Sar
@crystaltipps.bsky.social
Music - listen to all sorts but 💖 belongs to Queen, Pink Floyd & Opeth
Books - Sci-fi to Horror to Comedy & good sprinkle of history
Family - bff is my 🐕🦺
Travel - 🇸🇪🇳🇴🇩🇰 adventures rule
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🇪🇺 first - 🏴 forever - 🏹🌳- home
Books - Sci-fi to Horror to Comedy & good sprinkle of history
Family - bff is my 🐕🦺
Travel - 🇸🇪🇳🇴🇩🇰 adventures rule
She/her
🇪🇺 first - 🏴 forever - 🏹🌳- home
Still hoping for a Star Trek style universal translator device over here. Surely AI plus Bluetooth and wireless earbuds mean only one thing???? Printers (bluetooth or wired) are something even Asimov himself wouldn’t get hope up for, alas.
Tech people think we want AI, robots, and a colony on Mars but what I actually want is a home printer that simply works.
November 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Still hoping for a Star Trek style universal translator device over here. Surely AI plus Bluetooth and wireless earbuds mean only one thing???? Printers (bluetooth or wired) are something even Asimov himself wouldn’t get hope up for, alas.
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Tech people think we want AI, robots, and a colony on Mars but what I actually want is a home printer that simply works.
November 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Tech people think we want AI, robots, and a colony on Mars but what I actually want is a home printer that simply works.
Catching up on #OnlyConnect and irrationally happy Victoria knows that Southwell is ‘Suthall’ in this neck of the woods.
November 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Catching up on #OnlyConnect and irrationally happy Victoria knows that Southwell is ‘Suthall’ in this neck of the woods.
Appalling news. So very very sad. Vaccines are our greatest invention - bar none. Both my daughters thankfully protected - including the needle phobic one that passes out at sight of one. Thank goodness they can avoid at least one of the horrid ways cancer can decimate families.
The HPV vaccine has been a public health triumph. Very depressing to see this potentially unravel while we're on the verge of essentially eradicating cervical cancer.
As the article says, the problem is as much about the service as it is about parental attitudes.
As the article says, the problem is as much about the service as it is about parental attitudes.
This is terrible
Vaccinations to prevent cervical cancer have plummeted in Britain
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Vaccinations to prevent cervical cancer have plummeted in Britain
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
November 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Appalling news. So very very sad. Vaccines are our greatest invention - bar none. Both my daughters thankfully protected - including the needle phobic one that passes out at sight of one. Thank goodness they can avoid at least one of the horrid ways cancer can decimate families.
Well - that’s me looking at a fair old return trip for a show!!
BBC sitcom Two Doors Down to be adapted for the stage with full TV cast
BBC sitcom Two Doors Down to be adapted for the stage with full TV cast
The hit Scottish comedy about suburban neighbours will move from screen to stage next year at Glasgow’s Hydro
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Well - that’s me looking at a fair old return trip for a show!!
Watching Close Encounters Of The 3rd Kind and it’s still my number one scary movie of all time 40 years after first watch. Terrifying but also mesmerising and wonderful.
October 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Watching Close Encounters Of The 3rd Kind and it’s still my number one scary movie of all time 40 years after first watch. Terrifying but also mesmerising and wonderful.
Many thanks for a super talk last night with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social and now planning a little sojourn round some old haunts in South Wales…might even be tempted to wander through new haunts in Nantes. Certainly going to do a lot more reading! 10/10 recommend. #Domination #100%🏴
October 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Many thanks for a super talk last night with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social and now planning a little sojourn round some old haunts in South Wales…might even be tempted to wander through new haunts in Nantes. Certainly going to do a lot more reading! 10/10 recommend. #Domination #100%🏴
When you flick about the channels, stumble onto #Queen #LiveatWembley on #SkyArts & they are playing Lap Of The Gods going into Seven Seas Of Rhye…it both makes me so happy we had Fred but also so sad we don’t anymore. Not my fave Queen era but 2 absolute undeniable crackers.
August 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
When you flick about the channels, stumble onto #Queen #LiveatWembley on #SkyArts & they are playing Lap Of The Gods going into Seven Seas Of Rhye…it both makes me so happy we had Fred but also so sad we don’t anymore. Not my fave Queen era but 2 absolute undeniable crackers.
Bloodstock. Five days camping. Managed 40 bands. Discovered some absolute smashers. Drank a different ale every day. Stuck in traffic on way home. Absolutely exhausted. 11/10 -would do it again. #Bloodstock #BOA #Bloodstock2025
August 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Bloodstock. Five days camping. Managed 40 bands. Discovered some absolute smashers. Drank a different ale every day. Stuck in traffic on way home. Absolutely exhausted. 11/10 -would do it again. #Bloodstock #BOA #Bloodstock2025
Good. His statement was weaselly, changed “racist” to “racial”, no doubt hoping to lessen/minimise its impact - and MUST have known about Wallace so displayed either indifference or complacency at best. Good riddance. Maybe get some girls in now?
July 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Good. His statement was weaselly, changed “racist” to “racial”, no doubt hoping to lessen/minimise its impact - and MUST have known about Wallace so displayed either indifference or complacency at best. Good riddance. Maybe get some girls in now?
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Both my kids were out of nappies by 2 (25 years ago now! Eek!) and I am flabbergasted at the thought there are kids 3+ with no extenuating circumstances, still in nappies. Jeepers!
Both my kids were out of nappies by 2 (25 years ago now! Eek!) and I am flabbergasted at the thought there are kids 3+ with no extenuating circumstances, still in nappies. Jeepers!
