Seána
@grantsana.bsky.social
Interested in law, human rights, healthcare policy, shiny things, millinery and the occasional crown. Happiest when surrounded by the Mournes and books
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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The pointlessness of immigration policy when nobody actually knows the facts.
Most of the public think net migration increased last year, when in fact numbers halved.
New findings from the Ipsos/British Future Immigration Attitudes Tracker show that 56% of the public thinks immigration increased last year. Just 1 in 6 realise it was down
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
New findings from the Ipsos/British Future Immigration Attitudes Tracker show that 56% of the public thinks immigration increased last year. Just 1 in 6 realise it was down
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The pointlessness of immigration policy when nobody actually knows the facts.
Thanksgiving feels like a skit every year. It’s unbelievable that it’s a giant holiday
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Thanksgiving feels like a skit every year. It’s unbelievable that it’s a giant holiday
Called to the bar at Lincoln’s Inn, London 15 years ago today.
Will never ever *ever* forget hurrying my dad in and him looking at the doors then quietly saying “never did I think I’d be walking into a place like this except to do the plumbing in it”
Will never ever *ever* forget hurrying my dad in and him looking at the doors then quietly saying “never did I think I’d be walking into a place like this except to do the plumbing in it”
November 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Called to the bar at Lincoln’s Inn, London 15 years ago today.
Will never ever *ever* forget hurrying my dad in and him looking at the doors then quietly saying “never did I think I’d be walking into a place like this except to do the plumbing in it”
Will never ever *ever* forget hurrying my dad in and him looking at the doors then quietly saying “never did I think I’d be walking into a place like this except to do the plumbing in it”
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Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting.
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting.
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
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Me on @bloomberg.com discussing the two child limit
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Me on @bloomberg.com discussing the two child limit
Having finished this now on the hunt for some non fiction about the French Revolution- something I know less than nothing about, barely featured in my history syllabus in school. Any recommendations welcome!
Did not expect to be sitting on the actual edge of my seat reading The Count of Monte Cristo. If it’s in your house gathering dust - you’re in for a treat
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Having finished this now on the hunt for some non fiction about the French Revolution- something I know less than nothing about, barely featured in my history syllabus in school. Any recommendations welcome!
Finished it. Wow, if it’s in your house, pick it up, the opening chapter will hold you right away and it just gets better
Did not expect to be sitting on the actual edge of my seat reading The Count of Monte Cristo. If it’s in your house gathering dust - you’re in for a treat
November 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Finished it. Wow, if it’s in your house, pick it up, the opening chapter will hold you right away and it just gets better
I’m not sure what’s wrong with me but nothing shuts my brain down faster than an influencer saying “so I tried the viral X, Y, Z”
November 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I’m not sure what’s wrong with me but nothing shuts my brain down faster than an influencer saying “so I tried the viral X, Y, Z”
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Christmas cards available now and shipping here and abroad, featuring a choice of either a traditional Irish Christmas fireplace, or an Cailleach, the ancient Irish bringer of winter ❄️
Traditional Irish Christmas: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
An Cailleach: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
Traditional Irish Christmas: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
An Cailleach: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Christmas cards available now and shipping here and abroad, featuring a choice of either a traditional Irish Christmas fireplace, or an Cailleach, the ancient Irish bringer of winter ❄️
Traditional Irish Christmas: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
An Cailleach: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
Traditional Irish Christmas: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
An Cailleach: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
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You can hear from a person who lived through the Economic War in the 1930s in our new episode, now available over on Patreon www.patreon.com/posts/early-...
Early access: The Economic War | The Irish Passport Podcast
Get more from The Irish Passport Podcast on Patreon
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November 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
You can hear from a person who lived through the Economic War in the 1930s in our new episode, now available over on Patreon www.patreon.com/posts/early-...
When you eat a meal with toddler cutlery, it becomes very clear that loads of things have been needlessly designed out of accessibility for no good reason. It’s *so easy* to eat with
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
When you eat a meal with toddler cutlery, it becomes very clear that loads of things have been needlessly designed out of accessibility for no good reason. It’s *so easy* to eat with
Revolting day at the border
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Revolting day at the border
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Gaza after the ceasefire is defined by the ‘yellow line’ — drawn by Israel, and dividing the strip in two.
Our evidence suggests that Israel seeks to make the line permanent, as ‘reconstruction’ plans normalise this new stage of Israel’s occupation: frames.forensic-architecture.org/gaza/ceasefire
Our evidence suggests that Israel seeks to make the line permanent, as ‘reconstruction’ plans normalise this new stage of Israel’s occupation: frames.forensic-architecture.org/gaza/ceasefire
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Gaza after the ceasefire is defined by the ‘yellow line’ — drawn by Israel, and dividing the strip in two.
