FediFollows

FediFollows, 11 months ago to random

Sorry for delay in doing picks of the day last couple of days, am catching up behind the scenes!

FediFollows, 11 months ago to fediverse

Just a reminder of a couple of things:

• You don't have to wait for me to randomly post interesting accounts to follow. I have a website at https://fedi.directory which has all the recommendations sorted into categories.

• There are other #Fediverse directory sites such as the excellent Trunk at https://communitywiki.org/trunk and the splendid Fediverse.info at https://fediverse.info/explore/people. These other directories focus more on personal accounts, while FediFollows tends towards specialist accounts.

FediFollows, 11 months ago to cooperatives

#CoOperatives picks of the day:

➡️ @institutcoop - Canadian institute promoting research & discussion of co-ops

➡️ @weareopencoop - Co-op helping charities, businesses, public bodies adopt open digital policy

➡️ @autonomic - Worker-owned co-operative providing hosting & tech services

➡️ @coopcloud - Organisation helping co-ops create their own clouds using FOSS

➡️ @thegazettecoop - Local newspaper for Leicester, UK run by a co-op

➡️ @mellium - Co-op creating Go resources for XMPP

FediFollows, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to random

#SelfHosting & #CommunityHosting picks of the day:

(All of these are FOSS and self-hostable)

➡️ @nextcloud - Host your own personal cloud, with lots of built-in services/apps you can install

➡️ @yunohost - Linux distro which lets you install self-hosting services through a graphic interface

➡️ @freedomboxfndn - Version of Linux designed to make self-hosting services easier

➡️ @homegrown - Site helping non-technical people use managed hosting to run their own online services

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FediFollows, 11 months ago to random

#Cityscapes picks of the day:

➡️ @thisismyglasgow - Photographic project documenting Glasgow in Scotland

➡️ @viereck - Photographing surroundings of Kiel in Germany, especially buildings

➡️ @JoseMel - Watercolours of street scenes, landscapes etc

➡️ @ohtani_tani25 - Japanese cityscapes and nature

➡️ @raph - Spectacular landscape and cityscape photos (in French)

➡️ @adibren - Atmospheric photos of city scenes

FediFollows, 11 months ago to random

End-to-end Encryption / #E2EE picks of the day:

(all these are FOSS & E2EE)

➡️ @cryptpad - Online collaborative office suite

➡️ @briar - P2P messaging for activists, journalists etc

➡️ @delta - Encrypted chat system, piggybacks existing email accounts

➡️ @Tutanota - Independent email provider, supports E2EE wherever possible

➡️ @prav - XMPP app & service, developed by co-op in India

➡️ @gajim - XMPP app for Linux, Mac, Win

➡️ @Monal - XMPP app for iOS & Mac

➡️ @kaidan - XMPP app for KDE

FediFollows, 11 months ago to food

#Food & #Drink picks of the day:

➡️ @kitchen - Posts about food, cookery, ovens & cooking gadgets

➡️ @NextGenCookbook - Blog featuring easy recipes from around the world which use fresh ingredients

➡️ @ianmacallen - Food writer, author of “Red Sauce”, Senior Food Correspondent at America Domani

➡️ @martijn - Account dedicated to gardening, homegrown food, (mainly vegetarian) cooking & coffee

➡️ @BRKitchenGarden - Advice on growing your own food in a small urban garden

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FediFollows, 11 months ago to Electronics

#Electronics picks of the day:

➡️ @loratype - Developer of radio-based instant messaging system, based in Ukraine

➡️ @blitzcitydiy (main) & @blitzcitydiy (videos) - Electronics technician, makes fun videos about electronics, 3D printing, plays self-written music on self-built synthesisers

➡️ @adafruit - Open source hardware manufacturer making components, boards, accessories etc for computing & electronics projects

➡️ @mntmn - Small indie company making libre laptop

1/4

FediFollows, 11 months ago to Weather

#Meteorology, #Weather & #Climate picks of the day:

➡️ @TheConversationClimate - News articles related to global warming, written by qualified experts

➡️ @MichaelEMann - Climatologist & geophysicist, particularly focused on global warming

➡️ @Ruth_Mottram - Climate scientist at Danish Meteorological Institute

➡️ @W_Lucht - Works at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, advises German government on environmental issues

1/4

FediFollows, 11 months ago to pixelart

#PixelArt, #VoxelArt & #LowPoly picks of the day:

