Thorben Wieditz

urban geographer | researcher and campaigner | co-founder of | doer of many things

[Thorben Wieditz @twieditz]

@AlexanderGlista It kind of looks like this now.

[Thorben Wieditz @twieditz]

@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.

[Thorben Wieditz @twieditz]

@TDotResident $426K in 2023, just over $1mill in 2024.

[Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu]

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.

[Thorben Wieditz @twieditz]

'Uber for nurses' exposes 86K+ medical records, PII • The Register https://t.co/kA5FLB2zX9

[Thorben Wieditz @twieditz]

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.”

[Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis]

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

[Kenton Card (also on bsky) @kenton_card]

*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.

👇👇

[Thorben Wieditz @twieditz]

@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.

[Thorben Wieditz @twieditz]

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

[Libby Whittemore💙🪷🇺🇦 @libbage55]

#ResistanceUnited
Advertisement at a London bus stop… ya gotta love the British

[RideFairTO @ridefairTO]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New Survey: Two-Thirds Of Ontarians Support Extending Hourly Minimum Pay To Ontario’s Gig Workers

Full release: https://t.co/egQYbKPCZa

ON Survey: https://t.co/WvjVLFWIqT

#ONpoli #ONelxn #Uber

[Thorben Wieditz @twieditz]

Cute spin.

In return for cutting trillions in corporate taxes and using Trump to force the EU to let tech CEOs rein unregulated. https://t.co/XGBNqTve8C

[Inside Airbnb @InsideAirbnb]

Tracking the @airbnb boycott
#boycottairbnb #airbnbboycott

“Hosts are fleeing Airbnb in protest over cofounder’s DOGE work”
via @sfstandard

https://t.co/Apupszp8ma

[Thorben Wieditz @twieditz]

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:
https://t.co/tiiTMiDLBz

[Earla Phillips @earlwithana]

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!

[Anthony LaMesa @ajlamesa]

@twieditz Send this to the Edmonton lawyers. https://t.co/At4n2cX129

[Thorben Wieditz @twieditz]

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? https://t.co/qciba66FgT

[Thorben Wieditz @twieditz]

That’s the right attitude, fuck Airbnb. https://t.co/O12LZNevh0

[Thorben Wieditz @twieditz]

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. https://t.co/UoswSZqIeU