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`

jack @jackeric@beige.party

4/16/2025, 10:05:46 AM

Quiet public

transphobia, ukpol, it's bad

@cwebberChristine Lemmer-Webber kinda mix of "this is bad but it might backfire on the GCs and lead to self-ID (in Scotland) (if the Scottish gov has the guts to push for it)"

jack @jackeric@beige.party

4/16/2025, 10:36:54 AM

Quiet public

transphobia, ukpol, it's bad

@cwebberChristine Lemmer-Webber
[from the ruling]: "It is fanciful (even perverse) to think that any reasonable objection to the presence of a person of the opposite sex could be grounded in (gender recognition certificate) GRC status or that a confidential GRC could make any difference at all."

[from a pal]: So, orgs who can't conduct biological sex checks (so, almost all of them outside medical settings) have basically no choice but to use SelfId

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