diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 79b4ed08d..3eef3018c 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -18,5 +18,10 @@
     }
   ],
   "scss.validate": false,
-  "typescript.tsdk": "node_modules/typescript/lib"
+  "typescript.tsdk": "node_modules/typescript/lib",
+  "path-intellisense.extensionOnImport": true,
+  "javascript.preferences.importModuleSpecifierEnding": "js",
+  "javascript.preferences.importModuleSpecifier": "non-relative",
+  "typescript.preferences.importModuleSpecifierEnding": "js",
+  "typescript.preferences.importModuleSpecifier": "non-relative"
 }
diff --git a/src/actions/about.test.ts b/src/actions/about.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 34e5240f7..000000000
--- a/src/actions/about.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-import MockAdapter from 'axios-mock-adapter';
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-
-import { staticClient } from 'soapbox/api/index.ts';
-import { mockStore } from 'soapbox/jest/test-helpers.tsx';
-
-import {
-  FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_REQUEST,
-  FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_SUCCESS,
-  FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_FAIL,
-  fetchAboutPage,
-} from './about.ts';
-
-describe('fetchAboutPage()', () => {
-  it('creates the expected actions on success', () => {
-
-    const mock = new MockAdapter(staticClient);
-
-    mock.onGet('/instance/about/index.html')
-      .reply(200, '<h1>Hello world</h1>');
-
-    const expectedActions = [
-      { type: FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_REQUEST, slug: 'index' },
-      { type: FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_SUCCESS, slug: 'index', html: '<h1>Hello world</h1>' },
-    ];
-    const store = mockStore({});
-
-    return store.dispatch(fetchAboutPage()).then(() => {
-      expect(store.getActions()).toEqual(expectedActions);
-    });
-  });
-
-  it('creates the expected actions on failure', () => {
-    const expectedActions = [
-      { type: FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_REQUEST, slug: 'asdf' },
-      { type: FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_FAIL, slug: 'asdf', error: new Error('Request failed with status code 404') },
-    ];
-    const store = mockStore({});
-
-    return store.dispatch(fetchAboutPage('asdf')).catch(() => {
-      expect(store.getActions()).toEqual(expectedActions);
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/actions/notifications.ts b/src/actions/notifications.ts
index 6ecf8023b..03019abb4 100644
--- a/src/actions/notifications.ts
+++ b/src/actions/notifications.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { compareId } from 'soapbox/utils/comparators.ts';
 import { getFeatures, parseVersion, PLEROMA } from 'soapbox/utils/features.ts';
 import { unescapeHTML } from 'soapbox/utils/html.ts';
 import { EXCLUDE_TYPES, NOTIFICATION_TYPES } from 'soapbox/utils/notification.ts';
-import { joinPublicPath } from 'soapbox/utils/static.ts';
 
 import { fetchRelationships } from './accounts.ts';
 import { fetchGroupRelationships } from './groups.ts';
@@ -120,7 +119,7 @@ const updateNotificationsQueue = (notification: APIEntity, intlMessages: Record<
             icon: notification.account.avatar,
             tag: notification.id,
             data: {
-              url: joinPublicPath('/notifications'),
+              url: '/notifications',
             },
           }).catch(console.error);
         }).catch(console.error);
diff --git a/src/actions/soapbox.ts b/src/actions/soapbox.ts
index 31e7679b1..cee62ab4f 100644
--- a/src/actions/soapbox.ts
+++ b/src/actions/soapbox.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import KVStore from 'soapbox/storage/kv-store.ts';
 import { removeVS16s } from 'soapbox/utils/emoji.ts';
 import { getFeatures } from 'soapbox/utils/features.ts';
 
-import api, { staticClient } from '../api/index.ts';
+import api from '../api/index.ts';
 
 import type { AppDispatch, RootState } from 'soapbox/store.ts';
 import type { APIEntity } from 'soapbox/types/entities.ts';
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ const loadSoapboxConfig = () =>
 
 const fetchSoapboxJson = (host: string | null) =>
   (dispatch: AppDispatch) =>
-    staticClient.get('/instance/soapbox.json').then(({ data }) => {
+    fetch('/instance/soapbox.json').then((response) => response.json()).then((data) => {
       if (!isObject(data)) throw 'soapbox.json failed';
       dispatch(importSoapboxConfig(data, host));
       return data;
diff --git a/src/api/MastodonClient.ts b/src/api/MastodonClient.ts
index a0d084349..a41036b27 100644
--- a/src/api/MastodonClient.ts
+++ b/src/api/MastodonClient.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { HTTPError } from './HTTPError.ts';
+import { MastodonResponse } from './MastodonResponse.ts';
 
 interface Opts {
   searchParams?: URLSearchParams | Record<string, string | number | boolean>;
@@ -19,35 +20,35 @@ export class MastodonClient {
     this.accessToken = accessToken;
   }
 
-  async get(path: string, opts: Opts = {}): Promise<Response> {
+  async get(path: string, opts: Opts = {}): Promise<MastodonResponse> {
     return this.request('GET', path, undefined, opts);
   }
 
