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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This #DisabilityHistoryMonth our research summary blogs have revisited a piece of autism research history that continues to shape our thinking about research today. The enduring legacy of ‘A Future Made Together’:
Revisiting the past, looking towards the future
Back in 2013 A Future Made Together (Pellicano et al.) was collectively authored at a moment when autistic people were increasingly questioning who held the power in autism research. It showed what…
crae.ioe.ac.uk
November 28, 2025 at 10:17 AM
This #DisabilityHistoryMonth our research summary blogs have revisited a piece of autism research history that continues to shape our thinking about research today. The enduring legacy of ‘A Future Made Together’:
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This paper is easy to hate because of the obvious AI slop, but the paper is similar to many other autism "research" papers
All the money goes to useless research instead of helping to better accommodate autistic people or to make society less ableist
Autism research is mostly slop even without AI
All the money goes to useless research instead of helping to better accommodate autistic people or to make society less ableist
Autism research is mostly slop even without AI
On the Factor Fexcectorn and autism bicycle AI slop study: I got an answer from Springer Nature this morning that this scientific paper will be retracted! 🧪
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Riding the Autism Bicycle to Retraction Town
Does anyone *really* know their Factor Fexcectorn?
nobreakthroughs.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This paper is easy to hate because of the obvious AI slop, but the paper is similar to many other autism "research" papers
All the money goes to useless research instead of helping to better accommodate autistic people or to make society less ableist
Autism research is mostly slop even without AI
All the money goes to useless research instead of helping to better accommodate autistic people or to make society less ableist
Autism research is mostly slop even without AI
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Paid opportunities for 20 Trans+ creatives - Deadline, Dec 2nd 2025 www.wearequeeraf.com/telltranshis...
Paid opportunities for 20 Trans+ creatives - Deadline, Dec 2nd 2025
Make official content for Trans+ History Week a week to learn and celebrate the millennia-old history of Trans+ people
www.wearequeeraf.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Paid opportunities for 20 Trans+ creatives - Deadline, Dec 2nd 2025 www.wearequeeraf.com/telltranshis...
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Storm Senyar's killed more than 100 people in Indonesia. This year's extreme weather events have been insane.
November 29, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Storm Senyar's killed more than 100 people in Indonesia. This year's extreme weather events have been insane.
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Feels like a huge political failing of Labour not to have just made a big (costed) list of everything that was broken by the end of the last regime. We can't have honest discussions about paying for stuff because everyone connected with the last regime is focussed on pretending it was all fine.
November 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Feels like a huge political failing of Labour not to have just made a big (costed) list of everything that was broken by the end of the last regime. We can't have honest discussions about paying for stuff because everyone connected with the last regime is focussed on pretending it was all fine.
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"The only thing that gets you shunned in New York society is poverty."
There's a few other interesting things in this aticle I pick out below 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There's a few other interesting things in this aticle I pick out below 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why the rich and powerful couldn't say no to Epstein
The late sex offender maintained contact with wealthy and influential people even after his first conviction.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
"The only thing that gets you shunned in New York society is poverty."
There's a few other interesting things in this aticle I pick out below 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There's a few other interesting things in this aticle I pick out below 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How often do their reporting tools result in anything being taken down, anyway?
It's just one small example among a sea of them in which Facebook is driving traffic and making revenues from scams, disinformation and illegality. And their "But we have robust reporting tools in place" retort is a nonsense when those reporting tools simply can't be used against this sort of scam.
November 29, 2025 at 10:20 AM
How often do their reporting tools result in anything being taken down, anyway?
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I was just fed an advert on Facebook for a mobile signal booster which is illegal to operate in the UK. So like a good netizen I went to "Report this video" and there are no usable options. Giving the *appearance* of responsibility while not actually *being* responsible is how Facebook makes money.
November 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I was just fed an advert on Facebook for a mobile signal booster which is illegal to operate in the UK. So like a good netizen I went to "Report this video" and there are no usable options. Giving the *appearance* of responsibility while not actually *being* responsible is how Facebook makes money.
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WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED
After the unjust and discriminatory Supreme Court ruling against trans rights on 16 April 2025, as well as the subsequent EHRC guidance – this is a zine documenting and archiving trans people’s voices, art and resistance against the ruling.
rtie.org/2025/11/29/s...
