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`

Open Risk @openrisk@mastodon.social

4/26/2025, 7:34:55 AM

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@cwebberChristine Lemmer-Webber its probably going to be a disruptive and costly procedure but such organizations should maybe consider the feasibility of relocating their formal structures (not necessarily all their people) into EU / ECJ jurisdiction (maybe Luxemburg?)

Nothing is guaranteed anywhere when society implodes, but the multilateral nature of EU law and politics means collapse must be universal and not just a single country. Its one of the nice safety features of a federated system ;-)

C. Scott Ananian (he/him) @cscott@kolektiva.social

4/26/2025, 1:38:11 PM

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@openrisk @cwebberChristine Lemmer-Webber in theory the Wikimedia Foundation is federated: we have chapters and user groups all over the world, and Wikimedia Deutschland actually has a pretty substantial budget and funds some development itself.

But there is still a lot of centralization as well, mostly for efficiency and coordination, and it would/will be very hard to relocate.

Part of the original motivation for centralization was to collapse legal regimes, so that the project only had a single legal venue to dictate terms w/r/t copyright, libel, privacy etc. USA was seen at the time as a safe and stable bet.

Moving to (say) the EU would be an enormous legal undertaking, in addition to all the other costs.

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