Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Mark Newton @NewtonMark@eigenmagic.net

1/8/2026, 12:54:19 AM

Public

This keeps happening:

NSW Police arrived with reinforcements for a "welfare check." Their victim didn't want to talk to them, retreated into the house, and armed himself with a broken bottle and a screwdriver.

So they shot him to death. Because that's what they do.

At no time was he required to talk to them, let them into his house, or accept them on his property. "No, fuck off," is a perfectly adequate and legal response when unwanted police show up.

There needs to be an account of whether NSW Police or terrorism has killed more innocent NSW citizens over the last five or ten years. I know they're a bigger threat to me than terrorism; Are they a bigger threat to everyone?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-08/fatal-police-shooting-siege-nsw-central-coast/106208372 #acab

NSW police storm house, fatally shoot man after six-hour siege

Tactical Operations police burst into the Central Coast house and opened fire on a 49-year-old armed with a sharp object who tried to set fire to an officer using an aerosol can, police say.

www.abc.net.au

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