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Cohen Berg

@cohenberg.ca

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Journalist and filmmaker. Gen Z Winnipegger. Lover of conversation, creativity, and learning about the world. instagram.com/cohenberg.ca

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 24d

Stay curious.

Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 2d

Just saw #TheLongWalk.

Incredible, until the very disappointing end. Great writing and acting though, and relevant to today’s nationalism, and glorification of war and violence.

#letterboxd #filmsky

A ★★★★ review of The Long Walk (2025)

“I keep hoping that part gets easier…” “That’s what I’m afraid of.” Amazing film… until the very disappointing end.

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 4d

Just used a zucchini spiralizer for the first time, and I am in awe. My wrists are not. But I am.

Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 5d

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 5d

Anyway I should probably buy some stickers 🤷

Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 5d

It yearns for self expression, for creativity, for the pride of representing its community, its ideologies, its favourite brands.

Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 5d

It desires stickers that will grant it the status of “normal,” yet also make it stand out as “tastefully unique.”

Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 5d

I can tell by the way it looks at my sticker-clad laptop.

Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 5d

It wants stickers.

Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 5d

Though deep down, it knows that’s not true.

Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 5d

But maybe it just thinks it’s sophisticated. I’m sure that’s what it tells itself, at least, in times of insecurity.

Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 5d

I feel bad leaving it bare.

Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 5d

And we all know what it’s like when others insult what you’re wearing. (not good)

Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 5d

Sometimes it gets bullied.

Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 5d

This makes me sad, because I’m sure *it’s* sad.

Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 5d

My water bottle has no stickers.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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Somebody wake up Hicks @jonmarkhicks.bsky.social · 10d

I think about this a lot.

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 11d

Today’s priorities:
1. Build a giant camera
2. Work

Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 13d

Reading is resistance. I like that.
Currently reading Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood, what about you?

#booksky #books

Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 14d

If you want to push back against tech's encroachment into every corner of our lives, you have to read books. They're eager to create a future in which most people are illiterate and hooked on slop, a world without imagination or knowledge. Reading is resistance.

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 13d

Ask me a yes/no question, and I will say much more than yes or no.

Ask me for my thoughts, and I will not be able to find them.

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 13d

Ask me something specific, and I will give you a meandering, passionate answer.

Ask me something broad and open-ended, and my brain goes blank.

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 14d

CP Newswatch, supposedly “the latest and most important news of the day”

1. Major ceasefire broken by Israel
2. Important baseball game coming up

?????

CP Newswatch podcast headline: Israel strikes in Gaza kill 36
Palestinians, Toronto Blue Jays must-win Game 6 tonight.

Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 14d

The feeling I’ve been having that I didn’t know how to put into words (until now):

lucy @lucydotdev.io · Sep 30

I'll never forgive generative a.i

Having to ask "is this real?" so often has really done a number on me

I miss being able to trust art.

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Miranda Keeling @mirandakeeling.com · 14d

Giveaway! 🥳🤩🎉🎉 I’ve got a special gift to give away to 2 people!! Each set contains: a signed copy of my book, 2 cards with space to add your noticings on the back and a bookmark!
To enter: share this post, reply with what you like about Autumn, and tag one other person you’d like to get a set. 😀📚

A photo of my book and the cards and the bookmark. The cards are 2 observations from my book (search ‘ready spaghetti and ‘balance a broom’) All with illustrations by Adam Beer.

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 14d

Crisp autumn air gets my mention — specifically, the air breathed while going for a walk just before sunrise on a day in October. Tagging @awakenherbs.bsky.social :)