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Glyn Bowerman

@glynbowerman.bsky.social

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Toronto-based journalist, podcaster, and editor. Cities, Raptors, Leeds United, and two black cats named Hall & Oates. I make an urban affairs podcast called Spacing Radio: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/spacing-radio/id1124077274

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Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 6d

Feels like a good time to reshare this oral history of the SkyDome. It’s probably the thing I’m proudest about. I’d love if you read and share: amp.tvo.org/article/it-w...

“It works, Toronto!”: An oral history of the SkyDome | TVO Today

A World Series win. The first Raptors home game. The city’s landmark stadium has played host to memorable events in the last 30 years — but getting it built was a story in itself.

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Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 20h

Absolutely

Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 21h

It’s a fair point!

Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 23h

100% agree

Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, it’s pretty clear what they’re doing. We all want the best for you up here.

Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 1d

I’m in Canada, so the party lines break down a little differently. But I understand you

Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 1d

I think you misinterpreted my point

Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 1d

“Progressives don’t care about the issues facing men today.”

We do. It’s why we’re socialists. Ya dinguses.

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Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 1d

This is brilliant because Trump will look like he supports Maduro if (when?) he complains about the choice: www.cbc.ca/news/world/n...

Venezuelan politician Maria Corina Machado awarded Nobel Peace Prize | CBC News

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Maria Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader, it was announced Friday at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo.

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tm @catturd2.bsky.social · 1d

I have just been informed that the Nobel Prize Committee has been eliminated in a targeted peace strike

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Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 1d

Tim Curry dressed as a girl guide, holding a box of cookies, standing at a front door of a home

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 3d

Take a listen to my conversation with @arshy.bsky.social about why politicians seem to be incapable of doing anything -- aside from enriching their friends. Enjoy!

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The Decline and Fall of the Canadian State (w/ Nora Loreto)

How austerity and privatization have killed state capacity

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That One Canadian @onecanadian.bsky.social · 1d

Oh HELL NO! No ICE in Canada EVER!!

Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 1d

Classic CBC. "Bill could lead to law enforcement acting more freely in Canada"

How does a US bill lead to this, without Canada actively allowing this? Can we use the active voice? Can we actually use words the way that journalists are supposedly able to?

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U.S. bill calls for more integration between Canadian, American border agents | CBC News

The U.S. Congress is being asked to adopt legislation that could lead to Canada and the United States further integrating their enforcement of the border — including allowing U.S. officers to more fre...

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Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 1d

I guess money can’t buy you happiness, but bigotry gives you a sense of purpose? 😒

Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 1d

No harm in a report, I guess. But I live in a dump by the rail tracks. My bed wobbles and the pictures on my wall rattle every time a train goes by. People without a care in the world sure cast a wide net to fill that void.

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Cycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social · 1d

Despite all your submissions, disappointed Council adopted the item without debate. With new cycling projects not moving forward and previous approvals put on hold, the (already modest) planned progress of Toronto's cycling network is at risk of being set back a decade.

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Protecting Public Investment and Advancing Interim Solutions Along Sheppard Avenue East - by Councillor Shelley Carroll, seconded by Councillor Jon Burnside (Ward 17)
* Notice of this Motion has been given.
* This Motion is subject to referral to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee. A two-thirds vote is required to waive referral.

Communications have been submitted on this Item.

Adopted

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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 1d

2017: Media outlets pivot to video. Tech bros: learn to code

2024: Tech companies destroy coding jobs with AI. Tech bros: learn AI

2025: AI companies pivot to video

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Negro Frolics @desmondcole.bsky.social · 2d

this is just a pilot project, but it's also an acknowledgement from Toronto city council that we need alternatives to policing

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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 2d

Council votes 23-1 to APPROVE deploying crisis service workers on the TTC subway system. They'll be stationed at Spadina Station, Union Station, and Bloor-Yonge, and respond to calls anywhere in the downtown U-shaped track area.

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Phil @philmarfisi.bsky.social · 2d

Here's a good example of how the consensus around urban density in KW differs from many other medium-sized cities. At a development proposal meeting, a Waterloo councillor responded to the "high-rises aren't for families" trope with a comment that they are in no way a lesser-than form of living.

This drew a rebuke from Coun. Royce Bodaly. “There are many, many residents who live in the city of Waterloo who are raising families in high-density apartment buildings, and I don’t think that we should be suggesting that is some sort of lesser-than way of living,” he said.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 2d

NEW: Federal judge dismisses Drake's defamation case against Kendrick Lamar storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The issue in this case is whether "Not Like Us" can reasonably be understood to convey as a factual matter that Drake is a pedophile or that he has engaged in sexual relations with minors. In light of the overall context in which the statements in the Recording were made, the Court holds that it cannot.

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Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 2d

We could barely get a reservation at the fancy ramen place we were told about. Truly a real-life Gotham.

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100%

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Me and my brother a year ago, surviving the “hellhole.”

Two men smiling in front of a river in downtown Chicago on a beautiful day

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 2d

Netanyahu's mouthpiece, Amit Segal, casually admits on Twitter that his country has been holding 1,700 people from Gaza hostage, including children.

Among other things, according to the decision:

- 250 security prisoners will be released.
- 1,700 residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre will be released.
- 22 minors under the age of 18, residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre, will be released.
- 360 bodies of terrorists will be returned.

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Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 2d

I guess he grates on me in particular because of his perpetual mayoral campaign. Talking about “I am speaking to people across this city…” When I hear from his own constituents they can’t even find him. So where does he get this “you ask any Torontonian, they’ll tell you” nonsense.

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Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 6d

Feels like a good time to reshare this oral history of the SkyDome. It’s probably the thing I’m proudest about. I’d love if you read and share: amp.tvo.org/article/it-w...

“It works, Toronto!”: An oral history of the SkyDome | TVO Today

A World Series win. The first Raptors home game. The city’s landmark stadium has played host to memorable events in the last 30 years — but getting it built was a story in itself.

amp.tvo.org

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