Joshua Raclaw's Avatar

Joshua Raclaw

@joshuaraclaw.com

sociocultural linguist working in trans and queer linguistics and conversation analysis. posts about yiddish, cooking, adhd, cats, professor stuff. (they/זײ) [ˈɹæ.klɔ] מיר װעלן זײ איבערלעבן

7,286
Followers
757
Following
10,516
Posts
14.06.2023
Joined
Posts Following

Latest posts by Joshua Raclaw @joshuaraclaw.com

*לאָמיך

**אָדער לאָמיר, דו סאָציאַליסט אײנער

11.03.2026 02:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
yiddish text saying WIN THE "UNDERGROUND CROWN"

yiddish text saying WIN THE "UNDERGROUND CROWN"

די אונטערערדישע קרוין

11.03.2026 02:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
ad on an old nyc subway car saying WHO WILL BE "MISS SUBWAYS"??? followed by six images of six young white women

ad on an old nyc subway car saying WHO WILL BE "MISS SUBWAYS"??? followed by six images of six young white women

כ׳לײען איצט װעגן דעם „מיס סאָבווייס“ קאָנקורס אין ניו-יאָרק און לאָמיר נאָר זאָגן: װאָס

11.03.2026 02:23 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0

It's really hard and really important to take this stance. When visible actors in visible roles take the lead on this and shame companies for these practices they protect smaller and less-seen workers from being taken advantage of ❤️

10.03.2026 18:33 👍 608 🔁 190 💬 2 📌 0

So apparently grammarly stole my fuckin identity

10.03.2026 23:11 👍 1104 🔁 388 💬 55 📌 42

ראָזשירעכלינעס™️

10.03.2026 21:39 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

in yiddish a cranberry is a zhurekhline (זשורעכלינע) and a raisin is a rozhinke (ראָזשינקע) and i feel like we could make a really great word for “craisin” here

10.03.2026 21:37 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
1. Are you currently using an AI tool for work-related tasks or projects? 

* Yes
* No, but I would like to (PLEASE SKIP TO QUESTION 7)

1. Are you currently using an AI tool for work-related tasks or projects? * Yes * No, but I would like to (PLEASE SKIP TO QUESTION 7)

My employer asks me to complete a survey on AI usage for which this is the first question (required):

10.03.2026 02:00 👍 2273 🔁 482 💬 128 📌 125

@kirbyconrod.bsky.social hi hello

10.03.2026 20:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Video thumbnail

just a beautiful little clip of someone strategically avoiding pronouns when they don't know which pronoun to use, with bonus pronoun discourse at the end (complementary)

10.03.2026 20:05 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Preview
Judge Weighs Trump Antisemitism Inquiry Seeking List of Jews From Penn

“We know very well the history of governments assembling lists of Jews does not end well.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...

10.03.2026 19:28 👍 299 🔁 73 💬 8 📌 5

My new Purity Litmus Test for any Democrat in politics is to at least talk like uhh this cato institute gentleman

10.03.2026 17:10 👍 3291 🔁 588 💬 43 📌 16

גײ קאַקן אױף דעם ים

10.03.2026 19:08 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
500 Years of Yiddish Printing: Symposium – Oxford Medieval Studies

It's 500 years since the first text printed in Yiddish, and one of our amazing grad students is hosting a symposium this October to mark the date: please forward the CFP to Yiddishists, book historians, typography nerds, and anyone you think might be up for this! medieval.ox.ac.uk/500-years-of...

10.03.2026 08:59 👍 42 🔁 21 💬 0 📌 1
Tommy Robinson is writing for Jerusalem Post, and that makes some people uncomfortable - opinion
When journalism abandons the debate over ideas and focuses instead on policing who is permitted to speak, the search for truth quietly gives way to the enforcement of acceptable opinion.

Tommy Robinson wears a UTK logo ("Unite The Kingdom") on his clothes as he is seen at a rally in solidarity with protesters in Iran on January 11, 2026 in London, England.

Tommy Robinson is writing for Jerusalem Post, and that makes some people uncomfortable - opinion When journalism abandons the debate over ideas and focuses instead on policing who is permitted to speak, the search for truth quietly gives way to the enforcement of acceptable opinion. Tommy Robinson wears a UTK logo ("Unite The Kingdom") on his clothes as he is seen at a rally in solidarity with protesters in Iran on January 11, 2026 in London, England.

ByTOMMY ROBINSON
MARCH 8, 2026 18:30

ByTOMMY ROBINSON MARCH 8, 2026 18:30

Robinson had previously tried to address “the Jewish Question” in a 2022 article which he deleted shortly afterwards. He divided the Jews into two types – acceptable ones and disreputable ones. He particularly had it in for the Anti-Defamation League – in his eyes a cesspit of Jewish liberalism and subversion internationally.

Robinson had previously tried to address “the Jewish Question” in a 2022 article which he deleted shortly afterwards. He divided the Jews into two types – acceptable ones and disreputable ones. He particularly had it in for the Anti-Defamation League – in his eyes a cesspit of Jewish liberalism and subversion internationally.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

They're platforming an ACTUAL NAZI NOW

I'm laughing to keep from screaming

09.03.2026 18:21 👍 1435 🔁 475 💬 44 📌 68
Thing T. Thing, often referred to as just Thing,[1] is a fictional character in The Addams Family series. The Addamses call it "Thing" because it is something that cannot be identified, being originally an unseen creature in the original cartoons. Starting with the live-action television series, it was settled to be a disembodied hand

Thing T. Thing, often referred to as just Thing,[1] is a fictional character in The Addams Family series. The Addamses call it "Thing" because it is something that cannot be identified, being originally an unseen creature in the original cartoons. Starting with the live-action television series, it was settled to be a disembodied hand

wikipedia will use both ‘it’ and ‘he/him’ pronouns for a fictional disembodied hand but the second an actual person uses multiple pronouns every wiki entry will only ever use one of them and explain in a footnote that this is “for consistency”

10.03.2026 17:40 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The 1964 television series greatly expanded Thing's role compared to the cartoons.[3] Thing was retconned as a disembodied forearm, since he occasionally emerged from his box at near-elbow length, and was usually played by Ted Cassidy, who also played the lugubrious butler Lurch

The 1964 television series greatly expanded Thing's role compared to the cartoons.[3] Thing was retconned as a disembodied forearm, since he occasionally emerged from his box at near-elbow length, and was usually played by Ted Cassidy, who also played the lugubrious butler Lurch

the wikipedia article for Thing from the Addams Family readily uses he/him pronouns for a literal disembodied hand but the second a person uses they/them every wiki entry will immediately offer a footnote discussing what pronouns they use

10.03.2026 17:36 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1

פּוגסלי האַלט אים הינטערן רוקן

10.03.2026 17:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

and also with ye

10.03.2026 17:26 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

and yet frogs are also not kosher, nor are entire rivers of blood!!

10.03.2026 17:25 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Preview
‘Age Verification’ could force trans people to out themselves to use the internet Automated online ID checking systems add new potential dangers to having a mismatching ID.

Must read from @janus.bsky.social about how “age verification” laws are paving the way for the online version of what just happened to trans people in Kansas (gift link!) www.theverge.com/policy/89207...

10.03.2026 16:27 👍 322 🔁 196 💬 4 📌 3
Preview
AI cameras are everywhere — and people are paying the price for their mistakes Flock Safety's license plate readers are used by police in thousands of communities. When the cameras make mistakes, the consequences can be severe.

“In a dozen instances, misreads by Flock's automated license plate readers, or a lack of verification by officers, resulted in people who hadn't committed crimes being stopped at gunpoint, sent to jail, or mauled by a police dog, among other outcomes.”

10.03.2026 14:15 👍 708 🔁 454 💬 12 📌 45
NBC News poll

Voters hold negative views of Al. In fact, the only topics less popular in the survey were the Democratic Party and Iran.

NBC News poll Voters hold negative views of Al. In fact, the only topics less popular in the survey were the Democratic Party and Iran.

Truly a perfect news alert

10.03.2026 15:39 👍 15650 🔁 3236 💬 288 📌 229

If gender were the immutable biological reality they claim to believe it is, they wouldn't need to spend so much energy policing it like this.

10.03.2026 11:55 👍 1699 🔁 561 💬 22 📌 6
Preview
Video appears to show U.S. cruise missile striking Iranian school compound The seven-second video was released by Iranian state media and directly contradicts statements made by President Trump, who said Iran was responsible for the strike.

The Iranian girls’ school was hit by a US tomahawk cruise missile. NPR has confirmed the footage.

09.03.2026 17:21 👍 1939 🔁 787 💬 37 📌 123
"BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that we affirm the rights of students and teachers to refuse to sign up for, prompt, or otherwise use generative AI in the writing classroom."

"BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that we affirm the rights of students and teachers to refuse to sign up for, prompt, or otherwise use generative AI in the writing classroom."

College writing teachers have spoken, y'all.

The CCCC resolution affirming students' and teachers' right to refuse generative AI in the writing classroom passed by an overwhelming majority at the #4C26 Annual Business Meeting this past Friday, March 6.

Link to the full resolution below.

09.03.2026 21:17 👍 479 🔁 151 💬 5 📌 16
A picture of Marco Rubio shoes that are too large for him

A picture of Marco Rubio shoes that are too large for him

I’m a grown man who works for the president of the United States who is afraid to not wear the shoes he bought me that do not fit

09.03.2026 18:01 👍 11219 🔁 1957 💬 782 📌 480

Also I would like to point out the "88%" dogwhistle, ensuring the relevant parts of his frothing post are seen by the intended parties

09.03.2026 19:32 👍 150 🔁 41 💬 10 📌 1

פֿאַלשער פֿרילינג כ׳האָב דיך ליב

09.03.2026 19:43 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Cis people need to pay attention to the way they communicate this. They freely admit that after all of their research, they came up with zero evidence that HRT was harmful.

Then they banned it anyway, claiming their inability to find a reason is a reason in of itself.

09.03.2026 11:45 👍 3265 🔁 1574 💬 30 📌 34