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Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts
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Mid runner. Historian of Ancient Greek religion. Amateur sewist. Free Palestine. #ActuallyAutistic. 🏳️‍🌈 🇦🇺in🇬🇧: Immigrant, not expat. Ursine mode of being.
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I miss you, I miss you, I miss you
Photo of a tabby cat with white nose and cravat on a grey couch
January 9, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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Threads screenshot reads scarlettlongstreet "The officer feared for his life." Is so funny to me, because as a woman, if I shot a man in the face every time I've felt afraid, the streets would be lined with bodies.
January 9, 2026 at 8:42 PM
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Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.
Photo of a beetroot tarte tartin on a large circular wooden board
December 31, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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My origin story is - weirdly perhaps for those who know me now:
Book cover for Cy Twombly: A retrospective
December 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Merry Christmas!
White woman with glasses wearing a rose-gold sequinned top with black sleeves taking a selfie standing on a staircase
December 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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2026 goals and resolutions:
1. Be The Audacity
2. Dress for the job I want (see #1)
3. All this ⬇️ and probably more
Screenshot of Garmin connect events page reading: Victoria Park Hald Magna Carta Winter Lea Valley 50km Shakespeare Marathon & Half Mar... Hackney Moves Run Sandringham 24 Brecon Beacons 51km Oysho Cardiff Half Marathon Battersea Park Marathon Delamere Forest Marathon Along with information about date and distance for each race
December 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Photo of a chameleon wearing a ladybird as a hat
December 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Also look at this fire outfit I wore yesterday:
White woman standing in a living room wearing a white singlet bodysuit, colorful heart-patterned mini skirt, pink tights, and white shoes with a black harness. She has colourful tattoos on her chest and arms. Behind them are bookshelves and a piano, and an acoustic guitar, and a bass guitar mounted on the wall.”
December 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Ancient Greek Art Advent Day 8!
#ClassicsBluesky

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Marble throne Marble throne showing relief carving of Theseus slaying an Amazon Marble throne showing relief carving of the tyrannicides
December 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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I have made it to this part of the day!
Photo of Word showing text of an article. In yellow highlight is the words Horse blocks from Parth below which is a subheading reading The Zoetrope as Analytical Framework: Productive Comparisons and Necessary Distinctions
December 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Day 7 of the Ancient Greek Art Advent sees the one of the heaviest bronze vessel that survives from Ancient Greece! #ClassicsBluesky

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Bronze krater showing Dionysos and Ariadne reclining
December 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Screenshot from Timehop showing “4 years ago” across the top banner. The screenshot reads In today's episode of "what will the auto transcription software make of my accent" the Peloponnesian War is now the Pelican Asian War. Which begs the question: were they fighting over the pelicans, or were the pelicans fighting?
December 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Day 6 of the Greek Art Advent! A fan favourite. #ClassicsBluesky

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White marble statue of a nude youth.
December 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Day 5 of the Greek Art Advent! #ClassicsBluesky

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White ground lekythos shows a siren standing on a grave marker playing a lyre to a bearded man.
December 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Day 4 of the Greek Art Advent! #ClassicsBluesky

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Black figure krater showing scenes of Greek mythology.
December 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Just FYI because I’m not keen on being QTd with replies disabled, but also not going to remove my post because I’m not in the wrong here and I did EXPLICITLY mention ADHD @msjayteer.bsky.social.
Screenshot of gov.uk website reads Press release Review launched into mental health, autism and ADHD services Government launches new independent review to look at rising demand for mental health, ADHD, and autism services and what is driving it.
December 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Day 3! #ClassicsBluesky

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Geometric amphora showing a funeral scene with chariot procession.
December 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Ancient Greek Art Advent Day 2!

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#ClassicsBluesky
Stone rhyton with a scene of harvesters returning from the fields. From Agia Triada. Herakleion Archeological Museum Stone rhyton with a scene of harvesters returning from the fields. From Agia Triada. Herakleion Archeological Museum
December 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Ancient Greek Art Advent: Day 1!

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Beaten gold Mycenaean death mask showing the idealised face - with a thin nose, closed eyes, and slightly pursed lips.
December 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Please enjoy this chart Little made to count the number of girls and boys in her life - but because her sibling is ‘not a girl or a boy’ she include a ‘they’ category.
White sheet or paper split into two categories ‘girls’ (spelled grils) and ‘boys’ (spelled doys) with a circle between them labelled ‘they’
November 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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There’s a @effinbirds.com for that (I know, I have the t-shirt!)
Framed print with cursive text reading “Go to the fucking Library” alongside an illustration of a bird perched on a branch with cotton bolls.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
November 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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So I’m having a hysterectomy on Tuesday (after a lifetime of severe endometriosis and PMDD!). But my question here is if you were a nurse on a gynaecology surgical team and a patient came in wearing something made out of this material would you love it?
Creme coloured fabric with a pattern of brightly coloured stylised vulvas over it.
November 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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For me, you do you if you love that, but my brain needs dopamine dressing… eg, today:
A white woman stands in a bright office space wearing a pink and red geometric patterned dress with a navy cardigan, black belt, rose-colored tights, and light purple sneakers. In the foreground, a denim jacket decorated with pink and red embroidered hearts is draped over furniture.
October 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Woman runner with tattoos and round sunglasses running outdoors in a pink patterned hydration vest and a green floral patterned skirt. She wears a race bib reading “Ellie” and is smiling while running on a tree-lined path with autumn foliage in the background.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
October 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Stop scrolling, loser. Post two characters who bring you happiness.
Left part of a plaque decorated in the black-figure technique. It was found in 1957 at the Sanctuary of the Nymphe in fragments and was reassembled. It probably depicts a ceremonial procession. On the right a man dressed in chiton and himation turns his head towards two women who are following him. The women wear long, richly decorated, belted peplos. The first one is holding a wreath and a round object, most likely a fruit, while the second one a lotus flower and a branch. The scene is framed by a thin line and on the upper left corner, one of the two holes used for its suspension on a wall, tree or somewhere else survives.
October 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM