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...
bsky.app/profile/ferg...
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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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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.
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I'm going to share more of what is happening in MN right now.
A white woman who recently had a baby and is overproducing breast milk is donating her excess breast milk to a 16 year old girl whose mom was take by 🧊, so she can feed her baby sibling because she's too afraid to go outside.
People who
A white woman who recently had a baby and is overproducing breast milk is donating her excess breast milk to a 16 year old girl whose mom was take by 🧊, so she can feed her baby sibling because she's too afraid to go outside.
People who
February 10, 2026 at 7:36 PM
I'm going to share more of what is happening in MN right now.
A white woman who recently had a baby and is overproducing breast milk is donating her excess breast milk to a 16 year old girl whose mom was take by 🧊, so she can feed her baby sibling because she's too afraid to go outside.
People who
A white woman who recently had a baby and is overproducing breast milk is donating her excess breast milk to a 16 year old girl whose mom was take by 🧊, so she can feed her baby sibling because she's too afraid to go outside.
People who
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The US is deporting Palestinians to the Occupied West Bank, as in, under the control of the country that displaced them and forced them to seek refugee status in the first place.
Via a private jet owned by an Israeli buddy of Trump.
Via a private jet owned by an Israeli buddy of Trump.
U.S. secretly deporting Palestinians to West Bank in coordination with Israel
Palestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on private jet belonging to Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, investigation reveals.
www.972mag.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:56 PM
The US is deporting Palestinians to the Occupied West Bank, as in, under the control of the country that displaced them and forced them to seek refugee status in the first place.
Via a private jet owned by an Israeli buddy of Trump.
Via a private jet owned by an Israeli buddy of Trump.
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Kinda Fucked Up that in our lifetimes we've gone from "never share personal info on the internet" to "hand over your identity to the most incompetent corporations imaginable".
February 9, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Kinda Fucked Up that in our lifetimes we've gone from "never share personal info on the internet" to "hand over your identity to the most incompetent corporations imaginable".
I've now sunk enough time into a historical rant about Starmer and the Labour Party that I'll be slightly annoyed if he resigns before I have a chance to finish it.
February 10, 2026 at 7:38 PM
I've now sunk enough time into a historical rant about Starmer and the Labour Party that I'll be slightly annoyed if he resigns before I have a chance to finish it.
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US-supplied internationally prohibited thermal & thermobaric munitions burning at 3,500C have left no trace of nearly 3,000 Palestinians, @aljazeera.com reveals. “We found nothing of Saad. Not even a body to bury. That was the hardest part,” says one mother. www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:11 PM
US-supplied internationally prohibited thermal & thermobaric munitions burning at 3,500C have left no trace of nearly 3,000 Palestinians, @aljazeera.com reveals. “We found nothing of Saad. Not even a body to bury. That was the hardest part,” says one mother. www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
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So if an Irish Citizen who lived and worked in USA for 20 years, married to a US citizen can be snatched & thrown into overcrowded internment camp, rife with disease, on starvation rations, intimidated by guards..
I can’t go to USA as an Irish Tourist I might join him or maybe shot as a terrorist 🤷🏼♂️
I can’t go to USA as an Irish Tourist I might join him or maybe shot as a terrorist 🤷🏼♂️
Irish man detained for five months in 'concentration camp' by ICE
Seamus Culleton, who has been living in the US for almost 20 years and is married to a US citizen, said "I don't know how much more I can take", it's "torture".
news.sky.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:58 AM
So if an Irish Citizen who lived and worked in USA for 20 years, married to a US citizen can be snatched & thrown into overcrowded internment camp, rife with disease, on starvation rations, intimidated by guards..
I can’t go to USA as an Irish Tourist I might join him or maybe shot as a terrorist 🤷🏼♂️
I can’t go to USA as an Irish Tourist I might join him or maybe shot as a terrorist 🤷🏼♂️
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Recommending again the huge range of blogs and resources on the Autism Central website, by and for neurodivergent people and parents (whether neurodivergent or not).
www.autismcentral.org.uk/news will take you to the blogs, and general articles & news, for example.
www.autismcentral.org.uk/news will take you to the blogs, and general articles & news, for example.
