Matthew Annis
@matthewannis
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he, him, his @Filthy_Dreams cofounder Lecturer at NTID
New York, USA
Joined July 2009
Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole. In memory of David Lynch, we will continue to explore the otherworldly and the unknown. We will focus not on the loss, but on what we gained from the years we shared this planet with you. We will see you in our dreams.
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Thought of the Day: We are like the spider. We weave our life & move along it. We are like the dreamer who dreams & then lives in the dream.
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no matter what happens, may this election be the death nail in the self-congratulatory “gen z will change the world” shit. gen z white men vote like every other generation of white men, and in some cases are further to the right
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Dust off those discoballs and polish your favorite yellow patent leather shoes for @Filthy_Dreams' annual Pride playlist! This year, we are focusing on self-care so stuff your face with Ozempic and human growth hormones! Join us in a roid-rage dance party!
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Cinephiles want me dead for saying it but this was the performance of the century
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Deaf education and early intervention are the only fields of science that still view signed languages as “controversial” for healthy human development. Linguistics, brain imaging, psychology, and more eagerly research it to expand our understanding of what it means to be human.
Language deprivation is still not accepted by many/most practitioners in deaf education and teacher education. It was a key point of contention for the expert witness for the school district in the Carter Churchill case.
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Language deprivation is still not accepted by many/most practitioners in deaf education and teacher education. It was a key point of contention for the expert witness for the school district in the Carter Churchill case.
Language scientists/linguists, please stop talking about 'language deprivation' as if it were vanishingly rare in human history. https://t.co/3siIajqbjQ
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Another new-ish reporter is Kayla Canne. She covers public safety and really puts an interesting twist on what public safety is….as in more than crime She is from Henrietta and one fact you didn’t know about her is she’s fluent in ASL
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If Tracy Chapman doesn’t have a 7-figure endorsement deal for shea butter by tomorrow, something’s wrong.
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A friend was being grumpy about karaoke and another friend said he was being Hamlet and it brought me no pleasure at all to say, “Actually, Hamlet would absolutely LOVE karaoke. He was a theater kid.” Now you all must be subjected to my truth as well.
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‘Rochester’s status as the world’s only city to build and abandon a subway is highlighted in a new book. Aren’t we special!
theguardian.com
A new book looks back at the mass transit histories of 23 major cities in both the US and Canada, detailing the routes to where we are today
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Today marks the 25th anniversary of October 6th, 1998, when Matthew Shepard was beaten & tortured near Laramie, Wyoming. Tied to a fence post & left for dead. The only part of his face not covered in blood, was where the tears had run down his cheeks. He died 6 days later.
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We are thrilled to announce that RIT has produced its first three deaf Ph.D. candidates! Congratulations to Abraham Glasser, Noella Kolash, and Matthew Seita on this incredible achievement. 🎉🎓
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RIP Pee-wee, dead at 70. Here are a couple of examples of his rough trade fantasies! Tim Burton's "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" (1985) and "Pee-wee's Big Holiday" (2016)
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Dear friends & supporters of @jmhenner & @emleh06: the radiation treatment Jon is starting is not fully covered by insurance. Please contribute as you can and share with your communities & on social media. THANKS!! https://t.co/URIa04Eb7N
gofundme.com
Jon and Emily have been fighting cancer for years. Jon is a fathe… Julia Barraford-Temel needs your support for Jon's Fight with Stage 4 Metastatic Melanoma
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Some animals do seem to use a form of sign language, or at least use gestures to communicate with other species. It's been observed in several species, not only big apes. This is an otter teaching a human how to pet it [📹 david: https://t.co/UQ9kzqPn61]
https://t.co/VpsQwHzti2
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This year’s @Filthy_Dreams Pride playlist celebrates queer villainy through our favorite, @Santos4Congress. In fact, Our Lady Kitara lied for our sins! We offer to you, Filthy Schemers, a playlist that will make you strut and steal, lie, and wheel-and-deal
filthydreams.org
Haven’t you heard? It’s the time of the season–Pride season, that is! The past few years have tested the limits of our tolerance as on the one hand, corporate Pride became as ubiq…
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