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Tatjana Scheffler @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Incredibly busy weekend (last one before our move), so obviously the first order of business is: making banana bread 😋

Red plastic bowl with start of cake dough and mixing whisks

Tatjana Scheffler @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

My office building is from the late 60s. Today some people can in unannounced to install this large device to measure PCB contamination levels in the air. Interesting!

A black plastic box propped open on a table. From the top protrudes a long antenna attached to a weird glass bulb. A small screen is showing airflow readings.

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Tatjana Scheffler @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

Last night I saw round 1 of the Air Guitar World Championship final and it was … spectacular 🤩 I learned that air guitar was invented here in #Oulu, Finland! #MakeAirNotWar #airguitar

Finalist and reigning world champion (local here from Finland) The Angus playing air guitar during the competition on a dark stage in front of a bright sky where the sun has just set. Up on the stage, the five judges can be seen

The stage now brightly lit in orange during the aftershow. All contestants are on stage together with the host playing air guitar together

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Tatjana Scheffler @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026

European Central Bank's survey on the new #Euros design goes all-in on the #emojis 🤑 : surveys.ecb.europa.eu/10b/neweuro

Survey questions. Each answer si preprosed with an emoji, like:
"How do you like this design?*
😍 Love it
😊 Like it
😐 Neither like nor dislike it
😢 Do not like it
😡 Really do not like it "

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Tatjana Scheffler @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026

☝️ 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 […] [Original post on fediscience.org]

German children's book in which simple nouns have been replaced by little colorful images

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Tatjana Scheffler @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 27/06/2026

Board game in the office (where the a/c is keeping it under 26C) #boardgames (not my office, mine doesn’t have a/c)

Light wood table with Ark Nova set up for two players. In addition, sunglasses, a fan, and a yellow thermos with iced coffee (additionally wrapped in a cool pack) can be seen on the table)

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Tatjana Scheffler @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/06/2026

RUB PhilFak ist auch dabei bei der Aktionswoche Wissenschaft gegen Faschismus: www.dekphil.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/dekp…

Veranstaltungsposter "Philologie gegen Faschismus" in pink und schwarz. Das Poster endet mit dem Slogan "G-Reihe bleibt stabil".

Es werden 10 Veranstaltungen am 2. und 3. Juni aufgelistet:
DIENSTAG, 02. JUNI
- Alternativer Diversity Day
- Podiumsdiskussion: Kritische Forschung & Lehre angesichts von Kürzung und Rechtsruck (mit Sowi)
- Zine Workshop
- Must See Filmclub Special V for Vendetta (USA 2006, OmU)
- Diskussion zu Dagmar Herzog: Der neue faschistische Körper

MITTWOCH, 03. JUNI
- Fact Checking Workshop
- BIPoC Workshop - Empowerment im Hochschulkontext und in der akademischen Laufbahn
- Teach-In: Lektüre von Dagmar Herzog: „Der neue faschistische Körper"
- Diskussionsforum How to Resist an der Uni (mit Sowi)
- Austausch zur Gründung einer Ortsgruppe Dozierende gegen Rechts (alle Fächer)

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Tatjana Scheffler @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/05/2026

Timeline meetup of two farming professors in North America 😅 @SaraBPritchard 🤝 @sundogplanets

Screenshot of my timeline. On top, Sara is complaining about the "hottest day of the year thus far", below, Sam is showing pics of goats in the snow

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Tatjana Scheffler @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 13/05/2026

One for the semanticists… 🤪 “Remember, today’s pickup is today” (Signal message from the farm share) #semantics #linguistics

Nachricht von Matthias: „Denkt dran, heute ist schon heute Abholung 💚“

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Tatjana Scheffler @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2026

Erscheint nächste Woche: Reclam-Band zum Abiturthema "Sprache und Kommunikation in analogen und digitalen Medien", inkl. einem kleinen Beitrag von mir zu #Emojis #linguistik #deutsch #fediLZ #abitur […] [Original post on fediscience.org]

Gelber Titel des Reclambands "Sprache und Kommunikation in analogen und digitalen Medien", Reclam, Themenfeld Deutsch, auf Holztisch

Zwei Seiten des Reclambands, unter dem Titel: "Emojis füllen eine kommunikative Lücke". Interview mit der Emoji-Forscherin Tatjana Scheffler

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Tatjana Scheffler @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 26/04/2026

Guess where Partner just got home from 😁

Kitchen table with a slanted bottle with a yellow liquid in it, saying Limoncino and Pisa.

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Tatjana Scheffler @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/04/2026

On my way to Tübingen to talk about emoji linguistics ☀️ Looking forward to seeing my former PhD student, who is now a postdoc there

Empty train station showing a sign for “Bochum Hbf” (tbh only this end of the station is so empty)

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Tatjana Scheffler @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 13/04/2026

Another PhD student passed his defense today 🤩 A postdoc’s last day in our group 😭 A student RA has to decide if he can financially afford to keep working for us for a few months before his grant decision comes in 🫠 Big feels in the ever changing precarious academic “family” #academicChatter

Black PhD hat decorated in the German style, with group pictures, PhD topic related items and miniature pretzels, baking things, music items and a duck pond on top

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Tatjana Scheffler @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/04/2026

#boardgames weekend: Flip7, Codenames Pictures, Flamme Rouge, Dixit, Artischocken, Werwolf, Ark Nova, Terraforming Mars, Mischwald, Love Letter. Fun with family

Cards set up for Codenames Pictures. They’re showing strange black and white icons.

6 role cards for the role playing murder game Werewolves.

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Tatjana Scheffler @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/03/2026

Started the day with a special tour of the German National Library 😍 @DNB_Aktuelles #smad2026

View from the roof of the DNB Frankfurt. We can see a green roof, buildings in the background and a tv tower

View of Frankfurt from the roof of the DNB building. Large skyscrapers are visible in the background under a blue sky

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Tatjana Scheffler @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/03/2026

Eröffnung der Tagung “Social Media Access Days” redet jetzt mal explizit *nicht* über physische Gebäude 🤭 #smad2026 @DNB_Aktuelles

Mann steht am Pult vor der Eröffnungsfolie der Social Media Access Days

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Tatjana Scheffler @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2026

[Food, non veggie] My family is out so I’ve combined the leftovers from the last three days into my dinner 😂 5 little boxes fewer in the fridge and a 6 minute prep time 😋 #win

Delicious food: rice with mixed veggies (and some taco meat) on a plate

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Tatjana Scheffler @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2026

Last keynote of #DGfS2026 🤓😄 Annette Gerstenberg on longitudinal patterns #linguistics

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Tatjana Scheffler @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

#DGfS2026 hat schon begonnen mit dem Vorprogramm 😄 Ich bin heute bei der ALP Jahrestagung zu KI und Pragmatik

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Tatjana Scheffler @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026

Endlich! Dem high-impact Artikel steht nichts mehr im Wege, @herzbruch !

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Tatjana Scheffler @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/02/2026

omg thank you www.bugsappleloves.com 😭 🙏 I literally thought it was just me "why can I never find anything in my email?!"

Screenshot of the linked website. Bug 001 Apple Loves is "Mail search doesn't work. The search bar is purely decorative" which is then explained in some detail (eg, 14 million MacOS users affected)

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Tatjana Scheffler @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/01/2026

Wir spielen “Kanone”, eine Version, wo man jedes Skatspiel einmal spielen muss, und seit gestern habe ich so ein unverschämtes Glück 🤭 #skat #kartenspiel

Bunte Tischdecke mit ein paar Altenburger Spielkarten

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Tatjana Scheffler @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/01/2026

I was on vacation the last two and a half weeks and I did NOT do any work, not even a little bit, for 14 days. Not finishing a paper, not grading, no grant applications, no reviews. This is what it was like and it was glorious. Special thanks to my […] [Original post on fediscience.org]