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`

mhoye @mhoye@mastodon.social

11/12/2025, 3:06:17 PM

Public

From an unrepostable follower:

"The light inside is broken, but I still work" - a sign taped to a vending machine, spotted by a Twitter user. (originally "the light inside has broken".)

mhoye @mhoye@mastodon.social

11/12/2025, 3:29:54 PM

Public

"My battery is low and it’s getting dark" - part of a tweet from journalist Jacob Margolis reporting from NASA, explaining the last received diagnostic messages from the Mars Rover, later (incorrectly, but poetically) interpreted as the literal text of the final message.

(See: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357155193_My_battery_is_low_and_it%27s_getting_dark_The_Opportunity_rover%27s_collective_persona )

(PDF) “My battery is low and it's getting dark”: The Opportunity rover's collective persona

PDF | The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity operated on Mars from 2004 until it was disabled by a dust storm in 2018. Its demise was declared in... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

www.researchgate.net · ResearchGate

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