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.
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Lofi Odes to Hone Your Blade To
Lofi Dirges to Mourn Maidens To
Lofi Bawdy Tavern Songs to Drink Mead To
Lofi Dirges to Mourn Maidens To
Lofi Bawdy Tavern Songs to Drink Mead To
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Lofi Odes to Hone Your Blade To
Lofi Dirges to Mourn Maidens To
Lofi Bawdy Tavern Songs to Drink Mead To
Lofi Dirges to Mourn Maidens To
Lofi Bawdy Tavern Songs to Drink Mead To
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Team fish - we need your help! We are trying to build a database of all the fish chromosome-scale genomes where sex chromosomes have been identified. Have you build one or some? Do you know someone who has? Can you post the link in the comments? Please spread the word and repost! Thank you!
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Team fish - we need your help! We are trying to build a database of all the fish chromosome-scale genomes where sex chromosomes have been identified. Have you build one or some? Do you know someone who has? Can you post the link in the comments? Please spread the word and repost! Thank you!
I'm really glad I moved to Canada in 2017.
Most of the time it is very normal to live here.
But then sometimes there is a 5-gallon bucket labeled "SAUCE TRADITIONNELLE | TRADITIONAL SAUCE | poutine Québécoise | 180 litres" in my office.
Most of the time it is very normal to live here.
But then sometimes there is a 5-gallon bucket labeled "SAUCE TRADITIONNELLE | TRADITIONAL SAUCE | poutine Québécoise | 180 litres" in my office.
November 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I'm really glad I moved to Canada in 2017.
Most of the time it is very normal to live here.
But then sometimes there is a 5-gallon bucket labeled "SAUCE TRADITIONNELLE | TRADITIONAL SAUCE | poutine Québécoise | 180 litres" in my office.
Most of the time it is very normal to live here.
But then sometimes there is a 5-gallon bucket labeled "SAUCE TRADITIONNELLE | TRADITIONAL SAUCE | poutine Québécoise | 180 litres" in my office.
New favorite raspberry variety. www.johnnyseeds.com/fruits/raspb...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
New favorite raspberry variety. www.johnnyseeds.com/fruits/raspb...
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star trek and famous art: a thread
November 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
star trek and famous art: a thread
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Come work with us!!
We have a great group of plant biologists already, and there are FOUR searches for new plant biologists of different flavours across campus. We also have an outstanding group of animal physiologists (including @mstager.bsky.social ). Please apply!!
We have a great group of plant biologists already, and there are FOUR searches for new plant biologists of different flavours across campus. We also have an outstanding group of animal physiologists (including @mstager.bsky.social ). Please apply!!
Just a few days left to apply to our TT position in Plant Physiology in the Dept. of Biology @UMassAmherst! Join a great group of plant scientists (and physiologists 😉) AND fall in love with small town New England! Please repost. careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
Details - Assistant Professor - Plant Physiology | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
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October 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Come work with us!!
We have a great group of plant biologists already, and there are FOUR searches for new plant biologists of different flavours across campus. We also have an outstanding group of animal physiologists (including @mstager.bsky.social ). Please apply!!
We have a great group of plant biologists already, and there are FOUR searches for new plant biologists of different flavours across campus. We also have an outstanding group of animal physiologists (including @mstager.bsky.social ). Please apply!!
May I offer you a meme in this troubling time.
October 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
May I offer you a meme in this troubling time.
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These terrifying bats are looking forward to #Halloween 🦇🦇🦇😱
Bodl. Library MS. Ashmole 304; 13th century; England, St. Albans; f.47v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Bodl. Library MS. Ashmole 304; 13th century; England, St. Albans; f.47v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
These terrifying bats are looking forward to #Halloween 🦇🦇🦇😱
Bodl. Library MS. Ashmole 304; 13th century; England, St. Albans; f.47v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Bodl. Library MS. Ashmole 304; 13th century; England, St. Albans; f.47v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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writers and artists will go "this isn't good enough." my brother in christ, you're creating something new out of nothing and expressing yourself creatively. your productivity and unrealistic standards of perfection do not define you or the worth of your art. you're doing great.
October 17, 2024 at 6:24 PM
writers and artists will go "this isn't good enough." my brother in christ, you're creating something new out of nothing and expressing yourself creatively. your productivity and unrealistic standards of perfection do not define you or the worth of your art. you're doing great.
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If you're an artist wanting to break through in TTRPG illustrations and feel like you need an Art Directors feedback on your current portfolio. Feel free to reach out, comment or DM me here.
I feel like the industry is hard enough as is. I will reply slow but I'll do my best to support! 💜
I feel like the industry is hard enough as is. I will reply slow but I'll do my best to support! 💜
October 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
If you're an artist wanting to break through in TTRPG illustrations and feel like you need an Art Directors feedback on your current portfolio. Feel free to reach out, comment or DM me here.
I feel like the industry is hard enough as is. I will reply slow but I'll do my best to support! 💜
I feel like the industry is hard enough as is. I will reply slow but I'll do my best to support! 💜
Honestly, amusing pitch. Consider dating this individual from Austin, I guess!
Since this post has blown up... if any cute guys wanna go out on a date and can effectively communicate without ChatGPT, DM me. 😉
October 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Honestly, amusing pitch. Consider dating this individual from Austin, I guess!
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hey i know things are hard but just remember YOU are charismatic megafauna
October 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
hey i know things are hard but just remember YOU are charismatic megafauna
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How many plant species are buzz pollinated? After more than six years in the making, our paper on the convergent evolution of buzz pollinated flowers is out in @journal-evo.bsky.social. Thanks @draverbee.bsky.social @roszenil.bsky.social and all co-authors for your hard work! doi.org/10.1093/evol...
