Matthew Lawrence
@beefcakefactory.bsky.social
I made a magazine called headmaster and a musical documentary video thing called scandalous conduct: a fairy extravaganza.
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My favorite songs of 2025 countdown, Day 1
115. Ros T & Church Street Shuffle, Dancing by the Loch
114. God Knows, The Art of Alienation
113. Deep Sea Diver, Billboard Heart
112. KOMPROMAT, I DID NOT FORGET YOU
111. Ethel Cain, Onanist
110. Ezra Furman, Grand Mal
115. Ros T & Church Street Shuffle, Dancing by the Loch
114. God Knows, The Art of Alienation
113. Deep Sea Diver, Billboard Heart
112. KOMPROMAT, I DID NOT FORGET YOU
111. Ethel Cain, Onanist
110. Ezra Furman, Grand Mal
My Grammy picks: Bad Bunny for Record of the Year and Album of the Year, also Bad Bunny for Song of the Year, and Bad Bunny collaborators The Marias for Best New Artist. Overall some very weak nominees but that's also most years. Sabrina Carpenter is as exhausting as she is untalented.
February 1, 2026 at 11:25 PM
My Grammy picks: Bad Bunny for Record of the Year and Album of the Year, also Bad Bunny for Song of the Year, and Bad Bunny collaborators The Marias for Best New Artist. Overall some very weak nominees but that's also most years. Sabrina Carpenter is as exhausting as she is untalented.
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Mickey Mouse is now in the public domain, a near century after his first appearance. In delaying this day as much as possible via lobbying and just writing copyright law Disney Corp made the public domain a joke and was crucial in producing our current economy of social media and privatized thought
The Extended Universe: How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World
How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World
bookshop.org
February 1, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Mickey Mouse is now in the public domain, a near century after his first appearance. In delaying this day as much as possible via lobbying and just writing copyright law Disney Corp made the public domain a joke and was crucial in producing our current economy of social media and privatized thought
Fergie's Up Close and Personal was playing in Ocean State Job Lot and, while it remains a uniquely terrible song, the part about the child missing their blanket is an excellent example of someone using a singular they without anyone caring.
February 1, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Fergie's Up Close and Personal was playing in Ocean State Job Lot and, while it remains a uniquely terrible song, the part about the child missing their blanket is an excellent example of someone using a singular they without anyone caring.
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Inverse phenomenon: I sometimes thought my first boyfriend bore a vague resemblance to the boy in John Sayles's Matewan (twink, long blond bangs). Often wondered, "Whatever happened to that kid?" and come to find out he's Bonnie "Prince" Billy
February 1, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Inverse phenomenon: I sometimes thought my first boyfriend bore a vague resemblance to the boy in John Sayles's Matewan (twink, long blond bangs). Often wondered, "Whatever happened to that kid?" and come to find out he's Bonnie "Prince" Billy
I went to New Harvest for a coffee today and I measured; the snow on Sims Ave extends from the curb for nine feet ON BOTH SIDES of the street. It is a very wide street but good lord.
February 1, 2026 at 2:42 AM
I went to New Harvest for a coffee today and I measured; the snow on Sims Ave extends from the curb for nine feet ON BOTH SIDES of the street. It is a very wide street but good lord.
I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night is playing in the supermarket??
January 31, 2026 at 11:46 PM
I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night is playing in the supermarket??
I'm in the Emerald Square Mall and holy cow there have to be 20 empty storefronts on every level.
January 31, 2026 at 10:47 PM
I'm in the Emerald Square Mall and holy cow there have to be 20 empty storefronts on every level.
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remember when the panama papers came out and we found out every rich person on earth was committing tax fraud and then nothing happened
January 31, 2026 at 12:23 PM
remember when the panama papers came out and we found out every rich person on earth was committing tax fraud and then nothing happened
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From: Jeffrey Epstein
To: Cain From The Bible
Date: March 7th, 3000BC
Subject: Re: Thinking of killing my brother? 👀👀
go for it it wouljld be extremlry sexy to invenf thr cornvept of murder snd yherefore curse mankind fur eternkity ;) ;)
To: Cain From The Bible
Date: March 7th, 3000BC
Subject: Re: Thinking of killing my brother? 👀👀
go for it it wouljld be extremlry sexy to invenf thr cornvept of murder snd yherefore curse mankind fur eternkity ;) ;)
January 31, 2026 at 2:18 PM
From: Jeffrey Epstein
To: Cain From The Bible
Date: March 7th, 3000BC
Subject: Re: Thinking of killing my brother? 👀👀
go for it it wouljld be extremlry sexy to invenf thr cornvept of murder snd yherefore curse mankind fur eternkity ;) ;)
To: Cain From The Bible
Date: March 7th, 3000BC
Subject: Re: Thinking of killing my brother? 👀👀
go for it it wouljld be extremlry sexy to invenf thr cornvept of murder snd yherefore curse mankind fur eternkity ;) ;)
Instead of my monthly Instagram photo dump I just posted some of the 217 (??) screenshots I took this month. These were all contenders but didn't crop right.
January 31, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Instead of my monthly Instagram photo dump I just posted some of the 217 (??) screenshots I took this month. These were all contenders but didn't crop right.
