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`

Agnieszka R. Turczyńska @agturcz@circumstances.run

11/25/2025, 3:52:24 PM

Public

We have a very cool phraseologism in Polish: napisać/zapisać kredą w kominie. The literal translation is: to write with a chalk in a chimney. And the meaning is to emphasise that something rare and extraordinary has happened. For example:

"She has agreed with me. I'll write with a chalk in a chimney."

So, please write with a chalk in a chimney, that I have cleaned the bathroom.

Please note, this sentence also contains a bit of autoirony, but that's another story.

#PolishForForeigners

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