Dan Saltzstein
Deputy Editor, Projects and Collaborations, NYTimes. Queens, NYC, cocktail and rye enthusiast. Ruthless cosmopolitan.
- Good. (I realize many of you disagree.)
- It’s easy to hate NYC teams, but for folks of my generation, even the early ‘90s Knicks were endlessly frustrating. (Anyone who remembers all those missed layups by Charles Smith knows.) A lot like the Yankees teams of the mid to late ‘90s, this Knicks team feels earned.
- As I have been informed by both my wife and daughter, telling someone to “be chill” (or, in my case, to “relax”) is never a good choice and I haven’t done it for years
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- Let’s not be hasty
- Congestion pricing is very clearly an early success. On track for $500mil in revenue 1st yr, 80K fewer cars/day, faster buses, no traffic surge in Bronx (as some predicted), ridership up on all methods of public transit, fewer noise calls to 311.
- NYC’s congestion pricing is a policy miracle: Less traffic, less noise, faster transit, more business sales, more transit revenue. And it hasn’t produced the negative effects outside the cordon zone we were afraid of. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- “The plane will then be donated to President Trump’s presidential library when he leaves office, the official said, allowing him to continue using it as a private citizen.”
- Pope Lentils VI
- MAGA politicians and pundits on the new pope, discovering that actual Christianity and Marxism aren't that far apart! Wild stuff.
- I just told my daughter we’re cutting back on screen time until school is over. Where’s my popehood, hm?
- Reposted by Dan Saltzsteinyou know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"
- I can’t believe the new pope is Tracy Morgan! Inspired choice.
- This is so f’ing creepy
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WE REPEAT: WE HAVE THE PERFECT BASKETBALL TEAM, FLAWLESS, CAPABLE OF WINNING IT ALL, POSSIBLY FOREVER, NEVER LOSING AGAIN, EMBARRASSING THEIR COUNTERPARTS, AND LEAVING IT ALL ON THE FLOOR. GO NY GO NY GO!!!!!! hellgatenyc.com/knicks-world... - KNICKS!!!!! (I’m not even a big fan, but man, two games in a row against Boston? Yes please.)
- Reposted by Dan SaltzsteinToday is the day! My book is out in the world. It’s not a friendly world for writing about science or women or especially women’s bodies right now. But I’m so proud to be telling a story that makes a certain type of person very, very angry. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/casey...
- Reposted by Dan SaltzsteinOne of the things I learned writing a book about global trade is that thing you got delivered next day started its journey *months* ago in China or SE Asia. A few months from now you will see an explosion of stories about empty shelves. It’s going to blow people’s minds.
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- Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie. 4002: A Space Odyssey
- Reposted by Dan Saltzstein🧵 NY-17 Rep. Mike Lawler had a local social worker physically dragged out of his town hall Sunday night. Emily Feiner was singled out by private security, lifted out of her seat, as the crowd chanted “let her stay” and “shame, shame.” She’s a constituent. Not a threat. Fascism again.
- Met Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft in Florence, Italy. (We walked by them and my dad said, “that’s either my uncle Harry or Mel Brooks.”) Mel was delightful. Asked us where we lived, we said NY, he said, “I used to live there but then we moved to LA and now it’s one big party!”
- Reposted by Dan SaltzsteinThe Department of Central Planning and Child Rearing has figured out the optimal number of dolls and pencils each child should have to make beautiful Republic.
- Reposted by Dan SaltzsteinOh wow. Note: This response (below, which is real) to Trump’s tweet depicting himself as pope is from the New York State Catholic Bishops, who represent the collective bishops of the state. Among them is Cardinal Dolan of NYC, who Trump appointed to his new religious liberty commission this week.
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- Reposted by Dan SaltzsteinHappy 80th anniversary of Hitler killing himself in his bunker to all who celebrate, which, as I now understand it, is not everybody
- The entire population of the United States is about 340 million. So, 400 or so drug seizures in 2025 have saved the lives of three-quarters of all Americans, says the U.S. attorney general.
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- Governing by keywords (h/t @mollyjongfast.bsky.social)
