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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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.
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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...
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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.
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Come for the Barkleys and @keithdunn.bsky.social’s brilliant commentary.
Stay for The Green Runners, whose co-founders include Jasmin Paris & Damian Hall @ultradamo.bsky.social
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Stay for The Green Runners, whose co-founders include Jasmin Paris & Damian Hall @ultradamo.bsky.social
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Running, without the footprint - The Green Runners CIC
We are The Green Runners - a community making changes for a fitter planet. Help us win the race against the climate emergency.
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February 14, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Come for the Barkleys and @keithdunn.bsky.social’s brilliant commentary.
Stay for The Green Runners, whose co-founders include Jasmin Paris & Damian Hall @ultradamo.bsky.social
thegreenrunners.com
Stay for The Green Runners, whose co-founders include Jasmin Paris & Damian Hall @ultradamo.bsky.social
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Barre core is no joke. Ballerinas are beasts.
February 13, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Barre core is no joke. Ballerinas are beasts.
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A court has ruled that the government's authoritarian ban on Palestine Action was unlawful.
Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.
Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.
February 13, 2026 at 10:22 AM
A court has ruled that the government's authoritarian ban on Palestine Action was unlawful.
Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.
Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.
There are so many places to propose.
When your girlfriend has JUST WON AN OLYMPIC MEDAL IS NOT THAT TIME.
It’s not about you, idiot. It’s HER TIME.
When your girlfriend has JUST WON AN OLYMPIC MEDAL IS NOT THAT TIME.
It’s not about you, idiot. It’s HER TIME.
February 12, 2026 at 9:45 PM
There are so many places to propose.
When your girlfriend has JUST WON AN OLYMPIC MEDAL IS NOT THAT TIME.
It’s not about you, idiot. It’s HER TIME.
When your girlfriend has JUST WON AN OLYMPIC MEDAL IS NOT THAT TIME.
It’s not about you, idiot. It’s HER TIME.
In other news, this is the glorious time every four years where we all become curling experts and I LOVE IT.
February 12, 2026 at 9:31 PM
In other news, this is the glorious time every four years where we all become curling experts and I LOVE IT.
Hey you all know that you can get the education discount on Strava with your .ac.uk (or equivalent) staff email, right?
February 12, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Hey you all know that you can get the education discount on Strava with your .ac.uk (or equivalent) staff email, right?
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Do I know anyone in London or surrounds who is an EA Leader in Running Fitness or Coach in Running Fitness who could witness my LiRF practical videoing?
February 12, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Do I know anyone in London or surrounds who is an EA Leader in Running Fitness or Coach in Running Fitness who could witness my LiRF practical videoing?
Do I know anyone in London or surrounds who is an EA Leader in Running Fitness or Coach in Running Fitness who could witness my LiRF practical videoing?
February 12, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Do I know anyone in London or surrounds who is an EA Leader in Running Fitness or Coach in Running Fitness who could witness my LiRF practical videoing?
Is wanting to get a dog a sign of mid-life crisis, if you’ve always just been a cat person?
Asking for a friend.
The friend is me.
(We aren’t very close).
Asking for a friend.
The friend is me.
(We aren’t very close).
February 12, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Is wanting to get a dog a sign of mid-life crisis, if you’ve always just been a cat person?
Asking for a friend.
The friend is me.
(We aren’t very close).
Asking for a friend.
The friend is me.
(We aren’t very close).
I can't overstate how much I absolutely hate the terms 'primary source' and 'secondary source' in ancient history. We have ancient sources, we have commentaries, we have scholarship.
What does 'primary' mean when using Pausanias to talk bout 5th century Athenian architecture?!?
What does 'primary' mean when using Pausanias to talk bout 5th century Athenian architecture?!?
February 12, 2026 at 1:17 PM
I can't overstate how much I absolutely hate the terms 'primary source' and 'secondary source' in ancient history. We have ancient sources, we have commentaries, we have scholarship.
What does 'primary' mean when using Pausanias to talk bout 5th century Athenian architecture?!?
What does 'primary' mean when using Pausanias to talk bout 5th century Athenian architecture?!?
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Due to a terrible misreading of a hashtag, we prepared something to post tomorrow, then realised it was wrong. So today, let's celebrate #GalenTines Day. Here's what Galen of Pergamon (c129BCE-216BCE) had to say about the gynaecological anatomy which influenced physicians for over a millennium...
February 12, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Due to a terrible misreading of a hashtag, we prepared something to post tomorrow, then realised it was wrong. So today, let's celebrate #GalenTines Day. Here's what Galen of Pergamon (c129BCE-216BCE) had to say about the gynaecological anatomy which influenced physicians for over a millennium...
It's not all doom and gloom though, Kiddo (now aged FOURTEEN!) just progressed to the semi-final of a poetry recitation competition, their English teacher was highly complimentary of both their poem choice and their performance. And the poem they read was 'The Goose and the Common' (Anonymous).
February 12, 2026 at 11:41 AM
It's not all doom and gloom though, Kiddo (now aged FOURTEEN!) just progressed to the semi-final of a poetry recitation competition, their English teacher was highly complimentary of both their poem choice and their performance. And the poem they read was 'The Goose and the Common' (Anonymous).
Sometimes I think about how much time I have spent writing job applications and grant proposals and the amount of actual research I could have done in that time instead, for what has really amounted to the same outcome.
February 12, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Sometimes I think about how much time I have spent writing job applications and grant proposals and the amount of actual research I could have done in that time instead, for what has really amounted to the same outcome.
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The distinction being made between "migrant" and "taxpayer" is unsurprising, but extremely revealing.
If the PM reckons Jim Ratcliffe should apologise for spreading this exact same lie, should the Home Office apologise too, or? 🤨
February 12, 2026 at 9:31 AM
The distinction being made between "migrant" and "taxpayer" is unsurprising, but extremely revealing.
HI I AM A MIGRANT AND A TAXPAYER. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE. SHOCK.
If the PM reckons Jim Ratcliffe should apologise for spreading this exact same lie, should the Home Office apologise too, or? 🤨
February 12, 2026 at 9:47 AM
HI I AM A MIGRANT AND A TAXPAYER. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE. SHOCK.
The absolute worst length of train delay is 20-25 minutes.
Too long to make up the time, too short for delay repay.
Too long to make up the time, too short for delay repay.
February 12, 2026 at 9:46 AM
The absolute worst length of train delay is 20-25 minutes.
Too long to make up the time, too short for delay repay.
Too long to make up the time, too short for delay repay.
Nothing will humble you faster than telling your mum your goal is to run a 100-miler and for her to say ‘oh that’ll take you what, 8 hours?’
a woman with gray hair is sitting in front of a sign that says por 10 on it
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February 12, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Nothing will humble you faster than telling your mum your goal is to run a 100-miler and for her to say ‘oh that’ll take you what, 8 hours?’
Oh. Oh no.
First our mom and now the boy next door.
First our mom and now the boy next door.
BREAKING: James Van Der Beek, who starred in 'Dawson's Creek' and 'Varsity Blues,' dies at 48, his wife says.
James Van Der Beek, 'Dawson's Creek' and 'Varsity Blues' star, dies at 48
The actor was diagnosed with Stage 3 colorectal cancer in November 2024.
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February 11, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Oh. Oh no.
First our mom and now the boy next door.
First our mom and now the boy next door.
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Pay Palestinian Writers!
In the spirit of making my needs known, I’m heading for over draft again. All of my funds will go to paying rent, leaving me with nothing to pay bills or buy groceries in January, which is my birth month (yay).
Any help would be much appreciated. ko-fi.com/soniasulaima...
Any help would be much appreciated. ko-fi.com/soniasulaima...
Buy SoniaSulaiman a Coffee
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February 11, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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Me, when I see chickpea recipes that just tip the aquafaba down the sink:
a blue cartoon character is crying with tears falling out of his eyes
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February 11, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Me, when I see chickpea recipes that just tip the aquafaba down the sink: