Dr Eleanor Roberts
@elbelbumble.bsky.social
Neuroscientist, writer, singer, artist, thinker, doer, laugher, unabashed lefty feminist, ME/CFS absolute warrior, disability campaigner. All from a small flat in noisy South London while dreaming of that West Cork coast bungalow.
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
Thanks for highlighting this, as a Trustee of, and Science Committee member for, ME Research UK, it's super thrilling when we get to be involved in highlighting great studies looking into ME 💙
MERUK sponsored a medical research virtual 'poster' competition at the IACFS/ME conference. Winners were Jolien Hendrix (epigenetic changes & autonomic dysfunction) and Anne Gardella (circulating cell-free RNA signatures).
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tinyurl.com/nhc9y36u
December 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Thanks for highlighting this, as a Trustee of, and Science Committee member for, ME Research UK, it's super thrilling when we get to be involved in highlighting great studies looking into ME 💙
Lady in disabled loo queue as I arrive in my wheelchair: "I'm not using it, my mate with MS is in there"
"I don't judge, everyone has their reason"
"Do you mind me asking? What's wrong with you"
"Yes, I do mind"
"...um..."
What the fuck makes folk think it's okay to ask my private medical info?!!
"I don't judge, everyone has their reason"
"Do you mind me asking? What's wrong with you"
"Yes, I do mind"
"...um..."
What the fuck makes folk think it's okay to ask my private medical info?!!
December 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Lady in disabled loo queue as I arrive in my wheelchair: "I'm not using it, my mate with MS is in there"
"I don't judge, everyone has their reason"
"Do you mind me asking? What's wrong with you"
"Yes, I do mind"
"...um..."
What the fuck makes folk think it's okay to ask my private medical info?!!
"I don't judge, everyone has their reason"
"Do you mind me asking? What's wrong with you"
"Yes, I do mind"
"...um..."
What the fuck makes folk think it's okay to ask my private medical info?!!
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Remembering Shuhada Sadaqat aka Sinead O'Connor on her birthday. Here in 1992 by photographer Jane Bown #WomensArt
December 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Remembering Shuhada Sadaqat aka Sinead O'Connor on her birthday. Here in 1992 by photographer Jane Bown #WomensArt
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Look guys, if the gays can boycott the Eurovision, the very very very least you can do is boycott FIFA
December 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Look guys, if the gays can boycott the Eurovision, the very very very least you can do is boycott FIFA
Anyone who knows my work as a scientist will know how much I've championed astrocytes since the 1990s, I love them so much, I based most of my PhD work on them 💥💥💥
The outsized role of our brain astrocytes
nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/d41...
December 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Anyone who knows my work as a scientist will know how much I've championed astrocytes since the 1990s, I love them so much, I based most of my PhD work on them 💥💥💥
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The outsized role of our brain astrocytes
nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/d41...
December 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The outsized role of our brain astrocytes
nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/d41...
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December 2 is the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery.
An estimated 50,000,000 people are enslaved today in various forms of modern-day slavery.
www.un.org/en/observanc...
#AbolishSlavery #HumanRights #16DaysOfActivism
An estimated 50,000,000 people are enslaved today in various forms of modern-day slavery.
www.un.org/en/observanc...
#AbolishSlavery #HumanRights #16DaysOfActivism
December 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
December 2 is the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery.
An estimated 50,000,000 people are enslaved today in various forms of modern-day slavery.
www.un.org/en/observanc...
#AbolishSlavery #HumanRights #16DaysOfActivism
An estimated 50,000,000 people are enslaved today in various forms of modern-day slavery.
www.un.org/en/observanc...
#AbolishSlavery #HumanRights #16DaysOfActivism
Today is World AIDS Day. Here's in remeberence of all we lost, love to all those living their lives, celebration of the massive research and treatment gains and a reminder to NEVER be complacent because the horrendous cutting of funding by Trump has already cost lives and dented scientific progress.
December 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Today is World AIDS Day. Here's in remeberence of all we lost, love to all those living their lives, celebration of the massive research and treatment gains and a reminder to NEVER be complacent because the horrendous cutting of funding by Trump has already cost lives and dented scientific progress.
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What will you do to acknowledge Indigenous peoples today?
National Day of Mourning/Unthanksgiving, also known as the Indigenous Peoples Sunrise Ceremony, is an annual ceremony that takes place on Alcatraz Island on the fourth Thursday in November.
National Day of Mourning/Unthanksgiving, also known as the Indigenous Peoples Sunrise Ceremony, is an annual ceremony that takes place on Alcatraz Island on the fourth Thursday in November.
November 27, 2025 at 3:31 AM
What will you do to acknowledge Indigenous peoples today?
