Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts
@elliemackinroberts.net
Mid runner. Historian of Ancient Greek religion. Amateur sewist. Free Palestine. #ActuallyAutistic. 🏳️🌈 🇦🇺in🇬🇧: Immigrant, not expat. Ursine mode of being.
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Ellie's fundraiser for Step Forward (Tower Hamlets)
Help Ellie Mackin Roberts raise money to support Step Forward (Tower Hamlets)
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So I am running the London Lea Valley 50km in March and trying to raise some money for Step Forward - a youth centre in Tower Hamlets, Kiddo attends their LGBTQIA+ group and it's been such a brilliant and supportive space for them, which feels so important when trans youth are under constant attack.
Advertising academic seminars with AI images is fucking rank and I would be offended (and devastated) if I ever found out a seminar I was giving was advertised with an AI generated image.
February 18, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Advertising academic seminars with AI images is fucking rank and I would be offended (and devastated) if I ever found out a seminar I was giving was advertised with an AI generated image.
LNER have just sent me an email inviting me to watch their new TV advert and I cannot stress enough how absolutely stupid companies of all kinds are.
I will never voluntarily watch a TV advert. Ever. Why would you ever think I would want to just watch an ad?
I will never voluntarily watch a TV advert. Ever. Why would you ever think I would want to just watch an ad?
February 18, 2026 at 8:13 PM
LNER have just sent me an email inviting me to watch their new TV advert and I cannot stress enough how absolutely stupid companies of all kinds are.
I will never voluntarily watch a TV advert. Ever. Why would you ever think I would want to just watch an ad?
I will never voluntarily watch a TV advert. Ever. Why would you ever think I would want to just watch an ad?
Little and I have been watching some of the Olympics and she is absolutely not interested in watching any men’s sports. Just sports. By which she means women’s sports.
I am very pro this stance.
I am very pro this stance.
February 18, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Little and I have been watching some of the Olympics and she is absolutely not interested in watching any men’s sports. Just sports. By which she means women’s sports.
I am very pro this stance.
I am very pro this stance.
Reminder that I am fundraising to support queer and gender non-conforming kids in Tower Hamlets - which has the dubious honour of having the most children living in poverty in the UK.
And you can follow the journey here: www.instagram.com/sometimesell...
And you can follow the journey here: www.instagram.com/sometimesell...
So I am running the London Lea Valley 50km in March and trying to raise some money for Step Forward - a youth centre in Tower Hamlets, Kiddo attends their LGBTQIA+ group and it's been such a brilliant and supportive space for them, which feels so important when trans youth are under constant attack.
Ellie's fundraiser for Step Forward (Tower Hamlets)
Help Ellie Mackin Roberts raise money to support Step Forward (Tower Hamlets)
www.justgiving.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Reminder that I am fundraising to support queer and gender non-conforming kids in Tower Hamlets - which has the dubious honour of having the most children living in poverty in the UK.
And you can follow the journey here: www.instagram.com/sometimesell...
And you can follow the journey here: www.instagram.com/sometimesell...
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Next #WCCWiki meet-up online on Tuesday 24 February 2026, 12.00-14.00 GMT. All warmly welcome. Editing session on Zoom.
Join Zoom Meeting us06web.zoom.us/j/85192010168. Email [email protected] for more information.
@womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social
Join Zoom Meeting us06web.zoom.us/j/85192010168. Email [email protected] for more information.
@womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Next #WCCWiki meet-up online on Tuesday 24 February 2026, 12.00-14.00 GMT. All warmly welcome. Editing session on Zoom.
Join Zoom Meeting us06web.zoom.us/j/85192010168. Email [email protected] for more information.
@womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social
Join Zoom Meeting us06web.zoom.us/j/85192010168. Email [email protected] for more information.
@womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social
The really egregious thing is how much Bristol has spent on buildings recently.
Do university administrators think that buildings teach? research? provide student support?
Academics and professional services staff *are* universities and we are being treated like an unwanted extra.
Do university administrators think that buildings teach? research? provide student support?
Academics and professional services staff *are* universities and we are being treated like an unwanted extra.
'If they choose to take up the Voluntary Severance Scheme, open to all academic staff in the School of Humanities and the School of Modern Languages, staff essentially make themselves redundant in return for a good pay-out.'
