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)
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Catherine Berry
@isomeme.bsky.social
· Nov 15
I am outsourcing my "I'm here!" post to the brilliant and delightfully weird poet Stephen Crane:
A man said to the universe:
“Sir, I exist!”
“However,” replied the universe,
“The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation.”
A man said to the universe:
“Sir, I exist!”
“However,” replied the universe,
“The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation.”
Reposted by Catherine Berry
The agents who killed Alex Pretti are now identified by ProPublica. The man who shot Pretti in the back ("A4"), is Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa. The man who instigated the confrontation, then shot Pretti's prone body, is CBP officer Raymundo Gutierrez. Not new hires - 8 and 12 years service. 1/
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:30 PM
The agents who killed Alex Pretti are now identified by ProPublica. The man who shot Pretti in the back ("A4"), is Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa. The man who instigated the confrontation, then shot Pretti's prone body, is CBP officer Raymundo Gutierrez. Not new hires - 8 and 12 years service. 1/
I have an important scientific result to report: Staying up too late and drinking a bit too much tequila does not resolve intense gender dysmorphia. Tomorrow morning I'll determine whether getting too little sleep is an effective treatment. Good night, all.
February 1, 2026 at 10:17 AM
I have an important scientific result to report: Staying up too late and drinking a bit too much tequila does not resolve intense gender dysmorphia. Tomorrow morning I'll determine whether getting too little sleep is an effective treatment. Good night, all.
Trinidad and Toboggan.
A lot is going to be made about the Jamaican bobsledders with a really good young talent in Shane Pitter.
But also Axel Brown and the Trinidad & Tobago bobsled team qualified for four-man bobsled for the first time ever.
The country has had a two-man sled in a few Games, including 2022.
But also Axel Brown and the Trinidad & Tobago bobsled team qualified for four-man bobsled for the first time ever.
The country has had a two-man sled in a few Games, including 2022.
January 31, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Trinidad and Toboggan.
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Here's a synergy you weren't expecting: Denmark sold pedophile island to the US in exchange for Greenland
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_...
January 31, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Here's a synergy you weren't expecting: Denmark sold pedophile island to the US in exchange for Greenland
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_...
"No dumb bastard ever won a war by going out and dying for his country. He won it by making some other dumb bastard die for his country."
- General George S. Patton
- General George S. Patton
From context I'm gleaning that Will Stancil is now talking about how it is good tactics to martyr yourself for the cause and to that I can only say: Go for it buddy. Sooner the better.
January 31, 2026 at 9:06 AM
"No dumb bastard ever won a war by going out and dying for his country. He won it by making some other dumb bastard die for his country."
- General George S. Patton
- General George S. Patton
Thor has to be *so* pissed off right now! He called dibs on slaying Jörmungandr *millennia* ago!
a not insignificant number of people on Threads seem to believe the snow storm was The Government's attempt to refreeze the Leviathan, the world-eating serpent, which was getting loose (to eat the world, I assume)
January 27, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Thor has to be *so* pissed off right now! He called dibs on slaying Jörmungandr *millennia* ago!
Reposted by Catherine Berry
If Canada doesn't pay for US military jets (and their high operational costs), the US is threatening to give them military jet coverage entirely free of charge. Dinsdale Piranha would approve. 😁 www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
US warns it will send fighter jets into Canadian airspace if F-35 deal fails
Cost of F-35 advanced fighter jet program has risen by $8 billion in the last three years
www.independent.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 12:09 AM
If Canada doesn't pay for US military jets (and their high operational costs), the US is threatening to give them military jet coverage entirely free of charge. Dinsdale Piranha would approve. 😁 www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
As I watch so many powerful people and institutions kneel in craven submission to Trump, while the good people of Minnesota and elsewhere resist with everything they have in them, I can't help being reminded of the opening lines of Thomas Paine's essay "The Crisis".
