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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 3m

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

Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 8m

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

Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 1h

'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 · 4h

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

Hannah Dahlberg🦇Dodd, PhD @hedahlbergdodd.bsky.social · 20h

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 · 18h

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

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Christian Ilbury @christianilbury.bsky.social · 16h

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 · 8h

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 · 2d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

A tasty part of the snack #LinguisticLandscape!

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Anne Pisor @annepisor.bsky.social · 9d

📢 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 · 3d

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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DH2026 | X/Twitter (@DH2026_Daejeon) @dh2026daejeon.bsky.social · 3d

🎉The wait is over!
CFP submissions for #DH2026 are NOW OPEN!
⏰ Deadline: December 8, 2025 (23:59 KST)
🌏 Join us in Daejeon, South Korea
📝 Submit now: www.conftool.pro/dh2026/
We look forward to your innovative contributions to digital humanities!
🔄Please share widely!
#ADHO

DH2026 Daejeon - ConfTool Pro - Login

Log in to your account to access your submitted contributions and view the results of the reviewing process, and - upon registration for participation - view your registration and payment details. …

www.conftool.pro

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 3d

This symposium looks amazing and if I were anywhere near Sydney on December 8 I would make a priority to attend. It sounds like a wonderful opportunity for anyone interested in all these issues. Really, Wow!

Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · 3d

If you are in Sydney on Dec 8, join us for a 1-day research symposium to explore new technologies in intercultural communication: how do migrants and international students use AI to manage life in a new country? how do language learners use social media?
www.languageonthemove.com/event-new-te...

Event: New Technologies in Intercultural Communication

You are invited to join us on Monday, December 08, at Macquarie University for a workshop to explore New Technologies in Intercultural Communication. Description: Digital technologies are in the pr…

www.languageonthemove.com

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 3d

This post contains an image of hockey pucks with Hanwha Ocean KSS-III submarines intended for sale to Canada on them and wow, that is some impressive marketing. This involves the military #LinguisticLandscape, sports, national identity, more....
noahscornerofrandomstuff.substack.com/p/hanwha-oce...

Hanwha Ocean sponsors 2025 Imjin Hockey Classic

Event commemorates historic hockey game played by Canadian soldiers during the Korean Way and celebrates the decades long bond between Canada and South Korea

noahscornerofrandomstuff.substack.com

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 4d

Love when I read an article that’s beautifully argued, theoretically rich, and deeply wrong

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 3d

And a sign about the model, in Korean, English, Chinese, and Japanese. There is a lot of English in the museum, but not everything. Would be interesting to look at the museum signs, and look at what signs are in which languages, a good #LinguisticLandscape question, I think!

Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 3d

And here is the picture zoomed out, from the Seoul Museum of History's model of contemporary Seoul. The museum is very cool, and worth a visit if traveling to Seoul and have a free few hours . . . .

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 3d

Ohhhhh, a miniature version of a certain university campus in Seoul! Very cool! Also, a bit outdated with some of the new construction on and around campus . . . .

A miniature of a university in Seoul focused on foreign languages

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