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`

Iris @iris_meredith@mastodon.social

2/17/2026, 12:36:04 AM

Public

RE: https://social.treehouse.systems/@whitequark/116083034804452907

I mean, honestly, I don't mean to imply that enjoying food and sex is necessary to a good life: I even have an interlocutor who doesn't enjoy music, and honestly that one was much harder for me to get my head around than the food or sex ones (food is still a bit of a challenge though). I think I mostly reach for them as rhetorical tools, because they're an easy referent that people who might otherwise not get the argument at all understand.

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