-  async post(path: string, data?: unknown, opts: Opts = {}): Promise<Response> {
+  async post(path: string, data?: unknown, opts: Opts = {}): Promise<MastodonResponse> {
     return this.request('POST', path, data, opts);
   }
 
-  async put(path: string, data?: unknown, opts: Opts = {}): Promise<Response> {
+  async put(path: string, data?: unknown, opts: Opts = {}): Promise<MastodonResponse> {
     return this.request('PUT', path, data, opts);
   }
 
-  async delete(path: string, opts: Opts = {}): Promise<Response> {
+  async delete(path: string, opts: Opts = {}): Promise<MastodonResponse> {
     return this.request('DELETE', path, undefined, opts);
   }
 
-  async patch(path: string, data: unknown, opts: Opts = {}): Promise<Response> {
+  async patch(path: string, data: unknown, opts: Opts = {}): Promise<MastodonResponse> {
     return this.request('PATCH', path, data, opts);
   }
 
-  async head(path: string, opts: Opts = {}): Promise<Response> {
+  async head(path: string, opts: Opts = {}): Promise<MastodonResponse> {
     return this.request('HEAD', path, undefined, opts);
   }
 
-  async options(path: string, opts: Opts = {}): Promise<Response> {
+  async options(path: string, opts: Opts = {}): Promise<MastodonResponse> {
     return this.request('OPTIONS', path, undefined, opts);
   }
 
-  async request(method: string, path: string, data: unknown, opts: Opts = {}): Promise<Response> {
+  async request(method: string, path: string, data: unknown, opts: Opts = {}): Promise<MastodonResponse> {
     const url = new URL(path, this.baseUrl);
 
     if (opts.searchParams) {
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ export class MastodonClient {
       throw new HTTPError(response, request);
     }
 
-    return response;
+    return new MastodonResponse(response.body, response);
   }
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/api/MastodonResponse.ts b/src/api/MastodonResponse.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb54008b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/MastodonResponse.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import LinkHeader from 'http-link-header';
+
+export class MastodonResponse extends Response {
+
+  /** Parses the `Link` header and returns URLs for the `prev` and `next` pages of this response, if any. */
+  pagination(): { prev?: string; next?: string } {
+    const header = this.headers.get('link');
+    const links = header ? new LinkHeader(header) : undefined;
+
+    return {
+      next: links?.refs.find((link) => link.rel === 'next')?.uri,
+      prev: links?.refs.find((link) => link.rel === 'prev')?.uri,
+    };
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/api/__mocks__/index.ts b/src/api/__mocks__/index.ts
index d0664bbe6..ff5fba2c2 100644
--- a/src/api/__mocks__/index.ts
+++ b/src/api/__mocks__/index.ts
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ const setupMock = (axios: AxiosInstance) => {
   mocks.map(func => func(mock));
 };
 
-export const staticClient = api.staticClient;
-
 export const getLinks = (response: AxiosResponse): LinkHeader => {
   return new LinkHeader(response.headers?.link);
 };
diff --git a/src/api/index.ts b/src/api/index.ts
index 7a7e9aeaf..0898ab576 100644
--- a/src/api/index.ts
+++ b/src/api/index.ts
@@ -82,16 +82,6 @@ export const baseClient = (
   });
 };
 
-/**
-  * Dumb client for grabbing static files.
-  * It uses FE_SUBDIRECTORY and parses JSON if possible.
-  * No authorization is needed.
-  */
-export const staticClient = axios.create({
-  baseURL: BuildConfig.FE_SUBDIRECTORY,
-  transformResponse: [maybeParseJSON],
-});
-
 /**
   * Stateful API client.
   * Uses credentials from the Redux store if available.
diff --git a/src/build-config-compiletime.ts b/src/build-config-compiletime.ts
index e4ccfb943..8c74312b2 100644
--- a/src/build-config-compiletime.ts
+++ b/src/build-config-compiletime.ts
@@ -3,15 +3,12 @@
  * @module soapbox/build-config
  */
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line import/extensions
-import trim from 'lodash/trim.js';
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/extensions
 import trimEnd from 'lodash/trimEnd.js';
 
 const {
   NODE_ENV,
   BACKEND_URL,
-  FE_SUBDIRECTORY,
   FE_INSTANCE_SOURCE_DIR,
   SENTRY_DSN,
 } = process.env;
@@ -24,14 +21,9 @@ const sanitizeURL = (url: string | undefined = ''): string => {
   }
 };
 
