Catherine Berry
@isomeme.bsky.social
I'm a 63 year old Thelemite vision-impaired autistic trans woman software engineer. I live in Los Angeles with my wonderful partner Leanne. I celebrate diversity in all its radiant forms.
Banner: Wilson River, Oregon USA (my photo)
Banner: Wilson River, Oregon USA (my photo)
You have to admire a tule fog with this attention to detail. You could draw a precise elevation contour curve on a topographic map by tracing its edges.
December 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
You have to admire a tule fog with this attention to detail. You could draw a precise elevation contour curve on a topographic map by tracing its edges.
Wow, I knew I was enthusiastic about Waymo, but I hadn't realized quite how much! 🙂
December 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Wow, I knew I was enthusiastic about Waymo, but I hadn't realized quite how much! 🙂
I was at a wonderful conference over the weekend, and came home today with all kinds of interesting ideas. Now I've got my cat in my lap and some excellent tequila, and that's nice as well. Life is good.
December 9, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I was at a wonderful conference over the weekend, and came home today with all kinds of interesting ideas. Now I've got my cat in my lap and some excellent tequila, and that's nice as well. Life is good.
Welcome to a one minute sample of Autistic Hell. I recorded this at LAX as I waited for a Lyft to pick me up after flying home on Tuesday. If the Christians are right, I will probably spend eternity here. I was in stimming shutdown mode by the end of that first minute.
December 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Welcome to a one minute sample of Autistic Hell. I recorded this at LAX as I waited for a Lyft to pick me up after flying home on Tuesday. If the Christians are right, I will probably spend eternity here. I was in stimming shutdown mode by the end of that first minute.
I didn't even realize that I'd missed my first BlueSky anniversary until another post prompted me to check blueskyscore.com . I hope this omission does not interfere with my newly-discovered path toward becoming an Influencer, a retirement job I would greatly prefer to Walmart greeter.
December 1, 2025 at 5:14 AM
I didn't even realize that I'd missed my first BlueSky anniversary until another post prompted me to check blueskyscore.com . I hope this omission does not interfere with my newly-discovered path toward becoming an Influencer, a retirement job I would greatly prefer to Walmart greeter.
I'm hanging out on my friends' back deck as the afternoon drifts toward sunset. A Bewick's Wren just started singing to me from a nearby bush.
"Remember all ye that existence is pure joy; that all the sorrows are but as shadows; they pass & are done; but there is that which remains." - AL II:9
"Remember all ye that existence is pure joy; that all the sorrows are but as shadows; they pass & are done; but there is that which remains." - AL II:9
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I'm hanging out on my friends' back deck as the afternoon drifts toward sunset. A Bewick's Wren just started singing to me from a nearby bush.
"Remember all ye that existence is pure joy; that all the sorrows are but as shadows; they pass & are done; but there is that which remains." - AL II:9
"Remember all ye that existence is pure joy; that all the sorrows are but as shadows; they pass & are done; but there is that which remains." - AL II:9
An...*interesting* juxtaposition from an email newsletter. 😳
![WORDS OF WISDOM
“Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.”
—Victor Hugo, "Les Misérables"
TOP STORIES
[Drawing of a bare human foot]
Major Causes of Toenail Fungus](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:654wqdwfj5cwemq35d6qpgdg/bafkreihcn2qhw4tojz46ce2mhyudz3d3pluj6vhq5bxsfxly2po42zibra@jpeg)
November 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
An...*interesting* juxtaposition from an email newsletter. 😳
November 21, 2025 at 5:50 AM
One of the many pleasures of coding is running across evocative comments in other people's code. Even the big software companies occasionally let a little bit of a programmer's personality slip through. This example is from a class holding constants representing all versions of Android. 1/3
October 31, 2025 at 9:49 PM
One of the many pleasures of coding is running across evocative comments in other people's code. Even the big software companies occasionally let a little bit of a programmer's personality slip through. This example is from a class holding constants representing all versions of Android. 1/3
In our accelerating rush toward the Singularity, we have reached the stage of meta-outage alerts. Outage meta-alerts? Meta-outage hyper-alerts? Humanity is not ready for what awaits us.
October 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
In our accelerating rush toward the Singularity, we have reached the stage of meta-outage alerts. Outage meta-alerts? Meta-outage hyper-alerts? Humanity is not ready for what awaits us.
The end of a very rainy day in #LosAngeles. #Photography
October 16, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The end of a very rainy day in #LosAngeles. #Photography
I had to interrupt an intense programming session to be hypnotized for a while.
October 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I had to interrupt an intense programming session to be hypnotized for a while.
