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Michael Chesnut

@michaelchesnut.bsky.social
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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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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 3h
1. I still have a deep love for Jeet Heer's wonderful discussion here, originally written (I think) as a Twitter Essay, published in the Globe and Mail which explores and defines the Twitter Essay. Just an absolutely lovely piece of writing, in my opinion. www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/i...
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I didn’t create the Twitter essay genre. I just made it popular
Jeet Heer is wrongly credited with starting the social media trend in which users are saying #tohellwith140characters
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 20h
Good short thread which shares a position that should be the foundation of more journalism, opinion writing, and analysis.
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👻 @lja.eurosky.social · 23h
A fascinating thread on masculine-coding in meat sandwich ads in Korea. Before you laugh remember that here we package sodium lauryl sulfate products in silvers and blacks and print "men" on them so that soap will seem masculine.
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 21h
Interesting mining #LinguisticLandscape with English above the Korean here, and another development in this interesting story of a revival in Korea's mining sector . . . . www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/com...
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Almonty set to export refined tungsten from Sangdong mine - The Korea Times
Almonty Korea Tungsten Corp. (AKTC) has produced its first bulk bag of salable tungsten concentrate produced at its Sangdong mine in Yeongwol Count...
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David Hull 胡大衛 @hushuo.bsky.social · 23h
Good thread of examples of burgers and masculinity in Korean ads:
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Dubai still making its presence known in the chocolate and now rice cake #LinguisticLandscape! And look at that font and skyline!
A Dubai rice cake package
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Kevin Moore @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From this day on 2012: probably the most popular thing I’ve ever drawn.
TinTin discovers Edward Said.
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
An unfortunate reason here for a Winnipeg Jets jersey to be seen in the Guardian . . . . www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/s...
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American exodus: why do so many US NHL stars want out of Canada?
Players across the league are leaving their teams up north to return home. It’s prompted questions around money, tax rates, geopolitics and respect
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"The comments underneath the video suggest much of its appeal is in how precisely it plays back Korean organizational culture through a foreign cast." Very interesting and detailed article. m.koreaherald.com/article/1088...
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Black creators in Korea are finding one another — and a wider audience
On Sept. 20, about 25 working and aspiring Black creatives — actors, writers, models, music producers, photographers, designers and dancers — gathered at a ca
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This strikes me as a pretty major barrier to trying to understand a lot of things about AI these days . . . .
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
SHORT RIB EMPAROGI'S Coffee braised short rib with potato & cheese dumplings, crema New cuisine added to my to-try list! Also, an amazing #LinguisticLandscape here!
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I wish more of it was on Bluesky, but yeah, some of the very best coverage of the saga of the Canadian government choosing its next submarine builder really was 'just some guys' . . . .
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Recently, social media posts expressing cravings for unique, milk-forward coffee drinks have sparked a viral trend for 'kkosup latte'— a beverage category defined by its intensely rich, almost nutty flavor profile." Interesting cafe and coffee changes here! www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/tr...
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Korea's social media brews up new coffee obsession - The Korea Times
In a nation that boasts one of the world's highest per-capita coffee consumption rates and a cafe density that rivals even the most saturated globa...
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oh this is very sad. I haven't taken an intercity bus in years and years, but Korea has, or maybe had, an AMAZING system connecting smaller cities that let me see a lot of neat places in Korea. Big issues raised in this article, hope solutions are found. m.koreaherald.com/article/1088...
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Vanishing bus routes leave travelers taking the long way
Jeong, a woman in her 60s, once had a direct bus for her trips from Yongin to Ulsan. Now she travels more than an hour to Seoul to catch a train — if she can g
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Alice Haines @alicehaines.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Lovely - finally - to get my hands on this
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you have Large Luggage Use the Rightmost Gate That is some very well written English, and only English, in thw subway #LinguisticLandscape right here! At a station frequented by many tourists in Seoul . . . . Wonder what happened that led to the creation of this sign . . . .
Small sign stuck to a subway entrance gate
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Happy Chuseok All!
A man walking on a rope
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hope this film comes to Korea soon, this and the documentary on the founder of Theranos are on the top of my films-to-watch list
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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What?
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Raoul Schubert @raoulschubert.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Special shout-out to people with the given name "Ai", who now have to use the kanji 愛 to disambiguate
Screenshot of part of an e-mail reading:

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Hi, I'm Ai 愛
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There’s been a little confusion around some of our emails, so I thought it was time to properly introduce myself...
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I’m Ai, co-owner of Mugen Gaming alongside my husband, Shawn. I was raised in Saitama, Japan and now live in Kansas City, Missouri, where we also run Level One Game Shop.