After the unjust and discriminatory Supreme Court ruling against trans rights on 16 April 2025, as well as the subsequent EHRC guidance – this is a zine documenting and archiving trans people’s voices, art and resistance against the ruling.
rtie.org/2025/11/29/s...
Supreme Injustice
WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED After the unjust and discriminatory Supreme Court ruling against trans rights on 16 April 2025, as well as the subsequent EHRC guidance – this is a zine documenting an…
rtie.org
November 29, 2025 at 7:29 AM
WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED
After the unjust and discriminatory Supreme Court ruling against trans rights on 16 April 2025, as well as the subsequent EHRC guidance – this is a zine documenting and archiving trans people’s voices, art and resistance against the ruling.
rtie.org/2025/11/29/s...
After the unjust and discriminatory Supreme Court ruling against trans rights on 16 April 2025, as well as the subsequent EHRC guidance – this is a zine documenting and archiving trans people’s voices, art and resistance against the ruling.
rtie.org/2025/11/29/s...
Catching a bit of @zarahsultana.bsky.social's pre-conference rally livestream. The mood seems hopeful, but furious over the tactics that have been used against her.
I wonder how Corbyn's rally is going?
www.youtube.com/live/GafgqNb...
I wonder how Corbyn's rally is going?
www.youtube.com/live/GafgqNb...
Zarah Sultana Eve of Your Party Conference | Turn Left Live
YouTube video by Turn Left
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Catching a bit of @zarahsultana.bsky.social's pre-conference rally livestream. The mood seems hopeful, but furious over the tactics that have been used against her.
I wonder how Corbyn's rally is going?
www.youtube.com/live/GafgqNb...
I wonder how Corbyn's rally is going?
www.youtube.com/live/GafgqNb...
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In honor of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social's legacy as a disability activist and writer, today we are republishing Bitch Magazine's Access Series, which was originally curated by Alice Wong. Worker-owner and former Bitch editor-in-chief Evette Dionne updated the intro to the series here:
Honoring Alice Wong: Reprinting Bitch Magazine's Access Series
Alice Wong, who reshaped the world of disability media, joined our ancestors on November 14, 2025. The Flytrap is proud to reprint her curated Access Series for Bitch Magazine.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In honor of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social's legacy as a disability activist and writer, today we are republishing Bitch Magazine's Access Series, which was originally curated by Alice Wong. Worker-owner and former Bitch editor-in-chief Evette Dionne updated the intro to the series here:
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Hagueseth
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hagueseth
Just finished watching the first series of Cobra Kai. It's an inspired idea for a show, and I'm really curious to see where they take it.
I realise I'm pretty late to this!
I realise I'm pretty late to this!
November 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Just finished watching the first series of Cobra Kai. It's an inspired idea for a show, and I'm really curious to see where they take it.
I realise I'm pretty late to this!
I realise I'm pretty late to this!
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November 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
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youtube.com/watch?v=5cIa...
Monotropism, Monotropic Split, Meerkat Mode, Monotropic Spiral and how it relates to Autistic Burnout, all explained casually by the lovely Meg.
Monotropism, Monotropic Split, Meerkat Mode, Monotropic Spiral and how it relates to Autistic Burnout, all explained casually by the lovely Meg.
The WEIRDEST Theory of Autism You've Probably Never Heard of...
YouTube video by I'm Autistic, Now What?
youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
youtube.com/watch?v=5cIa...
Monotropism, Monotropic Split, Meerkat Mode, Monotropic Spiral and how it relates to Autistic Burnout, all explained casually by the lovely Meg.
Monotropism, Monotropic Split, Meerkat Mode, Monotropic Spiral and how it relates to Autistic Burnout, all explained casually by the lovely Meg.
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Just published!
Autism and Physical Disability
Dual Experiences, Challenges, and Inclusion Solutions
Author(s): Wenn B. Lawson
livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...
doi.org/10.62859/c.1...
Autism and Physical Disability
Dual Experiences, Challenges, and Inclusion Solutions
Author(s): Wenn B. Lawson
livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...
doi.org/10.62859/c.1...
Autism and Physical Disability
What does it mean to live at the intersection of autism, physical disability, trauma, and resilience? In Autism and Physical Disability, Wenn B. Lawson shares a deeply personal account of late-diagnos...
livedplacespublishing.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Just published!
Autism and Physical Disability
Dual Experiences, Challenges, and Inclusion Solutions
Author(s): Wenn B. Lawson
livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...
doi.org/10.62859/c.1...
