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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 5h

Best piece I've read on the fiscal and political realities that await a Mayor Mamdani.

Also included is a great use of the word "shibboleth."

By @nicolegelinas.bsky.social

www.city-journal.org/article/new-...

New York Braces for a Mayor Mamdani

From our upcoming Autumn issue Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old Democratic Socialist running for New York City mayor, is coasting toward city hall. He has won over younger voters with promises to freez...

www.city-journal.org

David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 9h

Streamline the approval process, offer the right incentives, remove uncertainty = more housing.

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

A Wave of New Apartment Buildings Are Set to Take Over Midtown Manhattan

Projects to turn Pfizer’s old company headquarters into apartments are being spurred by tax incentives and zoning changes that are reshaping the middle of Manhattan.

www.bloomberg.com

David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 1d

Did you read the piece?

David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 1d

Then by all means you should take to social media and tell everyone how unfairly you were treated.

David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 1d

Power four football is more or less a semi-pro league and should probably be treated as such.

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

Opinion | Big Football Is Ruining College Sports

www.nytimes.com

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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 1d

“I have no clue what anyone else said (I suspect there were a lot of wheels and buses, maybe some repeated vowels and farm animals), but my kid chose ‘Ring of Fire.’ I’ve rarely been prouder.”

Great piece by @jonfasman.bsky.social

www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

Essay | It’s Finally Time to Give Johnny Cash His Due

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took years for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

www.wsj.com

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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 3d

By lowering accountability, rigor and standards, it produces more inequality.

Spot-on piece.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

Opinion | Why Are the Democrats Increasing Inequality?

www.nytimes.com

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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 10d

“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 · 11d

“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 · 11d

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

David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 13d

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 · 13d

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.

David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 14d

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.

David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 14d

"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 · 14d

A really informative conversation:

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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 14d

A really informative conversation:

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 14d

“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

David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 15d

Go see One Battle After Another ASAP.

David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 15d

“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 · 15d

that dude just beat you with a D2 quarterback

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David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 16d

“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 · 16d

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

David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 17d

“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

David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 18d

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

David Garten @davidgarten.bsky.social · 21d

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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