Fergus Murray
@fergus.oolong.co.uk
Monotropic writer, science tutor, Autistic community organiser and independent researcher. Based in Edinburgh.
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Fergus Murray
@fergus.oolong.co.uk
· Jan 24
Hi everyone!
I'm Fergus Murray. I'm a science person, writer of nonfiction, and #Autistic community organiser (Chair of @amasedin.bsky.social). Also #ADHD, but I often just say I'm monotropic.
I'm here to post and learn more about #neurodiversity, politics, science, language and other things.
I'm Fergus Murray. I'm a science person, writer of nonfiction, and #Autistic community organiser (Chair of @amasedin.bsky.social). Also #ADHD, but I often just say I'm monotropic.
I'm here to post and learn more about #neurodiversity, politics, science, language and other things.
I thought I might make a pinned thread of my threads here (some of which are effectively photo albums) starting with this long Introductory thread:
bsky.app/profile/ferg...
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The entire Tavistock scandal was over 8 complaints. They've fucked the entirety of trans and non binary peoples, because of 8 complaints, all of which have not materialised into anything as far as I can tell.
The real Tavistock Clinic scandal: 1,000 court cases that never materialised | A FoI request for the data behind the media hysteria over the Tavistock Clinic presents quite a different picture | Marie Shrewsbury
The real Tavistock Clinic scandal: 1,000 court cases that never materialised
A FoI request for the data behind the media hysteria over the Tavistock Clinic presents quite a different picture
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 1:48 PM
The entire Tavistock scandal was over 8 complaints. They've fucked the entirety of trans and non binary peoples, because of 8 complaints, all of which have not materialised into anything as far as I can tell.
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Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
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🚨Do. not. use. individual's. actions to. attack. whole. groups.🚨
Not unless you want to take the blame for every person in your social demographic.
Bad people exist in every group. That's not an excuse to use the actions of individuals to target those groups, particularly already marginalised groups
Not unless you want to take the blame for every person in your social demographic.
Bad people exist in every group. That's not an excuse to use the actions of individuals to target those groups, particularly already marginalised groups
February 11, 2026 at 9:45 PM
🚨Do. not. use. individual's. actions to. attack. whole. groups.🚨
Not unless you want to take the blame for every person in your social demographic.
Bad people exist in every group. That's not an excuse to use the actions of individuals to target those groups, particularly already marginalised groups
Not unless you want to take the blame for every person in your social demographic.
Bad people exist in every group. That's not an excuse to use the actions of individuals to target those groups, particularly already marginalised groups
My latest extended argument with people who are Wrong On The Internet is with Your Party members who have convinced themselves that it's unfair for people to be ejected from the party just because they're a member of another party as well.
I don't actually care, but they're unambiguously wrong so…
I don't actually care, but they're unambiguously wrong so…
February 11, 2026 at 9:45 PM
My latest extended argument with people who are Wrong On The Internet is with Your Party members who have convinced themselves that it's unfair for people to be ejected from the party just because they're a member of another party as well.
I don't actually care, but they're unambiguously wrong so…
I don't actually care, but they're unambiguously wrong so…
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James Van Der Beek spent the last year of his life fundraising for cancer treatment.
He auctioned off Dawson’s Creek memorabilia.
Costars launched Cameos to raise money for his care.
A serious diagnosis in the US can financially destroy you.
Universal healthcare saves lives.
He auctioned off Dawson’s Creek memorabilia.
Costars launched Cameos to raise money for his care.
A serious diagnosis in the US can financially destroy you.
Universal healthcare saves lives.
James Van Der Beek Auctions Dawson's Creek, Varsity Blues Memorabilia (Exclusive)
James Van Der Beek is partnering with Propstore to auction memorabilia from "Dawson's Creek" and "Varisty Blues" as he faces the mounting costs of battling cancer.
people.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:11 PM
James Van Der Beek spent the last year of his life fundraising for cancer treatment.
He auctioned off Dawson’s Creek memorabilia.
Costars launched Cameos to raise money for his care.
A serious diagnosis in the US can financially destroy you.
Universal healthcare saves lives.
He auctioned off Dawson’s Creek memorabilia.
Costars launched Cameos to raise money for his care.
A serious diagnosis in the US can financially destroy you.
Universal healthcare saves lives.
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🧵I am co-leading the Writing for Liberation program at @empowermentave.bsky.social, an organization that supports incarcerated journalists, essayists, and poets in publishing their work. Our writers have been published everywhere from the Dallas Morning News and Prism to Rolling Stone and Cosmo.
February 11, 2026 at 7:54 PM
🧵I am co-leading the Writing for Liberation program at @empowermentave.bsky.social, an organization that supports incarcerated journalists, essayists, and poets in publishing their work. Our writers have been published everywhere from the Dallas Morning News and Prism to Rolling Stone and Cosmo.
I'm enjoying Upper Middle Bogan quite a lot, but are they living in an alternative universe where insulin manufacturing hasn't been invented?
Is it normal for diabetic Australians to act like it hasn't been?
Is it normal for diabetic Australians to act like it hasn't been?
February 11, 2026 at 8:25 PM
I'm enjoying Upper Middle Bogan quite a lot, but are they living in an alternative universe where insulin manufacturing hasn't been invented?
Is it normal for diabetic Australians to act like it hasn't been?
Is it normal for diabetic Australians to act like it hasn't been?
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Jeremy Corbyn doesn't share Peter Mandelsons politics & has never had anything to do with him.
Keir Starmer kicked Jeremy out of the party (and then gave Peter Mandelson a top govt job)
And he actually thinks this is something to boast about? #PMQs
Keir Starmer kicked Jeremy out of the party (and then gave Peter Mandelson a top govt job)
And he actually thinks this is something to boast about? #PMQs
February 11, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Jeremy Corbyn doesn't share Peter Mandelsons politics & has never had anything to do with him.
Keir Starmer kicked Jeremy out of the party (and then gave Peter Mandelson a top govt job)
And he actually thinks this is something to boast about? #PMQs
Keir Starmer kicked Jeremy out of the party (and then gave Peter Mandelson a top govt job)
And he actually thinks this is something to boast about? #PMQs
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Thank you for support from Monkey Cage listeners - I am asked many questions - this by @skepchick.org is the beginning of some answers - to be supportive of trans people & trans allies made me an extremist and too political - this explains some of that process
skepchick.org/2026/01/the-...
skepchick.org/2026/01/the-...
The BBC Chose Transphobia over Science
Transcript: Over the holidays, there was some news out of the UK that I wanted to highlight, lest it be lost in the news black hole that is Christmas and New Year: the British Broadcasting Corporat…
skepchick.org
February 11, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Thank you for support from Monkey Cage listeners - I am asked many questions - this by @skepchick.org is the beginning of some answers - to be supportive of trans people & trans allies made me an extremist and too political - this explains some of that process
skepchick.org/2026/01/the-...
skepchick.org/2026/01/the-...
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Looking around DC which fell out the national narrative for being occupied but still is. Confirmed.
ICE and CBP haven’t withdrawn from a single fucking U.S. city that they’ve occupied.
February 11, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Looking around DC which fell out the national narrative for being occupied but still is. Confirmed.
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Better life quality, better healthcare, better social equality
It exists and we could have it too, if we demanded it
If we made these governments change
But instead we are comatose fighting to survive instead
All because some rich, powerful people want it this way
It exists and we could have it too, if we demanded it
If we made these governments change
But instead we are comatose fighting to survive instead
All because some rich, powerful people want it this way
December 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Better life quality, better healthcare, better social equality
It exists and we could have it too, if we demanded it
If we made these governments change
But instead we are comatose fighting to survive instead
All because some rich, powerful people want it this way
It exists and we could have it too, if we demanded it
If we made these governments change
But instead we are comatose fighting to survive instead
All because some rich, powerful people want it this way
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I've been browsing my East Lothian photos at www.henniker.scot/east-lothian/
Here's 2 sample photos (more info in the Alt text).
