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Anne Pisor @annepisor.bsky.social · 7d

📢 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 · 15h

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 · 1d

🎉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. …

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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…

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 1d

KOREA POLICE WORLD EXPO
AI POLICING FOR ALL

I think I read about how there is a rising industry exporting police knowledge, training, and equipment from Korea, so this makes sense, but *ahem* 'AI Policing For All' may be a cause for concern, among some. Regardless, it's the #LinguisticLandscape.

Banners for the Korea Police World Expo in Korean and English

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 1d

2. And something for Gemini with the 'pro-version' available, with that word transliterated into Korean, with 'Google AI service' in English, along with 'Gemini'.
Again, part of the AI #LinguisticLandscape.

Anyone out see any AI signs in Korea or elsewhere, feel free to share here.

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Linguistic Society of America @lingsocam.bsky.social · 1d

Big news! Starting in 2027, @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org will publish the Journal of Black Language and Culture (JBLAC)—a new LSA journal highlighting the richness of Black language & culture across the globe.
Learn more: www.lsadc.org/content.asp?... @acharityhudley.bsky.social

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 1d

1. Thought I would start a thread on AI signs in the physical world here and there in Korea, starting with this banner offering a discount to students on ChatGPT (with that word in English!), from a telecom company. Part of the AI #LinguisticLandscape.

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Emily Hunt @emily.space · 2d

I have mostly stayed out of Bluesky drama, but I am PISSED at this situation.

Between the awful PR disaster that has been @jay.bsky.team's posts over the last few days, to this ban, I have MUCH less faith in Bluesky PBC as an entity that can pull off managing actual, decentralised social media.

Emily Hunt @emily.space · 2d

So, apparently Bluesky PERMANENTLY banned someone for posting a single Charlie Kirk meme.

AJ is a fantastic community builder who had a big account & is an adjunct prof at Howard University. The idea that he doesn't even deserve a first warning is absurd.

Aveta👾🇭🇹 @aliafonzy.blacksky.app · 2d

Unfortunate update: Link reached out to BlueSky and got email back now on reason.

His appeal is denied. He will remain permanently banned on BlueSky’s side.

Here are the screenshots he just sent me as of 8:22 AM EST(my time)

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 2d

Big win for Osaka University here, I assume. I'm curious what kind of press coverage this will get in Japan and abroad.

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 2d

UPDATE Mary E. Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell of the United States and Japan's Shimon Sakaguchi won the Nobel Prize in Medicine on Monday for research into how the immune system is kept in check, the Nobel jury said ➡️ u.afp.com/Smpe

(L-R) Photos of Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi are displayed at a press conference where the winners of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine are announced at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm on October 6, 2025

Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 2d

Oh that sounds super interesting! I'd really like to read that, get a glimpse into the the construction of research equipment, everything involved there, and the objects themselves!

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, interesting! I'm not so familiar with this idea, but the book looks very interesting. I'll have to check it out and think more on the senses in teaching

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, thanks for this! Hadn't seen it before, looking forward to reading it very soon!

Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 2d

118. 경남아너스벌
Quite like the corporate logo here and the all Korean text, which is 'Gyeongnam Honorsville' in English, with the second word in the sign being a transliteration into Korean. This makes another 'ville' in the apartment #LinguisticLandscape!

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 2d

Bit of a short write up on some current developments with Bluesky.
For me, all I ever wanted was a sensibly run Twitter, so any hint of leadership that is acting (memeing?) in a somewhat less responsible way is, well doesn't matter that much to me I guess, but yeah, too bad

TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 2d

A waffle-centric controversy underlines ongoing tensions between Bluesky and some of its most vocal users.

Waffles eat Bluesky | TechCrunch

A waffle-centric controversy underlines ongoing tensions between Bluesky and some of its most vocal users.

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 2d

Research! And catching up! And research!

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 3d

“It got silly. It got stupid by the end of it,” Florida forward Evan Rodrigues said. “It wasn’t really hockey out there.”
&
"The Lightning took nine penalties and had no shots on goal in the third period."

Just, wow.
www.tsn.ca/nhl/article/....

Panthers, Lightning renew Battle of Florida with wild pre-season tilt

Niko Mikkola had an assist on a goal that gave the Florida Panthers an 8-0 lead. Problem was, he’d been kicked out of the game a few minutes earlier and nobody noticed.

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 3d

Was very informative thanks!
I'm now really curious about why so many different developers all agreed that the solution to Twitter's problems was decentralization, and embarked on different paths to do that, but also want to keep reading broadly about all this. Thanks again for the good read!

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 3d

I think that answers my question then! Thanks for the insight! 😆

Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 3d

Special Care Passenger Only

Vheelchair Passenger

ABC? Non-English Speaker

From the international airport in Bankok, a sign that is doing a lot in the airport #LinguisticLandscape . . . .

Special thanks to the friend who sent me this image.

A sign that says

Special Care Passenger Only

Vheelchair Passenger

Non-English Speaker

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