Thorben Wieditz
@twieditz.bsky.social
urban geographer | researcher and campaigner | co-founder of https://metstrat.ca | doer of things
First tracks. Winter’s here early.
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
First tracks. Winter’s here early.
It’s not everyday that a documentary debuts in Collingwood.
“Thinking Beyond the Market: a film about genuinely affordable housing” by @briandoucet.bsky.social.
Don’t miss it, if it screens near you. It’s very well done, highlighting efforts to decommodify housing from across Canada.
“Thinking Beyond the Market: a film about genuinely affordable housing” by @briandoucet.bsky.social.
Don’t miss it, if it screens near you. It’s very well done, highlighting efforts to decommodify housing from across Canada.
October 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
It’s not everyday that a documentary debuts in Collingwood.
“Thinking Beyond the Market: a film about genuinely affordable housing” by @briandoucet.bsky.social.
Don’t miss it, if it screens near you. It’s very well done, highlighting efforts to decommodify housing from across Canada.
“Thinking Beyond the Market: a film about genuinely affordable housing” by @briandoucet.bsky.social.
Don’t miss it, if it screens near you. It’s very well done, highlighting efforts to decommodify housing from across Canada.
I skate skied part of it last February.
September 23, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I skate skied part of it last February.
It’s as straight as an arrow and bound for headwinds.
September 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It’s as straight as an arrow and bound for headwinds.
Someone’s spending money on that distraction?
September 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Someone’s spending money on that distraction?
Thanks to all who came out and joined us last night.
Special thanks to Luke Yates visiting us during his NA tour, Ghada Alsharif for moderating the panel discussion and Luisa Sotomayor for hosting us at the University of Toronto, and, of course, all the panelists.
Special thanks to Luke Yates visiting us during his NA tour, Ghada Alsharif for moderating the panel discussion and Luisa Sotomayor for hosting us at the University of Toronto, and, of course, all the panelists.
September 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Thanks to all who came out and joined us last night.
Special thanks to Luke Yates visiting us during his NA tour, Ghada Alsharif for moderating the panel discussion and Luisa Sotomayor for hosting us at the University of Toronto, and, of course, all the panelists.
Special thanks to Luke Yates visiting us during his NA tour, Ghada Alsharif for moderating the panel discussion and Luisa Sotomayor for hosting us at the University of Toronto, and, of course, all the panelists.
Pleased that Luke Yates present his book Platform Politics to us, and to have a great panel of local discussants reflect on Toronto's own history with tech giants.
Sep. 4, 5-7pm, UofT
Brought to you by Jane Place Neighbourhood Sustainability Initiative, Fairbnb CA and Geography & Planning, UofT
Sep. 4, 5-7pm, UofT
Brought to you by Jane Place Neighbourhood Sustainability Initiative, Fairbnb CA and Geography & Planning, UofT
August 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Pleased that Luke Yates present his book Platform Politics to us, and to have a great panel of local discussants reflect on Toronto's own history with tech giants.
Sep. 4, 5-7pm, UofT
Brought to you by Jane Place Neighbourhood Sustainability Initiative, Fairbnb CA and Geography & Planning, UofT
Sep. 4, 5-7pm, UofT
Brought to you by Jane Place Neighbourhood Sustainability Initiative, Fairbnb CA and Geography & Planning, UofT
Stopped by at an old friend’s place after several years yesterday to get a wheel trued. Place hasn’t changed a bit.
August 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Stopped by at an old friend’s place after several years yesterday to get a wheel trued. Place hasn’t changed a bit.
Points for the person who identifies Gru, the man on the right.
August 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Points for the person who identifies Gru, the man on the right.
On the topic of rolling over for US tech platforms, we just released this about the Ford government's sell out of Ontario workers to gig platforms like Uber - a law that comes into effect tomorrow, on Canada Day.
More background here: ridefair.ca/wp-content/u...
More background here: ridefair.ca/wp-content/u...
June 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
On the topic of rolling over for US tech platforms, we just released this about the Ford government's sell out of Ontario workers to gig platforms like Uber - a law that comes into effect tomorrow, on Canada Day.
More background here: ridefair.ca/wp-content/u...
