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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 13h

Reading this book again(?) as I go back to look at some literature on ethnography and ethnographic methods

Cover of Drawn to See Drawing as an Ethnographic Method

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Jan 9

here is the current tactical map of where feral swine populations have consolidated

the major worry is if the Canadian superhogs end up making their way down south and breeding with the American hogs

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 16h

This looks very very cool. Great to see more scholarly research on Games Workshop, Warhammer, and the grim darkness of the 40th millennium

Jordan Sorcery @jordansorcery.bsky.social · 20h

On my way to the Games Workshop Research Day in Manchester to hear a load of seminars on fascinating topics!

manchestergamecentre.org/events/2025/...

Games Workshop Research Day 2025 — Manchester Game Centre

We are pleased to announce that the Manchester Game Centre's second annual Games Workshop Research Day is taking place on Saturday 11th October 2025!

manchestergamecentre.org

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 17h

Worth reading, even if I am a lot more skeptical towards Bluesky than before and the general decentralization movement in technology, but yeah, as highlighted in the article, Twitter is genuinely monstrous and the effects it can have on users is awful

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 18h

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it is still shaping policy. So were we all wrong to leave?

Was the left wrong to leave X for BlueSky?

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it's still shaping policy

www.newstatesman.com

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 19h

120. 신성
More Korean text in the apartment #LinguisticLandscape!

An apartment block in write and green along a river

Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 19h

119. ACCOMO
A new building and a new contribution to the apartment #LinguisticLandscape, and a pretty interesting building too!

A tall Grey apartment with a gap in the middle

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Max Antony-Newman @max-antony-newman.bsky.social · 20h

I am still looking for Canadian and Scottish teachers to talk about their lifelong experiences of engaging with parents. If interested, send me an email to [email protected] @centcs.bsky.social @dennisafrancis.bsky.social

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 19h

Taken from a moving bus, so please forgive the poor image, but this a neo-izakaya restaurant with some fascinating Korean, English, and Japanese text, with a very creative font in the main sign! All part of the Japanese restaurant #LinguisticLandscape!

A white, pink, and purple sign and shopfront for a restaurant

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 19h

3. AI Docent
More AI in the museum #LinguisticLandscape here at a children's museum . . . .

A sign for an AI Docent at a children's museum

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 21h

'NO 카페인' adding some English to this otherwise all Korean writing system cafe menu, adding more to the coffee #LinguisticLandscape!

A menu with three boards, all in Korean except for NO

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 23h

Oh language variation in the #LinguisticLandscape? Oh yes, indeed, and this is really interesting!

Hannah Dahlberg🦇Dodd, PhD @hedahlbergdodd.bsky.social · 1d

I am fascinated by the prevalence of this Sendai dialect mascot. You could even hold little speech bubbles with tokens of Sendai dialect in them!

Me posing with the Sendai dialect mascot.

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LANSI @lansi2024.bsky.social · 1d

first talk of #lansi2025 from our Penn State crew on cringe comedy

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Christian Ilbury @christianilbury.bsky.social · 1d

Please share!

We have a number of fully funded PhD studentships in "Designing Responsible Natural Language Processing". I'm a possible supervisor & I'd be keen to support projects on sociolinguistics-AI, e.g., accent bias in AI, language+gender/sexuality+AI.

www.responsiblenlp.org

Our CDT is based in the Edinburgh Futures Institute – the University of Edinburgh’s brand new hub for research, innovation and teaching focused on socially just artificial intelligence and data.

www.responsiblenlp.org

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Dan Isbell @danielrisbell.bsky.social · 1d

MwALT (Midwest Association of Language Testers) 2025 conference wrapped up today! Great sessions and great to catch up with colleagues in the Midwest (and quite nostalgic, as this was a conference I attended frequently in grad school).

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 1d

More on the rivalry between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Florida Panthers and the politics, nastiness, and trouble therein. Would definitely like to read more about this story . . . .
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...

