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`

Kate Morley @katemorley@hachyderm.io

11/20/2025, 3:08:28 PM

Public

I’m not sure whether the Guardian intended their budget game — https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2025/nov/20/you-be-the-chancellor-play-our-interactive-budget-game — to be so easy, but if you put the higher rate of income tax back up to 45% and freeze the thresholds, introduce a tax on gambling companies, and reform capital gains tax and property tax, you can scrap the two-child benefit cap, keep both the markets and the public happy, and still run a £19bn surplus:

Budget game 2025 results: surplus £19bn, markets OK, polls OK

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