Essi Taino
@essitai.bsky.social
PhD student & researcher, project PEGASUS @ Tampere University | Digital youth work specialist | Avid gamer and cat enthusiast | posts in 🇫🇮 🇬🇧 | she/they
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"Oikotietä selaillessani mietin usein Tuomiston keräämiä lukuja. Ne selittävät elettyä kokemusta. Ei ole varaa siihen, mihin vanhemmilla ikäpolvilla on. Olen kateellinen. Tuntuu epäreilulta."
Työelämä on epävarmaa, ympäristö tuhoutuu, varallisuus kertyy epätasaisesti. Epäreilulta tosiaan tuntuu.
Työelämä on epävarmaa, ympäristö tuhoutuu, varallisuus kertyy epätasaisesti. Epäreilulta tosiaan tuntuu.
Kolumni | Nuoret kantavat valtavan taakan julkisen talouden kriisistä
Ajankuva: eläkeyhtiö käärii voitot, nuorille opiskelijoille ei jää mitään.
www.hs.fi
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"Oikotietä selaillessani mietin usein Tuomiston keräämiä lukuja. Ne selittävät elettyä kokemusta. Ei ole varaa siihen, mihin vanhemmilla ikäpolvilla on. Olen kateellinen. Tuntuu epäreilulta."
Työelämä on epävarmaa, ympäristö tuhoutuu, varallisuus kertyy epätasaisesti. Epäreilulta tosiaan tuntuu.
Työelämä on epävarmaa, ympäristö tuhoutuu, varallisuus kertyy epätasaisesti. Epäreilulta tosiaan tuntuu.
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Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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trying to switch off the AI bloatware that has been pinned to the top of every single menu in every single app
April 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
trying to switch off the AI bloatware that has been pinned to the top of every single menu in every single app
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The very first Finnish Game Industry DEI Summit is held on Dec 9th 2025, and I'll be on stage with three amazing professionals: Laura Smith, Essi Jukkala and Licia Prehn. Signups close tomorrow, so you still have a day to join us, either online or in downtown Helsinki! weingames.fi/dei-summit/
DEI Summit - We in Games Finland
We in Games Finland, together with Neogames and Next Games, a Netflix Game Studio, is organising a Finnish Game Industry DEI Summit on December 9th, 2025.
weingames.fi
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The very first Finnish Game Industry DEI Summit is held on Dec 9th 2025, and I'll be on stage with three amazing professionals: Laura Smith, Essi Jukkala and Licia Prehn. Signups close tomorrow, so you still have a day to join us, either online or in downtown Helsinki! weingames.fi/dei-summit/
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Reason for delay: cat's feeding time
November 22, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Reason for delay: cat's feeding time
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Apple's brand marketing history, Our Users Are
-Revolutionary visionaries (80s)
-Like Picasso, Einstein "think different" (late 90s)
-Cool creatives (iMac/iPod)
-Successful, high status (iPhone to iWatch)
-Unprepared bad workers, office loser, can't read/write one line emails (Apple Intelligence/AI)
-Revolutionary visionaries (80s)
-Like Picasso, Einstein "think different" (late 90s)
-Cool creatives (iMac/iPod)
-Successful, high status (iPhone to iWatch)
-Unprepared bad workers, office loser, can't read/write one line emails (Apple Intelligence/AI)
November 10, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Apple's brand marketing history, Our Users Are
-Revolutionary visionaries (80s)
-Like Picasso, Einstein "think different" (late 90s)
-Cool creatives (iMac/iPod)
-Successful, high status (iPhone to iWatch)
-Unprepared bad workers, office loser, can't read/write one line emails (Apple Intelligence/AI)
-Revolutionary visionaries (80s)
-Like Picasso, Einstein "think different" (late 90s)
-Cool creatives (iMac/iPod)
-Successful, high status (iPhone to iWatch)
-Unprepared bad workers, office loser, can't read/write one line emails (Apple Intelligence/AI)
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do you believe in ghosts or are you like me, a person who finds themself saying all the time “I absolutely don’t believe in ghosts, but this place has ghosts.”
November 19, 2025 at 5:24 AM
do you believe in ghosts or are you like me, a person who finds themself saying all the time “I absolutely don’t believe in ghosts, but this place has ghosts.”
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
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Absurdi juttu, etenkin kun juuri on puhuttu siitä, miten iso riski riippuvuus yhdysvaltalaisesta tietoliikenneinfrasta on.
Tulee sellainen päiväni murmelina-olo, mutta
Kela on siirtämässä etuuksien käsittelyjärjestelmänsä USAlaisen Salesforcen pilveen
Etuuksia käsitellessä Kela käsittelee ihmisten kaikkein yksityisimpiä tietoja, kuten terveystietoja ja taloudellista tilannetta
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#yksityisyydensuoja #Kela
Kela on siirtämässä etuuksien käsittelyjärjestelmänsä USAlaisen Salesforcen pilveen
Etuuksia käsitellessä Kela käsittelee ihmisten kaikkein yksityisimpiä tietoja, kuten terveystietoja ja taloudellista tilannetta
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#yksityisyydensuoja #Kela
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Absurdi juttu, etenkin kun juuri on puhuttu siitä, miten iso riski riippuvuus yhdysvaltalaisesta tietoliikenneinfrasta on.
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Turvallisuuspuhe ei ole uskottavaa, kun samaan aikaan demokratian perustuksista ja sitä kautta kansallisesta turvallisuudesta ollaan tällä tavalla valmiita tinkimään kustannussyistä.
