Hackers' Pub

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`"` 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 Chapman @retrohistories@digipres.club

2/7/2026, 7:00:18 AM

Public

So, last March I wrote a thing about the myth that Ulala presented an MTV VMA in 2000 (she didn’t): https://savestate.site/where-was-ulala/

TL;DR: this stemmed from a (widely reported) misinterpretation of a press release announcing that Ulala would appear in an ad for one of the awards.

'Where was Ulala?'

Trivia heads, here's one for you: which Sega character presented an MTV Video Music Award in 2000? If you said…

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