urban geographer | researcher and campaigner | co-founder of metstrat.ca | doer of many things
Joined January 2011
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Thorben Wieditz retweeted
13 Mar 2025
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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12 Mar 2025
'Uber for nurses' exposes 86K medical records, PII • The Register theregister.com/2025/03/11/u…
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10 Mar 2025
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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Thorben Wieditz retweeted
5 Mar 2025
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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Thorben Wieditz retweeted
4 Mar 2025
*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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25 Feb 2025
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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Thorben Wieditz retweeted
24 Feb 2025
#ResistanceUnited
Advertisement at a London bus stop… ya gotta love the British
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Thorben Wieditz retweeted
24 Feb 2025
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/uploa…
#ONpoli #ONelxn #Uber
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23 Feb 2025
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/ub…
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Thorben Wieditz retweeted
22 Feb 2025
Tracking the @airbnb boycott
#boycottairbnb #airbnbboycott
“Hosts are fleeing Airbnb in protest over cofounder’s DOGE work”
via @sfstandard
sfstandard.com/2025/02/20/ai…
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21 Feb 2025
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/for-…
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Thorben Wieditz retweeted
21 Feb 2025
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!
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Thorben Wieditz retweeted
21 Feb 2025
Send this to the Edmonton lawyers. x.com/ajlamesa/status/178112…
19 Apr 2024
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=bb_J…
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21 Feb 2025
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-la…
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21 Feb 2025
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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21 Feb 2025
Curious how long it takes for Uber and Airbnb to go full DOGE on Canadian regulators.
#Topoli ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/…
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21 Feb 2025
Terrifying that #Uber funds Trump/CEO attends his inaugaration, & #Airbnb’s co-founder joins #DOGE. The consolidation of the tech oligarchy around state power is frightening.
Sad that @oliviachow’s office meets often with Uber execs but never with community members or drivers.
21 Feb 2025
Terrifying to see Musk and now Bannon doing Nazi salutes. Fascism grows in the United States, threatening the world.
Solidarity, building a fair sovereign economy, and committing to political freedoms is our collective defence.
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20 Feb 2025
We should cut the wealth rates by 40% to start.
19 Feb 2025
Implementing guaranteed basic income could cut poverty rates by up to 40%, PBO says theglobeandmail.com/business…
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