Damian Hall came in off loop 3, but without collecting all his pages and is the last to face the bugler. Fog, cold, and the wet weather were factors. #BM100

The 2026 Barkley Marathons is over. There are no finishers. #BM100

laz: How’s it going Damian? Damian Hall: Probably exactly how you want it to be going. #BM100

One of the runners still on loop 1 has a 100 mile PR of just over 15 hours. We are 27 hours into the #BM100.

Speed is not the solution to navigation problems - laz #BM100

In addition to the rain, fog is rolling in. Now the Barkley is just playing with the runners. #BM100

A French runner has been tapped out. Nine runners remain on loop 2. #BM100

The 2026 Barkley Marathons began with one of the strongest fields ever. The starting field came from 15 Counties as well as 15 States, and included ten women. The course seemed not to care. Over 70% of the field is done. #BM100

I never really got into BSky, and I think it’s good for my brain to not be attached to yet more social media. But it’s the Barkley Marathons, so I’ve opened the app for the 1st time in ages. Sorry to those who follow me for autism content, it’ll be a lot of reposting running stuff for a few days.

Information is slow coming back but we know a group of ten has come through the tower. #BM100

The conch was blown at 5:00am. The 2026 Barkley Marathons begins in one hour. #BM100

These very low-tech watches, issued by the race, are the only watches the runners are allowed to wear. #BM100

After a brief memorial, laz lit the cigarette at 6:00am. The 2026 Barkley Marathons has begun. #BM100

Has anyone in the UK done the age assurance thing on here? What will I be missing if I don’t? I dislike the idea of having to give ID to a third party to verify my age because of yet another ill-informed new policy.

I have been terrible at keeping up with Bluesky. I’ve noticed I have a lot of new follows. I’ll get to following back over the next few days.

📢 New research: how Autism charities talk about Autistic people. TLDR: they say we're a problem. Summary in The Conversation: theconversation.com/autism-chari... Full text: https://doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0335132 @helenabnett.bsky.social @kat-williams.bsky.social @willowholloway.bsky.social

After a long hiatus, I have logged back into bsky and hopefully followed everyone who followed me during that time. What have I missed?

After last year’s big finishes it’s not surprising. Congratulations to the race 😂

30 minutes left for the Fun Run and we have yet to see a runner’s light. #BM100

We are 36 hours into the race, meaning the three runners still on Loop 3 cannot continue to Loop 4. However, if they complete Loop 3 within 40 hours they will be credited with a Fun Run. That’s where the real race is now. #BM100

13 #bm100 hours can age you like 31 years.

Four drops so far and we know more are coming. The thing is, they are coming back to camp from all directions and in some cases cannot describe where they were. This is old school Barkley. #BM100

The next runner to finish Loop 1 came in at 11:59:02. laz: Are you ok? Runner: I’m Barkley ok. #BM100

At the heart of every attack on disability benefits is the myth disabled people “get perks”: a free car, loads of cash, a life off work. It misrepresents the reality of disability, whilst exploiting low wages and high living costs to make the public envy people in daily pain.

Drastic cuts to PIP will affect as many as 1 million disabled and ill people, pushing them into severe hardship, worsening physical and mental health, and isolation. There is no credible argument for pulling help from people shouldering the high costs of disability. Cruelty dressed up as reform.

Having a moment over what must be the most watched Barkley clip of all time. What strikes me, beyond the outstanding courage & elite performance from Jasmin, is the wonderful support & joy we see from Konrad, who urges her to the end & then retreats for her to have her moment 🌟 #BM100 #Teamwork

Seeing this on Bluesky has made me so happy. The only thing I was going to miss from over there.

Someone has quit by now. We don’t know who, we don’t know where, we don’t know why. But for sure someone has quit. We’ll find out who/when/why when they get back to camp. #BM100

Been away from here for a little while as I dove headfirst into data familiarisation. I'm now doing my first round of coding and I'm excited, find the data incredibly interesting, but also it's scary. I seem to find first rounds the hardest, but that's okay. Right? #PhDLife #AutRes

It’s Charles Darwin’s birthday today. People will be saying a lot of good things about his science, and I agree he was pioneering in our understanding of evolution. 1/5

Started familiarisation today. What strikes me so far is just how much autistic patient participants thought about what other patients might need to successfully access healthcare. I was asking about their needs, but the needs of others were at the forefront of their answers. Empathy in spades. 🥹

I’ve finished transcribing the interviews! I can’t wait for Monday to start getting deeply acquainted with the data and the stories participants so generously shared. #PhD #AutRes

It’s been a long time coming, but I finally deactivated my Twitter account. I was initially going to wait until my PhD was done as I had people following that, so I hope most of them found me over here. Now to find time to actually post updates about said PhD…

There’s hope for this emetophobe!

This looks like a great conference! Call for abstracts is out, deadline is 28th February. medhumsplatform.org/call-for-abs... #Neurodiversity #NeurodiversityResearch #AutRes

I joke that I’m already pretty old for an AuDHDer (I turn 40 this year). I suspect healthcare access (lack of) is a great contributor. My PhD focuses on autistic adults but a similar study for ADHDers would be helpful, I think.

When do you know it’s time to call it a day while transcribing? When you start typing your own name as “Jat” far more often than getting it correct. #PhD #AutRes

●PARENT BLAME/FII CONFERENCE● (It’s my second post about this… but I only found this picture after my first post!)

"Neurodivergent conditions" gives me the ick. It's creeping into everything, incl. policy. It's like NTs needed a shorthand to make their lives easier while appearing to be neuroaffirming, so they co-opted neurodivergent without any understanding of either the neurodiversity movement or paradigm.

I've been a bit silent on here over the winter break, and now I'm coming with a problem (sorry!). I am trying to transcribe one of my interviews that I knew would be hard because the audio quality at the time was dreadful. It's almost completely inaudible. #PhDStudent #Research #AutRes 1/

I have run over 2000km this year which is the most number of kms I’ve ever done in a year. I’ve also done 24,509m elevation gain with that. But what’s more, I’m an ADHDer with a hobby that has stuck! Like, properly stuck! The views definitely help. #WomenWhoRun #TrailRunning #SheRunsCardiff

Wow. To see it in this way is something. Will definitely be using this site in my sociology classes next semester.

Day 24: I am looking forward to getting stuck into data analysis in the new year. #ResearchAdvent

Day 23: in six months I will be fully in writing my thesis mode. I want to try and get it submitted before the end of my funded period, which is in a year. If anyone has ND appropriate tips I’d be glad to hear them. #ResearchAdvent

politely if you think people “have neurodiversity” then you probably shouldn’t be writing or editing articles about it

Day 22: the perfect gift for a researcher is time and a reduction of cognitive load elsewhere. Maybe my answer is more for neurodivergent researchers, but honestly someone to do my life admin would be the best gift of all. #ResearchAdvent

Day 21: My theoretical framework(s): these are some of the ones I frequently return to because of what I research: epistemic injustice, the double empathy problem, neurodiversity paradigm. I may need to learn more about relevance theory for my PhD but I’m not a linguist 😬. #ResearchAdvent

Day 20: I’d like to meet more neurodivergent neurodiversity researchers (including specific neurodivergences such as ADHD) based in South Wales. So if you are one or know of one, please let me know. #ResearchAdvent

Day 19: Approach to analysis. Critical reflexive thematic analysis that follows Braun and Clarke’s six steps while paying attention to discourses and constructions of power (as used by Terry and Braun). I’m looking forward to this stage of my PhD which starts next month. #ResearchAdvent