Tatjana Scheffler

Digital Linguist @ Ruhr-Uni Bochum, Germany.
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Lab website: http://staff.germanistik.rub.de/digitale-forensische-linguistik/
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(very out of date) homepage: https://tscheffler.github.io/

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2026-10-16 06:00:33 UTC

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work from home, avoid looking at email (something bad lurking there), maybe grade some student papers instead. Then cook lentil soup and meeting with the FediScience board (online). Finally, greet husband returning from work trip

2026-10-15 09:56:56 UTC

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yay! All the best for the new beginning!

2026-10-13 16:07:48 UTC

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aww 🥰 I like the ties

2026-08-17 09:55:10 UTC

One more week to apply for my PhD position in digital forensic #linguistics #nlproc #phdposition 🤗
https://jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/870a96abc9c1d265d30d96c359a15f0d1c02b97c0

2026-07-17 21:29:42 UTC

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Broke my thread again 🙈
https://fediscience.org/@tschfflr/116937427603656949

2026-07-17 20:50:12 UTC

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"Are there any other examples of written notations for body language?
I'm aware of "dance notation", which is roughly in the same direction, I suppose." - I didn't know dance notation, will have to look into it!
There is an increasing amount of work in #linguistics on gesture, and there are some inventories of #gesture based on basic components like location, hand and finger configuration, movement. We have a research cluster on Visual Communcation where we investigate the commonalities between visual forms of communication such as emojis, gestures, and sign language: @npub1t0h…ya8e
Sign language of course has notational forms as well, and in this dictionary of German Sign Language, signs can be searched by location, hand form, etc.: https://www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/korpusdict/overview/index-dgs.html #emojis #WorldEmojiDay

2026-07-17 19:57:25 UTC

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Actually, should the plural be "emoji" or "emojis" ?? 😵‍💫 - Both are used frequently! I think "emoji" reminds us of other loan words that end in "-i" in the plural, like "celli" or "radii" or "tori" or all the pastas. That's why many people feel that "emoji" is plural enough 😅 . But the word is from Japanese, and is called "emoji" in the singular, from "e" = picture and "moji" = character. (In contrast to "emot-icon", the word "emoji" doesn't have anything to do with emotion!) So my vote is for the regular English plural "-s", yielding "emojis" ✅ #emojis #linguistics #WorldEmojiDay

2026-07-17 19:17:59 UTC

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Another famous case is the grimacing face 😬 (which I personally like a lot). Initially its design varied widely between platforms: It looked like a toothy (but happy) grin 😁 on some platforms, but like the pained grimace on others - so there was a lot of potential for misunderstanding. In such a case, the design is then usually adapted in a later version to get a better match with other platforms. #emojis #linguistics #WorldEmojiDay

2026-07-17 19:10:53 UTC

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"Some designs of emojis are very different for the same codepoint, especially the ones depicting emotions/reactions. Examples coming to mind are 😨, 🔫. What are your thoughts on this?" - The (water) pistol 🔫 was originally a hand gun which looked a lot more real. In response to its frequent use in criminal or other unsavory contexts (e.g., as a threat), most platforms replaced it with the colorful plastic toy gun design in 2018. (In 2024, Elon Musk had it turned back into a realistic hand gun for the Twemoji design 🙄)
I'm torn. On the one hand, I don't think we can stay on top of all potential uses of emojis (or should even try to limit them) and people who want to use emojis for threats probably can still do so. On the other hand, I do find it rather hard to imagine that the green plastic 🔫 could be used as a threat... so... I guess good job, designers/tech firms? #emojis #linguistics #WorldEmojiDay
https://emojipedia.org/pistol#designs

2026-07-17 18:45:30 UTC

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“Do you think emojis will ever become part of formal language? Are we going to see emojis in laws or letters from the pension fund?” - Emojis are mainly used in informal language, because (or that’s why?) one of their main functions is to signal closeness, familiarity and a lack of hierarchy between the conversation participants. This is also the reason why a lack of emojis from a personal chat message may trigger questions like “what have I done?!”, because it could signal that the friendly relationship is disturbed. So I think emojis wouldn’t be used in legal code. But in official letters, maybe! I once received an email from a university administrator with a ☺️ and I appreciated it a lot.
#emojis #linguistics #WorldEmojiDay

