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`

William Lindsey @wdlindsy@toad.social

2/18/2026, 2:12:38 PM

Public

"Nobody saw more clearly the direction in which the Republican Party was heading than Jesse Jackson did, and nobody saw more clearly the eventual public policy failures of Democrats seeking to carve off conservative voters who already were in the process of losing their minds."

~ Charles Pierce

#JesseJackson #Trump #Republicans
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https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a70394068/jesse-jackson-dead/

Jesse Jackson Knew Where We Were Headed

The politician and civil-rights leader, who died Tuesday at the age of 84, showed us how an outside candidate could challenge and change the political establishment.

www.esquire.com · Esquire

William Lindsey @wdlindsy@toad.social

2/18/2026, 2:13:27 PM

Public

"Donald Trump is the creature at the end of that road, and Jesse Jackson, who passed away on Tuesday morning, saw that before many allegedly shrewd political minds did. Sail on, Reverend. You were ... somebody."

#JesseJackson #Trump #Republicans
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