Deputy Editor, Projects and Collaborations, NYTimes. Queens, NYC, cocktail enthusiast. Creator of the Saltzsteini. Ruthless cosmopolitan.https://bsky.app/profile/dansaltzstein.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dansaltzstein.bsky.social/post/3mmawbjjsgc2vWhat an absolutely gutsy performance by the Knicks. Brunson is the clutch GOAT.20 May 2026 03:04 +0000at://did:plc:4lnsh46alk3gbgd5tsumbifv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmawbjjsgc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dansaltzstein.bsky.social/post/3mm7qwlu7jc24Why anyone would even take the chance of inserting AI-generated copy (let alone data) into their book/article/whatever is beyond me. Even if you decide to use AI, there are fairly easy guardrails you can put around prompts to avoid it (like asking it not to suggest phrasing and to source all data). https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/business/media/future-of-truth-ai-quotes.html19 May 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:4lnsh46alk3gbgd5tsumbifv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7qwlu7jc24https://bsky.app/profile/dansaltzstein.bsky.social/post/3mm5jrteybc2n“Roughly three-quarters of those children… are likely U.S. citizens” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/us/brookings-institution-report-family-separations.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jVA.HIqa.l01ZrqidFJ2O&smid=nytcore-ios-share18 May 2026 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:4lnsh46alk3gbgd5tsumbifv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5jrteybc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dansaltzstein.bsky.social/post/3mm2ygj2eoc2lSo just to ask the obvious: Are half the GOP congress and governors going to express resentment toward Trump only when they retire? That's going to be really annoying. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/us/politics/lamar-alexander-republicans-trump.html17 May 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:4lnsh46alk3gbgd5tsumbifv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2ygj2eoc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/dansaltzstein.bsky.social/post/3mlyrsrg3fc2ySubway Series16 May 2026 21:23 +0000at://did:plc:4lnsh46alk3gbgd5tsumbifv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyrsrg3fc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/dansaltzstein.bsky.social/post/3mlvahvd66s2vThis seems fine [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2026 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:4lnsh46alk3gbgd5tsumbifv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvahvd66s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dansaltzstein.bsky.social/post/3mlh2kqfxps22“My goal is to take these moments and bring them back with me onto land, building the attachments that sometimes feel too tenuous.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 May 2026 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:4lnsh46alk3gbgd5tsumbifv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlh2kqfxps22https://bsky.app/profile/dansaltzstein.bsky.social/post/3mld3ybf2ns2wI was lucky enough to edit this wonderful conversation about road books between Caputo and William Least Heat-Moon, two masters of the genre. May his memory be a blessing. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/14/travel/a-conversation-between-philip-caputo-and-william-least-heat-moon.html?unlocked_article_code=1.g1A.hmdK.3M9_82AyzGvy&smid=nytcore-ios-share (gift link) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/books/philip-caputo-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share08 May 2026 06:27 +0000at://did:plc:4lnsh46alk3gbgd5tsumbifv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mld3ybf2ns2whttps://bsky.app/profile/dansaltzstein.bsky.social/post/3mld2yrx4fk2pI don’t know what RFK Jr. is including here as chronic diseases (part of the problem) but I have asthma, my dad had COPD, and my mom has MS. All chronic diseases that one dies *with*, not from. 1.2 million Americans died from Covid. Same could be said of many of them. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 06:09 +0000at://did:plc:4lnsh46alk3gbgd5tsumbifv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mld2yrx4fk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/dansaltzstein.bsky.social/post/3ml6hvouhlk26Comes with a free topping! But the topping is also cursed. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 10:17 +0000at://did:plc:4lnsh46alk3gbgd5tsumbifv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6hvouhlk26https://bsky.app/profile/dansaltzstein.bsky.social/post/3mkzw5xude22qDuring the Yanks’ run in the late ‘90s and beyond, my roommate and I would watch on TV but turn off the sound and listen to WFAN. May his memory be a blessing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:4lnsh46alk3gbgd5tsumbifv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzw5xude22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/dansaltzstein.bsky.social/post/3mkxid3y76s2d“That phrase is used constantly” 🧐 [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 May 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:4lnsh46alk3gbgd5tsumbifv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxid3y76s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dansaltzstein.bsky.social/post/3mkt3czxbak2iName your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only. Deadwood The Sopranos The Simpsons The Wire Breaking Bad Seinfeld Arrested Development Mad Men The Office Better Call Saul High Maintenance Curb Your Enthusiasm Freaks and Geeks How To With John Wilson What We Do in the Shadows [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:4lnsh46alk3gbgd5tsumbifv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkt3czxbak2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/dansaltzstein.bsky.social/post/3mkqtmapsf22sWhat the hell is going on01 May 2026 00:09 +0000at://did:plc:4lnsh46alk3gbgd5tsumbifv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqtmapsf22shttps://bsky.app/profile/dansaltzstein.bsky.social/post/3mkkxjrrji224Lots of fun comments! My mildly warm takes: missing are Frank Black, Kurt Cobain, Nas and BILLY F’ING JOEL [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Apr 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:4lnsh46alk3gbgd5tsumbifv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkxjrrji224