Keith Broni

Thing

A tired indie dev and an emoji translator

First 10k done w/ the help of @broni.bsky.social

It's Thursday, and that means I'm putting together this week's Installer newsletter for The Verge! I want to know what you're into right now. What are you reading / watching / playing / going down a deep rabbit hole about? Tell me so I can include it! (And subscribe to Installer!)

PEEL IT BACK 2025 – NIGHT ONE
JUNE 15 • DUBLIN

PHOTOS BY @kraw.bsky.social + TODD TOURSO

Upfixes and faces with matching and mismatching facial expressions across both conventional and unconventional upfixes

In our new paper, my student Lenneke Lichtenberg investigated the non-literal and literal meanings of "upfixes" – things like hearts and gears that float above characters heads: "Understanding lightbulb moments: Meaning-making in visual morphology from comics and emoji" rdcu.be/epSkf

Hands On With iOS 26's Genmoji Mixes Earlier this week, Apple unveiled iOS 26 and released its first developer beta. The beta introduces new options for Genmoji, including the ability to use emojis as prompts to create new "mixes".

Earlier this week, Apple unveiled iOS 26 and released its first developer beta. The beta introduces new options for Genmoji, including the ability to use emojis as prompts to create new "mixes".

blog.emojipedia.org/hands-on-wit...

A series of different emojis that have been involved in Gen Z's often chaotic and ironic emoji swapping meme: the Face With Tears of Joy, Skull, Chair, Aerial Tramway, Loudly Crying Face, Broken Heart, Wilted Flower, and Low Battery.

TikTok users are once again ditching “mainstream” emojis for often absurdist alternatives in meme-ified movements designed to confuse, amuse, and divide the in-group from the rest.

blog.emojipedia.org/gen-zs-chaot...

SEVERANCE. What a finale. Loved it.

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New emojis in today’s Apple beta update (iOS 18.4 beta 2): Face with Bags Under Eyes, Fingerprint, Splatter, Root Vegetable, Leafless Tree, Harp, Shovel, and Flag: Sark.

First Look: new emojis in today’s Apple beta update (iOS 18.4 beta 2) 🔗👇

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“This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top.”

We remember David Lynch with a retrospective celebrating the life and work of a visionary artist who’s influence stretches far beyond cinema.

Prebooking is strongly advised:
www.lighthousecinema.ie/news/post/re...

Slithering Into The Year Of The Snake We’re officially shedding the old and sinking our fangs into the Year of the Snake, which is why you might have seen the snake emoji surging in usage lately.

🧧 Happy #ChineseNewYear
🧨 Year of the Snake 🐍

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Great change.

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Thanks to all for your kind remembrances on this awful day. Words will come later. Only feelings at the moment. Mourn and remember him but don’t forget to celebrate too. We won’t see his like again. The man from another place has gone home. #DavidLynch #TwinPeaks

3.5h cut of FWWM being watched tonight, that's for sure.

Incredibly excited for this upcoming @nin.com world tour - fifth time seeing 'em all going well!

People of Ireland! The shiny new paperback of Displeasure Island is only €6.99 in Eason when you buy a copy of the Irish Times. I can't speak to the quality of the paper, but my book is alright - www.instagram.com/p/DErmEPvqx1h/

I've reconstructed my treadmill desk monstrosity from 2020 to assist in my competing in my local gym's upcoming 8 week program. Feels kinda like cheating, but we'll see how it all pans out.

My Dad got me back into #Wordle over Christmas, so I just had to share my first ever lucky "in one" guess:

Wordle 1,290 1/6

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Will the Syrian Flag Emoji be changed? When? Given recent events in Syria, Emojipedia has received many questions regarding when the country's emoji flag will be updated to reflect its new political leadership. Here we detail the process for an ...

Many have asked, so we’ve answered:

Will the Syrian flag emoji be changed? And if so, when? 🔗👇

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🗳️
#GE24
Exit Poll: Irish Times/RTE/Ipsos/TG4/TCD
(MoE ~1.4%)

Sinn Féin 21.1%
Fine Gael 21%
Fianna Fáil 19.5%

Soc Dems 5.8%
Greens 4%
Labour 5%
PBP 3.1%
Aontú 3.6%
Ind Ireland 2.2%
Independents 12.7%
Others 1.9%

I love an Irish General election. You can keep Jake Tapper striding through a VR map like a Colossus. I don't want Wolf Blitzer using a touchscreen to show voter turnout.
Give me a frazzled RTE reporter coming live from a playschool in Offaly watching votes being added with a pencil for two weeks.

A pint of beer by the Units Brewing Company of Salt Lake City, Utah.

Missing what would have been my first general election registered in the Dublin Central constituency by about 12 hours. Though based on the way the electoral math is looking via the polls, I may not need to wait another 5 years for my next chance 🗳️

video game hermit who lives alone in the wilderness: nay, i haven't been to the village in many years. tis a full 36 seconds of walking from here

Flamenco dancing emoji with a turkey leg head

Gobble, gobble! Happy Thanksgiving! 🍗💃

Emojis for Saying “Thank You” It’s that time of year when many of us gobble up some Thanksgiving grub and express our gratitude for the abundance in our lives. Saying thanks in the right way is a subtle art, but luckily the emoji ...

Many emojis help us express appreciation and gratitude – here, we highlight some of the most popular options 🙌🙏🥰

Wishing a very happy #Thanksgiving to all who celebrate! 🦃🧡🤎

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Really wanted to like Gladiator II more than I did. Denzel is having an absolute ball though - he was easily my favourite part of the film.