Reposted by Essi TainoMallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 07/10/2026In a world of machine intelligence, the humanities are more vital than ever and I think I've not said enough about that. I work in cybersecurity for my day job. I'm a professional hacker and most people understand that as being really good at coding and understanding computers which is true. 117637
Reposted by Essi TainoGilamasan @gilamasan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The bill has been opened to feedback. Rather than dooming about the proposal, you can tell them exactly how you feel about the act here. ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... With how much of an uphill battle Chat Control is having, you should never assume it's worthless to fight these draconian bills.ec.europa.euEuropean Commission - Have your sayEuropean Commission - Have your say 2837384191
Reposted by Essi TainoWinRAR Earle @tommchenry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026god grant me the dexterity to dodge the attacks I cannot guard; the timing to perfect parry the attacks I can; and the wisdom to know the difference 5735234
Reposted by Essi TainoDom Ford @domford.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Thrilled to see this latest special issue of Eludamos out now! Pop open some champagne and read about Party Studies in Game Studies, guest edited and introduced by Leland Masek and @jaakkostenros.bsky.social! 1208
Reposted by Essi TainoChris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Was looking at the Silent Hill Townfall concept art and my jaw dropped. Was back in my hometown tonight so I had to go and take a photo. There are many ways to mock my beloved Coatbridge, but “your home’s so miserable it was used as concept art for a Silent Hill game” is a new one for me 312748730
Essi Taino @essitai.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This time returning home from Jyväskylä and the amazing esports coaching network event organized by the eVAVE project jamk.fi/fi/projekti/... Meeting up with passionate esports professionals always gives me warm fuzzy feelings and makes me miss my Overwatch coaching days. 🥲jamk.fieVAVEValmentajaverkosto: Työllistyminen e-urheiluun -projektin päätavoite on edistää e-urheiluvalmentajien työllistymisvalmiuksia tarjoamalla alusta, joka tarjoaa sekä mentorointia että verkostoitumistukea... 030
Essi Taino @essitai.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I think I'm getting too used to spending late Friday evenings sitting in a packed long-distance train. 120
Essi Taino @essitai.bsky.social · 25/09/2026An overview of what we've been up to the past year at work! tldr: Lots of cool stuff happened. ❤️ 010
Reposted by Essi TainoDavid Cooper @davidbcooper.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Starting my day making some art. 281625488
Reposted by Essi TainoJaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Reminder! Games as Art Festival is happening in Tampere in less than a month. Digital games and larp are featured. Super interesting selection. Also: it is free. Sign up now! gamesasartcenter.com/festival/gamesasartcenter.comGames As Art Festival - Games As Art CenterThe Games As Art Festival is a three-day festival happening in Tampere, Finland October 9th-11th 2026 exploring the potential of games as an artistic form. When: October 9th-11th 2026Where: Tampere Un... 0125
Reposted by Essi Tainocee @cee.wtf · 04/09/2026throng.cee.wtf i've invented a new way to browse bluesky 35482191911
Reposted by Essi TainoWill Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 29/08/2026a Mouse King. is there one under your desk?? 3548641225
Reposted by Essi TainoJoseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Back to school. ❤️ 282567549
Reposted by Essi TainoIan Fay @ianfay.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This shit is why you can't separate continuing to financially support the Harry Potter IP (whether by buying the games, merch, watching the new TV show when its out) from the consequences of what JK Rowling does with that money She's become so stiflingly powerful that even private docs arent safe 265924124
Reposted by Essi TainoGame Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 04/08/2026EA is now owned by Saudi Arabia and Donald Trump's son-in-lawgamedeveloper.comEA is now owned by Saudi Arabia and Donald Trump's son-in-lawThe U.S. publisher has been taken private in a deal worth $55 billion. 34507380
Reposted by Essi TainoNiko Setälä @nikosetala.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Useful new tool for #Interrail travellers in Finland: venaarauhassa.fi shows how seats are occupied in VR operated trains, station by station. Shows also the night train sleeper beds! Only in Finnish, but should be easy enough to navigate.venaarauhassa.fiVenaaRauhassaVenaaRauhassa on palvelu, jolla näet junien istuimien tilanteen asemakohtaisesti. Näin mahdollisuutesi kasvavat, että saat istua rauhassa. 32611
