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Claire Heywood @claireheywood.bsky.social · 1h

My new novel, THE WANDERING QUEEN, is one of the chosen titles in the Waterstones 25% off preorder sale. Preorder using code OCTOBER25 between now and Friday, and get a juicy 25% off!
#WPreorder

THE WANDERING QUEEN is a Dido retelling, out in February 2026

Waterstones 25% off 2026 new titles. Preorder now with code: OCTOBER25. 14-17 October, online only. Selected titles only.

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Dr Cora Beth Fraser @corabeth.bsky.social · 3h

Sharing this just because... 😂

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 17h

having submitted my dissertation for my Classics MA a couple of weeks ago I have just started a first-year module in maths*.

the tutor is 77 and has been teaching with the OU for 56. we have access to the OU Maths magazine dating back to 1973. I'm very happy.

*I don't know, I'm just like this OK?

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 5h

‘96% of healthcare professionals said the model helps to reduce children’s anxiety, and 46% reported a lesser need to use sedation after the children played with the set.‘

‘Lego doesn’t sell the sets and instead has donated more than 10,000 of the kits to hospitals around the world.’

Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 5h

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/l...

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment

Lego's MRI scanner play sets, which launched in 2023, are significantly reducing anxiety and the use of sedation in children, according to new research.

www.cnbc.com

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Dr Cora Beth Fraser @corabeth.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! (it's also nice to hear about another autistic person from a Caribbean background - my partner Tony's family are from Trinidad!)

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Michael @buccifolio.bsky.social · 1d

Hekate, guardian of the crossroads. For @classicstober.bsky.social

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Dr Cora Beth Fraser @corabeth.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you - that means a lot!

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Dr Cora Beth Fraser @corabeth.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!!

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Rev. Dr. Liz Gloyn @lizgloyn.bsky.social · 1d

Cora Beth has spent the last year putting together what sounds an amazing app to support parents of children with #autism. Please do share and let folks know this is out there - as she explains in her blog post, she has been uniquely positioned to create this much-needed resource.

Dr Cora Beth Fraser @corabeth.bsky.social · 2d

Here's a tale for anyone who'd like to know what I've been up to over the last year... and if you're able to help/share, I'd really appreciate it.

Autistic StoryTime – Classical Studies Support share.google/0XfKZucMCoAr...

Autistic StoryTime

You may have noticed that I haven’t been around much this year. I used to post on this blog every week, but now I post very rarely. I used to be on all sorts of Classics-related committees, but ear…

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Dr Cora Beth Fraser @corabeth.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for sharing, Liz! 💖

Dr Cora Beth Fraser @corabeth.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks so much!

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Dr Cora Beth Fraser @corabeth.bsky.social · 2d

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Dr Cora Beth Fraser @corabeth.bsky.social · 2d

Here's a tale for anyone who'd like to know what I've been up to over the last year... and if you're able to help/share, I'd really appreciate it.

Autistic StoryTime – Classical Studies Support share.google/0XfKZucMCoAr...

Autistic StoryTime

You may have noticed that I haven’t been around much this year. I used to post on this blog every week, but now I post very rarely. I used to be on all sorts of Classics-related committees, but ear…

share.google

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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 2d

This is all kinds of wonderful.

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Dr Cora Beth Fraser @corabeth.bsky.social · 2d

As it should be.

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Dr Cora Beth Fraser @corabeth.bsky.social · 2d

Happy birthday! I hope there's cake to go with that cheese.

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 3d

Dedication in PG Wodehouse’s autobiography, 1957

To Who
J. Alastair Frisby
Who
Told Me I Would Never Have A Book Published
And
Advised me
To
Get a job selling jellied eels
SUCKS TO YOU, FRISBY

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Dr Cora Beth Fraser @corabeth.bsky.social · 3d

Sending sympathy. So many people really don't understand. Your child is lucky to have you in their corner.

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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 3d

The higher education sector is failing autistic students. To turn things around, we all need to innovate, writes @corabeth.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/three... #Academia #HigherEd #AcademicChatter #Autism #AcademicSky #EduSky

Three easy tweaks to make your teaching autism-friendly

Autistic students have the highest university dropout rate of any disability group. What can teaching staff do about it?

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Dr Cora Beth Fraser @corabeth.bsky.social · 3d

Me, talking about autism in Higher Education!
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/three...

Three easy tweaks to make your teaching autism-friendly

Autistic students have the highest university dropout rate of any disability group. What can teaching staff do about it?

www.timeshighereducation.com

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L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 4d

My incredibly chonky book has been out in the world for two weeks!

Retell The Odyssey by making Odysseus’ choices for him. Or, don’t, and go home to Penelope/get cosy with Phaeacians/skive off to Egypt with Menelaus/die horribly in a variety of ways👌

laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/publications...

YOU ARE ODYSSEUS

OUT NOW! BUY PAPERBACK DIRECT (UK/US) Available in paperback and ebook. Go to links to order, by country Tell me, O Reader, of that resourceful man… Read and become Odysseus, the many-minded man, t…

laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 7d

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Newspaper article about the Working Classicists Guide to National 5 Classical Studies, in today’s Courier (Dundee).

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Flora 🏺 Ancient History Art @flaroh.bsky.social · 7d

Classicstober Day 7: Φαρμακίς (witch, Sorceress)🔮✨🏺

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 8d

If you are a supporter and reader of @contingent-mag.bsky.social one of the biggest things you can do to help us at the moment is get this CFP to the NTT folks in your life. The fracturing of social media has made it very difficult to get the word out esp. to adjuncts and VAPs.

CFP: A Time of Monsters

The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...

contingentmagazine.org

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Dr Cora Beth Fraser @corabeth.bsky.social · 11d

I'm still jealous. 😂

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Dr Cora Beth Fraser @corabeth.bsky.social · 11d

Oh, that's awful!

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