Fergus Murray

Fergus Murray

@oolong.co.uk

Monotropic writer, science tutor, Autistic community organiser and independent researcher. Based in Edinburgh. they/them.

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Fergus Murray
@oolong.co.uk

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...

Fergus Murray@oolong.co.uk

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.

Fergus Murray
@oolong.co.uk

The weather today is exciting Dramatically shifting lighting Bright autumn sun Then the freezing rain comes And the wind, howling all day, is biting.

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kit for now
@uncannyvallie.bsky.social

god the interruptions tho. hell on earth

Fergus Murray@oolong.co.uk

Monotropism and flow in the Huffington Post! "Here’s what happened when researchers asked autistic people about their experiences." Indeed it is! Really nice coverage, with some juicy links and a quote from me(!)... www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/autist...

huffingtonpost.co.ukCould An 'Overlooked' Flow State Help Autistic People's Wellbeing?Here’s what happened when researchers asked autistic people about their experiences.

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Mscykes
@mscykes.bsky.social

When I say “I need to draw and love drawing” it’s kind of all about reaching this exact kind of flow state. That’s maybe the best feeling in the entire world— but it also means that any failure to obtain it when I want it feels like being crushed in a hydraulic press.

Fergus Murray@oolong.co.uk

Monotropism and flow in the Huffington Post! "Here’s what happened when researchers asked autistic people about their experiences." Indeed it is! Really nice coverage, with some juicy links and a quote from me(!)... www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/autist...

huffingtonpost.co.ukCould An 'Overlooked' Flow State Help Autistic People's Wellbeing?Here’s what happened when researchers asked autistic people about their experiences.

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Anne Applebaum
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump have lost surprise elections thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.

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Laura Bassett
@lebassett.bsky.social

Replying to @lebassett.bsky.social

Lula has called for the arrest of two officials in connection with the election sabotage and asked to extend voting hours in places where the vote was suppressed

Fergus Murray
@oolong.co.uk

Either there's another word that uses all the letters from PROFANITY and no others, or there's something wrong with the stats in Smush...

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Prem Sikka
@premnsikka.bsky.social

Reform UK's Suella Braverman claims massive taxpayer-funded water bill at home equal to 18 baths a day Claim to have used 1,504 litres of water daily at her £1.2million four-bedroom pad in a five-month period. Reform have promised benefit cuts for the disabled, old, sick, poor, unfortunate.

mirror.co.ukSuella Braverman claims huge taxpayer-funded water bill equal to 18 baths a dayEXCLUSIVE: Benefits-bashing Reform UK MP Suella Braverman claimed £45,000 in parliamentary expenses towards her utility bills, newly-emerged files show - leaving the taxpayer on the hook

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Attac France
@attac.org

A Nice comme dans plusieurs villes de France, des cortèges de néonazis ont attaqué les manifestations du #24octobre sous le regard bienveillant des "forces de l'ordre". Toute la lumière doit être faite sur la complicité entre la police et ces milices d'extrême-droite.

Fonsi Loaiza@fonsiloaizap.bsky.social

Hoy, neonazis han atacado a manifestantes por los servicios públicos en Niza.

Fergus Murray
@oolong.co.uk

If Labour wasn't dominated by cowards and right-wingers, they would have taken serious action to sort the BBC out by now. The Tories weren't subtle about stuffing it with their people. Now we're at a point where any expression of support for marginalised groups is seen as unacceptable.

Gareth Davies@garethtbij.bsky.social

What is happening to the BBC?! Pride pins edited out of University Challenge in ‘Orwellian’ move www.leicester.news/bbc-edits-ou...

leicester.newsBBC edits out pride pins on University Challenge in ‘Orwellian’ moveTwo University of Leicester students speak out over ‘absurd’ and ‘Orwellian’ decision by the BBC and ITV Studios to edit out pride pins worn on University Challenge

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flyingrodent
@flyingrodent.bsky.social

I’d say his greatest political trick was destroying most of the Gaza Strip while the world’s most stridently malicious liberals relentlessly screamed abuse at anyone who objected to it

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Ed Poole
@edpoole1975.bsky.social

The working class are the wealth creators, by making things and providing services. The people who own businesses make profit. That's not wealth creation. Banks and government create money not businesses. Giving them tax breaks etc just funnels that money out of the economy.

