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Nathan Ryan
@nathanryan.bsky.social
Nuclear science and I cook sometimes :)

Views are my own.

https://nsryan.github.io
That would be a fun one! Reminds me of how people would always leave snow figures on the quad
October 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Seared some scallops and served with squid ink pasta coated with a lemon-cream sauce
September 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
First flowers I’ve seen this season!
March 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Congratulations on your defense Dr. Mettler, the only person who could convince me to drive across the country
March 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I have to disagree with the definition they chose, sublimation (see any chemistry textbook) is too cool of a thing to be overlooked like this
December 12, 2024 at 2:51 AM
Spinach and goat cheese stuffed chicken with crispy “skin” (made out of potatoes) with a cheese stuffed potato sheet and grilled asparagus. We also had confit chili garlic and brown sage butter. For desert we made black pepper ice cream with lemon waffle cookies.
December 9, 2024 at 12:53 AM
Second snow of the year and the students are using it to study
December 3, 2024 at 2:35 PM
OTD (12/2) 82 years ago CP-1 became the first self sustained human-made nuclear chain reaction.

I haven’t made it to the site where they built CP-1, but one summer I did hike with some friends to where CP-2 is buried (it wasn’t that hard, it’s just not on the path).
December 2, 2024 at 1:48 PM
We went from early fall to this in a matter of two days
November 21, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Chorizo, leeks, and nutritional yeast stuffed into the puff pastry I found in my freezer. What could go wrong?
November 19, 2024 at 7:21 PM
What do Mondays and decommissioning have in common? I don't have a joke, but I do know that...
of the 415 global power reactors, 163 of them are 40+ years or older. I picked 40 because that's how many years a US reactor is initially licensed, although many extend the license in 20-year increments.
November 18, 2024 at 5:44 PM
My friends that work in power plants are always debating what's better, a PWR or a BWR, my only official position is that my favorite reactor is a safely operating one.

You can't argue with the numbers: PWRs are at 306 globally, where BWRs are at 41.
November 16, 2024 at 3:57 AM
Welcome to Bluesky, here's your court-ordered safety blanket
November 15, 2024 at 4:25 PM
I was going through old photos, and I just can’t believe how unrealistic this photo is, Paula Deen would never be associated with unsalted anything
December 6, 2023 at 4:28 AM
These dogs have taken over all of my family group chats
October 30, 2023 at 2:28 AM
You can find me over by the Dolly statue on the roof
October 25, 2023 at 9:22 PM
My simple jack o’lantern got upstaged by Mario
October 24, 2023 at 11:03 PM
The team prizes for an upcoming conference were delivered, and I’m very happy with how they turned out.
October 22, 2023 at 3:17 PM
The puppy takes a trip to Grandma’s
October 20, 2023 at 3:39 PM
Walked in on my roommate discovering Mary Roach for the first time, truly magical.
October 11, 2023 at 8:35 PM
Puppy time
October 8, 2023 at 7:13 PM
Search drinks in your camera roll
October 7, 2023 at 7:00 PM
We had some doomsday prepers donate some food to the soup kitchen I volunteer at, and we were stumped on what to do (ironically for a soup kitchen we never make soup, otherwise we’d be set on soups for the next couple days)
October 7, 2023 at 6:16 PM
You can’t tell me this woman wasn’t on the train in Murder on the Orient Express
October 6, 2023 at 7:37 PM
Got out just in time to avoid the bad weather :)
October 5, 2023 at 4:19 PM