Heliograph<p>related here's the PROPOSED NEW <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/WEATHER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WEATHER</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FORECAST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FORECAST</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SYMBOLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SYMBOLS</span></a> by <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/TomGauld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TomGauld</span></a></p>
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Jason Beets<p>One protestor carried a flag representing the Industrial Workers of the World, a radical labor union that was prominent in the early 1900s. </p><p>11/x</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Flags" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flags</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Workers</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Symbols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Symbols</span></a></p>
earthling<p>Symbol sourcebook : an authoritative guide to international graphic symbols, 1972</p><p>by Dreyfuss, Henry, 1904-1972 </p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/symbolsourcebook0000henr" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/symbolsour</span><span class="invisible">cebook0000henr</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonfiction</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reference</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/symbols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>symbols</span></a></p>
Nom__XD, 飲ん,诺穆 (They/Them)🐈⬛<p>I use emoticons on my page, but I was upset because if a browser doesn't have them, it loads any font that does. So I found theses fonts <<<a href="https://www.nerdfonts.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">nerdfonts.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> >> that have 10,390 glyphs, including tech symbols. Nice. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/symbols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>symbols</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unicode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unicode</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emojis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emojis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nerdfonts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nerdfonts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nomxd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nomxd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a>-talk🐾</p>
Jason Beets<p>What a long, strange trip it's been. </p><p>7/x</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Life</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Symbols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Symbols</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humor</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Buttons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Buttons</span></a></p>
v_i_o_l_a<p>"Cool Symbols Copy And Paste" <a href="https://copypastesymbols.top/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">copypastesymbols.top/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/CopyPaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CopyPaste</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/symbols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>symbols</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/emoji" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoji</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Sonderzeichen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sonderzeichen</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/utilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>utilities</span></a></p>
Jonathan Taylor<p>Reminder: I am offering my services as a developmental editor to all those who are willing. My services will set you back $1 for every 400 words (that's $250 for 100k) and will cover theming, plot development, world development, symbolism, and characterisation. I'll also cover special requests, btw</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authorcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authorcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingdevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingdevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plotdevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plotdevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/characterdevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>characterdevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/characterisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>characterisation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theme</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/themes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>themes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/symbol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>symbol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/symbols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>symbols</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authorsofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authorsofmastodon</span></a></p>
Scientific European<p>When did Alphabetic Writing Start? <br>One of key milestones in the story of human civilisation is development of a system of writing based on symbols representing sounds of a language............<br><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alphabet</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/AlphabeticWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlphabeticWriting</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ideographs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ideographs</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/inscription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inscription</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/logographs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>logographs</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/pictographs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pictographs</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Symbols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Symbols</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a><br>Umesh Prasad </p><p><a href="https://scientificeuropean.co.uk/sciences/archaeology/when-did-alphabetic-writing-start/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scientificeuropean.co.uk/scien</span><span class="invisible">ces/archaeology/when-did-alphabetic-writing-start/</span></a></p>
Scientific European<p>When did Alphabetic Writing Start? <br>One of key milestones in the story of human civilisation is development of a system of writing based on symbols representing sounds of a language............<br><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alphabet</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/AlphabeticWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlphabeticWriting</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ideographs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ideographs</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/inscription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inscription</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/logographs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>logographs</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/pictographs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pictographs</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Symbols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Symbols</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a><br>Umesh Prasad </p><p><a href="https://www.scientificeuropean.co.uk/sciences/archaeology/when-did-alphabetic-writing-start/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scientificeuropean.co.uk/scien</span><span class="invisible">ces/archaeology/when-did-alphabetic-writing-start/</span></a></p>
