Amy Pike
@amykpike.bsky.social
Justice and compassion | Transit and bikes | Still in denial about being an adult | she/her | 🇨🇦
Oh what’s that? A housing crisis?
Wouldn’t know it in Miramichi where we turned down 3.2million from the federal government so that we don’t have to increase our pop density (2021= 3.6per sq km).
But also let’s complain about the housing insecure population. And property taxes. And service gaps.🙃
Wouldn’t know it in Miramichi where we turned down 3.2million from the federal government so that we don’t have to increase our pop density (2021= 3.6per sq km).
But also let’s complain about the housing insecure population. And property taxes. And service gaps.🙃
November 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Oh what’s that? A housing crisis?
Wouldn’t know it in Miramichi where we turned down 3.2million from the federal government so that we don’t have to increase our pop density (2021= 3.6per sq km).
But also let’s complain about the housing insecure population. And property taxes. And service gaps.🙃
Wouldn’t know it in Miramichi where we turned down 3.2million from the federal government so that we don’t have to increase our pop density (2021= 3.6per sq km).
But also let’s complain about the housing insecure population. And property taxes. And service gaps.🙃
I’m (once again) just a girl, sitting on a (very busy) train (on a Wednesday in November) begging Via to return the Ocean line to daily service.
a woman in a blue shirt is looking at a man in a pink shirt .
Alt: Julia Robert’s character in Notting Hill saying the well-known line that starts with: “im just a girl, standing in front of a guy…”
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November 13, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I’m (once again) just a girl, sitting on a (very busy) train (on a Wednesday in November) begging Via to return the Ocean line to daily service.
My favourite parts of this trip to Montreal:
🚲 Bikes
🛷 Sled giggles
🏊 ❄️ Swimming under the snow
🏫 School bike racks filled with kids bikes
🛑 Girls walking home from school conversing with the crossing guard
🛍️ Simons
🍑 My husband thinking the correct response to “merci” is “derrière”
🚲 Bikes
🛷 Sled giggles
🏊 ❄️ Swimming under the snow
🏫 School bike racks filled with kids bikes
🛑 Girls walking home from school conversing with the crossing guard
🛍️ Simons
🍑 My husband thinking the correct response to “merci” is “derrière”
November 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
My favourite parts of this trip to Montreal:
🚲 Bikes
🛷 Sled giggles
🏊 ❄️ Swimming under the snow
🏫 School bike racks filled with kids bikes
🛑 Girls walking home from school conversing with the crossing guard
🛍️ Simons
🍑 My husband thinking the correct response to “merci” is “derrière”
🚲 Bikes
🛷 Sled giggles
🏊 ❄️ Swimming under the snow
🏫 School bike racks filled with kids bikes
🛑 Girls walking home from school conversing with the crossing guard
🛍️ Simons
🍑 My husband thinking the correct response to “merci” is “derrière”
Build walkable, liveable cities and as a bonus you’ll get children giggling as they commute to school/daycare by sled.
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Build walkable, liveable cities and as a bonus you’ll get children giggling as they commute to school/daycare by sled.
Les écureuils sont les boss ici.
November 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Les écureuils sont les boss ici.
Other people: stay up late to cheer on Blue Jays
Me: stay up late to watch NYC mayoral election results.
Me: stay up late to watch NYC mayoral election results.
a man in a suit and tie stands next to a man in a red and white shirt that says emirates
Alt: Zohran Mamdani (in a suit and tie) stands next to a man in a red and white shirt. They both wave at the camera. Wording in front says: Zohran for New York City.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Other people: stay up late to cheer on Blue Jays
Me: stay up late to watch NYC mayoral election results.
Me: stay up late to watch NYC mayoral election results.
The amount of “I trick or treated in snowstorms” posts on Facebook right now is driving me.
I remember trick or treating in a full snowsuit too. That doesn’t mean I wish that experience on my kids.
I hate our society’s penchant to declare that since we suffered, others should suffer too.
I remember trick or treating in a full snowsuit too. That doesn’t mean I wish that experience on my kids.
I hate our society’s penchant to declare that since we suffered, others should suffer too.
October 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The amount of “I trick or treated in snowstorms” posts on Facebook right now is driving me.
I remember trick or treating in a full snowsuit too. That doesn’t mean I wish that experience on my kids.
I hate our society’s penchant to declare that since we suffered, others should suffer too.
I remember trick or treating in a full snowsuit too. That doesn’t mean I wish that experience on my kids.
I hate our society’s penchant to declare that since we suffered, others should suffer too.
I wish there were more opportunities for me to share with people my favourite fact about myself:
My 8th great grandfather was the King of England.
(My 7th great grandfather was his illegitimate son).
My 8th great grandfather was the King of England.
(My 7th great grandfather was his illegitimate son).
October 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I wish there were more opportunities for me to share with people my favourite fact about myself:
My 8th great grandfather was the King of England.
(My 7th great grandfather was his illegitimate son).
My 8th great grandfather was the King of England.
(My 7th great grandfather was his illegitimate son).
11yo: “oh shoot, tomorrow we need to wear pink to school”
Me: “why?”