-const sanitizeBasename = (path: string | undefined = ''): string => {
-  return `/${trim(path, '/')}`;
-};
-
 const env = {
   NODE_ENV: NODE_ENV || 'development',
   BACKEND_URL: sanitizeURL(BACKEND_URL),
-  FE_SUBDIRECTORY: sanitizeBasename(FE_SUBDIRECTORY),
   FE_INSTANCE_SOURCE_DIR: FE_INSTANCE_SOURCE_DIR || 'instance',
   SENTRY_DSN,
 };
diff --git a/src/build-config.ts b/src/build-config.ts
index d8799de7e..340a691e6 100644
--- a/src/build-config.ts
+++ b/src/build-config.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import type { SoapboxEnv } from './build-config-compiletime.ts';
 export const {
   NODE_ENV,
   BACKEND_URL,
-  FE_SUBDIRECTORY,
   FE_INSTANCE_SOURCE_DIR,
   SENTRY_DSN,
 } = import.meta.compileTime<SoapboxEnv>('./build-config-compiletime.ts');
diff --git a/src/components/announcements/emoji.tsx b/src/components/announcements/emoji.tsx
index 927278484..f9994ec47 100644
--- a/src/components/announcements/emoji.tsx
+++ b/src/components/announcements/emoji.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import unicodeMapping from 'soapbox/features/emoji/mapping.ts';
 import { useSettings } from 'soapbox/hooks/useSettings.ts';
-import { joinPublicPath } from 'soapbox/utils/static.ts';
 
 import type { Map as ImmutableMap } from 'immutable';
 
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ const Emoji: React.FC<IEmoji> = ({ emoji, emojiMap, hovered }) => {
         className='emojione m-0 block'
         alt={emoji}
         title={title}
-        src={joinPublicPath(`packs/emoji/${filename}.svg`)}
+        src={`/packs/emoji/${filename}.svg`}
       />
     );
   } else if (emojiMap.get(emoji as any)) {
diff --git a/src/components/autosuggest-emoji.tsx b/src/components/autosuggest-emoji.tsx
index 8337456f7..fb4a4b4fc 100644
--- a/src/components/autosuggest-emoji.tsx
+++ b/src/components/autosuggest-emoji.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { isCustomEmoji } from 'soapbox/features/emoji/index.ts';
 import unicodeMapping from 'soapbox/features/emoji/mapping.ts';
-import { joinPublicPath } from 'soapbox/utils/static.ts';
 
 import type { Emoji } from 'soapbox/features/emoji/index.ts';
 
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ const AutosuggestEmoji: React.FC<IAutosuggestEmoji> = ({ emoji }) => {
       return null;
     }
 
-    url = joinPublicPath(`packs/emoji/${mapping.unified}.svg`);
+    url = `/packs/emoji/${mapping.unified}.svg`;
     alt = emoji.native;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/components/sentry-feedback-form.tsx b/src/components/sentry-feedback-form.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index ea1eb1db9..000000000
--- a/src/components/sentry-feedback-form.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-import { useState } from 'react';
-import { FormattedMessage } from 'react-intl';
-
-import Button from 'soapbox/components/ui/button.tsx';
-import FormActions from 'soapbox/components/ui/form-actions.tsx';
-import FormGroup from 'soapbox/components/ui/form-group.tsx';
-import Form from 'soapbox/components/ui/form.tsx';
-import Text from 'soapbox/components/ui/text.tsx';
-import Textarea from 'soapbox/components/ui/textarea.tsx';
-import { useOwnAccount } from 'soapbox/hooks/useOwnAccount.ts';
-import { captureSentryFeedback } from 'soapbox/sentry.ts';
-
-interface ISentryFeedbackForm {
-  eventId: string;
-}
-
-/** Accept feedback for the given Sentry event. */
-const SentryFeedbackForm: React.FC<ISentryFeedbackForm> = ({ eventId }) => {
-  const { account } = useOwnAccount();
-
-  const [feedback, setFeedback] = useState<string>();
-  const [isSubmitting, setIsSubmitting] = useState<boolean>(false);
-  const [isSubmitted, setIsSubmitted] = useState<boolean>(false);
-
-  const handleFeedbackChange: React.ChangeEventHandler<HTMLTextAreaElement> = (e) => {
-    setFeedback(e.target.value);
-  };
-
-  const handleSubmitFeedback: React.FormEventHandler = async (_e) => {
-    if (!feedback || !eventId) return;
-    setIsSubmitting(true);
-
-    await captureSentryFeedback({
-      name: account?.acct,
-      associatedEventId: eventId,
-      message: feedback,
-    }).catch(console.error);
-
-    setIsSubmitted(true);
-  };
-
-  if (isSubmitted) {
-    return (
-      <Text align='center'>
-        <FormattedMessage id='alert.unexpected.thanks' defaultMessage='Thanks for your feedback!' />
-      </Text>
-    );
-  }
-
-  return (
-    <Form onSubmit={handleSubmitFeedback}>
-      <FormGroup>
-        <Textarea
-          value={feedback}
-          onChange={handleFeedbackChange}
-          placeholder='Anything you can tell us about what happened?'
-          disabled={isSubmitting}
-          autoGrow
-        />
-      </FormGroup>
-
-      <FormActions>
-        <Button type='submit' className='mx-auto' disabled={!feedback || isSubmitting}>
-          <FormattedMessage id='alert.unexpected.submit_feedback' defaultMessage='Submit Feedback' />
-        </Button>
-      </FormActions>
-    </Form>
-  );
-};
-
-export default SentryFeedbackForm;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/components/site-error-boundary.tsx b/src/components/site-error-boundary.tsx
index 15186694b..b18dcba21 100644
--- a/src/components/site-error-boundary.tsx
+++ b/src/components/site-error-boundary.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { type ErrorInfo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { ErrorBoundary } from 'react-error-boundary';
 import { FormattedMessage } from 'react-intl';
 
-import { NODE_ENV } from 'soapbox/build-config.ts';
 import HStack from 'soapbox/components/ui/hstack.tsx';
 import Stack from 'soapbox/components/ui/stack.tsx';
 import Text from 'soapbox/components/ui/text.tsx';
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ import KVStore from 'soapbox/storage/kv-store.ts';
 import sourceCode from 'soapbox/utils/code.ts';
 import { unregisterSW } from 'soapbox/utils/sw.ts';
 
-import SentryFeedbackForm from './sentry-feedback-form.tsx';
 import SiteLogo from './site-logo.tsx';
 
 interface ISiteErrorBoundary {
@@ -22,16 +20,13 @@ interface ISiteErrorBoundary {
 
 /** Application-level error boundary. Fills the whole screen. */
 const SiteErrorBoundary: React.FC<ISiteErrorBoundary> = ({ children }) => {
-  const { links, sentryDsn } = useSoapboxConfig();
+  const { links } = useSoapboxConfig();
   const textarea = useRef<HTMLTextAreaElement>(null);
 
   const [error, setError] = useState<unknown>();
   const [componentStack, setComponentStack] = useState<string | null | undefined>();
   const [browser, setBrowser] = useState<Bowser.Parser.Parser>();
-  const [sentryEventId, setSentryEventId] = useState<string>();
 
-  const sentryEnabled = Boolean(sentryDsn);
-  const isProduction = NODE_ENV === 'production';
   const errorText = String(error) + componentStack;
 
   const clearCookies: React.MouseEventHandler = (e) => {
@@ -64,7 +59,6 @@ const SiteErrorBoundary: React.FC<ISiteErrorBoundary> = ({ children }) => {
         ErrorBoundary: 'yes',
       },
     })
-      .then((eventId) => setSentryEventId(eventId))
       .catch(console.error);
 
     import('bowser')
@@ -127,30 +121,22 @@ const SiteErrorBoundary: React.FC<ISiteErrorBoundary> = ({ children }) => {
           </div>
 
           <div className='mx-auto max-w-lg space-y-4 py-16'>
-            {(isProduction) ? (
-              (sentryEnabled && sentryEventId) && (
-                <SentryFeedbackForm eventId={sentryEventId} />
-              )
-            ) : (
-              <>
-                {errorText && (
-                  <Textarea
-                    ref={textarea}
-                    value={errorText}
-                    onClick={handleCopy}
-                    isCodeEditor
-                    rows={12}
-                    readOnly
-                  />
-                )}
+            {errorText && (
+              <Textarea
+                ref={textarea}
+                value={errorText}
+                onClick={handleCopy}
+                isCodeEditor
+                rows={12}
+                readOnly
+              />
+            )}
 
-                {browser && (
-                  <Stack>
-                    <Text weight='semibold'><FormattedMessage id='alert.unexpected.browser' defaultMessage='Browser' /></Text>
-                    <Text theme='muted'>{browser.getBrowserName()} {browser.getBrowserVersion()}</Text>
-                  </Stack>
-                )}
-              </>
+            {browser && (
+              <Stack>
+                <Text weight='semibold'><FormattedMessage id='alert.unexpected.browser' defaultMessage='Browser' /></Text>
+                <Text theme='muted'>{browser.getBrowserName()} {browser.getBrowserVersion()}</Text>
+              </Stack>
             )}
           </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/src/components/ui/emoji-selector.tsx b/src/components/ui/emoji-selector.tsx
index 77d0cea4c..ba06887bb 100644
--- a/src/components/ui/emoji-selector.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ui/emoji-selector.tsx
@@ -3,13 +3,18 @@ import dotsIcon from '@tabler/icons/outline/dots.svg';
 import clsx from 'clsx';
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 
+import { closeModal, openModal } from 'soapbox/actions/modals.ts';
 import EmojiComponent from 'soapbox/components/ui/emoji.tsx';
 import HStack from 'soapbox/components/ui/hstack.tsx';
 import IconButton from 'soapbox/components/ui/icon-button.tsx';
-import EmojiPickerDropdown from 'soapbox/features/emoji/components/emoji-picker-dropdown.tsx';
+import EmojiPickerDropdown, { getFrequentlyUsedEmojis } from 'soapbox/features/emoji/components/emoji-picker-dropdown.tsx';
+import emojiData from 'soapbox/features/emoji/data.ts';
+import { useAppDispatch } from 'soapbox/hooks/useAppDispatch.ts';
+import { useAppSelector } from 'soapbox/hooks/useAppSelector.ts';
 import { useClickOutside } from 'soapbox/hooks/useClickOutside.ts';
 import { useFeatures } from 'soapbox/hooks/useFeatures.ts';
 import { useSoapboxConfig } from 'soapbox/hooks/useSoapboxConfig.ts';
+import { userTouching } from 'soapbox/is-mobile.ts';
 
 import type { Emoji } from 'soapbox/features/emoji/index.ts';
 
