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Michael Chesnut
@michaelchesnut.bsky.social
Interested in Linguistic Landscape, Ethnography, Foriegn Language Teacher Identity, Academic Publishing, Walking as a Methodology, and lots more!
“I’m a politician, I’m not above taking credit for the Canadian funding that helped you share this story with the world,” Carney said. “I greenlit this thing. I stood up to the Americans.”

And an article here with a bit more information.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
‘Do the leg thing’: Mark Carney jokes with Heated Rivalry star on red carpet
Canadian PM swaps tough talk at Davos aimed at Donald Trump for some fun at a film gala with Hudson Williams
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Soft power scholars can get in on this too.
bsky.app/profile/nest...
Tonight I watched Prime Minister Mark Carney take the actual Heated Rivalry Canada fleece from Hudson Williams, slip it on and say: “This is true soft power.”
January 30, 2026 at 11:42 AM
16. A poster for an AI Chatbot for a supermarket in Seoul, part of the AI #LinguisticLandscape of Korea . . .
January 30, 2026 at 9:08 AM
A couple of nights ago at dinner, me and a friend here in Seoul talked about Minneapolis, and the information you share here was a big part of that conversation, so thank you for that, and it certainly seems to me you are helping the world see what is happening in Minneapolis, for what that is worth
January 30, 2026 at 7:52 AM
"The Korea-specific approach has already begun to bear fruit, with some Korea-developed products, such as city-themed items inspired by Montreal and Victoria, now adopted in overseas markets."

Lots of articles coming from this press conference.
m.koreaherald.com/article/1066...
Why Korea matters to Tim Hortons’ global future
Entering its third year in South Korea, Canadian coffee brand Tim Hortons is gearing up for a new phase of growth that reframes its Canadian roots through a Kor
m.koreaherald.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:52 PM
"the brand is aiming to create the image of an idealistic Canadian cafe that people 'imagine and yearn for' — an experience that comes with a premium price"

A bit of a different and more detailed take on the state of Tim Hortons in Korea

koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2026-01...
Tim Hortons dismisses exit rumors, plans 50 new stores in Korea
Canadian coffeehouse chain Tim Hortons plans to open 50 additional stores in Korea by the end of the year, pushing back against early speculation that it was preparing to exit or scale down in the mar...
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Oh yes, talk of entering the cool zone is a sign of entering the cool zone, I suspect, and I am very sympathetic to those who would like to live in less interesting times
January 25, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Would like to know more, and learn what people have to say about "may you live in interesting times" and Lenin's "weeks where decades happen" too. All interesting ways of talking about the various terrible things happen around the world.
January 25, 2026 at 8:08 AM
I actually don't remember it much from my corona days, but have definitely seen it used in the context of Greenland discussions, and I am not sure how much it might have migrated out of leftie spaces to more center-oriented international relations folks, but I really REALLY don't know . . . .
January 25, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Yes! Lots of great potential and projects in that vein, I think. This is my favorite example of something like that I know
lingscape.app
Lingscape
Citizen science meets linguistic landscaping
lingscape.app
January 25, 2026 at 6:50 AM
The cool zone entry seems to be very well done! I've seen more use these days so I would be curious about how people are using it these days, but yeah, very good work here, I think.
January 25, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Both are very interesting and a sign of our terrible times, which collectively is the more important issue of course, but how people talk about these things is important, so yeah, hope someone takes a good long look at all this language.
January 25, 2026 at 6:33 AM