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The IRS said in a new court filing that clergy and houses of worship should be allowed to make political endorsements,
-- abandoning an 71-year-old tax policy that banned the mixing of religion and politics.

Nonprofits should be allowed to make political endorsements and not lose their tax exemption,
the IRS said in the court filing.
Religious congregations, the filing said, are like families and communication between them should not be deemed “participation” in a ca…

IRS: Churches should be allowed to make political endorsements
Since 1954, the IRS has banned nonprofits — including congregations — from participating in political campaigns. The agency now says political endorsements by churches should be allowed.

IRS says churches should be allowed to make political endorsements (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/07/08/irs-church-endorsements/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250708/p128#a250708p128

Trump's IRS says churches can now endorse political candidates from the pulpit (Steve Benen/MSNBC)
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-irs-says-churches-can-now-endorse-political-candidates-pulpit-rcna217495
http://www.memeorandum.com/250708/p87#a250708p87

The IRS open sourced most of its Direct File tax software on GitHub last week, fulfilling a legal requirement under the SHARE IT Act, despite Intuit pressure (Jason Koebler/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/directfile-open-source-…

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."

"The Internal Revenue Service promulgated a set of new rules on Monday that allow churches to endorse and donate to political candidates"
'Time to recruit some churches': Experts blast new rules on pulpit politics - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/time-to-recruit-some-churches-irs/

#opensource

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."

The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced https://www.404media.co/directfile-open-source-irs-tax-filing-software-turbotax-is-trying-to-kil/

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/

Wideband Coverage Enhancement for IRS-Aided Wireless Networks Based on Power Measurement
Ge Yan, Lipeng Zhu, He Sun, Rui Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.23750

Wideband Coverage Enhancement for IRS-Aided Wireless Networks Based on Power Measurement
By applying tunable phase shifts to incident waves via passive signal reflection, intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) can offer significant performance improvement for wireless communication systems. To reap such performance gain, channel knowledge for IRS-cascaded links is generally required, which is practically challenging to acquire due to their high-dimensional and time-varying characteristics. Conventional pilot-based channel estimation incurs excessive overhead due to the large number o…

Multi-IRS Aided ISAC System: Multi-Path Exploitation Versus Reduction
Guangji Chen, Qingqing Wu, Shihang Lu, Meng Hua, Wen Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21968

Multi-IRS Aided ISAC System: Multi-Path Exploitation Versus Reduction
This paper investigates a multi-intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) aided integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system, where multiple IRSs are strategically deployed not only to assist the communication from a multi-antenna base station (BS) to a multi-antenna communication user (CU), but also enable the sensing service for a point target in the non-line-of-sight (NLoS) region of the BS. First, we propose a hybrid multi-IRS architecture, which consists of several passive IRSs and one se…

The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying To Kill Just Got Open Sourced - Slashdot
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/04/1447205/the-irs-tax-filing-software-turbotax-is-trying-to-kill-just-got-open-sourced

Analysis of Forbidden Neon Emission lines in HAeBe Stars using Spitzer IRS spectra
D. Akhila, Blesson Mathew, S. Nidhi, B. Shridharan, R. Arun, Hema Anilkumar, G. Maheswar, Sreeja S. Kartha, P. Manoj, Suman Bhattacharyya
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.01036

Analysis of Forbidden Neon Emission lines in HAeBe Stars using Spitzer IRS spectra
We analyzed high-resolution mid-infrared spectra of 78 well-known Herbig Ae/Be (HAeBe) stars using Spitzer InfraRed Spectrograph data, focusing on the detection of [Ne {\sc II}] and [Ne {\sc III}] emission lines as indicators of ionized outflows or disk winds. Emission from [Ne {\sc II}] at 12.81 $μ$m or [Ne {\sc III}] at 15.55 $μ$m was identified in 25 sources, constituting the largest sample of HAeBe stars with these detected lines. Our analysis revealed a higher detection frequency of [Ne …

Internal Docs Raise Questions About Trump IRS Pick Billy Long’s ‘No-Show Jobs’ And ‘Strange’ Schedule
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/billy-long-office-of-personnel-management-irs

If a sitting president can direct the IRS to investigate political enemies, revoke nonprofit status from dissenting institutions, or selectively enforce tax law to reward loyalty,
the agency no longer serves the public.
It serves power.
The slow hollowing of the IRS through funding cuts, staff attrition, and the erosion of norms yields the same result:
a weakened institution unable to enforce the law, uphold equity, or hold the powerful to account.
And when th…

