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Dominic Berry

@djberry.bsky.social
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User Researcher working in agile development teams. My approach and methods are informed by what I learnt as a historian of science and technology. I try to make my employers more trans inclusive. #Norwich #ucd he/him

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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 12h
Make Wednesday the Friday of your Tuesday.
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 12h
Working on buying a house. In the phase of being reminded of this sketch. youtube.com/watch?v=HIez...
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THE ARMANDO IANNUCCI SHOWS - PAPER HOUSE SKETCH
YouTube video by GOOZEYdotCOdotUK
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 20h
I think my approach to mentorship has been too heavily influenced by Interview With the Vampire.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 28/09/2026
For my newsletter this morning, I found a small glimmer of political hope for trans people in the US and wrote about it: www.burnsnotice.com/we-may-have-...
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We May Have Just Seen the Tides Turn on Trans Rights
Some conservative PACs have backed off from running anti-trans ads. Is this a sign of what's to come for trans people?
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Video of the fascist Danny Tommo slashing a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) boat rescuing migrants at sea www.instagram.com/reel/DdmJaD4...
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Lucky me! I got to interview our cover star, Patti Harrison, for the @wired.com women's issue. Not only is she hilarious, but she also has very sharp views about tech, social media, and where it's all going wrong. She even invokes DARPA! A woman after my own heart.
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Patti Harrison Had Dreams of a Tech Utopia. Silicon Valley Smashed Them
The comedian sat down with WIRED to talk about social media, AI, and getting laughs for impersonating Boston Dynamics’ robot dogs.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We're back! Thrilled to finally share the hate in my heart for Peter Duesberg, Thabo Mbeki and Dave Grohl
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RFK Jr.'s Buckwild Belief That HIV Doesn't Cause AIDS
Podcast Episode · Maintenance Phase · September 21 · 1h 20m
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Playing Dredge and listening to sea shanties.
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
As I am now supporting the Air Ambulance, Hope not Hate and the RNLI I will forthwith be referring to them as my air, land and naval forces.
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Just thought of a part of toxic masculinity that I haven't seen commentary on! Boys and men who think their voice isn't something they need to work on, and make engaging and inviting for other people. Instead just make monotone fog-horn conversation all on one note. Play with your voices lads!
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Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Oh my god the cat is out of the bag at last! Announcing my forthcoming HELLRAISER series, New Parables, with art by the absolutely incredible Savanna Mayer!! @welldipper.bsky.social and I are making something truly wretched for y'all with this one. Go check out the full announcement!
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Have probably reached the point where 'BBC journalist' is a hindrance on a CV.
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 12/09/2026
This is the most shamefully soft-soaped coverage of these thugs that you could possibly imagine. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Anti-migrant activists like Danny Tommo are changing tactics
Patriot Platform wants to build a group of working-class voters to influence political parties on the right.
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Pathetic BBC commentator calling Trump's visit to Ireland personal and family-orientated just because he has brought a son and grandkids with him! Laughable and deliberately ignorant.
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Think Guy Ritchie used TwatGPT for the Gentleman series 2 script.
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Just learnt about the 'Enough' self-testing DNA kits being marketed to rape survivors. Sounds like a classic example of middle-class good intentions/common sense proving to have no grasp of sense at all, actually doing harm. Would prefer their funding go into advertising self-referral SARC services.
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Bobby Fingers' Toilet Wine is delicious.
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Blue Prince has taught me that I should never play puzzle games. Happy for those who enjoy it. But for me, this has been almost totally joyless.
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Unpopular #ucd opinion: naming a service should be treated in a relatively perfunctory way (come up with sensible options, get user feedback, move on). Approaching it as a project unto itself is evidence that user-centered design is not professionalising in entirely healthy ways. #userresearch
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The Gotham Guillotine @gothamguillotine.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Contributors to The Gotham Guillotine's Issue 3: Gothic Marxism will appear alongside writing by @scumbelievable.bsky.social, @thelitcritguy.bsky.social, Alison Rumfitt, and an interview with China Miéville. Submissions are open until September 16th. Link in bio. Submit now OR ELSE!
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Inevitably those spouting one form of bigotry end up spouting others. Those spreading it lack the ability to see how different people have different needs, lives etc. Their own insecurities come through as they attempt to bully those they feel don't "conform" to what they see as the right "standard"
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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
A new essay for all my trans siblings and our allies. "As the UK enters a new era of state-mandated segregation, I find myself asking: was it all worth it?"
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What we have won
It was the largest trans protest in British history. We travelled from across the country to central London. We were joined by allies, especially cis gay, lesbian, bisexual, and queer people who re…
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Loads of dead fish in the Wensum in Norwich. @norwichgreenparty.bsky.social
Dead fish in river waterDead fish in river water
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/07/2026
Don't fall for this. Rowling wants trans people to self censor and to stop sharing the report. If this report really was as defamatory as she claims, she wouldn't be cheering on its spread. What she really wants is a costly settlement from AI UK, humiliating apology, and permanent silence.
​A screenshot of a thread on X (formerly Twitter). The main post is a quote tweet by J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling), which reads:
​"Shout out to all trans activists sharing the blacklist of women's and gay rights organisations published by @AmnestyUK! You're demonstrating very effectively that in spite of their hasty backtrack it can be easily accessed forevermore, increasing legal liability. Thank you! ❤️"
​Rowling is quote-tweeting a user named Lesbian Lenin 🇵🇸 🔻 🇵🇸 (@xstaffsuck), whose post reads:
​"The report btw, documenting how TERF orgs work hand in hand w/ anti-abortionists, christian nationalists, & anti-LGBT+ (yes, you too, c*s queers!) orgs to push trans genocide
​To be anti-trans is to be anti-abortion, is to be a christian nazi, is to be anti-queer
​Report is below"
​The user @xstaffsuck is, in turn, quoting an earlier tweet from J.K. Rowling, which reads:
​"Should any of the women's organisations targeted by @AmnestyUK's recent 'anti-rights' blacklist wish to take legal action, applications can be made to the JK Rowling Women's Fund. jkrwf.org"
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
New Bobby Fingers out soon!
