Berry
@berryh.bsky.social
Science and technology journalist. Unreformed goth. Dinosaur nerd. Enjoys noisy nonsense music. #MDANT
I'm so behind the times I'm still wearing retro streetwear from the late 1900s
November 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I'm so behind the times I'm still wearing retro streetwear from the late 1900s
Just paid cosmic tax, with £34 for two well below par G&Ts in Kings Cross
Last night at a bar in Soho, I paid just £7.80 for a large wine and a G&T and complimented Su Pollard on her outfit. Which sounds like a fever dream but is astonishingly, true
November 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Just paid cosmic tax, with £34 for two well below par G&Ts in Kings Cross
Bit of a reach, but I have a spare £42 (of course) ticket for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Live at Riverside Studios Hammersmith at 7 pm tomorrow, if anyone would like to join me and some other froods
November 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Bit of a reach, but I have a spare £42 (of course) ticket for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Live at Riverside Studios Hammersmith at 7 pm tomorrow, if anyone would like to join me and some other froods
My latest fictional character crush is Emma Thompson as Zoë Boehm in Down Cemetery Road. We all want her wardrobe, hair and eyelet-strap crossbody bag, right?
November 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
My latest fictional character crush is Emma Thompson as Zoë Boehm in Down Cemetery Road. We all want her wardrobe, hair and eyelet-strap crossbody bag, right?
A haiku
I have had a nap
That was slightly too long
Now I hear colours
I have had a nap
That was slightly too long
Now I hear colours
November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A haiku
I have had a nap
That was slightly too long
Now I hear colours
I have had a nap
That was slightly too long
Now I hear colours
Phil looks scarily like Michael Praed in Robin of Sherwood with that hair #Taskmaster
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Phil looks scarily like Michael Praed in Robin of Sherwood with that hair #Taskmaster
I have made a terrible mistake. I've got a midweek roast in because it goes out of date before I next have sufficient time on Sunday. With luck, it'll be done just before Taskmaster 😬
November 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I have made a terrible mistake. I've got a midweek roast in because it goes out of date before I next have sufficient time on Sunday. With luck, it'll be done just before Taskmaster 😬
M&S: That'll cover us against "not a dinosaur" pendantry
*dimetrodon has entered the chat*
*dimetrodon has entered the chat*
November 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
M&S: That'll cover us against "not a dinosaur" pendantry
*dimetrodon has entered the chat*
*dimetrodon has entered the chat*
Last night at a bar in Soho, I paid just £7.80 for a large wine and a G&T and complimented Su Pollard on her outfit. Which sounds like a fever dream but is astonishingly, true
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Last night at a bar in Soho, I paid just £7.80 for a large wine and a G&T and complimented Su Pollard on her outfit. Which sounds like a fever dream but is astonishingly, true
Don't ask me why, but this looks like it's styled after a 1970s adult revue show
November 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Don't ask me why, but this looks like it's styled after a 1970s adult revue show
It really is that good
November 12, 2025 at 9:38 AM
It really is that good
Is it too late at night for a crisp sandwich? Stand by for exciting insights at 2 am.
November 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Is it too late at night for a crisp sandwich? Stand by for exciting insights at 2 am.
Welp, he did have a certain reputation
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Welp, he did have a certain reputation
Is it my imagination or have a lot of TfL bus stops had their countdown timers removed? Seems a bit of a backwards move when you could build your own from Amazon bits for a few quid.
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Is it my imagination or have a lot of TfL bus stops had their countdown timers removed? Seems a bit of a backwards move when you could build your own from Amazon bits for a few quid.
This is certainly something
In honour of it being skating season, a reminder that The Fall is good music for figure skating, and more teams should do that.
youtu.be/CiL06yHiMwo?...
youtu.be/CiL06yHiMwo?...
2015 Russian Synchronised Skating Team dance to 'The Joke' by the Fall
YouTube video by Grant Philpott
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This is certainly something
Today I bent over and tied my shoelaces without screaming for the first time in the seven weeks since I broke a vertebra 🙌🏻
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Today I bent over and tied my shoelaces without screaming for the first time in the seven weeks since I broke a vertebra 🙌🏻
Vet receptionist on the phone: "What's your pet's name and your surname? Martin Lewis? Really? Can he give me financial advice? Oh, he's a golden retriever. I'll take that as a no."
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Vet receptionist on the phone: "What's your pet's name and your surname? Martin Lewis? Really? Can he give me financial advice? Oh, he's a golden retriever. I'll take that as a no."
Both Charles Dance and David Bradley have been cast as elderly people for so long, I'm occasionally surprised they're still at it
November 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Both Charles Dance and David Bradley have been cast as elderly people for so long, I'm occasionally surprised they're still at it
Here to tell you that watching the surgery scenes in del Toro's Frankenstein with a subtext of "Is it cake?" adds an unexpected comedic element
November 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Here to tell you that watching the surgery scenes in del Toro's Frankenstein with a subtext of "Is it cake?" adds an unexpected comedic element
Do I have plans? I have plans. Gonna get tipsy on spiced rum and Coke, watch Frankenstein and cuddle my cat.
November 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Do I have plans? I have plans. Gonna get tipsy on spiced rum and Coke, watch Frankenstein and cuddle my cat.
"Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
November 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
"Hey Google, can you train cats to fetch socks that have fallen behind the airing cupboard water tank?"
November 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
"Hey Google, can you train cats to fetch socks that have fallen behind the airing cupboard water tank?"
I see Prime has some quality content lined up.
"After losing his parents, a priest travels to China, where he inherits a mysterious ability that allows him to turn into a dinosaur. At first horrified by this new power, a sex worker convinces him to use it to fight crime. And ninjas."
"After losing his parents, a priest travels to China, where he inherits a mysterious ability that allows him to turn into a dinosaur. At first horrified by this new power, a sex worker convinces him to use it to fight crime. And ninjas."
November 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I see Prime has some quality content lined up.
"After losing his parents, a priest travels to China, where he inherits a mysterious ability that allows him to turn into a dinosaur. At first horrified by this new power, a sex worker convinces him to use it to fight crime. And ninjas."
"After losing his parents, a priest travels to China, where he inherits a mysterious ability that allows him to turn into a dinosaur. At first horrified by this new power, a sex worker convinces him to use it to fight crime. And ninjas."