Suomen vaalidata siirtyy Amazonin pilveen – USA:n vaalivilppiepäilyjä tutkinut asiantuntija varoittaa riskeistä
Ensimmäistä kertaa vaaleissa ehdokas- ja äänestäjätiedot sekä tuloslaskenta siirtyvät Suomen rajojen ulkopuolelle. Tutkija ei käyttäisi pilvipalvelua kansallisen turvallisuuden asioissa.
yle.fi
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Turvallisuuspuhe ei ole uskottavaa, kun samaan aikaan demokratian perustuksista ja sitä kautta kansallisesta turvallisuudesta ollaan tällä tavalla valmiita tinkimään kustannussyistä.
It's here! 👀 The PEGASUS research project is ending soon, so we made a small publication outlining our research and developed tools. Illustrations are by the amazing Tuuli Hypén.
This will be available tomorrow at the Game Culture Strategy day, and online as a PDF a little bit later.
This will be available tomorrow at the Game Culture Strategy day, and online as a PDF a little bit later.
November 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
It's here! 👀 The PEGASUS research project is ending soon, so we made a small publication outlining our research and developed tools. Illustrations are by the amazing Tuuli Hypén.
This will be available tomorrow at the Game Culture Strategy day, and online as a PDF a little bit later.
This will be available tomorrow at the Game Culture Strategy day, and online as a PDF a little bit later.
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Osana #peliviikko ohjelmaa Tampereen pääkirjasto Metso järjestää huomenna 5.11. klo 18 Metso FAKTA -keskustelun "Hyvä, paha pelikulttuuri?" Keskustelemassa ovat minä, Juho Kuorikoski ja Risto Marjomaa. Tervetuloa Metsoon tai kuulolle striimiin! tapahtumat.tampere.fi/fi-FI/page/6...
Ladataan tietoja...
Tampere on satojen tapahtumien ja tuhansien elämysten kaupunki.
tapahtumat.tampere.fi
November 4, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Osana #peliviikko ohjelmaa Tampereen pääkirjasto Metso järjestää huomenna 5.11. klo 18 Metso FAKTA -keskustelun "Hyvä, paha pelikulttuuri?" Keskustelemassa ovat minä, Juho Kuorikoski ja Risto Marjomaa. Tervetuloa Metsoon tai kuulolle striimiin! tapahtumat.tampere.fi/fi-FI/page/6...
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Tänään käynnistyy Peliviikko, pelikulttuurin ja pelikasvatuksen teemaviikko. Pitkin viikkoa järjestetään ympäri Suomea monipuolisia mahdollisuuksia tutustua peleihin, pelaamiseen ja pelikulttuuriin niin itse kuin vaikkapa lasten tai lastenlasten kanssa. Katso sivuilta paikkakuntien tapahtumat!
Peliviikko - Peliviikko - 1.-9.11.2025
www.peliviikko.fi
November 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Tänään käynnistyy Peliviikko, pelikulttuurin ja pelikasvatuksen teemaviikko. Pitkin viikkoa järjestetään ympäri Suomea monipuolisia mahdollisuuksia tutustua peleihin, pelaamiseen ja pelikulttuuriin niin itse kuin vaikkapa lasten tai lastenlasten kanssa. Katso sivuilta paikkakuntien tapahtumat!
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Huomenna alkaa 15. #peliviikko ja lähes 50 kunnasta on lähtenyt toimijoita järjestämään satoja paikallisia pelipäiviä! Lue lehdistötiedote ja osallistu Peliviikkoon! www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/7157...
October 31, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Huomenna alkaa 15. #peliviikko ja lähes 50 kunnasta on lähtenyt toimijoita järjestämään satoja paikallisia pelipäiviä! Lue lehdistötiedote ja osallistu Peliviikkoon! www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/7157...
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Never forget the core thing funding the sheer scale of the spending spree of AI investments is primarily due to the turborich wanting to solve the “problem” of having to pay wages.
"Put simply, only the extremely wealthy appear to be benefiting from all of this."
Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster
The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.
futurism.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Never forget the core thing funding the sheer scale of the spending spree of AI investments is primarily due to the turborich wanting to solve the “problem” of having to pay wages.
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Lantrek is really covering all the bases this year. Counter Strike 2 tournament on big screen right next to cosplay karaoke. 🍿
October 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Lantrek is really covering all the bases this year. Counter Strike 2 tournament on big screen right next to cosplay karaoke. 🍿
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Now's the time to call up Visa/MC to ask 'hey, how come you guys will pay for ChatGPT and Twitter subs but I can't buy certain games off of Steam?' Because I frankly would LOVE an answer to that...
Sam Altman suggests ChatGPT is cannibalizing your fanfic and erotica to make its own clanker porn, rolling out this December.
ChatGPT just got filthy after new update lets it talk dirty to you
'You won't get it unless you ask for it.'
metro.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Now's the time to call up Visa/MC to ask 'hey, how come you guys will pay for ChatGPT and Twitter subs but I can't buy certain games off of Steam?' Because I frankly would LOVE an answer to that...
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The third We in Games Experience survey is here: forms.office.com/e/cDhKgxhvrb
If you currently work, have previously worked, study, are seeking employment in the Finnish game industry or are closely connected to the field, consider participating this survey!
If you currently work, have previously worked, study, are seeking employment in the Finnish game industry or are closely connected to the field, consider participating this survey!
Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The third We in Games Experience survey is here: forms.office.com/e/cDhKgxhvrb
If you currently work, have previously worked, study, are seeking employment in the Finnish game industry or are closely connected to the field, consider participating this survey!
If you currently work, have previously worked, study, are seeking employment in the Finnish game industry or are closely connected to the field, consider participating this survey!
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Shout-out to one of my coworkers who thought "labubu" was slang for lobotomy
October 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Shout-out to one of my coworkers who thought "labubu" was slang for lobotomy