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`

Alex Feinman @afeinman@wandering.shop

3/1/2026, 12:36:58 AM

Public

World pol

It says something that I don't even remember which war this was about originally.

An old Twitter post from Timothy Snyder.

Five things to remember about war:

1. Many things reported with confidence
in the first hours and days will turn out
not to be true
2. Whatever they say, the people who
start wars are often thinking chiefly
about domestic politics
3. The rationale given for a war will
change over time, such that actual
success or failure in achieving a named
objective is less relevant than one might
think
4. Wars are unpredictable
5. Wars are easy to start and hard to
stop

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