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`

Parade du Grotesque 💀 @ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org

1/29/2026, 8:50:44 PM

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@puPatrick

You may need to explain further.

All BSDs have developers all over the place, and mirrors all over, including in the EU.

Both NetBSD & OpenBSD have cute (and probably outdated) little world maps showing where their developers live.

All of them are supported by foundations that collect money & hardware for their devs.

I suspect that if the current US government was to bar access to BSD repos and mirrors, a lot of the foundations would move at least partially to better places.

Parade du Grotesque 💀 @ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org

1/29/2026, 8:53:16 PM

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@puPatrick

This being said, yes, OpenBSD is mostly based in Canada and Theo de Raadt has always had a very uncompromising stance on nonsense coming from the US. Even got in trouble with the US government before.

So OpenBSD is probably your best bet if you want stuff that is "independent" from Trumpolino. And the OpenBSD Foundation is also based in Canada.

Make of that what you will.

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