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Finally finished TipToe. Dragged myself through it. Ultimately poor with moments of the truly dreadful. What a dumb dumb script. Performances wasted.
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I would like to see Tom Hardy in a live action Biker Mice from Mars movie. Playing all the Biker Mice, with facial prosthetics.
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
One of the better aspects of team-making in academia versus public service, is that you get much more latitude to vote with your feet. If someone doesn't gel with you, you can pretty much just work around them. Not possible in delivery in public service.
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Lou Downe @loudowne.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Our new podcast on the 'Types of Service Design' is out today Is there a right way to do Service Design? Or one process you should follow? good.services/badservicespodcast/episode007
Types of Sevice Design
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Trying Tip Toe. The conversation that ends with 'he self-identifies, which you lot invented' was just totally detached from reality. Nobody talks like that, it's not even an accurate reflection of bigotry. Will try to watch more but might struggle if this keeps up.
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Is anyone campaigning to make it a legal requirement to display an icon if any part of the content you are viewing has been made with AI?
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Whatever marketing person decided to intercut footage of Spielberg saying "I want aliens to be real" into the Disclosure Day adverts needs putting down a hole.
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Why would Channel 4 feature a representative of Republicans Overseas in its programming? TV news is in an even worse state than I'd thought.
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Heather Herbert is Baking Bread. @heatherherbert.uk · 01/06/2026
Amnesty International documented 50+ anti-trans orgs in the UK — up from 3 in 2017 — with dark money links and disproportionate media control. We also cover why the UK dropped to 22nd in European trans rights rankings. youtu.be/mPHtFMajR68 #TransRightsUK #UKPolitics
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
I now realise why this sculpture felt so familiar. It's a petank! #Expedition33 #LynnChadwick #HoughtonHall
A Lynn Chadwick sculpture in the grounds of Houghton Hall. It looks like a ball made with lots of flat sides. Behind it flowers and ivy grow up a very old brick wall.
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A Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The level of evidence needed before a pro-trans policy can be implemented? Infinite. The level of evidence required to get this Labour government to roll back trans people’s rights? Negligible. Why? The Telegraph, BBC and Mail demand hate and the Guardian publishes apologia to justify it:
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
A tribute to the men that shaped my masculinity.
Photo of Captain Scarlet in his red uniform and staring with dead eyes. A colourised photo of Steed from The Avengers.A photo of the character Sir Gadabout (the worst knight in the land).A photo of the character Brum, who is a little yellow car.
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Very jarring to finish reading Paul Holden's amazing book 'The Fraud' and then see in the acknowledgements thanks to Colin Robinson.
A photo of the character Colin Robinson from the television show What we do in the Shadows.Front cover of Paul Holden's book 'The Fraud' with Keir Starmer's face (just his eyes) poking through what could be a letterbox or a curtain that his hand is opening up.
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 25/05/2026
"It’s a damning reflection of the UK's slide away from being a world leader on LGBTQIA+ rights." From 1st to 22nd in just ten years, UK drops again in ranking of LGBTQIA+ rights 👇
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UK drops in Rainbow Map scoring again, as Spain takes top spot
The United Kingdom has slid down yet again in the ILGA Europe annual Rainbow Map ranking of countries’ LGBTQIA+ rights provisions.
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Give me another 50-60 years and I'll really nail it.
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
cherwell.org/2026/05/13/o...
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Change to Rowing Clubs' Rules of Racing for transgender athletes sparks backlash - Cherwell
A change to Oxford University Rowing Clubs’ (OURCs) Rules of Racing means that only athletes assigned female at birth may now row in a Women’s boat.
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Wrath of God Bot @wrathofgodbot.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
The only thing I dislike more about these people than their snarling bigotry is the way they demand everyone else treat them as nice liberals
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Epic Studios. The worst venue in Norwich, and perhaps the country.
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CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Put your money where your mouth is: June 24th at the Houses of Parliament - mass lobby for trans rights organised by @transsolidarity.bsky.social. You can absolutely do this - please, we need you.
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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Trans men can be excluded from both men’s facilities and women’s facilities.
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Is 'gender-affected activity' a new coinage? I wonder how many things count as gender-affected? I wonder who gets to determine them. Sounds like the kind of thing Andrew Tate would be good at.
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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 21/05/2026
An excellent report into the UKs organised transphobia and how it has rolled back trans rights and freedoms. media.amnesty.org.uk/documents/Li...
media.amnesty.org.uk
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I'm pleased to announce the first ever 'International Day of User Needs' will take place on June 18th!* We know we should tend to our user needs as though intercropping flowers and vegetables and succulents. But when do we take the time to plant new ones? Or prune older ones? Try new arrangements?
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 17/05/2026
New blog post: GDS weighs in on the NHS's decision to retreat from Open Source shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/gds-weighs… Within the UK's Civil Service you occasionally hear the expression "being invited to a meeting without biscuits". It …
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GDS weighs in on the NHS's decision to retreat from Open Source
Within the UK's Civil Service you occasionally hear the expression "being invited to a meeting without biscuits". It implies a rather frosty discussion without any of the polite niceties of a normal meeting. In general though, even when people have severe disagreements, it is rare for tempers to fray. It is even rarer for those internal disagreements to spill over into public. Which is what…
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