ASL has an infinite space for wordplay. Signs may begin as one word but transform into a question with a shift of the eyebrows — or, with a different hand movement, help you to get the joke. nyti.ms/3wChKul

This is probably my top favorite cross-disciplinary collaboration. It was amazing working with everyone bringing our experiences and expertise together in this paper and reflecting on how AI could be done if centering signing experiences, as heterogenous as they are

Sign language AI is dominated by hearing, non-signing researchers. What kinds of systemic biases does this introduce in the field's collective direction?

To find out, read our preprint, with Aashaka Desai Dr. Maartje De Meulder Julie A. Hochgesang, PhD and Annemarie Kocab!

arxiv.org/abs/2403.02563

A fun article from Sam Corbin today that delves a little into jokes & wordplay in ASL — showing just how cool the language is.

Plus it features one of my favorite linguists, Julie A. Hochgesang, PhD - who is so incredibly smart & fascinating to talk with:

nytimes.com/2024/03/04/cro…

“I realise I am very privileged that I have made it this far,” Kusters said. “But I am standing on the shoulders of the deaf lecturers and scholars who educated me – and I support others to stand on mine.”
So proud of Annelies Kusters ! #drdeaf

bit.ly/3FH1pWE

It is with great sadness to announce that Mary Thumann, Gallaudet University LIN faculty retired '19, has passed last week surrounded by family and friends.

instagram.com/p/CzBzRoPuyYB/…

Thank you to our Jewish allies from across the country who joined in solidarity to call for a #CeasefireNOW .

Chanting “Not in Our Name.”

“we will not let our grief be weaponised to justify genocide”
Blessed are the peacemakers❤️
Reach across, find allies and don’t entrench your positions,
Do not take sides in tribes - side with humanity
#CeasefireNow

Tell Your Rep: We Demand A #CeasefireNOW
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The list of Congress-members calling for a #CeasefireNOW is growing.

We need to keep the pressure up so more of our political leaders choose ceasefire and not more bloodshed.

Join an action near you to help make this happen: ifnotnowmovement.org/upcoming-events

We must do everything we can to save lives.

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, André Carson, Rep. Summer Lee, @RepDeliaramirez, and I are introducing the #CeasefireNOW Resolution to call for an immediate de-escalation and ceasefire in Israel and Palestine.

I urge my colleagues to join us.

Wow 😯

Rockville, MD

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Lightning show last night was lovely.

In Rockville looking north at about 8 PM

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Pretty clouds that look like waves and a bit of a sun dog

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OPEN PEER COMMENTARY

Overrepresentation of Whiteness Is in Sign Language As Well: A Commentary on “Undoing Competence: Coloniality, Homogeneity, and the Overrepresentation of Whiteness in Applied Linguistics” by Flores and Rosa

Joseph C. Hill
doi.org/10.1111/lang.1…

#AAAL celebrates the life and work of Jon Henner Thanks to his friends and colleagues who helped me write this tribute for a wonderful human being. aaal.org/in-memoriam

Jon Henner liked to external process here, so I’m going to try it too.

The responses from folks to my last post have been overwhelming in the best possible way.

I feel like you all didn’t feel half as warm and fuzzy about him when he was alive 😝😜. (Channeling him here a lot)

After never completing previous drafts, I today put together a short tutorial called 'R for Sign Language Linguistics': borstell.github.io/misc/r4sl/