Jo Berry
@joberry.bsky.social
English gal in Montreal and Senior Game Writer at Motive Studio (Star Wars: Squadrons, Dead Space Remake); formerly at BioWare. Short stories and novellas (latest here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DW2Y5WH1) She / her. Opinions are mine.
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Jo Berry
@joberry.bsky.social
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Solstices, the turning of the year, competition between the Holly and Oak Kings... and a goddess defending both her kingdom and her marriage. Feels like a good day to talk about The Cold Iron of Summer ❄️ ☀️
www.amazon.com/dp/B0BXBQSM3F
www.amazon.com/dp/B0BXBQSM3F
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You couldn't publish this today. You'd have to cloak it under several layers of metaphor.
January 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM
You couldn't publish this today. You'd have to cloak it under several layers of metaphor.
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I want to remind everyone that the US has sanctioned members of the International Criminal Court for going through a formal legal process to identify international leaders who engaged in war crimes, making them vulnerable to arrest.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Why wasn't congressional authorization necessary?
RUBIO: It wasn't necessary because this was not an invasion. We didn't occupy a country. This was an arrest operation.
RUBIO: It wasn't necessary because this was not an invasion. We didn't occupy a country. This was an arrest operation.
January 4, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I want to remind everyone that the US has sanctioned members of the International Criminal Court for going through a formal legal process to identify international leaders who engaged in war crimes, making them vulnerable to arrest.
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Leonardo da Vinci, Cats, lions, and a dragon, 1517-18, Pen, ink, black chalk on paper, 271 x 204 mm (Royal Library, Windsor)
January 4, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Leonardo da Vinci, Cats, lions, and a dragon, 1517-18, Pen, ink, black chalk on paper, 271 x 204 mm (Royal Library, Windsor)
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Jim Henson and Frank Oz's The Dark Crystal (1982): Skeksis Castle of the Crystal, art by Brian Froud
For no reason.
For no reason.
January 4, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Jim Henson and Frank Oz's The Dark Crystal (1982): Skeksis Castle of the Crystal, art by Brian Froud
For no reason.
For no reason.
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“In the woods where snow is thick, bars of sunlight lay like pale fire.”
(Catherine Mansfield)
🎨 Eyvind Earle
#wintersky
(Catherine Mansfield)
🎨 Eyvind Earle
#wintersky
January 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM
“In the woods where snow is thick, bars of sunlight lay like pale fire.”
(Catherine Mansfield)
🎨 Eyvind Earle
#wintersky
(Catherine Mansfield)
🎨 Eyvind Earle
#wintersky
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You were moved to do this by pride and by hate. Is it any wonder the result was ruin?
January 4, 2026 at 5:10 PM
You were moved to do this by pride and by hate. Is it any wonder the result was ruin?
The Americans' worst employees are worse than ever.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Trump said the US is going to 'run Venezuela.' Under what legal authority?
RUBIO: We want a better future for the people of Venezuela
STEPHANOPOULOS: I'll ask again -- what is the legal authority?
RUBIO: We have court orders
RUBIO: We want a better future for the people of Venezuela
STEPHANOPOULOS: I'll ask again -- what is the legal authority?
RUBIO: We have court orders
January 4, 2026 at 4:52 PM
The Americans' worst employees are worse than ever.
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We may see efforts to indict the leaders of Cuba, Colombia, maybe even Mexico so that Rubio can say this again.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Why wasn't congressional authorization necessary?
RUBIO: It wasn't necessary because this was not an invasion. We didn't occupy a country. This was an arrest operation.
RUBIO: It wasn't necessary because this was not an invasion. We didn't occupy a country. This was an arrest operation.
January 4, 2026 at 4:40 PM
We may see efforts to indict the leaders of Cuba, Colombia, maybe even Mexico so that Rubio can say this again.
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Happy 85th birthday to Hayao Miyazaki ♡
January 4, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Happy 85th birthday to Hayao Miyazaki ♡
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Yeah, people are fixating on a Cabinet Secretary being given a sovereign country to run because the president waged war without congressional approval and kidnapped the old leader. Weird that they’d get hung up on that.