Our evidence suggests that Israel seeks to make the line permanent, as ‘reconstruction’ plans normalise this new stage of Israel’s occupation: frames.forensic-architecture.org/gaza/ceasefire
Our evidence suggests that Israel seeks to make the line permanent, as ‘reconstruction’ plans normalise this new stage of Israel’s occupation: frames.forensic-architecture.org/gaza/ceasefire
Some of the most irritating people on the internet are the ones that post “what a substitute for x, y & z?” under recipes - and I say this as someone with a server nut allergy
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Some of the most irritating people on the internet are the ones that post “what a substitute for x, y & z?” under recipes - and I say this as someone with a server nut allergy
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Indo editor wearing a hot dog costume while printing this story
Genuinely mental story. The obvious intersection of trans panic and deranged sports parents: adults gleefully bullying the shit out of a kid
Looking for answers to ‘case closed’ following troubling events at a girls’ football match in Cavan
On a Friday in August, a WhatsApp message describing troubling events at a girls’ football match began to spread in Cavan GAA circles. It read:
m.independent.ie
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Indo editor wearing a hot dog costume while printing this story
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this dumb shit is what i mean when i say this is a purely aesthetic “politics.” yeah man, why can’t we have a fusion of cosmopolitan social democracy and revanchist hierarchies of wealth and privilege? tough question.
Matt Stoller: “..Trump & Mamdani defeated establishment in their own way, representing hunger of voters on the right & left who want something different. If those sides cd come together.. that would be a sea change in how we organize our political economy”.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
Monopoly Round-Up: Why the Establishment Freaked Out Over a Mamdani-Trump Press Conference
Meta wins its antitrust case, there are now two fire truck antitrust claims, the stock market got wobbly, and Larry Summers was exiled from the establishment, at least for now.
www.thebignewsletter.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
this dumb shit is what i mean when i say this is a purely aesthetic “politics.” yeah man, why can’t we have a fusion of cosmopolitan social democracy and revanchist hierarchies of wealth and privilege? tough question.
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Breakneck by Dan Wang is worth a read. McWilliams takes the wrong lessons from it & passes it off as his own homework. In short China is run by engineers, that see all problems including humans as engineering problems, the book warns against this, not for it. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
David McWilliams: To get things done, Ireland needs more engineers and fewer lawyers
A country run by engineers will build and accelerate into the future, while one run by lawyers will litigate and decelerate
www.irishtimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Breakneck by Dan Wang is worth a read. McWilliams takes the wrong lessons from it & passes it off as his own homework. In short China is run by engineers, that see all problems including humans as engineering problems, the book warns against this, not for it. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Took our 10 year old consol up to uni and fired it up. Couldn’t save progress on this so it has to be constantly left on. It’s so difficult.Got to the final boss only to find you had to be using a fairly useless weapon if discarded many levels back. Nearly put me demented
November 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Took our 10 year old consol up to uni and fired it up. Couldn’t save progress on this so it has to be constantly left on. It’s so difficult.Got to the final boss only to find you had to be using a fairly useless weapon if discarded many levels back. Nearly put me demented
Ten pm of a Saturday night in, the inescapable scream of some sort of 20,000 calorie snack is calling to me like a foghorn
November 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Ten pm of a Saturday night in, the inescapable scream of some sort of 20,000 calorie snack is calling to me like a foghorn
Feels like Julia wrote this to skit the nordie accent
November 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Feels like Julia wrote this to skit the nordie accent
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"Reform would be worse" is both entirely correct and entirely irrelevant until polling day 2029. What matters right now is that Labour's approach is morally repugnant on its own terms, *and is empowering Reform*. As things stand today, its not Labour or Reform. Its Labour *then* Reform.
While it feels like I'm repeatedly slamming my head against a brick wall repeating this massively simple concept. Saying "Reform would be worse" doesn't make what Labour is doing better. Labour is now the most anti-immigration, anti-any marginalised group, government we have seen in decades. 1/
Very long thread: As with many of Labour's anti-immigration policies, this isn't new. British police have been stationed in other countries for this purpose for a long time
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
November 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
"Reform would be worse" is both entirely correct and entirely irrelevant until polling day 2029. What matters right now is that Labour's approach is morally repugnant on its own terms, *and is empowering Reform*. As things stand today, its not Labour or Reform. Its Labour *then* Reform.
Couldn’t be happier for all involved. Darraghs firm is exemplary to work with
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Couldn’t be happier for all involved. Darraghs firm is exemplary to work with
We had three videos in our house for when we rented a video player. This, 101 Dalmatians and some weird CareBear/Alice in Wonderland hybrid cartoon. What a mix
Goldie Hawn stars alongside Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis and Isabella Rossellini in the 🇺🇸 American satirical black comedy fantasy film “DEATH BECOMES HER” (1992) dir. Robert Zemeckis
🎬 Universal Pictures
🎬 Universal Pictures
November 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
We had three videos in our house for when we rented a video player. This, 101 Dalmatians and some weird CareBear/Alice in Wonderland hybrid cartoon. What a mix
Barrel jeans are a skit surely?
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Barrel jeans are a skit surely?