Moti Black 🏴
@motiblackart.bsky.social
Autistic (Late/Self Realised)
Writer and artist living in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland
Community library volunteer
Trans Rights Matter
Black Lives Matter
Author of The Casa Martyrs https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CG2PQCP9
https://linktr.ee/motiblackart
Writer and artist living in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland
Community library volunteer
Trans Rights Matter
Black Lives Matter
Author of The Casa Martyrs https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CG2PQCP9
https://linktr.ee/motiblackart
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Autistic people aren’t “bad at following instructions”
Many autistic people are actually excellent at following instructions
The problem?
👉 The instructions are unclear, vague or inconsistent
What’s important is:
- clear steps
- clear expectations
- clear outcomes
- clear deadlines
#inclusion
Many autistic people are actually excellent at following instructions
The problem?
👉 The instructions are unclear, vague or inconsistent
What’s important is:
- clear steps
- clear expectations
- clear outcomes
- clear deadlines
#inclusion
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Autistic people aren’t “bad at following instructions”
Many autistic people are actually excellent at following instructions
The problem?
👉 The instructions are unclear, vague or inconsistent
What’s important is:
- clear steps
- clear expectations
- clear outcomes
- clear deadlines
#inclusion
Many autistic people are actually excellent at following instructions
The problem?
👉 The instructions are unclear, vague or inconsistent
What’s important is:
- clear steps
- clear expectations
- clear outcomes
- clear deadlines
#inclusion
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fuck your family members who don't respect your pronouns. they don't deserve you
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
fuck your family members who don't respect your pronouns. they don't deserve you
Confession: Up until I was about 18, I thought 'indie' meant inspired by India.
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Confession: Up until I was about 18, I thought 'indie' meant inspired by India.
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Seems to me the problem is calling anything involving computers and the internet these days 'AI'.
the genAI bubble relies on you conflating the genuinely tremendous potential of using machine learning for e.g. image recognition in radiotherapy, protein folding, simulations in power systems etc with the child abuse image generators and schizophrenic delusions generators
People on BlueSky: AI is useless! A stochastic parrot!
Mathematicians/biologists/physicists: It is already helping us do frontier technical research and in some cases solve open problems arxiv.org/pdf/2511.16072
(There are of course, as always, many caveats, but the paper is genuinely remarkable)
Mathematicians/biologists/physicists: It is already helping us do frontier technical research and in some cases solve open problems arxiv.org/pdf/2511.16072
(There are of course, as always, many caveats, but the paper is genuinely remarkable)
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Seems to me the problem is calling anything involving computers and the internet these days 'AI'.
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Don't forget the poetry group is meeting up in the library at 6.30 tonight! It's £3 and bring your own mug.
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Don't forget the poetry group is meeting up in the library at 6.30 tonight! It's £3 and bring your own mug.
2 nights ago I crawled into bed perfectly fine. Then got a weird sickness/temperature thing and I'm only just resurfacing 30+ hours later. Can at least eat now, but I am aching all over and still tired.
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
2 nights ago I crawled into bed perfectly fine. Then got a weird sickness/temperature thing and I'm only just resurfacing 30+ hours later. Can at least eat now, but I am aching all over and still tired.
Sometime duo stretches my brain, and other times…
November 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Sometime duo stretches my brain, and other times…
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You can be in a room full of people and still feel lonely
And when you’re autistic, that feeling can be even louder
But everything changes the moment you find your people - the ones who get you, celebrate you, and make the world feel a little less overwhelming ❤️
And when you’re autistic, that feeling can be even louder
But everything changes the moment you find your people - the ones who get you, celebrate you, and make the world feel a little less overwhelming ❤️
November 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
You can be in a room full of people and still feel lonely
And when you’re autistic, that feeling can be even louder
But everything changes the moment you find your people - the ones who get you, celebrate you, and make the world feel a little less overwhelming ❤️
And when you’re autistic, that feeling can be even louder
But everything changes the moment you find your people - the ones who get you, celebrate you, and make the world feel a little less overwhelming ❤️
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Some days I want to live in a hole in the woods and be a reclusive forest-witch.
