Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Democracy & GovernmentGuest CommentaryOpinion/Column

Toronto’s $63M electric ferry: “Drowning in dysfunction”

Two years to buy ferries with no way to charge them, diesel is the temporary solution This is literally the first bullet point in any electric vehicle manual: it needs to be fucking plugged in.” by Vince Gaetano Toronto is

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Canada 2.0Democracy & GovernmentOpinion/Column

On Canada Day, let’s face the ugly truth

Will Canadians choose truth,  democracy and freedom over lies, fascism and slavery? My son has returned from two years of fighting in Ukraine. Miraculously, he arrived home in one piece, uninjured, safe and sound (thanks be to God!) Last week,

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Democracy & GovernmentOpinion/Column

EVs about control, not carbon

Mandates collapsing your ability to move freely by Tom Marazzo The federal government just locked in their 2035 ban on gas-powered vehicles. It sounds bold. Climate-driven. “Forward-thinking.” But it’s not. It’s a distraction. Like a magician using sleight of hand,

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Media releaseNewsRide Hailing newsTaxi industry news

FTC takes action against Uber for deceptive billing and cancellation practices

FTC says company enrolled consumers in subscription service and charged them without their consent, made it difficult for users to cancel April 21, 2025–America’s Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit today against Uber, alleging the rideshare and delivery company charged

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News

The hidden lives of Amazon drivers

Delivery driver Christopher Sing tracks a wide variety of the company’s performance metrics in a June 8 video that focuses on Amazon’s use of Netradyne driver cameras. “What happens when you start tracking all the statistics of your employees?” Sing

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Feature/ProfileRide Hailing newsTaxi industry news

“Autoenshittification” allows car makers to steal your data and pick your pocket, Cory Doctorow says

“Enshittification” is the term Doctorow created in 2022 to describe what happens when an online platform like Amazon or Twitter becomes more monetized and less user-oriented the longer it lasts. These platforms started out serving users by offering features that lure them in; then serve advertisers and third parties by offering ad targeting and deals; and lastly, serve themselves and their shareholders by cheating and exploiting both advertisers and users. Doctorow calls this process “enshittification.”

“Autoenshittification” is when these anti-consumer design and marketing principles are applied to vehicles being packed with digital technologies no one wants.

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