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`

Chris Siebenmann @cks@mastodon.social

1/13/2026, 12:30:06 AM

Public

While I like this general description of "Ptolemaic code"¹ and understand the appeal, I can't read it without immediately flashing to the excellent series "The Great Ptolemaic Smackdown", which covers how the shift from heliocentrism to geocentrism was nowhere near as neat and simple as the story is told today. Highly recommended:
https://tofspot.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-great-ptolemaic-smackdown-table-of.html

¹ https://tldr.nettime.org/@dk/115883067614348534

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