2026-07-17 18:35:10 UTC

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“If you were an emoji, what emoji would you be?” - Hm, I think I’d pick 👩‍💻 because that represents how I spend my days the best.
Representation and diversity is an important topic when it comes to emojis. Studies show that the skin tone modifiers 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏿‍♀️ are primarily used for self representation. And many groups had to fight for their emojis: hijabi women, people with disabilities, redheads, people with curly hair. It is still difficult to show “all” of society in emojis, because human diversity is much more variable than we can show in little pictures: Where I can just say “family” in English and may mean many different constellations, in an emoji I’d have to decide on the number, gender and skin color of all the family members, and that doesn’t even begin to cover all the facets. A real language is much more flexible that way. #emojis #linguistics #WorldEmojiDay

2026-07-17 17:10:52 UTC

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"is there (still) a lot of use of "signage" emojis like 🏪 or even more abstract 🛅?" - These complex ones are not so frequently used. BUT emojis are often used for signs in real life (= meat world, not digitally). I have a huge collection of photos I put together with the help of students. I think emojis are particularly good for this because such signs are often about rules, what we're not allowed to do or supposed to do. And emojis "soften" this face-threat (being told what to do) a bit, by being cute and colorful and generally perceived as positive. #emojis #linguistics #WorldEmojiDay

2026-07-17 17:07:12 UTC

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Is emoji interpretation just a "fun" summer topic, or does emoji misinterpretation ever become serious, like in court discussions? - In face there have been several cases both in North America and Europe where emoji meanings were negotiated in court! I keep a collection of them because it's a nice intersection with my alter ego, the "forensic" linguist. For example, in cases from Canada and Bavaria, judges had to decide whether a thumbs-up 👍 in a chat was meant as a signal of agreement (to a contract or contract amendment), or whether (like the senders argued) it constituted only an acknowledgement of receipt of the message. In both cases, the context was super important - how did the parties interact before, what else was said in the chat, etc. Interesting! #emojis #linguistics #WorldEmojiDay

2026-07-17 16:58:32 UTC

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Does being an emoji researcher make me more wary to use them - like am I watching my emoji use all the time? - I'd say the opposite is true, I feel more free and whimsical in using emojis, as I see them all the time in different contexts, and I can easily pretend to just use them ironically or "for work" 🤩 #emojis #linguistics #worldEmojiDay

2026-07-17 16:51:28 UTC

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"Do you know of any unexpected pattern of emoji usage? For example I'd expect younger folks to use emoji more than older folks and private communication to use it more than business... But maybe my assumptions are wrong or there is something else interesting?" - Yes generally our studies show that younger ppl use emojis more than older (and women a bit more than men). But in class with my undergraduates, they recently often tell me "I don't use emojis at all". I must say I don't fully believe them (maybe they don't even notice all the little hearts anymore?) and I haven't been able to show this in studies, but it's an interesting anecdotal data point I'd like to know more about!
Also, a student of mine recently asked teenagers (13 and 16yos) about their emoji interpretations. And surprisingly to us, these almost entirely match the data we already have for adults. Even for some like 🙃 and 😉 that I thought were changing (and just told you that younger people see them differently 😬). So that was a bit weird to me 😅 #emojis #WorldEmojiDay #linguistics

2026-07-17 16:44:59 UTC

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Do young and old people interpret (or use) emojis differently? - Yes, to some extent. Actually with most emojis we see a huge overlap in interpretation and also use. But there are some frequent emojis which are, on average, interpreted differently by older and younger people in our studies. For example, the slighly smiling face 🙂 and its upside down variant 🙃 are seen as more positive by older participants, while the little dot-eyes are seen as cold and not authentic ("psychopath eyes") by younger people. Similarly, the winking smiley 😉 is used by the older group to mark any jokes or fun (similarly to the original ;-) emoticon), and younger people find it often completely inappropriate and sexually suggestive #emojis #WorldEmojiDay #linguistics

