Matt Varosky
@varosky.bsky.social
I make movies and TV with some swell folks.
Today's goodness.
Listen to Fiona Apple’s New Cover of Neil Young’s “Heart of Gold”
She recorded the song for Cinema Music Group and Killphonic Records’ new album Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 1
pitchfork.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Today's goodness.
Paul Revere's ride was this day, 1775.
April 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Paul Revere's ride was this day, 1775.
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60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador
A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.
cbsn.ws
April 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
Here’s a hint. There IS a law on that. More than one, actually. And they are really easy to find. Say, in any high school civics textbook.
Trump says he wants to send Americans to gulags in El Salvador: "I love that. If we could take some of our 20 time wiseguys that push people into subways ... if he would take them, I would be honored to give them. I don't know what the law says on that ... I'm all for it."
April 7, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Here’s a hint. There IS a law on that. More than one, actually. And they are really easy to find. Say, in any high school civics textbook.
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"Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth"
Stunning note from Mizuho, comparing tariff policy to Chernobyl
Gorbachev’s gov’t “was built on power and lies and could not admit mistakes .. Admitting the disaster to the world, even if it was the right thing to do, would show weakness.
“We are all along for the ride, no matter how dangerous..”
Gorbachev’s gov’t “was built on power and lies and could not admit mistakes .. Admitting the disaster to the world, even if it was the right thing to do, would show weakness.
“We are all along for the ride, no matter how dangerous..”
April 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
"Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth"
Breakfast at Denny’s. There is a $.50 surcharge on each egg but we have a robot waiter.
March 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Breakfast at Denny’s. There is a $.50 surcharge on each egg but we have a robot waiter.
One of my all-time favorite authors. Luminous, irreverent writing with a respect for the glorious, goofy majesty all around us. Do yourself a favor and give him a read.
“The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplaceable being.”
― Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume
“The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplaceable being.”
― Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume
Tom Robbins, Whose Comic Novels Drew a Cult Following, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)
He blended pop philosophy and absurdist comedy in best-selling books like “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” and “Skinny Legs and All.”
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2025 at 6:20 AM
One of my all-time favorite authors. Luminous, irreverent writing with a respect for the glorious, goofy majesty all around us. Do yourself a favor and give him a read.
“The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplaceable being.”
― Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume
“The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplaceable being.”
― Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume
Reposted by Matt Varosky
Reposted by Matt Varosky
Trump's chaos is horrifyingly fascinating, and the legal challenges to his EOs are important, but increasingly that feels like a smoke screen (not that he'd know it) for the truly crazy capture of the US state by Musk that's currently going on.
Great, essential, read.
Great, essential, read.
Here's my latest at the Contrarian -- analyzing the Musk data grabs and the takeover of government by the DOGE kids. contrarian.substack.com/p/all-the-go...
All the Government’s Data
Government survives because offices that are taken for granted make its work possible
contrarian.substack.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Trump's chaos is horrifyingly fascinating, and the legal challenges to his EOs are important, but increasingly that feels like a smoke screen (not that he'd know it) for the truly crazy capture of the US state by Musk that's currently going on.
Great, essential, read.
Great, essential, read.
Reposted by Matt Varosky
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
February 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
Maple syrup sold out at my corner store. Some smarties here.
February 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Maple syrup sold out at my corner store. Some smarties here.
Pink at Fire Aid. So good, and for my money the best performance in a night full of them.
P!nk | Full Performance | FireAid Benefit Concert 2025
YouTube video by RemasterKingdom4.0
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Pink at Fire Aid. So good, and for my money the best performance in a night full of them.
Did not predict a Nirvana reunion fronted by St. Vincent at Fire Aid, but that was awesome. I will also have to dig up the Pink cover of Led Zeppelin to watch again later.
January 31, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Did not predict a Nirvana reunion fronted by St. Vincent at Fire Aid, but that was awesome. I will also have to dig up the Pink cover of Led Zeppelin to watch again later.