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Cathy Young
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UK-based software engineer (DevSecOps) she/her | Interested in tech, politics, programming, infosec, photography, #metafilter | Hobbyist photographer, gamer, occasional singer in a band | Beholden to two furry monsters of the feline persuasion
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There are worse places to stop for a drink... (Ronda, Andalucía)
February 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Glad to hear it! We stayed for two whole cycles and wallowed in the reverie. Absolutely beautiful 😍
August 23, 2024 at 6:07 PM
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The only upside to being awake at 4am to hear the noises of urban foxes playing: going to grab a camera and ending up with quite decent photos of them!
A view from above of a tree on grass next to a paved area. A fox is half-standing with one front leg on the tree trunk for support, looking up directly at the camera, and with a perfect profile shadow directed behind it. The same view from above: a different, smaller fox sits on the grass, looking directly up at the camera.
July 13, 2024 at 10:52 AM
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#starlings
A background of white clouds against the sky, with a small murmuration of starlings in front
July 2, 2024 at 7:11 PM
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My "turn all pictures of Trump into pictures of kittens instead" browser extension seems to have missed one, but it seems worth it on this occasion 😂
A screenshot of the BBC News website headline "Donald Trump guilty on all counts in historic criminal trial". On the bottom left are links to related news videos, with their thumbnails replaced by cute pictures of kittens. On the top right is a glowering profile photo of the convicted felon himself.
May 30, 2024 at 10:15 PM
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Already! Haven't even unfolded the branches yet!
A close-up of an artificial Christmas tree. In the midst of the branches, a tortoiseshell cat peers out, being firmly ensconced within. She has been biding her time since last Christmas, clearly.
December 22, 2023 at 4:47 PM
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Wonderful day in London yesterday: Stephen Sondheim's "Old Friends" with Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga in the flesh! I've loved Lea Salonga since I was about 12; it was incredibly moving to hear her voice in person.
Then a live Xmas show of the podcast Oh God What Now?; fantastic comic relief!
The West End cast of Stephen Sondheim's "Old Friends" taking their bows, with Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga at the front The four podcasters on stage: Dorian Lynskey, Alex Andreou, Ros Taylor and James O'Brien. Alex is wearing a Christmas t-shirt with a picture of a Christmas tree and the slogan: "LOOK AT ME BEING ALL FESTIVE AND SHIT"
December 14, 2023 at 8:54 PM
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Views from the plane yesterday - I love the opportunity to see the landscape from this angle 🙂
Aerial view of English fields with a town in the distance, and half a rainbow on the horizon. A aerial view of a reservoir and some English fields as far as the eye can see (non-regular layout with trees bordering them) with some wispy clouds below the viewpoint. The trees are casting long shadows because it is November and nearly 3PM, i.e. getting towards the end of daylight in the UK. An offshore wind farm looking down from above: the photo is composed of blue sea with wind turbines laid out in a regular pattern and covered by some clouds
November 15, 2023 at 7:24 PM
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Porto Moniz in Madeira - even the crabs were lining up to watch the sunset 😅
A sea wall with a tide pool to the left and a steep drop down to the sea on the right. Sitting along the sea wall are two dozen crabs, seemingly watching the sunset.
November 13, 2023 at 12:35 PM
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New desktop accessory (name: Cocoa)
September 7, 2023 at 9:29 PM
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All while staring at this!
A view over a stone wall of endless blue sea
August 22, 2023 at 8:58 AM
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That was a satisfying game of Bananagrams.
Bananagrams game with the following word grid: BOON OAF NUNS SOUK KID WARDENS NOISES DOZILY ENTICER ROT TINT QUIT HUM BY LYE SHOAL HENS VEER OVERT AGED GAPE DIETS Bananagrams grid (my opponent) with the following words: JAG JAW WRITE FEEBLE EX SUPERB DICE DUEL CORE YAM MAX DEWAX VALLEY VAIN AD GRAIN FORGOT TOTEM TRICK ZIT JOKE EQUIP IT
August 22, 2023 at 8:54 AM