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`

Neil Kandalgaonkar @neilk@xoxo.zone

2/8/2026, 3:46:47 PM

Public

Some posts about Mozilla employees and AI are being widely reshared around fedi today. Metaphors of bodily autonomy and consent are being applied to whether Mozilla puts AI in their products

I’ve worked on products with extremely passionate early communities for decades now and this kind of interaction always makes me sad.

Some people make your software part of their identity and you will never please them. But more broadly we have no institutional structure for software that users can trust

Neil Kandalgaonkar @neilk@xoxo.zone

2/8/2026, 3:56:09 PM

Public

What about non-profits?

My partner works in non-profits, and always emphasizes, they are designed to be controlled by their funders. Not the people they serve.

It’s a form designed for tax sheltering, for social control, for wielding influence, for indoctrination, for giving spouses of the elite something to do without meaningful power

If you have radical beliefs in your mission statement you’re merely hoping your board is extremely tolerant of undermining their own power

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