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`

Bruce Elrick @virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca

1/6/2026, 8:38:21 PM

Public

Left-wing populists of today be like: Let's scoop out some of this scummy bathwater while filling the tub with clean water, and let's mind that baby.

Right-wing populists be like: Let's throw that baby out with the bathwater.

Abundance centrists be like: Oooh we need more bathwater, scummy or not, don't mind that flailing baby.

Actually the left-wing populists can't agree on the size of the scoop and whether to scoop out or in first, and just argue about it.

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