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Jen Keane - she/her. Thoughts about migraine, cakes, sewing, and occasional spicy political rants. https://jenniferkeane.ie for long-form thoughts. https://paygap.ie/ for my Irish Gender Pay Gap data portal https://ko-fi.com/zenbuffy to support my work
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Trying to help my brother's girlfriend get a visa appointment and christ almighty what a shitshow. Greek consulate website crashed repeatedly, apparently only 10 appointments available for the whole month of March, all in the first few days of the month, all gone by the time the site even loaded.

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Ok #migraine day two, let's go. Unfortunately it's one of those work days where I have a few things that just can't be cancelled, so we'll have to put on the game face for a little while. Luckily, as anyone with a chronic illness will know, you get very good at putting on a game face.

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My husband accidentally brought his ref mic radio to @daraobriain.bsky.social tonight so I'm really looking forward to catching the commentary track for the show. Who's on deck for that Dara?

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Going to see Dara O'Briain tonight, which does mean unfortunately missing the first night of my tap class term. Either way, some much needed levity as it's been a tough few weeks friends, and it's hard to keep happy all the time.

submitted 19 hours ago • 1 comment

I'm loving my new Garmin but the support experience my husband is having right now is a yikes. Ordered watch strap in January, still not here, waited on phone for ages for them to say "they weren't in stock and won't ship til April" even though they were in stock when he ordered them.

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HEY!! Did you know there's a brand new game: - Set in #Ireland - In the infamous HELLFIRE CLUB - That is deliciously Gothic Horror - Made by an Irish Studio - And absolutely Co-Op It’s OUR GAME. Presenting our upcoming title: #EyesOfHellfire Wishlist today! store.steampowered.com/app/1724030/...

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The median gender pay gap at Aviva is 24.5%. The median bonus gap is 34.7%. #genderPayGap paygap.ie/company/aviva

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The median gender pay gap at Cairn Homes is 29%. The median bonus gap is 38.4%. paygap.ie/company/cair... #genderPayGap

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I have thoroughly enjoyed @mattcooperlastword.bsky.social moderation at the IPHA conference today. He has been so prepared and researched for every session, asking great questions, keeping panels flowing. A force to be reckoned with!

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I've literally never managed to take a bus where I plan the time and the bus actually shows up and I'm not panicking about being late, trying to get a taxi instead, or hoping for an alternative. Feck sake.

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Here at the #iphaConference2025 because I took part in their "life because of new medicines" campaign last year. www.ipha.ie/news-events/... The delays in access to medicines in Ireland are honestly shocking.

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The median gender pay gap at National Broadband Ireland is 21.86%. The median bonus gap is 37.27%. paygap.ie/company/nati... #genderPayGap

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The median gender pay gap in the National Gallery is 6.23%. paygap.ie/company/nati... #genderPayGap #speirgorm

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The median gender pay gap at ComReg is 5.6%. The median bonus gap is 37.6%. paygap.ie/company/comreg #genderPayGap

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The median gender pay gap at Glenveagh is -1%. The median bonus gap is 63%. paygap.ie/company/glen... #genderPayGap

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Progress on my Flax. Motoring through sleeve one

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Never let them tell you that Irishness is some set, immutable fact of the blood

submitted 6 days ago • 10 comments

Ok, we need a new James Bond AND a new Archbishop of Canterbury, and pretty soon it'll be time for another new Willy Wonka and a new Doctor Who. We need to economise. They should all be amalgamated into a single new character called Archdoctor Bondwonka.

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I can think of worse ways to be starting my day... #WALvsIRE #6nations

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I've lost count of the number of white guy geniuses that I've clocked as nonsense from early on. The most frustrating part has always been how other white guys act like I'm completely crazy for thinking it. All Elon brought to Tesla was a chequebook. He's not a genius. He's genuinely stupid.

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Ok, so my current pet peeve is videos that have the format "did you know if you take [recipe ingredients] and do [recipe steps] you'll have [recipe food]?" Like yeah babe, I knew that. That's literally how recipes work. I don't know why I hate this so much but I do.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Well, now. This is what our industry has to deal with. I have said it before, and I will say it again, DCCI are a disgrace and need to be properly looked at. Feel free to RT so more people realise what is happening. #SLATED #DCCI www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/...

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Taking a few years of greek school really messed up my ability to look past folks using the letter S as an E on movie posters. I still call it "My Big Fat Grsssk Wedding" 😂

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🚨 BREAKING NEWS🚨 Luis Rubiales found guilty of sexually assaulting Jenni Hermoso. He has been convicted of sexual assault but acquited of coercion. Rubiales has been fined €10k.

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In case you didn't already know, I'll be spending this International Women's Day running bsky.app/profile/payg... and sharing the pay gaps of Irish companies who tweet about #iwd #iwd25, as I did on twitter for the last few years.

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The median gender pay gap at EPA is 9.7%. paygap.ie/company/epa #genderPayGap

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Ok, focusing on some positive things today. I got some new, very tiny, needles to help me knit sleeves for this jumper, and I'm pleased to report that not only are they adorable, but it's also absolutely delightful to knit sleeves with them!

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Hard not to feel a little despair at, well, everything right now.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment