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`

Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her) @susankayequinn@wandering.shop

2/8/2026, 6:27:15 PM

Public

A reader asked "How can I find good, human-made books?"

I'm going to counter the AI-slop by recommending more books that I love — ones I read, ones my friends write, ones I know are human art fighting to exist in an AI-slop world.

Don't look to algos to tell you what to read: ask your friends, go back to authors you love and see what they recommend, find real humans talking about real books. That's how books have always been found, before the algos colonized our info spaces.

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