2026-07-17 16:30:43 UTC

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"what about double meanings like in 🍆🥦 and 🍑?" - Ah yes, these ambiguities are very famous. In order to get a new emoji approved nowadays, it's even helpful to be able to point out additional meanings and usages that are metaphorical in this way. The Unicode consortium is wary of introducing too many new emojis, and so those that can "carry more weight" and fill many needs at once are preferred.
In internet corpora the vegetable-related uses of these emojis are probably quite rare (but I must admit I haven't checked yet) - and the metaphorical meanings probably dominate. Though there are also many insider uses of emojis that aren't super widely known outside of their circle. This is comparable to other kinds of linguistic codes or innovations (e.g. in youth language) and not limited to only emojis. #WorldEmojiDay #emojis #linguistics

2026-07-17 16:19:08 UTC

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"which emojis are used the least often?" - Great question, and we rarely find data on this! But luckily, we studied this at least for two corpora with German users (and admittedly only for face emojis). So: Many object or symbol emojis (from the "tail end" of the emoji list) are very, very rarely used. Overall, faces and hearts are the most frequent. Among the face emojis, we compiled the full list of usages from a huge Twitter corpus (semi-public communication, 2014-2022) and a much small WhatsApp chat corpus (private or group communication). You can find the frequencies in this table linked below (and sort by frequency by clicking on the column). The least frequent face emoji in the large corpus was the "frowning face with open mouth" 😦, which most people have never seen before. Personally, I think it's pretty ambiguous and not very useful, as there are better emojis for anything it might express. #emojis #linguistics #WorldEmojiDay
https://tscheffler.github.io/2024-Face-Emoji-Norming/ratings.html

2026-07-17 16:13:36 UTC

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"what are the two readings of 🙃?" - Roughly, one group sees this emoji as a whimsical, funny alternative to the "regular" smiley 🙂 , which they also read as positive ("happy, smiling"). The other group sees it as sarcastic, passive-aggressive, or uncomfortable. There are many nuances but those are the two groups. #emojis #WorldEmojiDay #linguistics

2026-07-17 16:07:01 UTC

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🤔 Are #emojis a universal language? - No, for two reasons. 1) They are not a language, as they do not show the properties that human languages have: grammatical structure and free combinatorics, enabling us to express complex thoughts. 2) They are not really universal. While many emojis are interpreted similarly all over the world (I guess it's pretty clear what one could mean by 🍕 ), some emoji meanings are closely tied to cultural assumptions (e.g., some of the gestures 👍 , buildings ⛩️ , food), and others are very context-dependent and might follow different conventions in various groups, including linguistic or regional groups (e.g., 🙃 for which we found strong differences between populations in Norway/US vs. Germany/Bulgaria). #WorldEmojiDay #linguistics

2026-07-17 15:59:27 UTC

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"Can emojis be removed from Unicode? Or are they there forever once they are in?" - As of now, once they're in, they're in. The code point in Unicode is then reserved for this symbol. This can be a problem because emojis are kind of open-ended (other than alphabets and many other symbol lists). And it's possible that some emojis turn out to be rarely used. I could imagine that eventually some platforms just stop supporting a certain emoji - but it's really useful to have an international encoding standard which is fully supported by most technology (as anyone who has programmed or written online text in the early 2000s can attest). That's why getting a new emoji approved has become so hard - we're basically creating a kind of tech debt for a potentially long time.
Funny story - you could try creating a post now with a Unicode character from an "empty" code point in the emoji range, in the hope that it will get assigned in a later round. I've seen such a post on the old Twitter, which later was filled with all kinds of random emojis, when you look at it in a few years. #linguistics #emojis #WorldEmojiDay

