorians@kolektiva.social
Richard III Society
Promoting research into the life and times of Richard III of England. The society was founded in 1924.
Fediverse address:
@RichardIIISociety@mstdn.social
Dr Scott Chaussée
Archaeologist at Aberystwyth specialising in marine geophysics, Roman and early medieval history and landscape archaeology.
Fediverse address:
@s_chaussee@vmst.io
British History Online
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
Kristina Gehrmann
Professional illustrator and graphic novel creator who makes beautifully crafted digital paintings in a traditional style, usually based on historical subjects.
Fediverse address:
@kristinagehrmann@mastodon.art
Samuel Pepys
An important public official in 17th Century London, Pepys helped to organise and run the English navy. He also kept a secret diary from 1660 to 1669, where he was surprisingly honest about his personal thoughts and private life. The diary includes his first hand accounts of the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London. The Fediverse account divides the diary into chunks which are posted in estimated real time.
Fediverse address:
@samuelpepys@mastodon.social
Regionales Retro-Rechenzentrum (3rz)
A vintage computing centre in Freiburg, Germany. They preserve hardware and software from the 1970s, 80s and 90s, and have it set up working so visitors can use it.
Fediverse address (in German):
@3rz@freiburg.social
Mythology Guppe Group
A Fediverse discussion group about mythology and myths. (Click here ⧉ for more about how groups work.)
Fediverse address:
@mythology@a.gup.pe
The Arts Hole
A humorous and well-researched video documentary series about famous painters and artists, discussing their life and works. The voice over is nice and calm, and this is a very relaxing series to watch.
Fediverse address:
@theartshole@tilvids.com
1970s London
Photographs of everyday life from London in the 1970s, often highlighting trends and social issues of the time.
Fediverse address:
@1970sLondon@mastodonapp.uk
The Hon. Mayor of Banjotown
Musician who also runs a band called the Capharnaum County Magicians Society. The music is mainly 19th/20th Century banjo pieces.
Fediverse address (main):
@mayor@banjo.town
Fediverse address (band):
@magicians@banjo.town
Dr Rena Maguire
Archaeologist in Ireland, Government of Ireland research fellow, specialises in the Iron Age in western Europe, particularly metals and horses.
Fediverse address:
@StillJustRena@mastodon.social
Medievodons Guppe Group
A Fediverse discussion group about medieval history. (Click here ⧉ for more about how groups work.)
Fediverse address:
@medievodons@a.gup.pe
Rome archaeology and stuff
Sharing photos, links and news about archaeology and historical discoveries in Rome and Italy.
Fediverse address:
@Rome_and_stuff@mastodon.social
Classical Artwork
A bot that posts random historical public domain paintings and drawings every few hours. The paintings are sourced from the classical artwork PD site at artvee.com
Fediverse address:
@art@acg.mn
Beeld en Geluid
The Netherlands Sound & Vision museum. They have a massive archive of thousands of videos available on the Fediverse.
Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@nisv@peertube.beeldengeluid.nl
Ramokromok
Blog posting news and articles about retro gaming and retro computing.
Fediverse address:
@ramokromok@retrochat.online
1960s Guppe Group
Discussion group about the 1960s, including culture, events, people etc. (Click here ⧉ for more info on how to use Fediverse groups.)
Fediverse address:
@1960s@a.gup.pe
Manchester Museum
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
Folklore, Food & Fairytales
Storytelling podcast featuring stories and folklore with connected recipes and food history.
Fediverse address:
@FairytalesFood@mstdn.social
Contingent Magazine
American non-profit history magazine written by adjuncts, museum workers and independent scholars.
Fediverse address:
@contingent_mag@mas.to
Out of Print Archive
Preserving classic video game magazines, especially those from the UK.
Fediverse address:
@OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games
This Is My Glasgow
Photographic project documenting Glasgow in Scotland. Covers the architecture, details, monuments, culture, surrounding area and miscellaneous local colour.
Fediverse address:
@thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot