Christopher Olson
@christopherrolson.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Physiology at Midwestern University | Neuro 🧠 |Ornithologist 🦉 | Grand Canyon enthusiast | Natural History | All things Arizona 📸
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There is a vigil in 45 minutes. I am still feeling sick from tear gas and not going.
But at 7pm CST, whoever you are and where ever you are. Go to your street corner. Light a candle. If you are someone who prays, pray.
Shine a light for Minnesota!🕯
But at 7pm CST, whoever you are and where ever you are. Go to your street corner. Light a candle. If you are someone who prays, pray.
Shine a light for Minnesota!🕯
January 24, 2026 at 10:26 PM
There is a vigil in 45 minutes. I am still feeling sick from tear gas and not going.
But at 7pm CST, whoever you are and where ever you are. Go to your street corner. Light a candle. If you are someone who prays, pray.
Shine a light for Minnesota!🕯
But at 7pm CST, whoever you are and where ever you are. Go to your street corner. Light a candle. If you are someone who prays, pray.
Shine a light for Minnesota!🕯
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As of today we have a new record low snowpack for the Upper Colorado River basin for late January.
January 21, 2026 at 5:25 PM
As of today we have a new record low snowpack for the Upper Colorado River basin for late January.
In search of Geminids
December 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
In search of Geminids
Phoenix stretches on and on #astrophotography
December 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Phoenix stretches on and on #astrophotography
And just like that it’s citrus season
December 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
And just like that it’s citrus season
Current trail conditions
November 2, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Current trail conditions
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Andrew Cuomo: taxpayers should pay for $60 million in legal bills for my sexual harassment allegations
Also Andrew Cuomo: $60 million is too much money to spend on a pilot program to deliver cheaper groceries
Also Andrew Cuomo: $60 million is too much money to spend on a pilot program to deliver cheaper groceries
October 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Andrew Cuomo: taxpayers should pay for $60 million in legal bills for my sexual harassment allegations
Also Andrew Cuomo: $60 million is too much money to spend on a pilot program to deliver cheaper groceries
Also Andrew Cuomo: $60 million is too much money to spend on a pilot program to deliver cheaper groceries
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📣 Registration is still open for the AZPS Conference, happening tomorrow Oct 17–18! Don’t miss a great weekend of physiology, networking, and distinguished keynote talks.
🔗 View the full program + register now: www.azps.life/2025-meeting
#AZPS2025 #Physiology
🔗 View the full program + register now: www.azps.life/2025-meeting
#AZPS2025 #Physiology
October 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
📣 Registration is still open for the AZPS Conference, happening tomorrow Oct 17–18! Don’t miss a great weekend of physiology, networking, and distinguished keynote talks.
🔗 View the full program + register now: www.azps.life/2025-meeting
#AZPS2025 #Physiology
🔗 View the full program + register now: www.azps.life/2025-meeting
#AZPS2025 #Physiology
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Whether it's Republicans assaulting their wives or Democrats liking negative tweets about their friends at the Free Press, both sides have done things to hurt people who are close to them.
October 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Whether it's Republicans assaulting their wives or Democrats liking negative tweets about their friends at the Free Press, both sides have done things to hurt people who are close to them.
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Welcome to Bluesky: Weird Al is on here but you sometimes don’t immediately get told that. That’s most of the important information.
October 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Welcome to Bluesky: Weird Al is on here but you sometimes don’t immediately get told that. That’s most of the important information.
Could it be Wind Scorpion Wednesday already? After the rains in Arizona there are lots of creepy crawlers out.
#solifugae #sunspider #windscorpion
#solifugae #sunspider #windscorpion
October 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Could it be Wind Scorpion Wednesday already? After the rains in Arizona there are lots of creepy crawlers out.
#solifugae #sunspider #windscorpion
#solifugae #sunspider #windscorpion
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Dear funding agencies,
I know we all want to discover the wonder drug that will cure the horrible diseases, but to do that, we need to invest in basic, unsexy, foundational research on how the systems work. Funding can’t all be drug development.
Sincerely,
Looking for basic research grants.
I know we all want to discover the wonder drug that will cure the horrible diseases, but to do that, we need to invest in basic, unsexy, foundational research on how the systems work. Funding can’t all be drug development.
