I wanted someone to sing to me like Frank Sinatra, so I made this song. Actually I made half an album at this point. Snow footage from past winters (2022-2024) filmed in ON and QC, including Niagara Falls, Verdun Beach, Quebec City, Ontario Lake, St-Lawrence River, Montreal Island Lanes, Via Rail and Canadian Airspace. Merry Christmas!
Author: Ayra Roshina Von Tech
Scientists predicted the Canada droughts and governments ignored all the warnings
We heard yesterday that Waterloo is pausing residential developments due to inexistent water capacity, however a quick check revealed that Waterloo continues assembling land for a large industrial site in Wilmot Township. Same shit is going on in Quebec with Microsoft data centers and the empty Hydro reservoirs. Right now we import electricity from the USA.
C’est tellement décourageant!
Here are several links indicating that scientists predicted the water crisis in Canada as early as 2006, but governments completely ignored (and continue to ignore) science and approved (and continue to approve) water guzzling projects. Based on this willful blindness and recklessness, all I can say is that we’re about to go extinct before 2030. We won’t have time to sue anyone, because we’re all going to die, before the cases proceed. We’re effed!!!!!!!!!!
What is the point of a million warnings only so governments and corporations can simply ignore them. The future is not happening.
https://www.iatp.org/news/canadas-water-crisis-escalating
https://www.cbc.ca/news/ai-data-centre-canada-water-use-9.6939684
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-water-shortage-1.6488368
https://rsc-src.ca/en/voices/how-canada-can-solve-its-emerging-water%C2%A0crisis
https://gwf.usask.ca/outputs-data/major-outcomes/water-security-4-canada.php
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0601568103
https://globalreportingcentre.org/lytton-water/
https://www.pentictonherald.ca/news/national_news/article_8278e349-5509-5095-b9d5-c56545077758.html
https://www.tvo.org/article/a-brief-timeline-of-the-first-nations-drinking-water-crisis
In my community of Moose Factory, the clean water crisis never really ends
A Little Bird Told Me – Water Sessions
Filmed in spring 2025 following a flash-rainstorm that caught me by surprise while out on a run. I’ve never run so fast to the top of the mountain. When I was fully drenched, the skies cleared. So I stopped to dry in the sun and this bird came to me. The footage glitches like a filter at moments, because my phone was soaked, one of the back-cameras was filled with water…
These are two tracks written for this same event, flamenco-fusion and hypnotic dirty south loops, modeled after this bird’s moves and swag, and merged in a water ritual. I’ve been doing quite a few of these rituals since the Santeria event. And the French versions are even crazier.
En chemin vers le jardin botanique (Slick Talkin’ Roshae 2026)
I fell into Memphis rap and 808’s. Everything else filmed in Canada.
Jammed Antenna ft. Mushai
WhiteOut, The Ishiou ft. Roshae 2026
Footage filmed in Sutton on the weekend. Edited to my song The Ishiou.
Ruines et exaltation ft. Roshae
Surfing, Fossils, Hot Cakes
starting to get the knack of how to work with retrogrades. This is the latest Chaos Surfing and Fossils that I own all the rights to, unlike previous versions to these same lyrics. Now, I’m am re-doing all my favorite tracks from last year to make sure everything in there is mine. I never use other people’s lyrics, but I’m quick to fall in love with other people’s music, so I now am exercising utmost restraint in that regard. The dance moves are the only thing that I’ve borrowed.
Some things from the past just decided to begin making sense. The stuff I’ve filmed in the past three years is absolutely fantastic. I hadn’t had time to look through all of it. So many things we have taken for granted, and only appreciate when it’s gone forever.. take water for example. I’ve filmed rivers that no longer exist on the map. It makes me cry. This is Breathe a Word .
I’ve experimented with countless different music genres from around the world. I keep coming back to traditional Japanese aesthetics mixed on EDMwave-ish beats and synths. Something about Japanese instruments and EDM makes me feel normal.
Making A Slider
more wordpress in-fighting AI has been of no use to me: trying to make vertical videos work in wordpress
Texas Sued by Billionaire Who Wants to Siphon 42 Billion Gallons of Water Out of EastTexas
that’s what I’m talking about. Private interests are behind the siphoning and the permanent destruction of large bodies of water in North America.
Dallas businessman sues over stalled plans to export East Texas water
I asked AI for a breakdown on this specific water plan. I’m suspecting many similar plans have been underway in Quebec and Ontario lately as well (given the visibly disappearing water levels from both provinces), but Canadians are always kept in the dark until it is too late. Well, now it is too late. The water is gone. At least, they are doing something about it in Texas.
Overview of Kyle Bass’s Water Plan
Kyle Bass,a Dallas-based hedge fund manager known for his “big short” during the 2008 financial crisis, is behind a controversial plan to extract large quantities of groundwater fromEast Texas.Through his companyConservation Equity Management,founded in 2021, Bass aims to explore and potentially pump water from theCarrizo-Wilcox Aquifer,one of the most extensive aquifers in the southern United States, stretching from Louisiana to Mexico.
His stated goal is to address Texas’s looming water crisis by transporting water to regions facing shortages, particularly areas south of Waco and north of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.However, critics argue the project represents a “water grab” by an out-of-state investor that could deplete local resources.
Key Components of the Project
Bass’s plan involves several strategic steps:
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Land Acquisition: He has purchasedover 11,000 acresacross Anderson, Houston, and Henderson counties through entities likeRedtown RanchandPine Bliss Ranch LLC.
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Exploratory Wells: His companies have applied for permits to drill test wells to assess the aquifer’s capacity. These are not yet for full-scale extraction.
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Extraction Capacity: If the tests confirm projections, the project could pump up to 48,972 acre-feet per year—approximately 15.9 billion gallons—from the aquifer.
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Water Transport: While no pipeline has been built yet, the intent is to pipe the water to high-demand urban and industrial areas in central and north Texas.
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Bass maintains the project is still in the data-gathering phase, saying: “Should the data… indicate less water is available than our hydrogeological and engineering studies project, we will re-evaluate our plans.”
The Role of the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer
The Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer is central to this plan. It is a vast, sand-and-gravel-filled underground reservoir that functions more like a saturated sponge than a flowing river. It supplies water to thousands of private wells, farms, ranches, and small municipalities across East Texas.
- The aquifer is not fully mapped, and its recharge rates are uncertain.
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East Texas currently relies on it for agriculture, timber (pine forests), and domestic use.
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Unlike the heavily regulated Edwards Aquifer, the Carrizo-Wilcox has limited oversight, especially in rural counties without groundwater districts.
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Experts warn that over-extraction could lead to irreversible depletion or subsidence, as seen in other parts of Texas.
Legal and Regulatory Framework
Bass’s project exploits Texas’s longstanding “rule of capture” doctrine, which grants landowners the right to pump as much groundwater as they can, regardless of impact on neighbors.
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This 120-year-old legal principle makes it extremely difficult to block private extraction, even at industrial scales.
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A 2012 Texas Supreme Court ruling strengthened this right by allowing landowners to sue for regulatory takings if districts limit pumping.
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The Neches & Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District has limited authority and resources to challenge large operators.
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Notably,Houston County,where Bass also owns land,has no groundwater meaning noregulatory oversight
Bass has invoked the rule of capture as the “bedrock principle of Texas property law”,signalling his intent to legally defend large-scale pumping.
Local and Statewide Opposition
The plan has sparked fierce resistance from East Texans:
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Anderson County Judge Carey McKinney called it an “existential threat”, saying it “awakened the sleeping giant” of rural communities.
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Local business owners, like Mark Calicutt of Calicutt Drilling Inc., distrust Bass’s models:
“I can make a computer model say whatever you want… But the real-world data I see every day is completely different.”
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State lawmakers, including Rep. Trent Ashby (R-Lufkin), warn the project sets a “dangerous precedent” and threatens Houston County’s water supply.
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Hundreds of residents have attended town halls and legislative hearings to oppose the plan.
Critics argue the water wouldbenefit distant cities and developers,not local communities.
Potential Environmental and Economic Impacts
The long-term consequences remain uncertain but potentially severe:
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Depletion of Wells: Neighboring landowners may be forced todrill deeper or lose access to water, as seen in Lee County after the Vista Ridge pipeline.
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Ecosystem Damage: Reduced water levels could harmsprings, wetlands, and wildlifedependent on groundwater.
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Subsidence Risk: Uncontrolled pumping has causedground sinking in other regions, increasing flood vulnerability.
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Economic Harm: East Texas industries likecattle, crops, and timberrely on consistent groundwater. Pine trees alone can use100–150 gallons per day.
Kelley Holcomb of the Angelina & Neches River Authority warns:
“We won’t know until they do it, and once they do it, it’s too freaking late.”
Plan to pump billions of gallons of water from East Texas appears on hold
Sanderson Farms, East Texas Growers Seek to Oust Kyle Bass from Case
https://ktbb.com/post/?p=1457150
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/east-texas-lawmaker-governor-blessing-163751604.html
https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB27
https://www.facebook.com/CodyforTexas/posts/1086371199972503
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/kyle-bass-east-texas-water-20805328.php
Lawmakers sound off on billionaire’s selfish ‘capture’ scheme: ‘It’s repugnant’
https://messenger-news.com/2025/08/31/residents-asked-to-help-groundwater-fight-in-texas-senate/
https://landreport.com/conservation-equity-management-kyle-bass