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`

Malte @electricgecko@mastodon.social

2/27/2026, 6:40:47 AM

Public

maybe what tech people are experiencing currently is what people of artistic professions (or rather: artistic obsessions) have been experiencing all their lives – what no longer being valued by The Machine feels like.

with any luck, some of them will reach the conclusion that having to adhere to The Machine's rules less is liberating. that questioning it, opting out from producing and consuming its industrialized offerings is a blessing.

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