Fergus Murray
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fergus.oolong.co.uk
Fergus Murray
@fergus.oolong.co.uk
Monotropic writer, science tutor, Autistic community organiser and independent researcher. Based in Edinburgh.

they/them.

https://linktr.ee/0olong
Have you tried the Uplift feed? That's something, at least.

Here's a video of my dog doing a zombie stretch, in case you enjoy that sort of thing.
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Another pretty sunset yesterday.
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Please rub belly (not pictured).
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
...and here's the sunset through a zoom lens.
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Here are the pictures of yesterday's sunrise-mist from the big camera.
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The haar from a distance, after sunset this morning.
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Later...
November 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Just the sheer volume of leaves really is something.

Here's the ground under that same sycamore, after a little more rain and wind.
November 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Pretty amazing light in Edinburgh just after sunrise this morning.
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Lol, did a whole book fair event and totally forgot to mention anywhere that I have a chapter in a book that is obviously for sale here
bsky.app/profile/ferg...
November 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Sycamores are incredibly productive trees. Not just the volume of leaves they produce (this one has only shed about half its messes, and already covered an area larger than it is wide) but also its plentiful helicopter seeds, which rapidly root and shoot up - they're a major weed in areas like this!
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The emptiness of this shop feels like a very on-the-nose metaphor.
November 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Kifl chills.
November 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Oh, this is even better: if I go into the app, it's going to cost me £43.49 plus tax.

What???
November 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I would seriously consider paying £36 for this course, but not after clicking on an 'enroll for free' button. 😐
#coursera
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This year's Edinburgh Radical Book Fair has started!

On Saturday at 4pm, I'm chairing 'Divergent: Weird pride, unruliness & outsider wisdom' with @cjdebarra.bsky.social and @acaciathorns.bsky.social (frank r. jagoe can't attend in person, unfortunately).

#WeirdPride
@lighthousebks.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Clouds after sunrise, at 1 minute per second.

The constant creation of clouds in a particular region of space is especially striking in this one. It looks like it's centered on the church spire, but that's *probably* a meaningless coincidence.
November 6, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Kifl ponders.
November 5, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Morning dog.
November 5, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I love how you can trace the growth of leaf-eating critters by the width of the trail they leave.
November 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM
*not actually a sunset
November 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
A beautiful sunset*
November 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
New profile picture, again (sorry).

I don't know if this will make sense to anyone else, but I felt like too much of the previous one (on the left) was my face.
November 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
More of Chambers Street, from a few minutes earlier.
October 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Chambers Street at dusk.
October 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM