"Emoji are not a language, that much is clear. They are something more intriguing and more disruptive than that."

Read an excerpt of @shadychars's new book, FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY (😂), which tells the entire history of emoji so far 📚 ❤️

https://longreads.com/2025/07/01/emoji-language-keith-houston/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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