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if you ever wanted to :awoo: in chosts, you're in luck: now you can!

i ported the @mutant standard emoji set by @dzuk to cohost with a userscript + a website!

features:

• it supports the full mutant standard emoji set
• it supports all variations, and has a picker for them
• you can make emojis in the default size or bigger
• it's fully accessible (automatically sets alt text & title based on emoji metadata, eg alt="paw hand (tan fur colour)" title="paw hand (tan fur colour)")
• it supports cohost posts as well as comments, and autodetects comment sections
• you can even use it in other places that support markdown/HTML
• everyone can see them, even if they do not have the script installed
• it has a nice UI for picking emojis

you can use it at https://mutant.us.to (no userscript required), and install the userscript (what is that?/how do i install that?) from there, and you can open the emoji picker by pressing CTRL+. (and Control+. on macOS) or the icon next to the old emoji button! and the source code is available on github (but it is a bit messy lol)

EDIT: i forgot to add an update URL, so if you installed it before i edited this in: reinstall the userscript you will get updates now (and there will be a few)

EDIT 2: i released a new update with a bunch of features! https://cohost.org/lexi/post/474136-b-style-font-size

a few technical details for nerds:

just pushed an update!

if you have installed it before my edit, you need to manually start the update, otherwise it should give you a prompt automatically. you can try/install it here: https://mutant.us.to/

• added better keyboard navigation (use (shift) tab to navigate)

• added SVG support

• added better scaling support

• general UI overhaul

• made it more accessible (more usage of semantic HTML)

• added a button next to the normal emoji picker (which also makes it usable on mobile as a userscript!)

• better emoji sizing (thanks @jkap & indirectly @ticky!)
• no CORS warning anymore (thanks @amgg!)
• better firefox support
• greasemonkey support (thanks @amgg!)
• lots of other bugfixes (see the git if you're curious, there are a lot lol)

if anything does break LMK and i'll look into it

I'm Lyric Solitaire. My gender is Filipino and my race is They/Them. I've been on cohost for a few weeks now but neglected to make an intro post until now because I'm lazy about that sort of thing. I'll probably update this later.

so far I have found a lot of joy in this cohost community but I wanted to reach out and garner some more friends. My interests include:

Wrestling! I am a huge wrestling fan. It's one of my big special interests. I only got into it in college so I got a lot of holes in older wrestling history. But I'm always looking to learn something new. I am personally deeply drawn into violent intimacy and dramatic storytelling that I think is so specifically unique to this medium. I've mostly watched AEW but I am particularly interested more these days in the indie scene. Going to local indie shows has changed my life. My personal favorite wrestlers right now are Effy, Maki Itoh, Kidd Bandit, and Edith Surreal.

TTRPGs! I love telling stories. And I think that TTRPGS are a fantastic way to do that. I've been playing various games of all sorts of systems for a long time now and I can mostly be found GMing a game basically once every week. I've also tried my hand just a little at writing games. Most of those games have never been posted anywhere but I did participate in the 2019 200 word rpg challenge and my game, "hey, this song reminds me of you" was one of the three winners.

Music! I love music. Huge fan of indie bands. used to be more involved in my local scene before covid 19 happened and most of the house venues around me closed down. I'm also an amateur guitarist, very out of practice. Right now my favorite bands are Insignificant Other, Origami Angel, and The Buildings.

Gundam and Star Wars are also really big for me as franchises. I'm not as big into engaging in fandom spaces these days but I will occasionally yell about those things when I remember to.

Not much to say besides that. glad to be chosting with you all.