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David Garten
@davidgarten.bsky.social
Citizen and Patriot
“That’s what the gods do, they spin thread of ruin through the fabric of our lives, all to make a song for generations to come.” - Cloud Cuckoo Land

Keep shining, Anita Datar. Ten years later, your memory lives on.
November 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
From the same paper, on the same day. Something tells me that it’s not about “universal human rights.”
October 31, 2025 at 10:24 AM
September 11, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Go Irish!!!
August 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Interesting factoid: West Virginia is the only state in the country that was born from another state because it refused to join the confederacy.

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
August 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Rain squall’s a-comin’
August 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Chicago is great.
The traffic is not that great.
Build more subways, please
August 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
What’s taking place in Sudan.
August 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
How did they do it? New Rochelle streamlined environmental reviews, offered developers tax incentives, and created standardized zoning rules to make it easier and cheaper to build homes. The result is pretty clear: make it easier to build, rents will fall, & affordability rises.
August 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
New Rochelle median rents are well below the 25% or higher increases in NYC and markets like Newark, Hoboken and Jersey City. New Rochelle’s median rent actually declined 2% from 2020 to 2023, while median rent nationally was surging at a double-digit rate.
August 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
“Without US leadership there is no way we would have bent the HIV curve,” Nkengasong says of the roughly $120bn marshalled by PEPFAR since 2003. “Americans should be proud of that achievement in addressing one of the great health challenges the world has faced.”
August 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The more you know.
August 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The @whitney.org doesn’t censor. Go check out Amy Sherald: American Sublime.
July 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The more you know.

Freezing Rent Is Easy. Making NYC Housing Affordable Isn’t.
July 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Spotted in gentrified Red Hook.
July 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
“Be true to what you said on paper.” - MLK

Happy 4th!!!
July 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
What a broken system.
June 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Don’t expect corporations and movements to align. That inherent tension drives change. But movements can go viral & die just as easily as corporate fads. Better to have ones led by true allies (with fewer resources) than by sponsors that need to protect their bottom line.
June 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Excellent and must read piece for anyone who is a sports fan by @joon.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Monsters are real and they’re holding hostage a country that’s just south of Florida.
June 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Window washing
May 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
May 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Han Solo shot Greedo first
May 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Harsh truths waiting on the train this morning
May 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Hudson River in Hudson!
May 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM