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<p>Japan has kicked off its largest-ever defense exhibition as part of a move to highlight its growing openness to international collaboration and even the once-taboo topic of defense exports. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/21/japan/dsei-japan-defense-exhibition/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/21/japan/dsei-japan-defense-exhibition/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025</span><span class="invisible">/05/21/japan/dsei-japan-defense-exhibition/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="/tags/japan/" rel="tag">#japan</a> <a href="/tags/dsei/" rel="tag">#dsei</a> <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#defense</a> <a href="/tags/defenseministry/" rel="tag">#defenseministry</a> <a href="/tags/gennakatani/" rel="tag">#gennakatani</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/sdf/" rel="tag">#sdf</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/drunkrapist/" rel="tag">#DrunkRapist</a> <a href="/tags/petehegseth/" rel="tag">#PeteHegseth</a> readies *actions* against <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> “foe” Retired General &amp; former chairman of the <a href="/tags/jointchiefsofstaff/" rel="tag">#JointChiefsOfStaff</a> <a href="/tags/markmilley/" rel="tag">#MarkMilley</a><br>
The retired general, a frequent target of <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>, will lose his <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#security</a> detail &amp; face an <a href="/tags/inspectorgeneral/" rel="tag">#InspectorGeneral</a> [apparently there’s one left] investigation, said a senior <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#defense</a> official.</p><p><a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> <a href="/tags/jcs/" rel="tag">#jcs</a> <a href="/tags/honor/" rel="tag">#honor</a> <a href="/tags/integrity/" rel="tag">#integrity</a> <a href="/tags/ig/" rel="tag">#IG</a> <a href="/tags/revengepolitics/" rel="tag">#RevengePolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/28/mark-milley-hegseth-trump/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/28/mark-milley-hegseth-trump/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/nationa</span><span class="invisible">l-security/2025/01/28/mark-milley-hegseth-trump/</span></a></p>

<p>After a ProPublica investigation revealed how Microsoft’s “digital escort” tech support service could expose sensitive government data to cyberattacks, the company says China-based engineers will no longer provide assistance on DOD cloud services.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/defense-department-pentagon-microsoft-digital-escort-china?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/defense-department-pentagon-microsoft-digital-escort-china?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/def</span><span class="invisible">ense-department-pentagon-microsoft-digital-escort-china?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/microsoft/" rel="tag">#Microsoft</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/dod/" rel="tag">#DOD</a> <a href="/tags/cybercrime/" rel="tag">#Cybercrime</a></p>

<p>Microsoft says it will no longer use China-based engineers to support the Pentagon. But ProPublica found that the tech giant has relied on its global workforce for years to support other federal clients, including the Justice Department.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-tech-support-government-cybersecurity-china-doj-treasury?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-tech-support-government-cybersecurity-china-doj-treasury?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mic</span><span class="invisible">rosoft-tech-support-government-cybersecurity-china-doj-treasury?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/microsoft/" rel="tag">#Microsoft</a> <a href="/tags/pentagon/" rel="tag">#Pentagon</a> <a href="/tags/cybersecurity/" rel="tag">#Cybersecurity</a> <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#China</a></p>

<p>You gotta wonder when their story keeps changing…</p><p>Before the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin began attacking people suspected of smuggling drugs at sea, <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> Secy Pete <a href="/tags/hegseth/" rel="tag">#Hegseth</a> approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left <a href="/tags/survivors/" rel="tag">#survivors</a>, acc/to multiple <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> ofcls.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/criminal/" rel="tag">#criminal</a> <a href="/tags/murder/" rel="tag">#murder</a> <a href="/tags/warcrimes/" rel="tag">#WarCrimes</a> <a href="/tags/extrajudicialkillings/" rel="tag">#ExtrajudicialKillings</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/carribean/" rel="tag">#Carribean</a> <a href="/tags/internationallaw/" rel="tag">#InternationalLaw</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/us/politics/trump-boat-strikes-survivors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/us/politics/trump-boat-strikes-survivors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/trump-boat-strikes-survivors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</span></a></p>

<p>Pentagon Warns Microsoft: Company’s Use of China-Based Engineers Was a “Breach of Trust”<br>---</p><p>The Defense Department is opening an investigation to determine if the tech giant’s use of overseas engineers to maintain sensitive U.S. government computer systems compromised national security.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-china-defense-department-digital-escorts-investigation-warning?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-china-defense-department-digital-escorts-investigation-warning?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mic</span><span class="invisible">rosoft-china-defense-department-digital-escorts-investigation-warning?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/microsoft/" rel="tag">#Microsoft</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/pentagon/" rel="tag">#Pentagon</a> <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/cybersecurity/" rel="tag">#Cybersecurity</a></p>

<p>🇦🇹 Austria&#x27;s Armed Forces have replaced MS Office with LibreOffice on 16,000+ workstations 📄</p><p>This shift began in 2020 to avoid mandatory cloud reliance ☁️<br>Their goal? Digital sovereignty—not cost saving 🔒<br>They even contributed 5+ person-years of code 🛠️<br>EU trend toward open-source grows 🇪🇺</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@libreoffice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>libreoffice</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@itsfoss" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>itsfoss</span></a></span></p><p>🔗 <a href="https://news.itsfoss.com/austrian-forces-ditch-microsoft-office/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="news.itsfoss.com/austrian-forces-ditch-microsoft-office/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.itsfoss.com/austrian-forc</span><span class="invisible">es-ditch-microsoft-office/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/technews/" rel="tag">#TechNews</a> <a href="/tags/libreoffice/" rel="tag">#LibreOffice</a> <a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#Linux</a> <a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#OpenSource</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#FOSS</a> <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#Security</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#Europe</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#EU</a> <a href="/tags/microsoft/" rel="tag">#Microsoft</a> <a href="/tags/cloud/" rel="tag">#Cloud</a> <a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#DigitalSovereignty</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> <a href="/tags/innovation/" rel="tag">#Innovation</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a></p>

<p>The bill emerged in response to a ProPublica investigation exposing how Microsoft used China-based engineers to service Defense Dept.’s computer systems for nearly a decade, leaving sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from a leading cyber adversary.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-law-microsoft-digital-escort-ban-china?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-law-microsoft-digital-escort-ban-china?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-law-microsoft-digital-escort-ban-china?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/microsoft/" rel="tag">#Microsoft</a> <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#China</a> <a href="/tags/cybersecurity/" rel="tag">#Cybersecurity</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a></p>

<p>Well well well...<br>- - - - -</p><p>Nonilex -- <span class="h-card"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span></p><p>In his message, written entirely in capital letters, <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> said he had instructed ⁠the <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#defense</a> dept to postpone the strikes pending the outcome of the talks. He also told <a href="/tags/foxbusinessnetwork/" rel="tag">#FoxBusinessNetwork</a> that <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> wanted badly to make a deal, which could come inside 5 days.</p><p>A source briefed on ​<a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#Israel</a>&#x27;s <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#War</a> plans said <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> had kept it informed of its talks with <a href="/tags/tehran/" rel="tag">#Tehran</a>, &amp; that <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#Israel</a> was likely to follow Washington in suspending any targeting of <a href="/tags/iranian/" rel="tag">#Iranian</a> <a href="/tags/power/" rel="tag">#power</a> plants &amp; <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#energy</a> infrastructure.</p><p>- - - - -<br>And, at Teh Tweeters:<br>- - - - -</p><p>Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) -- adamscochran</p><p>5 minutes before Trump’s announcement:</p><p>* $1.5B notional worth of S&amp;P500 (ES) futures are bought in a single clip.</p><p>* $192M notional of oil futures (CL) sold.</p><p>More than 4x-6x any other trade size during the market close.</p><p>Insiders profited from his lies in broad daylight!</p><p>- - - - -</p><p>And once again, with <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>, there will be no consequences whatsoever for his actions</p>

<p>Pas Legorafi: après France Travail, Lecornu annonce la création d&#x27;une plateforme nommée &quot;France Munitions&quot;, qui sera &quot;un grossiste de munitions&quot;. Objectif, répondre aux besoins des armées françaises, des pays alliés et des clients à l&#x27;export, financée à la fois &quot;par l&#x27;Etat et par des investisseurs privés&quot;, ainsi qu&#x27;un plan de soutien à l&#x27;industrie civile et militaire de 300 millions d&#x27;euros. Les marchands d&#x27;armes se portent bien...</p><p><a href="/tags/politique/" rel="tag">#Politique</a> <a href="/tags/lecornu/" rel="tag">#Lecornu</a> <a href="/tags/armee/" rel="tag">#Armee</a> <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> <a href="/tags/commerce/" rel="tag">#Commerce</a> <a href="/tags/guerre/" rel="tag">#Guerre</a></p>

<p>The federal government is charging a skyrocketing number of migrants with trespassing in military zones.</p><p>But the boundaries can be hard to pinpoint — even for investigative reporters.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/military-zones-border-migrants-charges?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/military-zones-border-migrants-charges?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mil</span><span class="invisible">itary-zones-border-migrants-charges?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#Military</a> <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#Border</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a></p>