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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 24/09/2026

Just picked up my copy of Hollywood, Ending by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social! You probably should too…

Me sliding a signed copy of Hollywood, Ending by John Green out of its paper packaging.

Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 09/09/2026

I recently found out that Canada loses about of 7 of its small farms every day. So I talked to small farmers across Manitoba. Here’s what I learned. 🧵

A man watering a garden bed in a greenhouse. Purely decorative image - found on Unsplash.

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 23/05/2026

Some goofy BTS from my short film 'Eventually' that I shot with my younger brother, on our farm :) At the time of shooting, my only camera was a 12 year old Nikon D3300, and that's what I used. Scrappy and laid-back shoot, but loads of fun. #shortfilm #filmmaking

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 18/05/2026

Eventually was selected for its first screening! 🍿 It’s a huge honour to have one of my films play at a local film festival (one I submitted to the day before the deadline!)

A movie poster for the short film 'Eventually' (2026).

A teenager sits at a table eating his dinner (baked potatoes), against the background of a wooden wall, on which "I'll be back by dinner, check to-do list -mom" is written.

Official selection of the 2026 Manitoba Emerging Filmmakers Festival.

A velichor film by Cohen Berg starring Milo Berg.

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 11/05/2026

My first short film is COMPLETE! A three minute film shot on a 12 year old DSLR, ‘Eventually’ follows a struggling but capable teenager through his increasingly odd responsibilities on a family farm. 🧵1/6

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 12/04/2026

Just wrapped my first real #shortfilm! So excited to share 'Eventually' with everyone here. It's been quite the process: my Nikon D3300 the only camera, and my brother the only actor. It'll be on my YouTube channel once it's out: youtube.com/@velichor #wrapped #filmsky #filmmaking

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 02/04/2026

The newspaper I write for has a Bluesky account! Follow them at @theleafnews.ca, especially if you're in #Winnipeg :)

Stylized text: "The Leaf" on a beige background.

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 07/02/2026

#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

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

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 03/01/2026

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.

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.

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 26/12/2025

#lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky 📽️ 1) Exciting and pretty, but not super thoughtful (full review here) 2) Thoughtful, but very predictable 3) Funny and exciting, but predictable 4) Funny, and some interesting messages boxd.it/dRsYH

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 30/11/2025

Kudos if you recognize all four of my favourites.

1: Dead Poets Society
2: Universal Language
3: I Swear
4: Intouchables

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 14/11/2025

Me and some friends watched 23 YouTube short films in a row, a few nights ago. These are the #LastFourWatched. My favourite from the night: The Man Who Was Afraid Of Falling boxd.it/dRsYH

Letterboxd Last Four Watched
1: The Neighbors' Window
2: Cope
3: Cautionary Tales
4: Alternative Math

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 07/11/2025

#lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky 📽️ 1) Second watch, loved it again. 2) Great characters and dialogue, not great ending. 3) INCREDIBLE animation. 4) Short film from a recent film fest. boxd.it/dRsYH

1: The Life of Pi, ★★★★
2: The Long Walk, ★★★★
3: La Petite Ancêtre ★★★★
4: Ush ★★★

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 07/11/2025

The northern lights last night on my farm in Manitoba 👌

Bright neon green northern lights streaking up from the stark poplar tree horizon across the sky, next to a bright moon. Camera: iPhone 12 mini

A dark spruce tree silhouette against a sky almost completely filled with the greenish-blue tint of northern lights. Camera: Nikon D3300

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 20/10/2025

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.

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 17/10/2025

#lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky 📽️ 1) Lots of fun. 2) Had some good moments and messages, hit and miss characters though. 3) Mostly spectacle, but that’s alright cause the spectacle was fantastic. 4) Good not great. boxd.it/dRsYH

1: Midnight in Paris
2: After Everything
3: Mad Max Fury Road
4: The Edge of Seventeen

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 13/10/2025

Apparently there's a sunrise... every single morning??

A mostly clouded sunrise perfectly visible through an indent in an out of focus brick wall on the right, a white fence following a gravel road into the horizon on the left, a large tree leaning over the fence silhouetted against the sky.

A blurry but perfectly circular rising sun seen through a notch in a brick pillar on a country road, to the left of which a white fence stretches into the horizon, the orange of sunrise spreading across the lower portion of the sky.

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 10/10/2025

Here’s a sunrise from the Canadian prairies to supplement all the politics and chaos in your timeline 🧡 #photography #nature #canada

A soft glowing sun peeking through the needles of a pine branch

A blurry, soft sun and fiery orange sky behind stark, silhouetted prairie grass and bush

A prairie sunrise, the sun almost completely tucked behind a blanket of clouds above a glowing orange sky, a line forest silhouetted along the horizon

Swaths of clouds cutting through a blue and orange prairie sunrise, the sun not visible but its light beautifully highlighting the clouds and silhouetting the poplar forest on the horizon

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 04/10/2025

#lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky 📽️ 1) With Veiled Intent by Laurence Olivier 2) Placeholder by Alex Schuurbiers 3) A Poem by Vasilios by Papaiouannu 4) Father Alphonse and the Fight Between Carnival and Lent by Diana Thorneycroft boxd.it/dRsYH

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 26/09/2025

#lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky 📽️ 1) Man Yazewal by Nur Akmel 2) Widow Champion by Zippy Kimundu 3) Anita Louise and the Wild Women by Arena Alamino 4) Comphet by Evan Rivard boxd.it/dRsYH

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 29/08/2025

Bluesky’s trending topics accurately sum up the reason I’ve been using this app so much less in the last few months:

The Bluesky trending topics page: all 5 trending topics are categorized under “Politics”

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 27/08/2025

Just went through all 633 sound effects on my computer, slowly collected over the last couple years as a #videoEditor. Amalgamated, trimmed down, sorted, tagged ✅ Have yet to figure out a naming system, but that’s a project for another day.