2026-07-17 15:51:59 UTC

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"Why are emojis standardly not animated?" - a complicated question. The Unicode standard lists a code point for each emoji (and other symbols, too), as well as, roughly, its meaning (really a short name). You can see the full list below. E.g., codepoint "U+1F601" corresponds to "beaming face with smiling eyes" or 😁 .
You can think of the look of that emoji on your individual platform as a kind of "font" - the platforms are free to implement the look of each emoji according to their house style. This is similar to the character "A" looking different in different newspapers, platforms, or styles. In most Western platforms emojis so far are not animated. But in many widely used Chinese platforms (WeChat and especially Weibo, for example), many emojis are animated. So I guess it's a question of style. #emojis #linguistics #WorldEmojiDay
https://unicode.org/emoji/charts/full-emoji-list.html

2026-07-17 15:44:53 UTC

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Two other writing systems are often compared to #emojis: #Chinese characters and #hieroglyphs. @npub160d…442f
I'm not really an expert on either, but I did study Chinese in university and recently had a long conversation with an Egyptologist colleague (who gave me the 101 on hieroglyphs 😄 ). Egyptian hieroglyphic writing was an alphabet (ie, each character roughly corresponds to a sound like p, t, k). So while the hieroglyphs resemble objects, they were not read as such, at least not in the later stages. (Btw. Latin characters also developed from picture-like objects in many cases, but it's been a long time since these pictures were recognizable)
Thus, emojis do not resemble Egyptian hieroglyphs in my view - each emoji corresponds most closely to a word or concept, not a single letter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_hieroglyphs #emojis #linguistics #WorldEmojiDay

2026-07-17 15:38:22 UTC

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☝️ However, there is some evidence that #emojis or at least symbols similar to emoticons were used before the internet. Many people know "rebus" examples where words are replaced by little icons like in this children's book. And I've seen an example of a hand-written letter with emoji-like faces as annotations (but I can't find it right now on my computer 😬 ) #emojis #linguistics #WorldEmojiDay
https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/116/936/060/356/937/902/original/bcdd999875635148.jpg

2026-07-17 15:31:06 UTC

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(Little aside: The Unicode list provides an international standard of symbol encodings which should be supported - including our Latin characters as well as characters and symbols for hundreds of other languages of the world. This ensures that if you write Hindi or Korean or Arabic or Finnish, another person will be able to decipher and potentially read your digital document. Since 2010, this list also includes emojis - so my "hugging-face" will show on your computer as your "hugging-face" 🤗 ) #linguistics #WorldEmojiDay #emojis

2026-07-17 15:26:02 UTC

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These traditional emoticons created from standard punctuation characters, letters and numbers have been largely crowded out by colorful #emojis in the last 15 years. Emojis started being supported by Japanese mobile communication platforms (phones) in the 80s/90s, but became widespread world-wide only when they were introduced into the international Unicode standard in 2010 - and subsequently supported by all kinds of technology providers and software.
So the 2010s is when "it all got out of control" @npub160d…442f 😅 #linguistics #WorldEmojiDay

2026-07-17 15:21:14 UTC

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It did all start with :-) and :-( and the start of these emoticons is widely credited to a bulletin board message by Scott Fahlmann in 1982 (where he suggested them as markers of joking or seriousness) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon #emojis #linguistics #WorldEmojiDay

2026-07-17 15:17:51 UTC

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There are now almost 4000 emojis supported in the international Unicode standard, as of last year, with a few to be added this year
You can look them all up here: https://emojipedia.org/ #emojis #linguistics #WorldEmojiDay

2026-07-17 15:15:15 UTC

🧐 #AMA on #emojis for #WorldEmojiDay ❗ #linguistics

2026-05-28 15:44:43 UTC

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congrats!! 💪 that sounds awesome, for a start!

2026-05-17 18:57:03 UTC

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I challenge everyone responding to this thread to name at least two books not written by men! 🙄#readWomen

2026-04-23 06:14:19 UTC

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Ah I thought you meant undergraduates. Yes a PhD is a bit different in this regard, though in my view a funded PhD (not scholarships, which suck! a research or teaching position) pays quite well in Germany (and also Sweden I believe), compared to other jobs one might choose (though not compared to “high school teacher”). So one might also choose it just for a while.

