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`

Dr David Mills @dtl@8bitorbust.info

3/17/2026, 12:09:30 PM

Public

Reasons I love the internet.

I was looking at a wall earlier, there was some yellow lichen on it. I wondered what compound made it yellow.

Just now I typed "yellow flat lichen" into google. It took me to the wikipedia page for the common lichen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthoria_parietina

And that lead directly to the compound that makes it yellow.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parietin

Just the sort of info I was looking for!

#LichenSubscribe

Xanthoria parietina - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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