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Tuomo Hiippala
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Professor of English Language and Digital Humanities at the University of Helsinki. Interested in #multimodality, digital / computational humanities and linguistic landscapes. Mitglied bei @werder.de! 💚

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Tuomo Hiippala @thiip.bsky.social · 5d
I'm no economist, but I think there might be a super interesting case study here, especially on price formation and information asymmetry between buyers and sellers à la Akerlof.

Never thought I'd say this, but I miss eBay! At least then you knew what people were willing to pay at a given moment. ⏹️

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Tuomo Hiippala @thiip.bsky.social · 5d
albums with cut-outs from Finnish flea markets and trade them in Germany for store credit, because these records were rare there.

As a former seller on Discogs, I also have serious doubts about their price recommendation algorithm, which appears to push the median price to increase the commission.

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Tuomo Hiippala @thiip.bsky.social · 5d
People use Discogs as a global database for prices, turning records into *assets* to be traded.

This messes up price formation a local level, which used to be based on supply, demand and *taste*. Some records are more common somewhere, rarer elsewhere.

I used to, for example, buy US mid-70s soul ➡️

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Tuomo Hiippala @thiip.bsky.social · 5d
None of my followers probably won't care, but I've been collecting vinyl records for nearly 30 years, and I feel like ranting a bit about @discogsofficial.bsky.social.

I love #Discogs as a database, but hate what it has done to buying and selling records. A thread ⤵️

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Tuomo Hiippala @thiip.bsky.social · 29d
@manuelburghardt.bsky.social perhaps you might know some people who might be interested in this? 🙏

Reposted by Janina Wildfeuer, Lieven Ameel

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Tuomo Hiippala @thiip.bsky.social · 29d
Hey! I'm looking for a CS/DH post-doc to work on building a large corpus of news broadcasts in Finnish, Finland Swedish, Sámi & Finnish Sign Language: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

#multimodality #digitalhumanities
Post-doctoral researcher in computer science or digital humanities specializing in audiovisual data
Post-doctoral researcher in computer science or digital humanities specializing in audiovisual data
jobs.helsinki.fi

Reposted by Paolo Crosetto, Tuomo Hiippala

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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · Jan 20
If in the year 2026 you think it is a good idea to edit a special issue for a Frontiers journal, you need to seriously rethink your life decisions.

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Tuomo Hiippala @thiip.bsky.social · Jan 16
Wie bitte?

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Antti Jauhiainen @anttiveikko.bsky.social · Dec 13
Ylioppilaslehti ei ilmesty ensi vuonna, pelkäänpä lehden lakkauttamista journalistisena instituutiona. Tämä toki vain omaa pohdintaa, mutta omilta opiskeluajoilta jäi vaikutelma, etteivät opiskelijapäättäjät ole koskaan erityisemmin innostuneet kriittisestä ja journalistisesta opiskelijalehdestä.
Kommentti: Vallan vahtikoira siirretään tauolle
Ylioppilaslehteen kohdistuva leikkaus tarkoittaa sitä, että lehteä ei ilmesty ensi syksynä lainkaan. Ensi vuonna lakkauttaminen on siis helpompaa kuin koskaan, arvioi päätoimittaja Roosa Welling.
ylioppilaslehti.fi

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SV Werder Bremen @werder.de · Nov 9
In Gedenken an die Opfer der Reichspogromnacht!

Als SV Werder Bremen stehen wir für eine Gesellschaft, in der Vielfalt, Respekt und Menschlichkeit selbstverständlich sind. Umso wichtiger ist es uns, heute der Opfer des Nationalsozialismus zu gedenken.

👉 svw.de/reichspogromnacht

#Werder
Ein Foto von zwei Gedenksteinen für zwei jüdische Mitbürger*innen, die von den Nationalsozialisten deportiert und ermordert wurden. Links und rechts liegen zwei Rosen.

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Tuomo Hiippala @thiip.bsky.social · Oct 31
Turns out Helsinki was voted as the host of the next International Conference on #Multimodality in 2027!

Thanks to @neous.bsky.social & the team for a fantastic #12ICOM and see you @helsinki.fi!

Look out for a call for papers next summer!

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Janina Wildfeuer @neous.bsky.social · Oct 31
What a vibe!
#12ICOM in Groningen is multimodalicious

Thanks to @thiip.bsky.social, Louise Ravelli, Bart Verheij and @asliozyurek.bsky.social for their brilliant keynotes!
12ICOM Name Badge 12ICOM sweet bag to keep everyone happy. Multimodalicious! Keynote speech audience, chaired by Dimitris Serafis Asli Özyürek‘s keynote in the Mennonite Church

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Melanie Walsh @mellymeldubs.bsky.social · Oct 29
As DH grows, it’s increasingly important to publish conference papers, but there hasn’t been a clear venue for that.

So I’m thrilled to share this new home for DH proceedings, which will include CHR papers & more.

Thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social for leading this effort!

bit.ly/ach-anthology
Screenshot that reads: Introducing the Anthology for Computers and the Humanities Taylor Arnold, Maria Antoniak, Miguel Escobar Varela, Marie Puren, Mila Oiva , Amanda Regan, Lauren Tilton, and Melanie Walsh 1 Data Science and Statistics, University of Richmond, U.S.A. 2 Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder, U.S.A. 3 Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore 4 Laboratoire de Recherche de l'EPITA, Paris, France 5 History and Archaeology, University of Turku, Finland 6 History and Geography, Clemson University, U.S.A. 7 Rhetoric and Communication Studies, University of Richmond, U.S.A. 8 Information School, University of Washington, U.S.A. Permanent Link: https://doi.org/10.63744/HHsQG7hNWyxG Published: 25 September 2025

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Daniel Alves @danielalvesfcsh.bsky.social · Oct 25
Available volume 19.2 of IJHAC: A Journal of Digital Humanities, dedicated to AI and Digital Humanities. Guest editors @miguelev.bsky.social and @javiercha.bsky.social. Amazing work from them and from all the authors. With 3 articles in open access😍!
www.euppublishing.com/toc/ijhac/19/2
Edinburgh University Press Journals - Table of Contents - ijhac: Vol 19, No 2
www.euppublishing.com

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Tomas Sjöblom @tomassjoblom.bsky.social · Sep 30
Tämä ei ole hyvän mielen postaus, mutta ehkä syksyn tärkein postaukseni. Suosittelen kaikille tutkijoille ja tutkimusryhmille: käsitelkää törkyriskejä ja suunnitelkaa toimenpiteitä etukäteen yhdessä.

Lähiaikoina on tiettävästi odotettavissa törkyä tiedeyhteisöä kohtaan. Ketjusta muutama pikavinkki.

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Tuomo Hiippala @thiip.bsky.social · Sep 14
NAIJA EXPRESS! 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬 #BMGSVW

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Tuomo Hiippala @thiip.bsky.social · Sep 12
Mietin juuri bussilippua ostaessa, että onko missään suomalaisessa yliopistossa vakavasti otettavia työsuhde-etuja, kuten esim. työmatkalippua?

Alennusta työpaikkaruokalassa tai yo-liikunnassa ei lasketa.

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Sep 6
Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:

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Tuomo Hiippala @thiip.bsky.social · Sep 6
Which company is this?

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Tuomo Hiippala @thiip.bsky.social · Aug 30
@ticketswerder.bsky.social Hallo! Braucht jemand noch eine Ticket?

Habe noch ein Sitzer (digi) mit eingeschränkten Sicht in Block 101 übrig.

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SV Werder Bremen @werder.de · Aug 6
UNSER WESERSTADION – OHNE SCHNICKSCHNACK. 💚

MATTHÄI, WIESENHOF, die HARALD PIHL GmbH und GOLDSCHMAUS sind neue #Flutlichtpartner des SVW und sichern unserem Stadion bis mindestens 2030 den traditionsreichen Namen Weserstadion.

Zur Meldung 👉 svw.de/Weserstadion2030

#Werder

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Lauren Gawne @superlinguo.bsky.social · Aug 5
The Linguistics Discipline at La Trobe University have developed a discipline-specific position statement on the role of generative AI in our classrooms.

www.superlinguo.com/post/7908973...
Position Statement on Generative AI in teaching...
Position Statement on Generative AI in teaching and research   The Linguistics Discipline in the Department of Languages and Cultures at La Trobe University have developed a discipline-specific posi...
www.superlinguo.com

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Tuomo Hiippala @thiip.bsky.social · Jul 6
Which book is this?

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Ambra Ferrari @ambrafer.bsky.social · Jun 6
Big changes to the ERC funding schemes!
Note the new eligibility criteria from 2027 on:
📌 Starting Grant: 0-10 y post-PhD
📌 Consolidator Grant: 5-15 y post-PhD
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
Changes to the 2026 and 2027 Work Programmes
With the launch of the competitions for grants under ERC Work Programme 2026 in July of this year, several changes to the submission of applications and the evaluation of proposals will apply. The mai...
erc.europa.eu

Reposted by Laurent Dubois, Tuomo Hiippala

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · Apr 28
African workers labeling data and providing content moderation are the invisible backbone of AI development. They perform critical labor under challenging conditions, often for minimal pay, yet remain absent from our conversations about the AI value chain.
abeba.bsky.social Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · Apr 28
"A new dataset, visualized as maps, reveals the extent to which African workers are indirectly employed in the tech sector, doing content moderation, customer service, and data annotation for AI models, among other jobs." restofworld.org/2025/big-tec...

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Maxi @mkamphb.bsky.social · Apr 13
Herzlichen Glückwunsch VfB Stuttgart

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Tuomo Hiippala @thiip.bsky.social · Apr 8
Yo Bobby, apologies for the stupid question, but which presentation tool is this?

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Tuomo Hiippala @thiip.bsky.social · Apr 6
Tekoälykeskustelussa ärsyttää älyttömästi tällaiset heitot, joissa sivuutetaan kaikki mitä tiedetään *sosiaalisen vuorovaikutuksen* merkityksestä ihmisille:

”Meillä voisi olla tekoäly kehittämässä pienten lasten puhetaitoa.”

Tätä ei vaan voi tai kannata ulkoistaa.

www.hs.fi/helsinki/art...
50-vuotias | Tohtori Mikko Särelä: Tekoäly tulee mullistamaan perheiden vapaa-ajan kuten kodinkoneet aikoinaan
Teknologian murroksessa on paljon mahdollisuuksia, tekniikan tohtori Mikko Särelä sanoo.
www.hs.fi

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SV Werder Bremen @werder.de · Mar 23
⏱️ 120. Min.:

FINALE OHOO FINALE OHOOHOOOOOOOO! 🏆

IHR HABT WERDER-GESCHICHTE GESCHRIEBEN! 💚

⚽ 1:3 #HSVSVW | #Werderfrauen | #DFBPokal

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · Mar 6
A pivotal moment for Europe is here.

We are ready to mobilise up to €800 billion to help EU countries increase defence spending.

We'll present our proposals to all EU leaders at today's European Council meeting.

Europe is resolved to assume its responsibilities ↓

europa.eu/!T37kVf
A visual depicting the stars of the EU flag with two sets of yellow paint strokes applied to the sides, as if being painted by hands. The text "ReArm Europe" is centred below on a dark blue background. The European Commission's logo is in the bottom right corner.