in addition to this act of pressing “send,” there’s also a visual cue to suggest the end of a transmission: “Text messages and tweets already have a terminus, which is just the fact that they exist in little ‘bubbles.’” For these reasons, when a period is used, it can sometimes feel angry. ​ saying ‘end transmission’ instead of just ending it

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Earlier this month, the Unicode Consortium debuted its final list of new emojis for 2019—and we debated it. Some men felt challenged by what Pinching Hand implied about their bodies while some women challenged Drop of Blood for not being explicit enough about theirs. If I see this next

The final emoji list for 2019 has now been approved by the Unicode Consortium and includes a total of 230 new emojis coming to major platforms this year. Additions include previously drafted candidates such as a Flamingo, Otter, and Guide Dog, as well as a Waffle, Hindu Temple, Sari, Sloth,

What emoji do you send when you make a bad pun in a workplace Slack and then want to make a non-apology apology?— Jane Solomon (@janesolomon) February 5, 2019

Emoji hearts are hard to read but there’s one that beats them all.

“⠀⠀🤔 🤯 🧠 😮 ✨🧠✨ 😵”

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏻👍🏻👍🏼👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏼👍🏻👍🏻👍🏼👍🏽👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏽👍🏼👍🏻👍🏻👍🏼👍🏽👍🏾👍🏿👍🏾👍🏽👍🏼👍🏻👍🏻👍🏼👍🏽👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏽👍🏼👍🏻👍🏻👍🏼👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏼👍🏻👍🏻👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻— Jennifer 8. Lee (@jenny8lee) October 20, 2018

Light-skin-tone symbols are used far less often in the U.S. than their darker counterparts. Does shame explain the disparity?

In June 2015, the Unicode Consortium blessed us with a handful of new emoji including a burrito 🌯  and a cheese wedge 🧀. Perhaps the most think-piecey new addition to Unicode 8.0  was the inclusion of various skin-tone options for the hand-gesture and people emoji, which sparked