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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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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 6h
The BBC is institutionally transphobic! 😣
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Stealing that joke.
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nickyrvs.bsky.social @nickyrvs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Despite the severe damage she endured to her arms, she is still handcuffed and shackled to the bed." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after botched execution attempt, lawyers say
Lawyers seek preservation of evidence after prisoner received two doses of pentobarbital on 30 September
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Skipping the 'family baking' episode of Bake Off. Too shite a concept. #gbbo
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Given that surveyors have existed for hundreds of years, and property surveys are produced in their millions each year, and they typically recommend getting a range of quotes from contractors, it is AMAZING how many contractors act like they have never heard of any of that.
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Was trying to enjoy Wayward, but the writing turned to shit in episode 5. Might bin it off.
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Seems to be only one showing of Naza in Norwich (as far as I can see). Anyone know why the distribution would be so limited? I mean I don't think it was shot only on film instead of digital.
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Gender Liberation Movement @genderlib.com · 01/10/2026
As hospitals across the country cave to the Trump administration’s threats to cut federal funding and abandon trans youth, actor Elliot Page speaks out. In New York City, NYU Langone, Mount Sinai, and NewYork-Presbyterian abruptly ended care for trans kids in response to these threats.
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Make Wednesday the Friday of your Tuesday.
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
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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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Redesigned arcades would be good. So there was like a viewing area for you to watch what was going on in different games, if you weren't on the machine yourself. I hate having to crowd around someone to watch them.
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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
See www.opendemocracy.net/en/enough-an... from @sianushka.bsky.social
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Enough: rape kit company misleads public and fails victims
MPs sound alarm on self-swab kits, as new questions raised over how Bristol-based start-up Enough is failing women
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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
Haha that's a good shout. Might work! But I think I'd probably enjoy it just as much via a play-through.
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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
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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
The post finale fan-fiction that they wrote for their own show was particularly pathetic. We were howling.
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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
If I had my way, I'd be able to make a delivery dream team from the excellent designers and developers I have worked with, and we would get plugged into different services as a unit. Would be way better, you'd have incentives to be very generous to each other, and the trust would be high.
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Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Instead there is a perverse emphasis on working with everyone no matter how lazy or arrogant or incompetent they are. This coupled with a model of the ideal employee being something like a saint who never passes a critical judgment on anything or any idea.
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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 .... @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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