Joanna Rifkin they/them
joannarifkin.bsky.social
Joanna Rifkin they/them
@joannarifkin.bsky.social
Computational biologist, plant geneticist, gardener, SFF enthusiast, rock climber, not that kind of doctor, transplanted to Toronto, nonbinary, trans, Jewish, and more! Opinions my own.
Porcelain heists in early modern Europe!!!
December 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
My romance novel book club is reading it early next year (on enthusiastic recommendation from one of our members) and we are all very excited!!
December 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Well, they're related to seadragons and pipefish, if either of those is any use.
December 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
You can always buy merch!
December 3, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Tidal is undoubtedly wrapped up in the studio system and still pays too little!
December 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
We've been on Tidal for a while, it's pretty decent. I like the thing where your top artist of the month gets more of your subscription $$!
December 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Religious studies folks get a lot 😬
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Yeah, and BTN is rather lacking in citations - not sure what the best place would be to look for a corpus / database of attested Yiddish names. (And, of course, Yiddish is less spoken now than a century ago, and the records are somewhat gappy.)
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It's such a pretty name!
November 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
No no, some things are just bashert 😉

[Bashert: Yiddish for fated / meant to be]
November 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Vibes of the Yiddish name Velvl (little wolf) for me - which apparently comes in both masculine and feminine forms, though I've only seen the masculine and apparently one adds an extra "e" in English www.behindthename.com/names/search...
Name Search - Behind the Name
The etymology and history of first names.
www.behindthename.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM