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`

Asahi Lina (朝日リナ) 🩵 3D Yuri Wedding 2026!!! @lina@vt.social

11/19/2025, 4:19:29 AM

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Why is chlorine/chloride called クロール in Japanese blood tests?

The etymology is obvious, but the common words are 塩素 (chlorine) and 塩化物 (chloride). How did it end up being クロール only in medicine? It's not even in my dictionary, and all the Google hits are medical...

Edit: Ahh, mystery quickly solved. It's from the German Chlor, and Japanese has a history of borrowing medical terminology from German.

Christian Horn @globalc@chaos.social

11/19/2025, 4:28:52 AM

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@linaAsahi Lina (朝日リナ) 🩵 3D Yuri Wedding 2026!!! Japanese takes much in medicine from German, and in German it's called "chlor". So maybe that was just taken and spelled in a more Japanese way.

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