Dan Saltzstein
@dansaltzstein.bsky.social
Deputy Editor, Projects and Collaborations, NYTimes. Queens, NYC, cocktail and rye enthusiast. Ruthless cosmopolitan.
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Dan Saltzstein
@dansaltzstein.bsky.social
· Oct 21
Why Is New York’s Fictional Future So Often Dystopian?
www.nytimes.com
I wrote about why New York's fictional futures are so often dystopian, from Escaped From New York and Soylent Green to I Am Legend and The Expanse. (Do you buy that they are unlikely love letters to the city? I think I do!) Gift link:
This is genius
If you live in a city with a decent Chinatown and are hosting or attending a potluck Thanksgiving, I highly recommend getting some char siu and chopped roast duck. Always a hit with my friends, not that expensive, and barely any leftovers. Sometimes I pick up egg tarts for dessert.
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
This is genius
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The person with the most demanding job in the world should not be so old they get fatigued after a few hours. (It's been almost nine years since we had a president under 70.)
November 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The person with the most demanding job in the world should not be so old they get fatigued after a few hours. (It's been almost nine years since we had a president under 70.)
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Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake, they call Gitche Gumee
Superior, they said, never gives up her dead
When the gales of November come early
Of the big lake, they call Gitche Gumee
Superior, they said, never gives up her dead
When the gales of November come early
November 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake, they call Gitche Gumee
Superior, they said, never gives up her dead
When the gales of November come early
Of the big lake, they call Gitche Gumee
Superior, they said, never gives up her dead
When the gales of November come early
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Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:
November 23, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:
One of the best, a sordid tale, directed by, of all people, an old-school British dude who also did “The Man in the White Suit.” With the best cinematography by legend James Wong Howe.
‘Sweet Smell of Success’ is “a bleak and unsparing depiction of obeisance before power in a morally bankrupt culture,” @splicedpersonality.bsky.social writes: crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...
November 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
One of the best, a sordid tale, directed by, of all people, an old-school British dude who also did “The Man in the White Suit.” With the best cinematography by legend James Wong Howe.
Slightly invented, this gets VERY dirty
Come, grin on me
November 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Slightly invented, this gets VERY dirty
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I could eat this with a spoon.
November 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I could eat this with a spoon.
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when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
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NEW: Federal agents busted into an Elmhurst apartment early last Thursday morning and pointed guns at a woman and her four children, according to video and an account from the family.
On Camera, Fed Agents Point Guns at Mother and Four Kids in Queens
The agents came looking for a relative who no longer lived in the apartment, the shellshocked mother told THE CITY. Days later, her children are terrified to leave their parents' sides.
www.thecity.nyc
November 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
NEW: Federal agents busted into an Elmhurst apartment early last Thursday morning and pointed guns at a woman and her four children, according to video and an account from the family.
Love it
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Love it
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This is pretty amazing. This guy just won a solid victory in Bucks County, PA, one of the most important swing counties in the country, by *explicitly and deliberately* making his race *all about* nationalizing ICE raids. Confirms the point about this now being a winning issue for Dems.
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is pretty amazing. This guy just won a solid victory in Bucks County, PA, one of the most important swing counties in the country, by *explicitly and deliberately* making his race *all about* nationalizing ICE raids. Confirms the point about this now being a winning issue for Dems.
This is targeted and purposeful, not a fluke. As the article says, it’s based on a decades-old, long unenforced deportation order.
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:29 AM
This is targeted and purposeful, not a fluke. As the article says, it’s based on a decades-old, long unenforced deportation order.
Let me just say: oof. In a few ways.
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Let me just say: oof. In a few ways.
Who could have possibly seen it coming from someone who had never worked on a criminal case
Judge Says Justice Dept. May Have Committed ‘Misconduct’ in Comey Case
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Who could have possibly seen it coming from someone who had never worked on a criminal case
Did Andrew Wyeth tweet this
November 16, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Did Andrew Wyeth tweet this
Who wants to tell her the definition of “barely”
November 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Who wants to tell her the definition of “barely”
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If this number were true, it would amount to about ~0.4% of 42 million recipients.
Brooke Rollins: "SNAP is a broken program. SNAP is full of corruption. We found 186,000 dead people."
November 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
If this number were true, it would amount to about ~0.4% of 42 million recipients.
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Thomas Massie to CNN on the Epstein files: "This vote is gonna be on your record for longer than Trump is gonna be president. And what are you gonna do in 2028 and 2030 when you're in a debate … and they say, 'How can we trust you? You covered up for a pedophile back in 2025.'"
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Thomas Massie to CNN on the Epstein files: "This vote is gonna be on your record for longer than Trump is gonna be president. And what are you gonna do in 2028 and 2030 when you're in a debate … and they say, 'How can we trust you? You covered up for a pedophile back in 2025.'"
It’s (very lightly) snowing again in New York!
November 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
It’s (very lightly) snowing again in New York!
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Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue."
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue."
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
I’m shocked! Shocked to find not moving in this establishment
Big Apple billionaire John Catsimatidis planned to move his business to New Jersey if Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor. Now he’s reconsidering.
Supermarket Billionaire Reacts To Mamdani’s Win
Big Apple billionaire John Catsimatidis planned to move his business to New Jersey if Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor. Now he’s reconsidering.
www.forbes.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I’m shocked! Shocked to find not moving in this establishment
It took me a couple of reads to process this. The *administration* wanted to use email addresses of furloughed employees to spread their own message.
JUST IN: A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from using furloughed employees’ email accounts to broadcast partisan messages about the shutdown.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 7, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It took me a couple of reads to process this. The *administration* wanted to use email addresses of furloughed employees to spread their own message.
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I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.