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`

Manuela Malasaña @Xibanya@mastodon.xyz

2/28/2026, 1:23:08 PM

Public

I noticed in a bunch of productions of Rossini's The Barber of Seville, they have Don Basilio (the money grubbing music teacher/wedding planner/rumor monger) dressed like a priest when he's extremely clearly not a man of the cloth. The play does not say anything about him dressing this way, so this is one of those things where it's part of the meta tradition of staging even if it's not actually part of the libretto. well I finally learned why:

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