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`

Evan Prodromou @evan@cosocial.ca

1/3/2026, 10:39:08 PM

Public

I don't think the US is going to occupy Venezuela.

It has about 30M people. It's about 900,000 km², about the size of Texas + Oklahoma (or Spain + France).

From everything I've read, the US has about 15,000 troops in the Caribbean.

Compare the invasion of Iraq in 2003 -- about half the area, slightly smaller population. The US deployed about 150,000 troops to the area - 10x what are currently in the Caribbean.

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