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`

Milagros Miceli @milamiceli@dair-community.social

12/9/2025, 1:58:48 PM

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Today, DWI publishes a powerful essay by Michael Geoffrey Asia, who works impersonating an AI sex companion: https://data-workers.org/michael/

This piece offers a rare glimpse into the psychological and economic realities behind one of the fastest-growing sectors: AI-assisted intimacy.

Cover of the essay. It depicts a Black man, visibly tired and sad, holding a bleading heart that reads The Emotional Labor Behind AI Intimacy by Michael Geoffrey Asia.

If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://dair-community.social/users/milamiceli/statuses/115689962089600531 on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)

Mario Munoz @pythonbynight@hachyderm.io

12/10/2025, 12:05:48 AM

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RE: https://dair-community.social/@milamiceli/115689962089600531

Part of the impetus for this post is this report by Michael Geoffrey Asia, which I highly recommend.