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The IRS open sourced much of its incredibly popular Direct File software as the future of the free tax filing program is at risk of being killed by Intuit’s lobbyists and Donald Trump’s megabill.
Meanwhile, several top developers who worked on the software have left the government and joined a project to explore the “future of tax filing” in the private sector

The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced
Direct File has been open sourced, and its creators have left government to continue working on the "future of tax filing."

That sinking feeling: Australia’s Limestone Coast is drying up https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/05/that-sinking-feeling-australias-limestone-coast-is-drying-up

Browns DC Jim Schwartz expects career year from Myles Garrett following record-setting contract https://www.nfl.com/news/browns-dc-jim-schwartz-expects-career-year-from-myles-garrett-following-record-setting-contra…

#opensource

In episode 184, I talked about feeling the feelings - why it's so terrifying, what is actually good about it, and the things I'm doing to try to feel the scariest feelings at all. Here I talk about some of the unexpectedly positive things about allowing myself to feel stuff deeply #FeelingTheFeelings

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Fly Anakin:
🎵 The Times
#FlyAnakin
https://flyanakin.bandcamp.com/track/the-times
https://open.spotify.com/track/3XQOejcUgQnmnBLrEZnIzO

SEC filing: Uber appoints Palo Alto CEO Nikesh Arora to its board of directors following a broader executive shakeup this week (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/04/uber-board-palo-alto-nikesh-arora.html

Uber adds Palo Alto CEO Nikesh Arora to its board after executive shakeup
Nikesh Arora, the CEO of Palo Alto Networks, is joining the board of Uber. Prior, he was COO of Softbank and also held positions at Google and T-Mobile.

"Devastating": Mahmoud Khalil describes missing the birth of his son in new legal filings | Salon.com
https://www.salon.com/2025/06/05/devastating-mahmoud-khalil-describes-missing-the-birth-of-his-son-in-new-legal-filings/

The overall goal at "A New Social"
is to shift the power of social networks back to the people,
not the platform makers,
by giving them tools that let them
move their account and their followings,
and leave if a platform ever fails them in some way.

Introducing Bounce, a tool to move your following between Bluesky and Mastodon | TechCrunch
The overall goal at A New Social is to shift the power of social networks back to the people, not the platform makers, by giving them tools that let them move their account, their followings, and leave if a platform ever fails them in some way.

IRS needs 11,000 hires to ‘maintain’ phone support for 2026 filing season, plans on 60% cut to IT staffing
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/06/irs-needs-11000-hires-to-maintain-phone-support-for-2026-filing-season-plans-on-60-cut-to-it-staffing/