Pyke
@pykey.bsky.social
Ottawa resident for the past few decades. I'm passionate about biking, the outdoors, municipal politics and urban places for people. I'm also a nurse and believe in science and vaccines. Oh and I love local beer on a fun patio. 🏳️🌈
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Seems like this isn't quite true 😂
January 13, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Seems like this isn't quite true 😂
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/2 I assumed ”ICE took his phone and sold it” was a typo or something.
Nah bro. Thug THIEF scum.
Nah bro. Thug THIEF scum.
January 13, 2026 at 11:56 PM
/2 I assumed ”ICE took his phone and sold it” was a typo or something.
Nah bro. Thug THIEF scum.
Nah bro. Thug THIEF scum.
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You know what’s not going to help? Forcing people to go to the office. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
OC Transpo says hundreds of buses were cancelled last week
CBC’s Emma Weller spoke with commuters about the recent bus cancellations. OC Transpo is warning that the next few months could be challenging but says there is an action plan in place to improve flee...
www.cbc.ca
January 14, 2026 at 12:43 AM
You know what’s not going to help? Forcing people to go to the office. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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Nothing like 30 minute headways to incentivize transit use! C/ @occtranspo.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Nothing like 30 minute headways to incentivize transit use! C/ @occtranspo.bsky.social
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Are you looking for a family doctor in Downtown Ottawa? A new practice is taking patients. Thanks to @stephanieplante.bsky.social for the tip!
Downtown Urgent Care Family Practice and Walk-In
Welcome to our scheduling page. Please follow the instructions to add an event to our calendar.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Are you looking for a family doctor in Downtown Ottawa? A new practice is taking patients. Thanks to @stephanieplante.bsky.social for the tip!
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Please give them all the love they deserve for the fairly sub par quality we provide to those that need accessibility.
We need to do what we can to ensure they're not third class citizens.
If you think it sucks being an able body passenger - wait till you're differently abled in any format 😁
We need to do what we can to ensure they're not third class citizens.
If you think it sucks being an able body passenger - wait till you're differently abled in any format 😁
♿Reminder: City of Ottawa invites you to take part in a survey and public consultations to help shape the next OC Transpo Accessibility Plan.
For more info and to register, visit:
https://ow.ly/w97H50XWzLV
For more info and to register, visit:
https://ow.ly/w97H50XWzLV
January 14, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Please give them all the love they deserve for the fairly sub par quality we provide to those that need accessibility.
We need to do what we can to ensure they're not third class citizens.
If you think it sucks being an able body passenger - wait till you're differently abled in any format 😁
We need to do what we can to ensure they're not third class citizens.
If you think it sucks being an able body passenger - wait till you're differently abled in any format 😁
Good morning @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Good morning @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social
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Are you saying that they already removed the sculpture Moving Surfaces by Canadian artist Jill Anholt from the Landsdowne canal area? It is absurd to destroy a decade-old piece of civic art commissioned for $4M at all, but if it is already gone, where's the respect part?
January 14, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Are you saying that they already removed the sculpture Moving Surfaces by Canadian artist Jill Anholt from the Landsdowne canal area? It is absurd to destroy a decade-old piece of civic art commissioned for $4M at all, but if it is already gone, where's the respect part?
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We’ve adopted a new policy clarifying how we’ll be using digital platforms to share our journalism
Going forward, we will expect any platforms we use to demonstrate basic commitments to user safety, information integrity and democratic values
Learn more: pressprogress.ca/journalistic...
Going forward, we will expect any platforms we use to demonstrate basic commitments to user safety, information integrity and democratic values
Learn more: pressprogress.ca/journalistic...
January 14, 2026 at 4:36 PM
We’ve adopted a new policy clarifying how we’ll be using digital platforms to share our journalism
Going forward, we will expect any platforms we use to demonstrate basic commitments to user safety, information integrity and democratic values
Learn more: pressprogress.ca/journalistic...
Going forward, we will expect any platforms we use to demonstrate basic commitments to user safety, information integrity and democratic values
Learn more: pressprogress.ca/journalistic...
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As far as I know, there's no mention of price. But building a new one is somewhere between $450 million to $750 million.
Not bad for a $8.5M plus effort starting cost, and getting your friend elected.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/....
Not bad for a $8.5M plus effort starting cost, and getting your friend elected.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/....
ANALYSIS | What happened behind the scenes before the city's pursuit of a landfill site went public | CBC News
CBC News has pieced together some of how the city has gone from landfill opponent to the prospective buyer of an east end landfill site, including how the owner first informed the mayor’s office it wa...
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January 14, 2026 at 7:09 PM
As far as I know, there's no mention of price. But building a new one is somewhere between $450 million to $750 million.
Not bad for a $8.5M plus effort starting cost, and getting your friend elected.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/....
Not bad for a $8.5M plus effort starting cost, and getting your friend elected.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/....
Look @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social!
This is the kind of thing a real leader does. Sadly we're stuck with you instead
This is the kind of thing a real leader does. Sadly we're stuck with you instead
January 13, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Look @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social!
This is the kind of thing a real leader does. Sadly we're stuck with you instead
This is the kind of thing a real leader does. Sadly we're stuck with you instead
@liberalca.bsky.social @ndp.ca.web.brid.gy @greenparty
January 13, 2026 at 10:05 PM
@liberalca.bsky.social @ndp.ca.web.brid.gy @greenparty
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My latest for The Tyee! Video coming soon :)
Long story short: why the fuck are our politicians not even trying to properly move, en masse, off a platform that is now the top creator of AI deepfakes, non-consensually violating women and kids?
