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`

Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg@mastodon.social

2/27/2026, 10:08:40 PM

Public

RE: https://med-mastodon.com/@mloxton/116144163070437689

Dear people - please check your sources. This is very much not what is happening: see Bavaria extending its contract with Microsoft: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Cloud-Row-in-Bavaria-over-billion-euro-Microsoft-contract-without-tender-11114488.html See the Netherlands outsourcing the VAT handling to a US company: https://mastodon.nl/@bert_hubert/116137241938000063

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