More background here: ridefair.ca/wp-content/u...
I got to say, Councillor Saxe did her homework and is really good at pointing out all the pitfallls of that secret Magna deal with the Province that will employ 360 degree facial recognition data to deliver pizza and send it to the US. FYI, Magna partners with Serve Robotics, a Uber spin-off.
May 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I got to say, Councillor Saxe did her homework and is really good at pointing out all the pitfallls of that secret Magna deal with the Province that will employ 360 degree facial recognition data to deliver pizza and send it to the US. FYI, Magna partners with Serve Robotics, a Uber spin-off.
Is there a place in Ontario where you can show up like this?
April 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Is there a place in Ontario where you can show up like this?
It’s a different climate 2h north of Toronto.
April 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It’s a different climate 2h north of Toronto.
According to the company, Uber employs 350 people in Canada.
The more than 80K rideshare drivers in Toronto alone are not considered employees, nor are its delivery workers.
Aside, Uber’s entities are wholly owned and controlled by Uber Technologies Inc. in the US.
The more than 80K rideshare drivers in Toronto alone are not considered employees, nor are its delivery workers.
Aside, Uber’s entities are wholly owned and controlled by Uber Technologies Inc. in the US.
March 31, 2025 at 9:44 PM
According to the company, Uber employs 350 people in Canada.
The more than 80K rideshare drivers in Toronto alone are not considered employees, nor are its delivery workers.
Aside, Uber’s entities are wholly owned and controlled by Uber Technologies Inc. in the US.
The more than 80K rideshare drivers in Toronto alone are not considered employees, nor are its delivery workers.
Aside, Uber’s entities are wholly owned and controlled by Uber Technologies Inc. in the US.
Not sure what planet Bradford lives on.
Maybe if Uber would actually consider itself the employer of its food delivery and rideshare workforce, pay corporate taxes in Canada and conform to, not undermine, existing labour law, maybe then, only then, would Bradford’s rational make some sense.
Maybe if Uber would actually consider itself the employer of its food delivery and rideshare workforce, pay corporate taxes in Canada and conform to, not undermine, existing labour law, maybe then, only then, would Bradford’s rational make some sense.
March 31, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Not sure what planet Bradford lives on.
Maybe if Uber would actually consider itself the employer of its food delivery and rideshare workforce, pay corporate taxes in Canada and conform to, not undermine, existing labour law, maybe then, only then, would Bradford’s rational make some sense.
Maybe if Uber would actually consider itself the employer of its food delivery and rideshare workforce, pay corporate taxes in Canada and conform to, not undermine, existing labour law, maybe then, only then, would Bradford’s rational make some sense.
Why does Giles "Robert Moses" Gherson hate complete streets so much?
The TRBT-commissioned reports didn't recommend removing cycling infrastructure; that suggestion comes from the Board, not the experts, based on vibes, not data. Why?
More on the Board's tunnel vision: mailchi.mp/f2b633a7a7b7...
The TRBT-commissioned reports didn't recommend removing cycling infrastructure; that suggestion comes from the Board, not the experts, based on vibes, not data. Why?
More on the Board's tunnel vision: mailchi.mp/f2b633a7a7b7...
February 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Why does Giles "Robert Moses" Gherson hate complete streets so much?
The TRBT-commissioned reports didn't recommend removing cycling infrastructure; that suggestion comes from the Board, not the experts, based on vibes, not data. Why?
More on the Board's tunnel vision: mailchi.mp/f2b633a7a7b7...
The TRBT-commissioned reports didn't recommend removing cycling infrastructure; that suggestion comes from the Board, not the experts, based on vibes, not data. Why?
More on the Board's tunnel vision: mailchi.mp/f2b633a7a7b7...
There is also the suspended monorail close by in Wuppertal, which opened in 1901 and is (in)famous for a falling elephant in the 1950s.
February 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
There is also the suspended monorail close by in Wuppertal, which opened in 1901 and is (in)famous for a falling elephant in the 1950s.
I used to take the H-Bahn at the University of Dortmund. In place since the early 1980s.
February 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I used to take the H-Bahn at the University of Dortmund. In place since the early 1980s.
