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In 2025, 1984 feels less like a cautionary novel and more like an operating manual. George Orwell wrote it to warn us about authoritarian control, mass surveillance, and the decay of truth. Instead, we built systems that fulfilled every one of his nightmares. A Book Born from the Ashes of War Published in 1949, 1984 emerged from a world still raw from fascism and Soviet terror. Orwell had watched propaganda redefine reality in Spain, witnessed Stalinist purges twist languag

Ontario’s Bill 60 — the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act — has passed. Amid raucous protests and warnings from housing advocates, legal clinics, and municipalities across the province, the Ford government rammed through legislation that fundamentally rewrites the rules between landlords and tenants. And they did it fast. On November 6, 2025, the government passed a time-allocation motion to limit debate on Bill 60, with no review by a Standing Committee or public hearing

The world doesn’t slow down just because you need it to — it keeps grinding, scrolling, demanding. By Saturday, most of us aren’t resting; we’re recovering. We arrive bruised by the week, half-present, already thinking about Monday, racing through errands we never had time for. Stillness feels like a luxury, or worse — a waste of time. But here’s the truth: refusing to pause doesn’t make you stronger. It just keeps you exhausted enough to forget what you actually want. A life