@@ -64,9 +69,11 @@ const EmojiSelector: React.FC<IEmojiSelector> = ({
   offsetOptions,
   all = true,
 }): JSX.Element => {
-  const soapboxConfig = useSoapboxConfig();
+  const { allowedEmoji } = useSoapboxConfig();
   const { customEmojiReacts } = useFeatures();
+  const shortcodes = useAppSelector((state) => getFrequentlyUsedEmojis(state));
 
+  const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
   const [expanded, setExpanded] = useState(false);
 
   const { x, y, strategy, refs, update } = useFloating<HTMLElement>({
@@ -75,7 +82,18 @@ const EmojiSelector: React.FC<IEmojiSelector> = ({
   });
 
   const handleExpand: React.MouseEventHandler = () => {
-    setExpanded(true);
+    if (userTouching.matches) {
+      dispatch(openModal('EMOJI_PICKER', {
+        onPickEmoji: (emoji: Emoji) => {
+          handlePickEmoji(emoji);
+          dispatch(closeModal('EMOJI_PICKER'));
+        },
+      }));
+
+      onClose?.();
+    } else {
+      setExpanded(true);
+    }
   };
 
   const handlePickEmoji = (emoji: Emoji) => {
@@ -95,11 +113,19 @@ const EmojiSelector: React.FC<IEmojiSelector> = ({
   }, [visible]);
 
   useClickOutside(refs, () => {
-    if (onClose) {
-      onClose();
-    }
+    onClose?.();
   });
 
+  const recentEmojis = shortcodes.reduce<string[]>((results, shortcode) => {
+    const emoji = emojiData.emojis[shortcode]?.skins[0]?.native;
+    if (emoji) {
+      results.push(emoji);
+    }
+    return results;
+  }, []);
+
+  const emojis = new Set([...recentEmojis, ...allowedEmoji]);
+
   return (
     <div
       className={clsx('z-[101] transition-opacity duration-100', {
@@ -125,7 +151,7 @@ const EmojiSelector: React.FC<IEmojiSelector> = ({
         <HStack
           className={clsx('z-[999] flex w-max max-w-[100vw] flex-wrap space-x-3 rounded-full bg-white px-3 py-2.5 shadow-lg focus:outline-none dark:bg-gray-900 dark:ring-2 dark:ring-primary-700')}
         >
-          {Array.from(soapboxConfig.allowedEmoji).map((emoji, i) => (
+          {[...emojis].slice(0, 6).map((emoji, i) => (
             <EmojiButton
               key={i}
               emoji={emoji}
diff --git a/src/components/ui/emoji.tsx b/src/components/ui/emoji.tsx
index ae33d6376..da3449ccb 100644
--- a/src/components/ui/emoji.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ui/emoji.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { removeVS16s, toCodePoints } from 'soapbox/utils/emoji.ts';
-import { joinPublicPath } from 'soapbox/utils/static.ts';
 
 interface IEmoji extends React.ImgHTMLAttributes<HTMLImageElement> {
   /** Unicode emoji character. */
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ const Emoji: React.FC<IEmoji> = (props): JSX.Element | null => {
     <img
       draggable='false'
       alt={alt || emoji}
-      src={src || joinPublicPath(`packs/emoji/${filename}.svg`)}
+      src={src || `/packs/emoji/${filename}.svg`}
       {...rest}
     />
   );
diff --git a/src/components/ui/modal.tsx b/src/components/ui/modal.tsx
index 595787da6..a7db84f99 100644
--- a/src/components/ui/modal.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ui/modal.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
 });
 
 const themes = {
-  normal: 'bg-white p-6 shadow-xl',
+  normal: 'bg-white black:bg-black dark:bg-primary-900 p-6 shadow-xl text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100',
   transparent: 'bg-transparent p-0 shadow-none',
 };
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ const Modal = forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, IModal>(({
     <div
       ref={ref}
       data-testid='modal'
-      className={clsx(className, 'pointer-events-auto mx-auto block w-full rounded-2xl text-start align-middle text-gray-900 transition-all black:bg-black dark:bg-primary-900 dark:text-gray-100', widths[width], themes[theme])}
+      className={clsx(className, 'pointer-events-auto mx-auto block w-full rounded-2xl text-start align-middle transition-all', widths[width], themes[theme])}
     >
       <div className='w-full justify-between sm:flex sm:items-start'>
         <div className='w-full'>
diff --git a/src/features/emoji/components/emoji-picker-dropdown.tsx b/src/features/emoji/components/emoji-picker-dropdown.tsx
index fcc9c05c3..bdae364b3 100644
--- a/src/features/emoji/components/emoji-picker-dropdown.tsx
+++ b/src/features/emoji/components/emoji-picker-dropdown.tsx
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ export interface IEmojiPickerDropdown {
   onPickEmoji?: (emoji: Emoji) => void;
   condensed?: boolean;
   withCustom?: boolean;
-  visible: boolean;
-  setVisible: (value: boolean) => void;
-  update: (() => any) | null;
+  visible?: boolean;
+  setVisible?: (value: boolean) => void;
+  update?: (() => any) | null;
 }
 
 const perLine = 8;
@@ -105,8 +105,13 @@ const getCustomEmojis = createSelector([
   }
 }));
 
