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`

Alex Russell @slightlyoff@toot.cafe

1/27/2026, 6:25:42 PM

Public

The mobile app stores demand we believe that they *must* be trusted exclusively to protect us, to the exclusion of a powerful open web:

https://www.theverge.com/news/868614/nudify-apps-ttp-report-google-apple-app-stores?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IlVsREJZWHdXOFoiLCJwIjoiL25ld3MvODY4NjE0L251ZGlmeS1hcHBzLXR0cC1yZXBvcnQtZ29vZ2xlLWFwcGxlLWFwcC1zdG9yZXMiLCJleHAiOjE3Njk5NzAwNTgsImlhdCI6MTc2OTUzODA1OH0.uSVbunb5TN_U_3391Iuc6IohVTH7xuBYKeBfnP4IEJQ&utm_medium=gift-link

The only thing they're protecting is profits:

https://infrequently.org/2026/01/naked-power/

Dozens of nudify apps found on Google and Apple’s app stores

Grok’s gross competitors

www.theverge.com · The Verge

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