Father and Thinker with a desire to change the World. Tweeting insurance & investing ideas at: @sense_cents. More political ideas at: @scantleburyruss.
Calgary, Alberta
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Russell Scantlebury retweeted
If we’re creating new political parties in Alberta, this one better be included.
ALT Selfie of Jen in her living room wearing a red shirt that says oatmeal socialist.
Russell Scantlebury retweeted
OED #WordOfTheDay: dreamlet, n.
A brief dream; (Psychology) a dream experienced during the transition between sleeping and waking; a hypnagogic or hypnopompic hallucination.
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ALT The OED definition of \u2018dreamlet\u2019,\u00A0today\u2019s word of the day.\n
Russell Scantlebury retweeted
Wife of a long term dementia patient here - 👋
If Bruce had signed an advanced directive, would I have been left to make the decision on when to apply MAiD?
Even after 11 years, yesterday I saw him smile, laugh, interact and enjoy his meals while being non-mobile, incontinent and non verbal.
I can promise you, I would ignore any advanced directive. Yes, he is a different man with a different life now but subjectively and objectively he is comfortable and content. I would not believe this Bruce would want to stop living.
In this case, would the “state” step in to provide MAiD over my objections and experience? We are rushing to a set of really complex entanglements. So much room for harm.
As a cancer MD, here’s what terrifies me about advance MAiD requests.
A patient with dementia could be smiling, laughing and enjoying life.
But a document signed years earlier says it’s time to die.
Administer MAiD and risk criminal charges? Refuse and potentially face a College complaint from the family?
What an extraordinary position to put a physician in.
It is important to remember that business owners are the engine that drives their company forward. So, while owners do a lot, they often overlook themselves. lnkd.in/p/gq3tzjuC #SmallBusinessOwner #RiskManagement #IncomeProtection #MentalHealthAwareness #WorkLifeBalance
Russell Scantlebury retweeted
The #WordOfTheDay is ‘milieu.’
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ALT WORD OF THE DAY Merriam- Webster OCTOBER 27, 2026 milieu noun | meel-YOO the setting in which people live or in which something occurs
Russell Scantlebury retweeted
The #WordOfTheDay is ‘disparate.’
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ALT WORD OF THE DAY Merriam- Webster OCTOBER 26, 2026 disparate adjective | DISS-puh-rut different from each other
Russell Scantlebury retweeted
OED #WordOfTheDay: noctuolent, adj.
Of a flowering plant: more strongly scented at night than during the day.
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ALT The OED definition of \u2018noctuolent\u2019,\u00A0today\u2019s word of the day.\n
Russell Scantlebury retweeted
I sweated and I voted!
Or
I exercised my body and exercised my rights!
😄💙
Russell Scantlebury retweeted
North Bay! I’m all set up at Coles in the mall. Stop by, say hi, and pick up your copy of Seeking Sasha.
#psychologicalsuspense #thriller #romanticsuspense #bookclub
Russell Scantlebury retweeted
Today's #WordOfTheDay is bereft.
Learn more about this word: bit.ly/4juWwoq
It was when I was listening to the @BulwarkOnline, @crampell & @JVLast that I realized that Americans don't understand the size of the change that is coming. I have some thoughts: 52ideas.ca #uspoli #cdnpoli #abpoli
