AOL blog TechCrunch is hosting its big TC Disrupt Conference in town this week and in addition to the usual lineup of dotcom luminaries and startup financiers, TC Founder and former editor Michael Arrington invited San Francisco's temporary Mayor onstage this morning to discuss Lee's background in politics, his role in the so-called Twitter Tax Break and the future of the tech sector in San Francisco. Most of those stories we've already heard before, so what we're really interested in is the interim mayor's response to Arrington's prying question: "Are you a politician? Have you ever run for election?" At which point, Mayor Lee recounts the last time he ran for public office: a campaign for Senior Class President of Franklin High School in Seattle, Washington. His slogan: "Edwin, Not Lose." Video embedded below, the onstage tickling starts around 1:40. more ›

When he isn't helping concoct the world's most disgusting milkshake, Newsom finds time to write on the l'internet. (Aside: green tea milkshake with cocoa, Gavin? For reals? Look, your SFist editor is a lot like you in that the thought of digesting solids, at times, makes us want to hurl chuncks. But this sounds downright repugnant. We know you wanted the shake to reflect your eco-based campaign platform, in lieu of your alleged personality, but we sure hope it's not a sign of things to come, how you plan on thrusting green initiatives down California's throat. Anyway.) more ›

The Silicon Valley set has been abuzz this week after TechCrunch published private Twitter documents obtained by a hacker. Said secret documents went up on Tuesday and include, according to Baynewser, "everything from growth projections to job applicant resumes to personal credit card numbers" to tales about business-to-celebrity relationships. Needless to say, the docs are way too smart and far too tech-ish for us to understand -- lots of fancy code and ones and zeros, we can only assume -- but Twitter is none too thrilled. Rightfully so. However, the posting of the hacker-cracked documents are protected by the First Amendment, or so says the Citizen Media Law Project. In the end, though, everyone will come out of this relatively unscathed; just a little bit of internet drama to snack on. Nothing to see here. Go back to following @newsomshair. more ›