Mary DeVries
@marydevries.bsky.social
I delight, despair and write about a life lived around the world. Fueled by Yorkshire Gold tea.
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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
Traffic jam in Scotland
October 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Traffic jam in Scotland
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Breaking news: María Corina Machado has been awarded the prize for ‘keeping the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness’ . The win dashes the hopes of US President Donald Trump. on.ft.com/4ocHAKY
October 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Breaking news: María Corina Machado has been awarded the prize for ‘keeping the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness’ . The win dashes the hopes of US President Donald Trump. on.ft.com/4ocHAKY
Highland cattle getting frisky. I mean, what else is there to do on a rainy day?
October 9, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Highland cattle getting frisky. I mean, what else is there to do on a rainy day?
When its a windy day and you have the windows open to air things out, your toilet paper may decided to unroll itself from the bathroom into the bedroom.
October 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
When its a windy day and you have the windows open to air things out, your toilet paper may decided to unroll itself from the bathroom into the bedroom.
I love this quote from Benjamin Disraeli, ironically found while traveling myself. Memory is a funny thing.
"Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen."
"Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen."
October 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I love this quote from Benjamin Disraeli, ironically found while traveling myself. Memory is a funny thing.
"Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen."
"Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen."