Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Nolan Lawson @nolan@toot.cafe

2/8/2026, 10:11:15 PM

Public

I can't believe it's 2026 and I'm *still* dealing with detecting unsupported emojis in browsers, because of course browser emoji support is still all over the place: https://github.com/nolanlawson/emoji-picker-element/issues/514

We will colonize Mars before browsers figure out how to draw a smiley face.

Several emojis missing when using an initially hidden `<emoji-picker>` · Issue #514 · nolanlawson/emoji-picker-element

I noticed that several emojis are missing if I use an initially hidden <emoji-picker> and later show it. Compare the results between an always visible picker and one that is initially hidden. Steps...

github.com · GitHub

Nolan Lawson @nolan@toot.cafe

2/8/2026, 10:16:54 PM

Quiet public

I remember back in 2020 when I wrote emoji-picker-element, I was sure that using native emoji fonts was the way to go, and that I was skating toward where the puck was going. *Surely* we'd figure out all these font problems in no time, right?

And yet, things are actually worse now:

- Windows still won't show country flags
- Chromium still won't fix this for us https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40766658
- Safari still ties emoji to OS updates
- Firefox's bet on Twemoji went very south: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1796880

Chromium

issues.chromium.org

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