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Iran's flag emoji is replaced (X.com / Twemoji)

https://github.com/twitter/twemoji/commit/1c8cbe4759046657da043e897b0ab8105b443c80
9•brap•13h ago

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brap•13h ago
Context:

https://x.com/nikitabier/status/2009580983453122652

https://x.com/TRobinsonNewEra/status/2009355413670821948

clanky•5h ago
From right-wing race baiter Tommy Robinson: "the real flag of Iran, the Lion and Sun" lol dream on you hack propagandists
ChrisArchitect•11h ago
So the boys over at Twitter are just wading into this? Why make a statement this way? Are they going to change other flags when they see fit politically too? Change Venezuela's to the stars and stripes?

There are other ways to make statements. Add a hashflag to #freeiran or something, free of charge.

clanky•8h ago
X is a tool of Western intelligence. The level of algo boosting for "the people of Iran are about to free themselves!" videos has been off the charts. JK Rowling and John Cleese are flogging it.

It's classic MindWar tactics of the sort that were pioneered by Michael Aquino. Convince the enemy they've lost before the war even starts.

koubaki•5h ago
Pre-change I thought Twemoji became closed sourced (source: https://emojipedia.org/twitter) and my repo observations (tons of open issues and no new commits) showed the same, but now I'm not sure. I think they probably resurrected a dead repo. Emojipedia hasn't said anything on their page about Twemoji (I checked before writing this post) as far as I know.
clanky•3h ago
Ok but then why was Nikita Bier saying they were going to do this?

MIT Whirlwind I: A High-Speed Electronic Digital Computer (1951)

https://dome.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.3/40245/MC665_r12_R-209.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
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