Glyn Bowerman
@glynbowerman.bsky.social
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
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
· Oct 14
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 90, Bless this urban mess - Spacing Toronto
Change in cities is often slow, when using official channels. There is a desire to achieve the perfect plan, one that balances everyone’s needs an preferences. But sometimes you need to get down and d...
spacing.ca
New @spacingradio.bsky.social episode for you! We have the team behind the book “Messy Cities: Why You Can’t Plan Everything,” we speak to The Laneway Project, and we preview the newest Spacing Magazine: spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
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Doug Ford has blood on his hands after only 13 days
Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.
November 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Doug Ford has blood on his hands after only 13 days
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We had one of the main sources of housing supply based on treating it like a speculative commodity.
Are we really that surprised when it goes bust?
www.thestar.com/interactives...
Are we really that surprised when it goes bust?
www.thestar.com/interactives...
The Toronto condo isn't dead — but it's going to be different
Condos made investors rich — until suddenly they didn’t. As the crash claims ‘tens of billions’ in losses, this is what's coming next.
www.thestar.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
We had one of the main sources of housing supply based on treating it like a speculative commodity.
Are we really that surprised when it goes bust?
www.thestar.com/interactives...
Are we really that surprised when it goes bust?
www.thestar.com/interactives...
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When your government is run by feelings and vibes
so our government made a big deal about banning speed cameras but one city left theirs running to see what difference the ban would make and you are not going to believe this
November 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
When your government is run by feelings and vibes
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Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.
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Guilbeault had established himself as a prominent environmental activist and organizer long before he ran for office, let alone became Trudeau’s Environment Minister. He’s sticking to his principles by resigning, and that’s admirable no matter where you stand.
November 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Guilbeault had established himself as a prominent environmental activist and organizer long before he ran for office, let alone became Trudeau’s Environment Minister. He’s sticking to his principles by resigning, and that’s admirable no matter where you stand.
Values only matter when they’re tested. The first thing we did in the face of Trump is abandon any pretence of taking the planet or Indigenous rights seriously. It was an admittedly thin pretence to begin with. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault resigns from cabinet after Carney, Smith sign energy deal
Mr. Guilbeault is a career environmentalist who has been serving as the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Values only matter when they’re tested. The first thing we did in the face of Trump is abandon any pretence of taking the planet or Indigenous rights seriously. It was an admittedly thin pretence to begin with. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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everyone: we just want streets to be safe to walk near, especially around schools
ontario: best we can do is street signs so big they fully obscure schoolchildren
ontario: best we can do is street signs so big they fully obscure schoolchildren
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
everyone: we just want streets to be safe to walk near, especially around schools
ontario: best we can do is street signs so big they fully obscure schoolchildren
ontario: best we can do is street signs so big they fully obscure schoolchildren
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This is so disingenuous.
No one is angry about AI being used for intense processing of data for scientific and medical uses, we’re angry that the hypemen claim it can *think* or make art or replace human workers. Conflating all of this is the problem.
No one is angry about AI being used for intense processing of data for scientific and medical uses, we’re angry that the hypemen claim it can *think* or make art or replace human workers. Conflating all of this is the problem.
People on BlueSky: AI is useless! A stochastic parrot!
Mathematicians/biologists/physicists: It is already helping us do frontier technical research and in some cases solve open problems arxiv.org/pdf/2511.16072
(There are of course, as always, many caveats, but the paper is genuinely remarkable)
Mathematicians/biologists/physicists: It is already helping us do frontier technical research and in some cases solve open problems arxiv.org/pdf/2511.16072
(There are of course, as always, many caveats, but the paper is genuinely remarkable)
arxiv.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This is so disingenuous.
No one is angry about AI being used for intense processing of data for scientific and medical uses, we’re angry that the hypemen claim it can *think* or make art or replace human workers. Conflating all of this is the problem.
No one is angry about AI being used for intense processing of data for scientific and medical uses, we’re angry that the hypemen claim it can *think* or make art or replace human workers. Conflating all of this is the problem.
Hockey isn’t our national culture. Cars are.
