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`

Christine Lemmer-Webber @cwebber@social.coop

3/2/2026, 6:59:26 PM

Public

war, gambling, death

Personally I just pour all my gambling tendencies into playing Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup or Slay the Spire, the former of which is FOSS and the latter of which I paid money for once and both of which I have sunk a billion hours into

But apparently that strategy is not enough for many people, who need to spend, lose, or profit from enormous sums of money betting on war and the deaths of innumerable people https://www.404media.co/with-iran-war-kalshi-and-polymarket-bet-that-the-depravity-economy-has-no-bottom/

With Iran War, Kalshi and Polymarket Bet That the Depravity Economy Has No Bottom

Gambling markets have conveniently found a stance that allows them to continue to profit from death and war.

www.404media.co · 404 Media

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