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Bill Crum
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Former research scientist. Rare disease survivor. Struggling writer. SF / PC gaming / punk / metal / left of centre / 🇬🇧 🦋
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Bill Crum @billcrum.bsky.social · Nov 18
My warts-and-all memoir A Book on CLIPPERS is about being diagnosed with a brain disease no-one including most doctors had heard of.
TLDR - the NHS did well.

amazon.co.uk/Book-CLIPPER...

#clippersbrain #NHNN
A Book on CLIPPERS: Chronic Lymphocytic Inflammation with Pontine Perivascular Enhancement Responsive to Steroids eBook : Crum, Bill: Amazon.co.uk: Books
A Book on CLIPPERS: Chronic Lymphocytic Inflammation with Pontine Perivascular Enhancement Responsive to Steroids eBook : Crum, Bill: Amazon.co.uk: Books
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billcrum.bsky.social
Hilarious! Millennials who think they invented everything are annoyed because Gen Z think they invented everything. We used to think we invented everything too, and so it goes on.

Cringe! How millennials became uncool www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Cringe! How millennials became uncool
They are mocked by gen Z for everything from their trainer socks to their mom jeans and selfie technique. A maligned millennial asks: how did we get here?
www.theguardian.com
May 8, 2025 at 6:58 AM
billcrum.bsky.social
They have a point ...
pfieldbookshop.bsky.social The Petersfield Bookshop @pfieldbookshop.bsky.social · Apr 27
Overheard at the antiques fair:

"I wander around and see all these beautiful things and then I think, what's the point, we're all going to die."
April 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
billcrum.bsky.social
I suspect these faith groups are against assisted dying generally. In contrast, Lesley Storey, the chief executive of My Sister’s Place, a charity that supports victims of domestic abuse, said the bill provided “rigorous safeguards where currently there are none”.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Assisted dying could become ‘tool’ to harm women in England and Wales, say faith leaders
Christian, Muslim, Jewish and Sikh women say bill has ‘insufficient safeguards’ to protect those who are vulnerable
www.theguardian.com
April 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
billcrum.bsky.social
Couldn't agree more. #assisteddying
‘Conversation ends’ about assisted dying if bill voted down, says MP www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘Conversation ends’ about assisted dying if bill voted down, says MP
Kim Leadbeater tells MPs they have a duty to change the law to spare terminally ill people dreadful consequences
www.theguardian.com
April 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
billcrum.bsky.social
Nominative Determinism!
BBC News - Forager's alarm after police visit over mushroom picking claims - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Forager's alarm after police visit over mushroom picking claims
Louise Gather says police came to her home after she was accused of picking fungi.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 30, 2025 at 7:18 AM
billcrum.bsky.social
Makes the Wombles seem everyday.
kenplume.bsky.social Ken Plume @kenplume.bsky.social · Mar 25
From the 1982 MDA telethon, I challenge you to keep the surreal dissonance of this performance of “Jessie’s Girl” from burrowing deep into your brain…
March 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
billcrum.bsky.social
Marvellous Marches Past
#punkrockhistory #thefall #stifflittlefingers #pogues #cramps
Ticket stub for a concert by The Fall at the University of Bradford in 1992. Ticket stub for a concert by Stiff Little Fingers at Leeds Metro University in 1994. Ticket stub for a concert by The Pogues at Leeds University in 1986. Ticket stub for a concert by The Cramps at the University of Leeds in 1986.
March 18, 2025 at 7:08 AM
billcrum.bsky.social
I hope Starmer doesn't roll over and beg for treats when he meets #Trump.

Starmer will not challenge Trump on his attack on Zelenskyy when the pair meet www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer will not challenge Trump on his attack on Zelenskyy when the pair meet
UK prime minister aiming to cool escalating transatlantic row over war in Ukraine
www.theguardian.com
February 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
billcrum.bsky.social
I watched 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 for the first time in about three decades; it seemed appropriate for the time. Immense fun spotting all the bit-parts. It's leaving Prime Video in the UK soon, but the quality of the print was excellent. #movies

www.imdb.com/title/tt0057...
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) ⭐ 7.5 | Action, Adventure, Comedy
3h 30m | Approved
www.imdb.com
February 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM
billcrum.bsky.social
Cellar Spider With Shadow.
(Good name for a band?)
Picture of a cellar spider perched on its own shadow.
February 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
billcrum.bsky.social
Disappointed and surprised to report I haven't seen any on this 0% list. Surprised because I reckon I've watched more than my fair share of stinkers over the years.

