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Pamela wrote:

> So if emojis are generated locally then all the more reason not to use
> them. I already get lost amongst the subtle differences between
> smileys, and additional local variation would make them more ambiguous in
> some conversations.

They only get updated every year or two, "normal" emoji are safe enough 
to expect will be rendered as you expect

the most recent additions to android/apple were in september 2023

<https://unicode.org/emoji/charts-15.1/emoji-released.html>

more fruit and veg to be misused as sexual metaphors, coming some time 
in 2025

<https://unicode.org/emoji/charts-16.0/emoji-released.html>

These are beta versions, not yet released despite the URL.

<https://unicode.org/emoji/charts-17.0/emoji-released.html>