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@david@boles.xyz
2025-12-14 15:54:56

Our new ASL Consulting page is now live:
#asl #deaf

American Sign Language Consulting by Janna Sweenie and David Boles
Hardcore ASL - American Sign Language consulting, fluency evaluation, program design, and curriculum development by Janna Sweenie and David Boles.

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-12-12 18:29:33

White House: ASL Interpreters Hurt Trump's Image - Joe.My.God.
joemygod.com/2025/12/white-hou

@steve@s.yelvington.com
2025-12-14 20:21:08

Trump doesn't want ASL interpreters at his speeches.
The gagging, eye-rolling and obscene hand gestures were getting to him.

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-12-12 22:36:48

The Trump administration is arguing that requiring real-time American Sign Language interpretation of events like White House press briefings
“would severely intrude on the President’s prerogative to control the image he presents to the public,”
part of a lawsuit seeking to require the White House to provide the services.
Department of Justice attorneys haven’t elaborated on how doing so might hamper the portrayal Trump seeks to present to the public.
But overturning p…

White House says sign language services 'intrude' on Trump's public image
The Trump administration argues that providing real-time American Sign Language interpretation for events like White House press briefings would intrude on the president’s control over his public image. This stance is part of a lawsuit filed by the National Association for the Deaf, which claims the lack of ASL interpretation denies deaf Americans access to important communications. The Justice Department suggests alternatives like online transcripts and closed captioning provide what's neede…

@aardrian@toot.cafe
2025-11-05 19:09:21

About fucking time.
“Judge orders White House to use American Sign Language interpreters at briefings”
npr.org/2025/11/05/nx-s1-55991
Sadly, does n…

@stefan@gardenstate.social
2025-11-07 00:02:23

The 2nd annual memorial concert for Samantha Whitney is this Sunday! Tickets are available in-person and for the livestream—the show will be ASL-interpreted, and the livestream will be captioned! Please please please get your tickets! ➡️ thegreenroom42.venuetix.com/sh

The 2nd annual memorial concert for Samantha Whitney is this Sunday! After raising nearly $10,000 through last year's concert and auction, we were able to sponsor an open captioned performance of Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends on Broadway earlier this year in Sami's name. This year, an endowed fund has been established at her alma mater Adelphi University, specifically for their theatre department to continue expanding their available accessibility services for students and audiences.
Featuring Liz Lark Brown, Haven Burton, Eddie Carroll, Frida Cox, Treshelle Edmond, John El-Jor, Nicole Felix, Sejal Joshi, Michelle Kenney, Camryn Lyttleton, Tayla Madison, Sierra McDaniel, Ryan Vasquez, Kuhoo Verma, Jared Weiss, and Carmen York.
@arXiv_csCV_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-10-10 11:13:39

The Visual Iconicity Challenge: Evaluating Vision-Language Models on Sign Language Form-Meaning Mapping
Onur Kele\c{s}, Asl{\i} \"Ozy\"urek, Gerardo Ortega, Kadir G\"okg\"o, Esam Ghaleb
arxiv.org/abs/2510.08482

The Visual Iconicity Challenge: Evaluating Vision-Language Models on Sign Language Form-Meaning Mapping
Iconicity, the resemblance between linguistic form and meaning, is pervasive in signed languages, offering a natural testbed for visual grounding. For vision-language models (VLMs), the challenge is to recover such essential mappings from dynamic human motion rather than static context. We introduce the \textit{Visual Iconicity Challenge}, a novel video-based benchmark that adapts psycholinguistic measures to evaluate VLMs on three tasks: (i) phonological sign-form prediction (e.g., handshape, …

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-11-05 18:59:09

Judge: White House briefings must provide sign language for deaf Americans : NPR
npr.org/2025/11/05/nx-s1-55991

@adjb@social.lol
2025-11-08 22:05:29

Join us for the 6th Annual 'Rethinking Thanksgiving' webinar!
Date: Sunday, Nov 23 at 4pm ET / 1pm PT
Theme: "Colonialism is the Problem, Solidarity is the Answer"
Register: tinyurl.com/2025rethinking
ASL, Spanish Interpretation and live captions in English.
This is a free event. It is a fundraiser and donations will be accepted. The event will be recorded, so if you cannot attend live, register and the recording will be sent to you.
Join us to challenge the legacy of the ‘thanksgiving’ holiday. We will discuss how to collectively work together to confront colonialism and defend Mother Earth.
¡Únase a nosotros en el Sexto Webinario Anual ‘Repensando el Día de Acción de Gracias’!
Fecha: domingo, 23 de noviembre, a las 4 pm ET / 1 pm PT.
Tema: “El Colonialismo es el Problema, la Solidaridad es la Respuesta”.
Inscríbase: tinyurl.com/2025rethinking.
Interpretación en lengua de señas americana (ASL) y español, y subtítulos en vivo en inglés.
Este es un evento gratuito. Se trata de una recaudación de fondos y se aceptaršn donaciones. El evento se grabarš, por lo que si no puede asistir en directo, inscríbase y se le enviarš la grabación.
Únase a nosotros para cuestionar el legado de la festividad de “Acción de Gracias”. Dialogaremos de cómo trabajar juntos colectivamente para hacer frente al colonialismo y defender la Madre Tierra.
Sponsors/Patrocinadores: Tonatierra; Indigenous Solidarity Network; Catalyst Project; Showing up for Racial Justice (SURJ); American Indian Law Alliance; Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) Action; Honor the Earth; 350.org; Spirit of Mandela, Christians for a Free Palestine; Sudan Solidarity Collective; Anticolonial Arrivants; Land Justice Futures; Westchester for Palestine.

@adjb@social.lol
2025-11-08 22:04:57

📝 Join us for the 6th Annual 'Rethinking Thanksgiving' webinar!
Date: Sunday, Nov 23 at 4pm ET / 1pm PT
Theme: "Colonialism is the Problem, Solidarity is the Answer"
Register: tinyurl.com/2025rethinking
ASL, Spanish Interpretation and live captions in English.
This is a free event. It is a fundraiser and donations will be accepted. The event will be recorded, so if you cannot attend live, register and the recording will be sent to you.
Join us to challenge the legacy of the ‘thanksgiving’ holiday. We will discuss how to collectively work together to confront colonialism and defend Mother Earth.
¡Únase a nosotros en el Sexto Webinario Anual ‘Repensando el Día de Acción de Gracias’!
Fecha: domingo, 23 de noviembre, a las 4 pm ET / 1 pm PT.
Tema: “El Colonialismo es el Problema, la Solidaridad es la Respuesta”.
Inscríbase: tinyurl.com/2025rethinking.
Interpretación en lengua de señas americana (ASL) y español, y subtítulos en vivo en inglés.
Este es un evento gratuito. Se trata de una recaudación de fondos y se aceptaršn donaciones. El evento se grabarš, por lo que si no puede asistir en directo, inscríbase y se le enviarš la grabación.
Únase a nosotros para cuestionar el legado de la festividad de “Acción de Gracias”. Dialogaremos de cómo trabajar juntos colectivamente para hacer frente al colonialismo y defender la Madre Tierra.
Sponsors/Patrocinadores: Tonatierra; Indigenous Solidarity Network; Catalyst Project; Showing up for Racial Justice (SURJ); American Indian Law Alliance; Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) Action; Honor the Earth; 350.org; Spirit of Mandela, Christians for a Free Palestine; Sudan Solidarity Collective; Anticolonial Arrivants; Land Justice Futures; Westchester for Palestine.
!rethinking thanksgiving flyer (cdn.some.pics/adjb/690fbe4acd0)