+interface IRenderAfter {
+  children: React.ReactNode;
+  update: () => void;
+}
+
 // Fixes render bug where popover has a delayed position update
-const RenderAfter = ({ children, update }: any) => {
+const RenderAfter: React.FC<IRenderAfter> = ({ children, update }) => {
   const [nextTick, setNextTick] = useState(false);
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -125,7 +130,7 @@ const RenderAfter = ({ children, update }: any) => {
 };
 
 const EmojiPickerDropdown: React.FC<IEmojiPickerDropdown> = ({
-  onPickEmoji, visible, setVisible, update, withCustom = true,
+  onPickEmoji, visible = true, setVisible, update, withCustom = true,
 }) => {
   const intl = useIntl();
   const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
@@ -136,7 +141,7 @@ const EmojiPickerDropdown: React.FC<IEmojiPickerDropdown> = ({
   const frequentlyUsedEmojis = useAppSelector((state) => getFrequentlyUsedEmojis(state));
 
   const handlePick = (emoji: any) => {
-    setVisible(false);
+    setVisible?.(false);
 
     let pickedEmoji: Emoji;
 
@@ -213,28 +218,30 @@ const EmojiPickerDropdown: React.FC<IEmojiPickerDropdown> = ({
     document.body.style.overflow = '';
   }, []);
 
+  if (!visible) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
   return (
-    visible ? (
-      <RenderAfter update={update}>
-        <Suspense>
-          <EmojiPicker
-            custom={withCustom ? [{ emojis: buildCustomEmojis(customEmojis) }] : undefined}
-            title={title}
-            onEmojiSelect={handlePick}
-            recent={frequentlyUsedEmojis}
-            perLine={8}
-            skin={handleSkinTone}
-            emojiSize={22}
-            emojiButtonSize={34}
-            set='twitter'
-            theme={theme}
-            i18n={getI18n()}
-            skinTonePosition='search'
-            previewPosition='none'
-          />
-        </Suspense>
+    <Suspense>
+      <RenderAfter update={update ?? (() => {})}>
+        <EmojiPicker
+          custom={withCustom ? [{ emojis: buildCustomEmojis(customEmojis) }] : undefined}
+          title={title}
+          onEmojiSelect={handlePick}
+          recent={frequentlyUsedEmojis}
+          perLine={8}
+          skin={handleSkinTone}
+          emojiSize={22}
+          emojiButtonSize={34}
+          set='twitter'
+          theme={theme}
+          i18n={getI18n()}
+          skinTonePosition='search'
+          previewPosition='none'
+        />
       </RenderAfter>
-    ) : null
+    </Suspense>
   );
 };
 
diff --git a/src/features/emoji/components/emoji-picker.tsx b/src/features/emoji/components/emoji-picker.tsx
index 74cdc5d0f..a6dc860ff 100644
--- a/src/features/emoji/components/emoji-picker.tsx
+++ b/src/features/emoji/components/emoji-picker.tsx
@@ -2,14 +2,12 @@ import spriteSheet from 'emoji-datasource/img/twitter/sheets/32.png';
 import { Picker as EmojiPicker } from 'emoji-mart';
 import { useRef, useEffect } from 'react';
 
-import { joinPublicPath } from 'soapbox/utils/static.ts';
-
 import data from '../data.ts';
 
 const getSpritesheetURL = () => spriteSheet;
 
-const getImageURL = (set: string, name: string) => {
-  return joinPublicPath(`/packs/emoji/${name}.svg`);
+const getImageURL = (_set: string, name: string) => {
+  return `/packs/emoji/${name}.svg`;
 };
 
 const Picker: React.FC<any> = (props) => {
@@ -21,7 +19,7 @@ const Picker: React.FC<any> = (props) => {
     new EmojiPicker(input);
   }, []);
 
-  return <div ref={ref} />;
+  return <div className='flex justify-center' ref={ref} />;
 };
 
 export default Picker;
diff --git a/src/features/ui/components/action-button.tsx b/src/features/ui/components/action-button.tsx
index 8a2f6144c..c0c3e8650 100644
--- a/src/features/ui/components/action-button.tsx
+++ b/src/features/ui/components/action-button.tsx
@@ -226,10 +226,10 @@ const ActionButton: React.FC<IActionButton> = ({ account, actionType, small }) =
 
       let icon: string | undefined;
 