Here's a version with alt text that actually includes the text in the image, courtesy of the best feature of Gemini.
October 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Here's a version with alt text that actually includes the text in the image, courtesy of the best feature of Gemini.
On the minus side, my country is in a fascist death spiral from which I will not live long enough to see it recover.
On the plus side, I got my hair done this afternoon, and it's exactly the shade of auburn I wanted.
Let's call it a wash. 🙂🏳️⚧️💜
On the plus side, I got my hair done this afternoon, and it's exactly the shade of auburn I wanted.
Let's call it a wash. 🙂🏳️⚧️💜
October 4, 2025 at 5:05 AM
On the minus side, my country is in a fascist death spiral from which I will not live long enough to see it recover.
On the plus side, I got my hair done this afternoon, and it's exactly the shade of auburn I wanted.
Let's call it a wash. 🙂🏳️⚧️💜
On the plus side, I got my hair done this afternoon, and it's exactly the shade of auburn I wanted.
Let's call it a wash. 🙂🏳️⚧️💜
I've always had a peculiar fondness for the visual effect of grazing light on a flat textured surface. When I was a kid, I'd sometimes go outside to watch as the summer afternoon sun slid northward past due west, creating this effect on the white stucco north wall of our house.
September 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I've always had a peculiar fondness for the visual effect of grazing light on a flat textured surface. When I was a kid, I'd sometimes go outside to watch as the summer afternoon sun slid northward past due west, creating this effect on the white stucco north wall of our house.
This screenshot sums up 2025 better than I had thought possible.
September 30, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This screenshot sums up 2025 better than I had thought possible.
This is actually a perfect audiobook thumbnail image. 😁
September 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This is actually a perfect audiobook thumbnail image. 😁
That one brings back some fond memories. Even better, there's an Electric Avenue not far from where I live, so I have frequent opportunities to get the song stuck in my head. 🙂🎵
September 23, 2025 at 5:13 AM
That one brings back some fond memories. Even better, there's an Electric Avenue not far from where I live, so I have frequent opportunities to get the song stuck in my head. 🙂🎵
I took this selfie as I was leaving work last Tuesday. It had been a very quiet afternoon, with hardly anyone there, so I got deep into flow for hours, a state I call "code trance". This is what I look like when the software patterns in my head feel more real than the world around me.
September 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I took this selfie as I was leaving work last Tuesday. It had been a very quiet afternoon, with hardly anyone there, so I got deep into flow for hours, a state I call "code trance". This is what I look like when the software patterns in my head feel more real than the world around me.
I've always had a knack for feeling incoming rain well before it arrives. I grew up where it rained a lot, and spent a lot of time outdoors, so it makes sense.
Just now, inside my apartment with the curtains closed, I suddenly felt that pre-rain sensation. It's 80°F outside. 1/2
Just now, inside my apartment with the curtains closed, I suddenly felt that pre-rain sensation. It's 80°F outside. 1/2
September 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I've always had a knack for feeling incoming rain well before it arrives. I grew up where it rained a lot, and spent a lot of time outdoors, so it makes sense.
Just now, inside my apartment with the curtains closed, I suddenly felt that pre-rain sensation. It's 80°F outside. 1/2
Just now, inside my apartment with the curtains closed, I suddenly felt that pre-rain sensation. It's 80°F outside. 1/2
I'm at CVS waiting to get three vaccinations -- pneumonia, flu, and COVID. I booked the first two online, but COVID wasn't listed as being available. Then a neighbor told me that our CVS had it for the asking. So I asked, feeling like I was making a back-alley drug deal, and got lucky. 1/3
September 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I'm at CVS waiting to get three vaccinations -- pneumonia, flu, and COVID. I booked the first two online, but COVID wasn't listed as being available. Then a neighbor told me that our CVS had it for the asking. So I asked, feeling like I was making a back-alley drug deal, and got lucky. 1/3
qp with a dramatic b&w selfie
September 8, 2025 at 7:45 AM
qp with a dramatic b&w selfie
From @rbreich.bsky.social 's figures, I get 6 years of $2,674 annual bonuses for every employee. That's close enough to the $2,719 given in the post, of course; I'm just curious how this discrepancy happened.
September 8, 2025 at 2:12 AM
From @rbreich.bsky.social 's figures, I get 6 years of $2,674 annual bonuses for every employee. That's close enough to the $2,719 given in the post, of course; I'm just curious how this discrepancy happened.
We gave up, and decided to keep our Angora professionally groomed with a close cut that grows out for a few months. We're all happier with this arrangement.
September 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
We gave up, and decided to keep our Angora professionally groomed with a close cut that grows out for a few months. We're all happier with this arrangement.