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`

Chris Petrilli @petrillic@hachyderm.io

3/15/2026, 10:12:38 PM

Public

Since Newt Gingrich is being discussed in the context of his mind-boggling stupidity, I figured I'd share a little DC story.

Weird story, I sat next to Newt at one of his favorite restaurants in DC. I was working in the Tidy Bowl Building* at the time, and there was a good Chinese place in the building that he really liked.

He was there with some random woman he was trying to impress with how smart he was.

We were at the table next to them trying not to laugh. It was the most pathetic display of pseudo-intellectualism I've ever seen.

* DC people know

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