Ben Braithwaite
@benbraithwaite.bsky.social
Linguist, dartist, attention-deficient, Caribbeanist, in Trinidad and Tobago
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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.
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.
October 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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.
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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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?
October 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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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Linguists will really say "the forbidden experiment" like people aren't performing it on the majority of deaf children in this country every day 💀
September 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Linguists will really say "the forbidden experiment" like people aren't performing it on the majority of deaf children in this country every day 💀
@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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September 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
@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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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?
The Linguistics Discipline at La Trobe University have developed a discipline-specific position statement on the role of generative AI in our classrooms.
www.superlinguo.com/post/7908973...
www.superlinguo.com/post/7908973...
Position Statement on Generative AI in teaching...
Position Statement on Generative AI in teaching and research
The Linguistics Discipline in the Department of Languages and Cultures at La Trobe University have developed a discipline-specific posi...
www.superlinguo.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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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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?
May 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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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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
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
May 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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
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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Fundraiser for my collaborator Erik Arellano a Deaf Mexican linguist to attend summer school in Berlin
Donate to Deaf researcher from Mexico to attend summer school, organized by Shane Gilchrist
Erik Arellano, a passionate Deaf researcher from Mexico, has this … Shane Gilchrist needs your support for Deaf researcher from Mexico to attend summer school
www.gofundme.com
May 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Fundraiser for my collaborator Erik Arellano a Deaf Mexican linguist to attend summer school in Berlin
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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.
May 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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.
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!
April 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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!
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!
March 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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!
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
Project MUSE - Multimodal Languaging in a Signing Community in the Bay Islands of Honduras
muse.jhu.edu
February 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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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Just write alt text ya weenies
January 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Just write alt text ya weenies
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Lina Hou’s keynote, MIND-PING: Grammars and Epistemologies, challenges us to rethink multilanguage, knowledge, and Eurocentric Deaf epistemologies 🙌🏽
#Sign10
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#Sign10
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December 13, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Lina Hou’s keynote, MIND-PING: Grammars and Epistemologies, challenges us to rethink multilanguage, knowledge, and Eurocentric Deaf epistemologies 🙌🏽
#Sign10
@linasigns.bsky.social
#Sign10
@linasigns.bsky.social
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Nicky Macias’s presentation explores how embracing nonbinary focal sites empowers multiple identities and fosters inclusivity in multilingual sign languages #Sign10
December 13, 2024 at 3:02 PM
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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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.
December 12, 2024 at 8:10 PM
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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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!)
December 12, 2024 at 1:35 AM
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!)
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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
December 12, 2024 at 2:12 PM
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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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
December 12, 2024 at 2:03 PM
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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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
December 12, 2024 at 12:26 PM
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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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...
in Trinidad today
web: signlanguagetranscription.github.io
iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/sign-...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
December 11, 2024 at 1:49 PM
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...
in Trinidad today
web: signlanguagetranscription.github.io
iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/sign-...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
