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`

Tom Walker @tomw@mastodon.social

4/15/2025, 8:17:11 AM

Public

If I have a critique of the prevailing politics of Mastodon/fedi, it would be the emphasis on avoiding "complicity" via consumer choice, of the "It took a week but I finally got my phone working without anything from Google" variety.

These schemes tend to be high effort, for a total impact of "one person not using a thing". Even a small amount of activism is more effective. A donation of time or money to a relevant cause is way more effective.

Not everything is about which software you use.

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