WELKER: Mr. Secretary, are you running Venezuela right now?
MARCO RUBIO: Yeah. People are fixating on that. Here's the bottom line -- we expect to see changes in Venezuela
MARCO RUBIO: Yeah. People are fixating on that. Here's the bottom line -- we expect to see changes in Venezuela
January 4, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Yeah, people are fixating on a Cabinet Secretary being given a sovereign country to run because the president waged war without congressional approval and kidnapped the old leader. Weird that they’d get hung up on that.
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Tell me we should trust AI to give us the facts. Tell me it's a future we can put our faith in. Come at me. I'm right here, waiting.
January 4, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Tell me we should trust AI to give us the facts. Tell me it's a future we can put our faith in. Come at me. I'm right here, waiting.
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Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
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All it takes for evil to thrive is for mediocre world leaders to say “I’d rather not say”
January 4, 2026 at 11:39 AM
All it takes for evil to thrive is for mediocre world leaders to say “I’d rather not say”
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
January 3, 2026 at 10:47 AM
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My cat sitter sent me this of Olivia, which encapsulates an emotion I shall call “ennuiskers”
January 2, 2026 at 10:30 PM
My cat sitter sent me this of Olivia, which encapsulates an emotion I shall call “ennuiskers”
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Cosigned.
I've had it muted more or less since I've had an account here and never once missed hearing about the latest idiocy. It helps to dial the volume down though.
I've had it muted more or less since I've had an account here and never once missed hearing about the latest idiocy. It helps to dial the volume down though.
General reminder that if you mute the current US president's surname on here, you will miss absolutely zero important news. Even right now. But your timeline will do way less stacking damage to your mental health.
January 3, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Cosigned.
I've had it muted more or less since I've had an account here and never once missed hearing about the latest idiocy. It helps to dial the volume down though.
I've had it muted more or less since I've had an account here and never once missed hearing about the latest idiocy. It helps to dial the volume down though.
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Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
January 3, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
My cat sitter sent me this of Olivia, which encapsulates an emotion I shall call “ennuiskers”
January 2, 2026 at 10:30 PM
My cat sitter sent me this of Olivia, which encapsulates an emotion I shall call “ennuiskers”
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Wanting to fit into society by *checks notes* having a clean desk
Prints / Comic Archive adhd-alien.com
Patreon patreon.com/adhd_alien/
Prints / Comic Archive adhd-alien.com
Patreon patreon.com/adhd_alien/
January 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Wanting to fit into society by *checks notes* having a clean desk
Prints / Comic Archive adhd-alien.com
Patreon patreon.com/adhd_alien/
Prints / Comic Archive adhd-alien.com
Patreon patreon.com/adhd_alien/
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solar won't work here, it's only useful in really sunny areas of the world like Britain
A picture is worth 1000 words...
This appeared on the BBC News today, showing the increase in solar electric generation in the UK.
Not sure who produced it, but genuinely think this is a genius piece of scientific communication - the construct and choice of colour scale is near-perfect.
Chapeau!
This appeared on the BBC News today, showing the increase in solar electric generation in the UK.
Not sure who produced it, but genuinely think this is a genius piece of scientific communication - the construct and choice of colour scale is near-perfect.
Chapeau!
January 2, 2026 at 9:45 PM
solar won't work here, it's only useful in really sunny areas of the world like Britain
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will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
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call me crazy but it really feels like “World’s Richest Man Creates AI Chatbot That Generates Child Porn” would’ve been a huge international outrage requiring a governmental crackdown not even 24 months ago
January 2, 2026 at 7:06 AM
call me crazy but it really feels like “World’s Richest Man Creates AI Chatbot That Generates Child Porn” would’ve been a huge international outrage requiring a governmental crackdown not even 24 months ago
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
January 1, 2026 at 10:43 PM
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
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Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty