Workforce researcher who specialises in ethnographic methods, hospitality, & the platform economy
Tyler Riordan
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Really useful piece by Richard J Buning, Dorina Pojani & @tylerriordan.bsky.social on the category confusion shaping the ebike discourse and inquiry in QLD, and the equity implications of licensing pedelec bicycles
theconversation.com/should-e-bik...
“Even though Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared a state of emergency that banned all but essential vehicles like ambulances, police cars and utility trucks from the roads, the 80,000 deliveristas were among those exempt.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/n...
In the lead up to Extreme Heat Awareness Day, I spoke to @australia.theguardian.com about some of the risks #fooddelivery riders face
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"rates of e-bike theft are rising fast... A recent survey by the Workers’ Observatory, a gig work monitoring group involving workers and researchers from St Andrews and Edinburgh Universities, found that 40 per cent of riders had bikes stolen..."
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
Higher ed workers in australia, the NTEU are looking for stories about how LLMs/"AI" have affected your work and working conditions. Are you spending more time marking, but receiving the same time allocation? Do you have the flexibility/autonomy you need to design appropriate assessment?