News | Autism Central
We'll let you know when new resources are added and share updates on the programme here.Stay up-to-date and sign up to the monthly newsletter.
www.autismcentral.org.uk
February 10, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Recommending again the huge range of blogs and resources on the Autism Central website, by and for neurodivergent people and parents (whether neurodivergent or not).
www.autismcentral.org.uk/news will take you to the blogs, and general articles & news, for example.
www.autismcentral.org.uk/news will take you to the blogs, and general articles & news, for example.
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Tim Allan may be getting less attention than Morgan McSweeney, but his links raised serious questions - and they’re part of the wider pattern of questionable appointments.
This isn’t really about individuals.
It’s about the state of the Labour Party.
news.sky.com/story/invest...
This isn’t really about individuals.
It’s about the state of the Labour Party.
news.sky.com/story/invest...
Investigation demanded into Keir Starmer's comms chief's lobbying links
Tim Allan's minority ownership of a lobbying firm has led to accusations of a perception of a conflict of interest.
news.sky.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Tim Allan may be getting less attention than Morgan McSweeney, but his links raised serious questions - and they’re part of the wider pattern of questionable appointments.
This isn’t really about individuals.
It’s about the state of the Labour Party.
news.sky.com/story/invest...
This isn’t really about individuals.
It’s about the state of the Labour Party.
news.sky.com/story/invest...
I've put up a page on the Weird Pride Day site explaining why we felt the need theme this year's event around Weird Pride in a Hostile World.
Or... maybe not really explaining why, because it seems painfully obvious. But definitely explaining something!
weirdpride.day/2026-context
Or... maybe not really explaining why, because it seems painfully obvious. But definitely explaining something!
weirdpride.day/2026-context
February 10, 2026 at 3:16 PM
I've put up a page on the Weird Pride Day site explaining why we felt the need theme this year's event around Weird Pride in a Hostile World.
Or... maybe not really explaining why, because it seems painfully obvious. But definitely explaining something!
weirdpride.day/2026-context
Or... maybe not really explaining why, because it seems painfully obvious. But definitely explaining something!
weirdpride.day/2026-context
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after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
October 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
"Specialist teams, composed entirely of volunteers, will be assigned to the task."
...
"The legislation would not apply to Jewish Israelis who kill Palestinians in similar circumstances."
At least 110 Palestinians have already died in prison prison since the start of 2023.
...
"The legislation would not apply to Jewish Israelis who kill Palestinians in similar circumstances."
At least 110 Palestinians have already died in prison prison since the start of 2023.
February 10, 2026 at 10:16 AM
"Specialist teams, composed entirely of volunteers, will be assigned to the task."
...
"The legislation would not apply to Jewish Israelis who kill Palestinians in similar circumstances."
At least 110 Palestinians have already died in prison prison since the start of 2023.
...
"The legislation would not apply to Jewish Israelis who kill Palestinians in similar circumstances."
At least 110 Palestinians have already died in prison prison since the start of 2023.
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They’ve taken kier out, blown in his slot, and popped him back in for the ULTIMATE reset
February 10, 2026 at 9:26 AM
They’ve taken kier out, blown in his slot, and popped him back in for the ULTIMATE reset
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Look, it's all very well having experience, and evidence, and scientific studies, and whatnot, but how can that possibly compare to the thrill of confidently reposting the assertion that there's One Weird Trick To Defeating Teargas?
Thread. 🧵 (1/x)
On the superiority of water as the primary decontaminant for tear gas and peppery spray on skin and eyes.
To make it clear to people, this is a thread. Some of you are not clear on the concept. I will reply this with another post and mark it with a number in (x). And so forth. (1)
On the superiority of water as the primary decontaminant for tear gas and peppery spray on skin and eyes.
To make it clear to people, this is a thread. Some of you are not clear on the concept. I will reply this with another post and mark it with a number in (x). And so forth. (1)
February 10, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Look, it's all very well having experience, and evidence, and scientific studies, and whatnot, but how can that possibly compare to the thrill of confidently reposting the assertion that there's One Weird Trick To Defeating Teargas?
I do love @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social.
A genuinely nice man, who also knows when and how to be brutal, in the gentlest possible way.
www.facebook.com/633167224/po...
A genuinely nice man, who also knows when and how to be brutal, in the gentlest possible way.
www.facebook.com/633167224/po...
February 10, 2026 at 9:24 AM
I do love @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social.
A genuinely nice man, who also knows when and how to be brutal, in the gentlest possible way.
www.facebook.com/633167224/po...
A genuinely nice man, who also knows when and how to be brutal, in the gentlest possible way.
www.facebook.com/633167224/po...
Diane Abbott reading my mind here
(Or rather, reading the country and drawing the same conclusions)
(Or rather, reading the country and drawing the same conclusions)
@hackneyabbott.bsky.social : "I can't see [Starmer] lasting beyond Mays election"
"Why are they waiting until May?"
"Because they're going to be catastrophic elections, and I think the idea is, let him stay there & take responsibility"
"Why are they waiting until May?"
"Because they're going to be catastrophic elections, and I think the idea is, let him stay there & take responsibility"
February 10, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Diane Abbott reading my mind here
(Or rather, reading the country and drawing the same conclusions)
(Or rather, reading the country and drawing the same conclusions)
Tragically, almost everything this government has done has undermined what Ed Miliband thinks is the whole purpose of the government.
Ed Miliband says the decision to appoint Mandelson undermined the whole purpose of the govt, which is to stand up for the powerless against the powerful & wealthy.
Except your record is going after the disabled & scapegoating refugees while refusing to tax the super rich more.
Except your record is going after the disabled & scapegoating refugees while refusing to tax the super rich more.
February 10, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Tragically, almost everything this government has done has undermined what Ed Miliband thinks is the whole purpose of the government.
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Govt to spend £5bn to pay off 90% of the English councils debts for supporting children & young people with special educational needs.
The real problem is privatisation and profiteering by corporations, huge wealth transfer from public to private
How long before the write-off needs to be repeated?
The real problem is privatisation and profiteering by corporations, huge wealth transfer from public to private
How long before the write-off needs to be repeated?
£5bn council SEND debts to be paid off by government
It comes days after the Local Government Association warned that eight in 10 English councils would face bankruptcy, if they had to honour deficits.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Govt to spend £5bn to pay off 90% of the English councils debts for supporting children & young people with special educational needs.
The real problem is privatisation and profiteering by corporations, huge wealth transfer from public to private
How long before the write-off needs to be repeated?
The real problem is privatisation and profiteering by corporations, huge wealth transfer from public to private
How long before the write-off needs to be repeated?
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• A doc sued for prescribing a debunked autism therapy
• A man who says vaccines are “poisoning children”
• A woman boosting autism "treatments" using stem cells from rabbits
This is not a QAnon conference line-up, it is the people now guiding US autism research
www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...
• A man who says vaccines are “poisoning children”
• A woman boosting autism "treatments" using stem cells from rabbits
This is not a QAnon conference line-up, it is the people now guiding US autism research
www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...
RFK Jr.’s Picks for a Key Autism Panel Include Advocates for Bizarre Theories
Among those Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently named to a federal autism committee are people who tout dangerous treatments and say vaccine manufacturers are “poisoning children.”
www.wired.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:26 PM
• A doc sued for prescribing a debunked autism therapy
• A man who says vaccines are “poisoning children”
• A woman boosting autism "treatments" using stem cells from rabbits
This is not a QAnon conference line-up, it is the people now guiding US autism research
www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...
• A man who says vaccines are “poisoning children”
• A woman boosting autism "treatments" using stem cells from rabbits
This is not a QAnon conference line-up, it is the people now guiding US autism research
www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...
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It’s practically a work of art that he thinks we’re all that stupid.
February 9, 2026 at 10:09 PM
It’s practically a work of art that he thinks we’re all that stupid.