9 months' pay; 3 weeks to decide. 1/3
9 months' pay; 3 weeks to decide. 1/3
University of Bristol asks Humanities and Languages academic staff to voluntarily quit
Certain departments are being run into a ‘managed decline’, says Bristol UCU's co-President, as a new Voluntary Severance Scheme is announced.
epigram.org.uk
February 18, 2026 at 8:55 AM
The really egregious thing is how much Bristol has spent on buildings recently.
Do university administrators think that buildings teach? research? provide student support?
Academics and professional services staff *are* universities and we are being treated like an unwanted extra.
Do university administrators think that buildings teach? research? provide student support?
Academics and professional services staff *are* universities and we are being treated like an unwanted extra.
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3 weeks to decide, 9 months salary to choose to leave - almost certainly forever - the industry you've dedicated most of your adult life to.
'If they choose to take up the Voluntary Severance Scheme, open to all academic staff in the School of Humanities and the School of Modern Languages, staff essentially make themselves redundant in return for a good pay-out.'
9 months' pay; 3 weeks to decide. 1/3
9 months' pay; 3 weeks to decide. 1/3
University of Bristol asks Humanities and Languages academic staff to voluntarily quit
Certain departments are being run into a ‘managed decline’, says Bristol UCU's co-President, as a new Voluntary Severance Scheme is announced.
epigram.org.uk
February 18, 2026 at 8:31 AM
3 weeks to decide, 9 months salary to choose to leave - almost certainly forever - the industry you've dedicated most of your adult life to.
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With respect, I would like to know what such students would have had universities do instead, under that very specific set of unprecedented circumstances. Something that abided by the law, protected the vulnerable, and also fulfilled their consumer expectations. I’m listening.
This is emblematic of the consumer culture that fees have engendered.
What the hell did the students expect? It was a ONCE IN A CENTURY PANDEMIC. There were LAWS against congregating in public. Staff worked themselves to the bone to get online delivery working.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What the hell did the students expect? It was a ONCE IN A CENTURY PANDEMIC. There were LAWS against congregating in public. Staff worked themselves to the bone to get online delivery working.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Students begin Covid compensation claim against 36 more universities
It comes after University College London settled a claim from students there over lost learning in the pandemic.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 5:46 PM
With respect, I would like to know what such students would have had universities do instead, under that very specific set of unprecedented circumstances. Something that abided by the law, protected the vulnerable, and also fulfilled their consumer expectations. I’m listening.
Have just mapped out the last 32km of my 50km to recce on my long run this week and I am feeling unnecessarily pleased with myself.
February 17, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Have just mapped out the last 32km of my 50km to recce on my long run this week and I am feeling unnecessarily pleased with myself.
The thing I love the most about my sport - trail and ultra running - is that the women’s field is given the same care, attention, love, and appreciation as the men’s. I don’t know of another sport that is so egalitarian.
It genuinely makes me - a back-mid packer - feel included and represented.
It genuinely makes me - a back-mid packer - feel included and represented.
February 17, 2026 at 7:39 AM
The thing I love the most about my sport - trail and ultra running - is that the women’s field is given the same care, attention, love, and appreciation as the men’s. I don’t know of another sport that is so egalitarian.
It genuinely makes me - a back-mid packer - feel included and represented.
It genuinely makes me - a back-mid packer - feel included and represented.
On the Goggins to Roach David Scale, I strive to be More Roach.
February 16, 2026 at 2:11 PM
On the Goggins to Roach David Scale, I strive to be More Roach.
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Lotta “art shouldn’t be political” takes going around (including from faculty at my art program) and I just have to say: wow fuck that
February 16, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Lotta “art shouldn’t be political” takes going around (including from faculty at my art program) and I just have to say: wow fuck that
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Had a chat to @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social about the term “ancient Palestine” and why museums and universities need to stand against the Zionist rewriting of history and the erasure of the Palestinians.
Full article: www.middleeasteye.net/news/british...
Full article: www.middleeasteye.net/news/british...
February 16, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Had a chat to @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social about the term “ancient Palestine” and why museums and universities need to stand against the Zionist rewriting of history and the erasure of the Palestinians.
Full article: www.middleeasteye.net/news/british...
Full article: www.middleeasteye.net/news/british...
Hot tip for young players: if you’re not interested in something JUST SCROLL PAST IT.
February 16, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Hot tip for young players: if you’re not interested in something JUST SCROLL PAST IT.
