Thorben Wieditz
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Thorben Wieditz
@twieditz
urban geographer | researcher and campaigner | co-founder of https://t.co/NQVICvfQTM | doer of many things
Hundred Mile City, ON, Canada Katılım Ocak 2011
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Ski day starts with the TTC. Wish we could extend Barrie Line GO trains to Collingwood (the right of way exists!)
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@TDotResident … and cap Uber licenses, so we cut down on deadheading/traffic, congestion, emissions, ensure drivers spend more time “engaged” = paid and the TTC stops losing $200k/day to Uber/Lyft. Wait, no, he doesn’t, he is a big fan of U.S. companies and would never regulate them.
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So you are going to fund the TTC and give priority signals and also provide a solution for the homeless people on these transit vehicles?
Brad Bradford@BradMBradford
Toronto deserves transit that actually helps people move around the city. That’s why I think TTC customers deserve a 15-minute transit service guarantee. It’s part of a back-to-basics transportation plan that’s practical, fair, and built for the people who rely on it every day.
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I don't know the amount, but they were on the Skills Development Fund approved projects:
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Tired of calls for unlocking AI's full potential. Time to unlock the full potential of investing in public health and public education so nurses and teachers are no longer underpaid and overworked.
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'Uber for nurses' exposes 86K+ medical records, PII • The Register theregister.com/2025/03/11/ube…
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Uber: “Uber Canada is run by Canadians for Canadians.”
Also Uber: “All Uber Canada entities are directly and wholly owned subsidiaries of Uber Technologies, Inc., the parent entity of the Uber group, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock symbol UBER.”
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Germany is about to confine its debt rules to the dustbin of history. What a pity they never did that to spend on green energy, digital tech, education, health, the environment but they are doing it to buy guns and bombs, mainly from Trump, to win an unwinnable war in Ukraine
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*Do tenant protections lead to a lower rate of housing production?*
Our analysis suggests no.
Housing production in CA, OR & NH did not decline after passage of "Good/Just Cause" eviction protections relative to nearby states w/o the law.
👇👇
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@anotherglassbox Just looked through ON’s lobbyist registry and noticed that Tesla got $3.7 (possibly $5.9 billion) of taxpayers money alone. Add up all the other provinces where Musk’s paid for lobbyists, this non country surely feeds his wealth.
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not really a country, not really able to fulfil our starlink contracts
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Just going through Ontario’s lobbyist registry and noticed that Elon Musk received $3.7 billion, possibly even $5.9 billion (someone may want to check) from the Ford government (MNR) over the last two years.
And no, that’s not Starlink related.
#Onpoli
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New Survey: Two-Thirds Of Ontarians Support Extending Hourly Minimum Pay To Ontario’s Gig Workers
Full release: eepurl.com/i-FzDU
ON Survey: ridefair.ca/wp-content/upl…
#ONpoli #ONelxn #Uber
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Cute spin.
In return for cutting trillions in corporate taxes and using Trump to force the EU to let tech CEOs rein unregulated. ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/uber-ceo-…
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Tracking the @airbnb boycott
#boycottairbnb #airbnbboycott
“Hosts are fleeing Airbnb in protest over cofounder’s DOGE work”
via @sfstandard
sfstandard.com/2025/02/20/air…
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Why does Giles "R. Moses" Gherson hate complete streets?
The TRBT-commissioned reports didn't recommend removing bike lanes on Bloor, that's coming from the Board, not the experts, based on vibes, not data. Why?
More on the board's tunnel vision:
mailchi.mp/f2b633a7a7b7/f…
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My voter card went to my old address that I moved away from more than 5 months ago.
But Dougie's $200 bribe showed up at my new address.
What the hell is up with that? This smells! It's a good thing I don't need my voter card to vote!
Oshawa, Ontario 🇨🇦 English
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@twieditz Send this to the Edmonton lawyers. x.com/ajlamesa/statu…
Anthony LaMesa@ajlamesa
In Japan, Uber drivers (i.e. non-professional drivers) have to virtually check-in with a taxi company employee each day before working in order to confirm they are healthy and do a breathalyzer test. Imagine living in a country that cares about safety. youtu.be/8WXBbf_qVtY?si…
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Finishing today’s platform roundup.
Airbnb goes full DOGE on New Orleans.
@naterotman is that your territory, or are you more focussed on the north west these days? apnews.com/article/airbnb…
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That’s the right attitude, fuck Airbnb. newsweek.com/airbnb-boycott…
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The only reason Toronto has somewhat of a resemblance of driver training is because it existed pre-Uber and the company didn’t fully succeed to eliminate it in its lobbying push. globalnews.ca/video/11028464…
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