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January 26, 2026 at 5:33 AM
As I watch so many powerful people and institutions kneel in craven submission to Trump, while the good people of Minnesota and elsewhere resist with everything they have in them, I can't help being reminded of the opening lines of Thomas Paine's essay "The Crisis".
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INVOCATION
O Muse, instruct me!
In the rage that I feel
May I find light.
O Muse, inspire me!
In a time of dark fear
May I bring light.
O Muse, transform me!
With my heart and my soul
May I be light.
O Muse, instruct me!
In the rage that I feel
May I find light.
O Muse, inspire me!
In a time of dark fear
May I bring light.
O Muse, transform me!
With my heart and my soul
May I be light.
January 25, 2026 at 9:54 AM
INVOCATION
O Muse, instruct me!
In the rage that I feel
May I find light.
O Muse, inspire me!
In a time of dark fear
May I bring light.
O Muse, transform me!
With my heart and my soul
May I be light.
O Muse, instruct me!
In the rage that I feel
May I find light.
O Muse, inspire me!
In a time of dark fear
May I bring light.
O Muse, transform me!
With my heart and my soul
May I be light.
Reposted by Catherine Berry
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
You can't score 100% on the colonialism scale without introducing at least once invasive species.
Apart from anything else there are no penguins in Greenland. Unless he’s invading the South Pole too….
January 24, 2026 at 4:32 AM
You can't score 100% on the colonialism scale without introducing at least once invasive species.
Dialog from my Real ID appointment at the DMV, after I handed the clerk a neat stack of all required documents.
Clerk: Wow, everything is here, in the right order!
Me: I'm an autistic software engineer.
Clerk: I'm surprised you're not telling me I'm missing documents.
Me: We're not done yet. 😁
Clerk: Wow, everything is here, in the right order!
Me: I'm an autistic software engineer.
Clerk: I'm surprised you're not telling me I'm missing documents.
Me: We're not done yet. 😁
January 23, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Dialog from my Real ID appointment at the DMV, after I handed the clerk a neat stack of all required documents.
Clerk: Wow, everything is here, in the right order!
Me: I'm an autistic software engineer.
Clerk: I'm surprised you're not telling me I'm missing documents.
Me: We're not done yet. 😁
Clerk: Wow, everything is here, in the right order!
Me: I'm an autistic software engineer.
Clerk: I'm surprised you're not telling me I'm missing documents.
Me: We're not done yet. 😁
Happy 50th birthday to "Station to Station", my favorite David Bowie album. Here's the title track, which still sounds fresh and brilliant after half a century. And you have to admire a song that drops references to both Qabalah and cocaine. 🙃💜🎶
open.spotify.com/track/7cehkX...
open.spotify.com/track/7cehkX...
Station to Station - 2016 Remaster
open.spotify.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Happy 50th birthday to "Station to Station", my favorite David Bowie album. Here's the title track, which still sounds fresh and brilliant after half a century. And you have to admire a song that drops references to both Qabalah and cocaine. 🙃💜🎶
open.spotify.com/track/7cehkX...
open.spotify.com/track/7cehkX...
My mom turned 90 yesterday. She's in ridiculously good shape and all there mentally as well. Her aunt died at 102 after starting to decline physically (but not mentally) in her late 90s. My two reactions to this:
1. I hope I got those genes!
2. I'm uncomfortably close to finding out.
1. I hope I got those genes!
2. I'm uncomfortably close to finding out.
January 22, 2026 at 9:59 PM
My mom turned 90 yesterday. She's in ridiculously good shape and all there mentally as well. Her aunt died at 102 after starting to decline physically (but not mentally) in her late 90s. My two reactions to this:
1. I hope I got those genes!
2. I'm uncomfortably close to finding out.
1. I hope I got those genes!
2. I'm uncomfortably close to finding out.
Playing music is one of the best forms of self-care I know. For me it's the piano. It's sheer magic that I can coax beautiful chords into existence just by wiggling my fingers. And also some very not-beautiful chords, but I never said I was a *good* pianist. 😁🎹🎵
I remember why I wanted to play guitar in the first place. The frequencies are soothing.
