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@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.social
2025-04-01 13:45:58

"The Tax Foundation is a veteran anti-tax campaign organization from the United States. It has been around since 1937 when it was founded by top brass from companies such as Standard Oil and General Motors. Close links to some of the biggest corporations in the US has been a constant feature of the organization, as has its political aim of bringing down taxes"
#lobbying

Opaque US anti-tax foundation to advise EU Commission | Corporate Europe Observatory
A US think tank that recently opened a Brussels office to lobby for aggressively lower taxes is received with open arms by the Commission. But who is behind the organisation, and who funds it? The Transparency Register fails to reveal dark money flows – in the Tax Foundation’s case from US right-wing libertarian sources – and as such clearly needs a make-over. 

@dankeck@a11y.social
2025-04-01 02:12:13

Could anyone spare a "Like" for these kids who are trying to plant some seeds of Open Source in the USA Midwest?
#FOSS

Open Source Club at OSU (@osc_osu@metapixl.com)
Windows and macOS marketing has made it seem like they're your only options when it comes to computer operating systems, but did you know there's more to choose from? If you're interested in getting Big Tech away from the front line of your digital tech use, come learn about what Linux on the consumer desktop looks like!

@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.social
2025-04-22 20:45:49

Des chimpanzés ont été observés en train de partager des fruits contenant de l'alcool - pas dans des quantités suffisantes pour s'enivrer, mais un peu comme l'effet d'une bière.
#science #éthologie

Wild chimpanzees filmed by scientists bonding over alcoholic fruit
Footage of apes consuming fermented breadfruit leads researchers to ask if it may shed light on origins of human feasting

@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.social
2025-03-24 16:23:55

#F35 #killswitch
« Bien sûr, il y a un bouton d'arrêt. Tout ce qui est équipé d'un logiciel ou d'une connectivité internet est doté d'un kill switch. C'est comme ça que ça marche - bienvenue dans la société moderne ».

Aujourd'hui, certains pourraient tourner le dos au F-35 suite à des craintes persistantes que l'avion soit équipé d'un « kill switch » (interrupteur d'arrêt) qui pourrait les clouer au sol. Le Bureau du programme conjoint (JPO) du F-35 nie catégoriquement l'existence d'un tel dispositif, affirmant qu'il « repose sur des partenariats solides avec les alliés et les nations partenaires des États-Unis » et qu'il a toujours été un « effort de collaboration » qui « répond aux besoins opérationnels d…

How F-35s became the new Tesla
Allies now ask if they can still trust America and state-of-the-art fighter jet could be caught in the crossfire

@caroldib@mastodon.social
2025-04-20 19:05:05
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It baffles me that so many men find it okay to consume a “certain content” in the public eye. What a sad “freedom”.