Elaine Ferguson
@elaineferguson.bsky.social
Mum of one small human and one tiny Basset Hound. Civil servant. Academic dabbler. Student. Trekkie. Unco-ordinated karateka. Beginner horse rider. Snack enthusiast.
Brief foray back onto X went well. Started a professional account with a view to just keeping an eye on things. I muted some extreme right-wing sources, followed some sensible ones and had my account suspended 3 times for verification, then permanently for “inauthentic” activity.
November 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Brief foray back onto X went well. Started a professional account with a view to just keeping an eye on things. I muted some extreme right-wing sources, followed some sensible ones and had my account suspended 3 times for verification, then permanently for “inauthentic” activity.
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This is utterly inhumane.
Traumatised people unable to have any sort of settled life here, and liable to have everything turned upside down overnight as regimes change in unpredictable ways and with unpredictable consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Traumatised people unable to have any sort of settled life here, and liable to have everything turned upside down overnight as regimes change in unpredictable ways and with unpredictable consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This is utterly inhumane.
Traumatised people unable to have any sort of settled life here, and liable to have everything turned upside down overnight as regimes change in unpredictable ways and with unpredictable consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Traumatised people unable to have any sort of settled life here, and liable to have everything turned upside down overnight as regimes change in unpredictable ways and with unpredictable consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
Humphrey says Happy Halloween! 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Humphrey says Happy Halloween! 🎃
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Astronomer here! Due to popular demand (and a kind volunteer editor), my solar system class lectures this fall are available on YouTube for FREE! Check it out, no prior knowledge of astronomy required! 🤩🪐
🔭🧪🎢
youtu.be/2KpyL8yX044
🔭🧪🎢
youtu.be/2KpyL8yX044
Solar System Lecture- Tracking Motion in the Sky
YouTube video by Astronomer here!
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October 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Astronomer here! Due to popular demand (and a kind volunteer editor), my solar system class lectures this fall are available on YouTube for FREE! Check it out, no prior knowledge of astronomy required! 🤩🪐
🔭🧪🎢
youtu.be/2KpyL8yX044
🔭🧪🎢
youtu.be/2KpyL8yX044
It’s hard work being being a complete menace.
October 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It’s hard work being being a complete menace.
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Pope Leo, "Someone who says I'm against abortion but I'm in agreement with the inhumane treatment of immigrants, they're not pro life"
October 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Pope Leo, "Someone who says I'm against abortion but I'm in agreement with the inhumane treatment of immigrants, they're not pro life"
Some of you from The Other Place may remember my lovely Labradors, both of whom died some months ago. I miss them terribly, but there is some joy to share.
Please meet Humphrey.
Please meet Humphrey.
September 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Some of you from The Other Place may remember my lovely Labradors, both of whom died some months ago. I miss them terribly, but there is some joy to share.
Please meet Humphrey.
Please meet Humphrey.
Left school with a few standard grades age 16. Got my HND age 23. Law degree at 28. Started my (current) career at 35. PhD at 36. Became a mother at 37. Today, at 40, I became a homeowner.
At times my “lateness” was frustrating, but I wouldn’t change it for the world.
At times my “lateness” was frustrating, but I wouldn’t change it for the world.
June 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Left school with a few standard grades age 16. Got my HND age 23. Law degree at 28. Started my (current) career at 35. PhD at 36. Became a mother at 37. Today, at 40, I became a homeowner.
At times my “lateness” was frustrating, but I wouldn’t change it for the world.
At times my “lateness” was frustrating, but I wouldn’t change it for the world.
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BREAKING: In a unanimous decision, a federal court of appeals has ruled that Louisiana's law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school classrooms is unconstitutional.
We’ll keep saying it: Public schools are not Sunday schools.
We’ll keep saying it: Public schools are not Sunday schools.
June 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
BREAKING: In a unanimous decision, a federal court of appeals has ruled that Louisiana's law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school classrooms is unconstitutional.
We’ll keep saying it: Public schools are not Sunday schools.
We’ll keep saying it: Public schools are not Sunday schools.
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Interesting to see how many people are talking about palliative care only now assisted dying is on the political agenda. Palliative care has been appallingly hard to access in this country forever. It is a disgrace. Dying in comfort, with dignity, should be a marker of a civilised society.
June 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Interesting to see how many people are talking about palliative care only now assisted dying is on the political agenda. Palliative care has been appallingly hard to access in this country forever. It is a disgrace. Dying in comfort, with dignity, should be a marker of a civilised society.
