Friday, 15 August 2025
Give the Luddites (and peace) a chance
GoThe luddites were long historically derided by many as hopeless 19th century nostalgists for out-of-date textile machines but Ben Tarnoff's book "Internet for the People" rightly views them as intelligent workers who "looked backward in order to look forward". In his recent book Tarnoff rightly makes a parallel case for an Internet movement in the 21st century. As the 19th century Luddites protested reckless industrial change the Internet, as appropriated by profiteers like Donald Trump and Mark Zuckerberg must be reclaimed for the good of society by all with a vision of a better world and the tools to achieve it. TorontotheBetter is proud to dedicate itself to the Luddites' progressive cause and welcomes fellow travellers on similar paths they choose to travel on.
Sunday, 10 August 2025
Indigenous Art festival returns to Fort York Toronto
Once again in 2025 TorontotheBetter was pleased to participate in the city's annual celebration of indigenous art and culture at Fort York , where we met many new enterprises and artists that enhance the city and engage our TorontotheBetter community of socially conscious citizens.
Saturday, 2 August 2025
2026 World Cup – How beautiful will it be?
Still often referred to as “the beautiful game” soccer/football is led by a scandal historied Federation – FIFA – and is following up its improbable choice of tiny and football unknown Qatar as venue for the 2022 World Cup with a 2026 tournament in North America, where most games and the tournament final will take place under the watch of scandal-plagued U.S. president Donal Trump. It is with apprehension that anyone concerned about the inner beauty of the game must observe the progress of World Cup 2026. The signs are not good. Trump has already made an appearance on the FIFA 2026 scene by awarding the trophy to winners Chelsea at FIFA’s new spin-off club World Cup for the best professional club in the world. The signs are not good. Elected president of the United States, despite his well known habits of lying and sleazy behaviour, Trump will no doubt get his image plastered across World Cup 2026 media coverage for the 12 months leading to kick-off in June 2026. It is for true beautiful game amateurs/lovers to remind the world of the dark reality that haunts the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Despite such justified fears Canada's inclusion as a co-host of World Cup 2026 offars some special opportunities for believers in the "inner beauty" of the beautiful game. By singling out Canada for tariff punishment and insulting the country verbally Trump is lnot just iving up to his reputation for vulgarirty he is setting the table for a recapture of Canada's reputationaal nobility on the world stage. Let all people, especially Canadians, both soccer/football lovers and others, ensure World Cup 2026 is beautiful for the world and all people in it.
