cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2216085

Searching Lemmyverse is good for finding communities. !trendingcommunities@feddit.nl is also a nice tool for finding new places.

I posted this on the other site but I thought I'd copy over here too, lots of good communities around to subscribe to if you want a more casual/fun frontpage that isn't just tech news, elon musk, or politics.

note: all of these communities have posts. If they appear empty, it simply means nobody on the instance you use has visited them before (or you might have blocked them and forgot, I've done it before, lol)! I will try to keep this thread updated over time.

Note: if you wish to auto-subscribe to all of the communities below, I have a post in the comments that describes how to do so.

My rough criterion was:

• Of interest to me or a wide audience
• Has a decent amount of activity
• Casual / fun / interesting / cool / funny / chatty communities.
• 0 negativity/negative vibes, news, politics, overload of tech or niche tech news/info, etc.

Directory

• Conversation Communities - for chatty places
  • "ask" based
  • Casual chat / Misc
• Hobbies, Creative, Passions
  • Misc
  • Artwork
  • Cooking, food, drinks
  • Gardening / Plants
  • Keyboard enthusiasts
  • Knitting, stitching, crocheting, etc
  • Reading and writing
• Nice/Interesting/Funny pictures
  • Animals
  • Comics
  • Flags
  • Maps
  • Memes
  • Misc
  • Photography
  • Wallpapers
• Games
  • Board games / Table top games
  • Chess
  • Crosswords / Daily games
  • Video games
• Knowledge (e.g history, science, etc)
• Space
• TV (television, movies, film)
• Music

Conversation communities

These are places that are 'chatty', good if you want a lot of comments.

"ask" based

• !asklemmy@lemmy.ml
• !asklemmy@lemmy.world
• !askmeanything@lemmy.ca
• !askouija@lemmy.world
• !askscience@lemmy.world
• !askuk@feddit.uk
• !nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

Casual chat / Misc

• !cafe@monyet.cc - casual chat community. Worth noting that the instance (and likely most users) are Malaysian.
• !casualconversation@lemm.ee
• !edc@sopuli.xyz (chat about things you carry everyday)
• !frugal@lemmy.world
• !mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
• !nostalgia@lemmy.ca
• !showerthoughts@lemmy.world
• !streetwear@lemmy.world
• !ukcasual@lemmy.world
• !yurop@lemm.ee

Hobbies, Creative, Passions

Misc

• !3dprinting@lemmy.world
• !faceting@lemmy.world (gemstone cutting)
• !imadethis@lemm.ee
• !lego@lemmy.world
• !tabletopminis@lemmy.world
• !wetshaving@sub.wetshaving.social
• !woodworking@lemmy.ca

Artwork

(see also the list under the Wallpapers header)

• !ai_art@lemmy.world
• !albumartporn@lemmy.world
• !artshare@lemmy.world - for artists to share their own work, more amateur than the others
• !artporn@lemm.ee
• !apocalypticart@discuss.tchncs.de
• !cybermoe@ani.social
• !digitalart@lemmy.world
• !imageai@sh.itjust.works
• !imaginary@reddthat.com
• !imaginarycosmere@sffa.community
• !imaginarydragons@leminal.space
• !imaginarystarships@lemmy.world
• !imaginarywarhammer@lemmy.world
• !hobbit_art@hobbit.world - Lord of the Rings/Hobbit related art
• !psychedelic_artwork@psychedelia.ink
• !traditional_art@lemmy.world

Cooking, food, drinks

• !castiron@lemmy.world
• !cocktails@lemmy.world
• !coffee@lemmy.world
• !cooking@lemmy.world
• !espresso@infosec.pub
• !homebrewing@sopuli.xyz
• !recipes@feddit.uk
• !sourdough@lemmy.world
• !veganrecipes@sh.itjust.works

Generally mostly nice pics of food:

• !cooking_with_fire@feddit.uk
• !foodporn@lemmy.world
• !homecooks@vegantheoryclub.org

Gardening / Plants

• !gardening@lemmy.world
• !houseplants@mander.xyz
• !mushrooms@lemmy.world
• !mycology@mander.xyz
• !succulents@midwest.social

Keyboard enthusiasts

• !ergomechkeyboards@lemmy.world
• !mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml

Knitting, Stitching, Crocheting, etc

• !amigurumi@lemmy.world
• !crochet@lemmy.ca
• !knitting@lemmy.world
• !lemmy_stitch@sh.itjust.works
• !sewing@lemmy.world
• !sewingrepairing@sh.itjust.works
• !quilting@lemmy.world

Reading and Writing

• !books@lemmy.ml
• !comics@lemmy.ml
• !comicbooks@lemmy.world
• !eurographicnovels@lemm.ee
• !keepwriting@lemmy.world
• !writingprompts@lemmy.world

Sport

Honestly there are so many sport communities around - if you search Lemmyverse for popular sports, you will almost certainly find more.