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Giving my piece one last punt for anyone who is interested and has more time to read on a Saturday
“There’s only so many times you can be lucky, sweetheart.” I spent several days at The Thistle - the UK’s first safer drug consumption facility - talking to staff & users. Here is the piece I wrote for the @lrb.co.uk. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Dani Garavelli · ‘Bang! I was out’: On Drug Consumption Rooms
For some critics, providing a safe space to inject seems too much like enabling or endorsing drug taking. But for those...
www.lrb.co.uk
June 21, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Giving my piece one last punt for anyone who is interested and has more time to read on a Saturday
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Reposted by Elaine Ferguson
“There’s only so many times you can be lucky, sweetheart.” I spent several days at The Thistle - the UK’s first safer drug consumption facility - talking to staff & users. Here is the piece I wrote for the @lrb.co.uk. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Dani Garavelli · ‘Bang! I was out’: On Drug Consumption Rooms
For some critics, providing a safe space to inject seems too much like enabling or endorsing drug taking. But for those...
www.lrb.co.uk
June 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“There’s only so many times you can be lucky, sweetheart.” I spent several days at The Thistle - the UK’s first safer drug consumption facility - talking to staff & users. Here is the piece I wrote for the @lrb.co.uk. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Desperately sad to learn of the death of Peter Krykant, an indomitable campaigner who brought Scotland's drugs deaths crisis into the light and kept it there, and without whom The Thistle, the UK's first legal drugs consumption room, would not exist
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why I decided to run the UK’s first drug consumption van | Peter Krykant
I cannot stand back and allow governments to be complicit in allowing people to die, says drugs policy campaigner Peter Krykant
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Desperately sad to learn of the death of Peter Krykant, an indomitable campaigner who brought Scotland's drugs deaths crisis into the light and kept it there, and without whom The Thistle, the UK's first legal drugs consumption room, would not exist
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This alt text is misleading: this is a *stunning and exceptionally fluffy* orange cat.
playing with his favorite toy (shoelace with knots tied in it)
June 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This alt text is misleading: this is a *stunning and exceptionally fluffy* orange cat.
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Peak meme execution
June 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Peak meme execution
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I am constantly baffled by the inability of people making this argument to treat children as humans. Take a family. You think they shouldn’t have had a third child. Maybe they did, in fact, make a bad decision. You win. Now, what do you want the child to eat: is your scolding especially nutritious?
Jason Cowley loves to quote Jo White because they are both terrible in precisely the same way
June 1, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I am constantly baffled by the inability of people making this argument to treat children as humans. Take a family. You think they shouldn’t have had a third child. Maybe they did, in fact, make a bad decision. You win. Now, what do you want the child to eat: is your scolding especially nutritious?
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"We will support you as we do our utmost to ensure that Harvard remains open to the world."
Proud to be an alum.
Harvard setting an international example about how to stand up to bullies.
Proud to be an alum.
Harvard setting an international example about how to stand up to bullies.
May 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"We will support you as we do our utmost to ensure that Harvard remains open to the world."
Proud to be an alum.
Harvard setting an international example about how to stand up to bullies.
Proud to be an alum.
Harvard setting an international example about how to stand up to bullies.
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🥳 This is proper EXCITING people!! Mark June 23rd in your diary for the world wide release of the first images from the wonderful and amazing Vera Rubin Observatory. 🔭🧪
Join the celebration at a Rubin Watch party near you!
👉: rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-f...
Join the celebration at a Rubin Watch party near you!
👉: rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-f...
May 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🥳 This is proper EXCITING people!! Mark June 23rd in your diary for the world wide release of the first images from the wonderful and amazing Vera Rubin Observatory. 🔭🧪
Join the celebration at a Rubin Watch party near you!
👉: rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-f...
Join the celebration at a Rubin Watch party near you!
👉: rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-f...
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Yes, we noticed. You're still here.
May 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Yes, we noticed. You're still here.
Wherever you stand on assisted dying, this debate is absolutely the best of the Scottish Parliament. This is how you do politics in the interest of people.
May 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Wherever you stand on assisted dying, this debate is absolutely the best of the Scottish Parliament. This is how you do politics in the interest of people.
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“Should die.”
“Should die”
“Should die.”
Completely unnecessarily, from a preventable disease.
(Also, some of the “healthy” survivors will wind up sick or disabled, and I suppose falling into Kennedy’s basket of disposable people).
“Should die”
“Should die.”
Completely unnecessarily, from a preventable disease.
(Also, some of the “healthy” survivors will wind up sick or disabled, and I suppose falling into Kennedy’s basket of disposable people).
RFK Jr talking about the need for doctors to know how to treat measles for those who are unvaccinated.
“Only very sick kids should die from measles.”
No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die.
Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!
“Only very sick kids should die from measles.”
No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die.
Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!
May 12, 2025 at 7:15 AM
“Should die.”
“Should die”
“Should die.”
Completely unnecessarily, from a preventable disease.
(Also, some of the “healthy” survivors will wind up sick or disabled, and I suppose falling into Kennedy’s basket of disposable people).
“Should die”
“Should die.”
Completely unnecessarily, from a preventable disease.
(Also, some of the “healthy” survivors will wind up sick or disabled, and I suppose falling into Kennedy’s basket of disposable people).