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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Texas State Library and Archives Commission Launches New State Symbols Website

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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Texas State Library and Archives Commission Launches New State Symbols Website. “The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) has announced a new web page featuring the official legislatively-designed State Symbols of Texas. The new site, accessible at http://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/symbols, features each official state symbol with a photograph and citation of the relevant resolution from the Texas Legislature. State symbols have been designated since 1901, when the bluebonnet was chosen as the official flower of Texas by the 27th Legislature.”

MakeUseOf: 6 Ways to Find Symbols and Look Up Symbol Meanings

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MakeUseOf: 6 Ways to Find Symbols and Look Up Symbol Meanings . “While surfing the internet (as well as in the offline world), we come across a lot of symbols. Some of them are common, but for others, you’ve probably wondered what a particular symbol means more than once. Thankfully, the internet has many symbol identifier resources to help. We’ll show you how to find out a symbol’s meaning using a variety of methods.”

9to5 Google: ‘Material Symbols’ are the newest Google Font icons with over 2,500 glyphs

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9to5 Google: ‘Material Symbols’ are the newest Google Font icons with over 2,500 glyphs. “In addition to introducing a new logo last year, Google Fonts added support for open source icons. Google’s Material Symbols are now available leveraging variable font technology. Many of these 2,500 glyphs should be familiar to Google app users, and follow last year’s release of the ‘Material Icons’ collection (2,000 distinct icons in five styles), which remains available in Google Fonts.”

Washington Post: Anchorage mayor defended anti-maskers wearing yellow Stars of David, claiming it’s ‘actually a credit to’ Jews

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Washington Post: Anchorage mayor defended anti-maskers wearing yellow Stars of David, claiming it’s ‘actually a credit to’ Jews. “As residents filed into the Anchorage Assembly meeting to debate a mask mandate on Wednesday night, a community member stood by the entrance and handed out yellow Stars of David adorned with the phrase ‘Do not comply.’ The stars — references to those imposed on Jews by the Nazis — symbolized the consequences of forcing people to wear masks, she said.”

Face palm: When the emoji you want doesn’t exist (BBC)

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BBC: Face palm: When the emoji you want doesn’t exist. “Do you have a favourite emoji? Maybe it’s the wink or the face rolling around with tears of laughter. Perhaps if you’re feeling slightly more sardonic, it’s the smiling face with jazz hands. With more than 3,000 to choose from, there are plenty of options. But what happens when the one emoji you want isn’t there?”

NiemanLab: VizPol takes a cue from bird-watching apps to help journalists identify unfamiliar political symbols

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NiemanLab: VizPol takes a cue from bird-watching apps to help journalists identify unfamiliar political symbols. “Built by researchers at Columbia University’s journalism and engineering schools and launched as an invite-only beta this week, VizPol can currently recognize 52 symbols. Many are associated with right-wing and white supremacist organizations, but the app also includes insignia used by libertarian, anti-fascist, hactivist, and other groups considered political but not extremist.”

Fast Company: See the world’s oldest emoji in this new archive of 650 ancient symbols

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Fast Company: See the world’s oldest emoji in this new archive of 650 ancient symbols. “A new project aims to catalogue hundreds of ancient symbols, drawn from long-gone civilizations like the Mayans, the ancient Egyptians, and the Aztecs, as well as present-day indigenous communities, like the Maori in New Zealand and the Lakota Sioux in North America.”