Other days I want to take a bus to the city and dismantle capitalism one brick at a time.
This is why “what shall we do today” is a difficult question.
Other days I want to take a bus to the city and dismantle capitalism one brick at a time.
This is why “what shall we do today” is a difficult question.
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Some days I want to live in a hole in the woods and be a reclusive forest-witch.
Other days I want to take a bus to the city and dismantle capitalism one brick at a time.
This is why “what shall we do today” is a difficult question.
Other days I want to take a bus to the city and dismantle capitalism one brick at a time.
This is why “what shall we do today” is a difficult question.
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New pinned until release day:
Pre-order Jingle Jingle Kill to Kindle here
books2read.com/u/mqWaG8
Out December 9th
Add it on Goodreads here
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
Add it to Storygraph here
app.thestorygraph.com/books/f34c10...
Yay! 🎅🎄🎁🔪🔪🔪
Pre-order Jingle Jingle Kill to Kindle here
books2read.com/u/mqWaG8
Out December 9th
Add it on Goodreads here
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
Add it to Storygraph here
app.thestorygraph.com/books/f34c10...
Yay! 🎅🎄🎁🔪🔪🔪
November 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
New pinned until release day:
Pre-order Jingle Jingle Kill to Kindle here
books2read.com/u/mqWaG8
Out December 9th
Add it on Goodreads here
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
Add it to Storygraph here
app.thestorygraph.com/books/f34c10...
Yay! 🎅🎄🎁🔪🔪🔪
Pre-order Jingle Jingle Kill to Kindle here
books2read.com/u/mqWaG8
Out December 9th
Add it on Goodreads here
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
Add it to Storygraph here
app.thestorygraph.com/books/f34c10...
Yay! 🎅🎄🎁🔪🔪🔪
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Others have said it before, but if 'AI' was any good, they'd be charging us for it and we'd be happy to pay. Shoehorning it into every single aspect of people's lives just reeks of desperation.
November 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Others have said it before, but if 'AI' was any good, they'd be charging us for it and we'd be happy to pay. Shoehorning it into every single aspect of people's lives just reeks of desperation.
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It’s wild that in this day and age, some companies still say the only way to reach them is… the phone
For autistic people, that’s not a small ask
A “simple” phone call can mean anxiety spikes, rehearsing sentences, overwhelming dread, adrenaline crashes, and many hours’ worth of energy gone 😢
For autistic people, that’s not a small ask
A “simple” phone call can mean anxiety spikes, rehearsing sentences, overwhelming dread, adrenaline crashes, and many hours’ worth of energy gone 😢
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
It’s wild that in this day and age, some companies still say the only way to reach them is… the phone
For autistic people, that’s not a small ask
A “simple” phone call can mean anxiety spikes, rehearsing sentences, overwhelming dread, adrenaline crashes, and many hours’ worth of energy gone 😢
For autistic people, that’s not a small ask
A “simple” phone call can mean anxiety spikes, rehearsing sentences, overwhelming dread, adrenaline crashes, and many hours’ worth of energy gone 😢
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For me, my neurodivergence makes me a better cat mum 🐈⬛♾️
November 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
For me, my neurodivergence makes me a better cat mum 🐈⬛♾️
I've been going through my old poetry folder on my computer and there's some hilarious half finished stuff. This one especially caught me (Unfinished/unvarnished):
November 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I've been going through my old poetry folder on my computer and there's some hilarious half finished stuff. This one especially caught me (Unfinished/unvarnished):
In all my complete busy-ness and drama today, I forgot that someone bought some cards from my RedBubble shop - thank you whoever! These small acts make a huge difference to us small indie creators. 🥰🫂
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
In all my complete busy-ness and drama today, I forgot that someone bought some cards from my RedBubble shop - thank you whoever! These small acts make a huge difference to us small indie creators. 🥰🫂
Autistic me has found the email proving that the breakdown in communication was not my fault, but I didn't forward it to prove my innocence, as I have learned that people don't like that. I'm getting good at this speaking NT. 😁 (Better at the languages I'm learning with Duo, but still, progress.)
