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`

Daniel Lyons @dandylyons@iosdev.space

2/20/2026, 2:00:44 PM

Public

Funny and strange. Andrew Nesbitt has posted a far too elaborate alternate history of #activitypub

https://nesbitt.io/2026/02/20/activitypub.html

ActivityPub

The federated protocol for announcing pub activities, first standardised in 1714 and still in use across 46,000 active instances.

nesbitt.io · Andrew Nesbitt

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