David Giambusso
@giambusso.bsky.social
Senior editor at Gothamist and WNYC. Masshole in exile.
I am a sucker for spy stories already but I’m in awe of reporters who can pull off a story like this www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/w...
How Putin Turned Japan Into a Den of Spies
Operating out of a Tokyo high-rise, a military intelligence unit finds the high-tech equipment that Russia needs to wage war.
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Happy Birthday, America. Remember: When a government becomes destructive of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it.
genuinely crazy to watch these people freak out over what is essentially 21st century new dealism
Mediaite@mediaite.com · last mo.‘I’m Done, I’m Not in That F*cking Political Party’: James Carville Freaks Out After Progressives Win Big in Democratic Primaries
A subtle message from my colleagues here at @wnyc.org and @gothamist.com. It seems I have a problem.
Poor Sleep Linked To Gong https://theonion.com/poor-sleep-linked-to-gong/
Poor Sleep Linked To Gong
CHICAGO—Concluding that the costs of keeping such a device in the bedroom far exceeded the benefits, a study released Monday by the University of Chicago’s sleep lab found a strong link between poor s...
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KASHED OUT cc: @ndhapple.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/anna...
Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 4mo ago“On multiple occasions in the past year, members of his security detail had difficulty waking Patel because he was seemingly intoxicated, according to information supplied to Justice Department and White House officials.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Mamdani to swap parking spots for more than 6,500 curbside Empire Bins across NYC gothamist.com/news/mamdani...
Mamdani to swap parking spots for more than 6,500 curbside Empire Bins across NYC
It’s a major expansion in the rollout of the “trash revolution” that former Mayor Eric Adams started.
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As a 50 percent gumbah I have to express my alarm that we’re moving out of track suit season so quickly.
Historically, like, no problem in the middle of a war. bsky.app/profile/nyti...
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4mo agoBreaking News: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired the Army’s top general, reflecting his ongoing grievances with the Army, officials said.
Yeah the president doesn't care about "loyalty" -- the word some media outlets use to describe sycophancy. He cares about what's good and what's bad for him: As soon as you're a liability, you can get fucked. But in that, he's not unlike most politicians. bsky.app/profile/moth...
Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 4mo agoPam Bondi proves that for Trump, you can't debase yourself enough.
Religious buffer zones are unconstitutional in Albany just like in NYC. Aside from the 1st amendment violations, why do religious groups deserve more protection than secular groups? gothamist.com/news/religio...
Religious buffer zones still on the table in Albany
A state proposal would put a 25-foot buffer zone around houses of worship.
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Civil Rights Attorney Taylor Brown stopped by WNYC's Morning Edition to speak with @michael-hill.bsky.social about her new appointment, and what it's like to suddenly be so high-profile on this #TDOV www.wnyc.org/story/the-he... @wnyc.org
The head of NYC's first Office for LGBTQIA+ Affairs on "meeting the moment" | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News
New York City’s first-ever Office for LGBTQIA+ Affairs will next month open under the leadership of civil rights attorney Taylor Brown. Right now, Brown is an Assistant Attorney Gener...
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Scott Stringer and Andrew Cuomo have been roundly and publicly rejected by the voters of NYC on multiple occasions over the past 5 years. Now they will join forces! jewishinsider.com/2026/03/greg...
Rahm Emanuel ally launches PAC to battle Zohran Mamdani in New York
Sources say Next NYC PAC seeks to unite NYC mayor’s foes, including former Comptroller Scott Stringer and Cuomo alums
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It's a small thing amid so much death, but a thing I hate about modern war is it pushes everybody watching it to their emotional limit while underlining their powerlessness to stop it so social media seems to get mean with folks lashing out at each other over small stuff to feel control
Building the plane while shooting down the plane www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/u...
U.S. Encourages Flow of Iranian Oil While It Battles Iran
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This is one of the funniest corrections I’ve ever read
Satan is reportedly building a special wing called “People Who Used Religion Like a Power Tool.”
don’t forget to destroy your clocks tonight, walk away from your mortgage, just start driving, you’re free
I’ve been a journalist for 2 decades and an editor for half that time. It is painfully apparent when people don’t read their writing back to themselves. This is just how the mind processes written text. bsky.app/profile/seam...
The Author, Séamas O'Reilly@seamas.bsky.social · 5mo agoHave said this before in other forms, but will reiterate it here: if you're doing long-form writing of any sort, reading the words aloud into a microphone is a completely unparalleled cheat code. It's free, easy, and so effective it feels like it shouldn't be allowed. I do it in a few stages...
Someone just told me that cinnamon rolls are ”overrated” and long story short it’s always painful when a friendship ends.
Trump's border czar says he won't launch immigration blitz in NY, according to Gov. Hochul gothamist.com/news/trumps-...
Trump's border czar says he won't launch immigration blitz in NY, according to Gov. Hochul
Border czar Tom Homan was in Albany as the president ousted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
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The affordability President just caused the fastest gas price spike in years, and the jobs President just lost 92,000 jobs in February. Are we winning yet?
