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shy🎀 @shy.center · 27/09/2026

Lost one of my heroes today. Slinger Francisco, also known as Mighty Sparrow, passed away at 91. Trinidad's most famous calypsonian, always infusing his songs with sharp political wit and humor. A friend and influence to many, including Van Dyke Parks. Here he is performing "Jean & Dinah."

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Wiki Education @wikieducation.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Our latest data shows that the percentage of our participants' Wikipedia articles flagged as being written by AI has decreased since we began interventions in mid-2025. Explore how we handle generative AI usage, why verifiability remains a top concern, and what comes next: wp.me/p4LBez-XMK

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Generative AI and Wikipedia: The last six months

In January, Wiki Education published a widely read blog post about our experiences with Wikipedia editing and generative AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot. It sparked lots of co…

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Ben Braithwaite @benbraithwaite.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Any sign language linguists with views on projects around 'AI' based automated translation between signed and spoken langs? I think this is both terrible and unfeasible for the Caribbean, but I don't have much contact with sl linguists since the twitter exodus, and am curious about what others think

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I thought of my body as untrustworthy, an adversary. I often joked that I wished I had no body at all, was simply a brain in a jar. Without my body holding me back I could get a lot more work done. My journey out of that way of thinking is what follows in Mother Tongue buttondown.com/signs+wonder...

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Hiiiii, feel free to keep deaf people out of this! So sick of the condescension disguised as faux concern about how disabled people "need" AI. We don't. Autocaptions are almost always very bad, and then people like you use their existence to justify taking away actual accommodations that work.

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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Maybe this is a literary trope. Maybe people need that fantasy, that hope for a rainbow. I wrote BYE BYE I LOVE YOU because I believe people can find comfort in the real. This is how it's going to end. Probably in silence. Last words will be yours, not his. Also, terminal lucidity is very rare.

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Hey SLPs/Deafies/other people who deal with ASHA. I know for a while there was contention re: whether a deaf-signing person could give a presentation at ASHA in ASL or be a certified SLP. To what degree was that "official" policy, and is that still the case?

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Linguists will really say "the forbidden experiment" like people aren't performing it on the majority of deaf children in this country every day 💀

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Ben Braithwaite @benbraithwaite.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

@davidmcgaughey.bsky.social On the off-chance that you weren't already aware, I felt duty-bound to draw your attention to Jasper Scarrott, darts player www.facebook.com/share/v/1Mkr...

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Gerald Roche @geraldroche.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

I'd love to hear any feedback on this position statement we have developed. It aims to clearly communicate to students our approach to using AI, and the underlying reasons and motivations for our approach. Would you use something like this in your teaching? What changes would you make?

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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

And besides—what about the pool of human translators, especially deaf translators, who see mediocre AI taking over work they can still do much better?

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Julie A. Hochgesang @jahochcam.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

In honor of the new home for #ASLSignbank, I thought it was time to give #Glossgesang a home on Bluesky. What's #Glossgesang you ask? Why thank you for asking! It's this: Always present signed language data in a visual format without relying solely on glossing

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Lina Who Lina How Lina… (侯詠絮) @linasigns.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I’m constantly reminded of how deaf linguists esp. from the Global South, make a unique contribution to signed language linguistics especially when it comes to researching their own signed languages. Yet they are constantly denied educational opportunities in higher academia.

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Ben Braithwaite @benbraithwaite.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Does anyone have any advice for how to develop better writing habits as a late-diagnosed ADHD academic? I want to write a book or two, but struggle enormously with the this kind of big task. How does one avoid either hyper-focusing for a week then burning out, or just getting overwhelmed? Help!

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Ben Braithwaite @benbraithwaite.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Can anyone recommend research supporting the need for deaf children to have early access to a *community of signers*, including peers and adults, not just one or two signing teachers? Thanks!

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Ben Braithwaite @benbraithwaite.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Last year I published an article with Fahimah Ali called "Multimodal Languaging in a Signing Community in the Bay Islands of Honduras" about ways in which deaf-blind people in a small community use language. So here's a thread to get me started on here. muse.jhu.edu/article/928057

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Project MUSE - Multimodal Languaging in a Signing Community in the Bay Islands of Honduras

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Just write alt text ya weenies

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

(Graeber 2015)

From David Graeber's book The Utopia of Rules: The promotion of college as a requirement for a
middle-class life . . . has resulted in the exclusion of the
non-college educated from professions of public influ-
ence. In 1971, 58 percent of journalists had a college
degree. Today, 92 percent do, and at many publications,
a graduate degree in journalism is required-despite
the fact that most renowned journalists have never
studied journalism.

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Rogelio Fernández Mota 🇲🇽 @rfernandezmota.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Lina Hou’s keynote, MIND-PING: Grammars and Epistemologies, challenges us to rethink multilanguage, knowledge, and Eurocentric Deaf epistemologies 🙌🏽 #Sign10 @linasigns.bsky.social

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@Shayterp @drhilltx.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

I'm slowly uploading pictures from #Sign10 in Trinidad for all that couldn't attend. It was worth all the effort to attend. #Sign10 invited the local deaf communities to attend the conference. I met so many people, think I left a bit of my heart with them in Trinidad.

