Reposted by Aaron BinderMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you. 341250374771
Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 21/09/2026Oops. What's that old saying? Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. 142
Reposted by Aaron BinderAaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 17/09/2026Wondering what Ontario Place looks like behind all the construction fences? 👇👇😥👇👇 3214
Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 20/09/2026In GOOD Toronto waterfront news, Biidaasige Park continues to green and grow. Toronto's East waterfront is truly a gem with Biidaasige, the Leslie Spit, and Woodbine Beach. 0131
Reposted by Aaron BinderFrancesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I took these before and after shots mere days apart in October 2024. Ontario Place West Island ripped down in the night, and this is how it still looks today. 2169
Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 17/09/2026Wondering what Ontario Place looks like behind all the construction fences? 👇👇😥👇👇 3214
Reposted by Aaron BinderMadeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 15/09/2026A popular Toronto-based travel influencer posted an Instagram video and blog about how they replaced car trips with an e-cargo bike and how much they love it. This feels like an indication of big culture shifts - biking is really going mainstream in Toronto!minijetsetter.comUrban Arrow FamilyNext Pro Review: Our Family Cargo Bike - Mini JetsetterOur honest Urban Arrow FamilyNext Pro review after a summer of daily riding in Toronto: what we love, what to know, and if a family cargo bike is worth it. 832458
Reposted by Aaron BinderNick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 15/09/2026Ontario is still writing its rules for datacentres. But Ford's pitchdeck for foreign investors explicitly markets Hamilton’s waterfront for deregulated AI datacentre development, including "sovereign" AI opportunities." Sovereign AI. Built for foreign investors. With no rules. #HamOnt 28271
Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 09/09/2026Does it feel like Canada and provinces have a patchwork of rules surrounding data centres? You're right (and I'm so proud of you!) Get the full scoop in @betakit.com | betakit.com/heres-how-ev... 060
Reposted by Aaron BinderTrevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land. 8576732174
Reposted by Aaron BinderRodney 🚧🚇 @chanface.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Ford wants to make it unsafe for this family to bike. 727760
Reposted by Aaron BinderRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Huge corporations like Amazon, Walmart, and Uber are among the top employers of SNAP and Medicaid recipients. Meanwhile, their CEOs are raking in multi-million dollar pay packages. How is this not a bigger scandal? 496126345264
Reposted by Aaron BinderRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026American workers are taking home their smallest share of the nation's wealth since 1947 — even as corporate profits soar. Why? This chart has the answer. 7734141461
Reposted by Aaron BinderRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Uber just announced it will lay off 10% of its workforce, or around 3,300 workers. Last year, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi made $35M — 360 times his median employee's pay — and announced a $20B stock buyback program to further enrich shareholders and himself. Textbook corporate greed. 514147785239
Reposted by Aaron BinderMadeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 01/09/2026OMG, we did! Incredible photos by Richard Seck: www.richardseck.com/criticalmass... 320348
Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 01/09/2026My favourite part of listening to music in 2026 is having to check whether every artist has a pre-2024 catalogue 🫠 010
Reposted by Aaron BinderDan Seljak @anotherglassbox.bsky.social · 31/08/2026To the influencer shooting a doc on TO's "decline": I am sorry you came to our city with your mind already made up. I was also on the TTC a lot this weekend. Much was at Line Fe5t, where TTC employees volunteered to boost small biz in a community impacted by the province's delayed transit project. 1477
Reposted by Aaron BinderAaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 30/08/2026Did you know TTC does weddings? My friends hired a bus to get us all from their wedding to the reception in East Toronto! This city ❤️❤️ 37017
Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 30/08/2026Did you know TTC does weddings? My friends hired a bus to get us all from their wedding to the reception in East Toronto! This city ❤️❤️ 37017
Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 28/08/2026You know what would be really fun for all of us? Trying to find the easter eggs in my new psycho-retro-futurist website - aaronbinder.comaaronbinder.comAaron Binder - Small Business Policy, Commercial Rent ReformDirector at Better Way Alliance. Partner at Go Tours Canada. Small business policy, commercial rent reform, and Canadian main street economics. 031
Reposted by Aaron BinderAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The footage coming out of Nepal is devastating. I fear we’re looking at thousands dead 2574849870
Reposted by Aaron BinderAaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 27/08/2026The people yearn for car-free streets. "I’ve heard from a lot of people who want a pedestrian street in their neighbourhood" - @chanface.bsky.social Toronto's 2 car-free months on Church Street was an incredible experiment that benefited everyone. Extend it to 6 months in 2027 & forever in 2028. 2236
Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 27/08/2026The people yearn for car-free streets. "I’ve heard from a lot of people who want a pedestrian street in their neighbourhood" - @chanface.bsky.social Toronto's 2 car-free months on Church Street was an incredible experiment that benefited everyone. Extend it to 6 months in 2027 & forever in 2028. 2236
Reposted by Aaron BinderAaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 26/08/2026Often I talk commercial rent because a business is given a titanic rent increase. Instead, today I got to talk about the fun & clever Honest Ed's Alley: "I think it gets replicated across the city because it brings a vibrancy that we want to see in Toronto" www.yourcitywithin.com/tokyo-style-...yourcitywithin.comTokyo-style alleyway taking shape in one of Toronto’s most highly anticipated new developments - YourCityWithIN.comThe Annex isn’t a Toronto neighbourhood that you would classify as ‘up-and-coming’ or a ‘hidden gem’ that’s slowly accumulating cachet through gentrification or attention from trend-seeking influencer... 073
Reposted by Aaron BinderPreeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 26/08/2026When we hate on these disgusting immoral evil billionaires it’s bc just look at everything Dolly did. They could be doing that. They could just be helping people and every day they choose not to help people. They choose to harm. And when they die, we’ll dance and laugh and be thankful they’re gone. 570592100
Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 26/08/2026Often I talk commercial rent because a business is given a titanic rent increase. Instead, today I got to talk about the fun & clever Honest Ed's Alley: "I think it gets replicated across the city because it brings a vibrancy that we want to see in Toronto" www.yourcitywithin.com/tokyo-style-...yourcitywithin.comTokyo-style alleyway taking shape in one of Toronto’s most highly anticipated new developments - YourCityWithIN.comThe Annex isn’t a Toronto neighbourhood that you would classify as ‘up-and-coming’ or a ‘hidden gem’ that’s slowly accumulating cachet through gentrification or attention from trend-seeking influencer... 073
Reposted by Aaron BinderDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton helped millions of children learn how to read and saved millions of lives by funding COVID vaccine research. She improved more people’s lives than almost any political leader in office. Her impact will be felt by generations. 51132270
Reposted by Aaron BinderThe Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 24/08/2026Report: Trump admin demanded Canada execute Bonhommethebeaverton.comReport: Trump admin demanded Canada execute BonhommeOTTAWA - Reports from the Canada-U.S. trade talks indicates that the Trump Administration made a last-minute demand for the public execution of beloved Québécois celebrity Bonhomme Carnaval. 39929283
Reposted by Aaron BinderAaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 23/08/2026Canada's government can't have an ongoing deal with Palantir while claiming tech sovereignty is a top priority. China and France's governments are moving to Linux - Canada should too. From @zdnet.bsky.social | www.zdnet.com/article/chin... 0149
Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 23/08/2026Canada's government can't have an ongoing deal with Palantir while claiming tech sovereignty is a top priority. China and France's governments are moving to Linux - Canada should too. From @zdnet.bsky.social | www.zdnet.com/article/chin... 0149
Reposted by Aaron BinderDan Seljak @anotherglassbox.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Not sure if anyone has a burning desire to read my 700-word treatise on keeping moving even when things don't go the way you'd hoped on a Friday evening, but I felt like I had to get some of these thoughts out: danseljak.substack.com/p/a-prisoner...danseljak.substack.comA prisoner of hopeSome reflections on the suprising end to the Finch Store saga 1205
Reposted by Aaron BinderAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 22/08/20263/5 Wab Kinew got it exactly right — the President is weak and cannot be trusted to abide by an agreement. We should stand firm, knowing it’s what the vast majority of Canadians want our government to do. But what happens next matters. We are not out of this yet. 258559
Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 08/08/2026Toronto business rent jumped almost 150% in 5 years. And it's still going up. On top of that, when a business is looking for a space, there's no transparency on how much local rent is - or who even owns the building. Help businesses get the transparency to succeed: commercialrent.ca/registry/ 100
Reposted by Aaron BinderJay Pitter @jaypitter.bsky.social · 02/08/2026We shouldn’t stop at saying we want car-free streets. We should add: ~ wide enough sidewalks for youth to hang out after school ~ benches where families with little ones can rest ~ street canopies that shade elders during their morning walks ~ patios providing a platform for local artists and… 26415
Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 03/08/2026My latest. "When California raised its fast-food minimum to $20 an hour, turnover in those restaurants dropped from a range of 150-300% down to roughly 150-200%" betterwayalliance.ca/why-low-wage...betterwayalliance.caWhy Low Wages Are Causing Your Productivity ProblemYou've done the math on labour costs. You know what every hour costs you. What most owners never put… 010
Reposted by Aaron BinderNick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 23/07/2026The datacentre debate is spreading across Canada. Are you a city councillor wondering what you can do to protect your community. Or maybe a very cool person who wants to stop one or more datacentres? 49049
Reposted by Aaron BinderNick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 21/06/2026Reporters. Please read: blundervalley.ca/blog/hamilto... @joeycoleman.ca @justinchandler.work @jordanomstead.bsky.socialblundervalley.caWho's lobbying for loopholes in Hamilton's proposed data centre moratorium?Rumoured amendments could undermine the will of Hamilton residents 01410
Reposted by Aaron BinderRodney 🚧🚇 @chanface.bsky.social · 20/06/2026It’s surreal seeing it come full circle. The people stuck in the crowded Church Street sidewalk are now free to roam the streets! (At least during the 2 month pedestrianization pilot) Streets are for the people! 519437
Reposted by Aaron BinderShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Day 2 of church street pedestrianization. I am floored at how fast it happened. Nice work from the TSA interpreting a 8 sites. Even got into the Steps controversy (you can see the remnants of the steps in background) 411421
Reposted by Aaron BinderShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 16/06/2026No Toronto Liberal MP should take being reelected for granted. They continue to play this city. Their own TPA is making plans (900m runway), asking for non disclosure agreements and not revealing anything while MPs keep saying they know nothing, they’ll stand up for TO. Just constant emptiness.thestar.comMayor Olivia Chow accuses federally mandated port authority of hiding early plans for Billy BishopThe Toronto Port Authority has repeatedly promised that all of its stakeholders, including the city, will eventually be consulted before a final version of the Billy Bishop expansion plan is made publ... 1415674
Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 15/06/2026Rayah Cafe's landlord in Toronto is trying to illegally evict them - this happens to businesses all the time. Why? We have no rules that stop this from happening. @betterwayalliance.bsky.social is pushing for changes so businesses are free to negotiate from a place of fairness - instead of fear. 124
Reposted by Aaron BinderDan Seljak @anotherglassbox.bsky.social · 13/06/2026I have developed a niche brand of “hosting karaoke for picketers”. here’s me kicking things off for the hard working folks at Sistering who are holding our boy Dougie accountable for wages owed. 1418
Reposted by Aaron Binderderek van vliet @derek.bike · 08/06/2026ever since i was a small boy i knew i wanted to charge the pepper grinder 481997251
Reposted by Aaron BinderNick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 10/06/2026Hamilton's datacentre debate is now a key election issue. We've launched an Election Tracker documenting where candidates stand on proposed hyperscale datacentres and on the need for stronger municipal regulation. Some have responded. Some have not. stopthedatacentre.ca/election-tra...stopthedatacentre.caElection tracker · Stop the DatacentreWe're contacting candidates and documenting stances on the Steelport datacentre proposal. 34017
Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 04/05/2026"WSJ analysis found 67% of Polymarket profits goes to just 0.1% of accounts." I am once again asking you to stop donating to the already wealthy. 021
Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 21/04/2026Some news that flew under the radar last week: The City of Yellowknife is calling on Ottawa to replace first past the post with a Proportional Representation voting system. We've got a small and mighty population of Canadians up north! @cabinradio.ca | cabinradio.ca/286842/news/... 0122
Reposted by Aaron BinderAaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 23/12/2024I too have remembered butter. 1014511