Topic/Location Focused Instances

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This magazine is for cataloging non-general purpose threadiverse (lemmy/kbin) servers. These often focus on a particular geographic location, subject matter, or audience, or have a specific aesthetic. - The big list

founded 1 year ago
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adultswim.fan - "[adult swim] fan community lemmy instance" (adultswim.fan)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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retrolemmy.com - "A place to join and create all kinds of retro themed communities." Currently focused on retro tech (retrolemmy.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Found at this thread

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lemmyloves.art - "A lemmy instance for artists & art lovers" (lemmyloves.art)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Discussed in this thread

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futurology.today - "A community devoted to the field of Future(s) Studies and evidence-based speculation about the development of humanity, technology, and civilization." (futurology.today)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Found at this thread. It's run by the same team as r/futurology on reddit.

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hotaudiofiction.social - "A community for audio fiction fans and creators - For lovers and creators of audio fiction in any form—fiction podcasts, audio dramas, radio theater, audiobooks, and more!" (hotaudiofiction.social)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Found at this thread

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Mods4Ever - a collection of communities for our game mods including Deus Ex Randomizer and RollerCoaster Tycoon Randomizer, and also a community for The 7th Guest series (lemmy.mods4ever.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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https://lemmy.mods4ever.com/

To save you a click, here's a list of our communities:

[email protected] for Deus Ex Randomizer

[email protected] Build Engine Randomizer, this works for Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, Blood, or Ion Fury

[email protected] RollerCoaster Tycoon Randomizer, use with OpenRCT2

[email protected] StarCraft 2 Balance Patch Randomizer, this is for multiplayer and it's like generating a new balance patch for every game!

[email protected] Unreal Randomizer

[email protected] Duke Nukem Forever (2001) Restoration Project Randomizer

[email protected] Unreal Tournament (1999) Crowd Control and Randomizer

[email protected] Stream Detective is a bot to alert when streams start on Twitch, you can have it search by game, title, and tags (we use this to alert us about new streams of people playing our mods, currently for Discord and Mastodon)

All of the above projects are open source on GitHub

And [email protected] for discussion about The 7th Guest, The 11th Hour, The 13th Doll, The 7th Guest VR, the board game, Clandestiny, Tender Loving Care, Uncle Henry's Playhouse, and more! I have made many contributions to Groovie engine in ScummVM which powers some of these games, definitely check them out for all your old adventure game needs.

We also have a little website https://mods4ever.com

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lewy.world - "an adult/NSFW content homepage for Lemmy" (lewy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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4WD.social - a home in the fediverse for offroad, overlanding, outdoors and related content (4wd.social)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Added instances from sub.rehab and redditmigration.com (kbin.social)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I wrote a new script script that scans an arbitrary block of text for URLs, and extracts any hostnames that aren't already on the big list or in a new ignore list file. I ran the data from sub.rehab and redditmigration.com through it, and found 6 new instances to add to the list:

Topic/audience focused:

  • seemel.ink - "See Me Link Aggregator" - Tech, mostly keyboards
  • awful.systems - Tech snark?
  • discuss.ntfy.sh - "ntfy (pronounced notify) is a simple HTTP-based pub-sub notification service. You can use it to send push notifications to your phone via HTTP PUT/POST."
  • fedi196.gay - LGBTQ-focused kbin instance
  • rimworld.gallery - "Rimworld.gallery is a non profit kbin server dedicated to Rimworld, especially high resolution renders made with the progress renderer mod."

Location/language focused:

  • Portuguese - lemmy.pt - "A public instance of Lemmy dedicated to the entire Portuguese-speaking community."

The ignore list may also be kind of interesting to look at. I tried to categorize non-threadiverse sites by what software they're running, in case said software ends up implementing ActivityPub in a way that's compatible with lemmy and kbin.

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Literature.cafe - "A Cozy Place for Bibliophiles and Writers (and anyone else, really)" (literature.cafe)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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after bug testing, and figuring out lemmy the site is up and very stable. still building the communities there though but yeah

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lebowski.social - "The Big Lebowski Instance" (kbin.social)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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https://lebowski.social/
Popped up on /all.

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thegarden.land - "a home for gardeners and plant-lovers" (kbin.social)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Found in this thread:

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Large Update (kbin.social)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I went through all the instances listed on lemmyverse.net and added almost all of the specialized ones I found. The list is about 3 times as large now! Definitely getting Old Web vibes. Is it time to start making webrings again?

