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Audit finds San Francisco tax official steered $10M contract to friend

https://sfstandard.com/2026/06/23/audit-sparked-standard-investigation-finds-tax-official-steered-10m-contract-friend/
22•littlexsparkee•1h ago

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littlexsparkee•1h ago
https://archive.ph/ELYTF
markdown•1h ago
Pool contract?
SilverElfin•52m ago
This is very common. All cities with large budgets have some amount of corruption. Look for nonprofits that have poorly defined goals and you’ll find it. But the federal government is also this way. Look at the Trump administration’s various corrupt actions like the reflecting pool contract going to a mar a lago neighbor. Or ICE detention center contracts. Or regulations. Corruption is getting normalized at all levels of government.
verdverm•18m ago
There is growing awareness and demands to do something, it will take time and be an endless battle.

How Voters Define Corruption: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DsBz5sn9Vg

yalogin•48m ago
This is bad and am glad they found it but with what is going on at the federal level this feels miniscule and not even a rounding error.

One example out of hundreds - the kids purchased shares in a Kazakh tungsten mining venture just before the U.S. government backed deal was finalized.

littlexsparkee•9m ago
That's true but this is one of many SF scandals (Nuru & Dept of Public Works, Recology rate-fixing, Dream Keeper Initiative & Sheryl Davis, Hunters Point Tetra Tech botched cleanup, DBI & SFPUC probes) in recent history
recursivecaveat•45m ago
I believe this is the actual audit report here: https://media.api.sf.gov/documents/TTX_Business_Tax_System_P...

Page 27 / exhibit 4 is the most interesting piece of evidence for steering to me.

Deciphering Basmalah

https://blog.plover.com/2026/06/23/
1•frizlab•3m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Pencil – Obsidian plugin to write, draw, sync

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1•rcanand2025•3m ago•0 comments

As Chinese Tech Pulls Ahead, U.S. Fears It Will Become Dependent

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/business/economy/china-megafactory-us-tech-race.html
1•mikhael•5m ago•0 comments

John Carmack on why he would push back against anti-datacenter efforts

https://twitter.com/i/status/2069486595917402117
2•alexcos•6m ago•0 comments

Formisch V1 – A Vite-inspired lightweight form builder

1•Abutterflye•6m ago•0 comments

Philip K. Dick Takes You Inside His Life Changing Mystical Experience (2014)

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1•Jimmc414•6m ago•0 comments

Carbon Language: An experimental successor to C++

https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang
1•theanonymousone•6m ago•0 comments

Active Group and "Agentic Engineering"

https://funktionale-programmierung.de/en/2026/06/23/agai.html
2•marvinborner•9m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Has anyone replaced a human receptionist with AI for a

1•VaderAi•10m ago•0 comments

America's data-centre backlash puts the AI boom at risk

https://www.economist.com/business/2026/06/23/americas-data-centre-backlash-puts-the-ai-boom-at-risk
1•edward•11m ago•0 comments

California AB 2047 makes 3d printers off-limits to students, educators, business

https://www.the3dprintingnerd.com/ab2047
2•Buildstarted•13m ago•0 comments

Embedded Skills Tree

https://embedded.fm/blog/2023/5/19/embedded-skills-tree
2•arbayi•18m ago•0 comments

A tiny shared Linux system

https://mbox.blue/
2•davidcollantes•18m ago•0 comments

Fika Jobs raises $4M to build platform where AI agents interview candidates

https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/23/fika-jobs-raises-4m-to-build-a-video-first-hiring-platform-wher...
3•adityamwagh•18m ago•1 comments

Geothermal Startup Plans to Use Oil Tech for Green Energy

https://insurancedimes.com/2026/06/23/birch-geothermal-emerges-from-stealth-with-ambitions-to-pow...
1•crookedroad44•22m ago•0 comments

Show HN: ReplyVoice <> global floating button for Android voice dictation

https://replyvoice.com
1•kedimuzafer•24m ago•0 comments

United Wizards of the Coast recognized by NLRB

https://unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/2026-06-23-we-have-a-union
9•d4mi3n•28m ago•0 comments

Netherlands urgently needs agency to handle "disruptive innovation"

https://nltimes.nl/2026/06/23/netherlands-urgently-needs-agency-handle-disruptive-innovation-experts
1•RetroTechie•28m ago•0 comments

A stray "j" ruined my evening

https://napkins.mtmn.name/posts/stray-jay.html
4•birdculture•29m ago•0 comments

The State of FanGraphs 2026

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1•mccolin•29m ago•1 comments

WaPo Loves Data Centers More Than Disclosing Bezos's Financial Interest in Them

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12•donohoe•32m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Zahosts Health – An open-source WHM plugin to catch /24 brute-force

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2•MNawareg•32m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I'm building the best POD in Nigeria

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2•bemdoomaor•32m ago•0 comments

SilverTorch: Index as Model

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2•platzhirsch•32m ago•0 comments

Playable 3D-rendered reel-to-reel player

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2•CharlesW•33m ago•0 comments

Anukari: The Path to 1.0

https://anukari.com/blog/devlog/the-path-to-1-0
2•Archit3ch•36m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Why do AI video platforms keep generating foreign language text

2•VaderAi•37m ago•1 comments

Ask HN: What home printer do you use/recommend?

9•niyazpk•40m ago•6 comments

Top intelligence agency begins mass firings under new Trump appointee

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5•petethomas•42m ago•1 comments

Show HN: AirPosture – Open-Source Posture Coach Using AirPods

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2•allenleee•42m ago•0 comments