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`

Bodhipaksa @bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot

2/10/2026, 3:22:12 PM

Public

I'm fascinated by doubled words in ordinary¹ English sentences, such as:

…the company I worked for for ten years…

…I noticed that that man is tall…

…they had had their dinner…

…I do do that…

The words aren't technically duplicated since they have different functions, but it's still cool. I wonder if anyone's catalogued all the words this naturally² happens with.

1. Not sentences constructed to duplicate a word.
2. Words in quotes not allowed (…this "this" is in the wrong font… etc)

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