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Bridge Chase @bchasemadethis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

No one does it better than @nabelew.bsky.social. Excellent thread breaking down terrible arguments re: language reclamation. While this article is by no means 'journalism' I will once again beg publications to review our guide for writing about language 'endangerment': tinyurl.com/languagejour... 🗞️

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Bridge Chase @bchasemadethis.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I've been looking forward to this #webinar happening now: Getting support on computers for scripts of minority languages remains a challenge. This webinar will relay the history of the Cherokee effort to encode the script and get it implemented @unicode.org us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #langsky

Cherokee and Unicode: Case Study for Where Language Revitalization Meets Digital Infrastructure

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Bridge Chase @bchasemadethis.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Today, in ~20 minutes, join us to talk about #Internet4All for Universal Acceptance Day with ICANN: 🔗 us02web.zoom.us/j/8232805764... !

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Bridge Chase @bchasemadethis.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Join @e-l-p.bsky.social to celebrate Universal Acceptance Day and #Internet4All! I will be leading a session on advancing digital inclusion for Indigenous, minoritized, and endangered-language communities. ⁠ 📆 March 27, 2026⁠ 🕚️ 8 AM PST / 11:00 AM EST 💻️ Free and online - join at: lnkd.in/gtC87mn5

Poster for Universal Acceptance Day: Advancing Digital Inclusion with the Endangered Languages Project on Friday, March 27 2026 at 11 AM EDT.

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Bridge Chase @bchasemadethis.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

We're already nearing the end of February, which means I'm long overdue to share last year's annual reading review round-up. But better late than never! I read 12 books in 2025, exploring fresh genres and trusted authors alike. #booksky #reviews #reading tinyurl.com/bchase2025bo...

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12 books in 2025: reviews from my year of maintaining balance

Last year, I rediscovered my love of reading following a long period of intense burn-out. I’m pleased to report that after healing my brain…

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Bridge Chase @bchasemadethis.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I'm thrilled that ELP's first new language technology initiative is in collaboration with the Stanford Initiative on Language Inclusion and Conservation in Old and New Media (@stanfordsilicon.bsky.social). More on this coming soon...! #langsky #langtech 💻 💬

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

We’re honored and excited to welcome @bchasemadethis.bsky.social as ELP’s new Director of Technology! They bring a decade of experience supporting Indigenous communities in developing ethical, effective technologies to meet their language goals. Welcome, Bridge!

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Bridge Chase @bchasemadethis.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

I'm honoured to share that I am the new Director of Technology for the Endangered Languages Project (@e-l-p.bsky.social). With a network of over 22,000 language champions from 87+ countries & a line-up of free world-class programming, ELP has a proven track record of language revitalization success.

Announcement graphic: Meet ELP's new Director of Technology, Bridge Chase.

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Bridge Chase @bchasemadethis.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Hi folks, happy 2026! 🎉 Just a brief announcement to say that after a long period of consideration, I’ve decided to formally change my first name to “Bridge” — a hopefully simple change for everyone to remember! I appreciate everyone’s support in making the shift. Thanks very much!

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Bridge Chase @bchasemadethis.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

This season, I am fundraising for a program called Ready to Revitalize: a unique course run through @e-l-p.bsky.social for grassroots #language champions around the world. It only costs $500 to sponsor a participant. Help us support language revitalization! #langsky givebutter.com/elp2025/chas...

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Raise to Revitalize

Support Global Indigenous Language Revitalization

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Bridge Chase @bchasemadethis.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

The Donald Knuth and Charles Bigelow Type Design Incubator invites students—especially from Digitally Disadvantaged Language communities—to explore typography in a supportive online program. Successful Applicants receive 100% Scholarship coverage! Learn more: kbitype.org @stanfordsilicon.bsky.social

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Join us for a week of celebration at ELP! 🎉 From Sept. 11-18, we're hosting a share-a-thon. Each day, we'll post a challenge for ways you can get involved and contribute - and you could win an ELP t-shirt! On Sept. 19, join us for an online launch celebration! Register at bit.ly/ELP-launch

Colorful flyer with text: "Participate in the share-a-thon! We invite everyone to get involved with the new ELP platform. For the next 7 days leading up to our launch event, we’re posting daily challenges for you to engage with the new website. Win an ELP t-shirt - one raffle winner daily!"

At the top is a screenshot of the revitalization map from the new ELP website. At the bottom is an image of a green ELP t-shirt with an abstract design of two people, filled with leaves and flowers, speaking in front of trees and mountains.

Colorful flyer with text: "Join us to celebrate - free online launch event! Join the Endangered Languages Project (ELP) as we celebrate the launch of our new website: a global space to connect, learn, collaborate, and share around language revitalization. Register here: http://bit.ly/ELP-launch"

At the top is a screenshot of the homepage map from the new ELP website. At the bottom is an illustration of a wolf, a laptop, and a leaf.

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Bridge Chase @bchasemadethis.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Beyond excited to announce that I will be teaching two courses this fall, one with the University of British Columbia & one with the University of Victoria More info on these programs can be found here: 📍UBC FNEL: cis.arts.ubc.ca 📍UVic ILD: tinyurl.com/LING183B @arts.ubc.ca @uvic.ca #langsky

FNEL_V 180: Introduction to Endangered Language Documentation and Revitalization, First Nations and Endangered Languages Program
September 2 - December 20, 2025
Foundational concepts in the critical study of cultural, historical, social, and political factors that impact language loss, retention, and revival. Introducing strategies and practical methodologies for collaborative, interdisciplinary, community-based documentation and revitalization projects for First Nations and Indigenous languages.

LING 183B: Indigenous Language
Documentation Capstone
Designing and conducting a project to support community language revitalization efforts by creating either new language documentation, or a new language resource based on existing documentation. Implements throughout: strategies for community involvement; project planning; protocols; consideration of ethical and intellectual property issues.
Indigenous Language Documentation Micro-Certificate Program November 19, 2025 – February 25, 2026

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Bridge Chase @bchasemadethis.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

I’ll be attending as many talks and presentations as I can at #WAVES2025 over the next couple of days, and I’ll use this thread 🧵 to share some of the insights from the great speakers and knowledge keepers here. Today, the theme is #Langauge & #Technology! 💻💬 #langsky

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Bridge Chase @bchasemadethis.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Thrilled to be at WAVES 2025, the Global Indigenous Languages Summit by @ocil-ila.bsky.social to share the work of the Indigenous North American Type project @typotheque.com Come visit our booth — the exhibit hall floor 3 & come to our collab session at 2 PM today in room 206! #WAVES2025 #langsky

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Bridge Chase @bchasemadethis.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

#ATypI invites proposals for its two 2026 conferences: Homescreen references the unfinished journey of creating a truly global digital age ... as homescreens feel like “home” for a remarkably small number of language communities tinyurl.com/AtypI-call

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ATypI 2026 Call for Proposals - ATypI

ATypI invites proposals for talks, workshops, panels, and experimental presentations for its two 2026 conferences. Stanford, California — HomescreenSharjah, UAE — Between For 2026, ATypI not only retu...

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Bridge Chase @bchasemadethis.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

"Ensuring #linguistic equality within #technology is one piece of a much larger puzzle to advance the bigger goals of #language vitality ... and #Unicode plays a massive role in that work" multilingual-news.castos.com/episodes/uni... Honoured to speak on "Localization Today" by MultiLingual Media:

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The Unicode Consortium: Inside the Global Mission

We sit down with three Unicode Consortium contributors—Stephen Loomis (Chair, Digitally Disadvantaged Languages Working Group), Elango Cheran (Vice-Chair, Community Engagement, Google internatio...

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Bridge Chase @bchasemadethis.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Delighted to guest lecture this afternoon in @uvic.ca's IED 199: Special Studies in Indigenous Education: Technology for SENĆOŦEN Learning. I shared my experiences and advice around working in #language #technology, and it was so fun to speak in a course taught by my dear friend+colleague Ben Chung.

Slide that says "Working in language revitalization technology - careers within the field and practical advice for job hunting" by Bridget Chase, IED 99: Special Studies in Indigenous Education: Technology for SENĆOŦEN Learning

Slide that says: Pursuing an Indigenous language technology role in the private sector? Here are some starting questions: What sorts of ethical considerations are you taking into account when doing this work? (If the answer is vague or generic, 🚩🚩🚩). How is the community involved? How much of the work is community-directed, and how is that direction being shared with the team? What are the data sovereignty practices in place? Is there AI/LLM/ML work happening here? What is the scope of this work, and how will Indigenous language rights be protected? If you’re building a piece of technology (an app, website, etc.) what are the long term maintenance plans? Who owns the product, who updates it? Who owns the code?

