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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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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The BBC’s own “impartiality briefing” for freelancers included not doing anything to annoy the DM. So - not impartial! Also not great for freedom of speech.
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The BBC’s own “impartiality briefing” for freelancers included not doing anything to annoy the DM. So - not impartial! Also not great for freedom of speech.
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Really pleased to share the first paper to come out of the lab.
We found that hospital patients were frequently colonised with P. aeruginosa and that the same clone was shared between the gut and the lung.
The phylogenies indicate that the clones moved from lung->gut
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We found that hospital patients were frequently colonised with P. aeruginosa and that the same clone was shared between the gut and the lung.
The phylogenies indicate that the clones moved from lung->gut
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
High frequency body site translocation of nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa - Nature Communications
Here, the authors report within-host diversity and body site translocation dynamics in hospital samples of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and reveal that body site sharing was likely due to within-patient tra...
www.nature.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Really pleased to share the first paper to come out of the lab.
We found that hospital patients were frequently colonised with P. aeruginosa and that the same clone was shared between the gut and the lung.
The phylogenies indicate that the clones moved from lung->gut
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We found that hospital patients were frequently colonised with P. aeruginosa and that the same clone was shared between the gut and the lung.
The phylogenies indicate that the clones moved from lung->gut
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
British public really extremely badly informed by media…
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
British public really extremely badly informed by media…
It screams “none of the above”. With PR & grownup politicians, something could be cobbled together. We have neither…
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 25% (-2)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 16% (-1)
LDM: 15% (+2)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 23-24 Nov.
Changes w/ 16-17 Nov.
RFM: 25% (-2)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 16% (-1)
LDM: 15% (+2)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 23-24 Nov.
Changes w/ 16-17 Nov.
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
It screams “none of the above”. With PR & grownup politicians, something could be cobbled together. We have neither…
This will indeed guarantee far wider attention than the lecture would have otherwise received…
Someone really needs to explain the Striesand Effect to the BBC. And also tell them to stop being so pathetic.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
This will indeed guarantee far wider attention than the lecture would have otherwise received…
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Left wing used to be primarily defined by a wish for redistribution of wealth. There’s been a deliberate move to shift it on to social/cultural attitudes & play on prejudice. Unfortunately, Labour has abandoned both the economic & culture sides of ‘left wing’, which certainly doesn’t help.
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Left wing used to be primarily defined by a wish for redistribution of wealth. There’s been a deliberate move to shift it on to social/cultural attitudes & play on prejudice. Unfortunately, Labour has abandoned both the economic & culture sides of ‘left wing’, which certainly doesn’t help.
The most striking thing is how these people have somehow managed to redefine left wing as having any social attitude that isn’t very right wing (includes things like even admitting that racism exists)
Anyone with eyes & ears who has failed to avoid all BBC News knows that this claim is laughable. Even 5live headlines for 2 minutes at half time in a football commentary is enough…
"The former BBC director general Tim Davie misled the public in suggesting BBC news reporters had a leftwing political agenda, Good Law Project can reveal." goodlaw.social/vyyj
November 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The most striking thing is how these people have somehow managed to redefine left wing as having any social attitude that isn’t very right wing (includes things like even admitting that racism exists)
Anyone with eyes & ears who has failed to avoid all BBC News knows that this claim is laughable. Even 5live headlines for 2 minutes at half time in a football commentary is enough…
"The former BBC director general Tim Davie misled the public in suggesting BBC news reporters had a leftwing political agenda, Good Law Project can reveal." goodlaw.social/vyyj
Tim Davie misled audience about the BBC’s supposed leftwing agenda | Good Law Project
Speaking at a book festival, the former director general suggested the BBC newsroom was full of BLM T-shirts and Kamala mugs. But that’s fake news.