I have a vivid memory of my sister’s undergrad thesis being lost, but she had just printed a hard copy and we sat around retyping the whole thing and since then I have made backups of backups of backups.
One of my PhD students ONLY had her doctoral dissertation in her laptop’s hard drive. Told her to email me the most recent version. She forgot. Her laptop was fried by the evening. She had to rewrite the entire thing.
Luckily I had some of the source/draft documents, which I sent her.
Luckily I had some of the source/draft documents, which I sent her.
Losing our words is a writer’s worst nightmare. Don’t forget to backup your work.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #5amWritersClub
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #5amWritersClub
February 15, 2026 at 11:34 PM
I have a vivid memory of my sister’s undergrad thesis being lost, but she had just printed a hard copy and we sat around retyping the whole thing and since then I have made backups of backups of backups.
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Also reminder that I am running to provide support for queer and gender non-conforming kids in the UK borough with the highest level of child poverty.
So I am running the London Lea Valley 50km in March and trying to raise some money for Step Forward - a youth centre in Tower Hamlets, Kiddo attends their LGBTQIA+ group and it's been such a brilliant and supportive space for them, which feels so important when trans youth are under constant attack.
Ellie's fundraiser for Step Forward (Tower Hamlets)
Help Ellie Mackin Roberts raise money to support Step Forward (Tower Hamlets)
www.justgiving.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Also reminder that I am running to provide support for queer and gender non-conforming kids in the UK borough with the highest level of child poverty.
Also reminder that I am running to provide support for queer and gender non-conforming kids in the UK borough with the highest level of child poverty.
So I am running the London Lea Valley 50km in March and trying to raise some money for Step Forward - a youth centre in Tower Hamlets, Kiddo attends their LGBTQIA+ group and it's been such a brilliant and supportive space for them, which feels so important when trans youth are under constant attack.
Ellie's fundraiser for Step Forward (Tower Hamlets)
Help Ellie Mackin Roberts raise money to support Step Forward (Tower Hamlets)
www.justgiving.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Also reminder that I am running to provide support for queer and gender non-conforming kids in the UK borough with the highest level of child poverty.
Fun was had.
February 15, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Fun was had.
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February 15, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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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
February 15, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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
Based on this information only I am now barracking for Knee Guy.
Chiseled Jaw Guy, Knee Guy, Old Guy, Midnight guy, and The Path Finder are the first five in. #BM100
February 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Based on this information only I am now barracking for Knee Guy.
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Really need to be offline yall but a reminder that the coffees you’ve clicked “weekly” or “monthly” on translate to support for twenty-one families' survival needs.
I think we all need that hope right now. Join in & support Palestinian life:
I think we all need that hope right now. Join in & support Palestinian life:
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that their...
chuffed.org
February 14, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Really need to be offline yall but a reminder that the coffees you’ve clicked “weekly” or “monthly” on translate to support for twenty-one families' survival needs.
I think we all need that hope right now. Join in & support Palestinian life:
I think we all need that hope right now. Join in & support Palestinian life:
Seeing as the Olympics is on I think it’s necessary to point two things out:
1. No, if you started training now you could not make the next winter Olympics.
2. (If you are a man) no, you could not just beat any female Olympian at their sport.
1. No, if you started training now you could not make the next winter Olympics.
2. (If you are a man) no, you could not just beat any female Olympian at their sport.
February 14, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Seeing as the Olympics is on I think it’s necessary to point two things out:
1. No, if you started training now you could not make the next winter Olympics.
2. (If you are a man) no, you could not just beat any female Olympian at their sport.
1. No, if you started training now you could not make the next winter Olympics.
2. (If you are a man) no, you could not just beat any female Olympian at their sport.
I wish people would stop including untranslated Greek and Latin in their work.
Aside from anything else it means I can't assign your work to students. I also don't want to have to translate everything I read, because I am usually not as invested in your topic as you are.
Aside from anything else it means I can't assign your work to students. I also don't want to have to translate everything I read, because I am usually not as invested in your topic as you are.
February 14, 2026 at 12:44 PM
I wish people would stop including untranslated Greek and Latin in their work.
Aside from anything else it means I can't assign your work to students. I also don't want to have to translate everything I read, because I am usually not as invested in your topic as you are.
Aside from anything else it means I can't assign your work to students. I also don't want to have to translate everything I read, because I am usually not as invested in your topic as you are.