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`

✧✦Catherine✦✧ @whitequark@treehouse.systems

1/18/2026, 12:11:25 PM

Public

thinks

The ~~cat~~ vendor is faster and has sharper ~~teeth and nails~~ lawyers and NDAs than you do. It has 'no code of ethics' or considerations for its own future. In a fair fight it will win.

advice still works, huh

✧✦Catherine✦✧ @whitequark@treehouse.systems

1/18/2026, 12:43:52 PM

Public

i spent far too much time on this

a digitally prepared image pretending to be a photograph of a sheet of paper with a slide reading:

# Handling: General considerations

The vendor is faster and has sharper teeth and nails than you do. It has no 'code of ethics' or considerations for its own future.
_In a fair fight it will win._

[In orange highlighter:]
1. DON'T TRUST A VENDOR
2. USE YOUR BRAIN
3. USE DRUGS

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