Highlighting interesting accounts to follow on Mastodon and the Fediverse. You can see all of these recommendations organised into categories on my website at https://fedi.directory
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🎂 Account originally joined mastodon.online on 11th June 2020
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#Audio picks of the day:
➡️ @tenacity - FOSS audio editing, fork of Audacity
➡️ @moodeaudio - Audiophile streaming software for DIY audio
➡️ @obsoletemediauk - Museum of old physical formats
➡️ @socialaudiodescription.com - Collective producing high quality audio description
➡️ @funkwhale - Fediverse audio platform
➡️ @pipewire - FOSS audio & video server for Linux
➡️ @audiocrackle - Non-musical sound art
➡️ @internetarchive - Massive online archive of audio, video etc
#PopCulture picks of the day:
➡️ @gpcd - Podcast about pop culture (film, TV, music etc)
➡️ @geektown - Geek culture & pop culture news
➡️ @retroist - Blog & podcast about retro pop culture
➡️ @polygon - Pop culture, games & entertainment site
➡️ @Kotaku - Gaming & pop culture news
➡️ @Claydisarray - Artist making clay sculptures of pop culture figures
➡️ @robotwig - Artist recreating miniature scenes from popular culture
➡️ @damagecontrolblog - Blog about geek culture, games & anime
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#SelfHosting / #CommunityHosting / #ManagedHosting picks of the day:
➡️ @fedihost - PeerTube & Mastodon managed hosting
➡️ @mastohost - Mastodon managed hosting
➡️ @snikket_im - XMPP/Jabber managed hosting
➡️ @Cloud68 - Managed hosting for very wide range of FOSS services
➡️ @homegrown - Advising non-techy people on hosting their own online services
➡️ @adminforge - German-language site advising on self-hosting
➡️ @jellyfin - Host your own Netflix/Spotify-style streaming service
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The government of #France 🇫🇷 now has an official Fediverse server 🥳
(All accounts in French unless otherwise noted)
➡️ @cnes - France's space agency
➡️ @ambnum - French ambassador for digital affairs (in English)
➡️ @sup_recherche - Ministry of Higher Education & Research
➡️ @astroIAP - Astrophysics Institute of Paris
➡️ @cnrs - CNRS, the French National Centre for Scientific Research
➡️ @umrGeoazur - Geology/geophysics research unit for Côte d'Azur Univ, CNRS, Côte d'Azur Observatory
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#Painting / #Painters picks of the day:
➡️ @unibrawn - Multimedia painter, mix of figurative, surreal, abstract & pop culture
➡️ @hesir - Painting detailed, spectacular fantasy art for comics, tabletop RPGs etc
➡️ @VickyPaintsSpace - Beautiful paintings inspired by space phenomena
➡️ @naturesketchbook - Naturalist painting & drawing in traditional precise manner, especially birds, animals, plants, nature
➡️ @scottlistfield - Striking oil paintings in pop art style feat. social commentary
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#Scotland / #Scottish 🏴 picks of the day:
➡️ @theferret - Award-winning investigative news co-op based in Scotland
➡️ @thisismyglasgow - Photo project documenting Glasgow incl. architecture, monuments, culture etc
➡️ @edinburgh - Community newsletter about news & events in Edinburgh
➡️ @Snoweider - Mountain Leader in Scotland and English Lake District, based on Isle of Arran
➡️ @ctc - Scottish grassroots initiative, workshops on libre tech & open data as force for public good
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