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Brett Van Bergen

@mathewsbrett1

Organizer. Activist. Harm Reductionist. Abbotsford Drug War Survivors Coordinator. (he/him)

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My Opa went to a nazi concentration camp for hiding Jewish people in his home.

I really miss him, but am glad he isn’t seeing Nazism rise again.

29.09.2025 05:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Puzzle making with the refugee kids in our building is beautiful stuff

29.09.2025 02:22 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ™Š

18.09.2025 03:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I just voted for @emilylowan.bsky.social to lead the @bcgreens.bsky.social :)

17.09.2025 04:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh how I want a BC NDP mla to ask me that

26.08.2025 04:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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And grad school has begun πŸ™ƒ

(Imagine Mount Doom by Howard Shore playing)

24.08.2025 17:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mt. Joy!

20.08.2025 02:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I hate the new screensπŸ₯΄

19.08.2025 21:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mine and my wives paintings :)

16.08.2025 17:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

10 days until I’m a masters student πŸ₯΄

16.08.2025 05:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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You must be totally depraved of love and empathy to have these takes and we need to call them out for exactly what they are; Evil.

16.08.2025 05:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Being an activist w/ unhoused folks has taught me a lot.

One of the most clear things is that we don’t really have much human rights, as those without capital are stripped of most of them.

Rights are actually privileges when they are only for people with money.

15.08.2025 22:15 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Just watched my friend almost die from contaminated drugs. 6 narcans and cpr barely brought him back.

End the drug war, we need a regulated supply.

07.08.2025 19:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If you don’t like seeing homelessness, remember it’s a reflection of capitalisms failures.

That’s where your anger should lie.

05.08.2025 04:23 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Vancouver pride

04.08.2025 07:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Also shift the savings our systems would have with overdose trips to and stays in the hospital decreasing.

03.08.2025 06:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Shift funding that currently is being spent on the drug war into solutions.

Prescriptions could cost money- rated at a slightly lower price than street price.

A very cheap way would also be to legalize compassion clubs, like DULFs

03.08.2025 06:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Provide a safe supply of drugs (could be regulation, prescription, different communes will need to do this differently).

To treat addiction as a health problem instead of a criminal one.

Ramp up harm reduction efforts. Have treatment/detox not have waitlists and be regulated.

And more.

03.08.2025 06:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Canada and the US are continuing to ramp up the war on drugs.

The drug war is the reason the vast majority of people experiencing addiction (or just using drugs recreationally) die.

The drugs are poisoned.

03.08.2025 06:03 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Is Kali on blue sky or Twitter?

25.07.2025 04:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œTo actually end the ongoing toxic drug crisis, Rufus-Sedgemore said, the government needs to bring back decriminalization, introduce a regulated safer supply that is more accessible and actually separates people from the unregulated supply, and create comprehensive drug education for kids.”

25.07.2025 04:13 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders? A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.

The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God.

Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...

24.07.2025 22:04 πŸ‘ 9420 πŸ” 3366 πŸ’¬ 176 πŸ“Œ 172

Proud of what we did in court this week.

We need decriminalization and prescribed alternatives.

24.07.2025 16:53 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ya that’s sad

15.07.2025 02:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My bed lol

15.07.2025 02:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Who’s throwing this heat? I can’t understand why

15.07.2025 01:39 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Agreed comrade

15.07.2025 01:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The point of the cruelty is to make empathetic people overwhelmed and hopeless.

Choose radical love in action instead.

04.07.2025 00:42 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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29.06.2025 04:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ryan! Good to find you here :)

29.06.2025 04:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0