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Michael Chesnut
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Interested in Linguistic Landscape, Ethnography, Foriegn Language Teacher Identity, Academic Publishing, Walking as a Methodology, and lots more!
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michaelchesnut.bsky.social
Ohhhhh going on my list of beverages to try!
oliviamesser.bsky.social Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 23h
In case you’re still unfamiliar, let me introduce you to my family’s favorite holiday drink, which goes viral every few years — and which Food & Wine Editorial Director Dylan Garret has called “absolutely delicious, full stop.”

thebarbedwire.com/2024/12/24/t...
The Most Delicious Winter Beverage Is Hot Dr. Pepper & Lemon
My dad, now 70, grew up working on farms and in oil patches in South Texas, where the only true choice of tonic during a scorching day was a crisp, cold Dr Pepper from the service station. “They had i...
thebarbedwire.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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winnipegfreepress.com
Jon Hamm has spent the last month acting like a real Winnipegger.
Hamm about town
Winnipeg works at being a welcoming but low-key location for actors shooting projects in the city
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
michaelchesnut.bsky.social
A little bit of Italian courtesy of the Italian department and Santa as the end of the year approaches, adding something neat to the campus #LinguisticLandscape!
Santa and Ciao! On a poster
November 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
michaelchesnut.bsky.social
Well, lots going on in the cafe #LinguisticLandscape these days
keironpim.bsky.social Keiron Pim @keironpim.bsky.social · 2d
Every time I walk past this cafe on Bethnal Green Road I think it embodies all the ways modern London annoys me
The Fuckoffee cafe on Bethnal Green Road, London. A great place to stop ‘for coffee’ if you’re an edgy hipster.
November 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
michaelchesnut.bsky.social
Some serious submarine news from Korea here. With the fallout from the decision by the Polish government to buy Swedish submarines still swirling, the pressure is on both Korea and Germany-Norway in their bids to supply Canada . . .
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-11...
'Submarine war' with Germany heats up in race for Canadian contract
With Korea ultimately eliminated from Poland’s bid to upgrade its naval capabilities with the Orka submarine procurement initiative, Seoul has launched an all-out campaign to beat Germany for a 60 tri...
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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ianmcque.bsky.social
Been hoping for a book of Viktor Mácha’s work for years so this is all very 🤯 You’ll know that third image from The Internet although I don’t think Viktor ever gets a credit. Amazing. Hellish and beautiful at the same time.
‘Železo v krvi’, Viktor Mácha’s book of photographs documenting steelworks and forges around the world A page from ‘Železo v krvi’, Viktor Mácha’s book of photographs documenting steelworks and forges around the world A page from ‘Železo v krvi’, Viktor Mácha’s book of photographs documenting steelworks and forges around the world
November 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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joshprada.bsky.social
An opportunity has opened at my research group for a curious and driven candidate to do their PhD on multiling and edu on the Dutch/German borderlands. Dutch and/or Ger are desired, and Eng a must. Upon approval, the position would be excellently funded and supported. Email me with questions
November 26, 2025 at 10:34 AM
michaelchesnut.bsky.social
This is an absolutely fantastic post about a fascinating education #LinguisticLandscape!
Kudos to everyone involved in this post and project!
November 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
michaelchesnut.bsky.social
A special guest on campus, perhaps here for some homecoming events!
Boo, the campus mascot who is an owl
November 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
michaelchesnut.bsky.social
Good post and good responses to it below as well. Definitely something that should be discussed at the start of new projects with new teams, with members who may have very different ideas about these things.
sarahwieten.bsky.social Sarah Wieten @sarahwieten.bsky.social · 4d
Look, LLM use in academia isn't just students. You need to be speaking clearly with your collaborators about your writing standards from the beginning. Make people say out loud that they don't write their own articles anymore.
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
michaelchesnut.bsky.social
Um, well, uh, the hat and Baja Blast #LinguisticLandscape sometimes reflects and, uh, reveals, um, a lot of things, about a lot of things?
Maybe?
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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riibrego.bsky.social
"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
michaelchesnut.bsky.social
Oh neat! The Cuban ambassador is coming to campus to give a talk, and along the way adding some Spanish to the campus #LinguisticLandscape!
Poster in Spanish and Korean
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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amanitatermy.bsky.social
#linguisticlandscape
djbyrnes1.bsky.social Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 5d
Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.

Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Sign for a "Friend" ad defaced with graffiti reading "AI doesn't care if you live or die." Sign for a "Friend" ad defaced with graffiti reading "talk to humans" Sign for a "Friend" ad defaced with graffiti reading "Fuck this!" Sign for a "Friend" ad defaced with graffiti reading "you don't have to accept this future."