Sincerely,
Looking for basic research grants.
October 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Dear funding agencies,
I know we all want to discover the wonder drug that will cure the horrible diseases, but to do that, we need to invest in basic, unsexy, foundational research on how the systems work. Funding can’t all be drug development.
Sincerely,
Looking for basic research grants.
I know we all want to discover the wonder drug that will cure the horrible diseases, but to do that, we need to invest in basic, unsexy, foundational research on how the systems work. Funding can’t all be drug development.
Sincerely,
Looking for basic research grants.
The Daily Dogberry
October 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The Daily Dogberry
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📢 Join us for the Arizona Physiological Society Meeting – Oct 17–18, 2025 in Phoenix! It’s not too late to submit late-breaking abstracts – due October 10. Share your research & connect with the AZ physiology community!
🔗 www.azps.life
🔗 www.azps.life
Arizona Physiological Society
The Arizona Physiological Society brings together fans of physiology throughout the Grand Canyon state. Themes that we value: research, teaching, and outreach.
www.azps.life
October 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
📢 Join us for the Arizona Physiological Society Meeting – Oct 17–18, 2025 in Phoenix! It’s not too late to submit late-breaking abstracts – due October 10. Share your research & connect with the AZ physiology community!
🔗 www.azps.life
🔗 www.azps.life
The Daily Dogberry
October 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The Daily Dogberry
I came across this petroglyph yesterday in an undisclosed canyon in Arizona. Those feet make me think grizzly bear. What do you think?
October 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I came across this petroglyph yesterday in an undisclosed canyon in Arizona. Those feet make me think grizzly bear. What do you think?
After the rain in Arizona
September 27, 2025 at 2:48 AM
After the rain in Arizona
The Daily Dogberry
September 27, 2025 at 2:47 AM
The Daily Dogberry
Say hello and good day to the Fire-tailed Scoliid Wasp, Triscolia ardens. Found in the Agua Fria NM, Arizona.
September 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Say hello and good day to the Fire-tailed Scoliid Wasp, Triscolia ardens. Found in the Agua Fria NM, Arizona.
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Our enemies are cowards, and we are going to defeat them. 🪶
September 20, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Our enemies are cowards, and we are going to defeat them. 🪶
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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
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They don't want us to see this picture anymore. They want us to forget. I'm not going to forget.
I think I'll just keep reposting it.
#Slavery #AmericanHistory
I think I'll just keep reposting it.
#Slavery #AmericanHistory
September 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
They don't want us to see this picture anymore. They want us to forget. I'm not going to forget.
I think I'll just keep reposting it.
#Slavery #AmericanHistory
I think I'll just keep reposting it.
#Slavery #AmericanHistory
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🌟 Keynote at #AZPS2025: Tobias Jakobi, PhD (@UAZHeart @uarizona @UAZBIO5) on the systems physiology of heart RNA: coding, non-coding & circular RNAs in cardiovascular regulation 🫀
Trainees: Submit abstracts by Sept 22 for talks, travel grants & awards! Showcase your science 👉 www.azps.life
Trainees: Submit abstracts by Sept 22 for talks, travel grants & awards! Showcase your science 👉 www.azps.life
Arizona Physiological Society
The Arizona Physiological Society brings together fans of physiology throughout the Grand Canyon state. Themes that we value: research, teaching, and outreach.
www.azps.life
September 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
🌟 Keynote at #AZPS2025: Tobias Jakobi, PhD (@UAZHeart @uarizona @UAZBIO5) on the systems physiology of heart RNA: coding, non-coding & circular RNAs in cardiovascular regulation 🫀
Trainees: Submit abstracts by Sept 22 for talks, travel grants & awards! Showcase your science 👉 www.azps.life
Trainees: Submit abstracts by Sept 22 for talks, travel grants & awards! Showcase your science 👉 www.azps.life
With range expansion comes opportunity for hybridization. This is a cool one. #science #birds
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
An Intergeneric Hybrid Between Historically Isolated Temperate and Tropical Jays Following Recent Range Expansion
We document the first known hybridization event between the Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas) and Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata), two distantly related species whose ranges now overlap in Texas due to cli...
doi.org
September 16, 2025 at 1:47 AM
With range expansion comes opportunity for hybridization. This is a cool one. #science #birds
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...