• !squaredcircle@lemmy.zip

Nice/Interesting/Funny pictures

Animals

Literally just pictures of cute animals.

• !aww@lemmy.ml
• !aww@lemmy.world
• !awwnverts@lemmy.world
• !bats@lemmy.world
• !beebutts@lemmy.world
• !birding@lemmy.world
• !bugmenagerie@possumpat.io
• !bugs@lemmy.world
• !cat@lemmy.world
• !cats@midwest.social
• !dogs@lemmy.world
• !foxes@lemmy.world
• !illegallysmolcats@lemmy.world
• !quackers@lemmy.world
• !squirrels@lemmy.ca
• !superbowl@lemmy.world
• !spiders@lemmy.world
• !wildlifephotography@lemmy.world

Comics

• !comicstrips@lemmy.world
• !cyanideandhappiness@lemm.ee
• !nathanwpyle@lemmy.world
• !thefarside@sh.itjust.works
• !unix_surrealism@lemmy.sdf.org
• !xkcd@lemmy.world

Flags

• !vexillology@lemmy.world

Maps

• !map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

Memes

Meme communities in general can overload your feed, so keep that in mind.

• !196@lemmy.blahaj.zone (lgbt memes)
• !adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com
• !animalswithjobs@lemmy.world
• !anime_irl@ani.social
• !animemes@ani.social
• !antiquememesroadshow@lemmy.world
• !best_of_mastodon@sh.itjust.works
• !bikinibottomtwitter@lemmy.world
• !boneappletea@lemmy.world
• !chevron7@lemmy.world (stargate memes)
• !curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works
• !dnd_memes@lemmy.world
• !fakehistoryporn@lemmy.world
• !foundsatan@lemmy.world
• !funny@sh.itjust.works
• !funny@lemmy.ml
• !funny@lemmy.world
• !greentext@sh.itjust.works
• !grimdank@lemmy.world
• !historymemes@kbin.social
• !lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world
• !lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
• !lotrmemes@midwest.social
• !me_irl@lemmy.world
• !memes@midwest.social
• !memes@lemmy.ml
• !memes@lemmy.world
• !memes@sopuli.xyz
• !memes@feddit.uk (uk memes)
• !meow_irl@sopuli.xyz
• !metalmemes@lemmy.world (metal music memes)
• !microblogmemes@lemmy.world
• !okmatewanker@feddit.uk
• !programmer_humor@programming.dev
• !raccoons@lemmy.world
• !relationshipmemes@lemmyis.fun
• !risa@startrek.website (star trek memes)
• !rpgmemes@ttrpg.network
• !science_memes@mander.xyz
• !simpsonsshitposting@sh.itjust.works
• !starwarsmemes@lemmy.world
• !tenforward@lemmy.world (star trek memes)
• !tumblr@lemmy.world
• !trippinthroughtime@lemmy.ca
• !witchymemes@lemmy.world

Misc

• !badrealestate@feddit.uk - awful real estate photos, has a decent amount of comments
• !tails@lemmon.website - posts from Mastodon users. Mostly memes and funny pics.

Photography

• !abandonedporn@reddthat.com
• !abstractphotography@lemmy.ml
• !accidentalrenaissance@lemmy.blahaj.zone
• !analog@lemmy.world - really cool photography pics
• !bewowed@lemmy.dbzer0.com
• !castles@lemm.ee
• !cozy_places@lemmy.world
• !earthporn@lemmy.ml
• !hiking@lemmy.world
• !natures_patterns@lemmy.world
• !oldschoolcool@lemmy.world
• !pics@lemmy.world
• !streetphotography@lemmy.world
• !travelphotography@lemmy.world

Wallpapers

• !animewallpapers@ani.social
• !mobilewallpaper@lemmy.world
• !wallpapers@lemmy.world
• !wallpapers@lemmy.ca

Games

Board Games / Table top games

The ttrpg.network instance has a lot of communities based around table top gaming & RPGs.