November 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Autistic me has found the email proving that the breakdown in communication was not my fault, but I didn't forward it to prove my innocence, as I have learned that people don't like that. I'm getting good at this speaking NT. 😁 (Better at the languages I'm learning with Duo, but still, progress.)
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💙📚🌈 #mmromance #scifi #queerbooks #swanawriters #menawriters
My book Specimen is eligible for nominations in the Indie Ink Awards 🎉
Here is the link if you feel so inclined
indiestorygeek.com/nominate/7/9...
My book Specimen is eligible for nominations in the Indie Ink Awards 🎉
Here is the link if you feel so inclined
indiestorygeek.com/nominate/7/9...
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I know it means nothing, but why does the cats' 'annual booster and check up' have to be rebranded as a 'Wellness Screen'?
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I know it means nothing, but why does the cats' 'annual booster and check up' have to be rebranded as a 'Wellness Screen'?
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There is a tension I see within the autistic community between the following two ideas.
1. Wanting neurotypicals to stop pathologizing autistic differences.
2. Wanting support and accommodations because autism is disabling.
A thread
1. Wanting neurotypicals to stop pathologizing autistic differences.
2. Wanting support and accommodations because autism is disabling.
A thread
November 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
There is a tension I see within the autistic community between the following two ideas.
1. Wanting neurotypicals to stop pathologizing autistic differences.
2. Wanting support and accommodations because autism is disabling.
A thread
1. Wanting neurotypicals to stop pathologizing autistic differences.
2. Wanting support and accommodations because autism is disabling.
A thread
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“Stop making autism your whole identity!”
Sorry, I’ll try not to let this condition that impacts everything about me influence my sense of self 🙄 /s #Autistic
Sorry, I’ll try not to let this condition that impacts everything about me influence my sense of self 🙄 /s #Autistic
November 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
“Stop making autism your whole identity!”
Sorry, I’ll try not to let this condition that impacts everything about me influence my sense of self 🙄 /s #Autistic
Sorry, I’ll try not to let this condition that impacts everything about me influence my sense of self 🙄 /s #Autistic
Up and presentable for the torture that is a 7am-7pm delivery schedule. Expecting it to be a looooong day.
November 17, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Up and presentable for the torture that is a 7am-7pm delivery schedule. Expecting it to be a looooong day.
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*Wednesday, 19th November 2025*
The library is open 2pm-5pm on Wednesdays. Then at 6.30, the new poetry group meet at the library. Why not join in!
The library is open 2pm-5pm on Wednesdays. Then at 6.30, the new poetry group meet at the library. Why not join in!
November 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM
*Wednesday, 19th November 2025*
The library is open 2pm-5pm on Wednesdays. Then at 6.30, the new poetry group meet at the library. Why not join in!
The library is open 2pm-5pm on Wednesdays. Then at 6.30, the new poetry group meet at the library. Why not join in!
I guess it comes down to that age old adage: If an Autistic person is treated so badly it leaves them traumatised and there's no one around to care, does it matter?
(Yes, it does.)
(Yes, it does.)
November 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I guess it comes down to that age old adage: If an Autistic person is treated so badly it leaves them traumatised and there's no one around to care, does it matter?
(Yes, it does.)
(Yes, it does.)
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Dear #blueskyartshow
I’d love for you to visit my friend here and see their beautiful #bright artwork
I’d love for you to visit my friend here and see their beautiful #bright artwork
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Dear #blueskyartshow
I’d love for you to visit my friend here and see their beautiful #bright artwork
I’d love for you to visit my friend here and see their beautiful #bright artwork
Poetry club homework was to write a haiku about Autumn. (Yes, I cheated a bit):
Leave the leaves.
Leaf litter loit'ring:
A soggy, fiery carpet
Left to decompose.
Leave the leaves.
Leaf litter loit'ring:
A soggy, fiery carpet
Left to decompose.
November 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Poetry club homework was to write a haiku about Autumn. (Yes, I cheated a bit):
Leave the leaves.
Leaf litter loit'ring:
A soggy, fiery carpet
Left to decompose.
Leave the leaves.
Leaf litter loit'ring:
A soggy, fiery carpet
Left to decompose.