November 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
michaelchesnut.bsky.social
Interesting article on a cowboy town in Berlin, and the place of 'The Old [American] West' has broadly in Germany. Notable too that the planned replacement is a data center, and how many unique places like this are closing in Berlin.
Gift link here, I think.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/w...
Before Berlin’s Cowboys Are Booted Off Their Land, One Final Hoedown
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
michaelchesnut.bsky.social
This is a very fun read whether you are or are not (What?-SHOCKED FACE HERE) a fan of Japanese convenience stores
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
michaelchesnut.bsky.social
Nice write up here!
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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sofiaruediger.bsky.social
Some contributions from the gym #LinguisticLandscape in China (the only good thing about a traveling partner...ok that and the foodie presents I regularly get)
Civilized fitness No shirtless Picking it up is faith Putting it back is quality
November 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
michaelchesnut.bsky.social
Interesting to see a retrospective on one area of Twitter I followed loosely, and think about what this means for current Twitter, Bluesky, and others.
Also, neat interview in here with a certain guy you might have met in your MFA . . . .
November 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
michaelchesnut.bsky.social
Always good when people post images of the airport #LinguisticLandscape!
Huh, wonder what has inspired such examination of signage,
oh,
ohhhhh,
oh well . . .
jacobtlevy.bsky.social Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 6d
Hey look at that
November 23, 2025 at 8:40 AM
michaelchesnut.bsky.social
Seoul looking quite lovely this morning, with some wonderful older brick buildings on the left there
A golden tress with leaves below
November 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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mmasnick.bsky.social
I saw a lot of people send the original article my way, which i did not share because it seemed like obvious bullshit. Now that has been shown to be true. I know people are worried about AI stuff, but try to be a bit more careful about what's real and what's not.
ernie.tedium.co Ernie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · 6d
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Update November 22. We’ve updated this article after realising we contributed to a perfect storm of misunderstanding around a recent change in the wording and placement of Gmail’s smart features. The settings themselves aren’t new, but the way Google recently rewrote and surfaced them led a lot of people (including us) to believe Gmail content might be used to train Google’s AI models, and that users were being opted in automatically. After taking a closer look at Google’s documentation and reviewing other reporting, that doesn’t appear to be the case. Gmail does scan email content to power its own “smart features,” such as spam filtering, categorisation, and writing suggestions. But this is part of how Gmail normally works and isn’t the same as training Google’s generative AI models. Google also maintains that these feature settings are opt-in rather than opt-out, although users’ experiences seem to vary depending on when and how the new wording appeared. It’s easy to see where the confusion came from. Google’s updated language around “smart features” is vague, and the term “smart” often implies AI—especially at a time when Gemini is being integrated into other parts of Google’s products. When the new wording started appearing for some users without much explanation, many assumed it signalled a broader shift. We’ve revised this article to reflect what we can confirm from Google’s documentation, as it’s always been our aim to give readers accurate, helpful guidance.
November 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
michaelchesnut.bsky.social
The #LinguisticLandscape informs in many ways
annaleen.bsky.social Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 6d
Two perfectly normal ads in the perfectly normal city of San Francisco.
This is a large poster at the train stop. It reads: Delve.co ... Today, SOC 2 is done before your AI girlfriend beaks up with you ... It's done in Delve. This is a large poster at a train stop. It has a picture of a white woman with long dark hair. Over top of her face, it reads "STOP HIRING HUMANS*" Then, in smaller font: "*To Do Manual Outbound. Hire Ava, the AI BDR. Artisan.co"
November 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
michaelchesnut.bsky.social
"The policy aims to help boost foreign investors’ access to Korea’s capital markets, mitigating the so-called "Korea discount," under which Korean firms are typically valued below their international peers."
www.koreatimes.co.kr/economy/poli...
Plan to widen English disclosures sparks concerns over companies' translation burdens - The Korea Times
The government's plan to expand English-language disclosures is expected to increase companies' responsibility for providing translations, despite...
www.koreatimes.co.kr
November 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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rookielinguist.bsky.social
😃 Thrilled by this positive review of my book: doi.org/10.1080/0143... "the book effectively bridges theoretical insights and empirical research by demonstrating nuanced approaches to analysing signs" by Mu Yuxuan
#linguisticlandscape #sociolinguistics #chinese #diaspora
Power, affect, and identity in the linguistic landscape: Chinese communities in Australia and beyond
Published in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development (Ahead of Print, 2025)
doi.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:14 AM