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`

Almost A Fern @bruceiv@tenforward.social

2/27/2026, 2:08:26 PM

Quiet public

@futurebirdmyrmepropagandist my best guess, the list is compiled from historical records of which Kansas residents have gotten the gender marker changed on their ID.

Monstrous regardless.

Michael Busch @michael_w_busch@mastodon.online

2/27/2026, 4:36:07 PM

Quiet public

@bruceivAlmost A Fern @futurebirdmyrmepropagandist

There are people who are cis who have had the gender marker changed on their IDs to correct administrative errors.

They have gotten caught up in the current anti-trans moral panic too.

From Arizona last year: https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/investigations/birth-certificate-controversy-keeps-mesa-14-year-old-off-boys-basketball-team

Birth certificate controversy keeps Mesa 14-year-old off boys' basketball team

An eighth-grader at Eastmark High School in Mesa was removed from boys' basketball tryouts this week after his school district questioned his eligibility based his birth certificate.

www.abc15.com · ABC15 Arizona in Phoenix (KNXV)

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