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David Garten
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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 5d
“That kind of humility is no different from enduring the hardships required to become a champion middleweight boxer, a great rock climber or a master musician.”

Good piece by @adamfrank4.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o...
Opinion | How the Manosphere Hijacks Young Men’s Interest in Science
www.nytimes.com
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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 6d
“I’m no better than Silas, and it’s not fair that he and his siblings continue to face such fierce headwinds without the help I took for granted.”

This is a good piece by @bethmacy.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Opinion | What It Takes for a Working-Class Kid to Get a College Education
www.nytimes.com
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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 6d
Most Americans get their news from algorithm-driven social media owned by, and enormously profitable for, some of the most powerful companies in the world.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
Most Voters Think America’s Divisions Cannot Be Overcome, Poll Says
www.nytimes.com
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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 8d
Albany's progressive Common Council increased affordable requirements from 5% to 7-13% in 2023, making market-rate housing infeasible. The policy backfired, & could increase rents because of no new supply. Best writer on NY’s housing crisis: @erik-engquist.bsky.social therealdeal.com/new-york/202...
How to sabotage your own housing goals
A law to make Albany more affordable has backfired — an example of a pervasive problem highlighted by the bestseller “Abundance.”
therealdeal.com
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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 8d
Has yet to win the general election, but wins a dem primary in an off year in a deep blue city, with a minority of eligible voters, after serving for a few years in the Assembly with very little accomplishments.

Vanity Fair: He’s a legend and possibly the future of politics.
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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 9d
While a lot of attention has focused on whether Mamdani will keep Tisch, when it comes to truly addressing housing affordability, the real question is whether Mamdani will continue Adams’s policies.
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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 9d
"But mayors do not, for the most part, create much housing. Their responsibility is to create the conditions that allow the private sector to build. On that standard, Adams can stake a claim as the most pro-housing mayor"

Good piece by @erik-engquist.bsky.social

therealdeal.com/new-york/202...
Mayor Adams’ real estate legacy will endure, even if few remember him for it
Mayor Eric Adams is ending his bid for re-election, closing the book on a fruitful and frustrating four years for NYC real estate
therealdeal.com
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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 9d
A really informative conversation:

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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 9d
A really informative conversation:

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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 9d
“It really has been just one battle after another. To win is to continue fighting…None of us look like we did in 1997. And yet we’re still here. And it turns out we’re not done fighting.” - @williamfleitch.bsky.social

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | ‘One Battle After Another’? That’s Gen X in a nutshell.
In Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film, Leonardo DiCaprio captures Generation X in middle age.
www.washingtonpost.com
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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 9d
Go see One Battle After Another ASAP.
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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 10d
“The problem is if you cannibalise too many from your own tribe, you end up running out of members.”

Spot-on piece by @jemima.bsky.social

www.ft.com/content/80f0...
The right and the art of putting on a united front
In spite of bitter divisions, Trump’s Maga coalition always rallies round when it needs to
www.ft.com
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 10d
that dude just beat you with a D2 quarterback
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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 11d
“Now is the moment for legislation — while this deal is closing — to reset expectations about how tech companies shape our information ecosystem.” - important piece by @ebakerwhite.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/o...
Opinion | Legislators Should Force Social Media Platforms to Tell the Truth
www.nytimes.com
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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 11d
There is no credible reason he should have been legally allowed to buy a gun.

www.wsj.com/us-news/nyc-...
New York City Office Shooter Had CTE, Medical Examiner Finds
Shane Tamura was diagnosed postmortem with the brain disease associated with head injuries and often found in football players.
www.wsj.com
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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 12d
“The danger isn’t merely that this mindset leads people to believe falsehoods. The deeper problem is that it makes democratic engagement impossible.”

Today’s gnosticism is something that plagues the right and the left.

Good piece.

www.wsj.com/opinion/cand...
Opinion | Candace Owens Is a Latter-Day Gnostic
Conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk follow a first-century Christian heresy.
www.wsj.com
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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 13d
Interesting piece by @drtedj.bsky.social. Definitely worth a read.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | How Trump nearly doubled his support from Black voters
New data shows historic gains made by the president among this racial demographic.
www.washingtonpost.com
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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 16d
This is good.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/r...
With New Plan, Hochul Fast-Tracks Housing Supply
www.nytimes.com
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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 17d
Here is the trailer: youtu.be/07holVlIorY?...
Trailer | HARD HAT RIOT | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS
YouTube video by American Experience | PBS
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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 17d
“If you want to understand the cultural earthquake shaking American politics today…you need to go back to a violent afternoon in lower Manhattan.”

Highly recommend the documentary, Hard Hat Riot, by my friend, Marc Levin.

www.nydailynews.com/2025/09/21/h...
Hard Hat Riot & class revolt: The battle in Manhattan’s streets and the splintering of America
The central question at the heart of so much of today’s political commentary is who best represents working Americans. Once the working class was solidly Democratic. Not anymore. Why did blue…
www.nydailynews.com
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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 18d
Social media amplifies extreme views as though they were representative of most Americans, and many of us are losing our sense of what other people are really like.”

www.thefp.com/p/sam-harris...
Sam Harris: Log Off
Charlie Kirk’s assassination lit a fuse. Social media turned it into a bonfire, writes Sam Harris.
www.thefp.com
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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 20d
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people things they do not want to hear.” - George Orwell
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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 21d
Congress, have the courage to revisit Section 230 ASAP.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/t...
Social Platforms Duck Blame for Inflaming Divisions Before Charlie Kirk’s Death
www.nytimes.com
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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 21d
Flagging for @edsbs.bsky.social
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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 22d
Thanks, “truth-teller”