2026-04-23 05:56:36 UTC

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I don’t generally agree that the point of a university degree is to educate (train) students for a specific job. (Though now I am teaching mostly in German studies where 90% of our students become teachers. So it’s a bit harder to uphold that we’re not merely a vocational training program)

2026-04-21 10:29:06 UTC

🚀 One week left to apply for my postdoc position in emoji semantics! Join us for:
🔬 linguistic experiments
🔍 semantic theory
🤝 interdisciplinary collaboration
🧑‍💼 developing your own research agenda
💻 digital communication
🤩 a wonderful team
💪 a supportive supervisor
#bochum #emoji #linguistics [@ruhr-uni-bochum.de](https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/ruhr-uni-bochum.de ) @npub1t0h…ya8e
https://jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/f5001c40d914e7ce325557bfe526aa88415f75bb0

2026-04-08 08:51:51 UTC

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wie heißt er? Wal-ter?

2026-04-07 17:29:06 UTC

Fantastic 2.5 year postdoc working on 🤩emojis🤩 ! Are you a #linguist with experience in running experiments in formal semantics & pragmatics? Please come join our lab and the @npub1t0h…ya8e visual communication research cluster!
Apply by April 28 - or contact me with questions. #emojis #linguistics #job [@ruhr-uni-bochum.de](https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/ruhr-uni-bochum.de ) #academicChatter
https://jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/f5001c40d914e7ce325557bfe526aa88415f75bb0

2026-04-01 08:32:18 UTC

Sometimes I miss the old Twitter, where I was connected not only with all of you lovely people, but also dozens/hundreds of my colleagues... we even used to have real discussions about work there, once upon a time #academicChatter

2026-03-04 20:36:31 UTC

Being able to follow hashtags = totally underrated feature of the fedi

2026-02-26 08:20:48 UTC

RE: https://fediscience.org/@tschfflr/116124799617540823
Hi #dhd2026 crowd, I have a #DH job (leading to a PhD) open in my group right now! Tell your students 🤗
#note1yha…ey42

2026-02-24 09:03:42 UTC

🚨 Job alert in my group:
Want to do a PhD in Computational Linguistics working on figurative language (metaphor), on social media data, and in an interdisciplinary digital humanities environment, at one of the largest universities in Germany? Apply by March 30, 2026!
Contact me with any questions and please forward this to any suitable candidates 🤗 #linguistics #nlproc #joboffer #digitalhumanities #phdPosition #rub
https://jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/f67b2069885e8908b2b3078b550e37a9d0bcc9e60

2026-02-24 06:46:40 UTC

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Good morning from Trier, where it is 10 degrees and the birds are talking Spring. I'll be giving a conference talk today and meeting a bunch of colleagues/friends from all over. Plus apparently, the hotel is giving me a free beer for not having my room cleaned? 🍺 That's a new one, and honestly better than the stale chips I normally get

2026-02-18 06:36:08 UTC

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good morning from cloudy, cold Dresden. Today: errands with dad, paperwork, maybe go outside. Hope I can find some time for grading some papers + swimming

2026-02-11 07:42:10 UTC

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Good morning! Today: networking meeting (about AI in the philologies, insert slight eyeroll here), then another networking meeting (party & inaugural lecture by two colleagues in computer science), then go to mom's house and drill holes with the big machine I rented at the library of things yesterday 💪 Nothing like three academics with PhDs to do menial chores around the house. Hope we manage before the neighbors get too annoyed

2026-02-04 17:55:48 UTC

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🙏

2026-02-04 17:52:08 UTC

Leute sagt mir mal genug prokrastiniert, der Vortrag schreibt sich nicht von alleine 😬

2026-01-30 08:13:33 UTC

🤔 Wie können Daten aus sozialen Medien gesammelt, archiviert und für die Forschung genutzt werden? Hilft der DSA? Darf ich meine Korpora weitergeben und wie mache ich das am besten? -- Themen der "Social Media Access Days" im März an der [@DNB_Aktuelles](https://openbiblio.social/@DNB_Aktuelles )
Registrierung ist offen! Und ich bin auch dabei 🤗
#socialmedia #archivierung #korpora #tagung #linguistik #nfdi #forschungsdaten
https://www.dnb.de/EN/Professionell/Sammeln/Sammlung_Websites/SMAD2026/SocialMediaAccessDaysProgramm.html

2026-01-28 09:01:05 UTC

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Ich glaube mit 6 ist es besser. Wir haben zu viert gespielt, zu dritt geht es mMn gar nicht gut (hatten wir im Herbst mal)

2026-01-28 06:53:40 UTC

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Haben wir auch am WE wieder gespielt. Aber irgendwie haben wir noch nicht den richtigen Trick… es ist sehr swingy - und wer in der Regierung ist, va am Anfang, hat einen Riesen Vorteil. Wir haben sie dich gekriegt???

2026-01-15 14:33:59 UTC

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congrats!! 🎉

2026-01-07 11:48:08 UTC

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😚

2026-01-07 07:11:13 UTC

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I know, good luck and fingers crossed!! 💪

2026-01-07 06:55:34 UTC

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Good morning from cold and dark Bochum. Today: Manage email inbox, do laundry, try to tidy up a bit for mom's arrival this afternoon.

2026-01-06 10:56:03 UTC

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hello from the train, finally! Got stuck in Amsterdam (again) yesterday, then booked tickets on the international train for this morning. They’re still almost the only trains going so far… then: try to get over jet lag

2026-01-01 17:18:24 UTC

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we have that too here (got it for my parents in law) but we played it last night when everyone was tired and they didn’t even want to finish the round 😂 I’m guessing that’s not going to be played again on this trip

2026-01-01 17:14:00 UTC

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🤩 „archeologist approved“ 😁

2026-01-01 17:04:53 UTC

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We’ve been playing a lot of card games (Flip 7, Skyjo) and my brother-in-law brought a new coop dungeon game Keep the Heroes Out, which we’re going to see if it gets a bit more interesting on a harder level. Otherwise we’re stuck with what we have here: maybe Codenames, card games (Schmear, Kaiser), possibly Stone Age (petty good Meeple placement game for kids+adults)

2026-01-01 15:52:58 UTC

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good morning from snowy Western Canada and happy new year to you!
Today: try to get jam filled Bismarcks (a German tradition) for the kids, games, maybe go cross country skiing, play games, get pizza for dinner with the family

2025-12-04 18:41:53 UTC

Morgen: Schulstreik gegen Wehrpflicht. Teen2 im Haus (15J) hat mit organisiert und plakatiert, hält dort morgen eine selbst geschriebene Rede - die er gerade mit Teen1 (18J und am Studienort) per Telefon bespricht. Und ich sitze einfach hier auf der Couch und platze vor Stolz.

2025-11-13 14:34:52 UTC

Story Time: Als mein Opa weit über 70 war, brauchte er eine zweite künstliche Hüfte. Schon damals wurde offen über den Preis diskutiert, zum Glück hat das jemand abgewürgt. Ein paar Jahre später tanzte er auf seiner Silberhochzeit (3. Ehe) auf dem Tisch. Heute ist er 97 und fit - schickt uns Emails zum Geburtstag und führt eine Exceltabelle, wo er seine Arzt- und Pflegerechnungen nachrechnet. #streeck und seine Diskussion sind ganz, ganz widerlich.

2025-11-01 08:37:48 UTC

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Already did a bunch of household chores. Further plans: a bit of work, finalize daughter's birthday present (she's turning 18 tomorrow 😭 ), swim a bunch of laps, get outside

2025-10-28 06:24:12 UTC

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ps: good luck on the job application!! 🤞

2025-10-28 06:16:13 UTC

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Chairing a conference session, preparing a PhD defense (tomorrow!) and the inaugural meeting of our Ethics committee (chairing that, too), then conference dinner. But it’s pouring all day again, so at least I won’t miss the outside 🌧️🌧️🌧️

2025-10-26 06:22:18 UTC

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we got a new #boardgame at Spiel so I hope we can try it, too. Otherwise only chores: laundry, cleaning, a paper review, some admin work, cook dinner. Ah, and I wanted to go swimming (public pool). It’s POURING out (again) so I have to see if I’ll be even leaving the house for that.