Blood, bias and the Battle of Florida: how the NHL’s dirtiest rivalry exposed hockey’s old-boy rot

A meaningless preseason clash devolved into chaos and revealed how cronyism, politics and selective justice still shape the NHL

www.theguardian.com

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Richard A Carter @richardacarter.bsky.social · 3d

One more share for 'long tail' traffic - "Boid Poems" has now been published via the @ailiteraryreview.bsky.social. Combining swarming a-life algorithms with language attractors, the words of this interactive piece align into different visual and semantic structures ailiteraryreview.co.uk/issue06

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 2d

And now an English article!
www.koreatimes.co.kr/entertainmen...

Jennie marks Hangeul Day with new Korean font Zen Serif - The Korea Times

BLACKPINK member and successful solo K-pop artist Jennie is celebrating Hangeul Day by highlighting the beauty of the Korean alphabet through the r...

www.koreatimes.co.kr

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Dang Nguyen @digitaldang.bsky.social · 2d

Jennie has entered the infrastructure phase of celebrity. Releasing a font on Hangeul Day—not new music, but new letters. From voice to typeface, she now commands the full stack of semiotics.

Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 2d

An article (in Korean) on Jennie of Blackpink and her agency releasing a Korean font to celebrate Hangeul Day. Quite neat to think about a pop star releasing a font! What what a Swift font would be like . . . .
www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR2025...

제니, 소속사와 한글 글꼴 출시…"세계에 한글 아름다움 알린다" | 연합뉴스

(서울=연합뉴스) 최주성 기자 = 그룹 블랙핑크 제니가 한글날을 맞아 소속사와 함께 한글의 아름다움을 알리는 글꼴을 공개했다.

www.yna.co.kr

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 2d

An article (in Korean) on Jennie of Blackpink and her agency releasing a Korean font to celebrate Hangeul Day. Quite neat to think about a pop star releasing a font! What what a Swift font would be like . . . .
www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR2025...

제니, 소속사와 한글 글꼴 출시…"세계에 한글 아름다움 알린다" | 연합뉴스

(서울=연합뉴스) 최주성 기자 = 그룹 블랙핑크 제니가 한글날을 맞아 소속사와 함께 한글의 아름다움을 알리는 글꼴을 공개했다.

www.yna.co.kr

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 2d

Canada's process for selecting a new submarine is getting quite a bit of press, with German and Korean companies remaining in competition. Really hoping to learn more about the cultural exchange and intercultural communication going on with this all.
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Canada’s submarine purchase has new ‘sense of urgency’ with possible selection by end of year, says German envoy

The clock is ticking to replace the aging Victoria-class submarines before they are taken out of the water in the 2030s, leaving the Canadian Navy without a submarine capability.

www.hilltimes.com

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 2d

Das Wintersemester 2025/26 ist da und das beudeutet auch eine neue Serie von acht Dahlem Lectures in Linguistics zu diversen hochspannenden Themen der Linguistik 🤩

Weitere Infos: dcl.fu-berlin.de

#DahlemLecturesInLinguistics #DahlemCenterForLinguistics #Linguistics #Linguistik #Sprachwissenschaft

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 2d

Seoul Submerged: The Great Flood of 1925

Neat exhibit at the Seoul Museum of History, and a very neat sign here too, with multiple writing systems, part of the museum #LinguisticLandscape!

Sign for an exhibit with art done of this flood

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 2d

A tasty part of the snack #LinguisticLandscape!

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Anne Pisor @annepisor.bsky.social · 10d

📢 Come join us! Penn State Anthropology is hiring *two tenure-track assistant professors*, one in human reproductive ecology and one in archaeology. Here are just a few reasons why working at Penn State is awesome:

A photo of the Susan Welch Liberal Arts building at sunrise

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 4d

Jongno celebrates the 4358th National Foundation Day

Interesting to see the English message below, which is relatively unusual I think in these types of holiday banners, part of the #LinguisticLandscape!

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