New Taxes Cooled London’s Housing Market. Could That Happen in New York?

As New York’s leaders push for a second-home tax on the superrich, eyes are turning to London, which has made similar moves in the last decade.

Democrats Weigh Whether a Lawmaker’s Ethnicity Counts More Than Ideology

Jenifer Rajkumar, center, was the first South Asian American woman to be elected to the New York State Legislature.

Firm Building Trump’s Ballroom Got a Secret No-Bid Contract for a Nearby Job

The National Park Service has said the fountains needed to be revamped by May 2026 to be ready for the country’s 250th birthday.

AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to H.I.V. Assistance

Maureen Dhaka, left, with her baby in the neonatal unit at Arthur Davison Children’s Hospital in Ndola, Zambia.

Show HN: A Karpathy-style LLM wiki your agents maintain (Markdown and Git)

I shipped a wiki layer for AI agents that uses markdown + git as the source of truth, with a bleve (BM25) + SQLite index on top. No vector or graph db …

On Iran’s Border, Cooking Oil Trade Is a Snapshot of the Country’s Struggles

Iranians carrying cooking oil on Wednesday at the Kapikoy border crossing between Turkey and Iran.

Escrow Security for iCloud Keychain

New 10 GbE USB adapters are cooler, smaller, cheaper

Do I belong in tech anymore?

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