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`

Andy Piper @andypiper@macaw.social

12/10/2025, 10:38:40 AM

Public

Last year I wrote "Fediverse for Freedom" https://andypiper.co.uk/2024/08/15/fediverse-for-freedom/ a post about why governments should own their own social presences, rather than rely on bad actors like the owner of X. I followed up with an additional post about public institutions in the #fediverse https://andypiper.co.uk/2024/09/02/fediverse-for-government-organisations-a-follow-up/

Fediverse for Freedom

Finally, X seems to be crumbling. Here’s why I think decentralised, federated social platforms offer the best opportunity for freedom.

andypiper.co.uk · The lost outpost

Link author: Andy Piper@andypiper@macaw.social

Andy Piper @andypiper@macaw.social

12/10/2025, 10:40:14 AM

Public

The current situation - with the owner of X banning the European Commission's advertising account - is an escalation of the premise from those posts. That's why we @Mastodon make the statement that the world needs social sovereignty on digital platforms.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/the-world-needs-social-sovereignty/

The world needs social sovereignty

The world needs to log off corporate-owned, centrally-controlled social media platforms and log on to a better way of being online. The world needs an open social web through the fediverse and Mastodon.

blog.joinmastodon.org · Mastodon Blog

Link author: hannah aubry@haubles@hachyderm.io

If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://macaw.social/users/andypiper/statuses/115694843602222451 on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)