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
· Apr 11
A master of the dark arts is hosting a victory banquet, but the guests are bringing their own ambitions to the table.
Mercenaries, socialites, assassins, and a spymaster determined to defend his master...for some to feast, others must fall.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DW2Y5WH1
#booksky #fantasy #novella
Mercenaries, socialites, assassins, and a spymaster determined to defend his master...for some to feast, others must fall.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DW2Y5WH1
#booksky #fantasy #novella
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I mean, that's just tech in a general sense
Bluesky owes much of it's existence to swingers & furries
November 26, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I mean, that's just tech in a general sense
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That Ron Moore. He’s all right.
More Ron Moore AOL fan interactions from the 90s.
The first one deals with fan entitlement - the delusion that every true fan believes as they do and that they have ownership over the show because they care so much.
The first one deals with fan entitlement - the delusion that every true fan believes as they do and that they have ownership over the show because they care so much.
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
That Ron Moore. He’s all right.
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YOU CANNOT GRIND THE BONES OF YOUR ENEMIES INTO DUST TOMORROW IF YOU DO NOT HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT.
November 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
YOU CANNOT GRIND THE BONES OF YOUR ENEMIES INTO DUST TOMORROW IF YOU DO NOT HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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I actually gasped when I saw that this resource guide was put out there to help folks. *That's* what I'm talking about.
Librarians are the freaking best, y'all. Book it. Done.
Librarians are the freaking best, y'all. Book it. Done.
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I actually gasped when I saw that this resource guide was put out there to help folks. *That's* what I'm talking about.
Librarians are the freaking best, y'all. Book it. Done.
Librarians are the freaking best, y'all. Book it. Done.
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Six Ships. I'm very much in the Chris Foss school of thought when it comes to colour, rather than SW or ST.
#Spaceships #SciFi #Illustration
#Spaceships #SciFi #Illustration
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Six Ships. I'm very much in the Chris Foss school of thought when it comes to colour, rather than SW or ST.
#Spaceships #SciFi #Illustration
#Spaceships #SciFi #Illustration
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Working in games means your answer to the question "If you could do anything you wanted in life, what would it be?" isn't a different career, but the same career in a kinder version of the same industry.
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Working in games means your answer to the question "If you could do anything you wanted in life, what would it be?" isn't a different career, but the same career in a kinder version of the same industry.
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So apparently the correct response to shopping centre Santa ringing his bell is not to shout "bring out your dead!"
No sense of humour, some people...
No sense of humour, some people...
December 16, 2024 at 1:09 PM
So apparently the correct response to shopping centre Santa ringing his bell is not to shout "bring out your dead!"
No sense of humour, some people...
No sense of humour, some people...
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No email from a library system stirs the imagination like a notice my scan is ready to download through WORLDCAT. The great cat that surrounds the world? That nuzzles the roots of the world-scratching-tree? The great world cat who is and was and shall be? That cat???
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 AM
No email from a library system stirs the imagination like a notice my scan is ready to download through WORLDCAT. The great cat that surrounds the world? That nuzzles the roots of the world-scratching-tree? The great world cat who is and was and shall be? That cat???
Edgar Wright's Muppet Star Wars.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Edgar Wright's Muppet Star Wars.
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If you ever wonder why people say "slippery as an eel" I can confirm that one time we had to hold an eel for a vet to do a blood draw and that eel ended up on the floor 47 times out of 48 attempts
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
If you ever wonder why people say "slippery as an eel" I can confirm that one time we had to hold an eel for a vet to do a blood draw and that eel ended up on the floor 47 times out of 48 attempts
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The modern world is just pro wrestling and a gambling addiction standing on top of a mechanical Turk.
Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The modern world is just pro wrestling and a gambling addiction standing on top of a mechanical Turk.
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No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
Am I too late to appreciate TF out of my editors?
@karinww.bsky.social , @ryancorm.bsky.social , @genevrael.bsky.social , @bengelinas.bsky.social , and @katwithsword.bsky.social have all either saved my writing bacon, shown me what I couldn't see, or given me a boost when I absolutely needed it 💙
@karinww.bsky.social , @ryancorm.bsky.social , @genevrael.bsky.social , @bengelinas.bsky.social , and @katwithsword.bsky.social have all either saved my writing bacon, shown me what I couldn't see, or given me a boost when I absolutely needed it 💙
By the way, it's National Editor Appreciation Day.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Am I too late to appreciate TF out of my editors?