➡️ @mhzmodels - Voxel artist making models of retro electronics

➡️ @martian - Retro pixel artist & game dev, working on ZX Spectrum title

➡️ @JuliaMinamata - Creating a 1980s/90s style graphic adventure game

➡️ @miojao - Low poly graphics with pretty handmade look

➡️ @nauris - Epic fantasy pixel art and game assets

➡️ @jammigans - Colourful minimalist pixel art for Pico8

➡️ @helpcomputer0 - Beautiful ZX Spectrum pixel art

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FediFollows, 11 months ago to random

#ArtNews & #ArtHistory picks of the day:

➡️ @artmonthly - Magazine about contemporary visual art

➡️ @hyperallergic - Website & podcast with news, features about art etc

➡️ @boijmans - Art museum in Rotterdam, huge collection covering all periods

➡️ @LauraJG - Artist & photographer, art history enthusiast

➡️ @art_history_animalia - Zoologist exploring animal iconography

➡️ @letterformarchive - Archive of lettering, typography, graphic design etc

➡️ @art - Bot posting historical paintings

FediFollows, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to sport

#Sport picks of the day:

➡️ @liverpool - News site devoted to Liverpool FC

➡️ @wxmafc - Fan account for Wrexham AFC

➡️ @footiebuzz - Sharing football articles from the internet

➡️ @dgsv_handball - Handball teams of German Deaf Sports Association

➡️ @WDCV_Frauen - Women's cricket organisation in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

➡️ @TheHockeyWriters - News site about North American ice hockey

➡️ @BaronVonClutch - Motorsport journalist covering F1, WEC, Formula E, MotoGP etc

1/3

FediFollows, 1 year ago to random

#Miniatures picks of the day:

➡️ @DrH - Scale models, miniatures, dioramas from scifi, fantasy & real world

➡️ @JHMiniatures - Creates extremely detailed miniature paint jobs, makes videos about how they are done

➡️ @arcticEdge & @arcticEdge & @arcticEdge - Artist & scifi fan, paints miniatures from Warhammer 40k etc

➡️ @mz4250 - 3D artist and D&D fan creating 3D printable miniatures

➡️ @Pandaemoniumminiatures - Intricately painted miniatures & terrain for TTRPGs/wargaming

1/3

FediFollows, 1 year ago to linux

#Ubuntu picks of the day:

➡️ @omgubuntu - News site about Ubuntu, FOSS etc

➡️ @fullcirclemagazine - PDF magazine about Ubuntu & Linux

➡️ @LubuntuOfficial - Lightweight version of Ubuntu

➡️ @edubuntu - Version for schools

➡️ @ubuntustudio - Distro for creative people

➡️ @ubports - Ubuntu for phones

➡️ @kubuntu - Ubuntu using KDE Plasma

➡️ @ubuntuportugal - Portuguese user group

➡️ @pup - Portuguese Ubuntu podcast

➡️ @ubuntusway - Ubuntu using Sway

➡️ @pacstall - AUR-style package manager

FediFollows, 1 year ago to random

Advice needed on recommending groups:

I would like to mention groups in the daily picks, but this means the post itself would end up in the group, and if people mention the group's address in their replies, the replies would end up in the group too.

I could mention the groups with spaces in the address, but would everyone understand why I'm doing it? Would they find it easy to remove the spaces?

Anyone have thoughts on the matter?

FediFollows, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to random

#ClassicalMusic & #Opera picks of the day:

➡️ @rexpotam - French classical composer, also singer-songwriter

➡️ @dudokquartet - Dutch classical string quartet

➡️ @meganmariehart - Spinto soprano opera singer, original from USA, now in Germany

➡️ @aleciabatson - American actor and opera singer, currently on HBO

➡️ @PocketOperaCompany - Independent mobile opera, unusual locations such as Wagner in a launderette etc (in German)

➡️ @gitarra - Professional classical guitarist (in German)

1/3

FediFollows, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to fediverse

I'm trying to list more Fediverse groups on fedi.directory. You can see groups I've listed so far at https://fedi.directory/tag/fediverse-groups/

I've tried to only list groups that are active and have a friendly atmosphere.

