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`

Andrew Nesbitt @andrewnez@mastodon.social

2/20/2026, 10:27:33 AM

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A Wikipedia article about the history of ActivityPub: https://nesbitt.io/2026/02/20/activitypub.html

ActivityPub

The federated protocol for announcing pub activities, first standardised in 1714 and still in use across 46,000 active instances.

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wakest ⁂ @liaizon@social.wake.st

2/20/2026, 10:49:05 AM

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@andrewnez/116102480124957375

"In 2018, CAMRA published a position paper titled ActivityPub: Preserving the Chalkboard Standard, which argued that the physical board remained “the only trustworthy and fully decentralised method of communicating pub activities,” noting that it required no internet connection, could not be algorithmically suppressed, and was resistant to outages except in cases of rain or vandalism."