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Mike Bowman @mikebowman.dev · 02/05/2025

They swapped 67 with 74 after the second. He scored with Domi and Holmberg on the ice with him.

Mike Bowman @mikebowman.dev · 02/05/2025

Thought it was him at first, tbh, based on where everybody else was on the ice. Was shocked he didn't bury it, then saw who it actually was.

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Mike Bowman @mikebowman.dev · 22/04/2025

Someone said something similar on Overdrive yesterday. Marc Methot maybe? Something to the effect of "the league knows it does better when Toronto does well".

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Mike Bowman @mikebowman.dev · 24/03/2025

My favourite is the corner of Wealthy and Primate in Mississauga. Found it a few summers back on a bike ride

A suburban street sign showing the intersection of Wealthy place and Primate road

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Mike Bowman @mikebowman.dev · 06/02/2025

I prefer when languages allow (or even enforce, like in Go) a trailing comma after every element when a list is on multiple lines. This seems like maybe it's a similar principle?

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Mike Bowman @mikebowman.dev · 05/01/2025

Think I heard someone on the broadcast tonight say they're at the roster limit, so I think someone would have to be sent down first. But yeah that seems like a good plan if they can swing it.

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Mike Bowman @mikebowman.dev · 06/12/2024

Hey, I've noticed that the last couple podcasts of yours have shown up with the wrong date. Today's show says it came out on Tuesday. This has happened a bunch, and it means that the new episodes don't show up in my New Releases feed, so I sometimes miss them. Using Pocket Casts, btw

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Share if you love REAL rock music, where the guitarist is an old man dressed as a little schoolboy 🤘

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Mike Bowman @mikebowman.dev · 25/11/2024

Not Everest, but would highly recommend the movie Meru. Climbing doc about another mountain in the Himalayas

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Mike Bowman @mikebowman.dev · 25/11/2024

Tim Horton's opening soon at Queen and Spadina. They can't let McDonald's across the street hold the crown as the wildest fast food joint in Toronto. They're moving in. I predict fireworks

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I have a sports metaphor story for this! I have a younger brother who was a very competitive baseball player as a kid. Was on all the local travel & developmental squads. One of his coaches had a very interesting and counterintuitive (to me) philosophy of the game, as it was played at that level.

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Mike Bowman @mikebowman.dev · 21/11/2024

Minten made at least one very slick pass to Marner in the offensive zone while they were on the PK, which ended up in a really nice scoring chance for Minten. Didn't convert, but thought it was a good moment

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Mike Bowman @mikebowman.dev · 21/11/2024

The cameras kept cutting to him on the bench. I think you're not the only one with that feeling

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Mike Bowman @mikebowman.dev · 21/11/2024

Funny how it so often shakes out that way, huh?

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Ontario political dynamics in a paragraph

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Phil @philmarfisi.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

There's a story in the Star today on what happened with the Bloor bike lanes, and it's this attitude that has soured me towards the idea of localism. Its primary expression in Canadian politics is often a parochial mindset that just because *you* live somewhere, you get a veto over everything.

The first stretch, from
Runnymede to Aberfoyle Crescent, was to be built in 2023, the second stretch, from Aberfoyle to Resurrection Road, near Islington subway station, in 2024. The city held numerous
consultations on the Etobicoke project in 2023, but at that point, officials weren't asking the community whether the bike lanes should be built, they were explaining the plan and looking for suggestions on how to fine-tune it.
This led some residents to believe they weren't being meaningfully consulted and that the bike lanes were going in over their objections.

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Mike Bowman @mikebowman.dev · 17/11/2024

This was my hunch too when I first saw it. Suspected Parros might go light because Reaves is the same archetype he was. It should be a long one, but it won't be.

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Mike Bowman @mikebowman.dev · 14/11/2024

Should put bike lanes in his street

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Mike Bowman @mikebowman.dev · 11/11/2024

I'm sure I'll buy one someday. No space/need for it really at the moment, the bikeshare network is good enough for my needs. But I can absolutely see a future where I have one and use it regularly.

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Mike Bowman @mikebowman.dev · 11/11/2024

Jobs I've done Swim teacher for toddlers Summer camp counsellor Campus bar "security" Door to door cable/phone/internet sales (only lasted 2 days, so dunno if it counts) Brewery helper/beer delivery driver Sandwich maker (not at subway, so not sandwich artist) Barista

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Mike Bowman @mikebowman.dev · 11/11/2024

Yeah I've definitely noticed there's almost always ebikes at the stations when I walk by. You love to see it

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Mike Bowman @mikebowman.dev · 11/11/2024

And tell Doug Ford to stay in his lane, and out of ours.

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Mike Bowman @mikebowman.dev · 11/11/2024

I suspect that this isn't news to most people here who will see these posts, but it's a conversation I try to have with people in my life who are sick of being stuck in traffic. I encourage everyone to do the same!

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Mike Bowman @mikebowman.dev · 11/11/2024

I see lots of people biking their kids around my neighbourhood using e-cargo-bikes, which is nice. Sucks when they have to share lanes with aggressive drivers on fast roads. E-bikes + safe protected infrastructure would be a game-changer for traffic in Toronto (and basically everywhere else)

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Mike Bowman @mikebowman.dev · 11/11/2024

The ebikes in the Toronto Bike Share are a game changer. I think if more people tried them, it'd have a huge impact on people's transportation choices.

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Mike Bowman @mikebowman.dev · 10/11/2024

I think unfortunately 2 of the 3 are objectively wrong choices, but I'm stuck with them. Such is Toronto sports fandom

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Mike Bowman @mikebowman.dev · 10/11/2024

Sports BlueSky! Quote Post with your favorite teams MLB: Blue Jays :( NBA: Raptors :) NHL: Leafs :((((((

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Mike Bowman @mikebowman.dev · 07/11/2024

So aside from just trying to follow the same people as I do elsewhere, how do folks make this a pleasant and useful place to be?

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