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Associate Professor of Physiology at Midwestern University | Neuro 🧠 |Ornithologist πŸ¦‰ | Grand Canyon enthusiast | Natural History | All things Arizona πŸ“Έ

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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

17.10.2025 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 19174    πŸ” 5076    πŸ’¬ 383    πŸ“Œ 229
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πŸ“£ 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.

πŸ”— View the full program + register now: www.azps.life/2025-meeting
#AZPS2025 #Physiology

16.10.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

16.10.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 487    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

Welcome to Bluesky: Weird Al is on here but you sometimes don’t immediately get told that. That’s most of the important information.

15.10.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 7326    πŸ” 660    πŸ’¬ 118    πŸ“Œ 32
A wind scorpion photographed in north Phoenix, Arizona.

A wind scorpion photographed in north Phoenix, Arizona.

A wind scorpion photographed in north Phoenix, Arizona.

A wind scorpion photographed in north Phoenix, Arizona.

A wind scorpion photographed in north Phoenix, Arizona.

A wind scorpion photographed in north Phoenix, Arizona.

A wind scorpion photographed in north Phoenix, Arizona.

A wind scorpion photographed in north Phoenix, Arizona.

Could it be Wind Scorpion Wednesday already? After the rains in Arizona there are lots of creepy crawlers out.
#solifugae #sunspider #windscorpion

15.10.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

14.10.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2312    πŸ” 390    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 14

I really want Halloween mode, but I have to figure out car wash mode first.

15.10.2025 03:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And that’s how ChatGTP became an alcoholic

15.10.2025 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This also needs to happen in Arizona. It’s getting out of control.

15.10.2025 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well he can go fuvk himself

11.10.2025 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I love these birds- that and they are also songbirds. Here is a picture of one I took where I stalked it for hours to photograph it.

11.10.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Daily Dogberry

11.10.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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.

πŸ“’ 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!
πŸ”— www.azps.life

08.10.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Daily Dogberry

06.10.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I came across this petroglyph yesterday in an undisclosed canyon in Arizona. Those feet make me think grizzly bear. What do you think?

06.10.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fly and cactus
#macro

04.10.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel the same about the word β€œimpact”.

29.09.2025 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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After the rain in Arizona

27.09.2025 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Daily Dogberry

27.09.2025 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Say hello and good day to the Fire-tailed Scoliid Wasp, Triscolia ardens. Found in the Agua Fria NM, Arizona.

24.09.2025 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A swainsans hawk in flight reaching out for a bat, as dozens more bats fly around it. Taken last night after sunset

A swainsans hawk in flight reaching out for a bat, as dozens more bats fly around it. Taken last night after sunset

Our enemies are cowards, and we are going to defeat them. πŸͺΆ

20.09.2025 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 316    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

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.

17.09.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 61461    πŸ” 17816    πŸ’¬ 1782    πŸ“Œ 725
"The Scourged Back", photo of a formerly enslaved Black man, showing the scars on his back.

"The Scourged Back", photo of a formerly enslaved Black man, showing the scars on his back.

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

16.09.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 7
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.

🌟 Keynote at #AZPS2025: Tobias Jakobi, PhD (@UAZHeart @uarizona @UAZBIO5) on the systems physiology of heart RNA: coding, non-coding & circular RNAs in cardiovascular regulation πŸ«€
Trainees: Submit abstracts by Sept 22 for talks, travel grants & awards! Showcase your science πŸ‘‰ www.azps.life

16.09.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

With range expansion comes opportunity for hybridization. This is a cool one. #science #birds

doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

16.09.2025 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dogberry says to register before September 22nd!

15.09.2025 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#azps2025 #πŸ§ͺ

15.09.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

AZPS President-elect Chris Olson has told his dog Dogberry that people who don’t attend the AZPS annual meeting (Oct 17-18) will have a β€œsignificant physiology knowledge gap” compared to those who attend the meeting. Register at AZPS.life
@azphysiology.bsky.social

bsky.app/profile/cnn....

15.09.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Brilliantβ€” I just stole your social media savvy to promote our regional physiology meeting here in Arizona.

15.09.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

AZPS President-elect Chris Olson has told his dog Dogberry that people who don’t attend the AZPS annual meeting (Oct 17-18) will have a β€œsignificant physiology knowledge gap” compared to those who attend the meeting. Register at AZPS.life
@azphysiology.bsky.social

bsky.app/profile/cnn....

15.09.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

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