Hackers' Pub

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`"` 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`

OpenMedia @OpenMediaOrg@mastodon.social

2/13/2026, 7:34:22 PM

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Ever feel like you’re applying for a security clearance just to rent an apartment? 🤯 You’re not alone. Across Canada, renters are being asked to hand over deeply personal data while AI tools scan social media, generate “risk scores,” and quietly decide who gets housing. ✅ ❌

👉 Read our latest guest post on the rise of AI landlords in Canada, by Lynn Yu Ling Ng, and learn what this means for privacy, consent, and the future of renting — and what we can do about it!

https://openmedia.org/article/item/watch-this-space-the-rise-of-ai-landlords-in-canada

Watch This Space: The Rise of AI Landlords in Canada

Editor’s Notes: This is a guest post by Lynn Yu Ling Ng, a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Politics at York University, Canada. She has research expertise in global care labor migration, with an area focus on East Asia (Singapore and Taiwan). Her current research program advocates for migrant care workers and elderly communities in and beyond Canada.

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