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`

leyrer @leyrer@23.social

3/17/2026, 10:33:19 AM

Public

stock buybacks were illegal until 1982. At root, stock buybacks are just wash-trading, the company buying its own shares to move their price, without doing anything to justify that price movement.
https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/06/computer-says-huh/#invisible-handcuffs

Salesforce stock buyback to saddle company with debt until 2066
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/16/salesforce_bonds_saas_share_buybacks/

Pluralistic: Stock buybacks are stock swindles (06 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

pluralistic.net

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