Olaf Nelson
@moxostoma.bsky.social
Fish obsessed printmaker, book designer, editor. Pepper gardener and fermenter. Hopefully a pretty cool dad. Maker of noises and noisemakers.
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It’s baby octopus season 🐙🦑
Saw this little guy last night with the Salish Sea School in Anacortes, WA as part of their free community dock walk I volunteer as an interpreter for.
We can tell it is a giant pacific octopus from the single line of chromatophores on each arm.
Saw this little guy last night with the Salish Sea School in Anacortes, WA as part of their free community dock walk I volunteer as an interpreter for.
We can tell it is a giant pacific octopus from the single line of chromatophores on each arm.
November 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
It’s baby octopus season 🐙🦑
Saw this little guy last night with the Salish Sea School in Anacortes, WA as part of their free community dock walk I volunteer as an interpreter for.
We can tell it is a giant pacific octopus from the single line of chromatophores on each arm.
Saw this little guy last night with the Salish Sea School in Anacortes, WA as part of their free community dock walk I volunteer as an interpreter for.
We can tell it is a giant pacific octopus from the single line of chromatophores on each arm.
New woodcut print! Attn: woodworkers. Inspired by an old matchbox and farmers, carpenters, mechanics, etc. I’ve met with missing digits. (Czech = “use safety equipment to prevent injuries.”) Edition of 40. 20” x 20”. $100 unframed. Etsy or message me. #printmaking #woodworking #sawstop #powertools
November 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
New woodcut print! Attn: woodworkers. Inspired by an old matchbox and farmers, carpenters, mechanics, etc. I’ve met with missing digits. (Czech = “use safety equipment to prevent injuries.”) Edition of 40. 20” x 20”. $100 unframed. Etsy or message me. #printmaking #woodworking #sawstop #powertools
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Psssst. Get a library card. Pass it on.
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Psssst. Get a library card. Pass it on.
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Are you feeling particularly artistic this week? Enter our GARtwork contest for a chance to win a crochet gar 🧶! To enter, DM your submission to @OKWildlifeDept on Twitter or Instagram. The winner will be announced on Friday 🎨🖌️
#GarWeek
#GarWeek
November 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Are you feeling particularly artistic this week? Enter our GARtwork contest for a chance to win a crochet gar 🧶! To enter, DM your submission to @OKWildlifeDept on Twitter or Instagram. The winner will be announced on Friday 🎨🖌️
#GarWeek
#GarWeek
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This week, remember:
November 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This week, remember:
Just for #garweek I got a few more of these from the printer, so grab one while you can. Cost of paper came down a little, so now $75. #fishart #gartwork Msg me for paypal link or go to chinookdesign.etsy.com to order.
My gar & cicada print is ready! 24"x24" = 60x60 cm. $80, shipped (US only). Msg me for paypal link or use Etsy: chinookdesign.etsy.com/listing/1840... #nativefish #roughfish #nativefish4tomorrow #fishing #fish #cicada #shortnosegar #flyfishing #ichthyology #conservation #garweek #NANFA
November 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Just for #garweek I got a few more of these from the printer, so grab one while you can. Cost of paper came down a little, so now $75. #fishart #gartwork Msg me for paypal link or go to chinookdesign.etsy.com to order.
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ATTENTION! #Gar spotting at 2:01! cc @friel.bsky.social @solomonrdavid.bsky.social @moxostoma.bsky.social #Teamfish
Hear from Dr. Lindsay Zanno, associate research professor at North Carolina State University, head of paleontology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, and co-author of a new study published in Nature.
Nanotyrannus Confirmed: Dueling Dinosaurs Fossil Rewrites the Story of T. rex
YouTube video by North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
ATTENTION! #Gar spotting at 2:01! cc @friel.bsky.social @solomonrdavid.bsky.social @moxostoma.bsky.social #Teamfish
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GAR WEEK 2025 is HERE!!!
Join @garlab.bsky.social as we celebrate these awesome living fossil fishes and freshwater biodiversity for #GarWeek!
We look forward to hearing from YOU with any gar pics, puns, stories, GARtwork and questions this week!
Join @garlab.bsky.social as we celebrate these awesome living fossil fishes and freshwater biodiversity for #GarWeek!
We look forward to hearing from YOU with any gar pics, puns, stories, GARtwork and questions this week!
November 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
GAR WEEK 2025 is HERE!!!
Join @garlab.bsky.social as we celebrate these awesome living fossil fishes and freshwater biodiversity for #GarWeek!
We look forward to hearing from YOU with any gar pics, puns, stories, GARtwork and questions this week!
Join @garlab.bsky.social as we celebrate these awesome living fossil fishes and freshwater biodiversity for #GarWeek!
We look forward to hearing from YOU with any gar pics, puns, stories, GARtwork and questions this week!