January 22, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Playing music is one of the best forms of self-care I know. For me it's the piano. It's sheer magic that I can coax beautiful chords into existence just by wiggling my fingers. And also some very not-beautiful chords, but I never said I was a *good* pianist. 😁🎹🎵
I'm making a Blue Apron dinner tonight that has "smashed falafel" in the recipe name. I'm intentionally not reading the recipe this afternoon to prolong my delight at imagining what that might mean. 🙂
January 18, 2026 at 9:48 PM
I'm making a Blue Apron dinner tonight that has "smashed falafel" in the recipe name. I'm intentionally not reading the recipe this afternoon to prolong my delight at imagining what that might mean. 🙂
I'm trying to create, connecting with friends, reading amazing books, exploring new and fascinating music...and still I can't escape the dread of what our world has become, nor the dark fear of what it is becoming. I had such hope for us. I don't know how to live like this.
January 18, 2026 at 4:11 AM
I'm trying to create, connecting with friends, reading amazing books, exploring new and fascinating music...and still I can't escape the dread of what our world has become, nor the dark fear of what it is becoming. I had such hope for us. I don't know how to live like this.
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I wonder if we could get people to believe that the em dash was named that in honor of Emily Dickinson? 😁
January 17, 2026 at 2:00 AM
I wonder if we could get people to believe that the em dash was named that in honor of Emily Dickinson? 😁
January 17, 2026 at 10:06 AM
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“No one really dies, they just drop their physical body, and we’ll all meet again, like the song says. It’s sad, but it’s not devastating if you think like that. It’s a continuum, and we’re all going to be fine at the end of the story.”
~ David Lynch - January 20, 1946 - January 16, 2025
#filmsky
~ David Lynch - January 20, 1946 - January 16, 2025
#filmsky
January 16, 2026 at 9:10 PM
“No one really dies, they just drop their physical body, and we’ll all meet again, like the song says. It’s sad, but it’s not devastating if you think like that. It’s a continuum, and we’re all going to be fine at the end of the story.”
~ David Lynch - January 20, 1946 - January 16, 2025
#filmsky
~ David Lynch - January 20, 1946 - January 16, 2025
#filmsky
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Emily Dickinson: The only entity with a greater fondness for em dashes than AI.
January 16, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Emily Dickinson: The only entity with a greater fondness for em dashes than AI.
Reposted by Catherine Berry
Roses are red
Nazis are lurking
Beware of them here because
Nazis are lurking
Beware of them here because
X has stopped working
X has stopped working
www.independent.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Roses are red
Nazis are lurking
Beware of them here because
Nazis are lurking
Beware of them here because
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here's a thing to understand for cis people
we voted how you wanted. the actual voting data for trans people shows this.
we got a special extreme anti-trans-flavored fascism anyway.
and now we're supposed to accept that the transphobia is here to stay.
no, fuck you
we voted how you wanted. the actual voting data for trans people shows this.
we got a special extreme anti-trans-flavored fascism anyway.
and now we're supposed to accept that the transphobia is here to stay.
no, fuck you
Liberals: I need you to understand that if you nominate this man, we will NOT vote for him. Period.
You've got three years. Reject him. Because if he's your standard bearer, you lose.
Polite fascism is not an acceptable alternative to fascism.
You've got three years. Reject him. Because if he's your standard bearer, you lose.
Polite fascism is not an acceptable alternative to fascism.
January 16, 2026 at 2:27 PM
here's a thing to understand for cis people
we voted how you wanted. the actual voting data for trans people shows this.
we got a special extreme anti-trans-flavored fascism anyway.
and now we're supposed to accept that the transphobia is here to stay.
no, fuck you
we voted how you wanted. the actual voting data for trans people shows this.
we got a special extreme anti-trans-flavored fascism anyway.
and now we're supposed to accept that the transphobia is here to stay.
no, fuck you