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Shawn and I started Mugen Gaming because we wanted to find some of the best games coming out of Japan and help bring them to players in the US and beyond."
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Sofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Quite some personal background story on this bag of rice crisps. And a nice list of exgredients for the #LanguageAndFood scholars 😋
Back of pink food package: I was born in Korea, studied in Japan and moved to Europe, where I launched my business.
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Tony Coppoletta @tonycoppoletta.com · 26/09/2026
This may be the most British thing I've ever read. 🇬🇧🍮 centralbylines.co.uk/opinion/ms-c...
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M&S Custard Cream Spread: Britain has completed food
One jar of M&S Custard Cream Spread has caused us to question civilisation, breakfast, mashed potato and the limits of human restraint
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"For young people preparing for employment, Chuseok is not necessarily a welcome holiday." Nice example of the employment #LinguisticLandscape below, as part of this article on youth unemployment. www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/2...
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'I feel sorry toward my parents': Youth job market remains a needle's eye - The Korea Times
Koo, 28, who works on a contract basis at a large company, is growing anxious as the end of his contract approaches. Since his position does not of...
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A bit of bilingual Korean and English 'Pet-walk Etiquettes' at a small park in Seoul near Itaewon, all part of the animal #LinguisticLandscape!
A banner about pets
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A tall chimney with a sign for a public bathhouse, and a very big sign for a women's university behind it, make for an interesting #LinguisticLandscape in this nice view of Seoul. Always love to see these tall brick chimneys about in Korea!
A view of Seoul with a big sign in the background
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
'Taco Booth' adding a lot of English to the taco #LinguisticLandscape of Seoul! Also, very interesting stylized font and overall style here!
A restaurant called Taco Booth
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Gift Article. Interesting article because of its discussion of 'development' and resistance, along with a larger reflection on anthropology and its place in the world www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/m...
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They Kept Outsiders Away for 500 Years. Their World Is About to Change. (Gift Article)
My father dedicated his life to studying the Guna people of Panama, and they may soon allow unprecedented development through their land. I went on a trek through the jungle to find out why.
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A bit of banal multilingualism in the pharmacy #LinguisticLandscape? Regardless, an interesting sign!
A multilingual sign for a pharmacy
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Stephanie Wang @stephanietwang.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Excited to share a working preprint on GenAI platforms and publishers! We study the causal effects of AI Overviews and AI Mode on users’ behavior, perceptions, & traffic to web publishers. Co-led w/ @jlgleason.bsky.social , & Yakov Bart, Christo Wilson, and Danaé Metaxa. arxiv.org/abs/2608.18352 1/
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AI in Search Reduces Publisher Referrals Without Improving User Experience: Experimental Evidence
The integration of generative AI into web search delivers synthesized answers to user queries, changing how people navigate and assess information, while raising concerns about the downstream impacts ...
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Good on Policy Options for doing this and sharing this all so publicly. These issues should also be something academia is concerned with as well . . . .
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Interesting job announcement for a non-Korean applicant (foreign faculty position, I assume) at Seoul National University's Anthropology Department. Don't know anything about the job, but saw it shared elsewhere and thought I'd share. Short application deadline www.anthropology.or.kr/04_notice/no...
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This whole vote remains an absolutely bizarre development, and hopefully this upcoming vote kills off any talk of Alberta separatism for the rest of my life. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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With time running out, new poll suggests Alberta separatism support is slipping | CBC News
With a little more than three weeks to go until the Oct. 19 referendum, a new poll done for CBC News suggests support for separation has softened since spring.
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Signs were in Finnish, but the space was easy for non-natives to navigate. Staff spoke excellent English." Interesting #LinguisticLandscape note and article, that has me wondering about the potential of more underground facilities in Seoul! www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...
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Taking a deep dive in Helsinki’s subterranean city
Under the Finnish capital lies a world of swimming pools, go-karting tracks, playgrounds – and even an art gallery
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Quite the wild academia in Manitoba story here. Always interesting what stories of academia become widely known and take on greater meaning, and what stories remain . . . . Manitoban? Also, wow, what a story here!!! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Professor hopes former University of Manitoba law dean will 'be held to account' after overseas arrest | CBC News
A former university dean who was recently arrested in Europe is leaving a legacy of embarrassment, trauma and erosion of trust, a University of Manitoba law professor says.
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A particularly neat bit of Canadian discourse is circulating once again, and is particularly timely given some of the less-than-diligent engineering practices being discussed these days
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Interesting play on the German term for AI, which is KI, and an violent English expression, I think. Some creative English and German wordplay at work here!