@karinww.bsky.social , @ryancorm.bsky.social , @genevrael.bsky.social , @bengelinas.bsky.social , and @katwithsword.bsky.social have all either saved my writing bacon, shown me what I couldn't see, or given me a boost when I absolutely needed it 💙
@karinww.bsky.social , @ryancorm.bsky.social , @genevrael.bsky.social , @bengelinas.bsky.social , and @katwithsword.bsky.social have all either saved my writing bacon, shown me what I couldn't see, or given me a boost when I absolutely needed it 💙
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smelly
October 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
smelly
Boy oh boy do I love it* when my anxiety is going off on one. Just seamlessly oscillating between NONE OF YOUR BOOKS WILL EVER BE PUBLISHED and HERE IS A COOL IDEA WRITE IT DOWN NOW IMMEDIATELY
Fucks sake, I have actual work to do. I guess I just have to wait for the litany to burn itself out 🙄
Fucks sake, I have actual work to do. I guess I just have to wait for the litany to burn itself out 🙄
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Boy oh boy do I love it* when my anxiety is going off on one. Just seamlessly oscillating between NONE OF YOUR BOOKS WILL EVER BE PUBLISHED and HERE IS A COOL IDEA WRITE IT DOWN NOW IMMEDIATELY
Fucks sake, I have actual work to do. I guess I just have to wait for the litany to burn itself out 🙄
Fucks sake, I have actual work to do. I guess I just have to wait for the litany to burn itself out 🙄
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Any headline that ends in a question mark used to be answerable with "No."
Any question headline that starts with "Why?" can these days be answered with "NOBODY'S GOT ANY FUCKING MONEY!!"
("Why aren't millennials buying houses? Why are pubs closing? Why aren't people having kids?" etc)
Any question headline that starts with "Why?" can these days be answered with "NOBODY'S GOT ANY FUCKING MONEY!!"
("Why aren't millennials buying houses? Why are pubs closing? Why aren't people having kids?" etc)
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Any headline that ends in a question mark used to be answerable with "No."
Any question headline that starts with "Why?" can these days be answered with "NOBODY'S GOT ANY FUCKING MONEY!!"
("Why aren't millennials buying houses? Why are pubs closing? Why aren't people having kids?" etc)
Any question headline that starts with "Why?" can these days be answered with "NOBODY'S GOT ANY FUCKING MONEY!!"
("Why aren't millennials buying houses? Why are pubs closing? Why aren't people having kids?" etc)
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You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
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'Someone close to them' = man. Can't we just say it? Amazing how men have been written out of this and many other similar articles.
One woman killed by someone close to them every 10 minutes: UN report
One woman killed by someone close to them every 10 minutes: UN report
To mark the International Day for the Elminination of Violence Against Women on Monday, the United Nations released a report that also revealed that 60% of women are killed by close family members.
www.lemonde.fr
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
'Someone close to them' = man. Can't we just say it? Amazing how men have been written out of this and many other similar articles.
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I do want to applaud whoever at Twitter managed to push through the location data update despite the incredibly predictable outcome. anyone with half a brain cell could’ve seen that coming and I think somebody deserves credit for convincing mgmt to go ahead anyway
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I do want to applaud whoever at Twitter managed to push through the location data update despite the incredibly predictable outcome. anyone with half a brain cell could’ve seen that coming and I think somebody deserves credit for convincing mgmt to go ahead anyway
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Since I’m English, I don’t go in for Thanksgiving myself, but it’s a feast I happen to love, and this week I have a few suggestions for it, kicking off with the Turkey Breast Stuffed with Italian Sausage and Marsala-Steeped Cranberries that is #RecipeOfTheDay! www.nigella.com/recipes/turk...
Turkey Breast Stuffed With Italian Sausage and Marsala-Steeped Cranberries
I know it might sound a bit of a faff, but take it from me that stuffing a whole double breast joint is very much easier than stuffing and rolling a single breast joint, as is more commonly found in s...
www.nigella.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Since I’m English, I don’t go in for Thanksgiving myself, but it’s a feast I happen to love, and this week I have a few suggestions for it, kicking off with the Turkey Breast Stuffed with Italian Sausage and Marsala-Steeped Cranberries that is #RecipeOfTheDay! www.nigella.com/recipes/turk...
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Oh, look. Science showing that gender affirming care dramatically reduces suicidality in trans kids. Listen to children! And scientists!
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Oh, look. Science showing that gender affirming care dramatically reduces suicidality in trans kids. Listen to children! And scientists!
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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