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

2/2/2026, 7:35:13 AM

Public

Listening to Elvis Costello's "Tramp the Dirt Down" this morning; his late-80s fantasy of stomping on the grave of Margaret Thatcher.

I realized that I'm going to London this week and could actually go do this myself. It would be a nice field trip.

Sadly, it looks like the Iron Lady foiled EC's plans and was buried under an untrampable slab of concrete:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108023705/margaret-thatcher

It may be worth it anyway.

Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013) - Find a Grave...

British Prime Minister. Great Britain's first female Prime Minister, she served three consecutive terms in office and was one of the dominant political figures of the 20th century. Born Margaret Hilda Roberts, the daughter of a grocer, she went to Oxford University and became a research chemist. In 1951, she married...

www.findagrave.com

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