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METEOROLOGISTS: We don’t hype up storms. We just forecast the weather to the best of our expertise and resources. Others may sensationalize things, but that’s not what we do
ALSO METEOROLOGISTS: We call this particular weather phenomenon a “bomb cyclone”
ALSO METEOROLOGISTS: We call this particular weather phenomenon a “bomb cyclone”
January 31, 2026 at 2:00 PM
METEOROLOGISTS: We don’t hype up storms. We just forecast the weather to the best of our expertise and resources. Others may sensationalize things, but that’s not what we do
ALSO METEOROLOGISTS: We call this particular weather phenomenon a “bomb cyclone”
ALSO METEOROLOGISTS: We call this particular weather phenomenon a “bomb cyclone”
Catherine O'Hara was so good at passing off individual sentences that as a child I took "Oh look, an indoor outhouse" at face value and then maybe in college made a reference to an indoor outhouse as if that was a thing people said.
January 31, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Catherine O'Hara was so good at passing off individual sentences that as a child I took "Oh look, an indoor outhouse" at face value and then maybe in college made a reference to an indoor outhouse as if that was a thing people said.
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Since it’s Friday… I’m not saying that you should be “afraid” of getting arrested. I’m saying that you should avoid arrest if possible. Things become much more difficult for you when you’re in police custody. This is solid movement advice thats been passed down from generations of rad lawyers. STFU!
When going out to protest, the goal shouldn’t be to get arrested. Do not run yourself into arrests. Do not just hand yourself over to the state.
Watch and share on instagram: www.instagram.com/reel/DGV_jSt...
Watch and share on instagram: www.instagram.com/reel/DGV_jSt...
January 31, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Since it’s Friday… I’m not saying that you should be “afraid” of getting arrested. I’m saying that you should avoid arrest if possible. Things become much more difficult for you when you’re in police custody. This is solid movement advice thats been passed down from generations of rad lawyers. STFU!
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Someone pointed out that every restaurant's heartfelt 5-7 paragraph messages about why they are open today feels very ChatGPT driven and I guess this applies to breweries, too.
January 30, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Someone pointed out that every restaurant's heartfelt 5-7 paragraph messages about why they are open today feels very ChatGPT driven and I guess this applies to breweries, too.
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omg
A New York federal judge dismissed murder and weapons charges against alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione, a major blow to prosecutors that means Mangione no longer faces a possible death penalty if convicted reut.rs/45Fin56
January 30, 2026 at 5:32 PM
omg
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DHS is using facial recognition and social-media-scraping tech on protesters as well as on immigrants.
Three days after an ICE agent used facial recognition on a protester, the protester’s TSA Global Entry was cancelled without explanation.
Three days after an ICE agent used facial recognition on a protester, the protester’s TSA Global Entry was cancelled without explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:36 PM
DHS is using facial recognition and social-media-scraping tech on protesters as well as on immigrants.
Three days after an ICE agent used facial recognition on a protester, the protester’s TSA Global Entry was cancelled without explanation.
Three days after an ICE agent used facial recognition on a protester, the protester’s TSA Global Entry was cancelled without explanation.
The holidays will not be the same without brandy slush 🫤
So I emailed the business unit about this, they did some research and.... yep. Frozen juice from concentrate is gone www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
January 30, 2026 at 2:18 PM
The holidays will not be the same without brandy slush 🫤
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#PVD, let's keep some people alive www.gofundme.com/f/tent-heate...
Donate to Tent Heaters for Providence Encampments, organized by Benjamin Doren
Hundreds of our neighbors in Providence face the brutal cold every day and nigh… Benjamin Doren needs your support for Tent Heaters for Providence Encampments
www.gofundme.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:01 PM
#PVD, let's keep some people alive www.gofundme.com/f/tent-heate...
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Still the greatest video ever made. Sorry. I don't make the rules...
January 29, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Still the greatest video ever made. Sorry. I don't make the rules...
I seem to have gotten the Gmail update that adds Gemini even though I previously declined it. You now have to go into settings and turn off "Google Workspace Smart Settings" in two different places.
January 30, 2026 at 2:35 AM
I seem to have gotten the Gmail update that adds Gemini even though I previously declined it. You now have to go into settings and turn off "Google Workspace Smart Settings" in two different places.
My first story of the year is a visit to the newly relocated Rhode Island Computer Museum in Wickford. I'm always on the lookout for people and places to feature in the (general) Cranston/Johnston/Warwick area so kindly send any tips my way.
Hollywood productions to feature museum's artifacts
The Rhode Island Computer Museum has a new home, hidden discreeatly away in the Wickford Junction plaza. The buildout is so new that the entrance is still a temporary wood
www.warwickonline.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:20 AM
My first story of the year is a visit to the newly relocated Rhode Island Computer Museum in Wickford. I'm always on the lookout for people and places to feature in the (general) Cranston/Johnston/Warwick area so kindly send any tips my way.
I hope every last one of these people gets bitten by tarantulas.
Heritage Foundation, Focus on the Family, FRC and a host of other groups just launched a broadside campaign against marriage equality, saying that Obergefell is, wait for it ... "harmful to children."
Greater Than Campaign
YouTube video by Them Before Us
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January 29, 2026 at 11:53 PM
I hope every last one of these people gets bitten by tarantulas.
The GREAT Harry Hole.
Watching everybody who doesn't read mysteries simultaneously learn from Netflix that there is a popular detective named Harry Hole.
January 29, 2026 at 4:31 PM
The GREAT Harry Hole.