Craig Winstanley
@cwinstan.bsky.social
Voluntarily severed ex-Professor of Bacteriology dabbling in creative things (music [C÷M, gigs looming], images, writing [a silly children’s story & a sketchbook about old Lancashire towns]). From Chorley (originally). craigwinstanley.online
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Craig Winstanley
@cwinstan.bsky.social
· Nov 15
A Gimmers’ Sketchbook of old Lancashire towns eBook : Winstanley, Craig, Moss, Jonathan: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
A Gimmers’ Sketchbook of old Lancashire towns eBook : Winstanley, Craig, Moss, Jonathan: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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The ideal Xmas gift if you’re not sure what to get for someone (probably, almost certainly, I’d say…)
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Might be wise to keep quiet about it. Wouldn’t want to attract the attention of President Tantrump…
“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Might be wise to keep quiet about it. Wouldn’t want to attract the attention of President Tantrump…
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Uruguay built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. It produces nearly 99% of its electricity from renewable sources & created 50,000 new jobs. Customers pay at least 20% less than they did before the transition
“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Uruguay built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. It produces nearly 99% of its electricity from renewable sources & created 50,000 new jobs. Customers pay at least 20% less than they did before the transition
Latest album in the Bowie journey. So much more to it than the admittedly glorious title track. Moss Garden, in particular, remains a gorgeous aural treat.
Wrote about it here:
craigwinstanley.online/2021/06/30/m...
Wrote about it here:
craigwinstanley.online/2021/06/30/m...
January 10, 2026 at 9:47 AM
A Don tilting at windmills…
Trump: "All you have to do is say to China, how many windmill areas do you have in China? So far they're not able to find any."
China:
China:
January 10, 2026 at 9:30 AM
A Don tilting at windmills…
There’s a story about somebody saying that Bowie was the glue that held together the universe. It’s a preposterous assertion supported by a mountain of circumstantial evidence…
January 10, 2026 at 8:38 AM
There’s a story about somebody saying that Bowie was the glue that held together the universe. It’s a preposterous assertion supported by a mountain of circumstantial evidence…
Missed your favourite TV show? Don’t worry, if you’re lucky they might repeat it in six months time…
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 9, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Missed your favourite TV show? Don’t worry, if you’re lucky they might repeat it in six months time…
Reposted by Craig Winstanley
Trump: "All you have to do is say to China, how many windmill areas do you have in China? So far they're not able to find any."
China:
China:
January 9, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Trump: "All you have to do is say to China, how many windmill areas do you have in China? So far they're not able to find any."
China:
China:
You wouldn’t want to face Deadly Derek on a sticky dog…
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
You wouldn’t want to face Deadly Derek on a sticky dog…
Reposted by Craig Winstanley
Reposted by Craig Winstanley
Only steering towards the iceberg can save the Titanic
Only Reform voters can save Labour
By Luke Akehurst
By Luke Akehurst
Only Reform voters can save Labour
A progressive coalition simply doesn't have the vote share
www.newstatesman.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Only steering towards the iceberg can save the Titanic
#NowPlaying Low
Today’s Bowie album. Not just completely different from all previous work, but side 1 completely different from side 2. Wrote about it: craigwinstanley.online/2021/06/30/m...
January 9, 2026 at 1:30 PM
#NowPlaying Low
Labour could of course gain by attacking Reform/Tories, who would support ICE-like racist thugs intimidating & rounding up innocent people in the UK, but they wouldn’t want to offend the Don, so whimpering compliance it is…
January 9, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Labour could of course gain by attacking Reform/Tories, who would support ICE-like racist thugs intimidating & rounding up innocent people in the UK, but they wouldn’t want to offend the Don, so whimpering compliance it is…
I can believe it, except it’s over far too quickly…
Stockley Park - the VAR period drama coming to ITV 1
January 9, 2026 at 11:35 AM
I can believe it, except it’s over far too quickly…
Reposted by Craig Winstanley
Stockley Park - the VAR period drama coming to ITV 1
January 9, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Stockley Park - the VAR period drama coming to ITV 1
The relationship certainly is ‘special’…
Republican bullies deploy more threats against the UK to protect their big tech corporate allies.
January 9, 2026 at 11:00 AM
The relationship certainly is ‘special’…
Reposted by Craig Winstanley
On crucial issues the BBC now barely even tries to report facts, only the perspectives of particular political actors on the facts, & without helping anyone understand which perspectives might be worthy of belief. This helped lead to Brexit & now it‘s helping to normalise fascism internationally
Two starkly opposed Americas laid bare by deadly ICE shooting
The incident is threatening to inflame a deeply contentious debate over immigration enforcement.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 11:54 PM
On crucial issues the BBC now barely even tries to report facts, only the perspectives of particular political actors on the facts, & without helping anyone understand which perspectives might be worthy of belief. This helped lead to Brexit & now it‘s helping to normalise fascism internationally
Got about the same tepid response on twitter tbh. This kind of genius is sometimes recognised only after death, or more likely, never…
“It's not the side-effects of the cocaine, I'm thinking that it must be love.”
“I wouldn’t know about that, sir, but I’m telling you, this train doesn’t stop at Penge…”
“I wouldn’t know about that, sir, but I’m telling you, this train doesn’t stop at Penge…”
January 8, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Got about the same tepid response on twitter tbh. This kind of genius is sometimes recognised only after death, or more likely, never…
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When we invented cricket around 911 CE, about 400 years before the English, we had unruly matches that sadly ended in several brawls & murders. The Icelandic Sagas documented the lot. Since we introduced our Code of Conduct in 2020, the number of deaths in play has dropped a lot.
January 8, 2026 at 1:15 PM
When we invented cricket around 911 CE, about 400 years before the English, we had unruly matches that sadly ended in several brawls & murders. The Icelandic Sagas documented the lot. Since we introduced our Code of Conduct in 2020, the number of deaths in play has dropped a lot.
Reposted by Craig Winstanley
Wanker*
CNN graphics put the asterisk in the wrong place, it appears…
January 8, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Wanker*
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This is why scientists cannot stay out of politics or ‘remain neutral’. They lie and/or talk shite and it must be pointed out by people with credibility (& scientists do still have more than most, certainly more than ‘journalists’ or politicians)
Farage: "I believe in vaccinations when they're vaccinations. I don't think what happened with Covid were vaccinations. You have to keep having them every 6 months."
Conspiratorial nonsense.
Some vaccinations like Covid shots require multiple/seasonal doses because immunity fades & viruses change.
Conspiratorial nonsense.
Some vaccinations like Covid shots require multiple/seasonal doses because immunity fades & viruses change.
January 8, 2026 at 12:32 PM
This is why scientists cannot stay out of politics or ‘remain neutral’. They lie and/or talk shite and it must be pointed out by people with credibility (& scientists do still have more than most, certainly more than ‘journalists’ or politicians)
This is the dangerous moron ahead in the polls telling it like it isn’t & talking common idiocy.
Farage: "I believe in vaccinations when they're vaccinations. I don't think what happened with Covid were vaccinations. You have to keep having them every 6 months."
Conspiratorial nonsense.
Some vaccinations like Covid shots require multiple/seasonal doses because immunity fades & viruses change.
Conspiratorial nonsense.
Some vaccinations like Covid shots require multiple/seasonal doses because immunity fades & viruses change.
January 8, 2026 at 11:28 AM
This is the dangerous moron ahead in the polls telling it like it isn’t & talking common idiocy.