A photo of my computer screen, showing all sound effects selected, the number 633 highlighted in red

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 24/08/2025

Wrote this a little while ago about my relationship with my laptop and phone :)

Resist the urge
to open the lid,
to turn on the screen,
to enter the password,
to watch just one more,
to tap the notification,
to check the number,
to compare the number,
to open the apps that claim they connect us,
to scroll one more time,
one last time,
and far too many times.

If I can resist,
some pathways will grow stronger
and others weaker,
and eventually,
if I refrain enough,
when I reach the intersection again,
the path of impulse will be overgrown,
unlike the path of conscious objection
to my subconscious whim
that has no care for fulfillment
and every care for the rush of instant and hollow satisfaction.

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 23/07/2025

SO EXCITED. Will only be able to go to one or two films today, but there are still 4 days to go, so I’ve got lots of time. #filmFest #GIFF #filmSky

A screenshot of my lock screen, with a notification from Calendar titled “GIMLI FILM FESTIVAL!!” scheduled for Today.

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 09/07/2025

Very fun puzzle game. Takes your mind off greedy billionaires and incompetent politicians 👌 cluesbysam.com

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 19/06/2025

I think this is the best video about AI I've ever seen. #video #ai

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 19/05/2025

When my dog Willow comes within ten feet of me, and my phone is already in hand:

My fluffy white Great Pyrenees (named Willow) tromping toward me through fresh spring grass, the sun peeking through apple and plum trees to backlight Willow and the grass, under a clear blue sky, pine trees along the horizon

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 17/05/2025

Turns out #Winnipeg can be pretty after all.

A soft photo of a bridge crossing the Assiniboine River in Winnipeg near Omand's Park, blurred plants in the foreground, a deep blue and slightly cloudy sky in the background

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 17/05/2025

Little late, but here's my #LastFourWatched 📽️ boxd.it/dRsYH :)

My Letterboxd "Recent Activity": Anora (3.5 stars), Civil War (5 stars), Ad Vitam (3.5 stars), Almost Famous (4 stars)

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 16/05/2025

Just cycled 118 km on gravel. Crazy. Feeling great right now, but can't say I'm optimistic about tomorrow. (photo from midway through)

a gravel-and-sand-covered bike and backpack dominating the lower half of a low view of a gravel road stretching out across a lake, trees along the horizon, and stormy grey clouds filling the sky

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 15/04/2025

According to @altmetric.com, Bluesky users are more original than Twitter/X users. Not surprising 🦋

An infographic showing the ratio of posts, reposts, and quote posts on both X and Bluesky. X is 27.8% original posts and 67.1% reposts. Bluesky is 52.2% original posts and 43.5% reposts. (exact percentages for quote posts are not displayed)

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 12/04/2025

my first #caturday post: August, in a tree on my farm :) some hashtags, cause why not: #spring #farmlife #aesthetic #cats

a cat sitting on the end of a pine tree branch opposite from the camera, which is on the base of the branch by the trunk of the tree. cool tones, with frosty tree branches spreading out behind the cat, who is looking off into the distance over her shoulder, tail wrapped around her.

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 07/04/2025

1: old wallpaper (that apple made) 2: new wallpaper (that I made)

the new wallpaper i made: a stylized black and white photo of someone holding up and reading a large newspaper in front of them - only pure white and pure black, extremely high contrast

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 05/04/2025

#behindthescenes of me working on the thumbnail for "i am velichor: 2025" :) #filmmaking #graphicdesign

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 17/03/2025

Making random videos is totally worth it 👌 #shortfilm

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 14/03/2025

We're still conscious. Let's act while we can.

"Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious." - George Orwell (1984)

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 05/03/2025

I’d go for a run this morning, but with these sidewalks I might as well wear skates #winnipeg

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 22/02/2025

Custom Revolution Radio album cover 📻📰 Found some old footage of this and edited it into a fun video :)

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 10/12/2024

I think I need a parrot now.

A Facebook Marketplace ad for “Parrot Roller Skates,” being sold for $10. Each parrot roller skate is just four small wheels attaches to a horizontal wooden bar, presumably for the parrot to perch on.

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 10/12/2024

This. (I'm not having the perfect day, therefore I have time to post this)

A reddit post by u/u/randomusername69696 : "There’s probably someone in the world right now who is living the perfect day, but you’ll never know about it because they’re too busy enjoying it to post about it."

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 18/10/2024

#Bluesky: The shining needle in the filthy haystack.

The Top Free Apps section of the Canadian App Store, showing: 1) ChatGPT, 2) Threads, 3) Temu, 4) Bluesky, 5) McDonald’s, 6) Google, 7) TikTok

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 17/09/2024

I don't think that's a great place for your ad, #Temu. #fastfashion #news

A screenshot of a news article titled "Shein is suing Temu over claims of stolen designs. What's going on?" with a temu banner ad right above the title.

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 17/09/2024

10 million users! Congrats Bluesky 🎉 I'm not exactly an OG, but I'm glad to be here :)

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 22/08/2024

Public health is at risk as pollution devastates the UK’s waterways. Unite and demand the government enforce laws for clean, abundant water! #MarchForCleanWater #WaterRights

Poster that says “WE’RE SICK OF SEWAGE. One spillage every minute, 596,666 a year. 26th Oct. London”

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Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca · 21/06/2024

Just saw @edhawkins.bsky.social’s post about showyourstripes.info! Very neat (and intense) tool. Canada’s chart (is that what it’s called?):

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