The Fiscal State Under Siege: Why People Hate the IRS, and Why You Should Care
How Trump, DOGE, and Project 2025 Are Turning the IRS Into a Tool of Authoritarian Rule Editor’s Introduction: Hello readers, it's Nathan Tankus and I am very happy to bring to you the first in a long multi-part series on the IRS spearheaded by Anisha Steephen. Anisha worked for

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.03556 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csNI_…

Energy-Latency Aware Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Multi-cell Mobile Edge Computing
The explosive development of the Internet of Things (IoT) has led to increased interest in mobile edge computing (MEC), which provides computational resources at network edges to accommodate computation-intensive and latency-sensitive applications. Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) have gained attention as a solution to overcome blockage problems during the offloading uplink transmission in MEC systems. This paper explores IRS-aided multi-cell networks that enable servers to serve neighbor…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.00306 has been replaced.
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A blockchain-based intelligent recommender system framework for enhancing supply chain resilience
This research proposed a data-driven supply chain disruption response baseline framework based on intelligent recommender system technology as an initial SCRes reactive solution. To improve the data quality and reliability of the proposed IRS as a stable, secure, and resilient decision support system, blockchain technology is integrated into the baseline architecture. The smart contract is prototyped to demonstrate the information exchange mechanism under a BLC network environment. The BLC-IRS …

Evil is afoot
https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-doge-irs-mega-api-data/

hats off to the 'Boys 🤠 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/irS-61S7awc

IRS Taxpayer Assistance Centers Closed : r/fednews
https://www.reddit.com/r/fednews/comments/1loc1mv/irs_taxpayer_assistance_centers_closed/

Heterogeneous-IRS-Assisted MIMO Systems: Channel Estimation and Beamforming
Weibiao Zhao, Qiucen Wu, Yuanqi Tang, Yu Zhu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10350 h…

Heterogeneous-IRS-Assisted MIMO Systems: Channel Estimation and Beamforming
Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has gained great attention for its ability to create favorable propagation environments. However, the power consumption of conventional IRSs cannot be ignored due to the large number of reflecting elements and control circuits. To balance performance and power consumption, we previously proposed a heterogeneous-IRS (HE-IRS), a green IRS structure integrating dynamically tunable elements (DTEs) and statically tunable elements (STEs). Compared to conventional …

IRS Direct File sees higher scores among users, despite a push to shutter it
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/it-modernization/2025/05/irs-direct-file-sees-higher-scores-among-users-despite-a-push-to-shutter-it/

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.14686 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_…

HDO ice detected toward an isolated low-mass protostar with JWST
Water is detected in environments representing every stage of star and solar system formation, but its chemical evolution throughout these stages remains poorly constrained. Deuterium ratios offer a means of probing chemical links between water in different cosmic regions because of their sensitivity to physicochemical conditions. Here, we present the first detection of the 4.1 $μ$m HDO ice feature with JWST toward a low-mass protostar, L1527 IRS, which may eventually grow to a sun-like mass. …

Feds from IRS agents to refugee officers are deploying to assist ICE conduct raids (Eric Katz/GovExec.com)
https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/06/feds-irs-agents-refugee-officers-are-deploying-assist-ice-conduct-raids/406078/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250613/p130#a250613p130

IRS on orbits and the case of $SL(2, \mathbb{R} ) \ltimes \mathbb{R} ^2$
Manoj Choudhuri, C. R. E. Raja
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09723 https://

IRS on orbits and the case of $SL(2, \mathbb{R} ) \ltimes \mathbb{R} ^2$
Let $G$ be a connected Lie group and $\text{Sub}_G$ be the space of closed subgroups of $G$ equipped with the Chabauty topology. In this article, we investigate the existence of invariant random subgroups of $G$ supported on various orbits of the conjugation action of $G$ on $\text{Sub}_G$. We also find the orbit closure for each of these orbits in the case of the Lie group $G=\SL(2,\mathbb{R})\ltimes \mathbb{R}^2$.

