@pamsykes.bsky.social
Cape Town/Vancouver transplant. B2B content, hiking, dragon boats, EDM, knitting, #fuckcars, general dorkiness.
Forest exhaling in the sunlight
February 5, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Forest exhaling in the sunlight
It’s Groundhog Day / Imbolc / Candlemas and everything is sodden, but I know the return of the light is gathering speed behind the clouds.
February 2, 2026 at 11:11 PM
It’s Groundhog Day / Imbolc / Candlemas and everything is sodden, but I know the return of the light is gathering speed behind the clouds.
Bookstores with quirky categories make me happy. This is Paperhound in downtown Vancouver. ❤️
August 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Bookstores with quirky categories make me happy. This is Paperhound in downtown Vancouver. ❤️
Active transport is fabulous and I love my bike. But some days it’s a relief to be totally passive and chill out on the bus ❤️🚎
December 4, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Active transport is fabulous and I love my bike. But some days it’s a relief to be totally passive and chill out on the bus ❤️🚎
Heard #outofcontext from the loud dude one table over: "The hearing aid lobby"
I have so. many. questions.
I have so. many. questions.
December 2, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Heard #outofcontext from the loud dude one table over: "The hearing aid lobby"
I have so. many. questions.
I have so. many. questions.
I've lived in 3 different buildings in Vancouver in 4 years, and not one has had a communal pinboard. It's the most humble of community infrastructures, and a launchpad for other kinds of community that doesn't require scary stuff like knocking on strangers' doors. Why are they so rare?
In lonely cities, stronger neighbourhood connections are essential for preparing for climate change disasters, writes
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Stronger social connections could help Vancouver weather climate disasters | The Narwhal
Social infrastructure is far more critical — and arguably more durable — than physical infrastructure in an era of heat domes, wildfires and flooding
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December 2, 2024 at 9:30 PM
I've lived in 3 different buildings in Vancouver in 4 years, and not one has had a communal pinboard. It's the most humble of community infrastructures, and a launchpad for other kinds of community that doesn't require scary stuff like knocking on strangers' doors. Why are they so rare?
I haven't posted anything on Twitter in eleventy-seven years but I'm trying this because eternal optimism. The blank page never gets any less terrifying.
December 2, 2024 at 6:14 PM
I haven't posted anything on Twitter in eleventy-seven years but I'm trying this because eternal optimism. The blank page never gets any less terrifying.