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Rogelio Fernández Mota 🇲🇽 @rfernandezmota.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Nicky Macias’s presentation explores how embracing nonbinary focal sites empowers multiple identities and fosters inclusivity in multilingual sign languages #Sign10

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Rogelio Fernández Mota 🇲🇽 @rfernandezmota.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Kris M. Ali’s presentation delves into the challenges of interpreting Queer and Trans sign languaging in Trinidad. #Sign10

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@Shayterp @drhilltx.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I found motivation when I attended the panel discussion on the Deaf Caribbean Academic Network at #Sign10. I was empowered to see how the deaf academics used Video Diaries and in person meetings to help cope with inequities and inaccessibilities in education.

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@Shayterp @drhilltx.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Presenting was super fun at #Sign10. Thank you for allowing me to present my research on how deaf community members determined that African American English and culture can be successfully conveyed in ASL. (Thx hubby for the flowers!)

Dr. Sharon Hill presenting at Sign10 conference in Trinidad

Surprise flowers to Dr. Hill from Mr. Hill!

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Rogelio Fernández Mota 🇲🇽 @rfernandezmota.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Regional signs matter. Marina and Ricarde’s presentation on classifiers and intermodal contact in Puerto Rican Sign Language shows how diversity enriches communication and culture. #Sign10

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Rogelio Fernández Mota 🇲🇽 @rfernandezmota.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Yarett Piñeiro Rodríguez's presentation “Attitudes to sign language naming and variation in Puerto Rico” highlights the importance of protecting Puerto Rican Sign Language and embracing its variations. #Sign10

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Rogelio Fernández Mota 🇲🇽 @rfernandezmota.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Keynote presentation: Danielle Thompson - ‘Nothing about us without us’ to ‘Nothing Without Us’: The fight for legal recognition of sign language and communication access for the deaf in the Caribbean #Sign10

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Ethan Hartzell @ehartz01.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

excited to share the first version of my new app for learning sign language annotation and writing systems here at #SIGN10 in Trinidad today web: signlanguagetranscription.github.io iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/sign-... Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...

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@Shayterp @drhilltx.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Opening at #Sign10 - during a bit of history, a welcome from Trinidad & a sincere mention of thanks to the sponsors!

Welcome message from Bryan and the deaf communities of Trinidad & Tobago

History of where Sign conferences were held

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@Shayterp @drhilltx.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Sending updates from #Sign10 Conference. Here are pics from day one - opening workshops on International Sign and Sign Languages of Caribbean.

Sign Languages of the Caribbean workshop

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Rogelio Fernández Mota 🇲🇽 @rfernandezmota.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Rezenet dismantles the idea of linguistic hierarchies and challenges conventional notions of "formality" in language in her presentation: “ “Is there formality in Black American Sign Language (BASL)?” #Sign10

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Rogelio Fernández Mota 🇲🇽 @rfernandezmota.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

FLASHTALK #Sign10 session: Bryan Rodrigues - "Accomplishments and new opportunities"

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Rafał Darasz @raphael-bartholome.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Thank you so much for the wonderful time at the #Sign10 conference at the University of West Indies in Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹 with inspiring on-stage presentations and posters 😊 And the whole conference being in International Sign without sign-to-voice interpreting

A man standing on a stare in front of an audience, talking about the SIGN conference series.

Prof. Danielle Thompson with her on-stage presentation: From 'Nothing about us without us' to 'Nothing Without Us': The fight for legal recognition of sign language and communication access for the deaf in the Caribbean

Me, a man dressed in white shirt and trousers standing next to my poster “Sociolinguistic variation of Polish Sign Language signs related to "speaking", "signing"”. I’m explaining the contents of the poster in International Sign to a couple of people standing in front of me.

The Centre for Language Learning building at the University of West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad & Tobago.

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Marta Morgado @martamorgado.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

While there's Dr Deaf this week in Norway, there's also one on the other side of the world! We are together 🌎 #sign10

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Lee Orfila @leeorfila.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

#SIGN10 was so muh fun! Met so many new people and added so many WhatsApp contacts

A selfie of Lee Orfila, Ethan Hartzell, and Caitie Coons overlooking a bay surrounded by mountains and forests

A photo of a group of people dancing on a stage at night. There is a small crowd in the foreground.

A photo of Austin German smiling on the bus. Behind him theough the winow are colorful houses and a staircase.

A photo of Nick Palfreyman's opening address from the back of the signtorium. The seats are full of people, and a variety of flags are up on the screen.

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@Shayterp @drhilltx.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Is there formality in Black ASL? Dr. Rezenet Moges-Riedel discussed this topic at #Sign10. Looking forward to getting public access to their data - sooooo exciting to find out the April 2023 Black Studies Symposium will be shared with the public!

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Rogelio Fernández Mota 🇲🇽 @rfernandezmota.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Erik Arellano's presentation dives into the lived experiences of Deaf hawkers on Mexico City's metro—vagoneros sordos—highlighting their resilience, culture, and unique way of navigating the city. #Sign10

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Rogelio Fernández Mota 🇲🇽 @rfernandezmota.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Carla García-Fernández’s presentation sheds light on the true meaning of sign language preservation—protecting cultures, multiple identities, and communities. #Sign10

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Rogelio Fernández Mota 🇲🇽 @rfernandezmota.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Octavian Robinson and Erin Moriarty’s presentation highlights the importance of queering ASL - embracing multiple expressions of gender and sexuality #Sign10 @deafkilljoy.bsky.social @emoriartyh.bsky.social

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Deaf Killjoy🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @deafkilljoy.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Kudos to @benbraithwaite.bsky.social and team for organizing an incredible conference. I love when I leave a conference with new ideas and directions for my work. Great feedback from the audience on papers with @linasigns.bsky.social and @erinmoriarty.bsky.social going home energized. #SIGN10

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