Cohen Berg

Canada has ties to ICE. Please take 20 seconds to sign this petition to parliament, telling them to cut those ties:
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

A reminder: this is an Irishman with valid papers speaking about how he's being held in US concentration camps. If you don't have to go to the US, do not go to the US. "GDC" is not "have to go". One denial at the border is going to mark you for life, and that's the best of the bad outcomes.

“Please enjoy the museum”:

Relooted is OUT NOW!

Please share!

a dog is sitting on a laptop computer . Alt: little corgi dog at computer with owner causing paus to move as if typing on a laptop.

*computer montage of me locking in making big progress on something that doesn't need to be done for weeks while there are at least 3 things that need to be finished tomorrow*

#filmsky what do we think of the new The Drama trailer?

1: Wayward, 4.5 stars 2: Rocky, 3 stars 3: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, 3.5 stars 4: TRON: Ares, 3 stars

#lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky 📽️

1) Masterful.
2) Good cinematography, but terrible boxing.
3) Visually amazing. Not very interesting otherwise.
4) Exciting, but not creative or thoughtful.

boxd.it/dRsYH

Fight ICE and support Chilli by downloading their app and going to the "Abolish ICE" section:
linktr.ee/chilli.club

Or take action in your browser:
app.chilli.club/causes/d98b6...

This is a testament to censorship in the US, and the government's influence in the media. As a Canadian, it's terrifying to see a country formerly respected as "free" and "democratic," especially as my own government passes increasingly un-democratic bills.

Most of their videos were collaborations with individual activists, so they still exist on those activists' profiles. ...except the videos about ICE, which are gone without a trace.

Today, their Instagram account vanished. To see for yourself, go to instagram.com/chilli.app/.

I'm one of their video editors, and I'm proud to say that many of their (well-researched) videos about ICE were gaining significant traction on Instagram. One was reposted by @markruffalo.bsky.social, and had well over half a million views.

The organization is called Chilli (chilli.club), and they used to focus on climate activism. Recently, they shifted some of their efforts to social issues, like ICE and Iran.

About a week after starting to post anti-ICE videos, the activism organization I work with was banned from Instagram. (thread)
#ICEout #stopICE #censorship #resist

Yes, I can see them!

What should I ask politicians I interview? Comment your ideas.

Community driven journalism holds reporters accountable — while we’re holding power to account.

#journalism #canada #fyp

US Senate: Defund ICE now! ICE just detained a five-year-old child. And only a few weeks after agents killed Renée Good, they shot and killed another peaceful protester, Alex Pretti. Despite this brutality, the House voted to

PETITION: Tell the US Senate to Abolish ICE.
If anyone knows how to petition effectively, it's Ekō. Take 10 seconds to sign. Every signature counts.

#abolishICE #resist #ICE
action.eko.org/a/us-senate-...

Anyone know if this stat has a secondary source? I've been doing some digging for a video about Bluesky, and couldn't find this ~30% replicated anywhere. @jay.bsky.team, if you see this, I'd love to do an interview!

Currently, it's just me - Cohen Berg, aka velichor online. I've been writing "we" or "us" when writing from Spira's perspective - in anticipation of working with others - but... maybe I shouldn't be? Learning every day about launching a business, haha.

Any press is good press.

This case is an important one to watch if you care about your own right to know. If the police are free to arrest, detain and block journalists while acting on industry's behalf, our whole information ecosystem gets eroded.

This is a new project of mine. Would really appreciate if you took a minute to check it out, and I'd love to hear what you think :)

spira.news

PETITION: Tell oil companies like Chevron and ExxonMobil not to get on board with Trump's invasion of Venezuela.

We're 800 signatures away from 20K. Every name counts.
action.eko.org/a/venezuela-...

Canadian Press News: Headline: "Global Affairs Canada not aware of any Canadians hurt or killed in Swiss bar fire" Excerpt: Global Affairs Canada says it's not currently aware of any Canadian citizens among the dozens killed and hundreds injured in a Swiss bar fire.

Is there a good reason for me to care so much more about Canadian lives than Swiss ones?

Lately it's been bothering me how often news stories talk of the few, singular, or even *potential* North Americans hurt abroad - instead of acknowledging the equal horror of any life being lost in a tragedy.

Watching Trump speak and justify why the US is entitled to invade another country and kidnap the president makes me think that when we started talking about the “post-truth” era, we had no idea of how deeply post-truth it’d become.

Perception of reality is now random and optional.

People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.

Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

I also felt like I wrote a lot today, but I think most of it was in a search engine. I’m too curious for such a confusing world with near-infinite instantly available information.

I felt like I wrote a lot of words today too, but most of them were into search engines. (I’m too curious for such a confusing world)

Cats don't believe in AI. Turns out they're smarter than we thought.

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