BBC Inside Science - How can we reduce the impact of plastic on the environment? - BBC Sounds
Solutions to plastic waste from creating cleaner products to cleaning up ocean litter.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Both my kids were out of nappies by 2 (25 years ago now! Eek!) and I am flabbergasted at the thought there are kids 3+ with no extenuating circumstances, still in nappies. Jeepers!
Both my kids were out of nappies by 2 (25 years ago now! Eek!) and I am flabbergasted at the thought there are kids 3+ with no extenuating circumstances, still in nappies. Jeepers!
Posted 3 postcards in Wales for Notts recently. All 1st class. 1 arrived the day after box was emptied, 1 arrived 2 days after the 1st, 1 yet to arrive (over a week now). Paid over a fiver for 3 stamps and only have 2/3 arrivals. Sucks really. What if it was something crucial like a hospital appt?
Royal Mail to scrap second-class post on Saturdays
Royal Mail to scrap second-class post on Saturdays
Royal Mail is to be allowed to scrap second-class stamp deliveries, under a series of reforms proposed by the communications regulator.
news.sky.com
July 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Posted 3 postcards in Wales for Notts recently. All 1st class. 1 arrived the day after box was emptied, 1 arrived 2 days after the 1st, 1 yet to arrive (over a week now). Paid over a fiver for 3 stamps and only have 2/3 arrivals. Sucks really. What if it was something crucial like a hospital appt?
Full kudos to the BBC who managed to do an hour programme on Live 8 and not once mention or show anything of the Pink Floyd reunion. I am sure that’s nothing to do with Roger Waters. Dickheads.
Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World review – the moment Bob Geldof bursts into tears is astounding
Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World review – the moment Bob Geldof bursts into tears is astounding
This fascinating portrait of a complex man’s attempt to solve an impossible problem is packed with amazing archive footage – from George Michael singing to Thatcher being berated
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Full kudos to the BBC who managed to do an hour programme on Live 8 and not once mention or show anything of the Pink Floyd reunion. I am sure that’s nothing to do with Roger Waters. Dickheads.
This statement is also a lie. I streamed it twice in the evening on iPlayer - it dipped out on the third stream at around midnight ish. So it WAS available and watchable pretty much all day and night. BTW - it was brilliant.
This BBC statement defames Bobby Vylan.
"Death to the IDF" is not antisemitic.
Declaring this to be so is antisemitic, because it conflates Jewish people as a whole with a genocidal army.
People's fury is directed at heinous crimes, not the ethnicity of the perpetrators.
"Death to the IDF" is not antisemitic.
Declaring this to be so is antisemitic, because it conflates Jewish people as a whole with a genocidal army.
People's fury is directed at heinous crimes, not the ethnicity of the perpetrators.
June 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This statement is also a lie. I streamed it twice in the evening on iPlayer - it dipped out on the third stream at around midnight ish. So it WAS available and watchable pretty much all day and night. BTW - it was brilliant.
I am heartily glad I watched the Bob Vylan set (twice) last night because it was absolutely first class. Bummed it’s disappeared from the old inter web now though. If anyone has a YouTube link, feel free to hmu. ☺️
June 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I am heartily glad I watched the Bob Vylan set (twice) last night because it was absolutely first class. Bummed it’s disappeared from the old inter web now though. If anyone has a YouTube link, feel free to hmu. ☺️
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Kelvin MacKenzie
Writing the words of a sermon that everyone heard.
Freshly flushed turd.
JFT 97
Writing the words of a sermon that everyone heard.
Freshly flushed turd.
JFT 97
April 15, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Kelvin MacKenzie
Writing the words of a sermon that everyone heard.
Freshly flushed turd.
JFT 97
Writing the words of a sermon that everyone heard.
Freshly flushed turd.
JFT 97
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Nottingham people - you have until 5pm to go and get all festive shopping done AND enjoy a beautiful space - entertainment, and all local businesses! #NottinghamCastle #ChristmasMarket
December 1, 2024 at 12:52 PM
Nottingham people - you have until 5pm to go and get all festive shopping done AND enjoy a beautiful space - entertainment, and all local businesses! #NottinghamCastle #ChristmasMarket
Really Lovely #NottinghamCastle entertainment for the #ChristmasMarket
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November 30, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Really Lovely #NottinghamCastle entertainment for the #ChristmasMarket
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/ukr...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/ukr...
Is it even a #Nottingham event if #CastleRock are NOT here? Thankfully they are! Not just one for the #StephenKing fans! #ChristmasMarket #NottinghamCastle
November 30, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Is it even a #Nottingham event if #CastleRock are NOT here? Thankfully they are! Not just one for the #StephenKing fans! #ChristmasMarket #NottinghamCastle
November 30, 2024 at 3:02 PM
If you are #Nottingham based and want to do your #festive shopping locally & sustainably, please visit #NottinghamCastle this weekend. Exclusively Notts based traders and loads of free entertainment- a quid to get in and definitely NOT rip off prices! #ChristmasMarket
November 30, 2024 at 2:45 PM
If you are #Nottingham based and want to do your #festive shopping locally & sustainably, please visit #NottinghamCastle this weekend. Exclusively Notts based traders and loads of free entertainment- a quid to get in and definitely NOT rip off prices! #ChristmasMarket
The new planetarium at Sutton in Ashfield - is beautiful. Even with a slight air of being unfinished! The show was great! Can recommend highly and looking forward to the development of its exhibition space! #space #Sherwood #astronomy
November 27, 2024 at 7:35 AM
The new planetarium at Sutton in Ashfield - is beautiful. Even with a slight air of being unfinished! The show was great! Can recommend highly and looking forward to the development of its exhibition space! #space #Sherwood #astronomy