Mary DeVries
@marydevries.bsky.social
I delight, despair and write about a life lived around the world. Fueled by Yorkshire Gold tea.
Fiction is the thing keeping me sane these days. Lots and lots of fiction. Science fiction, mysteries, romance, thrillers, I’m mainlining it all. 100% would recommend as a coping strategy. #books
January 3, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Fiction is the thing keeping me sane these days. Lots and lots of fiction. Science fiction, mysteries, romance, thrillers, I’m mainlining it all. 100% would recommend as a coping strategy. #books
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Fun fact, while in the Lord Of The Rings movies frodo looked like this, in the books he actually looks like this!
January 2, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Fun fact, while in the Lord Of The Rings movies frodo looked like this, in the books he actually looks like this!
Here’s the inspiration I needed for the new year. Thanks @chuckwendig.bsky.social
Writer Resolution 2026: Wield The Weapon That Is You
It’s never precisely easy to be a writer — professional or otherwise. I mean, it’s easy in the sense of, hey, anybody can open a word processor and start (fiercely or methodically…
terribleminds.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Here’s the inspiration I needed for the new year. Thanks @chuckwendig.bsky.social
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Banning teenagers from VPNs will push them to use more unsafe routes to access what they want to access. They're more technically literate coupled with being idiotic risk takers.
End.
End.
December 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Banning teenagers from VPNs will push them to use more unsafe routes to access what they want to access. They're more technically literate coupled with being idiotic risk takers.
End.
End.
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'AI is coming' I tell the museum stakeholders as I proudly cut the ribbon of our new Artificial Insemination exhibition
December 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
'AI is coming' I tell the museum stakeholders as I proudly cut the ribbon of our new Artificial Insemination exhibition
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Same. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
as an American living in the UK, I am begging my fellow countrypeople to PLEASE check the context of a post on here before assuming that it’s about the US
please, it is embarrassing enough to be American here, you’re making it so much worse 😭
please, it is embarrassing enough to be American here, you’re making it so much worse 😭
November 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Same. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
I cruised through the seventies, eighties, and nineties sustained by a steady IV drip of sci-fi, so I’m not about to say computers will never become creative sentient entities, but pretending true artificial intelligence is already here is pure fiction.
November 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I cruised through the seventies, eighties, and nineties sustained by a steady IV drip of sci-fi, so I’m not about to say computers will never become creative sentient entities, but pretending true artificial intelligence is already here is pure fiction.
Reading the news these days
November 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Reading the news these days
I'm a little nervous about what's about to go down in this museum.
November 2, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I'm a little nervous about what's about to go down in this museum.
Never use a pencil when angry
October 31, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Never use a pencil when angry
When you need the perfect car to tootle over to the Vicar's garden party in the countryside.
October 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
When you need the perfect car to tootle over to the Vicar's garden party in the countryside.
"What station stop do we need for this train?"
"LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH"
"Too late, we're two stations later by the time you finished saying the name."
"LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH"
"Too late, we're two stations later by the time you finished saying the name."
October 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"What station stop do we need for this train?"
"LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH"
"Too late, we're two stations later by the time you finished saying the name."
"LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH"
"Too late, we're two stations later by the time you finished saying the name."
When you ask your child to set the table.
(Child is in her twenties)
(Child is in her twenties)
October 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
When you ask your child to set the table.
(Child is in her twenties)
(Child is in her twenties)
Forget gratitude journals. To fit my gAI angst I'm starting a creativity journal, looking for human creativity in the wild.
October 16, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Forget gratitude journals. To fit my gAI angst I'm starting a creativity journal, looking for human creativity in the wild.
Advice for today from a WW2 leaflet.
MORALE
HOW TO PLAY YOUR PART
Forget yourself in helping your neighbours. In days of tension this casts out your own fears and worries.
MORALE
HOW TO PLAY YOUR PART
Forget yourself in helping your neighbours. In days of tension this casts out your own fears and worries.
October 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Advice for today from a WW2 leaflet.
MORALE
HOW TO PLAY YOUR PART
Forget yourself in helping your neighbours. In days of tension this casts out your own fears and worries.
MORALE
HOW TO PLAY YOUR PART
Forget yourself in helping your neighbours. In days of tension this casts out your own fears and worries.
Some churches follow Biblical teachings
October 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Some churches follow Biblical teachings
Goal for today, step out into the light.
October 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Goal for today, step out into the light.
"Using 24 hour notation for telling time is too confusing. Just give me an old fashioned clock with hands and I'll understand better," they said.
"On it," says Yeates Dublin. #clocks
"On it," says Yeates Dublin. #clocks
October 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"Using 24 hour notation for telling time is too confusing. Just give me an old fashioned clock with hands and I'll understand better," they said.
"On it," says Yeates Dublin. #clocks
"On it," says Yeates Dublin. #clocks