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

2/27/2026, 3:27:05 PM

Public

uspol, worldpol, transphobia, projections

Here's what I think you CAN expect: exactly the same pattern we've seen for the same year:

- A bit of quiet
- "Is everything ok now? Can we stick our heads out again?"
- BAM, the worst shit imaginable all in quick succession, it feels unbearable
- They mess up or lose steam. It starts to cool off. Nothing gets better, but very few *new* bad things are happening, and so...
- Repeat the cycle again.

That's been *consistently* the pattern for the next year. As you make plans, expect this pattern to continue.

Dave Alvarado @dave@alvarado.social

2/27/2026, 3:29:48 PM

Public

uspol, worldpol, transphobia, projections

@cwebberChristine Lemmer-Webber yep, this. Remember everyone, it's a ratchet. The worst shit imaginable isn't rolling back in the quiet times. The quiet times aren't an indicator that things aren't so bad, that's just the time when we all get used to the horrible new normal.

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