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 23/05/2025

i have been hesitant to participate in the “AI for Good” Summit, that takes place in Geneva annually. but this year, i have been given a keynote (not a panel or similar participation) so, i said yes. here’s the first draft of my talk

The growing enthusiasm for applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) to humanitarian and development goals has sparked a surge in "AI for Social Good" (AI4SG) initiatives from humanitarian and philanthropic institutions and tech monopolies alike. While these initiatives aspire to address global challenges such as poverty, gender inequality, and climate change, they often conceal deeper issues: AI systems that 1) simply fail to live up to their claims 2) encode Eurocentrism, systemic inequities, and injustices, and 3) built under capitalist, extractive, and borderline illegal practices.

In this talk, I argue that that many AI4SG efforts are less about meaningful social transformation and more about techsolutionism—where complex political, historical, and social issues are reduced to technical problems assumed to be solvable through “innovation”. By critically examining who defines “good,” who benefits, and what structural issues remain unaddressed, this talk challenges the dominant narratives around AI4SG and calls for a more accountable, human-centric, and context-aware approach to “social good”.

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Bridge Chase @bchasemadethis.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Thrilled to be presenting this morning with my fantastic colleague Leo Vicenti at Multilingüe 2025, an event about the revitalization of the Indigenous languages of the Americas through #typography, #research, and #technology. #multilingue2025 #langsky

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Gerald Roche @geraldroche.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

The Endangered Languages Project (@e-l-p.bsky.social), in partnership with the First People's Cultural Council, recently released a guide for journalists who are writing about Indigenous and minority languages. It's great. Let me show you. fpcc.ca/resource/say...

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Say it with Respect: A Journalists' Guide - First Peoples Cultural Council

Say it with Respect: A Journalists' Guide to Reporting on Indigenous & Minoritized Languages by ELP and FPCC.

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Constanze Ackermann-Boström @conab.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Do you know someone who writes about #Indigenous, #minoritized and/or #endangered languages and #languagerevitalization? This new publication might be useful! ⤵️

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Bridge Chase @bchasemadethis.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Thrilled to launch a #journalism resource written by myself, @nabelew.bsky.social & Amanda Holmes: tinyurl.com/languagejour... We appreciate the growing attention the #media is giving to #language endangerment & revitalization, but issues are often covered in ways cause unintentional harm. How? 🗞️

Reporting on language endangerment often falls into deficit narratives, like: "This ancient, dying language with only 5 speakers needs saving." This kind of framing spreads false assumptions while obscuring the roots of the problem. How does this resource help?

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Ruth Arr @wrooth.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

This *NEW* Sharing Language Diversity Fellowship supports PhD students who are engaged in the documentation of Indigenous languages and the archiving of linguistic data as part of their PhD graduate studies.

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Sharing Language Diversity Fellowship

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Typotheque @typotheque.com · 14/04/2025

We have a new font release. Hard-to-categorise, designed to bring an informal, warm personality to both Thai and Latin scripts. www.typotheque.com/blog/pristine

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Bridge Chase @bchasemadethis.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I don’t usually share non-language-related news stories on here, but I can’t help myself with this one. There was LITERALLY an entire episode of Parks and Rec about this!

Screen captures with captions of a Parks and Rec episode. The local political (and dentist who wants to make more money off of Pawnee citizens) says: “Councilwoman Knope wants to put fluoride, which is a chemical, into your drinking water. You know what else is a chemical? Strychnine and cyanide.” The news anchor says: “And dirt, and rust, and even broken glass.” And the politician replies: “Exactly. You definitely understand what chemicals are, Perd.”

