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Ken Ryan @kenryan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Snoozy poodle, unclear on what her bed is for.

Parti poodle lying down for a snooze. Part of her head is on a puffy green dog pillow, the rest of her on the floor. She is a little unclear just how to use her pillow.

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Ken Ryan @kenryan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It was perfectly fine when I was there for an event 2 years ago.

Room in top floor of Kennedy Center, projecting the quote "I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty."

I wonder if that is still there...

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Ken Ryan @kenryan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I don't ask my pup "who's a good girl". I *tell* her she's a good girl.

A very close face shot of an elderly brown pittie mix. Taken during a very brief pause in skritching.

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Ken Ryan @kenryan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Steak two ways. Will either one come out right?

Two cast iron pans with lids. One on a radiant cooktop, one on a portable induction. Which will produce a decent steak?

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Ken Ryan @kenryan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Building the Hubble Lego. The "mirror" can only be assembled one way due to the orientation of the studs. But that makes the primary mirror backwards! Convex instead of concave! #LEGO #Fail

Primary mirror of the Hubble Lego kit. Mirror is backwards!

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Ken Ryan @kenryan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

OK never mind the newspaper text .. look at his index finger, and the white smear around it. Kinda looks like a photoshop error where the smear encroaches on his middle finger? Maybe just the lighting? (Photo was taken from CNN webpage, People Mag has the same image.)

McConnell "proof of life" photo, closeup of his right hand with a strange smear around the index fingertip and encroaching slightly on his middle finger. Photoshop or AI? You decide...

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Ken Ryan @kenryan.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

They look like TK50 tapes gunkies.org/w/images/1/1...

TK50 tape cartridge is grayish white rectangle about 5" on a side. There is a label on the front with "backup" handwritten. A small orange write protect indicator is also showing. It is sitting on a stack of printouts.

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Ken Ryan @kenryan.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

*He* referred to the school, using the bridge to make inferences.

"Twitter is the only place where well articulated sentences still get misinterpreted.

You can say 'I like pancakes' and somebody will say 'So you hate waffles?'

No, bitch. Dats a whole new sentence. Wtf is you talkin about."

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Ken Ryan @kenryan.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Hmm... AI spelling or a language I can't figure out?

Frame from "dogs adopt humans" video, dog wearing an orange vest with "ADOPT ADO ME" on it and what looks like a segment of strap with no ends. Suspicious, it is...

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Ken Ryan @kenryan.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Been watching your recipe for years, finally going to give it a try! Hoping I can scale cooking times right, since this is only half a leg (about 3 pounds, the other half got vac-packed and into the freezer for my next attempt 😂)

Half a leg of lamb in a Dutch oven, prepared as best I can to Tom's directions. A bed of potatoes is tucked underneath.

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Ken Ryan @kenryan.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

We have an awesome pie shop in town www.momsapplepieco.com

Perfectly baked apple pie with a π cutout placed on top. Still in its box, mere minutes from the π losing its leg.

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Ken Ryan @kenryan.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Two doggos prepped for the storm. Spoiler: they survived, all paws intact.

Two doggos wearing thundersocks and looking uneasy. On the left, grey and white parti poodle with a rainbow collar and pink sock. On the right, brown brindled puttie mix with a purple sock. Poodle has a tuft of fur sticking out the top like a lil babushka.

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Ken Ryan @kenryan.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

6.5" at 10am in northwest Leesburg. Sleet is well under way now.

Flag on a stake stand with a yardstick taped to it. 6.5" snow depth. Flag is a snowman with "Let It Snow".

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Ken Ryan @kenryan.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

I attended a private gala at Kennedy Center last year, in the Arts and Ideals exhibit. It was a very inspiring space. Who knows what's become of it now with the anti-woke crowd in charge.

"I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty." - John F Kennedy

Quote in the Art and Ideals exhibit at Kennedy Center, as it was in 2024.

Who knows what's there today.

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Ken Ryan @kenryan.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

You do you. As an engineer, coffee is a crucial element

Diagram showing Engineering process. Center box labeled "Engineer". Two input arrows, "Problems" and "Coffee". Output arrow labeled "Solutions". Additional output "Sarcasm (byproduct)".

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Ken Ryan @kenryan.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Dog swim day at the water park!

Shallow end of the town public pool. Our brown and white parti poodle is in the center of the shot. Left to right is a black lab-like dog, a grey husky, a brown boxer with a pink vest, our poodle, an indeterminate black dog with a bright red vest, and the back end of two other dogs. Legs of a few people in the background behind the "dogs only" stancions. Overall a snippet of lightly controlled doggy chaos.

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Ken Ryan @kenryan.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

I have two. (kids were not interested.)

A pair of One Laptop Per Child OLPC-1 laptops, ready for use anytime now. Aaaany time...

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Ken Ryan @kenryan.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

No cheating. Post the last pic of your pet.

Dark brown brindled Pittie mix wearing a purple thunder sock on her head, snuggled up to me. 4th of July town fireworks are about a mile away. She is not a fan.

(Ok I cheated a tiny bit, the actual most recent is the same pic but out of focus.)

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Ken Ryan @kenryan.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

One of these two has about a half-dozen groundhogs to her name. It isn't the pittie mix.

Two dogs hanging out by the kitchen cabinets; a grey and white standard poodle (aka "murder poodle") and a dark brown brindle pittie mix with grey muzzle (aka "couch potato")

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Ken Ryan @kenryan.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Someone should point out to him how much fuel he could save launching his spacecraft in a straight line instead of all wobbly

World map annotated with ground track of the SpaceX Dragon demo mission

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Ken Ryan @kenryan.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Without downloading new pics, where are you mentally?

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Ken Ryan @kenryan.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Yup, I keep my data nice and safe after chucking out the drives!

An array of hard drive platters, fanned out on a desk.

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Ken Ryan @kenryan.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Joy offers her congratulations too!

Joy, a brown and white Standard poodle (somewhat scruffy) offers her congratulations.

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Ken Ryan @kenryan.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

I don't ask my dogs if they're good girls. I TELL them they are good girls.

Black and white Standard poodle on the right, brown pittie mix on the left, looking for pets. Christmas tree visible in the background, behind a dog-resistant gate.

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Ken Ryan @kenryan.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Date yourself by showing a picture of your first computer.

Training board for an 8080A microprocessor, with expansion board and power supply. Main board has a hex keypad and 8 digit 7-segment display. Rows of RAM and ROM chips are visible. Display is on and the numbers "8200" and "80" are visible (yes it still works). Expansion board is connected by a wide ribbon cable. It has rows of anonymous chips and a few screw terminals (for a tape recorder for storage, and a speaker).

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Ken Ryan @kenryan.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Tried to get a shot of the moon rising over a VT game last month. Didn't come out so well... I'd guess shooting into the stadium lights *might* have posed some issues...