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The IRS is rescinding layoffs at its civil rights office, an early target in its plans to slash its total headcount.
IRS Commissioner Billy Long, in a memo obtained by Federal News Network, told employees in the Office of Civil Rights and Compliance that the agency is “reversing” reduction-in-force notices they received in April.

IRS rescinds layoffs at civil rights office, an early target of workforce cuts
The IRS sent RIF notices to nearly 80% of staff at the Office of Civil Rights and Compliance, but kept layoffs on hold after a recent Supreme Court ruling.

Agency Among Agents: Designing with Hypertextual Friction in the Algorithmic Web
Sophia Liu, Shm Garanganao Almeda
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.23585 https://

Agency Among Agents: Designing with Hypertextual Friction in the Algorithmic Web
Today's algorithm-driven interfaces, from recommendation feeds to GenAI tools, often prioritize engagement and efficiency at the expense of user agency. As systems take on more decision-making, users have less control over what they see and how meaning or relationships between content are constructed. This paper introduces "Hypertextual Friction," a conceptual design stance that repositions classical hypertext principles--friction, traceability, and structure--as actionable values for reclaimin…

A little tip to all those folks using Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud: you're paying ~ 20x more than you need to be paying. If you claim you're using 'special services only provided by __insert name of ripoff cloud provider here__' then you've got your organisation locked into a single provider with the inability to move to a better one. Consider your options very carefully & build vendor-agnostic systems. Dependence on

An Asynchronous Decentralised Optimisation Algorithm for Nonconvex Problems
Behnam Mafakheri, Jonathan H. Manton, Iman Shames
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22311 https://

An Asynchronous Decentralised Optimisation Algorithm for Nonconvex Problems
In this paper, we consider nonconvex decentralised optimisation and learning over a network of distributed agents. We develop an ADMM algorithm based on the Randomised Block Coordinate Douglas-Rachford splitting method which enables agents in the network to distributedly and asynchronously compute a set of first-order stationary solutions of the problem. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first decentralised and asynchronous algorithm for solving nonconvex optimisation problems with conv…

Asking #AI models: How will representational drift in human visual cortex affect the need to often recalibrate a Neuralink Blindsight brain implant for restoring vision to the blind?
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Rust vs. C for Python Libraries: Evaluating Rust-Compatible Bindings Toolchains
Isabella Basso do Amaral (University of S\~ao Paulo), Renato Cordeiro Ferreira (University of S\~ao Paulo, Jheronimus Academy of Data Science, Technical University of Eindhoven, Tilburg University), Alfredo Goldman (University of S\~ao Paulo)
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Rust vs. C for Python Libraries: Evaluating Rust-Compatible Bindings Toolchains
The Python programming language is best known for its syntax and scientific libraries, but it is also notorious for its slow interpreter. Optimizing critical sections in Python entails special knowledge of the binary interactions between programming languages, and can be cumbersome to interface manually, with implementers often resorting to convoluted third-party libraries. This comparative study evaluates the performance and ease of use of the PyO3 Python bindings toolchain for Rust against ct…

"A new aviation solidarity coalition on premium flyers (first- and business- class tickets, and private jets) has been launched today at FFD4 by France, Kenya, Barbados, Spain, Somalia, Benin, Sierra Leone and Antigua & Barbuda. It will be supported by the European Commission"
Eight countries launch solidarity coalition for levies on premium flyers | Global Solidarity Levies Task Force

Eight countries launch solidarity coalition for levies on premium flyers | Global Solidarity Levies Task Force
The Global Solidarity Levies Task Force brings together countries from around the world to advance options for international levelies that will raise much needed revenue for the fight against climate change, and to support development and nature.

We in Game Workers Unite Ireland stand in solidarity with Animation Workers of Ireland, and the international trade union coalition happening to organise against the threat of AI in the animation industry, and we support their call to acton.
Join them Thursday 12 June at 14:00 at the Pâquier in Annecy!!
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Melding the Serverless Control Plane with the Conventional Cluster Manager for Speed and Compatibility
Leonid Kondrashov, Lazar Cvetkovi\'c, Hancheng Wang, Boxi Zhou, Dhairya Rungta, Dmitrii Ustiugov
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.24551

Melding the Serverless Control Plane with the Conventional Cluster Manager for Speed and Compatibility
Modern serverless applications, often interactive with highly volatile traffic, challenge system scalability, demanding control planes that deliver low latency and cost efficiency. Analysis of production traces and existing systems reveals that current control plane designs (synchronous and asynchronous), particularly when built on conventional cluster managers like Kubernetes, struggle with this balance, often wasting significant CPU and memory resources on creating underutilized or idle insta…