Here's the additions:

Topic/audience focused:

  • disflux.org - "disflux is a lemmy instance focused on D.I.Y. and self sufficiency type communities."
  • lemmyadmin.site - "A Federation of small instance administrators to share knowledge and back each other up during off hours incidents."
  • community.nicfab.it - "This is a community space for projects and users interested in privacy, data protection, cybersecurity, and innovative solutions."
  • hobbit.world - "This is intended to be a small community of folks who love the works of Tolkien."
  • lemmydeals.com - "A Federated deal finder"
  • code4lib.net - "GLAM themed online community" (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums)
  • zoo.splitlinux.org - "Everything Split Linux"
  • lemmy.srv.eco - "Self-sufficiency, mutual aid, collapse, and other subjects related to the environment and our place and role(s) within it."
  • support.futbol - "Association Football focused instance."
  • digipres.cafe - "A community notice board and discussion space for all things digital preservation, including digital-GLAM, and digital information records management."
  • neatia.xyz - "dedicated to writing and sharing prompts for prompt engineering in LLMs."
  • thevapor.space - "Vaping and engineering discussion space"
  • lemmy.glasgow.social - "A place for communities based in and around Glasgow, Scotland."
  • mobilemmohub.com - "Community of mobile MMO games enthusiasts"
  • lemmy.graphics - "A Lemmy instance for computer graphics hobbyists and professionals."
  • lemmymemes.com - "Join our online board, connect with meme lovers, and unleash your laughter. Share, discuss, and enjoy the funniest memes around. It's meme time!"
  • lemmy.piracy.guide - "Piracy Guide Lemmy"
  • demotheque.com - "For the demoscene, culture and people associated with it."
  • tagpro.lol - "lemmy instance for tagpro players"
  • citizensgaming.com - "a Star Citizen specific Lemmy instance"
  • frmsn.space - "The home for Freemasonry on Lemmy & the Fediverse"
  • discuss.divergentparenting.space - "A space for caregivers of neurodivergent people to talk amongst themselves and provide support. Allies are welcome."
  • lemmy.bringdaruck.us - "A home for all things hiphop"
  • oceanbreeze.earth - "A nature themed community for adventurists."
  • dit.reformed.social - "a space for Reformed Christians to have discussions, make friends, and support one another"
  • linux.community - "The Linux.Chat community is a multi-platform community for general Linux® support."
  • lemmy.wraithsquadrongaming.com - "Star Wars is a buffet - there's something for everyone!"
  • lemmyf.uk - "your nsfw homepage"
  • lemmy.kodemystic.dev - "Extradimensional pit for eschatonic oracles, anarcho-technomancers, wasted tinfoil madhatters, seekers of eldritch abysses and amnesiac xenomorphs."
  • lemmy.servarr.com - "Lemmy for Servarr and all arr related things"
  • l.cackl.io - "Link aggregation for furries: hyenas and hyena friends, specifically! Furry content not required."
  • femboys.bar - "lemmy instance for the bois'"
  • moto.teamswollen.org - "For all motorcycle discussions including racing."
  • lemmy.beyondcombustion.net - "A Lemmy community for cannabis, vaporizers, and vaporizer accessories."
  • boomer.casino - "the only website in the fediverse made for the digital elderly" (memes)
  • tabletop.place - "A home for board games, tabletop games, wargames, and role-playing games!"
  • lemmy2.addictmud.org - "focus on gaming in general, mudding more specifically, and my mud exactly (addictMUD)."
  • fanexus.com - "A lemmy instance devoted to fans of all kinds."
  • gekinzuku.com - "The best gaming site ever"
  • lemmy.kde.social - "Friendly lemmy instance for the KDE community"
  • lemmy.redkrieg.com - "Just a place for makers to post their things!"
  • shinobu.cloud - "For Shinobu and Anime lovers"
  • toons.zone - "A space for all things animation of all mediums, whether you’re just a fan, or an artist yourself."
  • lemmy.vrchat-dev.tech - "a community-driven lemmy instance for VRChat, a virtual universe home to thousands of unique worlds!"
  • lemmy.spacestation14.com - "A Lemmy instance for Space Station 14"
  • wallstreets.bet - "a hedge against an eventual elimination and removal of the original /r/wallstreetbets"
  • lemmy.linuxuserspace.show - "This instance is brought to you by the guys that do the Linux User Space video and audio podcast."
  • aiparadise.moe - "a Lemmy instance focused on all things AI, everyone is welcome here :)"
  • crystals.rest - "A general instance for livestreaming, anime, and retro art!"
  • odin.lanofthedead.xyz - "for LANoftheDead network members and other likeminded human beings."
  • wizanons.dev - "for wizards, witches, warlocks, and all magic users. LGBTQIA+ friendly. All welcome! Mysticism and psychedelics welcome too."
  • lemmyfly.org - "A Lemmy instance with aviation related communities"
  • lib.lgbt - "positive and welcoming lemmy community with a particular focus on LGBT people and their allies."
  • lemmy.4d2.org - "A general purpose instance with an affection for retrocomputing and a left-libertarian cypherpunk sensibility."
  • psychedelia.ink - "for all things psychedelia or psychedelia-adjacent."
  • terefere.eu - "Arts & history instance. Everyone is welcome!"
  • possumpat.io - "An instance hosting communities for some niche interests and hobbies."
  • yiffit.net - "A queer and yiffy lemmy instance for furry art discovery"
  • lemmy.zip - "A Lemmy community for everyone, with a focus towards tech, PCs, and gaming."
  • lemmy.villa-straylight.social - "A general purpose Lemmy instance with a cool cyberpunk aesthetic"
  • lemmy.dbzer0.com - "Communities about Generative AI, Copylefts, Neurodivergence, Filesharing, and Godot Engine software"
  • lemmy.blahaj.zone - "a general purpose lemmy instance for queer and gender diverse folk, and their allies."
  • pawb.social - "Communities for furries by furries"
  • libreauto.app - "Libre Automation: Build Smart Homes, Liberating with Open-Source"
  • lemmy.design - "A Lemmy community for tech and design"
  • communick.news - "Given that Communick is a privacy-focused service provider who supports open source and the indieweb, you can expect some of this content to gravitate towards that"
  • lemmy.intai.tech - "Integrated AI - Home and forum for AI Enthusiasts" Front end broken? Doesn't list any posts, but direct links to them still work
  • lemmy.zip - "A Lemmy community for everyone, with a focus towards tech, PCs, and gaming."

Location/language focused:

(For some of these it's a little unclear to me whether they should be associated with a country or a language. Please let me know if anything needs to be corrected.)

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List additions from Kierunkowy74 and misericordiae (kbin.social)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Added a bunch of new instances to the list, submitted by Kierunkowy74 and misericordiae. For future reference, please make a new top-level post when you have additions, that way people following this magazine will see them.

Here's what was added:

Topic/audience focused:

Location focused:

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Big list of specialized instances (kbin.social)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Updated 2023-11-12

A CSV version of this list is available at https://github.com/chrisacheson/instance_list_management

Topic/audience focused:

  • 4wd.social - "a home in the fediverse for offroad, overlanding, outdoors and related content"
  • adultswim.fan - "[adult swim] fan community lemmy instance"
  • aiparadise.moe - "a Lemmy instance focused on all things AI, everyone is welcome here :)"
  • ani.social - "A Social Hub for Anime Fans"
  • awful.systems - Tech snark?
  • bookwormstory.social - "Ascendance of a Bookworm Community"
  • boomer.casino - "the only website in the fediverse made for the digital elderly" (memes)
  • cdda.social - "The official Lemmy for Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead"
  • citizensgaming.com - "a Star Citizen specific Lemmy instance"
  • code4lib.net - "GLAM themed online community" (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums)
  • communick.news - "Given that Communick is a privacy-focused service provider who supports open source and the indieweb, you can expect some of this content to gravitate towards that"
  • community.nicfab.it - "This is a community space for projects and users interested in privacy, data protection, cybersecurity, and innovative solutions."
  • crystals.rest - "A general instance for livestreaming, anime, and retro art!"
  • demotheque.com - "For the demoscene, culture and people associated with it."
  • digipres.cafe - "A community notice board and discussion space for all things digital preservation, including digital-GLAM, and digital information records management."
  • discuss.divergentparenting.space - "A space for caregivers of neurodivergent people to talk amongst themselves and provide support. Allies are welcome."
  • discuss.ntfy.sh - "ntfy (pronounced notify) is a simple HTTP-based pub-sub notification service. You can use it to send push notifications to your phone via HTTP PUT/POST."
  • disflux.org - "disflux is a lemmy instance focused on D.I.Y. and self sufficiency type communities."
  • dit.reformed.social - "a space for Reformed Christians to have discussions, make friends, and support one another"
  • dormi.zone - "A Lemmy instance for fans of the third-person action games Warframe and Soulframe, developed by Digital Extremes"
  • fanaticus.social - "A community of sports fans to talk about sports."
  • fanexus.com - "A lemmy instance devoted to fans of all kinds."
  • fedi196.gay - LGBTQ-focused kbin instance
  • femboys.bar - "lemmy instance for the bois'"
  • frmsn.space - "The home for Freemasonry on Lemmy & the Fediverse"
  • futurology.today - "A community devoted to the field of Future(s) Studies and evidence-based speculation about the development of humanity, technology, and civilization."
  • gekinzuku.com - "The best gaming site ever"
  • hobbit.world - "This is intended to be a small community of folks who love the works of Tolkien."
  • hotaudiofiction.social - "A community for audio fiction fans and creators - For lovers and creators of audio fiction in any form—fiction podcasts, audio dramas, radio theater, audiobooks, and more!"
  • infosec.pub - Info- and cybersecurity, related to infosec.exchange Mastodon server
  • iusearchlinux.fyi - btw
  • l.cackl.io - "Link aggregation for furries: hyenas and hyena friends, specifically! Furry content not required."
  • lebowski.social - "The Big Lebowski Instance"
  • lem.clinicians-exchange.org - "Mental Health Professional Discussion and Peer Support"
  • lemdro.id - Android
  • lemmy.4d2.org - "A general purpose instance with an affection for retrocomputing and a left-libertarian cypherpunk sensibility."
  • lemmy.beyondcombustion.net - "A Lemmy community for cannabis, vaporizers, and vaporizer accessories."
  • lemmy.blahaj.zone - "a general purpose lemmy instance for queer and gender diverse folk, and their allies."
  • lemmy.bringdaruck.us - "A home for all things hiphop"
  • lemmy.dbzer0.com - "Communities about Generative AI, Copylefts, Neurodivergence, Filesharing, and Godot Engine software"
  • lemmy.design - "A Lemmy community for tech and design"
  • lemmy.film - "A Lemmy for filmmakers, movie buffs, artists, creators and everyone!"
  • lemmy.graphics - "A Lemmy instance for computer graphics hobbyists and professionals."
  • lemmy.intai.tech - "Integrated AI - Home and forum for AI Enthusiasts" Front end broken? Doesn't list any posts, but direct links to them still work
  • lemmy.kde.social - "Friendly lemmy instance for the KDE community"
  • lemmy.kodemystic.dev - "Extradimensional pit for eschatonic oracles, anarcho-technomancers, wasted tinfoil madhatters, seekers of eldritch abysses and amnesiac xenomorphs."
  • lemmy.linuxuserspace.show - "This instance is brought to you by the guys that do the Linux User Space video and audio podcast."
  • lemmy.mods4ever.com - "a collection of communities for our game mods including Deus Ex Randomizer and RollerCoaster Tycoon Randomizer, and also a community for The 7th Guest series"
  • lemmy.piracy.guide - "Piracy Guide Lemmy"
  • lemmy.radio - "A lemmy instance for amateur radio enthusiasts to use."
  • lemmy.redkrieg.com - "Just a place for makers to post their things!"
  • lemmy.servarr.com - "Lemmy for Servarr and all arr related things"
  • lemmy.spacestation14.com - "A Lemmy instance for Space Station 14"
  • lemmy.srv.eco - "Self-sufficiency, mutual aid, collapse, and other subjects related to the environment and our place and role(s) within it."
  • lemmy.studio - "An instance for musicians and music lovers"
  • lemmy.villa-straylight.social - "A general purpose Lemmy instance with a cool cyberpunk aesthetic"
  • lemmy.vrchat-dev.tech - "a community-driven lemmy instance for VRChat, a virtual universe home to thousands of unique worlds!"
  • lemmy.wraithsquadrongaming.com - "Star Wars is a buffet - there's something for everyone!"
  • lemmy.zip - "A Lemmy community for everyone, with a focus towards tech, PCs, and gaming."
  • lemmy2.addictmud.org - "focus on gaming in general, mudding more specifically, and my mud exactly (addictMUD)."
  • lemmyadmin.site - "A Federation of small instance administrators to share knowledge and back each other up during off hours incidents."
  • lemmydeals.com - "A Federated deal finder"
  • lemmyf.uk - "your nsfw homepage"
  • lemmyfly.org - "A Lemmy instance with aviation related communities"
  • lemmyloves.art - A lemmy instance for artists & art lovers
  • lemmymemes.com - "Join our online board, connect with meme lovers, and unleash your laughter. Share, discuss, and enjoy the funniest memes around. It's meme time!"
  • lemmynsfw.com - "NSFW (18+) only instance for Lemmy"
  • lemmyrs.org - "Federated Rust Lang Instance"
  • lib.lgbt - "positive and welcoming lemmy community with a particular focus on LGBT people and their allies."
  • libreauto.app - "Libre Automation: Build Smart Homes, Liberating with Open-Source"
