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IRS workforce down 28% over last year, from 101k employees to 74k employees

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From TIGTA’s 9 Jun 2026 report:

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We also know that many departing employees were experienced workers with institutional knowledge and technical expertise that cannot easily be replaced. In our 2026 Filing Season memorandum to the IRS Commissioner, we warned that the IRS faces elevated operational risks for the season due to staffing shortages, delayed hiring, and significant backlogs. For example, key inventories waiting to be processed (such as amended tax returns and taxpayer correspondence) have significantly increased.

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Defi...

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From Ben Sasse in 6 Feb 2026 WSJ op-ed, Politics Should Be More Like the Super Bowl

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American politics work best when they accommodate more casual fans. Don’t mistake this for mushy middle indifference. American politics should be a place for citizens who care, show up, argue passionately about policy, but then keep on living life. Today, that approach is being crowded out by the perpetually enraged. There’s painfully little room left for those who believe that political life matters, but know that it isn’t the center of the universe.

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America works only if we remember that government is the source...

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Interesting take:

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“Do I Have to Post More on Social Media to Grow My Agency? – Nope. There’s a much easier way.” by Dan Mall

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His idea:

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The strongest marketing I know for agency owners is to make a list of 100 potential clients and send each one a well-written pitch.

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Check out for more details.

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Annoyance is the price we pay for community.

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Kristin Bell in this excerpted short from a chat with Builders Movement:

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Our mission is to overcome “us vs. them” thinking and solve problems together. We equip people to uncover hidden common ground and build on it - with lasting solutions that reflect the will of the people.

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During his time on the Supreme Court, Breyer said that there was an unwritten rule that was critical to helping justices make progress while deliberating difficult and complex matters of law.

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“Nobody speaks twice until everybody has spoken once,” Breyer said. “It’s a very good rule for any small group. You have to listen to what other people are saying and see if you can work with that.”

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That rule, he said, helped the justices to stay civil even in the face of sometimes fierce differences of opinion. Breyer, for example, remained good friends with fellow justice Antonin Scalia, even though the two had...

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Examining that puzzle reveals that the real subject of debate isn’t AI but anthropology. Every technological system presupposes some notion of what human beings are. If we are merely biological machines—producers, consumers or data points—then superior computational systems threaten to eclipse humanity. But if we possess an intrinsic dignity that transcends utility, efficiency and economic value, if we are distinct from machines, then technology can remain servant rather than master.

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From Robert Sirico’s commentary in the WSJ on Pope Leo IV’s first encyclical letter “Magnifica Humanitas”

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Eric Church’s UNC Commencement Address — Masterfully done with life lessons for both new graduates and students of life.

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Tune and re-tune the six strings of your life:

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youtube.com/...

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@news No pun intended 😉

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Earlier this year, the IRS announced new “Business CAF” numbers and ways to manage taxpayer authorizations at the tax professional entity level (and not just tax professional individual level)

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Still working through details, but this has the potential to make things much more practical and efficient for both...

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“Intuit to lay off over 3,000 employees to refocus on AI” (via TechCrunch)

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The memo by CEO Sasan Goodarzi said the layoffs are meant to reduce complexity by simplifying the company’s corporate structure and help it focus on AI efforts, according to Reuters …

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Intuit, however, hasn’t been perceived as a beneficiary of the AI boom, with its shares consistently underperforming in the broader S&P 500 over the past 12 months. The company has been caught up in the broader current of worries that traditional software-as-a-service firms will not be able to keep up or compete, as new and upcoming AI products...

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All writing is re-writing.

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I heard this quoted a couple months back, and it keeps bubbling back up in my memory – Provides some solace as I find my first draft of anything so lacking. :)

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Steps for getting summary from YouTube video meeting

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  1. Identify YouTube video
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  3. Install dependencies such as scoop package installer; ejs challenge solver (via added extension in command; ffmpeg (via scoop install method)
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Also quick alternative comparison from vendor.

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Awkward technology moment: It’s getting more frustrating to use my iPad relative to my Microsoft Surface for general tasks and I’m contemplating letting the iPad fade away.

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Speaking as someone who’s used the iPad since its release and upgraded numerous times of the years (and enthusiastically so), feels odd...

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From the Maryland Comptroller’s recent e-letter update:

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The final budget includes major investments in the agency, including 25 new positions in our Taxpayer Services Division and 28 new positions related to compliance and revenue collection.

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Okay, geeking out here a little on political governance –

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And Sarah Isgur (among other stellar things, editor of SCOTUSblog) skillfully untangles, in a fresh and witty way, the loosely 100-year distending of our U.S. political system in about 10 minutes of conversation.

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Have a listen as she speaks to the...

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Be content that you are not yet a saint, even though you realize that the only thing worth living for is sanctity. Then you will be satisfied to let God lead you to sanctity by paths that you cannot understand.

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-Thomas Merton in New Seeds of Contemplation (chapter 8)

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@manton Thank you! 👍

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@news Thank you! 👍

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Definitely intrigued by this new entrant to the RSS Reader app world – Current.

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One of the core tenets of their philosophy:

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“You step in whenever you like, read what catches your eye, and step out when you’re done.”

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One-time purchase price of $9.99 across all Apple platforms – May have to check it out.

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This looks interesting: Theoretical physicist Brian Greene explains “time” at five different levels of understanding:

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youtube.com/...

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One of the most pernicious side effects of video-review challenge culture is its effect on school and youth sports. At the highest level we have reinforced the idea that every call is important, or worse, that the standard should be 100% accuracy, when not even the robots themselves are 100% accurate.

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The pursuit of perfection flies in the face of a critical lesson sports should teach. Which is: In competition, stuff happens. Sometimes people get it right, sometimes people get it wrong, but it usually evens out. Learning to accept this rhythm is a critical part of being an adult.

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from WSJ, Who Will...

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Great to start off with a series win, and also to see the new team pull together in good ways: Not giving up from trailing 0-4 in the 4th, stringing together hits that lets a three-run homer narrow the gap, good fielding, Baz settling in as starter after rocky beginning, picking up another rally kicked off...

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Random factoid for today:

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“Across 24 studies, college students who took handwritten notes were 58 percent more likely to get A’s in their courses than those who typed notes on laptops.”

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The Screen That Ate Your Child’s Education, by Jean M. Twenge for the NYT.

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(via Field Notes blog, 11 Feb 2026 post)

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Orioles Opening Day Lineup

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Orioles Opening Day Roster

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All writing is re-writing.

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Heard recently, can’t remember from whom. But great reminder.

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Apple’s new MacBook Neo - A smart product play for them, and I gotta say I’m partial to citrus. ;)

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youtube.com/...

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Although I’ve only followed him tangentially, each time I’ve come across a recording or a writing of Ben Sasse, I’ve always found something highly thoughtful and incisive.

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With this video, I learned he was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer last fall and his life is being only prolonged by the...

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So the world of personal finance apps (and our use/ dis-use of them) has evolved over the years. I used to be a HUGE fan of Mvelopes, but they sadly didn’t make the transition out of Javascript. And I really wanted to like YNAB after that, but as powerful and streamlined as their approach seemed to be, after...

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@news Thank you!

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@manton Also have very much enjoyed this ad, as has my wife. She describes the voice as a grandma’s encouraging words towards creativity. I had wondered whose voice it actually was - thanks for sharing! :)

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@curiouskyle Makes me think of the Peter Drucker quote:

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> “Because the purpose of business is to create a customer, the business enterprise has two–and only two–basic marketing and innovation functions. Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are costs. Marketing is the distinguishing, unique function of the business.”

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@manton Appreciate these types of tweaks (and similarly-inspired ones in recent months) that ‘design’ for the reality of user’s lives, and not packaged corporatism. Thanks for working to keep that forefront. 🙂👍

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@manton To be fair, I love em dashes too — most under utilized punctuation in my opinion. 😀

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@iChris I started exclusively using the time and temperature options on the dryer partly for this reason. And after a couple feedback loops, I was able to ensure predictable dryness at a predictable time (instead of the constant additional run time ‘cause the machine thought it was ready when it wasn’t). :)

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@manton Gotta love old signs! :)

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@petebrown Beautiful 🌛

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@manton Very succinctly said.

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And every once in awhile, there’s that rare soul that somehow manages to stay authentic.

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But it’s in spite of, not because of.

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@iChris You know, at first I thought you were referring to syntax and couldn’t imagine how that could be the case … then I realized it was something else entirely. :)

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@harrisong If helpful I’m using NewsBlur (for subscribing to feeds + web reading) with Reeder Classic (for iOS reading) and it’s been doing the trick. :) (NewsBlur may help achieve a savings.)

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@klandwehr Quick note - I think your Libri.fm link is accidentally pointing somewhere else (TickTick app). Fortunately, easy enough to find true link. :)

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@manton Gonna second a look at the Tumblr editor - I think they got a lot right back in the day, and part of why I stayed on that platform so long even after the original dev team moved on.

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@iChris What a great reflection on the Internet, blogging, and humanness. Thanks for sharing. :)

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@manton Wonderful game concept and so admire Nintendo’s ability to continuously be creative in new and unique ways! 🕹️

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@markstoneman Very interesting read - thanks for sharing & will be posting as well.

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