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

On March 28, come learn from and support ELP's 2024-25 interns as they share about their languages, communities, and their work at ELP! Elwin Huaman (Quechua), Maison Ole Nkurrunah (Maasai) and Riathung Kyong (Kyong/Naga) will be sharing about all they've done this year: bit.ly/ELPinterns2025

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Bridge Chase @bchasemadethis.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I enjoyed presenting to technology stakeholders today at #ICANN82: "Business Experiences in Updating Systems for the Evolving TLD Landscape" Ensuring accurate & predictable access to digital spaces for all languages, across all devices, is a cornerstone of language justice. #langsky @typotheque.com

Screenshot of a slide that says "What are the core types of issues communities face?" with three boxes underneath that say: 1. Access to full Unicode representation of one's orthography, 2. Access to functional and thoughtfully designed keyboards, and 3. Access to typefaces that accurately and respectfully render orthographies

A photo of Bridget Chase and others sitting on a panel at ICANN 82

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Bridge Chase @bchasemadethis.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Excited to be presenting about digital access for Indigenous languages at #ICANN82 on behalf of @typotheque.com, supporting a #multilingual internet. ICANN “recognizes the need for a Universal Acceptance ready world, where all valid names work regardless of language, length and script.” #langsky

Picture of a presenter at the opening ceremony of ICANN 82, saying: “The board thanks the entire ICANN community for the effort to promote the implementation of a multilingual Internet. Your involvement recognizes the need for a UA (Universal Acceptance) ready world where all a valid names works, regardless of language, length and script.”

Graphic promotional advertisement for panel presentation: “Promoting Consumer Choice: Business Experiences in Updating Systems for the Evolving TLD Landscape”.

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Bridge Chase @bchasemadethis.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

A great piece on computer-assisted #language learning courses: "Decisions around #orthography, dialectal variation, and terminology in designing an #Indigenous language course, particularly one that is delivered online ... must be treated with a great deal of care" tinyurl.com/2urkafrf #langsky 💻💬

Screenshot of the first page of the article: "Orthography Choice in Indigenous Language CALL Courses", authors are: Jackie Dormer University of Victoria, Kari A. B. Chew Independent Scholar, Colette Child Hase' Language Revitalization Society, Sara Child Hase' Language Revitalization Society/North Island College, Lokosh (Joshua D. Hinson) Chickasaw Nation, Juliet Morgan Chickasaw Nation, Olivia N. Sammons Carleton University, Heather Souter Prairies to Woodlands Indigenous Language Revitalization Circle /University of Winnipeg. Abstract: For many Indigenous Nations and organizations, computer-assisted language learning (CALL) courses have become an effective means to support Indigenous language revitalization and reclamation (ILR) efforts. Engaging a methodology of storywork and highlighting relationships between relevant fields of ILR, CALL, and applied linguistics, this article focuses on orthography choice and use in Indigenous language CALL courses. As contributors to three North American Indigenous language courses⁠—Chikashshanompa' (Chickasaw) on Rosetta Stone, Kwak̓wala on 7000 Languages, and Southern Michif for Beginners on 7000 Languages, we offer reflections on community-led processes which addressed tensions and challenges in representing written language in CALL courses. Through reflections, we illuminate the complexity of orthography choice and use in Indigenous language CALL courses and share strategies with others creating their own Indigenous language courses.

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Prof. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

On Nov. 7th, I told my sociolinguistics students this was going to happen. They did an activity on language policy and one of the lessons was that repressive regimes always try to criminalize languages that are not ideologically associated with nationalism. I’m sorry I was right.

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Kris Knisely @krisknisely.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

ISO Trans/nonbinary people to hire as (non-English) language experts Are you trans and know a language other than English? I'm looking for people who are in-community and want to collaboratively develop free language learning materials. Interest form: bit.ly/TLangExpert Please share!

ISO Trans/Nonbinary (Non-English) Language Experts. Want to help make free trans-inclusive resources for language learning and get paid for your expertise? I’m looking for people to participate in an online professional learning network April 1-May 6 who are in-community and can bring their language and cultural knowledge to help us collaboratively develop free language education materials. Do you qualify? 1. Are you trans/nonbinary (in the broadest sense of these terms)? 2. Are you at least 18 years of age or older? 3. Do you know a language other than English? 4. Would you like to work with a language teacher to create trans-inclusive open educational resources? April 1-May 6, 2025 10 hours Flexible Scheduling. If matched with a teacher, you will receive $250 compensation for co-creating an educational resource. Fill out a short interest form or ask questions: https://bit.ly/TLangExpert

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sfulangdevlab.bsky.social @sfulangdevlab.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Depending on where you live in the world, it can be difficult to source books in one's native language to read to children. This is a (free!) fill-in-the-blanks book that allows caregivers to use their language of choice! Great for bi- or multilingual families and a wonderful resource all around.

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

A great new resource for language revitalization and promotion! 🤩

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Gerald Roche @geraldroche.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

This looks like a great resource for anyone involved with language revitalization!

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Bridge Chase @bchasemadethis.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I’m so appreciative of all of the love this has gotten, and I’m excited to share that I will be working with an awesome collaborator to translate the book into Spanish! / ¡Trabajaré con un colaborador increíble para traducir el libro al español! #langsky

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Bridge Chase @bchasemadethis.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Happy #MotherLanguageDay, a celebration of linguistic diversity championed by @unesco.org! Since today's a fun day to launch a new #language project: languagestarbook.com "You Are a Language Star" is a free children's book where you can fill in the blanks with words in any language 📖 1/11 #langsky

The cover of "You Are a Language Star", which shows a bear looking through a telescope into a sky full of stars that have different letters / alphabet characters in them. The subtitle says "A 'fill in the blanks' book about YOUR language", "Written by Bridget Chase"

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Coming up tomorrow at 10am Pacific! We’re excited to share these stories of language champions around the world. These are deeply personal reflections on people’s relationships to their communities and languages, and the work they do to reclaim and revitalize them. bit.ly/LanguageAndL...

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Stories of Language and Life: An Online Screening of Digital Stories by Language Champions Around the World. After registering, you will receive a confirmat...

This International Mother Language Day, February 21, join the Endangered Languages Project and language champions around the world for a screening of digital stories that explore the links between lan...

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Kirby Conrod @kirbyconrod.bsky.social · 14/02/2024

roses are red language change is terrific singular they is different when it's specific

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Dr. Katja Thieme (she/they) @katjathieme.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Shortened from the article: Wikimedia Foundation is building new tools that will help Wikipedia editors stay anonymous to avoid harassment & legal threats by Musk & Heritage Foundation. Some of the tactics have been pioneered by Wikimedia in countries where editing Wikipedia is illegal or dangerous.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 06/01/2025

Features of Adulthood xkcd.com/3034

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Bridge Chase @bchasemadethis.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I, like many others I know, have been feeling a very heavy weight of sadness and fear from the constant onslaught of The Horrors. Here are some good things from the last month — we have to keep sharing the good. Trans joy is one powerful form of resistance. 💛

Me and Cider the dog, enjoying some delicious breakfast chilaquiles and tater tots at an outdoor patio

My leg kicking up in the air in my very queer gym — I love working out in a space that celebrates my community

Celebratory beers with colleagues and friends after a successful conference day

Me and my teammates/buddies after our first successful set of games in the local queer pickleball league

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Bridge Chase @bchasemadethis.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

“Just because we all woke up with U2’s Songs of Innocence on our iPhones doesn’t make it the most popular album of all time. This unreliable and inflated data fuels a vicious cycle: Big tech companies double down on A.I., … while waiting for users to embrace it enthusiastically.” #AI #Gemini

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Bridge Chase @bchasemadethis.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

I had an amazing time at Face/Interface 2025, put on by @stanfordsilicon.bsky.social this weekend. So many great talks! I was struck by something @tsmullaney.bsky.social said — “Privilege is the ability to move onto ‘cooler problems.’” Let’s talk about that! 1/10 #langsky #language #technology 🧵🪡

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Kevin King @kevinkingfontmaker.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

So grateful that the wonderful @bchasemadethis.bsky.social was at Face/Interface to kick off the conference with a talk about the work we are doing together with our teammates on our @typotheque.com Indigenous North American Type project!

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Typotheque @typotheque.com · 17/01/2025

In December, we co-published a video together with Heiltsuk Revitalization to describe the work that we did together to add two new capital letters to the Unicode Standard for their language. To describe this effort in more detail, please read our blog post: www.typotheque.com/blog/new-uni...

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Bridge Chase @bchasemadethis.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

“Linguistic diversity is not just a technical challenge to be solved; it is a cultural treasure to be cherished” — Dr. Tawfik Jelassi, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information #FaceInterface #langsky

Image from the Face / Interface conference of Dr. Tawfik Jelassi, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information

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