Hilary Farmer
@hilaryfarmer.bsky.social
Artist and tai chi teacher (formerly in architecture), Canadian, Gulf Islander - gratefully living in traditional Snuneymuxw territory, pro-democracy, pro-diversity, elbows-up!
“Poised” ink and oil on 5”diameter tondo! A little red squirrel to cheer you up. 🙂
#blueskyart #oilpainting #inkandoil #redsquirel #canadianartist #animalpainting
#blueskyart #oilpainting #inkandoil #redsquirel #canadianartist #animalpainting
December 2, 2025 at 3:56 AM
“Poised” ink and oil on 5”diameter tondo! A little red squirrel to cheer you up. 🙂
#blueskyart #oilpainting #inkandoil #redsquirel #canadianartist #animalpainting
#blueskyart #oilpainting #inkandoil #redsquirel #canadianartist #animalpainting
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Covid poses an "existential threat to human health".
Every infection increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, dementia, dysregulation of the immune system and reactivation of viral infections.
Children are having Long COVID.
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Every infection increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, dementia, dysregulation of the immune system and reactivation of viral infections.
Children are having Long COVID.
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
This Physicist Says We Don’t Take COVID Seriously Enough | The Tyee
We downplay the virus at our peril, warns Yaneer Bar-Yam. And children are more at risk than we thought.
thetyee.ca
November 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Covid poses an "existential threat to human health".
Every infection increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, dementia, dysregulation of the immune system and reactivation of viral infections.
Children are having Long COVID.
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Every infection increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, dementia, dysregulation of the immune system and reactivation of viral infections.
Children are having Long COVID.
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
New painting! “Sunflower Path” (12”x24” ink and oil on raised panel)
The local community gardens are so inspiring right now!
#oilpainting #gskyart #gsky #sunflowers #sunflowerpainting
The local community gardens are so inspiring right now!
#oilpainting #gskyart #gsky #sunflowers #sunflowerpainting
September 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
New painting! “Sunflower Path” (12”x24” ink and oil on raised panel)
The local community gardens are so inspiring right now!
#oilpainting #gskyart #gsky #sunflowers #sunflowerpainting
The local community gardens are so inspiring right now!
#oilpainting #gskyart #gsky #sunflowers #sunflowerpainting
New mini round (5” diameter) Thinking of calling it “Bloomin’ Delightful“!
#oilpainting #blueskyart #hummingbirdpainting #hummingbirdandflowers #annashummingbird #crocosmia #gsky
#oilpainting #blueskyart #hummingbirdpainting #hummingbirdandflowers #annashummingbird #crocosmia #gsky
September 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
New mini round (5” diameter) Thinking of calling it “Bloomin’ Delightful“!
#oilpainting #blueskyart #hummingbirdpainting #hummingbirdandflowers #annashummingbird #crocosmia #gsky
#oilpainting #blueskyart #hummingbirdpainting #hummingbirdandflowers #annashummingbird #crocosmia #gsky
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My letter to BC Premier David Eby, BC Health Minister Josie Osborne, my local MLA, and my local MP on measles in BC. Please feel free to share, or weep, or whatever you find appropriate. Many thanks to @beansproutsmom.bsky.social for motivating me to keep up with the data, which led to this letter.
This is a Warning
British Columbia has measles
worldofwonders.substack.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
My letter to BC Premier David Eby, BC Health Minister Josie Osborne, my local MLA, and my local MP on measles in BC. Please feel free to share, or weep, or whatever you find appropriate. Many thanks to @beansproutsmom.bsky.social for motivating me to keep up with the data, which led to this letter.
Upcoming joint open studio with Elsa Bluethner! If you’re in the area, we’d love to see you this Saturday, 30th of August between 11 and 3pm!
#oilpainting #localartist #gsky #gabriola #isleofthearts
#oilpainting #localartist #gsky #gabriola #isleofthearts
August 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Upcoming joint open studio with Elsa Bluethner! If you’re in the area, we’d love to see you this Saturday, 30th of August between 11 and 3pm!
#oilpainting #localartist #gsky #gabriola #isleofthearts
#oilpainting #localartist #gsky #gabriola #isleofthearts
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Yes, We Continue Wearing Masks—Here’s Why: Common Questions Answered whn.global/yes-we-conti...
Yes, We Continue Wearing Masks—Here’s Why: Common Questions Answered - WHN
Picture a typical family gathering today. Most people have moved on from masking: kids run around freely, aunts and uncles chat over snacks, and only a couple of family members still choose to wear we...
whn.global
July 31, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Yes, We Continue Wearing Masks—Here’s Why: Common Questions Answered whn.global/yes-we-conti...
Delighted to have a selection of my work up at Nova Gallery, Gabriola! Check it out if you’re in the area. 🙂
July 30, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Delighted to have a selection of my work up at Nova Gallery, Gabriola! Check it out if you’re in the area. 🙂
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The failure of the liberal order to deal effectively and honestly with the ongoing pandemic has created fractures that fascists are busily widening while the left continues to chip away at the foundations. Stronger liberalism--a deep commitment to the effective rule of law for all--is the answer.
Fascism rises after pandemics. COVID’s still here—eroding executive function, stoking anger, short tempers, and confusion. Impaired brains don’t spot propaganda. They repost it.
July 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The failure of the liberal order to deal effectively and honestly with the ongoing pandemic has created fractures that fascists are busily widening while the left continues to chip away at the foundations. Stronger liberalism--a deep commitment to the effective rule of law for all--is the answer.
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Advocacy alert 📣 Until August 19, you can give input on a game-changing national standard requiring N95s & other respirators in healthcare (and beyond)!
To make it easier to take part, we've created a plain-language explainer that includes some sample feedback: donoharmbc.ca/national-sta...
To make it easier to take part, we've created a plain-language explainer that includes some sample feedback: donoharmbc.ca/national-sta...
July 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Advocacy alert 📣 Until August 19, you can give input on a game-changing national standard requiring N95s & other respirators in healthcare (and beyond)!
To make it easier to take part, we've created a plain-language explainer that includes some sample feedback: donoharmbc.ca/national-sta...
To make it easier to take part, we've created a plain-language explainer that includes some sample feedback: donoharmbc.ca/national-sta...
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"Upgrade public buildings, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, and schools, to ASHRAE 241 standard and guideline 44 air ventilation standards."
Damn right. If we'd started on that two years ago when it was obviously necessary we'd have one more tool in the kit against measles right now.
Damn right. If we'd started on that two years ago when it was obviously necessary we'd have one more tool in the kit against measles right now.
New: Our open letter to PM Mark Carney on the urgent need for COVID-19 mitigations 🍁
@mark-carney.bsky.social -
We’re calling for action in 4 key areas to protect public health
📝 Read the full letter & share: protectbc.ca/open-letter-lettre-ouverte-pm-mark-carney

@mark-carney.bsky.social -
We’re calling for action in 4 key areas to protect public health
📝 Read the full letter & share: protectbc.ca/open-letter-lettre-ouverte-pm-mark-carney

https://protectbc.ca/open‑letter‑lettre‑ouverte‑pm‑mark‑carney/
June 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"Upgrade public buildings, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, and schools, to ASHRAE 241 standard and guideline 44 air ventilation standards."
Damn right. If we'd started on that two years ago when it was obviously necessary we'd have one more tool in the kit against measles right now.
Damn right. If we'd started on that two years ago when it was obviously necessary we'd have one more tool in the kit against measles right now.
Three new mini paintings (4”x4“) with bees (and one hoverfly/bee look-alike)
#oilpainting #blueskyartists #bumblebees #beesandflowers #pollinators
#oilpainting #blueskyartists #bumblebees #beesandflowers #pollinators
June 19, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Three new mini paintings (4”x4“) with bees (and one hoverfly/bee look-alike)
#oilpainting #blueskyartists #bumblebees #beesandflowers #pollinators
#oilpainting #blueskyartists #bumblebees #beesandflowers #pollinators
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Little ditty written for the occasion tomorrow. Feel free to share it, riff on it, you name it. No Truce With Kings.
![No Truce With Kings
(After "The Old Issue" by Rudyard Kipling)
[To the tune of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"]
All we have of freedom, and our precious liberty
was wrestled from the hands of Kings and cruel Nobility
Today we stand united and we'll not go quietly
We'll make no truce with Kings!
Chorus:
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! We'll make no truce with Kings!
A thousand years in making we can lose it overnight:
our freedom and our honour and our sacred human right
to live beneath the law in peace. For these we now will fight!
We have no use for Kings!
[Chorus]
We will not follow liars who will flood the zone with shit
We know just what they're after and we're having none of it
We'll take our hard-won science over any Holy Writ
We won't bow down to Kings!
[Chorus]
The King may own the billionaires but we fight in the streets
The King may break the judges and the law firms so elite
The Deans of higher learning may bow down to kiss his feet
But still we'll beat the King!
[Chorus]
Slovenly and sullen, savage, uncontrolled,
This flailing Royal Wannabe is rash but never bold
He has not learned the lesson of the English Kings of old:
The Law's above the King!
[Chorus]
We are not free of error, and we sometimes make mistakes,
We're heirs to great injustices, so let's do what it takes
To reach out to our allies all around a world that shakes
With raging little Kings!
[Chorus]
Now hear the trumpet calling far across the sea and sky
The lonely note reminds us all that someday we will die
But while we live we will not yield so hear our words on high:
We won't obey this King!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! We'll make no truce with Kings!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e4wvc5qkukj4o72aurlnzqp5/bafkreiaaugbqhmkx6cm6c4jyx6ilcbihcxebnymfjkmgaspdgu7deqaaua@jpeg)
June 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Little ditty written for the occasion tomorrow. Feel free to share it, riff on it, you name it. No Truce With Kings.
I bought some old-fashioned red roses at the market last weekend …so of course I had to paint them!
(“Red Roses” 9”x12” ink and oil on raised panel)
#blueskyartists #oilpainting #redroses #inkandoil #floralpainting
(“Red Roses” 9”x12” ink and oil on raised panel)
#blueskyartists #oilpainting #redroses #inkandoil #floralpainting
June 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I bought some old-fashioned red roses at the market last weekend …so of course I had to paint them!
(“Red Roses” 9”x12” ink and oil on raised panel)
#blueskyartists #oilpainting #redroses #inkandoil #floralpainting
(“Red Roses” 9”x12” ink and oil on raised panel)
#blueskyartists #oilpainting #redroses #inkandoil #floralpainting
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Vote as if your country depends on it.
Vote as if your future depends on it.
Vote as if democracy and the rule of law depend on it.
But most of all: VOTE!
We have a freedom beyond any ancestral dreams, to choose who leads us. Rare beyond words.
Use that freedom today to preserve it for tomorrow
Vote as if your future depends on it.
Vote as if democracy and the rule of law depend on it.
But most of all: VOTE!
We have a freedom beyond any ancestral dreams, to choose who leads us. Rare beyond words.
Use that freedom today to preserve it for tomorrow
April 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Vote as if your country depends on it.
Vote as if your future depends on it.
Vote as if democracy and the rule of law depend on it.
But most of all: VOTE!
We have a freedom beyond any ancestral dreams, to choose who leads us. Rare beyond words.
Use that freedom today to preserve it for tomorrow
Vote as if your future depends on it.
Vote as if democracy and the rule of law depend on it.
But most of all: VOTE!
We have a freedom beyond any ancestral dreams, to choose who leads us. Rare beyond words.
Use that freedom today to preserve it for tomorrow
“There was a Time, Olebar Point” (8”x10” oil on raised panel).
I was out painting yesterday. What a gorgeous morning and how fortunate I feel to be able to live here and do this.
After a few tweaks in the studio here it is.
#blueskyartists #oilpainting #pleinairpainting #localbeauty #nostalgia
I was out painting yesterday. What a gorgeous morning and how fortunate I feel to be able to live here and do this.
After a few tweaks in the studio here it is.
#blueskyartists #oilpainting #pleinairpainting #localbeauty #nostalgia
April 19, 2025 at 10:34 PM
“There was a Time, Olebar Point” (8”x10” oil on raised panel).
I was out painting yesterday. What a gorgeous morning and how fortunate I feel to be able to live here and do this.
After a few tweaks in the studio here it is.
#blueskyartists #oilpainting #pleinairpainting #localbeauty #nostalgia
I was out painting yesterday. What a gorgeous morning and how fortunate I feel to be able to live here and do this.
After a few tweaks in the studio here it is.
#blueskyartists #oilpainting #pleinairpainting #localbeauty #nostalgia
Note that MoTT will be mowing the roadsides for two weeks starting this Saturday.
April 18, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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It's Fact Check Friday....(and/or, um, Saturday!)
For this week: Are there foreign governments meddling in our election? Do safe consumption sites work? Find out here and watch @rachelgilmore.bsky.social's comprehensive breakdown on youtube/tiktok/insta/wherever you can.
For this week: Are there foreign governments meddling in our election? Do safe consumption sites work? Find out here and watch @rachelgilmore.bsky.social's comprehensive breakdown on youtube/tiktok/insta/wherever you can.
It's Fact Check Friday! Did Carney meet with a Beijing-affiliated group? Did India bankroll Poilievre's leadership campaign? And do safe consumption sites work?
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social @emilybaroncadloff.bsky.social find out. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/11/a...
