Ren Scot 🏴
@renscot.bsky.social
Tall human | HCW | Rabid socialist and active pot-stirrer (not necessarily in that order) | Lover of critters, gardens, snorkelling, extra dirty gin martinis and desserts before mains.
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over $2.9 million in repayable federal investments for two Manitoba businesses that are redefining how care reaches 🇨🇦. Through made-in-Manitoba innovations these companies are helping ensure that no matter where people live, they can access quality care closer to home
over $2.9 million in repayable federal investments for two Manitoba businesses that are redefining how care reaches 🇨🇦. Through made-in-Manitoba innovations these companies are helping ensure that no matter where people live, they can access quality care closer to home
Government of Canada invests in Manitoba-built solutions to help local companies grow to meet healthcare needs
Manitoba-based companies are filling gaps in Canadian markets, growing the economy, and contributing to accessible medical care
www.canada.ca
November 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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over $2.9 million in repayable federal investments for two Manitoba businesses that are redefining how care reaches 🇨🇦. Through made-in-Manitoba innovations these companies are helping ensure that no matter where people live, they can access quality care closer to home
over $2.9 million in repayable federal investments for two Manitoba businesses that are redefining how care reaches 🇨🇦. Through made-in-Manitoba innovations these companies are helping ensure that no matter where people live, they can access quality care closer to home
I haven’t supported #Meta for years. #RayBan has lost my support & now #Oakley. Vote with your dollars people!
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings — TIME
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
apple.news
November 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Love this for the planet #recycling
Solving the Plastic Problem
YouTube video by Undecided with Matt Ferrell
youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Love this for the planet #recycling
Received the information I requested from the federal government. This says more than enough
October 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Received the information I requested from the federal government. This says more than enough
#TIL there is an annual #FatBearContest and I am here for it!
Why this year’s Fat Bear Week contestants are rounder than ever — National Geographic
“The bears are extremely fat this year, and I’m looking forward to seeing how people react to how fat they are,” says the former ranger who helped invent the popular contest.
apple.news
September 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM
#TIL there is an annual #FatBearContest and I am here for it!
If someone buys this place & redecorates in millennial greys, I would scream
Check out this 6 bedroom semi-detached house for sale on Rightmove
6 bedroom semi-detached house for sale in Northgate Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 for £800,000. Marketed by Inigo, London
www.rightmove.co.uk
August 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If someone buys this place & redecorates in millennial greys, I would scream
“Use the force, Harry” - Gandalf
August 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
“Use the force, Harry” - Gandalf
TIL not to have a close encounter with a 🐻 & call the help number given out by Parks Canada. They can’t even be bothered to connect you with emergency services or the local conservation office. Because that’s what people have time to do when being stalked BY A BEAR is search who ya gotta call 😤
July 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
TIL not to have a close encounter with a 🐻 & call the help number given out by Parks Canada. They can’t even be bothered to connect you with emergency services or the local conservation office. Because that’s what people have time to do when being stalked BY A BEAR is search who ya gotta call 😤
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News: The American Academy of Pediatrics says it will no longer take part in the process of ACIP meetings.
“We won’t lend our name or our expertise to a system that is being politicized at the expense of children’s health,” the group's president says.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/25/c...
“We won’t lend our name or our expertise to a system that is being politicized at the expense of children’s health,” the group's president says.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/25/c...
CDC vaccine advisory committee to review long-approved immunizations
A leader of the CDC's reconstituted vaccine advisory committee said the panel would start a review of long-approved shots.
www.statnews.com
June 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
News: The American Academy of Pediatrics says it will no longer take part in the process of ACIP meetings.
“We won’t lend our name or our expertise to a system that is being politicized at the expense of children’s health,” the group's president says.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/25/c...
“We won’t lend our name or our expertise to a system that is being politicized at the expense of children’s health,” the group's president says.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/25/c...
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An exciting legal precedent was just set in BC 🎉
The BC Human Rights Tribunal decision found for the first time in Canada that the failure to allow for remote work for an immunocompromised employee was discrimination on the ground of disability
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The BC Human Rights Tribunal decision found for the first time in Canada that the failure to allow for remote work for an immunocompromised employee was discrimination on the ground of disability
www.hcamag.com/ca/specializ...
Employer required to accommodate immunocompromised employees during communicable disease outbreaks
Measles outbreaks raise issue of accommodation similar to COVID-19
www.hcamag.com
June 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
An exciting legal precedent was just set in BC 🎉
The BC Human Rights Tribunal decision found for the first time in Canada that the failure to allow for remote work for an immunocompromised employee was discrimination on the ground of disability
www.hcamag.com/ca/specializ...
The BC Human Rights Tribunal decision found for the first time in Canada that the failure to allow for remote work for an immunocompromised employee was discrimination on the ground of disability
www.hcamag.com/ca/specializ...
Huge win for T2 diabetics in Canada. Spoiler alert, someone didn’t renew a patent
www.science.org/content/blog...
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Novo Nordisk's Canadian Mistake
www.science.org
June 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Huge win for T2 diabetics in Canada. Spoiler alert, someone didn’t renew a patent
www.science.org/content/blog...
www.science.org/content/blog...
When I don’t have enough to do at work
June 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
When I don’t have enough to do at work
I admit, I am a fan of the books & movies - I own them all. I can also separate the author from their work & refuse to support anything that further benefits them. Sorry, not sorry.
