Aster Vérité

Aster Vérité

@aster-verite.bsky.social

Writer. Critical thinker. Cynical nihilist. Disinformation analyst. Scientist of belief webs. Mythologist of modern decay. Housing, Climate, Health, Science, The Apocalypse

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I've created an "alt" account to focus on dissecting the physics, math, and corporate capture of Canada's energy plans. Ripping up the $70B mega dam illusions and exposing the natural gas "bridge fuel" traps. Independent, non-aligned, and strictly focused on material realities. See yah around.

IF you tasked a good engineer with this task the first thing they'd do is redefine the task. In housing for instance we eliminate radon rather than worrying how to make people immune to radiation.

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A new Israeli government could enjoy the benefits of a diplomatic reset while leaving the occupation substantially intact. Canada should judge any incoming government by what it does to dismantle these structures. Replacing Netanyahu alone cannot justify a restoration of normal diplomatic relations.

canadiandimension.comCanada must not give a post-Netanyahu government a free passBenjamin Netanyahu could lose office in tomorrow’s election. For Palestinians, a change of government is unlikely to make much of a difference. A new Israeli government could enjoy the benefits of a d...

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After letting a few private career colleges rip off the OSAP system with impunity, the Ford govt used the scam as an excuse to cut OSAP grants for all students, accusing them of wasting money on “basket weaving courses” & “fancy watches & cologne” www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... #onpoli

thestar.comDoug Ford’s government could have tackled OSAP fraud. Instead it’s making students payOntario government's approach has left legitimate students as collateral damage.

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Which position? The terrible position that Carney was adopting until Trump torpedoed the deal by adding stuff even Carney at his most elbows down couldn't accept? Or a position that's actually good for Canada?

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With 205 of 206 reporting, community organizer Emily Quaile has expanded her lead to 78% for OCDSB school trustee in west-end Ottawa since this panicked tweet from local anti-LGBTQ+ trustee candidate Shannon Boschy

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A new survey of 1,000 American adults found that the strongest supporters of transgender sports bans are not the people who admire women most: they are the people who hold the most hostile views about women. www.helenwebberley.com/news/transge...

helenwebberley.comAre transgender sports bans really about protecting women? | Dr Helen WebberleyThe data says no. Those most hostile to women are most in favour of banning trans athletes.

I went two for two tonight. I admit that I did not research trustee candidates. Despite choosing to be childless until recently I would vote for who I thought was the best candidate. But voting for trustee is just participating in Ford's sham

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A 2025 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Omar Yaghi is the son of Palestinian refugees who grew up in Jordan. He just left the US to move to China after raising concerns about rising anti-immigrant sentiment, like the kind shown here. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

Another delusional privileged white male👇 This is about human beings, and the loss of their human rights. Non-psychopaths must engage in fighting to protect human rights and the vulnerable members of their community, not act like an AI calculator tells them too.

Mike, Lost in the Labyrinth@thenakedvine.bsky.social

I do listen. This is about math. The system is what it is and we must engage it for what it is. You want to change the system, great! But you have to win first.

Since when is demanding not to lose your human rights applying a level of hyperbole? Notice how the people attacking those fighting for rights are white, with the privilege of never having to worry about theeir rights...

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Club Saanich@thesaanichdaily.bsky.social

The BC election had the second lowest turnout in Canadian history. Second only to the last Ontario election. This is crisis level apathy and no one seems to care. Our democracy has become a sham. The silence from our politicians is damning. They don't actually want us to vote. #bcpoli #cdnpoli

It looks early in the night like Alvin Tedjo may win as Mississauga Mayor and beat two very poor choices in Parrish and Crombie. Nice, Alvin is missing middle advocate...

It's "anti-genocide human rights campaigners" to you bitch.....

CTV News Montreal@ctvnewsmontreal.bsky.social

The Crown has withdrawn all criminal charges against pro-Palestinian protesters arrested during a sit-in at a downtown Montreal bank more than two years ago.

Thanks to grandpa cranky-pants types at the Chartwell Scarlett Heights Retirement Residence, 4005 Eglinton Ave. W. Ward 2, Sub pol 35 will be open until 8:20 p.m. Toronto election results will be delayed as a result. #TOpoli

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If only there were some sort of camera, maybe coupled with a radar system or something, ya know, that could take pictures of cars and other kinds of vehicles that go too fast - then the police or embody could issue tickets to scofflaws…

Our local road has a 40 kph speed limit. There's a 4 way stop, but E/W traffic routinely runs the stop, putting N/S traffic at high risk. Wife was struck 2 years ago by a car going 80 kph. Tonight on way to the polls, the driver of a p/u nearly struck her on same spot. Voting in TO is risky

White male denialism is as toxic as male privilege. It' a fact, if you're not on board the fight for universal human rights, you're not on our side, or anyone's side but the fascists.

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Luke had to go there. One thing I wish to see is Lisa so humiliated she will crawl under a rock, never to reappear.

Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca

Looking at Pickering mayoral candidate Lisa Robinson's "endorsements" page on her website Literally just three endorsements, all of them are anonymous

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trans people are already compromising in this election by simply asking that our existing rights not be on the chopping block what dems are doing now is deciding whether they actually need to negotiate with us at all so telling us to vote to keep a spot in the tent is pretty fucking condescending

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While pundits on national television applauded Lorne Doerkson for running a campaign supposedly laser-focused on the economy, it appears white nationalists were paying attention when his campaign manager posted "fuck Islam" and when his relentlessly attacked Indigenous rights. Total media failure.

Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social

To be clear, this is sarcasm. It is a very bad sign that this election was taken as a signal by white supremacists!