  • linux.community - "The Linux.Chat community is a multi-platform community for general Linux® support."
  • literature.cafe - "A Cozy Place for Bibliophiles and Writers (and anyone else, really)"
  • mander.xyz - "An instance dedicated to nature and science"
  • mobilemmohub.com - "Community of mobile MMO games enthusiasts"
  • monero.town - "A town for the Monero community to live in."
  • moto.teamswollen.org - "For all motorcycle discussions including racing."
  • mtgzone.com - "Magic: the Gathering communities for all formats, interests, skill levels, and news!"
  • neatia.xyz - "dedicated to writing and sharing prompts for prompt engineering in LLMs."
  • nerdbin.social - "Your home for all your favorite nerdy pop culture fandoms!"
  • oceanbreeze.earth - "A nature themed community for adventurists."
  • odin.lanofthedead.xyz - "for LANoftheDead network members and other likeminded human beings."
  • pathfinder.social - "A place for people to discuss Pathfinder and Starfinder tabletop RPGs"
  • pathofexile-discuss.com - "POE non-reddit discussion!"
  • pawb.social - "Communities for furries by furries"
  • poptalk.scrubbles.tech - "Communities centered around today's pop music. Come join to Popheads, Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey, or create your own community!"
  • pornlemmy.com - "Clean fun safe porn" ("heavy bias towards vanilla content")
  • possumpat.io - "An instance hosting communities for some niche interests and hobbies."
  • preserve.games - "A place to discuss video game preservation and history"
  • pricefield.org - "The Pricefield corner of Lemmy! For all fans of Max and Chloe, Arcadia Bay, or just Life is Strange in general."
  • programming.dev - "A collection of programming communities"
  • psychedelia.ink - "for all things psychedelia or psychedelia-adjacent."
  • rblind.com - "This is an instance for blind and low vision folks, and friends of the blindness community"
  • retrolemmy.com - "A place to join and create all kinds of retro themed communities." Currently focused on retro tech
  • rimworld.gallery - "Rimworld.gallery is a non profit kbin server dedicated to Rimworld, especially high resolution renders made with the progress renderer mod."
  • seemel.ink - "See Me Link Aggregator" - Tech, mostly keyboards
  • sffa.community - "The Science-Fiction Fantasy Alliance"
  • shinobu.cloud - "For Shinobu and Anime lovers"
  • slrpnk.net - "Where solarpunks organize for a better world!"
  • startrek.website - "The warp core of the internet"
  • sub.wetshaving.social - "An rWetShaving Community"
  • support.futbol - "Association Football focused instance."
  • tabletop.place - "A home for board games, tabletop games, wargames, and role-playing games!"
  • tagpro.lol - "lemmy instance for tagpro players"
  • terefere.eu - "Arts & history instance. Everyone is welcome!"
  • thegarden.land - "a home for gardeners and plant-lovers"
  • thevapor.space - "Vaping and engineering discussion space"
  • toons.zone - "A space for all things animation of all mediums, whether you’re just a fan, or an artist yourself."
  • ttrpg.network - "a site dedicated to TTRPG discussion, memes, news, etc."
  • wallstreets.bet - "a hedge against an eventual elimination and removal of the original /r/wallstreetbets"
  • waveform.social - "A home for musically minded people"
  • wayfarershaven.eu - "Creating a space for inspiration, creativity, handwork, reading, learning, travel, etc."
  • wizanons.dev - "for wizards, witches, warlocks, and all magic users. LGBTQIA+ friendly. All welcome! Mysticism and psychedelics welcome too."
  • yiffit.net - "A queer and yiffy lemmy instance for furry art discovery"
  • zoo.splitlinux.org - "Everything Split Linux"

Location/language focused:

(For some of these it's a little unclear to me whether they should be associated with a country or a language. Please let me know if anything needs to be corrected.)