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social @emilybaroncadloff.bsky.social find out. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/11/a...
Fact check: Did Mark Carney meet with a Chinese government-affiliated group? And more
In our latest Fact-check Friday, we dive into accusations that Poilievre's leadership campaign was "bankrolled" by India, whether Mark Carney had a "meeting" with a Chinese government-affiliated group...
www.nationalobserver.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
It's Fact Check Friday....(and/or, um, Saturday!)
For this week: Are there foreign governments meddling in our election? Do safe consumption sites work? Find out here and watch @rachelgilmore.bsky.social's comprehensive breakdown on youtube/tiktok/insta/wherever you can.
For this week: Are there foreign governments meddling in our election? Do safe consumption sites work? Find out here and watch @rachelgilmore.bsky.social's comprehensive breakdown on youtube/tiktok/insta/wherever you can.
A cheery floral painting to brighten your day. “Market Daffodils” (8”x8” oil on raised panel)
#blueskyartist #oilpainting #floral #daffodils #spring
#blueskyartist #oilpainting #floral #daffodils #spring
April 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
A cheery floral painting to brighten your day. “Market Daffodils” (8”x8” oil on raised panel)
#blueskyartist #oilpainting #floral #daffodils #spring
#blueskyartist #oilpainting #floral #daffodils #spring
Delighted that my painting “Descano Bay Path” has been juried in to the Federation of Canadian Artists “Landscapes” show. You’ll be able to see it in their Granville Island Gallery from May 12 to June 1st, 2025.
#blueskyartist #oilpainting #inkandoil #canadianartist #gabriola #gsky
#blueskyartist #oilpainting #inkandoil #canadianartist #gabriola #gsky
April 7, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Delighted that my painting “Descano Bay Path” has been juried in to the Federation of Canadian Artists “Landscapes” show. You’ll be able to see it in their Granville Island Gallery from May 12 to June 1st, 2025.
#blueskyartist #oilpainting #inkandoil #canadianartist #gabriola #gsky
#blueskyartist #oilpainting #inkandoil #canadianartist #gabriola #gsky
Just finished 4 new 4”x4” minis - birds for our times. “Anna’s Alert”, “Defiant Towhee”, ”Ready Wren”, and “Watchful Nuthatch”
#blueskyartist #oilpainting #inkandoil #minipaintings #canadianartist
#blueskyartist #oilpainting #inkandoil #minipaintings #canadianartist
April 6, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Just finished 4 new 4”x4” minis - birds for our times. “Anna’s Alert”, “Defiant Towhee”, ”Ready Wren”, and “Watchful Nuthatch”
#blueskyartist #oilpainting #inkandoil #minipaintings #canadianartist
#blueskyartist #oilpainting #inkandoil #minipaintings #canadianartist
“Spring Day at Olebar Point” (8”x10” oil on raised panel)
I was out painting plein air with a friend yesterday. Lovely afternoon! Here it is after some studio tweaks.
#blueskyartist #oilpainting #pleinairpainting #gsky #canadianartist
I was out painting plein air with a friend yesterday. Lovely afternoon! Here it is after some studio tweaks.
#blueskyartist #oilpainting #pleinairpainting #gsky #canadianartist
April 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
“Spring Day at Olebar Point” (8”x10” oil on raised panel)
I was out painting plein air with a friend yesterday. Lovely afternoon! Here it is after some studio tweaks.
#blueskyartist #oilpainting #pleinairpainting #gsky #canadianartist
I was out painting plein air with a friend yesterday. Lovely afternoon! Here it is after some studio tweaks.
#blueskyartist #oilpainting #pleinairpainting #gsky #canadianartist
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Over 60 people joined today’s #HandsOff support rally, here on Gabriola Island, BC, Canada. We stand with the US against authoritarianism!
April 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Over 60 people joined today’s #HandsOff support rally, here on Gabriola Island, BC, Canada. We stand with the US against authoritarianism!
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Why would anyone risk travel to the USA?
New travel advice from Canadian government…
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
New travel advice from Canadian government…
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
April 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Why would anyone risk travel to the USA?
New travel advice from Canadian government…
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
New travel advice from Canadian government…
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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For Canadians looking for a guide on the candidates' housing plans, I've just unlocked this piece so that everyone can read: www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/who-has-th...
Who Has the Best Housing Plan?
Canada has a housing shortage. Who has a plan for housing abundance?
www.bugeyedandshameless.com
April 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
For Canadians looking for a guide on the candidates' housing plans, I've just unlocked this piece so that everyone can read: www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/who-has-th...