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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Was just thinking a bit more about empathy and neurodiversity and reminded of this lovely conversation I had with Aimee Cliff (whose book on the topic is also well worth checking out!)

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 12/09/2026

Well this is incredibly creepy and disturbing. iOS keyboards flatly refuse to suggest the words 'fascism' or 'fascist'. Here's a thread from three years ago, which I found because @scrappapertiger.bsky.social was trying to enter the term just now. WTF, Apple? 😳 www.reddit.com/r/ios/s/5ptY...

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 06/09/2026

This led me to make some other discoveries: first, it looks like the whole of the Chinese version of Journey to the West, which @scrappapertiger.bsky.social grew up with (they're the same age!) is available on YouTube, with English (and Chinese) subtitles! youtu.be/K3KNpyKILHM?...

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Journey to the West ep. 01 The Monkey King is born 《西游记》第1集猴王问世（主演：六小龄童、迟重瑞） | CCTV电视剧

YouTube video by CCTV电视剧

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 03/09/2026

As someone who has been tweeted about personally by Rowling. And who spends my whole life trying to fight the damage caused by the litigation she funds. I think, personally, I would be less harmed by you giving me an actual kick in the ribs than watching the new Harry Potter & trying to justify it.

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

FREE DOWNLOAD: An Introduction to the Theory of Monotropism To Support Autistic Young People, written by @autisticrealms.bsky.social and @oolong.co.uk It includes practical, low-demand strategies for home & school, plus further reading & trusted resources. autisticrealms.com/product/an-i...

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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Caught a bad cold and had to stay in and rest for a few days. Made a little display of tiny things with @oolong.co.uk

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 20/08/2026

I guess this might be the only fanart I've ever made! It's based on Becky Chambers' Monk & Robot books. My tea monk is modelled on @scrappapertiger.bsky.social (who this was a present for).

A polymer clay sculpture, with a balsa wood table. Sonny/Sibling Dex sits in a receptive, discursive posture, with a tea set in front of them. They are wearing an earthy green top, and have fairly short dark hair.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 11/08/2026

What can lead to an autistic meltdown? What does it feel like from the inside? "I need time & quiet to calm down before I can think properly, & every new demand is just prolonging how long that will take." Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social, at TPGA. thinkingautismguide.com/2019/03/melt...

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The Meltdown: How Autistic Humans Experience Crises

A meltdown is a reaction to difficulty & stress that is normal to autistic ways of being, but not nearly well enough understood by others.

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 07/08/2026

This evening a six-striped rustic moth took off from my hand. #slomo #lepidoptera

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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

🤔 thinking Negligent - Diligent Negligee - Diligee @oolong.co.uk : Dill pickle - Negl pickle

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 27/07/2026

Really pleased with how that first glaze firing turned out, overall! Definitely a learning process, but most of my glaze experiments all came out just about as I was hoping. Featuring @scrappapertiger.bsky.social's art as well as some of mine.

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 23/07/2026

I've also been seeing some great moths thanks to Sonny's lightbox! Here are four of my pictures. See alt text for ID and commentary. #NationalMothWeek #WorldMothWeek #lepidoptera

A riband wave moth - beautiful, understatedly golden thing with several dark wavy lines across its wing.

A peppered moth viewed from its top side, on the fabric of the moth box. It's mostly pale, but covered in tiny black spots. Its comb-like antennae are folded beneath it, barely visible.

A 'mother-of-pearl' moth, viewed side-on. It's more golden than nacreous, but it does have a gorgeous shimmery quality.

It also has antennae about as long as its body, and compound eyes that reflect light in a way that makes it look like it has pupils.

The effect of the antennae folded back almost against its wings, and the illusion that it is staring sideways at us, gives it an alarmed air.

That peppered moth again, this time perched on a finger and viewed partially head-on. Its antennae are mostly sideways here, in what I'd interpret as an alert but not alarmed position if it was a mammal.

Each antenna is a glorious leaf-shaped double comb.

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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

It’s #NationalMothWeek! I’ve been meeting some really really good moths lately with the help of my light box. Here is a thread of them. @mothweek.bsky.social Buff ermine

Front view of a buff ermine moth standing on my knuckle, feathery antenna aloft. It has a very hairy cream coloured mane and yellowy-cream wings, black and yellow legs, and big black eyes.

Side view of a buff ermine moth standing on my knuckle, feathery antenna aloft. It has a very hairy cream coloured mane and yellowy-cream wings, black and yellow legs, and big black eyes. There’s black spots along its large cream coloured abdomen.

Top view of a buff ermine moth standing on my palm, feathery antenna out to either side. It has a very hairy cream coloured mane, yellowy-cream wings with symmetrical black spots, and big black eyes.

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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

@oolong.co.uk and I just fired our first load of ceramics. This morning I took out of the kiln one of my favourite things I think I’ve made: a dragon for our pond. We also set up a new insta for things we make: www.instagram.com/fernycrafts

A curved red terracotta tile hooked over the edge of a pond. The tile has a white fossil sgraffito design at the bottom, and blue-green glaze at the top. On top of the tile is a small terracotta house, surrounded protectively by a glazed green dragon. Duckweed is visible in the water below the tile.

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🍉Reborn Ruffian🌟 (She/Her) @reburnruffian12.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

This is a thorough, enlightening article on Veganism & food accessibility, that’s refreshingly compassionate towards those of us with medically restricted diets. No belittling or scorning, just a deep dive into food culture as it pertains to dietary restrictions & adherence. A worthwhile read.

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 04/07/2026

Following my recent hospital stay, I was moved to write about something I've had in mind for a while: how restricted diets may be something people choose, but once you become someone who doesn't eat certain things, declining to eat them is NOT a choice every meal... oolong.medium.com/needs-vs-wan...

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Needs vs. Wants in Diets and Disability

A useful distinction, but a dangerous dichotomy

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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

How often are therapists’ feelings of distrust (or policies that are basically about distrust) towards clients actually more about distrust of our own boundaries/capacity to hold? This is probably equally relevant to other helping/holding professions like coaching, teaching, support work, etc.

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When therapists distrust clients

Some brief thoughts on trust in therapy

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 08/06/2026

Generally impressed by all the NHS workers at this hospital, but bewildered to be treated as if they've never met (let alone fed) a vegan before... I think veganism is broadly good for your health, and Livingston is not exactly a major city, but this can't seriously be a new thing for them, can it?

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 28/05/2026

I thought I'd make a thread of some of the things that people who care about trans rights people and human rights could do to help. We really need more cis people stepping up. • Post about it sometimes. Make sure people who see you online know that you're aware of what's going on, and you care.

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 23/05/2026

Here is Kifl in the car on the way home with me and @scrappapertiger.bsky.social for the first time. We all looked so different!

Dog doing a huge yawn. Me with a beard. Sonny with no facial hair too speak of.

We look very happy! The humans, I mean. Kifl's entire face is just a yawn with an impressively lolling tongue, impossible to guess how she was feeling at that moment.

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

In July 1969, London hosted the first international symposium on Gender Identity. The kind remark from the American delegate (and the benignly curious, sympathetic tone of the article) shouldn't astonish 57 years later.

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Ripley 🏳️‍⚧️ @queerwizard.co.uk · 22/05/2026

"The fact that we cannot measure what it is in their minds that makes them male or female does not absolve us from trying to make life a little easier for them.” It’s so depressing that this profound empathy feels completely alien right now

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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Enjoying new podcast What to Carry, What to Burn. This first two-parter is about Ada Blackjack, an Iñupiaq woman who accompanied an Arctic exhibition, and her survival on Wrangel Island. It’s really well told by @blairbraverman.bsky.social & Sarah Marshall of @yourewrongabout.bsky.social 1/2

Black and white photograph of Ada Blackjack

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 26/04/2026

Every now and then I visit my old Flickr account to look for some photo or other, and happen across some of my favourite pictures I've taken. Here's Kifl as a very happy puppy, chasing @scrappapertiger.bsky.social in the park. flic.kr/p/vhhjVw

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 25/04/2026

I visited Edinburgh Botanics yesterday with @scrappapertiger.bsky.social, and took my bigger camera out. It was a gorgeous day! Here are some photos. oolong.co.uk/photography/...

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Botanics, Spring 2026

Photos of plant life in Edinburgh's Spring

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 21/04/2026

Went to the cherry-blossom festival at Lauriston Castle with @scrappapertiger.bsky.social at the weekend. It was lovely! Here's some sakura in the Edinburgh-Kyoto Friendship Garden for you. #hanami #花見 #sakura #桜

Many blossoms, some in focus. One is being visited by a bee!

A single spray of pinkish-white cherry blossom, with perhaps a dozen individual flowers

Two white flowers on the surface of a silvery pond, suspended by surface tension

Closeup on a single cherry flower, of a many-petaled variety, with many stamens visible

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Amazing news! Our Animations Lightbulb Moments: Being Autistic was just selected by NeuroVisions Film Festival via FilmFreeway.com ! youtu.be/3O6hy-usIug?...

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Lightbulb Moments: Being Autistic

YouTube video by Thriving Autistic

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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

What do you mean I’ve been playing too much Pokopia this is a perfectly normal sketch of @fergus.oolong.co.uk in a cafe

Ink sketch of Fergus at a table with a coffee, a cinnamon roll, and a bottle of water. They’re looking up from their phone and their face looks like a ditto’s - with dot eyes and a big wobbly mouth.

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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

I’ve been playing a lot of #Pokopia lately. It’s excellent & very hard to put down (think Minecraft + Animal Crossing set in a Pokemon world where humans have disappeared and all traces of humanity lie in ruin) Here are some highlights (no story spoilers but shows a couple of abilities you can get)

Glimmet, a toxic cave plant pokemon, says “I am cute. It is the truth. But you should not touch me.”

Volbeat, a bug pokemon with an admittedly shiny butt says “And it’s a pretty nice butt, don’t you think? So shiny!”

At a small construction site, magikarp flops about going “happy to help!”

Machoke asks what’s on my mind, “it’s gotta be…muscles! Am I right?”
My dialogue choice: “I’m thinkin’ about bread”

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acommonblackbird @acommonblackbird.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

‘if only I could figure out exactly the right words and put them in exactly the right order… I will finally be understood’. 🥺 excellent post (as usual!) from @scrappapertiger.bsky.social

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 15/03/2026

Kifl is 11 today! 🎉🎂🥳

A venerable wauzer looks directly at the camera, weightily, while receiving rubbing.

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 04/03/2026

Joanne on @zackpolanski.bsky.social: "he's like the neurodivergent person at the meeting, going 'I'm going to say the thing that everyone else is avoiding saying, because I don't know why they're avoiding saying it, because it's actually the point that they're talking round and round.'" SO TRUE.

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Weird Pride @weirdpride.day · 28/02/2026

We have more events happening for this year's Weird Pride Day (Wednesday) than we've ever had before. @stimpunks.org and @amase.org.uk are co-hosting a round of Lightning Talks at noon PST/8pm GMT on the day, where anyone can talk for up to seven minutes on a weirdness-related theme.

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What's Happening in 2026 - Weird Pride Day

What’s happening generally is why this year’s theme is Weird Pride in a Hostile World. This is a page about what’s happening for Weird Pride Day. First, there is always an open invitation for anyone t...

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Weird Pride @weirdpride.day · 03/03/2026

'Writing Weirdness' premières tomorrow (Weird Pride Day) at 3pm GMT! With @katefoxwriter75.bsky.social, @jlimburg.bsky.social, @scrappapertiger.bsky.social and @robinince.bsky.social. youtu.be/Vc4Fzs8r6WQ?... bsky.app/profile/weir...

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Writing Weirdness

YouTube video by AMASE (Autistic Mutual Aid Society Edinburgh)

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 17/01/2026

Babydog.

Dog sprawls between Sonny's arm and body, like a big hairy baby.

Sonny looks at their phone.

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 09/01/2026

Kifl is in another of her in-between states on the sofa, this time propped up on a blanket and lying against @scrappapertiger.bsky.social. Her eyes are open, but she is intermittently snoring.

Sonny looks down at the dog, who is lying next to them in some kind of trance.

That dog-trance in full. Kifl is lying on her back, gazing into nothingness, head slightly tilted, front paws folded by her chest, rear paws together.

We are viewing her from above.

Side view of Kifl (dozing) and Sonny (poking at a phone, holding an empty bowl).

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 02/12/2025

Kifl doing an *extra* cute thing with her paws.

