Mary Portser
@maryportser.bsky.social
Playwright, fiction writer, actress, wildlife lover, feminist
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Rick Steves is an American treasure. Just all-around, one of the absolute best of us.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Rick Steves is an American treasure. Just all-around, one of the absolute best of us.
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The sound of a leopard seal
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The sound of a leopard seal
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All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
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Paul Cornoyer - Christmas in Madison Square Park (1864-1923)
December 23, 2024 at 6:36 AM
Paul Cornoyer - Christmas in Madison Square Park (1864-1923)
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Leonard McCombe, Dublin, 1957
November 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Leonard McCombe, Dublin, 1957
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Gotta say, I’m not so confident that you do
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Gotta say, I’m not so confident that you do
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Never a dull moment…
October 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Never a dull moment…
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Binturong (bearcat) Animal Cafe, Shinjuku City, Japan
October 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Binturong (bearcat) Animal Cafe, Shinjuku City, Japan
Full moon in Reykjavik
October 18, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Full moon in Reykjavik
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I don’t know how many times I watched this 😂😂😂
October 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I don’t know how many times I watched this 😂😂😂
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This is courage! Please amplify because courage is contagious! ✊🏼🏆💙
Vermont’s Republican Governor Phil Scott has REJECTED Trump's second request to send National Guard troops to Washington, D.C.
August 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This is courage! Please amplify because courage is contagious! ✊🏼🏆💙
Tender is the night
May 13, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Tender is the night
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April 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
We need more baby elephants.
Baby's Day Out ☀️
Tula-Tu explored outside in Elephant Lands for the first time yesterday! Now that the weather is warmer, she'll be spending more time playing in the sun with her mom and aunties.
Tula-Tu explored outside in Elephant Lands for the first time yesterday! Now that the weather is warmer, she'll be spending more time playing in the sun with her mom and aunties.
April 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
We need more baby elephants.
Sure wish this wasn’t happening in Los Angeles. 2 friends have lost their homes in Pacific Palisades, others under evacuation orders. Okay in Venice so far, even with no power and bad air.
January 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Sure wish this wasn’t happening in Los Angeles. 2 friends have lost their homes in Pacific Palisades, others under evacuation orders. Okay in Venice so far, even with no power and bad air.
The sun was strange this afternoon.
January 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The sun was strange this afternoon.
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I continue to be deeply moved by this statement to the heavens by President Carter.
December 30, 2024 at 2:30 PM
I continue to be deeply moved by this statement to the heavens by President Carter.
An insomniac’s envy. Sleeping on cement.
December 28, 2024 at 8:14 AM
An insomniac’s envy. Sleeping on cement.
Saint Nick and his elves are on the move again.
December 24, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Saint Nick and his elves are on the move again.
Christmas cat on a colorful night.
December 20, 2024 at 9:58 AM
Christmas cat on a colorful night.
All the art at the Pompidou is not on the walls.
December 11, 2024 at 4:48 PM
All the art at the Pompidou is not on the walls.
The Queen of the Night.One night only. In the morning, a dying swan.
December 5, 2024 at 6:30 AM
The Queen of the Night.One night only. In the morning, a dying swan.