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Saffie Welch

@saffiew.bsky.social

Classicist studying Homer at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Latin Tutor. Runner πŸƒβ€β™€οΈ

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packing up to move, but my house keeps spawning books whenever I turn around…including a french edition of Plato’s Republic so i just KNOW i must have done something terrible in a past life

27.08.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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super successful week! so proud of my team #lmh

31.05.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Announcing the results of Women's div VI

St. Hilda's II bumped Trinity II
St. Anne's II bumped Oriel III
Queen's II bumped Mansfield II (overbump)
St. Catherine's II bumped St. Antony's II
L.M.H. II bumped Univ III

30.05.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Announcing the results of Women's Div VI:

Mansfield II bumped Trinity II
St Hilda's II over-bumped St Catherine's II
Queen's II bumped St Antony's II
Wolfson IV bumped University III
L.M.H. II bumped St Peter's III

You have 10 minutes to appeal these results

29.05.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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promising start to summer viiis 😎

28.05.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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sudden and shocking awareness of my exercise face πŸ’”

25.05.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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natural history museum. drank match. ate cookie. saw my favourite dinosaur. i love dinosaurs.

28.03.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Etymology of the day: β€˜book’ comes from an ancient root shared by β€˜beech’, a wood that people used for engraving inscriptions. β€˜Paper’ comes from β€˜papyrus’, and β€˜volume’ is from the Latin for a β€˜roll’ of parchment.

Happy World Book Day.

06.03.2025 08:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4081    πŸ” 887    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 40
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did my second run post op this morning! woke up in time to catch this sky πŸ₯°

26.02.2025 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

thank you 🩷

10.02.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

yay tom!!!

10.02.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have mastered the art of man-emailing and ready to gaslight gatekeep girl boss πŸ™

08.02.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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lego astronaut!!

31.01.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

tricked my brain into working really fast by playing the mario kart sound track

30.01.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Big pharma says i can only have two πŸ™„

28.01.2025 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

my latest fixation is a desperate urge to learn the kithara

28.01.2025 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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the lego botanicals collection expands…

26.01.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

myringoplasty done and I now have the government mandated number of ear holes 🫑

22.01.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

successfully learning to crochet! though I don’t know how to make it a square so now I have a 3 meter long chain

19.01.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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found a really nice pub near my house and will now be dragging everyone i know to a pub quiz 🩷

17.01.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

my motivation to work hard is now the le creuset heart collection

14.01.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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20 minute intervals today below 0Β° πŸ’€ nice low key run but rip my trainers!

08.01.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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4km run around the Meadows today to get back into it after a few weeks off and met a very handsome goose

07.01.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t know how my alcohol tolerance got this low but I do know that I make a very good aperol spritz

31.12.2024 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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had the best time butting together this Lego bonsai tree set that I got for christmas. Look at the froggy flower buds πŸ₯Ή

29.12.2024 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

my parents’ house is great, not least because of the hidden armchair where I am currently reading, drinking cocktails, and hiding from guests

24.12.2024 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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splat

22.12.2024 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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moments after being called out by a small child

17.12.2024 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

great quote from the museum today when a woman, standing in front of a body surrounded by grave goods, said β€˜mad how he just died with all those pots’

14.12.2024 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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