Autism and Physical Disability
Dual Experiences, Challenges, and Inclusion Solutions
Author(s): Wenn B. Lawson
livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...
doi.org/10.62859/c.1...
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Relevant article/podcast for anyone looking for a deeper dive in quote.
Fascinating how the observer didn't think any of this was notable.
Fascinating how the observer didn't think any of this was notable.
Back during Kellie-Jay Keen's 2022 US tour, @nobonzo.bsky.social , @julieofthespirits.bsky.social, my partner Lee & myself sat down to discuss the history of WoLF, their roots in the ecofascist group DGR & how they formed alliances with the Christian Right. healthliberationnow.com/2024/12/19/t...
TERFs, Eco-Fascists and Christo-Nationalists: From Deep Green Resistance to WoLF Partnering with the Global Christian Right
In late 2022, Health Liberation Now! joined N.O. Bonzo and Julianna Neuhouser for an in-depth discussion on the history of how Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF) manifested, its ties to the eco-…
healthliberationnow.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Relevant article/podcast for anyone looking for a deeper dive in quote.
Fascinating how the observer didn't think any of this was notable.
Fascinating how the observer didn't think any of this was notable.
Many such cases (in the replies)
November 28, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Many such cases (in the replies)
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Somebody just bought some trans pride stuff from my store, why not get your own?
🏳️⚧️ awkward.gay 🏳️⚧️
🏳️⚧️ awkward.gay 🏳️⚧️
awkward.gay
queer designs by a queer girl in a queer world
awkward.gay
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Somebody just bought some trans pride stuff from my store, why not get your own?
🏳️⚧️ awkward.gay 🏳️⚧️
🏳️⚧️ awkward.gay 🏳️⚧️
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Our manifesto was clear: Labour will deliver day one rights.
Accepting amendments to drop that commitment risks entrenching insecurity and delaying meaningful reform.
5/11
Accepting amendments to drop that commitment risks entrenching insecurity and delaying meaningful reform.
5/11
November 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Our manifesto was clear: Labour will deliver day one rights.
Accepting amendments to drop that commitment risks entrenching insecurity and delaying meaningful reform.
5/11
Accepting amendments to drop that commitment risks entrenching insecurity and delaying meaningful reform.
5/11
Oh well, at least they tried
Not very hard, obviously, but at least a little bit
Not very hard, obviously, but at least a little bit
NEW: The UK Government have abandoned plans to give workers day-one protection against unfair dismissal in a bid to ensure it’s Employment Rights Bill makes it through Parliament 👇
Labour scrap day-one protection from unfair dismissal manifesto pledge in U-turn
www.thenational.scot
November 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Oh well, at least they tried
Not very hard, obviously, but at least a little bit
Not very hard, obviously, but at least a little bit
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In addition to the transphobic rhetoric from the BBC, the ruling in Linehan’s criminal harassment case exemplifies how the justice system deems men of power credible—despite their providing false testimony—while trans women are treated as presumptively untrustworthy.
BBC Now Calling Trans Women 'Biological Males Who Identify As Women'
These stories come in the aftermath of allegations that a small but mighty cabal of “LGBT reporters” had somehow seized control of the BBC and “censored” right-wing views.
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 AM
In addition to the transphobic rhetoric from the BBC, the ruling in Linehan’s criminal harassment case exemplifies how the justice system deems men of power credible—despite their providing false testimony—while trans women are treated as presumptively untrustworthy.
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PSA
It's ok to feed your autistic kid nuggets today.
It's ok to let your kid be alone in their room while the rest of the family is having dinner.
It's ok to let them be autistic without judgment.
They get enough of that from the rest of the world. ❤️
It's ok to feed your autistic kid nuggets today.
It's ok to let your kid be alone in their room while the rest of the family is having dinner.
It's ok to let them be autistic without judgment.
They get enough of that from the rest of the world. ❤️
November 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
PSA
It's ok to feed your autistic kid nuggets today.
It's ok to let your kid be alone in their room while the rest of the family is having dinner.
It's ok to let them be autistic without judgment.
They get enough of that from the rest of the world. ❤️
It's ok to feed your autistic kid nuggets today.
It's ok to let your kid be alone in their room while the rest of the family is having dinner.
It's ok to let them be autistic without judgment.
They get enough of that from the rest of the world. ❤️
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A message for Unbound authors
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A message for Unbound authors