Thread by @doctorow, One of my favorite expressions of disgust is "The only time I [...]

One of my favorite expressions of disgust is "The only time I wouldn& #39;t piss on him is if he was on fire."

Well, the world is on fire and the only time I wouldn& #39;t piss on @Uber& #39;s Jump dockless ebikes is in a pandemic, when bicycle transport has never been more essential.

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Uber - and other dockless transport companies like @BirdRide - unilaterally filled our cities& #39; streets with ewaste litter - unsafe electric vehicles that endangered their riders and pedestrians in use, and blocked sidewalks for wheelchair users the rest of the time.

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These companies compounded their misdeeds by refusing to help track down customers who had hit-and-run pedestrians, even when their customers& #39; victims were critically injured.

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(and, of course, Bird threatened to sue me for explaining how you could buy their abandoned vehicles from city impounds and convert them to personal vehicles)

https://boingboing.net/2019/01/11/flipping-the-bird.html

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Bird Scooter tried to censor my Boing Boing post with a legal threat that's so stupid, it's a whole...

Last month, I published a post discussing the mountains of abandoned Bird Scooters piling up in city impound lots, and the rise of $30 Chinese conversion kits that let you buy a scooter at auction,…

https://boingboing.net/2019/01/11/flipping-the-bird.html

But you know what? There& #39;s a pandemic on. People - especially vulnerable, low-waged, "essential" workers are going to great lengths to avoid public transit. Bike riding is resurgent.

All is forgiven, Uber.

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Oh, wait.

Uber has scrapped 20,000 of its Jump bicycles because of a fall in revenue, sending them to the landfill rather than continuing to service them or donating them to the cities they colonized with them.

https://bikesharemuseum.com/20000-jump-bikes-are-going-to-die/

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20,000 JUMP bikes are going to die. - The Bike Share Museum

Lime says the JUMP bikes will return. JUMP staff says they won’t. So who’s right? Let’s see. Lime very quickly contacted us after our initial article debuted on Friday night (May 21st). They were...

https://bikesharemuseum.com/20000-jump-bikes-are-going-to-die/

What& #39;s more, after they were caught, Uber lied about it - only to have their official narrative contradicted by internal whistleblowers who confirmed to @bikesharemuseum that the bikes are being scrapped "by the containerload." And they& #39;ve got pics.

https://twitter.com/bikesharemuseum/status/1265082035380670465

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https://twitter.com/bikesharemuseum/status/1265082035380670465

Uber has also fired the entire engineering team for Jump - a team that scratch-designed an entirely new set of internals that they alone know how to maintain and fix. Ebay is filling up with salvaged parts.

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"We also can’t emphasize enough how disgusting it is for UBER to scrap 20,000 bikes in the midst of a pandemic where bicycles have literally become an object of survival.These could be transportation for the many who have been brought to financial ruin during COVID-19."

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