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Dan Saltzstein

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Deputy Editor, Projects and Collaborations, NYTimes. Queens, NYC, cocktail and rye enthusiast. Ruthless cosmopolitan.

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Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social · Nov 1

I believe that is one of my own creation (which I wrote about for Bon Appetit):

The Witty Comeback
2 oz rye (pref Old Overholt)
1/2 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz Averna amaro
1/2 oz ginger syrup (make simple syrup and steep with chopped ginger for 20-30 min)

Shake with ice and garnish with orange peel.

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 19h

The mass layoffs of federal workers on Friday night swept up the top two leaders of the federal measles response team, those working on Ebola and dozens of other infectious disease experts
(Gift article)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases

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Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social · 1d

I’m so sorry, Celeste. May her memory be a blessing. Sending love and comfort.

Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social · 2d

1813 probably

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 3d

“God Bless America” is … not the national anthem. At the game I was at recently, some people stood and some people didn’t. It’s a piece of popular song that many people like and feel moved by, just like, say, “This Land Is Your Land.”

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 3d

Donald Trump’s MAGA supporters are freaking out after photos emerged of Super Bowl singer Bad Bunny sitting during “God Bless America” at a New York Yankees playoff game.

MAGA Melts Down as Bad Bunny Sits for ‘God Bless America’

The singer is causing anger among Republicans for his actions during a baseball game.

trib.al

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 3d

Was completely on purpose

Ghoulian Singleton 🎃 @juliansingleton.bsky.social · 3d

Threw on the new Criterion of NIGHTMARE ALLEY 2021 and forgot that the reappearance of Richard Jenkins and Mary Steenburgen makes this the Catalina Wine Mixer of Guillermo Del Toro's oeuvre.

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Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social · 3d

Published a book 🤷🏻‍♂️

Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social · 5d

Listen, you did good. There’s no winning, only surviving.

Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social · 5d

My “favorite” quote is “I just don’t think I’ll ever care enough again for another politician.”

a cartoon bear is hugging another bear and saying `` i 'm sorry . ''

ALT: a cartoon bear is hugging another bear and saying `` i 'm sorry . ''

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Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social · 5d

It does say “mega dose” I guess 😬

Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social · 5d

Good lord. “Take one (1) sip every hour for fifty (50) hours.”

Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social · 7d

Or, I don’t know, go for a walk

amy brown (spooky edition) @amybrown.xyz · 8d

are swifties okay

patreegs on instagram says

You need to listen to it once completely through while driving a car alone. Then you have to
listen to it indoors lying down. THEN you pick a few and listen to them WHILE you read the lyrics on your computer. You WILL find that you misheard some of the lyrics. DONT panic. Its COMPLETELY normal and healthy. DONT think about taylors life yet and DONT try to make sense of the lyrics and DONT panic if you dont like some of the songs at first bc your brain will LEARN to like them (evolutionary mechanism).
THEN, continue listening on loop as needed but have 2-3 that you sometimes just listen to on repeat. THEN re-emerge into the world and connect with others about their response to the text. THEN apply practically to your life. THEN examine how they fit into taylors. At this point you can start to lightly engage in online discourse if that feels healthy and safe.

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Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social · 7d

Jim Carrey in the Truman Show, looking up

Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social · 8d

“Mr. Trump was first told of the cuts by Ms. Hochul during a phone call on Sunday evening, according to three people with knowledge of the conversation.”

Trump Administration Reverses $187 Million in N.Y. Counterterrorism Cuts

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Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social · 9d

Yes! A gift link to the full piece:

Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social · 9d

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 9d

Bari Weiss is set to be named the editor in chief of CBS News, the New York Post reports

Paramount Skydance is poised to name Bari Weiss as editor in chief of CBS News in the coming days — giving the hard-charging journalist unusual clout to revamp the struggling network as it also acquires her scrappy news site the Free Press, The Post has learned.

Weiss — a 41-year-old former New York Times opinion writer who has built the Free Press into a buzzworthy site with a contrarian bent — is expected to be named to the top post in a Monday announcement, although the talks are in flux and the timing could change, a source close to the situation said.

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Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social · 10d

Love this article!

Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social · 11d

In the first piece from our Future of New York series, we asked a bunch of cultural smarties, including @shteyngart.bsky.social @minjinlee.bsky.social @mobrowne.bsky.social @sloanecrosley.bsky.social, to look ahead to 2050.

Notable New Yorkers on the City’s Arts Scene, 25 Years Out

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Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social · 11d

Notable New Yorkers on the City’s Arts Scene, 25 Years Out

www.nytimes.com

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Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social · 11d

Although I don’t speak other languages, sometimes I’ll say a phrase in front of someone if I think they might be talking about me just to put the fear of god in them

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Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social · 11d

I get the hair thing but manscaping?! It’s just too much.

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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 11d

I should remember to promote this every playoff season: bookshop.org/a/88357/9780...

The Body Scout

Check out The Body Scout - <p><b>In this "timeless and original" sci-fi thriller (<i>New York Times</i>), a hardboiled baseball scout must solve the murder of his brother in a world transformed by bod...

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Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social · 13d

Something like this happened to me too: I had my doctor call in a prescription (asthma) but they couldn’t find it initially. They clearly wanted to give me the vaccine but were stumped. I finally suggested they looks at my scripts and they found one for an asthma inhaler. I got my vaccine.

Nicholas Dawes @nicdawes.bsky.social · 13d

At my local pharmacy staff were literally making changes on the fly as I stood there. One person who was under 65 but not young, and whose pre-existing conditions weren't on the list was being sent home until someone yelled from the back "No, we can give it to him. The rules have changed".

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Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social · 15d

In Greenwich Village, dollar slices actually cost upwards of $1.50!!!

Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social · 15d

In Greenwich Village, dollar slices actually cost upwards of $1.50!!!

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Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social · 15d

You're thinking of Shlomo Katznelson.

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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 17d

VERY FUNNY SCOOP: The Onion made a 20-minute Epstein/Trump mockumentary called “Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile.” I got a sneak peek and it is gloriously dumb. Read about it/watch the trailer here: www.wired.com/story/the-on...

The Onion Made an Absolutely Unhinged Jeffrey Epstein Mockumentary

"Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile" is a very silly deep dive on a very serious issue. In the current media landscape, it’s a wonder it even got made.

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