Tristan Ray Lawson
@madeofbeans.bsky.social
Looking for humanity in this digital hellscape.
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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we actually need to band together and let the dems know we will never donate another cent or vote for the party again if a single member of the party votes to give a single cent to ice ever again
January 24, 2026 at 4:05 PM
we actually need to band together and let the dems know we will never donate another cent or vote for the party again if a single member of the party votes to give a single cent to ice ever again
The Democrats that voted to to continue funding ICE not only need to be primaried. They need to be censured and kicked out of the party. No excuses at this point. They can try to justify it all they like. The Democrats need to grow a spine and start learning a lesson about solidarity.
January 24, 2026 at 3:04 PM
The Democrats that voted to to continue funding ICE not only need to be primaried. They need to be censured and kicked out of the party. No excuses at this point. They can try to justify it all they like. The Democrats need to grow a spine and start learning a lesson about solidarity.
The spirit of halloween makes her way home... see you next year sweet spooky lady.
November 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The spirit of halloween makes her way home... see you next year sweet spooky lady.
Today I listened to Brian Eno talking about AI on a podcast… this timeline is insane.
October 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Today I listened to Brian Eno talking about AI on a podcast… this timeline is insane.
It is about to be "Soup Season" and i am pretty excited about it.
October 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
It is about to be "Soup Season" and i am pretty excited about it.
Shit is going to hit the fan in Portland… they DO NOT PLAY.
September 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Shit is going to hit the fan in Portland… they DO NOT PLAY.
I think the silver lining to the current hostility towards the media and journalism is that it is going to force a separation. Corporations have no business at the editorial desk or in a creative directors chair.
September 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I think the silver lining to the current hostility towards the media and journalism is that it is going to force a separation. Corporations have no business at the editorial desk or in a creative directors chair.
We need local journalism now more than ever before… as the impacts of the changes being forced upon all of us become reality… we need it to be covered in a real way and not a broad and abstract one.
February 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We need local journalism now more than ever before… as the impacts of the changes being forced upon all of us become reality… we need it to be covered in a real way and not a broad and abstract one.
Zombie movie… except instead of a virus, fungus or alien element causing the outbreak and chaos… it’s brain rot caused by social media and rampant misinformation.
February 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Zombie movie… except instead of a virus, fungus or alien element causing the outbreak and chaos… it’s brain rot caused by social media and rampant misinformation.
I can’t believe how absolutely ignorant, petty and cruel this is.
They literally removed the T from LGBTQ and erased any mention of trans people who were present at the Stonewall Riots. They're trying to erase us from history.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...
U.S. Park Service Strikes Transgender References From Stonewall Website
The “T” was removed in references to L.G.B.T.Q.+ on the official site for the Greenwich Village monument, which marks a milestone in the fight for gay rights.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I can’t believe how absolutely ignorant, petty and cruel this is.
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CFPB - closed
USAID - closed
Medicaid - under attack
NIH cancer funding - frozen
Department of Education - under attack
But do you know who just got a NEW government contract for $38,858,978 literally today?
SpaceX — owned by Elon Musk
USAID - closed
Medicaid - under attack
NIH cancer funding - frozen
Department of Education - under attack
But do you know who just got a NEW government contract for $38,858,978 literally today?
SpaceX — owned by Elon Musk
February 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
CFPB - closed
USAID - closed
Medicaid - under attack
NIH cancer funding - frozen
Department of Education - under attack
But do you know who just got a NEW government contract for $38,858,978 literally today?
SpaceX — owned by Elon Musk
USAID - closed
Medicaid - under attack
NIH cancer funding - frozen
Department of Education - under attack
But do you know who just got a NEW government contract for $38,858,978 literally today?
SpaceX — owned by Elon Musk
Severance is so good… I am blown away by how deep it is.
February 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Severance is so good… I am blown away by how deep it is.
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"If you died in childbirth, you were honoured just as much as a young man who died in war"
A coincidence the book went to reprint right after this author interview aired? I think not. It's now back in print, fascinating and wide-ranging, get a flavour of it here: open.spotify.com/episode/5eHk...
A coincidence the book went to reprint right after this author interview aired? I think not. It's now back in print, fascinating and wide-ranging, get a flavour of it here: open.spotify.com/episode/5eHk...
February 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"If you died in childbirth, you were honoured just as much as a young man who died in war"
A coincidence the book went to reprint right after this author interview aired? I think not. It's now back in print, fascinating and wide-ranging, get a flavour of it here: open.spotify.com/episode/5eHk...
A coincidence the book went to reprint right after this author interview aired? I think not. It's now back in print, fascinating and wide-ranging, get a flavour of it here: open.spotify.com/episode/5eHk...
Shout out to all of the artists who will continue to speak truth to power in the years ahead and somehow find the ability to create beauty we can all enjoy in dark times.
February 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Shout out to all of the artists who will continue to speak truth to power in the years ahead and somehow find the ability to create beauty we can all enjoy in dark times.
Please don’t forget to pay attention to your mental health. There is a lot of stressful stuff happening… but you are good for nothing if you are broken.
February 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Please don’t forget to pay attention to your mental health. There is a lot of stressful stuff happening… but you are good for nothing if you are broken.
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Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income
This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.
truthout.org
February 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
It’s simple. Trump and Musk both knew that if Dems stayed in power, they were going to jail or loosing A LOT of money and power… so they made a deal. Musk bought trump a victory and Trump let Musk do whatever he wanted to the government and regulatory system.Trump is fine with ruling over ashes.
February 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It’s simple. Trump and Musk both knew that if Dems stayed in power, they were going to jail or loosing A LOT of money and power… so they made a deal. Musk bought trump a victory and Trump let Musk do whatever he wanted to the government and regulatory system.Trump is fine with ruling over ashes.
I am determined to write or paint this weekend and not fall into this despair hole that is my phone.
February 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I am determined to write or paint this weekend and not fall into this despair hole that is my phone.
Think I’m going to Canada for my next vacation… if the economy and country hasn’t completely collapsed by then.
February 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Think I’m going to Canada for my next vacation… if the economy and country hasn’t completely collapsed by then.
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The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.
February 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.