Here's 2 sample photos (more info in the Alt text).
January 30, 2026 at 3:51 PM
I've been browsing my East Lothian photos at www.henniker.scot/east-lothian/
Here's 2 sample photos (more info in the Alt text).
Here's 2 sample photos (more info in the Alt text).
This has been a source of massive frustration for years.
Labour is like a huge sack full of cats who hate each other, purely because whenever they've managed to get into power they've been too cowardly to replace our antiquated electoral system.
Labour is like a huge sack full of cats who hate each other, purely because whenever they've managed to get into power they've been too cowardly to replace our antiquated electoral system.
The daft thing is that with Proportional Representation there'd be no need for this self-destructive war within Labour. It could split into its component parts - left and right - and people could vote for what they wanted. It's only First-Past-the-Post that forces these irreconcilables together.
February 11, 2026 at 11:23 AM
This has been a source of massive frustration for years.
Labour is like a huge sack full of cats who hate each other, purely because whenever they've managed to get into power they've been too cowardly to replace our antiquated electoral system.
Labour is like a huge sack full of cats who hate each other, purely because whenever they've managed to get into power they've been too cowardly to replace our antiquated electoral system.
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A United Nations independent commission of inquiry has concluded that the president of Israel incited genocide in Gaza.
The president is currently on a state visit to Australia.
The president is currently on a state visit to Australia.
February 11, 2026 at 8:24 AM
A United Nations independent commission of inquiry has concluded that the president of Israel incited genocide in Gaza.
The president is currently on a state visit to Australia.
The president is currently on a state visit to Australia.
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Under Starmer, recognised refugees can no longer reunite with their children.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
What these “but why do people hate Starmer SO MUCH” takes come down to is so shallow.
Starmer doesn’t sound or look like a firebrand so what’s the big deal?
Immune to questions of SUBSTANCE - he’s liar, enabled a genocide, pandered to anti-migrant politics & global Fascism.
Starmer doesn’t sound or look like a firebrand so what’s the big deal?
Immune to questions of SUBSTANCE - he’s liar, enabled a genocide, pandered to anti-migrant politics & global Fascism.
February 11, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Under Starmer, recognised refugees can no longer reunite with their children.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
What was it Starmer said about the House of Lords in order to get elected, again?
Ex Tory MP John Redwood has been made a peer, as Lord Redwood on 31 January, and was formally introduced in the Lords on Tuesday
February 11, 2026 at 10:00 AM
What was it Starmer said about the House of Lords in order to get elected, again?
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Clive Lewis MP: This deal with Palantir stinks. It stank before Peter Mandelson was involved, and it stank when those now on the Opposition Benches initiated the NHS and defence contracts. Peter Thiel is an oligarch who despises democracy... Even the Swiss army has rejected Palantir...
#R4Today
#R4Today
Ministry of Defence: Palantir Contracts - Hansard - UK Parliament
Hansard record of the item : 'Ministry of Defence: Palantir Contracts' on Tuesday 10 February 2026.
hansard.parliament.uk
February 11, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Clive Lewis MP: This deal with Palantir stinks. It stank before Peter Mandelson was involved, and it stank when those now on the Opposition Benches initiated the NHS and defence contracts. Peter Thiel is an oligarch who despises democracy... Even the Swiss army has rejected Palantir...
#R4Today
#R4Today
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I told @time.com I'd like to see those who have betrayed this country, betrayed our party, betrayed our movement, to face the full force of the legal system and the law.
time.com/7372763/epst...
time.com/7372763/epst...