• !boardgames@feddit.de
• !dnd@lemmy.world
• !dndnext@ttrpg.network
• !jrpg@lemmy.zip
• !osr@lemm.ee
• !rpg@ttrpg.network

Chess

• !anarchychess@sopuli.xyz (funny chess)
• !Chess@lemmy.ml

Crosswords / Daily games

• !crossword@lemmy.world (daily crosswords)
• !dailygames@lemmy.zip

Video Games

• !dosgaming@retrolemmy.com
• !games@lemmy.world
• !gaming@lemmy.ml
• !gaming@lemmy.zip
• !nintendo@lemmy.world
• !patientgamers@sh.itjust.works (more conversation based than the others)
• !pcgaming@lemmy.ca
• !pixeldungeon@lemmy.world
• !pokemon@lemmy.ml
• !retrogaming@lemmy.world
• !steam@lemmy.ml
• !steamdeck@lemmy.ml (more news based)
• !steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
• !virtualreality@lemmy.world

Knowledge (e.g history, science)

• !archaeology@mander.xyz
• !biodiversity@mander.xyz
• !digitalbioacoustics@lemmy.world
• !history@lemmy.world
• !historyporn@lemmy.world
• !interestingasfuck@lemm.ee
• !interestingasfuck@lemmy.world
• !longreads@sh.itjust.works
• !palaeontology@mander.xyz
• !science@lemmy.ml
• !science@lemmy.world
• !til@lemmy.world
• !wikipedia@lemmy.world

Space

• !astronomy@mander.xyz
• !astrophotography@lemmy.world
• !perseverancerover@lemmy.world
• !space@lemmy.world

TV (television), movies, film

• !anime@lemmy.ml
• !bluey@lemmy.world
• !bmoviebonanza@lemmy.world
• !futurama@lemmy.world
• !marvelstudios@lemmy.world
• !movies@lemm.ee
• !movies@lemmy.world
• !moviesandtv@lemm.ee
• !moviesuggestions@lemmy.world
• !television@lemmy.world
• !quarks@startrek.website
• !scifi@kbin.social
• !sciencefiction@lemmy.world (note: covers science fiction across media, e.g games, tv, books, etc)
• !startrek@startrek.website
• !star_wars@lemmy.world

Music

Lots of music communities on Lemmy. Search Lemmyverse for genres of interest for more, this definitely isn't exhaustive.

Note that music communities generally have low comment counts, from my experience.

• I made a fuller list of British music genres/communities/artists here (e.g grime, dnb, jungle, uk hh, idm, rock/metal/punk, etc)

There's also:

• !80smusic@lemmy.world
• !90smusic@lemmy.world
• !classicrock@lemmy.world
• !dancehall@lemmy.world
• !guitars@lemmy.world
• !guitarpedals@lemmy.world
• !hiphopheads@sopuli.xyz
• !kpop@lemmy.world
• !music@lemmy.world
• !popheads@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
• !ska@lemmy.blahaj.zone
• !thelyricsgame@lemmy.ca
• !vgmusic@lemmy.world

Previous

These communities have been removed from the list for not maintaining activity.

We've gone full circle

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2989944

One of West Africa's most prominent traditional and religious leaders flew to Niger's capital, Niamey, Wednesday to meet with the country's coup leaders.

The visit of the former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, came a day ahead of an ECOWAS regional summit Thursday in Nigeria to determine the bloc's response to Niger's junta's non-compliance with their deadline to free President Mohamed Bazoum.

Sanusi, a respected Tijanniyah Sufi spiritual leader and former Nigerian Central Bank governor, was able to meet coup leader Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani, former head of Bazoum's presidential guard. What was discussed has not yet been disclosed.

Niger's new military junta has taken steps in recent days to entrench itself in power and has rejected international efforts to mediate, a day early blocking emissaries from the African Union, United Nations and ECOWAS from visiting Niger.

One of West Africa's most prominent traditional and religious leaders flew to Niger's capital, Niamey, Wednesday to meet with the country's coup leaders.

The visit of the former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, came a day ahead of an ECOWAS regional summit Thursday in Nigeria to determine the bloc's response to Niger's junta's non-compliance with their deadline to free President Mohamed Bazoum.

Sanusi, a respected Tijanniyah Sufi spiritual leader and former Nigerian Central Bank governor, was able to meet coup leader Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani, former head of Bazoum's presidential guard. What was discussed has not yet been disclosed.

Niger's new military junta has taken steps in recent days to entrench itself in power and has rejected international efforts to mediate, a day early blocking emissaries from the African Union, United Nations and ECOWAS from visiting Niger.

Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni on Monday issued a royal decree to appoint Hun Sen’s eldest son Hun Manet as the country’s prime minister, ensuring that the transfer of power from father to son will occur later this month.

According to the decree, Hun Manet will assume the office on Aug. 22, when the newly elected National Assembly adopts the new cabinet. It will be the completion of years of preparation for a transfer of power from father to son, as the 71-year-old Hun Sen, who has ruled the country since 1985, prepares to step aside.

Hun Sen did however say that he would continue to have a role in government for the next 10 years.