If you have any groups you think I should add, let me know in the replies! :)

#Fediverse #Groups #Guppe #Chirp

FediFollows, 1 year ago to cycling

#Cycling picks of the day:

➡️ @DrRickWoten - Professor posting about the history of cycling

➡️ @CoolBikeArt1 - Notable images related to bikes

➡️ @pws - Retired bicycle mechanic giving advice on repairs/maintenance

➡️ @ridewithchris - North American cyclist posting maps & photos

➡️ @cyclinggeezr - Cycling fan & photographer in UK, lots of trip reports

➡️ @pete - Cycling blogger in north west England

➡️ @ssamulczyk - Amateur road & gravel cyclist

➡️ @ruari - Unicyclist & penny farthing rider

1/3

FediFollows, 1 year ago to random

#Psychedelic picks of the day:

➡️ @sylvia_ritter - Colourful glowing illustrations, often featuring stylised animal mascots

➡️ @harriorrihar - Vivid scenes with a manga/storyboard feel

➡️ @gwenn - Trippy textured portraits and illustrations

➡️ @wubfur - Psychedelic rock and indie music mixes

➡️ @sloane - Comic artist, illustrator, writer, colourful style with visceral edge

➡️ @Hypnagogist - Surreal multimedia art including drawings, murals, CGI etc

FediFollows, 1 year ago to random

#DoodleArt / #Doodle picks of the day:

➡️ @posiputt - Doodle-type art often with surreal creatures. Did the artwork for my other account @feditips!

➡️ @doodlebrink - Amusing & memorable doodles (in German but usually entirely visual)

➡️ @art_of_carun - Cartoonist & visual storyteller

➡️ @mouldyCat - Doodly, pretty and sometimes disturbing illustrations

➡️ @ronnietucker - Pen & ink doodles, also rough wood carvings

FediFollows, 1 year ago to random

#Aviation picks of the day:

➡️ @Av8rdan - Private pilot, former aviation journalist

➡️ @glebris - Engineer interested in airports, planes, VTOL etc

➡️ @AirlineReporter - Aviation news site

➡️ @futurshox - Plane fan, photos of planes

➡️ @JetTip - Alerts for interesting planes at particular airports

➡️ @clemensv - Aviation photos & other images

➡️ @Aviation_Librarian - Images from air travel history

➡️ @aircraft_alert - Aircraft squawking 7500 or 7700

➡️ @leavt - Artist, often features aircraft

FediFollows, 1 year ago to random

#ComputingHistory & #RetroComputing picks of the day:

➡️ @256 - Photos & screenshots about old computers

➡️ @wwwtxt - Human-curated selection of public internet posts from 1980-1994

➡️ @hackers_gifs - Random animated gifs from the film Hackers (1995)

➡️ @techtales - Podcast about tech history including famous & obscure

➡️ @48kRAM - Repairs old computers, hosts retro computing livestream

➡️ @futurewas8bit - Retro computing fan, runs company selling spares, accessories, repairs for 8-bits

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FediFollows, 1 year ago to random

#OilPainting picks of the day:

➡️ @jangaska - Fine art oil paintings

➡️ @JanMatson - Thickly textured oil paintings with palette knife

➡️ @brandkopf (main) & @brandkopf (videos) - Painting, drawing, fantasy themes

➡️ @connyduck - Painting account of Tusky developer

➡️ @catherinefeeney - Traditional oils, watercolours, sketches

➡️ @fearbiter - Cartoonist & painter

➡️ @Chloeg - Gouache, watercolour, acrylic, oils, sometimes all at once

➡️ @GrumpyMark - Digital oil paintings & other techniques

FediFollows, 1 year ago to random

#PublicDomain / #PD picks of the day:

➡️ @gutenberg_org - Project distributing public domain ebooks

➡️ @publicdomainrev - Journal exploring interesting items of PD

➡️ @art - Bot posting historical art

➡️ @wikidata - Collaboratively-edited PD knowledge base

➡️ @CuisineLibre - French-language PD & CC recipes

➡️ @internetarchive - Archive of PD, CC & other licensed content

➡️ @rstv - Livestreaming PD films 24/7

➡️ @AmigaBoing - Amiga PD & shareware

➡️ @opensciencevids - PD & CC science videos

FediFollows, 1 year ago to random

#VideoGameMusic / #VGM picks of the day:

➡️ @ShujinAcademyVGMClub - Podcast all about video game music, mainly retro & some new

➡️ @hollandalbright - Composer creating classical soundtracks

➡️ @RadioSEGA - Online radio station, podcast & blog about Sega's music and games

➡️ @revengeday - Professional drum & bass, techno, electronica composer

➡️ @brickblock369 - VGM remixer and composer

➡️ @AtariSTMusic - Atari ST music bot

➡️ @AYMusic - ZX Spectrum music bot

➡️ @SIDMusic - C64 music bot