Screemshot of a beginning of an article in German
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Bit of a story circulating in Korea here, though I haven't heard too much about it yet . . . . www.tomshardware.com/service-prov...
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Samsung's disastrous firmware update bricks refrigerators ahead of South Korean holiday — repair visits slip into October, customers complain of food spoilage ahead of three-day celebration
Do we really need to 'update' our appliances?
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
TINE NORWEGIAN PURITY NORWEGIAN CREAM CHEESE DILL Made with mild elite goat's milk and cow's cream Some serious Norwegian soft power in the soft cheese #LinguisticLandscape! Quite the powerful and mountainous representation of Norway here! 🇳🇴
A triangle of dill cream cheese
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Really interesting and wonderful thread with absolutely fascinating snippets of research and performance in here! Inspiring!
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University of Michigan Press @uofmpress.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Home Team Away" is now available to read online! This #OpenAccess volume in our China Understandings Today series rethinks European football fandom as a cultural process in urban middle-class China. Start reading: doi.org/10.3998/mpub...
3D rendering of book "Home Team Away: Watching European Football in Urban China" by Yuan Gong on a green background with the text "Available Now" below.
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Robin James @robinjames.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ICYMI you can read the introduction to my new book GOOD VIBES ONLY: PHENOMENOLOGY & THE BIOPOLITICS OF ALGORITHMIC LEGITIMATION for free on the Duke UP website: assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/f7ca9afb-82c...
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
From the newly remodeled elevator #LinguisticLandscape of Seoul, 'ANTIVIRUS' cut right into the metal joining this handle to the elevator wall, drawing upon pandemic discourses perhaps . . . .
A handle with the text ANTIVIRUS cut into it
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
PLACES WITH GREAT LATTES Interesting to see this sign from a dairy company helping to advertise lattes at a cafe in Seoul, part of the milk and coffee #LinguisticLandscape! Probably part of an effort to increase milk consumption amid a glut in supply, I think . . . .
Sign about latte
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
One of two turtles sunning themselves on rocks in this stream yesterday. Quite a lot of life in this small stream in Seoul . . . .
A turtle on a rock in a stream
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"This growing appeal was reflected when Seoul took the top spot for the first time in the QS Best Student Cities 2026 rankings. The city retained its No. 1 position in the 2027 rankings published by the global higher education consultancy." www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/g...
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Foreign students choose Seoul over New York, London, Paris for vibrant culture, cheaper rent: report - The Korea Times
Seoul has surged in popularity among international students worldwide, owing to its vibrant urban culture and lower housing costs than established...
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The first literary study of the Arab world’s Soviet entanglements, examining how Arabic writers have retold and reimagined their Soviet and Russian sojourns. Red Mecca by @margaretlitvin.bsky.social is now available. Learn more: buff.ly/saptvIz #Literature
Red Mecca: The Life and Afterlives of the Arab-Soviet Romance by Margaret Litvin
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"The Korean word meaning 'checking the chamber for rounds after firing' was rendered instead as 'Weather conditions such as rain, snow, or strong winds that restrict activities,' an unrelated sentence about the weather." Not good for a diversifying Korean army. www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/s...
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'Pretty officer'? Defense ministry's glossary for multicultural soldiers plagued with translation errors - The Korea Times
Several translation errors were found in a Ministry of National Defense glossary meant to help soldiers unfamiliar with the Korean language, raisin...
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Pete Woods @thatpetewoods.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Find out more about what happens when the Muppets meet Marvel! Coming in September to a comic shop near you. www.cbr.com/marvel-the-m...
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The Muppets/Marvel Official Crossover Delivers a ‘Different Kind of Comedy, According to Chip Zdarsky
In a CBR exclusive interview with superstar writer Chip Zdarsky, we discuss the approach Zdarsky took with teaming The Muppets with Marvel
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"They later acknowledged that the measure was intended to discourage workers from leaving their workplaces, citing several previous cases in which seasonal workers had run away." Awful story here. m.koreaherald.com/article/1088...
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Korean city kept migrant workers’ passports to ‘stop them from leaving’: report
For more than four months, officials in the southwestern Korean city of Jeongeup held the passport of a seasonal worker from the Philippines. The worker was amo
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Continuing progress in the revival of Korea's mining sector, and a very neat Korean and English sign here! Curious about the mining #LinguisticLandscape here! www.mining.com/almonty-clea...
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Almonty clears final hurdle to start producing tungsten at South Korea mine
The approval comes as countries look to reduce reliance on China for tungsten.
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