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`

Senator Paula Simons🇨🇦 @Paulatics@mstdn.ca

1/8/2026, 9:02:48 PM

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And here is my more recent exchange with CBC executives, wherein I called on them to set up a Mastodon instance! https://youtu.be/lJUeQZlvD-E?si=S7QniO7pES3s4Gtv #CBC #TRCM #Mastodon

CBC stays on X to reach audiences despite hate speech concerns - but isn't on Bluesky or Mastodon.

Senator Paula Simons asks the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Radio-Canada why they have not pivoted away from X as part of their social media strategy des...

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Evan Prodromou @evan@cosocial.ca

1/9/2026, 5:41:31 AM

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@PaulaticsSenator Paula Simons🇨🇦 thank you! Please let me know how I can help. I work for a nonprofit that promotes the use of the Fediverse.

If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://cosocial.ca/users/evan/statuses/115863538322265832 on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)