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...
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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...
I think Doug Ford’s attack on renters boils down to this: if you’re constantly moving, fighting eviction, or unhoused, you’re far less likely to participate in provincial politics. Wealthy homeowners and private developers will vote for Doug. Everyone else won’t have the energy to vote him out.
November 20, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I think Doug Ford’s attack on renters boils down to this: if you’re constantly moving, fighting eviction, or unhoused, you’re far less likely to participate in provincial politics. Wealthy homeowners and private developers will vote for Doug. Everyone else won’t have the energy to vote him out.
These people are ghouls
Markwayne Mullin: "Reward people for being healthy. Think about this. Healthcare is the only industry that you're not rewarded for taking care of your responsibility. If you think about homeowners insurance, if you're within 500 feet of a fire hydrant, your insurance goes down."
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
These people are ghouls
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We featured the Laneway Project's Colabs program in a recent issue of @spacing.bsky.social . Applications for 2026 are now open - find out more: www.thelanewayproject.ca/laneway-colabs
Laneway coLabs — The Laneway Project
www.thelanewayproject.ca
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
We featured the Laneway Project's Colabs program in a recent issue of @spacing.bsky.social . Applications for 2026 are now open - find out more: www.thelanewayproject.ca/laneway-colabs
Anyway, it’s my 40th birthday. Many reflections, good and challenging. Here’s me in the regalia my pub quiz team generously provided.
November 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Anyway, it’s my 40th birthday. Many reflections, good and challenging. Here’s me in the regalia my pub quiz team generously provided.
Really enjoying the “No Gods No Mayors” podcast. It’s extremely my shit. And if you follow me, it’s probably yours too. Here’s the Mel Lastman episode: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/n...
Mel Lastman
Podcast Episode · No Gods No Mayors · 2025-10-02 · 1h 13m
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November 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Really enjoying the “No Gods No Mayors” podcast. It’s extremely my shit. And if you follow me, it’s probably yours too. Here’s the Mel Lastman episode: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/n...
There was literally a Black Mirror episode about why you shouldn’t use AI to preserve a dead loved one. We’re collectively playing high-speed chicken with a brick wall. I hate it here.
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
There was literally a Black Mirror episode about why you shouldn’t use AI to preserve a dead loved one. We’re collectively playing high-speed chicken with a brick wall. I hate it here.
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
I can’t take alarm ringing over the deficit from people who don’t care about the environment. Miss me with fiery soliloquies about the tax burden on our children when the planet is dying.
November 11, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I can’t take alarm ringing over the deficit from people who don’t care about the environment. Miss me with fiery soliloquies about the tax burden on our children when the planet is dying.
If you send me a reel, and I take the time to respond to it with a comment, and you don’t acknowledge that comment? I get to ignore all future reels you send.
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
If you send me a reel, and I take the time to respond to it with a comment, and you don’t acknowledge that comment? I get to ignore all future reels you send.
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The folks at IntegrityTO have finally weighed in on neighbourhood retail with AI generated scenes of creepy faceless loiterers congregating outside a 7-11…
Mind you the recommendation (that didn’t make it past committee) was for *corner lots*. They can’t even prompt right.
Mind you the recommendation (that didn’t make it past committee) was for *corner lots*. They can’t even prompt right.
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The folks at IntegrityTO have finally weighed in on neighbourhood retail with AI generated scenes of creepy faceless loiterers congregating outside a 7-11…
Mind you the recommendation (that didn’t make it past committee) was for *corner lots*. They can’t even prompt right.
Mind you the recommendation (that didn’t make it past committee) was for *corner lots*. They can’t even prompt right.
Was walking along Bloor and a man looked me up and down with so much contempt I literally stopped to make sure my fly wasn’t open.
November 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Was walking along Bloor and a man looked me up and down with so much contempt I literally stopped to make sure my fly wasn’t open.
We need to stop this “don’t get distracted” chiding nonsense. When you move fast and break things like the Fords and Trumps of the world, you’re actually capable of breaking a lot of things, for a plethora of shitty reasons. If it’s not your pet cause today, it will be tomorrow, just chill.
"Doug Ford doesn't actually care about bike lanes! The bike lane provisions of Bill 212 and Bill 60 are just distractions!"
Doug Ford:
Doug Ford:
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
We need to stop this “don’t get distracted” chiding nonsense. When you move fast and break things like the Fords and Trumps of the world, you’re actually capable of breaking a lot of things, for a plethora of shitty reasons. If it’s not your pet cause today, it will be tomorrow, just chill.
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Mamdani is already cleaning up the NYPD!
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Mamdani is already cleaning up the NYPD!
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Similar to the lavender corners on Bloor Street West - we chose solid colours that do not have any traffic meaning.
Yeah, we could have used grim grey or boring beige
But why?
🩷 😉🫡
These are MMAX, durable paint with "grit" embedded for traction.
www.ppg.com/en-US/traffi...
Yeah, we could have used grim grey or boring beige
But why?
🩷 😉🫡
These are MMAX, durable paint with "grit" embedded for traction.
www.ppg.com/en-US/traffi...
MMAX Colored Lane Treatment for bike, bus lanes and more | PPG's Traffic Solutions Business
This colored lane treatment combines Methyl Methacrylate resins with durable aggregate and pigments. Ideal for bike lanes, bus lanes, and parklets, offering maximum skid resistance.
www.ppg.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Similar to the lavender corners on Bloor Street West - we chose solid colours that do not have any traffic meaning.
Yeah, we could have used grim grey or boring beige
But why?
🩷 😉🫡
These are MMAX, durable paint with "grit" embedded for traction.
www.ppg.com/en-US/traffi...
Yeah, we could have used grim grey or boring beige
But why?
🩷 😉🫡
These are MMAX, durable paint with "grit" embedded for traction.
www.ppg.com/en-US/traffi...
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Lots of this will be popping up this week. Bollards are coming soon.
These are painted curb radii reductions, holding space until we can build them in concrete.
They slow down turning vehicles.
learn more here
www.toronto.ca/services-pay...
And before anyone asks "why pink"... (continued..)
These are painted curb radii reductions, holding space until we can build them in concrete.
They slow down turning vehicles.
learn more here
www.toronto.ca/services-pay...
And before anyone asks "why pink"... (continued..)
November 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Lots of this will be popping up this week. Bollards are coming soon.
These are painted curb radii reductions, holding space until we can build them in concrete.
They slow down turning vehicles.
learn more here
www.toronto.ca/services-pay...
And before anyone asks "why pink"... (continued..)
These are painted curb radii reductions, holding space until we can build them in concrete.
They slow down turning vehicles.
learn more here
www.toronto.ca/services-pay...
And before anyone asks "why pink"... (continued..)
Homemade Soup Season started last night with a black bean chipotle one I sort of made up. It was delicious. No picture because, let’s face it, soups aren’t usually photogenic. Just trust.
November 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Homemade Soup Season started last night with a black bean chipotle one I sort of made up. It was delicious. No picture because, let’s face it, soups aren’t usually photogenic. Just trust.
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So much. Holy Hell. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Here's what each federal department plans to cut under Budget 2025 | CBC News
Tuesday's federal budget offers a glimpse into how dozens of government departments plan to rein in spending following this summer's comprehensive expenditure review. Here's a department-by-departmen...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
So much. Holy Hell. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“The history of technology is that it always creates jobs,” says Liberal MP Evan Solomon of AI apprehension on 640 Toronto.
Brother, I know you’re not a journalist anymore, but damn.
Brother, I know you’re not a journalist anymore, but damn.
November 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“The history of technology is that it always creates jobs,” says Liberal MP Evan Solomon of AI apprehension on 640 Toronto.
Brother, I know you’re not a journalist anymore, but damn.
Brother, I know you’re not a journalist anymore, but damn.
Saw this in my neighbourhood the other day. I assume it’s to try to stop people from making a screaming left turns off high speed Dupont onto quiet, residential, one-way, multi-school zone Gladstone? Or something else? @akareynolds.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Saw this in my neighbourhood the other day. I assume it’s to try to stop people from making a screaming left turns off high speed Dupont onto quiet, residential, one-way, multi-school zone Gladstone? Or something else? @akareynolds.bsky.social
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Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
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3 MPs have now quit on Pierre Poilievre: Alain Rayes to sit as an Independent; d’Entremont to the Liberals; Jeneroux to leave the House. #cdnpoli
November 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
3 MPs have now quit on Pierre Poilievre: Alain Rayes to sit as an Independent; d’Entremont to the Liberals; Jeneroux to leave the House. #cdnpoli
Doug Ford is paying $9M of our money to study tunneling the 401 highway. @youcaughtscott.com asked what I thought about the idea in August: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
Doug Ford's Stupid F**king Tunnel ft. Glyn Bowerman
Podcast Episode · The North State · 2025-08-19 · 36m
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November 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Doug Ford is paying $9M of our money to study tunneling the 401 highway. @youcaughtscott.com asked what I thought about the idea in August: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
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"Fast and free!"
That's what Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani promised to make #NYC 's city bus service.
What kind of impact has free transit had in other cities?
#Montpellier , #France is the largest city in Europe to make transit (5 tram lines, 41 bus lines) free for residents...
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That's what Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani promised to make #NYC 's city bus service.
What kind of impact has free transit had in other cities?
#Montpellier , #France is the largest city in Europe to make transit (5 tram lines, 41 bus lines) free for residents...
🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"Fast and free!"
That's what Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani promised to make #NYC 's city bus service.
What kind of impact has free transit had in other cities?
#Montpellier , #France is the largest city in Europe to make transit (5 tram lines, 41 bus lines) free for residents...
🧵
That's what Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani promised to make #NYC 's city bus service.
What kind of impact has free transit had in other cities?
#Montpellier , #France is the largest city in Europe to make transit (5 tram lines, 41 bus lines) free for residents...
🧵
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