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`

mcc @mcc@mastodon.social

12/31/2025, 10:53:32 PM

Public

Best video game I played this year: "Hollow Knight: Silksong"

Best movie: "Pontypool"

Most *interesting* movie: "Wax, or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees"

Best book: Commonweal quintet by Graydon Saunders

Best comic: The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't A Guy At All

Best TV show/anime: Sanda

Best album: The pair of Billy Woods albums, "GOLLIWOG" and "Mercy" (the latter is under the name Armand Hammer and working with The Alchemist and Elucid)

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mcc @mcc@mastodon.social

1/7/2026, 10:34:42 PM

Public

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mcc/115816635577573026

I have updated my "favorite things of 2025" list at the top of this thread because even though I'd picked one out, I didn't include a music entry. In my defense I was doing real bad last week.