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/fe...
Splat’s entertainment: I watched Rotten Tomatoes’ 40 lowest-rated films to find out which was worst
Our brave victim writer sits through the film site’s 0%ers to see what makes a bad movie. Will she emerge with her sanity intact – and are all these flops really so bad?
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
billcrum.bsky.social
This word needs to enter common usage.
handle.invalid Susie Dent @handle.invalid · Feb 5
Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.
February 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
billcrum.bsky.social
Surely #Trump is just trolling everyone now? He can't really believe half the guff he puts out. Can he?
"𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 '𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 51𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦', 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Trump warns Americans that tariffs may cause ‘pain’– US politics live
US president says measures against Mexico, Canada and China will ‘all be worth the price’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/feb/02/canada-mexico-china-donald-trump-trade-tariffs-us-politics-live?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-679f7e4e8f088599f0810d50#block-679f7e4e8f088599f0810d50⁣
February 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
billcrum.bsky.social
Just finished the jigsaw my wife got to keep me quiet over Xmas. The Fall of the Rebel Angels by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1562. What an amazing painting from 463 years ago. I'm a big fan of the Bruegels. Perhaps @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social can add some insight?
Completed jigsaw of the Fall of the Rebel Angels by Pieter Bruegel the Elder painted in 1562.
January 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
billcrum.bsky.social
Resident Evil 4 - What a great game, and the one responsible for me still feeling triggered when I hear a chainsaw putt-putting in lonely woods. #ResidentEvil
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/j...
Resident Evil 4 at 20: the horror game that revitalised a genre
With brutishly fast zombies, raw action and most importantly an over-the-shoulder viewpoint, the influence of Capcom’s horror game can still be felt
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
billcrum.bsky.social
Wild at Heart - one of the earlier bonkers films of #DavidLynch RIP. With a very young Nicholas Cage!
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_at...
Wild at Heart (film) - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
January 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
billcrum.bsky.social
I've seen most of these without long-lasting distress. However I had to stop watching Scottish sitcom #TwoDoorsDown when Doon Mackichan's character Cathy went from needy and insecure to toxic and borderline psychopathic. She was terrifying!

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘I didn’t sleep for days’: readers on the TV shows that went way too far
From fish and chip shop-induced trauma to programmes packed with relentless death and gore, here are the television moments that had you reaching for the remote
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Dear BlueSkyers. Sadly I'm getting many reports of scammers pretending to be me here, incl messaging people with 'investments' . Pls share/help me spread word that, as you know, THIS IS MY ONLY BLUE SKY account (proved as my handle is an official MoneySavingExpert one). All others are scams
January 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
billcrum.bsky.social
Surprise fall in UK #inflation to 2.5% gives doom-obsessed journalists headache. #ukpolitics
January 15, 2025 at 7:17 AM
billcrum.bsky.social
1984 if you're interested
richardosman1.bsky.social Richard Osman @richardosman1.bsky.social · Jan 2
'Wake Me Up Before You Go Go' by Wham was released nearer to the end of the Second World War than to today. Happy New Year everyone!
January 5, 2025 at 8:34 AM
billcrum.bsky.social
About time. #DoctorWho #TomBaker
www.doctorwhonews.net/2024/12/tom_...
Doctor Who News - Tom Baker Honoured with MBE
Tom Baker has been honoured by King Charles and made a member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). (from Doctor Who News)
www.doctorwhonews.net
December 31, 2024 at 10:45 PM
billcrum.bsky.social
So say we all!
handle.invalid Susie Dent @handle.invalid · Dec 31
Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come.

‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.

Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.
December 31, 2024 at 8:43 PM
billcrum.bsky.social
(the short version)

> from Federal Bureau of Investigation

> the Bank of America has ... $10.5 Million USD in your name but we the F.B.I need a ... Diplomatic Immunity Seal Of Transfer" (DIST)

> ... payment of $100 for the DIST through GIFT CARD ITUNES CARD OF $100

Please try harder.
#scam
December 31, 2024 at 5:06 PM
billcrum.bsky.social
Which spin to believe? 🤷‍♂️
#BBC: "Tougher rules to restrict new waste incinerators"
... it is unlikely ... new incinerators will be built
#Guardian: "Labour under fire over plans for 40 more ‘greenwashing’ waste incinerators"
... proposals to build ... more than 40 waste incinerators
December 30, 2024 at 9:45 AM
billcrum.bsky.social
You can always rely on #Trump. Is he trolling or does he believe this crap or worse, think he could make any of it reality? The mind boggles.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Trump tells 37 people on death row with commuted sentences to ‘go to hell’
On Truth Social, president-elect also lashes out at Chinese troops in Panama Canal and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2024 at 8:39 PM