2025-09-21 16:53:12 UTC

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Coole Ergebnisse bisher. In unserer Studie sagen 30 Leute das: 'Kopfüber', 'weis nicht wo mir der Kopf steht', 'Ich bin happy und ein bisschen crazy drauf', 'lustig', 'Ironie', 'freundlich neutral', 'absolut genervt', 'Belustigend', 'Verrückt', 'schelmisch', 'albern', 'Um zu zeigen, dass man die Nachricht gelesen hat', 'Meine ich ironisch', 'Sarkasmus', 'verrückt', 'Lächeln', 'ups', 'Sarkasmus', 'Zufrieden', 'Freude', '(selbst)ironisch', 'Geschriebenes ist ironisch gemeint', 'Freude', 'komisch', 'Vorgetäuschtes Lächeln', 'merkwürdig', 'lustig', 'Verdreht', 'bin durcheinander', 'spielen', 'abwechslung wenn man dauernd smileys benutzt', 'versuche positiv zu bleiben', 'WTF', 'Lustig', 'glücklich', 'freundlich', 'Antwort um zu zeigen das etwas wirklich passiert ist', 'Das ist ja krass!', 'Falsches Lächeln', 'Freude', 'Fragend', 'Glücklich', 'Spaß', 'sarkastisch', '"nicht schon wieder"', 'Spass', 'verdreht', 'gut gelaunt', 'Die Andere Seite', 'wtwas verwirrt', 'andere Sicht', 'kannst du glauben wie blöd das grade ist', 'Makes no Sense', 'weird', 'Ersatz für "hehe", lächeln', 'Ironie/Sarkasmus', 'Seine eigene Verpeiltheit unterstreichen und sich dadurch bei jemandem entschuldigen, weil man irgendetwas nicht richtig gemacht hat.', 'Necken, Aufziehen', 'sich freuen', 'genervt sein von etw.', 'Gute Laune'
https://tscheffler.github.io/2024-Face-Emoji-Norming/descriptions.html

2025-08-31 05:25:49 UTC

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bit of work in the hotel, then travel back home, then probably join the summer party of my political party - we have high profile guests in the run-up to our communal elections in two weeks.

2025-08-28 06:01:50 UTC

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Good morning from overcast Oslo! I already sent an employment form for my PhD student to the uni admin (🤞), then urgently need to give feedback on some project proposals. Then early lunch + project meeting with colleagues, finally warm-up dinner for our "The Emoji Workshop" tomorrow.
I looked up where the public swimming places are (fjord swimming would be so cool 🤩 but maybe also too cool 🥶), but I may not find time...

2025-07-31 06:05:29 UTC

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Summer school still going strong! Today is my “short” day this week so I’ll be there “only” from 8 to 8 😅
Also, trying to take notes for the business meeting on Saturday; and possibly finish an overdue review of a MA thesis (100 pages 😱 how is this legal)

2025-07-18 17:58:32 UTC

Firsts: I received my first all-emoji email today 🥰 (got the teen to translate it for me)
Now, to compose a thoughtful response only in emojis… 🤔

2025-05-27 10:59:21 UTC

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😄 so you agree on the skills + obsession front
I started scientific editing as a teenager in highschool, when I proofread + helped typeset my dad's book in Latex... so I've accumulated a lot of experience + pet peeves (it always surprises me though that others just don't care quite as much)

2025-05-27 10:49:19 UTC

There's certain jobs that I've always done when publishing with more senior colleagues (like formatting the references or tables, checking for consistency) and I thought "well obviously". But now that I'm mostly publishing with more junior colleagues I'm *still* doing those jobs, so I've come to think it's probably just a combination of a certain level of skills + obsession 🙃 #academicChatter
(ignoring the gender issue for now which may contribute to making "housekeeping" my job?!)

2025-05-27 09:50:43 UTC

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🤞

2025-05-27 05:44:09 UTC

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Cloudy here! Trying to make headway on a grant proposal, picking up daughter's dress for her high school graduation (from being altered), loooooong department meeting (😬), then dinner with a colleague I haven't met with in several years.

2025-05-13 07:01:58 UTC

✨European Summer School for Logic, Language and Information 2025✨ in Bochum, Germany:
- 47 courses & workshops
- 4 exciting evening lectures
- social events
- explore the Ruhr area
Early bird registration deadline: May 31!
#esslli2025 #esslli #logic #linguistics #compSci #nlproc #summerSchool #rub https://2025.esslli.eu/
Edit: Boosts appreciated 🤗

2025-05-04 09:51:40 UTC

Fahrradsternfahrt NRW! Mühlheim hat’s nach Duisburg geschafft #adfc
https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/114/448/943/399/537/531/original/25978aa96a334e0b.jpeg
https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/114/448/943/835/072/008/original/88cab92aba217bb4.jpeg
https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/114/448/944/150/223/553/original/7e6b0323e4f03c1c.jpeg

2025-04-08 06:57:24 UTC

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Speckgürtel is the “belly fat” many accumulate around their mid section. That’s where its application to cities comes from.

2025-03-17 07:31:51 UTC

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Travel+reviewing, meeting up with a colleague in person for grant writing, then an evening event where I’m hoping to catch up with a friend&colleague from years ago

2025-03-07 21:54:33 UTC

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now I just need those Cameroonians to follow through!

2025-03-07 21:48:13 UTC

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I think I’d use it for my summer school party (400 ppl). Assuming that it keeps until August? And that it’s palatable for European tastes?

2025-03-07 10:47:59 UTC

A second German citizen (travelling as a tourist) has been arrested at the US border and is being detained for deportation.
I definitely won't be travelling to the US any time soon, *especially* for science events. It's too easy to end up causing misunderstandings at the border (Are you there to work? Does the agent think you may want to stay?), and the agents have apparently been instructed to be even more suspicious and "crack down" on cases at will. #science #academicChatter #scienceAtRisk #usTravel
(article in German)
https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/usa-einreise-zweiter-deutscher-tourist-in-us-abschiebehaft-150225448276

2025-03-01 07:41:13 UTC

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it’s my birthday too 😊
Breakfast with my dad and then going to Prague for a few days. We’ve booked a nice restaurant for dinner.

2025-01-28 07:45:35 UTC

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same in Germany - maybe it's a European law?

2024-12-31 20:36:51 UTC

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oh boo! I hope some great opportunities come your way in the new year!

2024-12-18 14:47:57 UTC

Cool! FediScience now allows up to 1500 characters per post 🎉 Get ready for all those looooong science posts 😄 #science #sciComm #fediScience

2024-12-02 14:30:31 UTC

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ja genau die Forschungsseite hab ich weggelassen. Das eine Kind liest sogar... fürs andere bräuchte es glaube ich eine Video-Version 😅

2024-12-02 13:51:32 UTC

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cool, hab ich beides mal den Teens weitergeleitet. Mit denen musste ich spontan beim Sonntagsfrühstück diskutieren, ob Planwirtschaft und Kommunismus zusammengehören und was das eigentlich ist.

2024-11-18 08:06:56 UTC

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Yes. I've read the papers and made notes already, but there's a relatively complex review form to squeeze my comments into (computational linguistics conference papers, so they're relatively shorter and sometimes more careless than a journal paper)

2024-11-18 07:36:26 UTC

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Working from home in the morning, getting some reviews and grading done between video meetings. Then a colloquium at work, and trying not to get too bogged down by emails.

2024-11-14 17:43:58 UTC

Signal has slightly changed the tone of blue in its logo and is anyone else as thrown off by this as me?!

2024-10-21 19:08:47 UTC

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I wouldn’t translate it as quitter. It means more like scaredy-cat. Someone who’s afraid of trying or starting something

2024-10-21 07:34:57 UTC

Good morning #plushtodon! Comfiest place in my office :
https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/113/344/245/702/425/120/original/19fd01dd13e312a2.jpeg

2024-08-19 07:33:11 UTC

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In some engineering fields, incl. computer science, it can be difficult to find staff (especially PhD students, but also postdocs) for research projects, because talented people are likely to get better paying industry jobs