12yo: “it’s Mom Labour Day or something”
Me: “🤨”
11yo: (rolls eyes) “Noooo. It’s for breast cancer day”
Me: “why?”
12yo: “it’s Mom Labour Day or something”
Me: “🤨”
11yo: (rolls eyes) “Noooo. It’s for breast cancer day”
October 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
11yo: “oh shoot, tomorrow we need to wear pink to school”
Me: “why?”
12yo: “it’s Mom Labour Day or something”
Me: “🤨”
11yo: (rolls eyes) “Noooo. It’s for breast cancer day”
Me: “why?”
12yo: “it’s Mom Labour Day or something”
Me: “🤨”
11yo: (rolls eyes) “Noooo. It’s for breast cancer day”
Official ranking of all months of the year:
S tier:
1) 🎄 December
2) 🎉 November
3) 🦃 🎃 October
A tier:
4) 🍁 September
B tier:
5) ✨ August
6) 🌺 May
7) 🏖️ June
C tier:
8) ❤️ February
9) ☔️ April
D tier:
10) 😪 March
11) 🥵 July
F tier:
12) 🥶 January
S tier:
1) 🎄 December
2) 🎉 November
3) 🦃 🎃 October
A tier:
4) 🍁 September
B tier:
5) ✨ August
6) 🌺 May
7) 🏖️ June
C tier:
8) ❤️ February
9) ☔️ April
D tier:
10) 😪 March
11) 🥵 July
F tier:
12) 🥶 January
October 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Official ranking of all months of the year:
S tier:
1) 🎄 December
2) 🎉 November
3) 🦃 🎃 October
A tier:
4) 🍁 September
B tier:
5) ✨ August
6) 🌺 May
7) 🏖️ June
C tier:
8) ❤️ February
9) ☔️ April
D tier:
10) 😪 March
11) 🥵 July
F tier:
12) 🥶 January
S tier:
1) 🎄 December
2) 🎉 November
3) 🦃 🎃 October
A tier:
4) 🍁 September
B tier:
5) ✨ August
6) 🌺 May
7) 🏖️ June
C tier:
8) ❤️ February
9) ☔️ April
D tier:
10) 😪 March
11) 🥵 July
F tier:
12) 🥶 January
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You might think that the mayor of Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's vast Northwest Territories, would be a fan of giant pickups.
Nope. He's disgusted by car bloat.
www.linkedin.com/posts/benjam...
Nope. He's disgusted by car bloat.
www.linkedin.com/posts/benjam...
October 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
You might think that the mayor of Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's vast Northwest Territories, would be a fan of giant pickups.
Nope. He's disgusted by car bloat.
www.linkedin.com/posts/benjam...
Nope. He's disgusted by car bloat.
www.linkedin.com/posts/benjam...
Had an awesome time at the Anglophone North School district mountain bike races today!
Kids came home with 1st place, 3rd place, and 2nd place for their respective groups/grades!
Very glad to be a bike-loving family.
Kids came home with 1st place, 3rd place, and 2nd place for their respective groups/grades!
Very glad to be a bike-loving family.
October 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Had an awesome time at the Anglophone North School district mountain bike races today!
Kids came home with 1st place, 3rd place, and 2nd place for their respective groups/grades!
Very glad to be a bike-loving family.
Kids came home with 1st place, 3rd place, and 2nd place for their respective groups/grades!
Very glad to be a bike-loving family.
I feel like this is a good time to remind everyone that the federal government subsidizes the oil sector (mostly for profit companies) at a rate of somewhere between 2 Billion-30+ Billion/year… or 5.5-82 million dollars per day.
thenarwhal.ca/oil-and-gas-...
thenarwhal.ca/oil-and-gas-...
Oil and gas subsidies in Canada, explained | The Narwhal
Oil and gas subsidies in Canada amount to billions each year, including loans, tax breaks and other incentives
thenarwhal.ca
October 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I feel like this is a good time to remind everyone that the federal government subsidizes the oil sector (mostly for profit companies) at a rate of somewhere between 2 Billion-30+ Billion/year… or 5.5-82 million dollars per day.
thenarwhal.ca/oil-and-gas-...
thenarwhal.ca/oil-and-gas-...
Can someone explain to me how the Horizon Health mask mandate works? There’s signs at the front of the hospital saying masks are mandatory in patient areas, but then when we have appts there, we end up being the only people wearing masks - staff aren’t even wearing them.
Is there a mandate or no?
Is there a mandate or no?
October 3, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Can someone explain to me how the Horizon Health mask mandate works? There’s signs at the front of the hospital saying masks are mandatory in patient areas, but then when we have appts there, we end up being the only people wearing masks - staff aren’t even wearing them.
Is there a mandate or no?
Is there a mandate or no?
Yesterday’s bike commute was brought to me by:
⭐️ the stars
🥶 the cold noticeably impacting my battery life
🤢 Chatham’s current bad smell
😳 this long piece of metal getting wound around my cassette and forcing me to do emergency maintenance on the narrow sidewalk of the Centennial Bridge.