Reposted by Essi TainoKasvismafioso @kasvismafioso.bsky.social · 02/08/2026"Eli olemme taas kerran nähneet esimerkin siitä, kuinka Euroopan ulkopuoliset valtiot käyttävät siirtolaisuutta poliittisena kiristyskeinona, koska ne tietävät minkälaisen tunnereaktion tämä eurooppalaisissa oikeistopopulisteissa herättää". #ceuta --> www.facebook.com/share/p/1H1E... 18418
Reposted by Essi Tainojessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful 193126137999
Reposted by Essi TainoInternet Archive @archive.org · 30/07/2026🌈 2010. 🎶 Erasure's Always plays as you mash Z, chasing that high score 🏆 and your best sparkly unicorn life 🦄 ROBOT UNICORN ATTACK still runs thanks to preservation & emulation via Ruffle. Flash is gone 👋, but your favorite games don't have to be. 🌐 Play it now! archive.org/details/robo... 3832141609
Reposted by Essi TainoAustin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 19/07/2026He's only gone and written 2,500 more words about how game devs feel about generative AI. Latest piece quotes around two dozen different people with an indie background. When asked how they feel about gen AI, not one, but two devs responded, "Fuck that shit." www.gamesradar.com/games/it-cre...gamesradar.com"It creates lesser games": Indie game studios are supposed to love generative AI, so why do the 25 devs I spoke to avoid it?"So it may be slightly faster, and a lot worse, but it's also more expensive? Neat" 5667222
Essi Taino @essitai.bsky.social · 14/07/2026I find that the gym is least effective for weight loss (but great for body health!), because body type, medical conditions and food can throw it off so much. 😞 I can share ideas/experiences if interested? 000
Reposted by Essi Tainosunset visitor 斜陽過客 | Prove You're Human - Wishlist Now! @sunsetvisitor.studio · 08/07/2026🗣️ SISTERS 🗣️ For ✨ 40% OFF ✨, you can get our Peabody award-winning game 1000xRESIST, which has: ✨ a generations-spanning sci-fi story ✨ incredible levels of matricide ✨ women committing crimes (both gay and not) Get it before the sale ends tomorrow! s.team/a/1675830/ 6293148
Reposted by Essi TainoTuoni Myllylä @tuonim.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Sellattii vaan, että voitaisiinko palauttaa sen verran perinteisiä arvoja että opeteltaisiin hyviä tapoja keskustelussa ja priorisoitaisiin yleistä resilienssiä hybridivaikuttamista vastaan. PS: jos et koe olevasi sirpaloitunut hetero, tämä sarjakuva ei puhu sinulle, mutta voisit jakaa sen. 614172
Reposted by Essi TainoAasa T 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸 @rosgakori.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Tämä Laitisen kommentti on kyllä paljastava monella tapaa siitä miten Pride nähdään mediassa yhä sellaisena koko perheen mehukesteinä, eikä yhteiskunnan marginaaleissa elävien vähemmistöjen ihmisoikeuksien mielenosoituksena. Värikkäät asut ja tyhjät iskulauseet miellyttävät koska ne ei vaadi mitään.iltalehti.fiKommentti: Pridellä on nyt petrattavaaMonet Pride-yhteisöihin kytkeytyvistä kohuista ja ylilyönneistä olisivat olleet estettävissä, kirjoittaa Iltalehden toimittaja Silja Laitinen. 44214
Reposted by Essi TainoDoug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Allowing data centres to use carbon offsets, one of the most useless, divisive and generally unhelpful mechanisms for tackling climate change, would be a ridiculous concession to Big Tech power by the EU 🧵🧵 1/4 www.ft.com/content/2135...ft.comEU weighs weaker data centre climate rules in win for Big TechPast proposals for strict rules on renewable energy certificates have been dropped after heavy lobbying, draft shows 410653
Reposted by Essi TainoGareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Me: Okay, there's been a thunderstorm, the heatwave should be over now. (New health bar appears) (The sun is now named 'Sol, Starflame of Regret') (Objectively the greatest piece of classical music ever recorded starts playing). 2245311596
Reposted by Essi TainoPetteri Uusitalo @ptjtsubasa.bsky.social · 25/06/2026It had to happen one day. 24918
Reposted by Essi TainoMarissa @psshaw.bsky.social · 24/06/2026My beautiful horse. #makeaterriblecomicday2026 111553463
Reposted by Essi TainoJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 16/06/2026At the end of the term I asked my college creative wriing students to submit anonymous thoughts on AI. No real surprises: Mood ranges from resignation to despair, capitulation from embittered erosion of standards to total, feelings of betrayal from deep to furious. 1/ 7455231988
