Vivian Song
viviansonginparis.bsky.social
Vivian Song
@viviansonginparis.bsky.social
Award-winning Paris-based freelance journalist and photographer with bylines in The New York Times, BBC, CNN, Lonely Planet, Robb Report, National Geographic, Eater, The Telegraph UK etc. email: vivsong@gmail.com
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@charlieangus104.bsky.social petition to revoke his citizenship, is now over 240,000!

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
You know, there are competitors to Starlink. After this, if Canadian company (or Premier) needing satellite internet doesn't consider those other options, then their loyalties are suspect.
February 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
For @cnn.com I wrote about how Canadians are fighting back.
Following Trump's threat to annex Canada and impose tariffs, Canadians —who make up the largest source of international visitors to the US — are vowing not to step foot in the country.
www.cnn.com/travel/candi...
‘Am I now a walking target?’ The Canadians boycotting travel to the United States because of Trump | CNN
Anger prompted by President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs and recent remarks about annexing Canada has led some Canadians to cancel vacation plans to the United States.
www.cnn.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Hi Bluesky, I wrote a piece for @nytimes.com about how the vertiginous growth of coffee shops is changing cafe culture in Paris. If you read carefully, you'll understand that it's not *really* about the coffee.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/t...
It’s Zinc Bar vs. Barista in a Paris Battle of the Buzz
The city’s traditional cafes and bistros are staking out their cultural territory in an emerging duel against highly caffeinated upstarts serving up latte art.
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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That Trump pivoted to being such a champion of Tik Tok is reason enough to delete the app from your phone.

But I dig deeper into why the app is an authoritarian dream. This isn't about surveillance, but about how it fries people's brains.
www.salon.com/2025/01/19/w...
Trump's sudden love of TikTok shows he needs disinfo more than he hates China
“It’s been a great platform for him," said Trump's incoming national security advisor
www.salon.com
January 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM