Notices by FediFollows 👻 (fedifollows@mastodon.online)

Neil Gaiman has joined Mastodon, you can follow at:

➡️ @neilhimself

It really is him, he posted his account address on his verified Twitter account:

https://nitter.nl/neilhimself/status/1590187331981815812

https://twitter.com/neilhimself/status/1590187331981815812

#NeilGaiman

Today's featured accounts:

🌟 @itchio - Splendid site with weird and wonderful indie games, comics, ebooks and more

🌟 @RoboChandler - Professional art director, lots of TV animations incl "Fairview", "Washingtonia", "Our Cartoon President"

🌟 @kimhu - Illustrator who creates comic book style dystopian scenes of futuristic urban life

🌟 @henryseg - Mathematician who creates maths-inspired works of art using 3D printing and CGI

🌟 @imagesofprotest - 20 years of photos from UK demonstrations

RSS fans!

You can get RSS feeds of any specific tag in https://fedi.directory by adding /feed/ to the end of the tag's URL.

For example the tag for "Gardening" is at the URL:

https://fedi.directory/tag/gardening/

...so if you wanted to use RSS to track all new gardening accounts, the feed would be:

https://fedi.directory/tag/gardening/feed/

When new accounts are added to tags you follow like this, they will appear in your RSS feed.

#RSS #Fediverse #Mastodon

Can I just give a shoutout to one of the original programmers at Lucasfilm Games (aka LucasArts) who created so many wonderful games?

➡️ @DavidBFox

David Fox worked on all kinds of famous graphic adventures like "Maniac Mansion", "Zak McKraken", "Indiana Jones" and returned to the genre recently with Ron Gilbert on "Thimbleweed Park" and "Return To Monkey Island".

#LucasFilm #LucasArts #AdventureGames #Gaming #VideoGames

Codeberg.org is a non-profit hosting site for FOSS projects. You can follow at:

➡️ @Codeberg

Their website is at https://codeberg.org

Codeberg is a very large instance of Gitea, the self-hostable code hosting platform. You can also follow them at:

➡️ @gitea

Gitea's website is at https://gitea.io

Gitea is testing federation through ActivityPub, which will make it part of the Fediverse! 🤞

#Codeberg #Gitea #Dev #FOSS #FLOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Forges #SelfHosting

Mobilizon is a free open source federated events platform, designed to provide a privacy-friendly alternative to Facebook Events. You can follow at:

➡️ @mobilizon

It has just left beta testing and is now ready for use. You can find out more on official sites at:

https://joinmobilizon.org/en

and

https://mobilizon.org/en

It has been designed for activists and volunteer organisations, but anyone can use it.

#Mobilizon #Mobilison #Events #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Activism #SelfHosting #FOSS #FLOSS

Rob Tilsley is an astrophotographer and space enthusiast who takes astonishing photos from his backyard telescope. You can follow at:

➡️ @stargazerrob

Tilsley has an Astrobin page with excellent very high resolution images at https://www.astrobin.com/users/StargazerRob

#RobTilsley #Astronomy #Space #Astrophotography #Photography #Photographers

Samsai does regular live streams of Linux games, you can follow at:

➡️ @stream

This is an @owncast account, so you can follow it from Mastodon etc and a post will appear in your timeline when it goes live. Click on the link in the post to participate in the stream.

More info about the stream including a schedule at https://cast.samsai.eu

#Samsai #LiveStreaming #LiveStreamers #LiveStream #Games #Gaming #Linux #LinuxGaming #VideoGames

Jectoons is a Mexican animator and illustrator who creates single panel sketches called "Random Vignettes". You can follow at:

➡️ @jectoons

Their website is at https://www.jectoons.net

Their cartoons are released under Creative Commons Attribution unless stated.

#Jectoons #Animation #Animator #Art #Cartoons #Comics #Illustration #Illustrators #CreativeCommons #CC

Linux Magazine is a physical and digital magazine with news and features about Linux, FOSS, software development, electronics projects etc. You can follow at:

➡️ @linuxmagazine

The magazine's website is at https://www.linux-magazine.com

#LinuxMagazine #Linux #GNULinux #Magazine #Magazines #News #Journalism #Publications #Computing #Technology #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

48kRAM is a retro computing fan who uses and repairs old computers, and hosts a retro computing livestream. You can follow at:

➡️ @48kRAM

The livestream is at https://www.twitch.tv/48kRAM

#48kRAM #RetroComputing #ComputingHistory #Computing #Computers #OldComputers #Electronics #Retro #LiveStreaming #LiveStreamers #Technology #Hardware #RetroGaming #8Bit #16Bit

Computer Chronicles Revisited is an unofficial blog that looks at the US television series "Computer Chronicles", which covered computing news from 1983 - 2002.

You can follow at:

➡️ @chronrevisited

The blog itself is at https://www.smoliva.blog

#ComputerChroniclesRevisited #ComputerChronicles #Computing #RetroComputing #ComputingHistory #Computers #OldComputers #Blogs #Blog #Blogging #Bloggers #Retro #1980s #1990s #Technology #TV #Television #Film #PBS

Doug1949 takes photographs of birds, other animals and landscapes. You can follow at:

➡️ @Doug1949

#Doug1949 #Birds #Bird #Birbs #Birb #Photography #Photos #Photo #BirdPhotography #BirdPhotos #WildlifePhotography #Wildlife #Nature #Animals #Landscape #Landscapes

Stevan Lockhart runs a blog about off-grid energy, which is particularly topical right now. There are also photographs of life in Scotland. You can follow at:

➡️ @withaveeay@mastodon.scot (main account)

➡️ @withaveeay@pixelfed.de (photos)

The blog is at https://www.vasten.co.uk/blog

#StevanLockhart #QuibbleLocker #Energy #OffTheGrid #Technology #Blogs #Blogging #Photography

Fediphoto Lineage is an app for Android phones which makes it as easy as possible to share photos on the Fediverse. You can follow at:

➡️ @fediphoto_lineage

It's available through @fdroidorg and has a page at https://f-droid.org/packages/com.fediphoto.lineage

It's based on an app by @pla, who enjoyed sharing pictures on the Fediverse while out and about. PLA sadly died in January 2021, and Fediphot Lineage aims to honour his memory by keeping his project alive.

#FediPhotoLineage #Apps #Android #Fediverse #PLA #FOSS

Juan Carlos Muñoz is an astronomer and media officer at the European Southern Observatory, in Chile. You can follow at:

➡️ @astro_jcm

Muñoz's observatory page is at https://www.eso.org/~jmunoz and the observatory itself is at https://www.eso.org

The ESO is funded by European countries who wish to observe the sky from the southern hemisphere. It's based in the Chilean desert far from light pollution.

#JuanCarlosMuñoz #Astronomy #Space #Science #Observatory #ESO #European #Astrophotography

O Westin writes very short stories that fit into a single toot, usually with a sci-fi or fantasy setting. You can follow at:

➡️ @MicroSFF

Westin has a website at https://microsff.com

#MicroSFFStories #OWestin #MicroFiction #SmallStories #TootFic #Writing #Fiction #Authors #ShortStories #ShortFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #ScienceFiction

Veloren is a FOSS open world multiplayer RPG, sort of like a cross between Breath Of The Wild and Minecraft. You can follow the official account at:

➡️ @veloren

It's available for Linux, Mac and Windows from the official website at https://veloren.net

Veloren includes online multiplayer options, and you can host your own server if you want to.

#Veloren #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Gaming #Games #Game #VideoGames #VideoGame #OpenWorld #Voxel #RPG #RPGs #SelfHosting

NextCloud is a free open source platform that lets you own your own personal cloud services. You can follow them at:

➡️ @nextcloud

It's widely used by companies, governments and individuals as a privacy-friendly self-hosted alternative to Google, Microsoft etc.

You can find out more from their site at https://nextcloud.com (and their site aimed at individuals at https://nextcloud.com/athome).

#NextCloud #FOSS #FLOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Libre #Business #Productivity #SelfHosting

BookWyrm is a Fediverse alternative to Amazon's GoodReads, letting you review books, share reading lists, discover new books and interact with other readers. You can follow at:

➡️ @bookwyrm

The website is at https://joinbookwyrm.com

There are lists of instances to join at https://joinbookwyrm.com/instances and https://fedidb.org/software/bookwyrm

You can follow BookWyrm accounts from Mastodon etc, for example @mouse

#BookWyrm #Fediverse #Books #Book #Reading #Literature #ActivityPub #GoodReads #Alternatives