National Day of Mourning/Unthanksgiving, also known as the Indigenous Peoples Sunrise Ceremony, is an annual ceremony that takes place on Alcatraz Island on the fourth Thursday in November.
National Day of Mourning/Unthanksgiving, also known as the Indigenous Peoples Sunrise Ceremony, is an annual ceremony that takes place on Alcatraz Island on the fourth Thursday in November.
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The Trump admin has decided it will no longer commemorate December 1st, World AIDS Day. Fed employees have been instructed to refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels, including social media, media engagements, speeches, or other public-facing messaging.
November 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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It is, quite frankly, shittingly hard to be a disabled performer but my wonderful group, London Bulgarian Choir, are so supportive and it makes me so happy, despite only being able to do half of the gig and spending most of the next day in bed 🤍💚❤️
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youtu.be/z3PeIaUUf10?...
London Bulgarian Choir - Pusta Mladost
YouTube video by coruscating
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November 25, 2025 at 6:08 AM
It is, quite frankly, shittingly hard to be a disabled performer but my wonderful group, London Bulgarian Choir, are so supportive and it makes me so happy, despite only being able to do half of the gig and spending most of the next day in bed 🤍💚❤️
youtu.be/z3PeIaUUf10?...
youtu.be/z3PeIaUUf10?...
Probably the most accurate post about social media I've ever read! 😂😂😂
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Probably the most accurate post about social media I've ever read! 😂😂😂
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Dear Trans people of the UK. The EHRC guidelines for trans people using bathrooms was taken down, it was never law. Sue everyone who’s broken the law so far. There’s great lawyers who will take your cases on. Take legal action where you can.
November 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Dear Trans people of the UK. The EHRC guidelines for trans people using bathrooms was taken down, it was never law. Sue everyone who’s broken the law so far. There’s great lawyers who will take your cases on. Take legal action where you can.
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Reebok sponsors the Israel Football Association, which includes teams in illegal Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land and just created a league for Israeli soldiers.
@Reebok is sponsoring apartheid and genocide.
#BoycottReebok
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@Reebok is sponsoring apartheid and genocide.
#BoycottReebok
loom.ly/b2vL_lE
November 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Reebok sponsors the Israel Football Association, which includes teams in illegal Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land and just created a league for Israeli soldiers.
@Reebok is sponsoring apartheid and genocide.
#BoycottReebok
loom.ly/b2vL_lE
@Reebok is sponsoring apartheid and genocide.
#BoycottReebok
loom.ly/b2vL_lE
Unlike many bands, it was never about frontguy Brown, whose right note grasp was tenuous, we lived for the extended jam session, Mani, Reni, Squire sending the crowd into a frenzy, half gig, half club, full on adoration until we resurrected together and staggered home from our church fulfilled. RIP
November 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Unlike many bands, it was never about frontguy Brown, whose right note grasp was tenuous, we lived for the extended jam session, Mani, Reni, Squire sending the crowd into a frenzy, half gig, half club, full on adoration until we resurrected together and staggered home from our church fulfilled. RIP
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November 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Our interview with @lucia-oc.bsky.social - an incredibly courageous activist voice relentlessly campaigning to bring the culture of power and abuse into the light and expose the perpetrators is on our YouTube channel m.youtube.com/watch?v=6E8E... #epstein #trump #maxwell
November 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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1/ Last week, the FDA announced it’s removing the black box warning from menopause hormone therapy (MHT). This is long overdue. Menopause is universal, yet misunderstood and stigmatized. Millions of women have suffered because of fear, misinformation, and a system that wasn’t built to support them.
November 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
1/ Last week, the FDA announced it’s removing the black box warning from menopause hormone therapy (MHT). This is long overdue. Menopause is universal, yet misunderstood and stigmatized. Millions of women have suffered because of fear, misinformation, and a system that wasn’t built to support them.
Take some time out, lay in bed, run a bath if that's what you like, go for a gentle walk or roll if you can and listen to this utterly, utterly gorgeous half hour of radio.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Illuminated - Lost In Lullabies - BBC Sounds
When his son refuses his bedtime songs, Matt Edmonds wonders what magic lullabies hold.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Take some time out, lay in bed, run a bath if that's what you like, go for a gentle walk or roll if you can and listen to this utterly, utterly gorgeous half hour of radio.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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An impromptu duet between Paul Hartnoll from Orbital and me at The Welly in Shoreham after my gig at Chapter 34 books. @mixmag.net #music #dancemusic #livemusic #shoreham #seaside
November 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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By all accounts he was an awful person but he didn’t steal the discovery from Franklin, that’s absolute nonsense. bsky.app/profile/rsmy...
If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:32 AM
By all accounts he was an awful person but he didn’t steal the discovery from Franklin, that’s absolute nonsense. bsky.app/profile/rsmy...
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
