Roger Verhoeven @RogerVerhoeven@mastodon.online

I am happy to reveal that a non-profit legal entity for Mastodon, Mastodon gGmbH, is in the process of being entered into the German company register.

For context, I have been operating as a sole proprietor so far.

It's been in the works for 8 months but I didn't want to announce anything until everything was finalized just in case it didn't work out. Yesterday, I paid in the starting capital.

It wouldn't be possible without the help and advice of @mellifluousbox. More to follow in blog form.

Please boost

Which #universities are on #Mastodon / Fediverse?
Welche #Universitäten sind im #Fediverse?

Official:
• @unihohenheim Uni #Hohenheim, #Germany
• @unijena Uni #Jena, Germany

Own server:
• https://mastodon.utwente.nl/about @utwente #UTwente, #Netherlands
• https://metu.life/about/ @Tuan #Metu, #Turkey
• https://mastodon.mit.edu/about @maxj @dukhovni #MIT, #USA
• https://mastodon.ocf.berkeley.edu/about @staff UC #Berkeley, USA

Students’ Committee:
• @astatu #AStA #TUBerlin #Berlin, Germany.

Any missing?

Grassroots Review Journals is an initiative to support specialised and open review journals, which review articles from traditional journals. You can follow at:

➡️ @GrassrootsReview

You can find out more on the official site at https://grassroots.is

#GrassrootsReviewJournals #GrassrootsJournals #Science #Scientific #OpenScience #Academic #Academia #Papers #Articles #PeerReview

Keyoxide is a FOSS decentralised online identity platform, you can follow it at:

➡️ @keyoxide

The project website is at https://keyoxide.org

It helps you prove who you are across multiple sites without storing any personal data about you.

#KeyOxide #FOSS #FreeSoftware #Libre #OpenSource #Privacy #KeyBase #Alternatives

FOSS and Crafts is an off-beat podcast about free open software, making stuff, handicrafts and related topics. You can follow at:

➡️ @fossandcrafts

The website is at https://fossandcrafts.org

The presenters are also on the Fediverse at @mlemweb and @cwebber

#FOSSandCrafts #FOSS #Crafts #Podcast #Podcasts #Podcasting #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Craft #Crafting #Handicrafts #Handicraft

Castopod is an in-development FOSS self-hostable podcasting platform, which now has Fediverse support too. You can follow at:

➡️ @Castopod

The project website is at https://castopod.org

It's still in alpha testing, but the latest version adds ActivityPub support so that people on Mastodon etc. can interact with Castopod posts.

The git is at https://code.podlibre.org/podlibre/castopod

#Castopod #Podcasting #Podcasts #Podcast #Fediverse #ActivityPub #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #SelfHosting

Manyverse is a social network without servers. Friends communicate peer-to-peer, personal data is stored locally. You can follow at:

➡️ @manyver_se

The official site is at https://www.manyver.se

It's part of the Scuttlebutt network, but has a user-friendly interface & branding that is aimed at a general audience.

Manyverse is on Android and iOS, desktop users can use Scuttlebutt's apps.

#ManyVerse #Scuttlebutt #SSB #P2P #OffTheGrid #SocialMedia #Distributed #FOSS #Libre #Activism #Apps

Privacy International is a charity that has campaigned for the right to privacy since 1990. You can follow their official Fediverse account at:

➡️ @privacyint@mastodon.xyz

They also have an official video account on their own PeerTube instance at:

➡️ @privacyint@media.privacyinternational.org

Their website is at https://privacyinternational.org

#PrivacyInternational #PI #Privacy #Rights #HumanRights #NGO #NGOs #Charity #Charities #OnlinePrivacy #Videos #Activism #PeerTube #PeerTubers

Are you looking for people to follow on Mastodon and the Fediverse?

Click below for a directory of hundreds of recommended follows organised into 43 topics:

➡️ https://mastodon.online/@FediFollows/105962112159627074

(If a category has several pages of follows, click "show older" at the bottom to see the next page.)

This is just a tiny fraction of accounts on here, but hopefully it will give people's timelines a good start.

Please do share this with anyone you think might benefit, for example people new to the Fediverse.