The Guardian@theguardian.com

Chancellor to pitch budget at wealth creators – UK politics live

theguardian.comChancellor to pitch budget at wealth creators – UK politics liveJohn Healey is expected to cut red tape requirements, particularly for smaller businesses Good morning. A week today John Healey, the chancellor, will be doing a media round defending the budget he is presenting on Wednesday next week. Ahead of that, he has given an interview to Patrick Maguire from the Times. As you would expect, there is no real detail in it about the measures he will be presenting to MPs. But the big picture message is very clear – and quite surprising, coming from a chancellor serving a PM who in some respects is steering left compared to his predecessor. Healey says that he wants to be on the side of bloody-minded entrepreneurs who make a profit, he acknowledges that government has made their life harder over the past two years, and he suggests that cutting the ‘cost of living’ for business is just as important as cutting the real cost of living for families. In the quote that gives the Times its splash headline, Healey says: I want to be a chancellor who backs business in Britain making a profit, and those entrepreneurs who, in the end, are the ones who challenge the status quo, come up with innovative ideas and are trying, some of them through sheer bloody-mindedness, to keep going through these sorts of pressures … If you’re not making a profit, you’ve got nothing to put back into the business. And for the people who start up these businesses, the ones who really thrive and grow, they have to make a profit — and they will be much more inclined to put it back into their own business. But we want it to grow here and stay here. If you talk to any of the businesses that have come in and have either had one-to-ones or round tables with me, I have recognised that in recent times there’s been a lot of pressure: employment law, regulation, tax, input costs, supply chains. And so when I talk about the cost of business, and recognising that in the same way as we’re recognising the cost of living pressures, I’m conscious of that as I go into the budget for both businesses and households. [Healey] is expected to use the budget to make significant cuts to regulation on businesses that one senior Treasury source described as “the sludge choking firms”. Reporting requirements are likely to be abolished for many smaller enterprises, The Times understands. Continue reading...

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Mark Grimshaw
@markgrimshawtism.bsky.social

A reminder that the “trans lobby” is just trans people going about their lives, and the “fight” being referred to is JK Rowling using her money, power and influence to endorse policy that is killing trans people. I’m amazed she could move to type a new essay with the layers of blood on her hands.

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amateurfoi.bsky.social
@amateurfoi.bsky.social

Prof at UCL who is an expert in this area v politicians who aren't interested in facts. Who do we believe ... Fonagy deals severe blow to Timms and Milburn benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/fonagy-...

benefitsandwork.co.ukFonagy deals severe blow to Timms and MilburnGet the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments...

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Molly Scott Cato
@greenpartymolly.bsky.social

So many people are still on X in spite of Musk trying to destroy our democracy and supporting Russia against Ukraine It's evidence of a highly damaging and widespread addiction The government could and should take action by shutting down X

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Davenant 📸
@marcdavenant.bsky.social

A speaker from Liberty will open our Rebellion! exhibition, on the importance of protest as part of our cultural identity, this evening at the Williamson Art Gallery.

pmf@clearlight.bsky.social

Four years in prison for a Zoom call. A grandmother jailed for climbing a motorway gantry. A mask ban where being ill is something you argue in court after arrest. All while the country burns through another drought summer. Where are the climate protests? This is where they went.

bylinetimes.comWhere Are the Climate Protests? Human Rights Group Warns Government Crackdown Is Silencing the Green MovementLiberty says a slew of new anti-protest measures, including a ban on 'cumulative disruption' are silencing calls for government action to prevent catastrophic climate collapse

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Rob Bryher
@robbryher.bsky.social

Bristol Greens call on Labour to Condemn Jackdaw Gas Field Decision Bristol’s Green MP and Councillors have called Bristol Labour MPs and Councillors to publicly condemn the Government's decision to approve the Jackdaw gas field and call for a renewed commitment to tackling the climate emergency.