The dog's paws are folded inward, horizontally, so they're like little furry spirals in front of her? I don't know how else to describe them.

She's lifted her head, and she's looking nonplussed, because I had to convince her to look up for this photo.

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 28/12/2025

Kifl receives the attention she is due. Photo by (and with) @scrappapertiger.bsky.social.

Kifl is upright yet floppy on the sofa, her left paw raised imperiously. I'm sitting next to her, reaching over to pet her (I'm a whore longhaired human wearing glasses and a bright yellow Derpy Tiger hoodie). Sonny's hand is reaching for her from the other side.

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 25/12/2025

Santa - or Captain Christmas, as he was also known - is traditionally an elf. Not a big Tolkienish elf either, a rotund little guy with eight tiny reindeer. Merry Yule to all who celebrate! www.fatherly.com/entertainmen...

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Wait. Is Santa Claus Just a Big Elf?

We all think of Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, as a big guy, but it says right there, in "'Twas the Night Before Christmas": he's an elf. How did we miss that?

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 18/12/2025

"She's like a bunch of flowers!"

Sonny (Kifl's other human) smiles on the sofa while Kifl pulls an amazing face, half-hidden by the cone she has to wear while she's recovering from surgery. She's mid-yawn.

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 17/12/2025

A tremendous educational video to share with anyone who affects to be confused about pronouns. youtube.com/watch?v=koZF...

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Schoolhouse Rock Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla (Pronouns)

YouTube video by dawemmy

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

"The double empathy problem decentres the idea of normalcy" A nice summary from Damian Milton in their talk today: "Key Concepts in the Development of a Neurodiversity-Affirming Practice" from Tizard Centre University of Kent.

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Sharing a fantastic blog "Be yourself. No, not like that." Written by @scrappapertiger.bsky.social who is part of our animations team at Thriving Autistic. Sonny also works as a Neurodivergent & Queer therapist & is in our Neurodivergent Practitioners Directory. Blog: medium.com/@sonnyhallet...

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Be yourself. No, not like that.

This piece is a text version of the keynote I delivered for the PCE Europe Symposium in Glasgow, November 2025, on the theme of diversity…

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♾️Clear Autism♾️ @clearautism.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

This is a really interesting and thought provoking piece. There is too much in it for me to pick a standout section without being reductive, so I will simply suggest you take some time for yourself and enjoy reading it, as I did. Thank you for sharing this, @scrappapertiger.bsky.social

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

It's here! It Takes All Kinds of Minds: Fostering Neurodivergent Thriving at School Edited By Rachael Davis, @claruineill.bsky.social @suereviews.bsky.social Excited to finally share the chapter I wrote with @fergus.oolong.co.uk alongside fab illustrations from @scrappapertiger.bsky.social

Promotional graphic for the book It Takes All Kinds of Minds: Fostering Neurodivergent Thriving at School. On the left is the colourful geometric book cover, edited by Rachael Davis, Claire O’Neill, and Sue Fletcher-Watson (Speechmark). On the right, text reads “Published December 2025” and highlights a chapter titled Embracing Monotropism and Flow by Fergus Murray and Helen Edgar, alongside a contents excerpt showing chapter sections. Along the bottom are three black-and-white illustrated pages labelled “Environments,” “Practice & Pedagogy,” and “Relationships,” credited to illustrator Sonny Hallett.

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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Finally home from Glasgow after four long days of conferencing at the PCE Europe Symposium. So tired no more words. It’s been a lot. I did these doodles while listening to talks:

A tiny square concertina-style sketchbook, opened out next to the ink pen I used. The long strip of paper is covered in pen line drawings of animals, plants, mushrooms, etc.

A tiny square concertina-style sketchbook, opened out next to the ink pen I used. This is the reverse side to the previous image. The paper strip on this side is shown vertically, with pen and ink drawings of outer space with planets, stars, a satellite and a space while, fading down into clouds and sky with birds, waves, the sea and fish, a hammerhead shark, and deep ocean with a whale, a gulper eel and an angler fish.

A conference lanyard and badge. The badge has my name Sonny Hallett on it and my pronouns, they/them. Surrounding that is loads of ink doodles of animals and plants, including a tapir, a bat, a dolphin, butterfly, lemur, owl…

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