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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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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Glad I gave this one another go after you flashed it. It’s a nice climb even if the top feels very high up!

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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It’s quite hard to type bootlicker too, fwiw 🙃

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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 · 03/09/2026

Sorry you’ve been going through this Robin 💔

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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I grew up in a ‘BBC family’ (family members worked for them in various capacities over the years, radio 4 always on) and knew a lot of beeb folks. I feel like I’ve heard so many stories of betrayal and disappointment, loss of important voices and ideas, and as a listener I feel that betrayal too.

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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Monkey Cage was a such a great show. I’m sad that its return in this way means I’m probably adding it to the growing list of BBC programmes I feel too queasy to listen to. I’ve also not been able to forgive More or Less since they made that obvious propaganda piece on the Cass Review.

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

I also like my tiny condiments shelf

Small segment of a type tray with blue origami paper backing and white stars. The tray contains a selection of miniature Japanese condiments and cooking sauces.

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

I think this is currently one of my favourite sections. Little microwave fired Raku dinosaur plant holder I made, holding with dried plants.

One rectangular section of a type tray, backed with red origami paper with little white dots. On the shelf is a small ceramic dinosaur-type creature in blue and black glaze, with holes along its back for holding plants. Two springs of dried flowers, one red and one white (Heather and babies breath) are held in its back.

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

Aah thanks for adding description. I realised I forgot to after I clicked post 🫠

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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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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Flounced rustic showing off its flounces

A pale brown hairy mouth with intricate darker brown and black wing patterns on its upper wings, showing bright cream lower wings, sitting on a reddish wooden fence slat

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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

Garden grass-veneer. I get like a bajillion of these tiny moths every time I put out the moth box. I always enjoy looking at them super close up though - the slightly startled-looking eyes, the little fairy snoot that waves about… #NationalMothWeek

A common grass-veneer moth sitting on my hand. It’s got thin antennae that are swooped back. Its wings are folded and sort of brown, with lighter brown longs running down then. It’s large eye (the only one visible in this angle) looks blueish with what looks like a little black pupil, giving it an overwhelmed expression. It’s also got a long hairy snout.

A common grass-veneer mothl it’s wings are folded and sort of brown, with lighter brown longs running down then. Its large eye (the only one visible in this angle) looks blueish with what looks like a little black pupil, giving it an overwhelmed expression. It’s also got a long hairy snout.

A common grass-veneer moth. It’s got thin antennae that are swooped back. Its wings are folded and sort of brown, with lighter brown longs running down then. Its large eye (the only one visible in this angle) looks blueish with what looks like a little black pupil, giving it an overwhelmed expression. It’s also got a long hairy snout.

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

Yellow tail. Probably one of my favourites so far. It kept flying off to stare through a glass door into the building I was at, until I had to take out somewhere with more foliage so it wouldn’t get accidentally squished by through-traffic #NationalMothWeek

Front view of a yellow tail moth. Bright white, extremely hairy, huge rabbit-ear like antennae with yellow fronds. Very hairy legs are splayed out and it looks like it’s staring down between its front feet all the time

Underside view of a yellow tail moth, looking through glass. Bright white, extremely hairy, huge rabbit-ear like antennae with yellow fronds. Very hairy legs are splayed out and it looks like it’s staring down between its front feet out through the glass with huge black eyes. From this angle the wings are fringed with a black line and the tail tip is bright golden yellow.

Top/side view of a yellow tail moth. Bright white, extremely hairy, white wings with a few small black spots. Very hairy legs are splayed out and it looks like it’s staring down between its front feet all the time

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

Peppered moth - famous for being a demonstration of natural selection during the Industrial Revolution, when peppered moths in polluted towns and cities increasingly became black for better camouflage, while countryside moths remained white with black spots. #NationalMothWeek

Front view of a peppered moth sitting on my thumb. It has large feather-like antenna, a very hairy face and body made up of white hairs with black patches. Its legs and wings are also white with black peppery spots. It has big black eyes and a little grey face.

Top view of a peppered moth sitting on my hand. Its wings and abdomen are white with many peppery black patches and spots.

Side view of a peppered moth sitting on my thumb. It has large feather-like antenna, a very hairy face and body made up of white hairs with black patches. Its legs and wings are also white with black peppery spots. It has big black eyes and a little grey face.

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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

I see many similar discussions in therapy circles that I think are essentially about misplaced trust or distrust. Read the rest of this piece over on my Medium: medium.com/@sonnyhallet...

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When therapists distrust clients

Some brief thoughts on trust in therapy

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

The question is: ‘Do I trust my own ability to only do what feels manageable for me?’ If the answer to handling emails is ‘no’, then I would need a different email policy – but still one that doesn’t put that responsibility to hold my boundaries on anyone else.

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

To me, the question isn’t ‘do I trust clients to hold my boundary’ – because they can’t and that’s not reasonable. How can they know what my capacity is in any given week?

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

My email policy is that folks I work with can email me as much as they want, but there is a limit to how much I can read and respond. A question I often get from other therapists about that is “What if a client emails you all the time?” Or even “How can you trust that clients won’t abuse that?”

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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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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

People with restrictive eating conditions like ARFID (but this isn’t restricted just to folks with ARFID) will literally starve to death rather than eat certain foods. Plus forcing people to eat things that disgust them or that go against their beliefs through starvation is.. kind of torture-y?

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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Jamie, I know you also meant well, and I know you do a lot of things to work towards better provision. As a person supporting Fergus through this frightening experience I also found your comments in this discussion really difficult, while knowing you meant well. Please just take this feedback?

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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Unintentional harm is still *harm*. It’s important that that’s recognised and validated in the first instance. No one is accusing anyone of being malicious here.

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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

We’ve probably all been guilty of it but it’s worth trying not to do that when trying to be supportive.

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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I get that you’re trying to empathise. I think when someone is having a really bad time, especially as a result of poor procedures and ignorance, telling them that people are trying their best and that things are overstretched is often going to make them feel worse.

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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I don’t think there’s any point at which anyone here don’t understand that there are reasons for it being like this. That doesn’t make any of it ok, or that it should be seen as inevitable.

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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I think there’s a real danger when working with a very constrained and struggling, but important and well-meaning service, that we jump to defending bad decision-making, justifying it as necessary prioritising. Minority needs are often the first ones to get deprioritised and that’s a problem.

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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Jamie, I think you’re stuck on this triaging point, and that’s not what happened. There were vegan foods available, but the processes to deliver them to Fergus were a mess, and communication with catering really poor. That’s not triage. That’s a systemic problem that needs to be addressed.

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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

(Plus throwing up can be triggered psychologically!)

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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

For those folks, they will say so. It’s important to believe people when they say ‘I can’t eat that’

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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

(Not that it’s just about whether it’s a choice or not, but feel like it’s important that active throwing up isn’t the only barometer!)

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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

And your taste buds rejecting them isn’t a choice!

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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

(Especially as vegan friendly options were right there, seemingly unlabelled - it took the right call from the right person to get them. Glad it worked out in the end, but that’s not ok that it took so long, including when they were most sick, and came down to luck.)

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Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I should also add that given that Fergus is currently in hospital experiencing this, it’s probably not a great time to tell them that them going hungry is a byproduct of ‘harm reduction’.

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