Fergus O'Farrell
@fergusofarrell.bsky.social
Doctor (Histopathology Trainee) & Neuroscience postdoc. Neuropathology. Autopsy.
Neuroscience PhD via UCL MBPhD. Neuron-glial-vascular interactions, physiology, literature, classical music, microscopy.
🌿📚🏳️🌈 he/him. Cambridge (and hopefully London again..)
Neuroscience PhD via UCL MBPhD. Neuron-glial-vascular interactions, physiology, literature, classical music, microscopy.
🌿📚🏳️🌈 he/him. Cambridge (and hopefully London again..)
Medium rare. Vanishingly common. Not rare but not not uncommon.
April 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Medium rare. Vanishingly common. Not rare but not not uncommon.
Prescient urban planners installed this lovely sculpture of the Down Jones index in Cambridge 😌.
#stockmarketcrash
#stockmarketcrash
April 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Prescient urban planners installed this lovely sculpture of the Down Jones index in Cambridge 😌.
#stockmarketcrash
#stockmarketcrash
This is how post-mortems should be documented 😉. From: Descriptive catalogue of the pathological series in the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1966) #PathSky
February 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This is how post-mortems should be documented 😉. From: Descriptive catalogue of the pathological series in the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1966) #PathSky
"The drowsy stillness of the afternoon was shattered by what sounded to his strained senses like G.K. Chesterton falling on a sheet of tin." P. G. Wodehouse
February 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"The drowsy stillness of the afternoon was shattered by what sounded to his strained senses like G.K. Chesterton falling on a sheet of tin." P. G. Wodehouse
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 13 (ish)
Cancer Ward, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 13 (ish)
Cancer Ward, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
January 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 13 (ish)
Cancer Ward, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 13 (ish)
Cancer Ward, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
My neuroscience Christmas decorations c. 2013
December 25, 2024 at 11:57 PM
My neuroscience Christmas decorations c. 2013
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 12
War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 12
War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
December 25, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 12
War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 12
War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 11
Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 11
Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray
December 24, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 11
Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 11
Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 10
Middlemarch, George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 10
Middlemarch, George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
December 23, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 10
Middlemarch, George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 10
Middlemarch, George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 9
A Manual for Cleaning Women, Lucia Berlin
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 9
A Manual for Cleaning Women, Lucia Berlin
December 22, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 9
A Manual for Cleaning Women, Lucia Berlin
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 9
A Manual for Cleaning Women, Lucia Berlin
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 8
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 8
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark
December 21, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 8
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 8
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 7
The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 7
The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
December 20, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 7
The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 7
The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 6
Bleak House, Charles Dickens
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 6
Bleak House, Charles Dickens
December 19, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 6
Bleak House, Charles Dickens
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 6
Bleak House, Charles Dickens
December 19, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 5
Naked Lunch, William S. Burroughs
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 5
Naked Lunch, William S. Burroughs
December 18, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 5
Naked Lunch, William S. Burroughs
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 5
Naked Lunch, William S. Burroughs
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 4
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. Laurence Sterne
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 4
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. Laurence Sterne
December 17, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 4
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. Laurence Sterne
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 4
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. Laurence Sterne
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 3
The Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 3
The Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov
December 16, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 3
The Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 3
The Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 2
The Unnatural Nature of Science, Lewis Wolpert
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 2
The Unnatural Nature of Science, Lewis Wolpert
December 13, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 2
The Unnatural Nature of Science, Lewis Wolpert
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 2
The Unnatural Nature of Science, Lewis Wolpert
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 1
A Dead Man in Deptford, Anthony Burgess.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 1
A Dead Man in Deptford, Anthony Burgess.
December 12, 2024 at 8:10 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 1
A Dead Man in Deptford, Anthony Burgess.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 1
A Dead Man in Deptford, Anthony Burgess.
Today's mood:
December 9, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Today's mood:
Today's library highlight: laryngeal carcinoma cells. Wood carving, Lionel Beale (1861).
December 9, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Today's library highlight: laryngeal carcinoma cells. Wood carving, Lionel Beale (1861).
BBC Breaking News 🔉
December 1, 2024 at 12:23 AM
BBC Breaking News 🔉
When you live in Cambridge, this constitutes excitement.
November 29, 2024 at 8:57 PM
When you live in Cambridge, this constitutes excitement.
This is, erm, quite the Amazon review for The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology. Recommended for ALL children. Without any doubt... #PathSky
November 24, 2024 at 10:33 PM
This is, erm, quite the Amazon review for The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology. Recommended for ALL children. Without any doubt... #PathSky