How the Epstein Files Broke Britain
"It's something that's had the potential to engulf this government in a way that I don't think any other scandal has."
time.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:36 PM
I told @time.com I'd like to see those who have betrayed this country, betrayed our party, betrayed our movement, to face the full force of the legal system and the law.
time.com/7372763/epst...
time.com/7372763/epst...
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THEY ARE BUYING UP WAREHOUSES TO HOLD HUMAN BEINGS IN DETENTION INDEFINITELY.
I feel crazy at how everyone is acting like this is normal. These are concentration camps being built right before our eyes. These buildings are not meant to house human beings. People will be caged like cattle and die.
I feel crazy at how everyone is acting like this is normal. These are concentration camps being built right before our eyes. These buildings are not meant to house human beings. People will be caged like cattle and die.
February 10, 2026 at 11:19 PM
THEY ARE BUYING UP WAREHOUSES TO HOLD HUMAN BEINGS IN DETENTION INDEFINITELY.
I feel crazy at how everyone is acting like this is normal. These are concentration camps being built right before our eyes. These buildings are not meant to house human beings. People will be caged like cattle and die.
I feel crazy at how everyone is acting like this is normal. These are concentration camps being built right before our eyes. These buildings are not meant to house human beings. People will be caged like cattle and die.
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This might sound like hyperbole.
It is not.
They took a decision they were warned would cause trans kids to die. Trans kids died. They covered that up and attacked those trying to expose their cover up.
They deserve to go to prison and nobody will ever be held accountable.
It is the UK way.
It is not.
They took a decision they were warned would cause trans kids to die. Trans kids died. They covered that up and attacked those trying to expose their cover up.
They deserve to go to prison and nobody will ever be held accountable.
It is the UK way.
Wes Streeting and Louis Appleby should go to prison over this. It's a massive scandal and they covered it up. They knew what they were doing restricting access to care and they did it anyways because of politics.
February 7, 2026 at 2:09 PM
This might sound like hyperbole.
It is not.
They took a decision they were warned would cause trans kids to die. Trans kids died. They covered that up and attacked those trying to expose their cover up.
They deserve to go to prison and nobody will ever be held accountable.
It is the UK way.
It is not.
They took a decision they were warned would cause trans kids to die. Trans kids died. They covered that up and attacked those trying to expose their cover up.
They deserve to go to prison and nobody will ever be held accountable.
It is the UK way.
I was very pleased to realise that my niblings are all officially Canadian.
I'm not saying that Canada is perfect, I'm saying that the bar is pretty low right now.
February 10, 2026 at 9:12 PM
I was very pleased to realise that my niblings are all officially Canadian.
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The article fails to include essential context, such as just how thoroughly debunked Cass Review has been, but more than that, as highlighted by @entirelyharmless.bsky.social, imagine them writing a piece about whether any other marginalised group has rights and what repercussions of that would be.
February 10, 2026 at 6:55 PM
The article fails to include essential context, such as just how thoroughly debunked Cass Review has been, but more than that, as highlighted by @entirelyharmless.bsky.social, imagine them writing a piece about whether any other marginalised group has rights and what repercussions of that would be.
Looks like it's time to whip out that old BBC complaints form again
www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
February 10, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Looks like it's time to whip out that old BBC complaints form again
www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
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They’re completely wedded to the idea of a binary split. And… well, that’s just bad science.
February 10, 2026 at 7:41 PM
They’re completely wedded to the idea of a binary split. And… well, that’s just bad science.
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Channel 4's 'Palestine Action, The Truth behind the ban' reveals that despite all the things the govt claimed & implied about PA (Iranian backed, violent, secret intel etc), the real reason they proscribed the group as terrorists was because PA was damaging property. Thats it.
February 10, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Channel 4's 'Palestine Action, The Truth behind the ban' reveals that despite all the things the govt claimed & implied about PA (Iranian backed, violent, secret intel etc), the real reason they proscribed the group as terrorists was because PA was damaging property. Thats it.