#BoycottJKR #CancelJKR
#BoycottJKR #CancelJKR
HBO's 'Harry Potter' Series Finds Its Harry, Ron and Hermione — The Hollywood Reporter
Welcome to Hogwarts.
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May 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I admit, I am a fan of the books & movies - I own them all. I can also separate the author from their work & refuse to support anything that further benefits them. Sorry, not sorry.
#BoycottJKR #CancelJKR
#BoycottJKR #CancelJKR
Ha! I legitimately had an opportunity to write “It’s not a tumour” in a patient chart & that totally made my day.
May 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Ha! I legitimately had an opportunity to write “It’s not a tumour” in a patient chart & that totally made my day.
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Among heterosexual couples over age 50, research finds that divorce rates increase significantly when the wife develops a serious illness but the husband does not; however, no such increase is seen when husbands fall ill but wives do not. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/soci...
New Research Reveals a Concerning Emerging Divorce Pattern
Divorce trends among middle-aged adults have revealed a shocking new pattern.
www.psychologytoday.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Among heterosexual couples over age 50, research finds that divorce rates increase significantly when the wife develops a serious illness but the husband does not; however, no such increase is seen when husbands fall ill but wives do not. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/soci...
That explains a few things. Sorry to hear
L’ex-président américain Joe Biden est atteint d’un cancer — Radio-Canada Info
L'ex-président américain Joe Biden est atteint d'un cancer « agressif » de la prostate avec des métastases osseuses, a indiqué son équipe.
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May 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
That explains a few things. Sorry to hear
So this is a thing now.
Almost fell off my chair laughing.
Almost fell off my chair laughing.
May 14, 2025 at 2:34 AM
So this is a thing now.
Almost fell off my chair laughing.
Almost fell off my chair laughing.
Proud of the achievement. Disappointed & disillusioned that it took one person going to these lengths to get something so simple done, in Canada. What have we let ourselves become?
May 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Proud of the achievement. Disappointed & disillusioned that it took one person going to these lengths to get something so simple done, in Canada. What have we let ourselves become?
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There can be no reconciliation without truth.
We know that Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people face extraordinary violence, and we must do everything in our power to address that.
On Red Dress Day, Alberta's New Democrats honour that commitment and continue the work.
We know that Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people face extraordinary violence, and we must do everything in our power to address that.
On Red Dress Day, Alberta's New Democrats honour that commitment and continue the work.
May 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
There can be no reconciliation without truth.
We know that Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people face extraordinary violence, and we must do everything in our power to address that.
On Red Dress Day, Alberta's New Democrats honour that commitment and continue the work.
We know that Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people face extraordinary violence, and we must do everything in our power to address that.
On Red Dress Day, Alberta's New Democrats honour that commitment and continue the work.
Happy #CincoDeMayo to everyone that doesn’t support the deportation of immigrants 🪇
Why Cinco de Mayo is celebrated more in the U.S. than Mexico
Cinco de Mayo is often mistaken for Mexico's Independence Day, but its history tells a different story. Here's why the holiday is rooted in resistance.
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May 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Happy #CincoDeMayo to everyone that doesn’t support the deportation of immigrants 🪇
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CBC News is still posting on X (a hate-speak and conspiracy-peddling platform that is hostile to science and journalism) & not posting on Bluesky; a platform that has become integral in Canada's "Elbows Up" movement.
🇨🇦 You can contact the CBC at ask@cbc.ca or 1-866-306-4636
Time to go post-al, CBC.
🇨🇦 You can contact the CBC at ask@cbc.ca or 1-866-306-4636
Time to go post-al, CBC.
May 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
CBC News is still posting on X (a hate-speak and conspiracy-peddling platform that is hostile to science and journalism) & not posting on Bluesky; a platform that has become integral in Canada's "Elbows Up" movement.
🇨🇦 You can contact the CBC at ask@cbc.ca or 1-866-306-4636
Time to go post-al, CBC.
🇨🇦 You can contact the CBC at ask@cbc.ca or 1-866-306-4636
Time to go post-al, CBC.
Hey AB & SK, what does this say ⤵️ #UniversalHealthcareWorks
Just passing along some friendly advice on how to approach potential changes to the Australian health care system @drruthmitchell.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Hey AB & SK, what does this say ⤵️ #UniversalHealthcareWorks
Walking down the street this morning when a black SUV screeched to a halt beside me. The back doors flew open & a person in head to to black popped out.
My brain was all “What is happening?!” I have watched too many movies. It was the kitchen staff at the restaurant I was next to, coming to open 🤓
My brain was all “What is happening?!” I have watched too many movies. It was the kitchen staff at the restaurant I was next to, coming to open 🤓
April 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Walking down the street this morning when a black SUV screeched to a halt beside me. The back doors flew open & a person in head to to black popped out.
My brain was all “What is happening?!” I have watched too many movies. It was the kitchen staff at the restaurant I was next to, coming to open 🤓
My brain was all “What is happening?!” I have watched too many movies. It was the kitchen staff at the restaurant I was next to, coming to open 🤓
What he said ⤵️ #CanadiansDontPlay
As British soldiers were being evacuated from Dunkirk, the 1st Canadian Division was already in the UK as the only fully armed force to defend the shores.
This photo of Canadians in the Battle of Britain is displayed across from our parliament.
We fought fascism from day 1.
Don't fuck with us.
This photo of Canadians in the Battle of Britain is displayed across from our parliament.
We fought fascism from day 1.
Don't fuck with us.
April 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
What he said ⤵️ #CanadiansDontPlay