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Rev. Dr. Liz Gloyn @lizgloyn.bsky.social · 12h

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 · 21h

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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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 18h

You are a bloody superhero. I am in awe.

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Dr Cora Beth Fraser @corabeth.bsky.social · 21h

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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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 1d

The gap between pristine tourist areas and everywhere else is a bloody chasm.

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 1d

It was definitely a trip of contrasts! I'm not sure I'll be able to replicate a trip of that scale any time soon, and I worry about what the same sites will be like when I can. +, I suspect people who get bussed between cruise ships/resort bubbles and the sites don't see much of what we saw.

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 1d

I planned a once-in-a-lifetime road trip, but could Turkey live up to my expectations? ancientalexandra.weebly.com/blog/a-turki...

A Turkish Roadtrip: What I Saw, What I Loved, What Pissed Me Off

A couple of weeks ago, me and my Dad embarked on an epic 3 week road trip through Turkey. For me, it was the culmination of studying for two degrees and then a year writing the manuscript for a book.....

ancientalexandra.weebly.com

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 3d

It has been a challenge, not gonna lie. I can breathe again! I CAN READ FICTION AGAIN

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 3d

Dying in weird ways is the best thing about this book, hands down

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L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 3d

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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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you!

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 3d

Discoballs forever!

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you! I can't quite believe I got there!

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 3d

@duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social Happy birthday!!

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 3d

This just made me a lot less nervous about handing it in!

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 3d

Happy birthday, birthday neighbour!

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 3d

That's pretty epic!

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 3d

I have done nothing but doubt since I opened up the first blank googledoc, so I'm glad someone was confident!😁

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 3d

Gladiators in the Greek World. Lots of discussions of cultural exchange and identity hidden in my gladiatorial Trojan Horse, so it hopefully won't just be clanging swords and gaping wounds.