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Thu. 1/14 - How We Narrowly Avoided an Emoji Shortage
The workaround the Unicode Consortium used to make sure we still get new emojis in 2021, pandemic or not. Facial hair is biologically useless. So why do some humans have it? And the SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule returning this evening will be carrying on it a case of twelve unopened bottles of red wine. But why?
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Links:
The Emoji That Nearly Weren't (Jennifer Daniel, Substack) via Today In Tabs
Emoji ZWJ Sequences: Three Letters, Many Possibilities (Emojipedia)
Facial Hair Is Biologically Useless. So Why Do Humans Have It? (Wired)
Wild Study Suggests Human Beards Evolved to Absorb Punches to The Head (Science Alert)
Our Skulls Didn't Evolve to be Punched (National Geographic)
French wine, vines headed home after year in space (AP)
Wed. 12/9 - Space Booze: It's... For Science (Kottke Ride Home) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter
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The workaround the Unicode Consortium used to make sure we still get new emojis in 2021, pandemic or not. Facial hair is biologically useless. So why do some humans have it? And the SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule returning this evening will be carrying on it a case of twelve unopened bottles of red wine. But why?
Sponsors:
- Skillshare, Get a free trial of Premium Membership at skillshare.com/kottke
- Fitbod, Get 25% off a membership when you sign up now through 2/28 at Fitbod.me/kottke
Links:
The Emoji That Nearly Weren't (Jennifer Daniel, Substack) via Today In Tabs
Emoji ZWJ Sequences: Three Letters, Many Possibilities (Emojipedia)
Facial Hair Is Biologically Useless. So Why Do Humans Have It? (Wired)
Wild Study Suggests Human Beards Evolved to Absorb Punches to The Head (Science Alert)
Our Skulls Didn't Evolve to be Punched (National Geographic)
French wine, vines headed home after year in space (AP)
Wed. 12/9 - Space Booze: It's... For Science (Kottke Ride Home) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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