Culture & Ethnicity

Note: Please avoid using the community hashtags to talk about members of these communities. Try and leave the communication lanes clear to allow members of those communities to find each other as they onboard from other websites.

Indigenous

#Indigenous, #Native – General community hashtags of indigenous peoples from around the globe.

#Mikmaq – Community hashtag for Mi’kmaw people within and outside of Mi’kma’ki.

#Mohawk – Community hashtag from the eastern Haudenosaunee Confederacy.

#FirstNations – Mostly Canada-based indigenous discussion

#FN – CBC News First Nations coverage

#NDN – Predominantly US-based indigenous discussion

#LandBack, #NativeLands – Decolonization

#RibbonSkirt – National Ribbon Skirt Day chat. A day about recognizing and normalizing indigenous clothing and highlighting indigenous women

#OrangeShirtDay – Orange Shirt Day/National Day for Truth and Reconciliation chat. For discussing and recognizing the legacy and violence of the Canadian Indian residential school system.

#EveryChildMatters – Discussion about the the atrocities committed toward First Nations children in Canadian Indian residential schools, and the ongoing discoveries and fallout.

Blackness

#BlackMastodon, #BlackFedi – Community hashtags of the Black diaspora

#BlackFriday – Weekly engagement tag focusing on Black joy and Black achievement

#BlackLivesMatter, #BLM – Highlighting and organizing to challenge and protest against institutional and personal acts of prejudice and violence against Black people, with particular emphasis on police violence.

Asian

#Asian – General community hashtag for people of Asian descent

Sports

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Note: Game Day Tags ( GDT ) are in parentheses.

Hockey

#Hockey – General hockey discussion hashtag

#QMJHL – Admittedly, there isn’t much Fedi activity about the Q, but you can change that.

#CBEagles, ( #TalonsOut ) – Cape Breton (Screaming) Eagles

( #GoMooseGo ) – Halifax Mooseheads

( #DefendTheDen ) – Moncton Wildcats

( #GoIslesGo ) – Charlottetown Islanders

( #GoTitanGo ) – Acadie-Bathurst Titan

#NHL

#Habs, ( #GoHabsGo ) – Montreal Canadiens

#Leafs, ( #LeafsForever ) – Toronto Maple Leafs

#Sens, ( #GoSensGo ) – Ottawa Senators

#NHLBruins – Boston Bruins

@bostonbruinsgameday@a.gup.pe – Bruins Game Day discussion group

( #LetsGoPens ) – Pittsburgh Penguins. Note that #Pens is about… well, pens.

#LGRW – Detroit Red Wings

#NHLJets, ( #GoJetsGo ) – Winnipeg Jets

#Oilers, ( #LetsGoOilers ) – Edmonton Oilers

#Flames – Calgary Flames

#Canucks – Vancouver Canucks

( #ALLCAPS ) – Washington Capitals

Baseball

#Baseball, #BaseballMastodon – General baseball hashtags

#MLBTradeRumors – Discussion around possible player trades. Especially busy in the off-season.

#FantasyBaseball – Like fantasy football, but with baseball players

#MLB

#BlueJays, ( #LetsGoBlueJays ) – Literally us, the Blue Jays

#Yankees – Fuck ’em

#RedSox – Fuck them, too

#Orioles – Baltimore Bird Bros

StlCards – St. Louis Cardinals

#Mets, (#LGM) – New York Mets

Football

#CFL – Curly lightbulbs! And Canadian handegg.

#TiCats – Hamilton Tiger-Cats

#Argos – Toronto Argonauts

#RedBlacks – Ottawa Roug…eNoirs

#Elks, ( #GoElks ) – Edminton Elks

#ForTheW – Winnipeg Blue Bombers

#Stampeders, ( #GoStampsGo ) – Calgary Stampeders. Note that #Stamps is about those things that go on physical email envelopes.

Soccer

#MLS – American Football

Regional Interests

Newfoundland & Labrador

#Newfoundland, #NewfoundlandAndLabrador, #NFLD – General news and discussion

#NFLDPoli, #NLPoli – Political discussions. NLPoli overlaps with Netherlands politics.

Nova Scotia

#NovaScotia, #NS – General news and discussion

#CapeBreton – Cool Caper chat

#Halifax – Hot Haligonian hashtag

#NSPoli – Political discussion

#CBPoli – Cape Breton specific political discussion

#NSStorm, #StormChips – Talk about the weather! They say if you don’t like it, you just need to wait five minutes.

Prince Edward Island

#PEI – General news and discussion

#PEIPoli – Island politics

#PEStorm – Updates on whether the bridge is open or the ferry is running.

New Brunswick

#NewBrunswick – General news and discussion

#NBPoli – Does NB have politics, or is it just the annual Irving family reunion?

#NBStorm – Where to go when it’s snowing in Moncton again.

National Interests

#CdnPoli, #CanPoli – Canadian national political discussion

#USPol – The giant shiticane to the south

Plants & Gardening

#Mosstodon – Photos and discussions around moss

#Florespondence – Pictures of flowers!

#LichenSubscribe, #Sporespondence – Posts about lichen and fungi

#FungiFriday – Fabulous fungal photo foofaraw

#ThickTrunkTuesday – Weekly pictures of big friggin’ trees

Arts & Design

#FediArt, #MastoArt – General art hashtags, with a lean toward the visual arts

#PortfolioDay – Where graphic artists share their work

#Mapstodon, #Cartography – Show off your maps

#Photography, #LandscapePhotography, #UrbanPhotography, #WildlifePhotography, #NaturePhotography – Major photography hashtags

#TombTuesday – Photos of tombstones

#Writing, #Poetry, #Writers – So. Many. WORDS!

Sciences

Social Sciences

#GIS, #GISChat – Geography, with a focus on Geographical Information Services

#Histodon – History buffs. Buff history buffs. In the buff.

Physical Sciences

#Astrodon – Astronomy