IRS Lost 26,411 Employees Between Jan 25 and June 4, 2025 : r/fednews
https://www.reddit.com/r/fednews/comments/1lk7rh0/irs_lost_26411_employees_between_jan_25_and_june/

Learning Lineage Constraints for Data Science Operations
Jinjin Zhao
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.18252 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.1825…

Learning Lineage Constraints for Data Science Operations
Data science workflows often integrate functionalities from a diverse set of libraries and frameworks. Tasks such as debugging require data lineage that crosses library boundaries. The problem is that the way that "lineage" is represented is often intimately tied to particular data models and data manipulation paradigms. Inspired by the use of intermediate representations (IRs) in cross-library performance optimizations, this vision paper proposes a similar architecture for lineage - how do we …

Integrating Movable Antennas and Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces for Coverage Enhancement
Ying Gao, Qingqing Wu, Weidong Mei, Guangji Chen, Wen Chen, Ziyuan Zheng
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21375

Integrating Movable Antennas and Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces for Coverage Enhancement
This paper investigates an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-aided movable antenna (MA) system, where multiple IRSs cooperate with a multi-MA base station to extend wireless coverage to multiple designated target areas. The objective is to maximize the worst-case signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) across all locations within these areas through joint optimization of MA positions, IRS reflection coefficients, and transmit beamforming. To achieve this while balancing the performance-cost trade-off, w…

The Tax Collector
The Tax Collector 🗓️ 5/15/25 • 🕑 56:34 • 📁 54 MB Podcast: Throughline Web player: Episode: Gangsters, banksters, and politicians. Today on the show, how the hunt for Al Capone helped turn the IRS into one of the U.S. government's most powerful tools — and most effective weapons. To access bonus episodes and listen to Throughline sponsor-free, subscribe to Throughline via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/throughline. Learn more about sponsor message…

Integrating Movable Antennas and Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces (MA-IRS): Fundamentals, Practical Solutions, and Opportunities
Qingqing Wu, Ziyuan Zheng, Ying Gao, Weidong Mei, Xin Wei, Wen Chen, Boyu Ning
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14636

Integrating Movable Antennas and Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces (MA-IRS): Fundamentals, Practical Solutions, and Opportunities
Movable antennas (MAs) and intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) enable active antenna repositioning and passive phase-shift tuning for channel reconfiguration, respectively. Integrating MAs and IRSs boosts spatial degrees of freedom, significantly enhancing wireless network capacity, coverage, and reliability. In this article, we first present the fundamentals of MA-IRS integration, involving clarifying the key design issues, revealing performance gain, and identifying the conditions where MA…

FAUST XXVII: The circumbinary disk and the outflow of the L 1551 IRS 5 binary system
Aurora Dur\'an, Laurent Loinard, Pedro R. Rivera-Ortiz, Geovanni Cort\'es-Rangel, Eleonora Bianchi, Paola Caselli, Cecilia Ceccarelli, Claire J. Chandler, Claudio Codella, Nicol\'as Cuello, Marta De Simone, Tomoyuki Hanawa, Doug Johnstone, Fran\c{c}ois Menard, Maria Jos\'e Maureira, Anna Miotello, Linda Podio, Takeshi Sakai, Giovanni Sabatini, Leonardo Testi, Charlotte Vastel, Ziwei Zha…

FAUST XXVII: The circumbinary disk and the outflow of the L 1551 IRS 5 binary system
Using continuum and $\text{C}^{18}\text{O}\:(2-1)$ line data obtained from the large ALMA program FAUST, we studied the structure of the protostellar binary system L1551 IRS5 at scales between 30 and 3,000 au to constrain its properties, from the circumstellar and circumbinary disks up to the envelope and outflow scales, which exhibits complex and entangled structures at the scales of its inner and outer envelopes, presumably caused by the influence of the central binary. Assuming a dust-to-gas…

Secure Time-Modulated Intelligent Reflecting Surface via Generative Flow Networks
Zhihao Tao, Athina P. Petropulu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14992 https://…

Secure Time-Modulated Intelligent Reflecting Surface via Generative Flow Networks
We propose a novel directional modulation (DM) design for OFDM transmitters aided by a time-modulated intelligent reflecting surface (TM-IRS). The TM-IRS is configured to preserve the integrity of transmitted signals toward multiple legitimate users while scrambling the signal in all other directions. Existing TM-IRS design methods typically target a single user direction and follow predefined rule-based procedures, making them unsuitable for multi-user scenarios. Here, we propose a generative …

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the circumstellar medium of Herbig Ae/Be stars
R. Arun, Blesson Mathew, B. Shridharan, K. Ujjwal, Akhil Krishna R, G. Maheswar, Sreeja S. Kartha
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14218

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the circumstellar medium of Herbig Ae/Be stars
We present a comprehensive mid-infrared spectroscopic survey of 124 Herbig Ae/Be stars using newly processed Spitzer/IRS spectra from the newly released CASSISjuice database. Based on prominent dust and molecular signatures (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, silicates, and hydrogenated amorphous carbons), we classify the stars into five groups. Our analysis reveals that 64% of the spectra show PAH emission, with detections peaking in the stellar effective temperature range 7000-11000 K (B9-A5).…