Ugh. So sad. To me this isn't just about right-wing-ish branding, it's about the replacement of pride in our ecology and the actual world we live in (our diversity and connection with the land) with pride in human endeavours. Which is just desperately sad. #alberta #canpoli #politics

I went to sow my scarlet runner beans and guess what I found!! We had such a warm winter we have bean shoots coming off last year's old roots!! #gardening #veggiegardening #sustainablefarming #regenerativefarming

🧡 Latest article on Loved Books! www.lovedbookskids.com/post/raising... #reading #parenting #kidsbooks

I'm often astonished at the sheer number and range of supplies, decisions and solutions that go into building a book!! I just measured and poked 1,128 holes into those pages, by the way. Hopefully they line up nicely when I sew them in!!! #art #artist #bookbinding #bookmaking #canadianartist #wip

In all my fifty years I hadn't heard about this. Use translate if you have to; this is worth reading. And I ask myself, what will be left for museums after the current genocides?! Texts, videos, empty homes; empty communities? Holes. #war #genocide #antifa #fascism #freepalestine #uspoli

I carry a deep sadness knowing that neither of my children wants to or can feel right/safe having children. Also that I myself had children whose lives have already been impacted by changes wrought by our cultural greed. These are things I'm thinking about going into #mothersday #climatechange

yay! My daughter finally merged her two websites into one! It used to be one website of kids' book reviews, and an Etsy shop where she sold curated boxes of gently-used kids books. Now they're all in one place! What a great resource. 💝 www.lovedbookskids.com #books #shop #smallbusiness #kidsbooks

Markus and I are hosting a tour of our regenerative food garden, today. Or my "medicine forest", as I like to call it. 💚 It's free to attend and only half-full, if you're on Nexwlelexwem/Bowen Island and would like to join! 2pm. #gardening #food #regenerativefarming #farming #earthday #BowenIsland

Seven chicks all happily living with their Mama, Eggbert! And today she went for her first big bath since going broody a month ago!!! #chickens #mothering #mama #chicks #farming makertube.net/w/4FBYd8D6jj...

This is just so beautiful to me, even though I've seen it hundreds of times. This little tiny one has been working all night to get to a world they have never experienced. What a labour of faith in the future. 💚🐣🧡 #chicks #chickens #eggs #spring #joy #farming #farmer

I love my daughter's Etsy shop so much. Her business of curating, cleaning, reviewing and repackaging good children's books emphasizes diversity, kindness & sustainability. Such a beautiful thing she's doing for the world! She has all her reviews on Goodreads now. 🧡 #books #reading #diversity #kids

Also for Bowen/Nex̱wlélex̱wem gardeners: Join our Signal food farmers group! The plan is to have a way of reaching other local food farmers to share supplies, info, and seeds (note my previous post giving away my leftover seeds!) (Egg photo for eye candy.) #BowenIsland #farming #Bowen

Bowen/Nex̱wlélex̱wem gardeners: Please take my free seeds! I've grown & loved almost all of these (never tried African foxglove - was a free gift). But am concentrating on other varieties now, or they're just leftovers from varieties I still grow. Call 9563 or drop by! #bowenisland #gardening #bowen

Re-sharing because I made it better. #ai #art #artist #health #culture

EEG scans revealed [decreased] neural connectivity in the brain with increasing reliance on external tools [...] LLM use resulted in under-engagement of critical attention and visual processing networks, especially in Session 4 when participants tried to write without AI. #ai #health #education

My favourite sandwich season! This one includes cream cheese, bittercress, nipplewort, miner's lettuce, chickweed, and young chives. I just sent out my wild food, regenerative farming, and art workshops list for this season. If you'd like to be on the mailing list, pm me. #foraging #art #farming

The Museum of Vancouver holds this city’s stories with care. Right now, MOV is facing real financial hardship. We’re asking 26 people to give $26/month by May 26 to help sustain this work. If MOV has meant something to you, please donate: canadahelps.org/en/dn/144676

Happily, CBC News did a great report on today's Long Covid Awareness Day events! www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5hD... #longcovid #disability #art #artist #canadianartist

Last post about my life with Long Covid: Heading home from the (dis)robe: Hospital Gown performance @museumofvan.bsky.social (See the hospital gown in the back...) Was wonderful to connect with so many whose lives have also been touched by this issue. Thank you. 🤍 Now I sleep. #longcovid #artist

My life with Long Covid Sunday: Sitting in bed taking pills while Markus makes breakfast. He already packed the car with the (dis)robe: Hospital Gown for today's performance, & looked after the chickens. Grateful. See you 1pm at the Museum of Vancouver! @museumofvan.bsky.social #longcovid #artist

My life with Long Covid Saturday: Really needed to catch up with seeding!! Luckily managed to finally get it done today, AND visit with friends (and chicks!) briefly. Now resting up for tomorrow's performance! Daily post leading up to Sunday performance @museumofvan.bsky.social #longcovid #artist

My life with Long Covid Friday: Still in bed today. Sooooo much inflammation. Even watching tv not going well. Reminds me of 80's when being unentertained was more normal. Long Covid is reteaching this skill. Daily post leading up to March 15 performance @museumofvan.bsky.social #longcovid #artist

Here's the CBC interview about my Long Covid wearable art piece and performance, "(dis)robe: Hospital Gown". Looking forward to performing it @museumofvan.bsky.social on Sunday March 15th! 😀 #art #artist #canadianartist #longcovid #health

My life with Long Covid Thursday: Was up at 6am for lovely CBC radio interview. Only ten minutes, but mornings are inflammation time for me, so crashed hard, after. Hopefully I can rest for the rest of today. Daily post leading up to March 15 performance @museumofvan.bsky.social #longcovid #artist