Get outside kids, enjoy the fresh air with your friends!
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
November 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Hockey isn’t our national culture. Cars are.
75% of condos were purchased to rent out, not to live in. But people can’t afford the rent. Supply only adds housing if profit expectations are reasonable and something the end-user can actually afford. People got too greedy and here we are. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
No Buyers, No Builds: The Warning Signs in Toronto’s Condo Industry
Podcast Episode · Toronto Today with Greg Brady · 2025-11-27 · 8m
podcasts.apple.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
75% of condos were purchased to rent out, not to live in. But people can’t afford the rent. Supply only adds housing if profit expectations are reasonable and something the end-user can actually afford. People got too greedy and here we are. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
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Hey you! Yeah, you. Give me a job. A good one, please.
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Hey you! Yeah, you. Give me a job. A good one, please.
“We always cover in this way of cherry picking these things, and there is a tendency on the Canadian media to delegitamize protest and argue, essentially, through the coverage for the status quo.”
Canadaland, February 3, 2022
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
Canadaland, February 3, 2022
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
(Short Cuts) Honk If You're Horny (For Freedom)
Podcast Episode · CANADALAND · 2022-02-03 · 36m
podcasts.apple.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“We always cover in this way of cherry picking these things, and there is a tendency on the Canadian media to delegitamize protest and argue, essentially, through the coverage for the status quo.”
Canadaland, February 3, 2022
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
Canadaland, February 3, 2022
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
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Why traffic safety decisions should be made locally. Part the 18398th.
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Oversized school-zone signs to replace photo radar cameras too big for Ottawa’s street posts
The temporary 12-foot-tall school-zone signs intended to replace photo radar cameras on Ottawa streets will not fit on municipal street poles, according to a councillor.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Why traffic safety decisions should be made locally. Part the 18398th.
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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We need to talk about Doug Ford
He uses exactly the same tactics. Flood the zone. Ignore data and research. Bulldoze his way through. Bypass the democratic process. Harm his own people.
We need a general strike.
We need a general strike.
November 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
We need to talk about Doug Ford
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So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
Renters are the backbone of the rental market. Don’t get it twisted.
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Renters are the backbone of the rental market. Don’t get it twisted.
I am *begging* the Doug Ford government to stop calling every bill the “Protect Ontario by” yadda yadda. This is worse than when we started calling every Toronto initiative “somethingTO.” You’re not “protecting” anyone but your donors and the word has lost all meaning.
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I am *begging* the Doug Ford government to stop calling every bill the “Protect Ontario by” yadda yadda. This is worse than when we started calling every Toronto initiative “somethingTO.” You’re not “protecting” anyone but your donors and the word has lost all meaning.
Doug Ford sure has it out for poor people.
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Doug Ford sure has it out for poor people.
“Father. Make the hot orange sky ball return. Why has it forsaken us?”
November 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
“Father. Make the hot orange sky ball return. Why has it forsaken us?”
@jlewenberg.bsky.social what was that prayer circle with both teams at the end? I’m genuinely curious.
November 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
@jlewenberg.bsky.social what was that prayer circle with both teams at the end? I’m genuinely curious.
Believe the hype. These Raptors are a treat to watch right now. Superior ball movement.
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Believe the hype. These Raptors are a treat to watch right now. Superior ball movement.
Wearing toque for my Skype meeting because my hair is straight up Eraserhead today.
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Wearing toque for my Skype meeting because my hair is straight up Eraserhead today.
“Yes, we need to change the deeply systemic issues we were warned about for decades and ignored, but because that’s hard and takes time, let’s fuck over the homeless.” — every single op-ed page on encampments
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“Yes, we need to change the deeply systemic issues we were warned about for decades and ignored, but because that’s hard and takes time, let’s fuck over the homeless.” — every single op-ed page on encampments
I love when people just come right out and call having no money “delinquent” behaviour. Saves me the trouble of continuing to hear them out.
November 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I love when people just come right out and call having no money “delinquent” behaviour. Saves me the trouble of continuing to hear them out.