I also spoke with a victim.
Her story is powerful:
Long story short: why the fuck are our politicians not even trying to properly move, en masse, off a platform that is now the top creator of AI deepfakes, non-consensually violating women and kids?
I also spoke with a victim.
Her story is powerful:
“Seeing the bikini one was incredibly violating, but then seeing that they could ultimately create a full nude of me felt so embarrassing and so shameful.”
Why the Canadian government needs to act to protect victims of Elon Musk's Grok, by @rachelgilmore.bsky.social thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Why the Canadian government needs to act to protect victims of Elon Musk's Grok, by @rachelgilmore.bsky.social thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Musk’s Grok Is Abusing Women and Children. Our Government Needs to Act | The Tyee
Where are Canadian lawmakers? Oh, they’re on X.
thetyee.ca
January 13, 2026 at 6:29 PM
My latest for The Tyee! Video coming soon :)
Long story short: why the fuck are our politicians not even trying to properly move, en masse, off a platform that is now the top creator of AI deepfakes, non-consensually violating women and kids?
I also spoke with a victim.
Her story is powerful:
Long story short: why the fuck are our politicians not even trying to properly move, en masse, off a platform that is now the top creator of AI deepfakes, non-consensually violating women and kids?
I also spoke with a victim.
Her story is powerful:
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Just received the following response from the Director of Communications for the Office of Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe to my questions about the credibility of this website:
"I was not able to do further looking into the company. I don't have a quote for you”
"I was not able to do further looking into the company. I don't have a quote for you”
January 13, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Just received the following response from the Director of Communications for the Office of Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe to my questions about the credibility of this website:
"I was not able to do further looking into the company. I don't have a quote for you”
"I was not able to do further looking into the company. I don't have a quote for you”
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Oh no 😬
@ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social got spun by Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and ran a story about the “study” based on data from a dubious Serbian website
The website carries a disclaimer that the data is unvetted and they don’t guarantee it is “accurate or reliable”
@ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social got spun by Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and ran a story about the “study” based on data from a dubious Serbian website
The website carries a disclaimer that the data is unvetted and they don’t guarantee it is “accurate or reliable”
January 13, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Oh no 😬
@ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social got spun by Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and ran a story about the “study” based on data from a dubious Serbian website
The website carries a disclaimer that the data is unvetted and they don’t guarantee it is “accurate or reliable”
@ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social got spun by Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and ran a story about the “study” based on data from a dubious Serbian website
The website carries a disclaimer that the data is unvetted and they don’t guarantee it is “accurate or reliable”
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What Ottawa and other municipalities need is not a bailout from higher levels of government. We need to address why it is we can't afford to maintain our core infrastructure. Simply put, our low density, sprawling neighbourhoods have far more infrastructure than they pay in property taxes.
January 13, 2026 at 1:57 PM
What Ottawa and other municipalities need is not a bailout from higher levels of government. We need to address why it is we can't afford to maintain our core infrastructure. Simply put, our low density, sprawling neighbourhoods have far more infrastructure than they pay in property taxes.
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As far as I understand it, dump truck traffic is crossing a bike lane and 3 sidewalks on the way in and out of Lansdowne. Yellow in my first image is incoming from the 417. Outgoing in red and through Old Ottawa South not sure how far??? Someone is going to get injured/die #ottWalk #ottRoll #ottBike
January 11, 2026 at 7:20 PM
As far as I understand it, dump truck traffic is crossing a bike lane and 3 sidewalks on the way in and out of Lansdowne. Yellow in my first image is incoming from the 417. Outgoing in red and through Old Ottawa South not sure how far??? Someone is going to get injured/die #ottWalk #ottRoll #ottBike
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The exact same buses cancelled again!
January 12, 2026 at 12:40 PM
The exact same buses cancelled again!
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In the @OttawaCitizen I grumble about the new central library (which I find incredibly non-pretty) and the secrecy around cost overruns and delays and… didn’t we already have that nightmare with the LRT? Why do it again? ottawacitizen.com/opinion/adis...
How is Ottawa's new central library like the LRT? Delays, cost overruns and secrecy | Opinion
The library isn’t a train. But have we learned nothing from the LRT experience with delays and cost overruns and secrecy? | Opinion
ottawacitizen.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:40 PM
In the @OttawaCitizen I grumble about the new central library (which I find incredibly non-pretty) and the secrecy around cost overruns and delays and… didn’t we already have that nightmare with the LRT? Why do it again? ottawacitizen.com/opinion/adis...
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My 1609 bus. No show. Not cancelled, just disappeared. Was on the app until it wasn't.
This is why people drive instead of trusting @octranspo.com , right, @occtranspo.bsky.social ?
This is why people drive instead of trusting @octranspo.com , right, @occtranspo.bsky.social ?
January 12, 2026 at 9:11 PM
My 1609 bus. No show. Not cancelled, just disappeared. Was on the app until it wasn't.
This is why people drive instead of trusting @octranspo.com , right, @occtranspo.bsky.social ?
This is why people drive instead of trusting @octranspo.com , right, @occtranspo.bsky.social ?
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Yeah, fuck you Bryan.
January 10, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Yeah, fuck you Bryan.
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A financial tidal wave is heading toward Ottawa | Opinion ottawacitizen.com/opinion/fina...
January 10, 2026 at 4:20 PM
A financial tidal wave is heading toward Ottawa | Opinion ottawacitizen.com/opinion/fina...