⭐️ the stars
🥶 the cold noticeably impacting my battery life
🤢 Chatham’s current bad smell
😳 this long piece of metal getting wound around my cassette and forcing me to do emergency maintenance on the narrow sidewalk of the Centennial Bridge.
October 3, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Yesterday’s bike commute was brought to me by:
⭐️ the stars
🥶 the cold noticeably impacting my battery life
🤢 Chatham’s current bad smell
😳 this long piece of metal getting wound around my cassette and forcing me to do emergency maintenance on the narrow sidewalk of the Centennial Bridge.
⭐️ the stars
🥶 the cold noticeably impacting my battery life
🤢 Chatham’s current bad smell
😳 this long piece of metal getting wound around my cassette and forcing me to do emergency maintenance on the narrow sidewalk of the Centennial Bridge.
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Cars everywhere is fine
September 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Cars everywhere is fine
Canada Post is either…
a) a public service - in which case the necessity of government investment should be understood and not stigmatized: or
b) a private entity in a free market - in which case the government should divest from ownership.
a) a public service - in which case the necessity of government investment should be understood and not stigmatized: or
b) a private entity in a free market - in which case the government should divest from ownership.
September 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Canada Post is either…
a) a public service - in which case the necessity of government investment should be understood and not stigmatized: or
b) a private entity in a free market - in which case the government should divest from ownership.
a) a public service - in which case the necessity of government investment should be understood and not stigmatized: or
b) a private entity in a free market - in which case the government should divest from ownership.
“I can’t believe I have to keep bailing out my children by paying the mortgage on my house every month”
-Politicians, I think
-Politicians, I think
September 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
“I can’t believe I have to keep bailing out my children by paying the mortgage on my house every month”
-Politicians, I think
-Politicians, I think
I hated middle school when I went through it.
I hate middle school now that my kids are all in it.
Potentially the worst phase in life, truly.
I hate middle school now that my kids are all in it.
Potentially the worst phase in life, truly.
September 24, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I hated middle school when I went through it.
I hate middle school now that my kids are all in it.
Potentially the worst phase in life, truly.
I hate middle school now that my kids are all in it.
Potentially the worst phase in life, truly.
10/10. No notes.
All Lego sets should l come with cargo bikes.
All Lego sets should l come with cargo bikes.
September 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
10/10. No notes.
All Lego sets should l come with cargo bikes.
All Lego sets should l come with cargo bikes.
I’m very supportive of labour movements, but I have a very important question… will the flyer ban mean I don’t get my Christmas LEGO catalogue*?!?
*it has replaced the Sears catalogue in my holiday season
*it has replaced the Sears catalogue in my holiday season
a lego man with a beard and a tattoo on his arm
Alt: a lego man with a beard and a tattoo on his arm making a concerned face.
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September 17, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I’m very supportive of labour movements, but I have a very important question… will the flyer ban mean I don’t get my Christmas LEGO catalogue*?!?
*it has replaced the Sears catalogue in my holiday season
*it has replaced the Sears catalogue in my holiday season
Someday I hope my bike commute passes a bakery instead of a water treatment plant. 😷
September 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Someday I hope my bike commute passes a bakery instead of a water treatment plant. 😷
Evan Dunfee is my favourite 🇨🇦 athlete - down to earth, an advocate for liveable cities, relatable while being extraordinary- he was one of my favourite twitter (🪦) follows.
So happy for him; so proud that he’s Canadian!
So happy for him; so proud that he’s Canadian!
GOLD FOR CANADA 🇨🇦
EVAN DUNFEE IS THE WORLD CHAMPION
The Canadian comes from fifth to first and wins gold at the World Athletics Championships.
A remarkable race by @EvanDunfee in his seventh appearance at worlds. What a start for Canada in Tokyo.
EVAN DUNFEE IS THE WORLD CHAMPION
The Canadian comes from fifth to first and wins gold at the World Athletics Championships.
A remarkable race by @EvanDunfee in his seventh appearance at worlds. What a start for Canada in Tokyo.
September 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Evan Dunfee is my favourite 🇨🇦 athlete - down to earth, an advocate for liveable cities, relatable while being extraordinary- he was one of my favourite twitter (🪦) follows.
So happy for him; so proud that he’s Canadian!
So happy for him; so proud that he’s Canadian!
This screenshot makes it look like this high-speed train is somehow also running through Fredericton and I can only dream.
Also, I wonder who’s managing this project and whether they’re looking for employees. 😂
Also, I wonder who’s managing this project and whether they’re looking for employees. 😂
BREAKING: The government of #Canada announces a Major Projects Office for large, nation-building infrastructure projects.
Too much emphasis on mining and fossil fuel-related projects, IMO, but one piece of good news:
🚄 the Alto High-Speed Rail project from Toronto to Quebec City has made the list.
Too much emphasis on mining and fossil fuel-related projects, IMO, but one piece of good news:
🚄 the Alto High-Speed Rail project from Toronto to Quebec City has made the list.
September 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This screenshot makes it look like this high-speed train is somehow also running through Fredericton and I can only dream.
Also, I wonder who’s managing this project and whether they’re looking for employees. 😂
Also, I wonder who’s managing this project and whether they’re looking for employees. 😂