goodlaw.social
November 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Anyone with eyes & ears who has failed to avoid all BBC News knows that this claim is laughable. Even 5live headlines for 2 minutes at half time in a football commentary is enough…
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Part of our proud British (especially English) history…
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Part of our proud British (especially English) history…
Recommended book. Describes the aftermath of a civil war - approx 4.5% of the population wiped out to get rid of a king. The great & good then spend 10 years in factional squabbling & try having a pseudo-king (until he dies), before the army returns everything to square 1. A veritable shitshow…
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Recommended book. Describes the aftermath of a civil war - approx 4.5% of the population wiped out to get rid of a king. The great & good then spend 10 years in factional squabbling & try having a pseudo-king (until he dies), before the army returns everything to square 1. A veritable shitshow…
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It is ludicrous. But it's also ludicrous that I have to remortgage my house to get a train ticket to London and be grateful if that train isn't standing room only.
"It’s ludicrous that aviation doesn’t pay fuel tax, especially now that Rachel Reeves is making noises about a tax on electric vehicles. If we’re looking for easy wins for revenue, just look to the skies."
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
End the tax break that makes flying cheaper than trains | Letters
Letters: Airlines benefit from a tax system that helps them keep fares low, writes Anna Hughes
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
It is ludicrous. But it's also ludicrous that I have to remortgage my house to get a train ticket to London and be grateful if that train isn't standing room only.
Continues to baffle me why anybody still listens to that programme. I gave up years ago after too many spoiled breakfasts. It deserves to have no listeners left.
Nick Robinson and Michael Crick on BBC R4 Today blithely absolving Farage of racism just because Nigel learnt to stop hissing death camp gas sounds into his targets’ ears (and instead started doing his racism in political code) is giving me indigestion at 9am.
November 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Continues to baffle me why anybody still listens to that programme. I gave up years ago after too many spoiled breakfasts. It deserves to have no listeners left.
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BBC board member Robbie Gibb, whose previous jobs have included being Conservative communications director to Theresa May, and helping to set up GB News, tells MPs that he is "hugely impartial"
November 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
BBC board member Robbie Gibb, whose previous jobs have included being Conservative communications director to Theresa May, and helping to set up GB News, tells MPs that he is "hugely impartial"
It’s the way he tells ‘em…
"I'm hugely impartial" BBC board member and former spinner for Theresa May, Robbie Gibb, tells the DCMS select committee. He has friends across the spectrum, apparently.
November 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
It’s the way he tells ‘em…
Altered Images - Dead Pop Stars (Fututama Rock 80)
YouTube video by TheNouveauxdecadence
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November 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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You never see recluses anymore
November 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
You never see recluses anymore
Also digs in to aspects of the asylum/migrant agenda that others ignore or skim over… (just one aspect demonstrated below, from an article by Ruth Hopkins)
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Also digs in to aspects of the asylum/migrant agenda that others ignore or skim over… (just one aspect demonstrated below, from an article by Ruth Hopkins)
Because most of our media is very much part of the problem, I cannot recommend @bylinetimes.bsky.social enough, if you want to know what’s going on. Latest edition is particularly essential reading on the BBC & the far right scapegoating agenda.
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Because most of our media is very much part of the problem, I cannot recommend @bylinetimes.bsky.social enough, if you want to know what’s going on. Latest edition is particularly essential reading on the BBC & the far right scapegoating agenda.
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November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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I dunno… a place in Nigel’s cabinet beckons..?
November 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I dunno… a place in Nigel’s cabinet beckons..?
One of the great recurring mysteries of the Universe…
November 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
One of the great recurring mysteries of the Universe…
There were times during giving birth when my wife wasn’t feeling very happy, so I’ve always hated blue labour…
November 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
There were times during giving birth when my wife wasn’t feeling very happy, so I’ve always hated blue labour…
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Suburbs of a Paranoiac Critical Town, Afternoon on the Outskirts of European History
https://botfrens.com/collections/63/contents/20702
https://botfrens.com/collections/63/contents/20702
November 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Suburbs of a Paranoiac Critical Town, Afternoon on the Outskirts of European History
https://botfrens.com/collections/63/contents/20702
https://botfrens.com/collections/63/contents/20702