Reposted by Essi TainoRami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 16/06/2026Game failure? Layoffs Game success? Layoffs Game delayed? Layoffs Game delivered? Layoffs Game announced? Layoffs Game unannounced? Layoffs Game good? Layoffs Game bad? Layoffs Game AI? Layoffs Game no-AI? Layoffs Game hated? Layoffs Game beloved? Layoffs Money cares more for layoffs than games. 8092512763
Reposted by Essi TainoENDGAME project @endgame-project.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Our team is enjoying the DiGRA 2026 conference in Maynooth! We presented our work on 'Intersectional pleasures and limits of game cultural participation and belonging in Finland' and are also involved in several other presentations and workshops. Our work is funded by the RCF #SuomenAkatemia. 033
Reposted by Essi TainoSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 13/06/2026The world’s first trillionaire took away our Ebola response capacity, gave us screwworms, hollowed out our government so he could pay less taxes, and condemned millions of the world’s most vulnerable people to death. 201686678
Reposted by Essi TainoTuuli Hypén @charha.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Peliviikko etsii kuvittajaa julisteelle. Mä olen jo yhden piirtänyt, niin välitän vaan tiedoksi teille kaikille muille kuvittajille. Mikäli olet kiinnostunut, lähetä sähköpostia ja esimerkkejä töistäsi osoitteeseen: tommi.tossavainen@kuvi.fi (Altista löytyy alkuperäisen face-postauksen teksti) 13522
Reposted by Essi TainoGame Research Lab @gameresearchlab.bsky.social · 12/06/2026The DiGRA Conference 2026 on the theme ‘intersectional pleasures’ will be organised 14–18 June in Maynooth, Ireland. Our research group is well represented at the event – here we have collected a list of the 16 presentations featuring our team members: gameresearchlab.tuni.fi/gamelab-at-d...gameresearchlab.tuni.fiGamelab at DiGRA 2026The DiGRA 2026 conference on the theme ‘intersectional pleasures’ will be organised 14–18 June in Maynooth, Ireland. Our research group is well represented at the event – here we have c… 264
Reposted by Essi TainoStandplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 06/06/2026 133081
Essi Taino @essitai.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Still doing research at Vectorama today. They have robots too! They are from the Educational Consortium OSAO. They can be seen walking around the event, sometimes guiding visitors and doing impromptu dancing shows. 060
Essi Taino @essitai.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Me: Doing super serious academic research about cultural accessibility and social sustainability of game events Also me: OMG they have nyancats on the floor and they're ANIMATED!!! best event 100% no questions asked 190
Reposted by Essi TainoFrans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Routledge has now confirmed that the volume we have been working on for some time, Cultural Game Studies: Critical Approaches,will be out on 10 July 2026 and is available for preorder from 19 June 2026. There is a 20 % discount code attached, and there are also review copies (links in comments). 3357
Reposted by Essi TainoMikko Meriläinen @merilainen.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Would love to see more attention given to this! Feels like AI use is far too often attributed to laziness and poor personal morals etc., rather than precarious work, work overload and constant pressure. This said, "work more, work faster, compromise on quality" is a terrible solution. 02210
Reposted by Essi TainoMerlin G.G 🌻🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ VisDev Artist @everydaymerlin.bsky.social · 31/05/2026i need this website to stop shitting it’s diapers over NSFW stuff when the median age in here is fucking 35 like give us a fucking break 💀 2539001096
Reposted by Essi TainoStacie Dusetzina @dusetzinas.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Without question, the best two minutes on the internet. Take a break from the awful news cycle and enjoy this haircut and....feedback from the internet.youtube.comIt Will Please the Crown 👑 (Medieval Barber Gone Wrong)YouTube video by The Internet Sings 34320
Essi Taino @essitai.bsky.social · 28/05/2026So much Anger. 😊 Always happy to have a chance to visit Norway, and this time has been exceptionally awesome meeting so many new people & hearing about their research! 040
Reposted by Essi TainoMyra Cheng @myra.bsky.social · 03/10/2025AI always calling your ideas “fantastic” can feel inauthentic, but what are sycophancy’s deeper harms? We find that in the common use case of seeking AI advice on interpersonal situations—specifically conflicts—sycophancy makes people feel more right & less willing to apologize. 5544270