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Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
Therapist, supervisor, trainer & consultant. Autistic, trans, mixed race. Woodland creature. They/them https://linktr.ee/scrappapertiger
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.
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
Sonny Hallett@scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 2w agoIt’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
Patience is not passivity. It is the active decision to let the world finish its sentence before you reply.
I have watched wasps, pigeons, earthworms, and orchids long enough to know that no creature is ordinary. Every one has a story I will never finish reading.
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
@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
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.
Fergus Murray@oolong.co.uk · last mo.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...
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...
Needs vs. Wants in Diets and Disability
A useful distinction, but a dangerous dichotomy
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Fergus Murray@oolong.co.uk · 2mo agoGenerally 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?
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.
When therapists distrust clients
Some brief thoughts on trust in therapy
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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?
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.
Fergus Murray@oolong.co.uk · 2mo ago"Taken as a whole, this is the most profound rollback of the rights of a minority in my lifetime." A useful primer on how trans people's human rights have been wrecked in the UK, and what it tells us about the country's politics more broadly. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-end-of-t...
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!
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.
"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
Darach Ó Séaghdha@darach.bsky.social · 3mo agoIn 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.
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
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
Kifl chasing hooman
Kifl is a happy dog.
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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/...
Botanics, Spring 2026
Photos of plant life in Edinburgh's Spring
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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
Amazing news! Our Animations Lightbulb Moments: Being Autistic was just selected by NeuroVisions Film Festival via FilmFreeway.com ! youtu.be/3O6hy-usIug?...
Lightbulb Moments: Being Autistic
YouTube video by Thriving Autistic
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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
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)
‘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
Thriving Autistic@thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 8mo agoSharing 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...
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.
Weird Pride@weirdpride.day · 5mo ago'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...
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.
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 · 5mo agoSeveral of the recommended books are by authors taking part in one of three discussions for this year's Weird Pride Day: @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social, @robinince.bsky.social, @katefoxwriter75.bsky.social, @jlimburg.bsky.social and @neurohubcommunity.org. Details here: weirdpride.day/2026-content
'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...
Writing Weirdness
YouTube video by AMASE (Autistic Mutual Aid Society Edinburgh)
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Weird Pride@weirdpride.day · 5mo ago@robinince.bsky.social and @katefoxwriter75.bsky.social will be joining us again, this time with fellow non-fiction poets @jlimburg.bsky.social and @scrappapertiger.bsky.social (all of whom are many other things besides poets).
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.