-      if (isFollowing) {
-        icon = plusIcon;
-      } else if (blockedBy) {
+      if (blockedBy) {
         icon = banIcon;
+      } else if (!isFollowing) {
+        icon = plusIcon;
       }
 
       return (
diff --git a/src/features/ui/components/modal-root.tsx b/src/features/ui/components/modal-root.tsx
index 0d8c71bd8..084517ea8 100644
--- a/src/features/ui/components/modal-root.tsx
+++ b/src/features/ui/components/modal-root.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
   EditDomainModal,
   EditFederationModal,
   EmbedModal,
+  EmojiPickerModal,
   EventMapModal,
   EventParticipantsModal,
   FamiliarFollowersModal,
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ const MODAL_COMPONENTS: Record<string, React.ExoticComponent<any>> = {
   'EDIT_FEDERATION': EditFederationModal,
   'EDIT_RULE': EditRuleModal,
   'EMBED': EmbedModal,
+  'EMOJI_PICKER': EmojiPickerModal,
   'EVENT_MAP': EventMapModal,
   'EVENT_PARTICIPANTS': EventParticipantsModal,
   'FAMILIAR_FOLLOWERS': FamiliarFollowersModal,
diff --git a/src/features/ui/components/modals/emoji-picker-modal.tsx b/src/features/ui/components/modals/emoji-picker-modal.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3cd91ccc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/ui/components/modals/emoji-picker-modal.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import Modal from 'soapbox/components/ui/modal.tsx';
+import EmojiPickerDropdown from 'soapbox/features/emoji/components/emoji-picker-dropdown.tsx';
+import { Emoji } from 'soapbox/features/emoji/index.ts';
+
+interface IEmojiPickerModal {
+  onPickEmoji?: (emoji: Emoji) => void;
+}
+
+export const EmojiPickerModal: React.FC<IEmojiPickerModal> = (props) => {
+  return (
+    <Modal className='flex' theme='transparent'>
+      <EmojiPickerDropdown {...props} />
+    </Modal>
+  );
+};
+
+export default EmojiPickerModal;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/features/ui/util/async-components.ts b/src/features/ui/util/async-components.ts
index 546e931ee..7b2a62ab5 100644
--- a/src/features/ui/util/async-components.ts
+++ b/src/features/ui/util/async-components.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { lazy } from 'react';
 
 export const AboutPage = lazy(() => import('soapbox/features/about/index.tsx'));
 export const EmojiPicker = lazy(() => import('soapbox/features/emoji/components/emoji-picker.tsx'));
+export const EmojiPickerModal = lazy(() => import('soapbox/features/ui/components/modals/emoji-picker-modal.tsx'));
 export const Notifications = lazy(() => import('soapbox/features/notifications/index.tsx'));
 export const LandingTimeline = lazy(() => import('soapbox/features/landing-timeline/index.tsx'));
 export const HomeTimeline = lazy(() => import('soapbox/features/home-timeline/index.tsx'));
diff --git a/src/init/soapbox-mount.tsx b/src/init/soapbox-mount.tsx
index bf61583c3..eafccacae 100644
--- a/src/init/soapbox-mount.tsx
+++ b/src/init/soapbox-mount.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { BrowserRouter, Switch, Redirect, Route } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { CompatRouter } from 'react-router-dom-v5-compat';
 
 import { openModal } from 'soapbox/actions/modals.ts';
-import * as BuildConfig from 'soapbox/build-config.ts';
 import LoadingScreen from 'soapbox/components/loading-screen.tsx';
 import { ScrollContext } from 'soapbox/components/scroll-context.tsx';
 import SiteErrorBoundary from 'soapbox/components/site-error-boundary.tsx';
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ const SoapboxMount = () => {
 
   return (
     <SiteErrorBoundary>
-      <BrowserRouter basename={BuildConfig.FE_SUBDIRECTORY}>
+      <BrowserRouter>
         <CompatRouter>
           <ScrollContext>
             <Switch>
diff --git a/src/locales/en.json b/src/locales/en.json
index 653fd7dca..d7d7b179d 100644
--- a/src/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/locales/en.json
@@ -202,8 +202,6 @@
   "alert.unexpected.links.support": "Support",
   "alert.unexpected.message": "Something went wrong.",
   "alert.unexpected.return_home": "Return Home",
-  "alert.unexpected.submit_feedback": "Submit Feedback",
-  "alert.unexpected.thanks": "Thanks for your feedback!",
   "aliases.account.add": "Create alias",
   "aliases.account_label": "Old account:",
   "aliases.aliases_list_delete": "Unlink alias",
diff --git a/src/queries/chats.ts b/src/queries/chats.ts
index a80c6f757..f353da79e 100644
--- a/src/queries/chats.ts
+++ b/src/queries/chats.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import { normalizeChatMessage } from 'soapbox/normalizers/index.ts';
 import toast from 'soapbox/toast.tsx';
 import { ChatMessage } from 'soapbox/types/entities.ts';
 import { reOrderChatListItems, updateChatMessage } from 'soapbox/utils/chats.ts';
-import { getPagination } from 'soapbox/utils/pagination.ts';
 import { flattenPages, PaginatedResult, updatePageItem } from 'soapbox/utils/queries.ts';
 
 import { queryClient } from './client.ts';
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ const useChatMessages = (chat: IChat) => {
     const response = await api.get(uri);
     const data = await response.json();
 
-    const { next } = getPagination(response);
+    const { next } = response.pagination();
     const hasMore = !!next;
     const result = data.map(normalizeChatMessage);
 
@@ -144,7 +143,7 @@ const useChats = (search?: string) => {
     });
     const data: IChat[] = await response.json();
 
-    const { next } = getPagination(response);
+    const { next } = response.pagination();
     const hasMore = !!next;
 
     setUnreadChatsCount(Number(response.headers.get('x-unread-messages-count')) || sumBy(data, (chat) => chat.unread));
diff --git a/src/queries/search.ts b/src/queries/search.ts
index c23d84baa..38df39f0c 100644
--- a/src/queries/search.ts
+++ b/src/queries/search.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { keepPreviousData, useInfiniteQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 
 import { useApi } from 'soapbox/hooks/useApi.ts';
 import { Account } from 'soapbox/types/entities.ts';
-import { getPagination } from 'soapbox/utils/pagination.ts';
 import { flattenPages, PaginatedResult } from 'soapbox/utils/queries.ts';
 
 export default function useAccountSearch(q: string) {
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ export default function useAccountSearch(q: string) {
     });
     const data = await response.json();
 
-    const { next } = getPagination(response);
+    const { next } = response.pagination();
     const hasMore = !!next;
 
     return {
diff --git a/src/queries/suggestions.ts b/src/queries/suggestions.ts
index 71076a86a..9268fe120 100644
--- a/src/queries/suggestions.ts
+++ b/src/queries/suggestions.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { fetchRelationships } from 'soapbox/actions/accounts.ts';
 import { importFetchedAccounts } from 'soapbox/actions/importer/index.ts';
 import { useApi } from 'soapbox/hooks/useApi.ts';
 import { useAppDispatch } from 'soapbox/hooks/useAppDispatch.ts';
-import { getPagination } from 'soapbox/utils/pagination.ts';
 
 import { PaginatedResult, removePageItem } from '../utils/queries.ts';
 
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ const useSuggestions = () => {
   const getV2Suggestions = async (pageParam: PageParam): Promise<PaginatedResult<Result>> => {
     const endpoint = pageParam?.link || '/api/v2/suggestions';
     const response = await api.get(endpoint);
-    const { next } = getPagination(response);
+    const { next } = response.pagination();
     const hasMore = !!next;
 
     const data: Suggestion[] = await response.json();
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ function useOnboardingSuggestions() {
   const getV2Suggestions = async (pageParam: any): Promise<{ data: Suggestion[]; link: string | undefined; hasMore: boolean }> => {
     const link = pageParam?.link || '/api/v2/suggestions';
     const response = await api.get(link);
-    const { next } = getPagination(response);
+    const { next } = response.pagination();
     const hasMore = !!next;
 
     const data: Suggestion[] = await response.json();
diff --git a/src/styles/application.scss b/src/styles/application.scss
index 329a4cdd9..d8c066c4a 100644
--- a/src/styles/application.scss
+++ b/src/styles/application.scss
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 @use 'components/compose-form';
 @use 'components/status';
 @use 'components/search';
-@use 'components/icon';
\ No newline at end of file
+@use 'components/icon';
diff --git a/src/utils/pagination.ts b/src/utils/pagination.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index bf23f958f..000000000
--- a/src/utils/pagination.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import LinkHeader from 'http-link-header';
-
-interface Pagination {
-  next?: string;
-  prev?: string;
-}
-
-export function getPagination(response: Response): Pagination {
-  const header = response.headers.get('link');
-  const links = header ? new LinkHeader(header) : undefined;
-
-  return {
-    next: links?.refs.find((link) => link.rel === 'next')?.uri,
-    prev: links?.refs.find((link) => link.rel === 'prev')?.uri,
-  };
-}
diff --git a/src/utils/static.ts b/src/utils/static.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 266d975a1..000000000
--- a/src/utils/static.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Static: functions related to static files.
- * @module soapbox/utils/static
- */
-
-import { join } from 'path-browserify';
-
-import * as BuildConfig from 'soapbox/build-config.ts';
-
-/** Gets the path to a file with build configuration being considered. */
-export const joinPublicPath = (...paths: string[]): string => {
-  return join(BuildConfig.FE_SUBDIRECTORY, ...paths);
-};
diff --git a/tailwind.config.ts b/tailwind.config.ts
index dfcd0472e..50c0d9e3d 100644
--- a/tailwind.config.ts
+++ b/tailwind.config.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import plugin from 'tailwindcss/plugin';
 
 import { parseColorMatrix } from './tailwind/colors.ts';
 
-const blackVariantPlugin = plugin(({ addVariant }) => addVariant('black', '.black &'));
+const blackVariantPlugin = plugin(({ addVariant }) => addVariant('black', '.black.black &'));
 
 const config: Config = {
   content: ['./src/**/*.{html,js,ts,tsx}', './custom/instance/**/*.html', './index.html'],