Ecologia Digital<p>"…does <a href="https://mato.social/tags/traditionalknowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>traditionalknowledge</span></a> apart of all <a href="https://mato.social/tags/magic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>magic</span></a>, handed down by generations, still function? In our region some <a href="https://mato.social/tags/rituals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rituals</span></a> & <a href="https://mato.social/tags/symbols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>symbols</span></a> of that day don’t work anymore because of climate change.<br>In the past, rituals and festive days provided support. A seasonal calendar promised a future because every autumn was followed by winter and then spring."</p><p>Thank you <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@NatureMC" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>NatureMC</span></a></span> for your post on magic.<br>…from someone called <a href="https://mato.social/tags/Murilo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Murilo</span></a> (small wall, or tiny boundary).</p><p><a href="https://www.cronenburg.net/magic/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">cronenburg.net/magic/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Project Gutenberg<p>Ancient Origins of Writing Traced to Mysterious 6,000-Year-Old Symbols</p><p><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-origins-of-writing-traced-to-mysterious-6000-year-old-symbols" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencealert.com/ancient-origi</span><span class="invisible">ns-of-writing-traced-to-mysterious-6000-year-old-symbols</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/symbols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>symbols</span></a></p>
𝕂𝚞𝚋𝚒𝚔ℙ𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚕<p>A symbol for the ⁂ Fediverse here:</p><p>That's why you see the ⁂ sign in my profile description. This is not a naive or even clumsy attempt to be something special using ASCII art ;-)</p><p>You don't have to laboriously search for and type out the ⁂. On their website you can easily enter it anywhere using copy and paste in any font: ⁂ ≠ 𝕏</p><p>:mastodon: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@FediverseSymbol" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>FediverseSymbol</span></a></span> <br>🌐 <a href="https://symbol.fediverse.info" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">symbol.fediverse.info</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/logo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>logo</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/utf8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>utf8</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/emoji" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoji</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/asciiart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>asciiart</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/copyandpaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyandpaste</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/newhere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newhere</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/symbols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>symbols</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/feditips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>feditips</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastoart</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fediart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediart</span></a></p>
ICalzada<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YouCannotEatFlagsForBreakfast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouCannotEatFlagsForBreakfast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BanderaTrapuBatDaHaizerikEzPadabil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BanderaTrapuBatDaHaizerikEzPadabil</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Budapest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Budapest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Markets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Markets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Empires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Empires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Translocal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Translocal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Globalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Globalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Streetwise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Streetwise</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nationalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Symbols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Symbols</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Identity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Identity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fieldwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fieldwork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ethnography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ethnography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIAct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DraghiReport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DraghiReport</span></a></p>
Design Brouhaha<p>I haven't taken the time yet to talk about it, but I was in Japan 🇯🇵 last month and just came back few days ago! <br>It was not really planned, but following the Symbol Group Conference, where I presented my work on The Lovers Communication System's ongoing digitalization, the genius designer behind it Yukio Ota opened me his door and I couldn't miss the chance of meeting him. </p><p>↓ 1/5</p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/symbols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>symbols</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/pictogram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pictogram</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/locos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>locos</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/yukioota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yukioota</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/loverscommunicationsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>loverscommunicationsystem</span></a></p>
Veronica Olsen 🏳️🌈🇳🇴🌻<p>Ok, this is very useful. I need to save that locally. I know the ones I use, but there are a bunch more useful ones.</p><p><a href="https://math.dartmouth.edu/~sarunas/Linux_Compose_Key_Sequences.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">math.dartmouth.edu/~sarunas/Li</span><span class="invisible">nux_Compose_Key_Sequences.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ComposeKey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComposeKey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Symbols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Symbols</span></a></p>
Posters of Library of Congress<p>1er mars, 1871, 1er mars, 1918. En Alsace libérée les petites filles, se restreignent de bon coeur pour hâter la déliverance de l'Alsace encore annedéxe. Faites comme elles</p><p><a href="http://www.loc.gov/item/99613609/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="">loc.gov/item/99613609/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.samhenri.gold/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>france</span></a> <a href="https://social.samhenri.gold/tags/alsace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alsace</span></a> <a href="https://social.samhenri.gold/tags/worldwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>worldwar</span></a> <a href="https://social.samhenri.gold/tags/symbols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>symbols</span></a> <a href="https://social.samhenri.gold/tags/girls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>girls</span></a> <a href="https://social.samhenri.gold/tags/french" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>french</span></a> <a href="https://social.samhenri.gold/tags/color" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>color</span></a> <a href="https://social.samhenri.gold/tags/lithographs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lithographs</span></a> <a href="https://social.samhenri.gold/tags/warposters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warposters</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>With <a href="https://c.im/tags/humanitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanitarian</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/catastrophes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>catastrophes</span></a> unfolding on several continents, <br>the response of the <a href="https://c.im/tags/wealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wealthy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/world" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>world</span></a> has been to 💥demand tighter borders and higher fences. </p><p>⚠️There is no blockbuster charity single raising money for starving refugees from the civil war raging in Sudan. <br>🆘And now, the cruel taunts come not just from schoolyard bullies and cranks on the political fringes, but from the lips of a man who stood on the presidential debate stage on Tuesday -- a former president who once again has a coin-flip shot at regaining the most powerful office in the world.</p><p>And so I suppose I shouldn’t have been surprised by that lowest of moments at the debate, <br>when Donald Trump repeated a vile, baseless claim that Haitian immigrants were killing and eating household pets in Springfield, Ohio. </p><p>This allegation appears to stem from viral social media posts and statements at public meetings. <br>It was picked up by some of the most rancid figures at the <a href="https://c.im/tags/fringe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fringe</span></a> of the <a href="https://c.im/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a>-verse, <br>then quickly hopscotched from there to a social media post by Trump’s running mate, JD <a href="https://c.im/tags/Vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vance</span></a>, <br>and finally to the debate stage, sputtered by <a href="https://c.im/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> himself.</p><p>There is something particularly <a href="https://c.im/tags/insidious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insidious</span></a> about this claim, <br>uttered at this time, from that stage. <br><a href="https://c.im/tags/Food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Food</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/pets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pets</span></a> are, to use a Freudian term, highly overdetermined <a href="https://c.im/tags/symbols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>symbols</span></a> in our political life. </p><p>They are capable of receiving and holding a multiplicity of very potent meanings, transmitting deep messages about <a href="https://c.im/tags/identity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>identity</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/belonging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>belonging</span></a>.</p><p>You can tell how powerful this type of slur is by how quickly and vociferously it has animated so many on the right. </p><p>Figures who flirt with the mainstream have eagerly jumped into the fray. </p><p>The conservative culture warrior <a href="https://c.im/tags/Christopher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christopher</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Rufo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rufo</span></a> has offered a $5,000 bounty for anyone who can find proof that a Haitian immigrant had in fact eaten a cat. </p><p>It is not hard to imagine how this could quickly escalate into <a href="https://c.im/tags/vigilante" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vigilante</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a> against Haitians in America. </p><p>On Thursday, city officials in Springfield, most of whom have pushed back against the false allegations, said they had received <a href="https://c.im/tags/bomb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bomb</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/threats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threats</span></a>, prompting the evacuation of city buildings.</p><p>MAGA bigotry is far more <a href="https://c.im/tags/sinister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sinister</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/dangerous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dangerous</span></a> than weird. </p><p>And disbelieving laughter could, <br>I fear, blind us to moments like this, when truly unacceptable lines are crossed</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/14/opinion/trump-debate-haitians-pets.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&ngrp=mnp&pvid=93CE287F-EE40-40AE-B1B3-90B0F13022C0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/09/14/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/trump-debate-haitians-pets.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&ngrp=mnp&pvid=93CE287F-EE40-40AE-B1B3-90B0F13022C0</span></a></p>
toiida🌻<p>Marc Bijl, “Every Cult, its Castle”, 2008, duct tape, metallic tape, spray paint on canvas, 100 × 150 cm ★ Netherlands/Germany ★ <a href="https://www.phillips.com/detail/marc-bijl/NY010614/190" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">phillips.com/detail/marc-bijl/</span><span class="invisible">NY010614/190</span></a> ⦾ <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_Providence" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_P</span><span class="invisible">rovidence</span></a> <a href="https://library.love/tags/MarcBijl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarcBijl</span></a> <a href="https://library.love/tags/contemporaryart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contemporaryart</span></a> <a href="https://library.love/tags/contemporarypainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contemporarypainting</span></a> <a href="https://library.love/tags/mixedmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mixedmedia</span></a> <a href="https://library.love/tags/metallictape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metallictape</span></a> <a href="https://library.love/tags/graffitiart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>graffitiart</span></a> <a href="https://library.love/tags/streetart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>streetart</span></a> <a href="https://library.love/tags/punkinspired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punkinspired</span></a> <a href="https://library.love/tags/symbols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>symbols</span></a> <a href="https://library.love/tags/pyramids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pyramids</span></a> <a href="https://library.love/tags/eyeofprovidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eyeofprovidence</span></a> <a href="https://library.love/tags/allseeingeye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>allseeingeye</span></a> <a href="https://library.love/tags/greatseal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greatseal</span></a> <a href="https://library.love/tags/cults" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cults</span></a> <a href="https://library.love/tags/2000s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2000s</span></a></p>
Design Brouhaha<p>When you see LoCoS, you might think about Blissymbols. While Bliss chose to develop a written language, the invention of Ota combines shape, meaning, and sound so that it can be spoken.<br>Another main difference between the two systems is the vision of its creator. While Bliss wanted to keep control of his language and live from royalty, Ota knew he couldn't handle it by himself, asking for help to work on his creation with others. Accessibility is key.</p><p>↓ 3/8</p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/symbols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>symbols</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/pictograms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pictograms</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/locos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>locos</span></a></p>
Design Brouhaha<p>The Lovers Communication System is a pictorial language created by the genius Japanese designer Yukio Ota in 1964. You may know him as the main designer behind the ISO symbol Exit Sign, which has been adopted worldwide.</p><p>His goal was to create a universal language that is easy to read, write, and remember, based on a combination of symbols and pictograms.</p><p>↓ 2/8</p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/symbols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>symbols</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/pictograms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pictograms</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/locos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>locos</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/yukioota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yukioota</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/loverscommunicationsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>loverscommunicationsystem</span></a></p>
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