October 23, 2025 at 4:50 AM
How many plant species are buzz pollinated? After more than six years in the making, our paper on the convergent evolution of buzz pollinated flowers is out in @journal-evo.bsky.social. Thanks @draverbee.bsky.social @roszenil.bsky.social and all co-authors for your hard work! doi.org/10.1093/evol...
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Parents, please check your kids’ candy this Halloween. I’ve just found an ancient metal whistle with the inscription “QUIS EST ISTE QUI VENIT" inside a Snickers bar. I blew it and heard a note of infinite distance, and now I’m haunted by a figure in pale, fluttering draperies. Be safe.
October 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Parents, please check your kids’ candy this Halloween. I’ve just found an ancient metal whistle with the inscription “QUIS EST ISTE QUI VENIT" inside a Snickers bar. I blew it and heard a note of infinite distance, and now I’m haunted by a figure in pale, fluttering draperies. Be safe.
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a work of art is a creature that wants to destroy you and replace you with something else. it is in your interest that you allow this to happen, sometimes
counterpoint: it is good and correct to view engaging with a piece of art as an act of consumption. you just have it backwards. *you* are the thing being consumed
Gonna go even further: don't refer to it as "consuming media" when doing this. You aren't a consumer - it's not a product. You read books. You look at art. You watch movies and/or videos. Be careful about word choice.
Reject "consume" and REJECT "CONTENT."
IT IS ART.
YOU ARE ENGAGING WITH ART.
Reject "consume" and REJECT "CONTENT."
IT IS ART.
YOU ARE ENGAGING WITH ART.
September 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
a work of art is a creature that wants to destroy you and replace you with something else. it is in your interest that you allow this to happen, sometimes
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Support the 2026 @apexmag.bsky.social Kickstarter! Apex publishes amazing SF, dark fantasy, and horror and we need their stories now more than ever.
I'll give an Apex gift subscription and dedication to one random person who promotes this Kickstarter! 1/
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I'll give an Apex gift subscription and dedication to one random person who promotes this Kickstarter! 1/
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Apex Magazine 2026
An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.
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October 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Support the 2026 @apexmag.bsky.social Kickstarter! Apex publishes amazing SF, dark fantasy, and horror and we need their stories now more than ever.
I'll give an Apex gift subscription and dedication to one random person who promotes this Kickstarter! 1/
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
I'll give an Apex gift subscription and dedication to one random person who promotes this Kickstarter! 1/
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
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Dream Job Alert !
Herpetology Collections Manager at the University of Michigan - manage one of the largest reptile and amphibian collections in the world in state-of-the-art facilities in the best college town in the world. #herpetology
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
Herpetology Collections Manager at the University of Michigan - manage one of the largest reptile and amphibian collections in the world in state-of-the-art facilities in the best college town in the world. #herpetology
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
Res Museum Collection Manager | U-M Careers
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October 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Dream Job Alert !
Herpetology Collections Manager at the University of Michigan - manage one of the largest reptile and amphibian collections in the world in state-of-the-art facilities in the best college town in the world. #herpetology
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
Herpetology Collections Manager at the University of Michigan - manage one of the largest reptile and amphibian collections in the world in state-of-the-art facilities in the best college town in the world. #herpetology
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
Lepidopterans must be stopped.
And look at this graphic abstract….. 😱🤯
October 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Lepidopterans must be stopped.
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A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly
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October 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly
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This is how I want to be awarded the Nobel Prize.
October 7, 2025 at 6:46 AM
This is how I want to be awarded the Nobel Prize.
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The new #NSF #GRFP application now excludes 1000’s of students, including those who were told they could apply this year, or who planned to apply next year.
We have a new specific petition urging #NSFGRFP undo this harmful action. If you are impacted sign here: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
We have a new specific petition urging #NSFGRFP undo this harmful action. If you are impacted sign here: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
September 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The new #NSF #GRFP application now excludes 1000’s of students, including those who were told they could apply this year, or who planned to apply next year.
We have a new specific petition urging #NSFGRFP undo this harmful action. If you are impacted sign here: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
We have a new specific petition urging #NSFGRFP undo this harmful action. If you are impacted sign here: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
Check out our new preprint! This was such a great paper to work on with @stairwaytokevin.bsky.social and the rest of the team!
New — with @joannarifkin.bsky.social, @jotlovell.bsky.social, @spicybotrytis.bsky.social, and many more — we created seven new high-quality genomes and explored pangenomic variation in the emerging oilseed crop pennycress (Thlaspi arvense). 1/
Structure and sequence evolution in the pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) pangenome
Summary · Eukaryotic genomes harbor many forms of variation, including nucleotide diversity and structural polymorphisms, which experience natural selection and contribute to genome evolution and biod...
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September 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Check out our new preprint! This was such a great paper to work on with @stairwaytokevin.bsky.social and the rest of the team!
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(trailer voiceover) this halloween, grass touches back
September 28, 2025 at 12:07 AM
(trailer voiceover) this halloween, grass touches back
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My department is hiring an associate/full professor of Early Modern/Modern Jewish History. Please apply and please share within your networks. I have been told to say we're very interested in the early early modern.
Note: I am not involved in the search but am happy to answer general questions.
Note: I am not involved in the search but am happy to answer general questions.
Tenured Associate/Full Professor in History, Deinard Chair in Early Modern/Modern Jewish History in Minneapolis, MN for University of Minnesota
Exciting opportunity in Minneapolis, MN for University of Minnesota as a Tenured Associate/Full P...
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September 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
My department is hiring an associate/full professor of Early Modern/Modern Jewish History. Please apply and please share within your networks. I have been told to say we're very interested in the early early modern.
Note: I am not involved in the search but am happy to answer general questions.
Note: I am not involved in the search but am happy to answer general questions.