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`

Baldur Bjarnason @baldur@toot.cafe

2/24/2026, 3:10:05 PM

Public

“The Broken Record”

https://2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/the-broken-record/

> The history of failed ed-tech startups and ed-tech schools is long, and yet we’re trapped in this awful cycle where investors and entrepreneurs keep repackaging the same bad ideas.

The Broken Record

I was amused to read Dan Meyer’s account of the recent AI+Education Summit at Stanford, particularly the remarks made by the university’s former president, John Hennessy, who asked the audience if anyone remembered “the MOOC revolution” and could explain how, this time, things will be different. The

2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com · Second Breakfast

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