urban geographer | researcher and campaigner | co-founder of https://teapawt.net/t.co/NQVICvfQTM | doer of many things
Hundred Mile City, ON, Canada
Joined January 2011
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Oho,
FTC orders Delta, Uber and others to hand over data on algorithmic
ht/ @earlwithana
theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
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Premier Ford ran for office on a promise to eliminate hallway healthcare. Under his leadership it has only dramatically worsened. ER patients, families, nurses and doctors witness this daily. The Trillium shows us the actual data. By @AidanChamandy @Thetrilliumca
Ford significantly underperforms in Ontario’s most vital areas.
NEW: Internal government data shows Ontario’s hallway health care problem is as bad as it’s ever been.
More from @AidanChamandy: thetrillium.ca/news/health/o…
It’s been so quiet here today. All these aggressive doomsayers are gone. I can hear the birds. #Topoli
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Thanks @TorontoStar & @mahdishabibinia for this insightful piece clarifying @BradMBradford's & @fordnation's path to water privatization: "What qualifies as 'an agent' could be a private company, a public-private partnership like Metrolinx or the Canada Infrastructure Bank, which facilitates private investment in infrastructure projects." thestar.com/gift-redeem?t=e9…
@cupelocal79 @Local416 #keepwaterpublic
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Dying because it reminding me of the article that said- not a single person can be found who actually likes and respects this guy. He is almost universally disliked. 😂💀😬
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A Friday night blow to Premier Doug Ford’s Billy Bishop plans: the federal government has rejected Ontario’s proposal to expand the island airport.
87,000 people weighed in during public consultations and raised a “range of issues” including transportation, economics, environmental protection, noise, housing & quality of life.
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NEW: The expense scandal gripping Queen’s Park has created a divide in the Progressive Conservative caucus, as members quietly express anger over the unintended consequences of their colleagues’ actions and the premier’s office’s handling of the situation.
globalnews.ca/news/11986657/…
#onpoli
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Donations to David Piccini’s riding association nearly doubled after he was put in charge of spending the Skills Development Fund. The RA spent $40,000 in “meetings” that included sushi-rolling classes and expenses related to a Florida golf course thestar.com/politics/provinc… #onpoli
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NEW: A second internal email reveals the PC party gave its MPPs permission to bill taxpayers for hotel rooms as early as 2022.
MPPs were told to keep it in “the strictest of confidences.”
globalnews.ca/news/11986657/…
#onpoli
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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.
'Uber for nurses' exposes 86K+ medical records, PII • The Register theregister.com/2025/03/11/u…
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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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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#ResistanceUnited
Advertisement at a London bus stop… ya gotta love the British
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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/uploa…
#ONpoli #ONelxn #Uber
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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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…