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Welp due to overwhelming demand (=one[1] nudge from the inimitable @jopabinia.bsky.social) I'm making an informational comic about dicyemids #invertefest 🦑🌊
I do not know how long it will take to finish, so please enjoy the heck out of this title page for now
I do not know how long it will take to finish, so please enjoy the heck out of this title page for now
April 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Welp due to overwhelming demand (=one[1] nudge from the inimitable @jopabinia.bsky.social) I'm making an informational comic about dicyemids #invertefest 🦑🌊
I do not know how long it will take to finish, so please enjoy the heck out of this title page for now
I do not know how long it will take to finish, so please enjoy the heck out of this title page for now
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Dear god let this man cook.
April 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Dear god let this man cook.
Join NANFA (North American Native Fishes Assoc.) NOW
nanfa.org/join.shtml & get next American Currents. $30/year=4 x AC, help fund grants, annual convention, regional meetups, tons of native fish expertise, etc. Cover illustration: Sicklefin Redhorse Moxostoma ugidatli by Joshua Knuth #fish #fishart
nanfa.org/join.shtml & get next American Currents. $30/year=4 x AC, help fund grants, annual convention, regional meetups, tons of native fish expertise, etc. Cover illustration: Sicklefin Redhorse Moxostoma ugidatli by Joshua Knuth #fish #fishart
March 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Join NANFA (North American Native Fishes Assoc.) NOW
nanfa.org/join.shtml & get next American Currents. $30/year=4 x AC, help fund grants, annual convention, regional meetups, tons of native fish expertise, etc. Cover illustration: Sicklefin Redhorse Moxostoma ugidatli by Joshua Knuth #fish #fishart
nanfa.org/join.shtml & get next American Currents. $30/year=4 x AC, help fund grants, annual convention, regional meetups, tons of native fish expertise, etc. Cover illustration: Sicklefin Redhorse Moxostoma ugidatli by Joshua Knuth #fish #fishart
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David Johansen, the last Doll standing, is gone. We devote a show to him this week, because how could we not? Let me count the ways: bit.ly/3DStmxf
March 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
David Johansen, the last Doll standing, is gone. We devote a show to him this week, because how could we not? Let me count the ways: bit.ly/3DStmxf
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Watching barnacles sweep the ocean for food is so mesmerizing. They look like eyelashes opening and closing. I could watch this for hours. #barnacles #intertidal #marinelife 🦑
March 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Watching barnacles sweep the ocean for food is so mesmerizing. They look like eyelashes opening and closing. I could watch this for hours. #barnacles #intertidal #marinelife 🦑
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Redhorse ID can be confusing, even for professionals, so I made these cheatsheets (in 2011!). They have since been used by state agencies, labs, and many anglers. PDF downloads aren't working on my site, so here they are as images. Share wherever it might be useful. #redhorse #nativefish #fishing
March 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Redhorse ID can be confusing, even for professionals, so I made these cheatsheets (in 2011!). They have since been used by state agencies, labs, and many anglers. PDF downloads aren't working on my site, so here they are as images. Share wherever it might be useful. #redhorse #nativefish #fishing
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UPDATE: @garlab.bsky.social is making good progress👍
March 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
UPDATE: @garlab.bsky.social is making good progress👍
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February 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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The Sicklefin Redhorse description came out today as Moxostoma ugidatli. I might have led it to completion, but it is really Bob Jenkins’ legacy and done in honor of the Cherokee who really discovered it. Https://doi.org/10.1643/i2024049.
February 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The Sicklefin Redhorse description came out today as Moxostoma ugidatli. I might have led it to completion, but it is really Bob Jenkins’ legacy and done in honor of the Cherokee who really discovered it. Https://doi.org/10.1643/i2024049.
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What a great story! The introduction alone is well worth reading.
February 19, 2025 at 2:06 AM
What a great story! The introduction alone is well worth reading.
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We CT scanned thousands of vertebrates from US natural history collections and made them freely available. Countless people have used the data for research (>200 pubs) and to learn anatomy/morphology.
www.morphosource.org/projects/000...
www.morphosource.org/projects/000...
January 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
We CT scanned thousands of vertebrates from US natural history collections and made them freely available. Countless people have used the data for research (>200 pubs) and to learn anatomy/morphology.
www.morphosource.org/projects/000...
www.morphosource.org/projects/000...
A few gar/cicada prints (4 or 5) left. If you're in IL/WI/MN/IA, in person delivery may be possible. $10 off for that, so $70. Here are a couple shots I've received from people who already got theirs framed. If you want one, message me. Don't use etsy if you want the discount. #gar #fishart #cicada
February 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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I've built a machine that can be Confidently Wrong. It can also make pictures that all look a bit the same, as well as make a video of you kissing any celebrity or person you know. In payment, I'd like to boil the world's oceans dry, & steal all literature. For some reason, my head is not on a spike
January 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I've built a machine that can be Confidently Wrong. It can also make pictures that all look a bit the same, as well as make a video of you kissing any celebrity or person you know. In payment, I'd like to boil the world's oceans dry, & steal all literature. For some reason, my head is not on a spike