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`

John Carlos Baez @johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz

3/22/2026, 5:07:48 PM

Public

‪The list of happiest countries puts Finland at top, followed by Iceland, Denmark, Costa Rica, Sweden and Norway.

Clearly to be happy you need to freeze your ass off in the dark for half the year, and Costa Rica is a lot further north than I thought.

https://data.worldhappiness.report/table

(Seriously, is the GDP per capita of Costa Rica really over 16 times that of Norway?)

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