Codes on social media: Is that a Hitler salute in your feed? Decoding Nazi's emoji language.
On social networks, people on the extreme right use emojis to encode their ideology.
Two Dutch researchers have become experts in a language that operates across borders.
"Cool Symbols Copy And Paste" https://copypastesymbols.top/ #CopyPaste #symbols #emoji #Sonderzeichen #utilities
Wir wünschen Euch und allen, die euch nahe stehen, ein gesegnetes und frohes Osterfest!
Kleines Osterrätsel 
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Viel Spaß beim Raten!
Die Auflösung kommt am Ostermontag.
short note on emoji text alternative variations
"Unicode symbols do not have inbuilt text alternatives. They are exposed in the browser accessibility tree as a text symbol"
#emoji #screenreaders #a11y #unicode #webDev
https://html5accessibility.com/stuff/2022/01/17/short-note-on-emoji-text-alternative-variations/
In the mid-2000s I made a range of 3D emoji for an advertisement campaign.
The emoji caught the attention of a Canadian amusement center called Funhaven. They approached me, and an orange version of this zany emoji became their logo. They're still using it:
Breaking news for the three people who care: you can finally make your #Slack #emoji blindingly #vibrant, as long as you're using #Apple products and have no regard for your retinas. 
Meanwhile, #Android #users are left squinting at their grayscale blobs, wondering why anyone would go through the hassle of installing ImageMagick just to get an emoji #facelift. 
https://sharpletters.net/2025/04/16/hdr-emoji/ #Emojis #Struggles #HackerNews #ngated
I've gone down a paralinguistic emoji rabbit hole of doom ... 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoji
This stuff is fascinating. 
cc. @eclectech
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From simple smileys to digital characters that ...
Ah yes, the manicule—a riveting tale of a tiny hand that manages to point even where it's not wanted. 
Clearly, the world was just dying to know the thrilling backstory of the 
emoji's #medieval grandparent, because who wouldn't want to read a novel-length exposition on a doodle? 
https://www.messynessychic.com/2025/03/07/the-secret-history-of-the-manicule-little-hand-thats-everywhere/ #manicule #history #emoji #storytelling #humor #HackerNews #ngated
So, you spent your weekend solving the #mystery of IBM's secret house emoji? Instead of finding buried treasures or, you know, doing anything remotely useful, you tackled the burning issue of #ASCII real estate. Next up: why the backslash looks like it's leaning the wrong way. 
https://blog.glyphdrawing.club/why-is-there-a-small-house-in-ibm-s-code-page-437/ #IBM #Emoji #Art #Tech #Humor #HackerNews #ngated
Since there is A SITUATION [!!!] between me and my Dad concerning the meaning of a certain #emoji... :
Please comment what this means to you without looking it up or reading other comments:
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