My life with Long Covid Wedesday: Thankfully had a quiet morning in bed, green smoothie & supplements before having a prep phonecall w/ CBC re: tomorrow's interview. Thursday 6:50am---> CBC's Early Edition! Daily post leading up to March 15 performance @museumofvan.bsky.social #longcovid #artist

My life with Long Covid Tuesday: Partner couldn't clean kitchen. Neither can I as I need to help a different family member. Need rest to make it to performance. Hopefully tomorrow. More in comments, later. Daily post leading up to performance @museumofvan.bsky.social March 15: #longcovid #artist

My life with Long Covid: Fever broke 9pm last night so I baked my son's cake! Managed to decorate today but now have viral flare-up & migraine from tasting sugary icing. Grateful for Super Lysine & very happy!!! Daily post leading up to performance at the Museum of Vancouver on March 15 #longcovid

How Long Covid impacted my day: Happily visited with friends for 90 minutes, so now I have a fever and can't make my son's birthday cake. No bath either. Try again tomorrow. This is my daily post leading up to a performance at the Museum of Vancouver on March 15: #longcovid #covid19 #health #art

Happy International Women's Day! Or maybe... Powerful International Women's Day!! This article was written with permission from Schroder Music. #music #womensday #internationalwomensday #women #womensrights

I'll be performing my long Covid piece at the Museum of Vancouver on March 15, so thought i should share my story. #disability #COVID19 #LongCovid #covidisnot0ver #artist

I love my life! These chicks' brood hen abandoned the nest, so we're raising them by hand, (we raise friendly hens for neighbours). They think we're their Mama, & enjoy doing their adorable 3-minute routine in our arms: Sleep, explore, eat, repeat! #farming #chickens #chicks #babies #happy #spring

Whether you participated in this project, or you or someone you know has #longcovid or is just curious, maybe this interests you! I have a performance coming up at the Museum of Vancouver on March 15. Please help me spread the word! #disability #covid #art #artist #canadianartist #performanceart

Really important article written by a fifteen year old. Don't ever say you care about children's rights and safety if you're not willing to hear their voices. Her us one: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #gender #misogyny #politics #socialmedia #girls #parenting

How to Give a Gift to the Future I wrote this piece about Jack and Julie's gift to me, my family, our community, and all of our future. Please share! Help us keep this amazing school going for future generations. 🧡 #theatre #school #support #education #fundraiser

There's rarely a cause that I think deserves our support more than this one. More, soon.

The wind holds my heart on the coldest days; lifts us to new worlds; new perspectives; new lives. Evensong Time: New paintings sitting curing in my studio right now. #art #artist #canadianartist #birds #ravens #artforsale #wind #oilpaintings

Something I feel is crucial for those of us wanting to built the world we can grow into. emilyvanartist.noblogs.org/post/2026/02... #beauty #art #artist #politics #socialchange #antifa #hope

Please sign and share widely! In the wake of my father-in-law's death, exploitative websites reprinted a false version of his obituary for profit, & to exploit the family.This horrible practice is deeply wrong, but hard to prosecute without a change in the law. #petition #death #obituary #memorial

My father in law was an absolute gem of a human being, and a giant of a botanist. Even in his last days, he was still working on his recent discovery about the growth habits of Garry Oak branches. May we all live with such passion. #death #memorial #inmemoriam #botany #science #conservation

Please sign this petition re trans rights. I have taught and known so many beautiful trans kids and young adults over the years. The last thing they need is a further erosion of their human rights. Petition closes tomorrow. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... #politics #lgbtq #transrights

The ballad I sing in the middle is the Three Ravens, learned long ago at the Vancouver Folksong Society (I can't remember from whom). My family sings ballads, so they and all sorts of songs are a huge part of how I process life... along with painting. #artist #wip #painter #traditionalmusic

Something to consider when using AI. #ai #artificialintelligence #genai #aiart #artist #art emilyvanartist.noblogs.org/post/2026/02...

I'm now a year post opt-out of big tech, and I'M SO HAPPY! No more Amazon, Microsoft, Meta... I'm STILL in the process of leaving Google. But I'm almost there! I've transferred all my previous work to new services and changed my email. Now just collecting straggles. :-) #bigtech #fascism #politics

Big Tech drives the fascist machine. Change is easy! I left Meta for Mastodon, Windows for Ubuntu, MSOffice for LibreOffice, etc. I'm happier than I've ever been! Here's an article with a list of the happy changes I've made: emilyvanartist.noblogs.org/post/2025/07... #fascism #bigtech #politics

It was a speech that claimed to challenge the hypocrisy of the liberal centre — and ended up proving it. My conversation with @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social on Mark Carney’s political theatre.

Cross-posted from my Mastodon. Please join me over there!! It seems like every effort made by humans to build a peaceful, loving world is exploited by the greedy/depraved few and turned into war. How can we avoid this? On the bright side, we're still making such efforts. 💚 #fascism #politics #peace

Only 2 days left. You know what to do! Get your NDP membership now so you're eligible to vote in the leadership race. Join us: https://avilewis.link/join

My Mastodon feed is full of reports about Minneapolis, today. Hearing that Meta may be filtering out Minneapolis news, today, and not seeing a whole lot on BlueSky, I thought I'd at least come over to BlueSky and share some! www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi... #ice #minnesota #reneegood #fascism

Patrick Leavy just pointed me to this excellent list of options for getting away from Big Tech. Check it out! www.rebeltechalliance.org/stopusingbig... #fascism #antifa #bigtech