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⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>an american defense contractor that "develops artificial intelligence-powered equipment and technologies" (whatever that means) managed to accidentally hire a north korean spy or two.</p><p><a href="https://therecord.media/doj-raids-laptop-farms-crackdown" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">therecord.media/doj-raids-lapt</span><span class="invisible">op-farms-crackdown</span></a></p><p>(i have read elsewhere that this defense contractor uses <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> in its day to day operations though so far i've been unable to confirm that)</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/northkorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>northkorea</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DPRK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DPRK</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/secdef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>secdef</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>defense</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/threatintel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threatintel</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/threatassessment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threatassessment</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a></p>
rexi<p>will somebody please take <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/secdef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>secdef</span></a> out to a raunchy tittie-bar and leave him snoozing under a table?</p><p>will cover tab.</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> will continue its retaliation in response to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> attacks, senior Iranian official tells Reuters</p><p>The official also said:<br>Iran has the necessary rationality to begin <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diplomacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diplomacy</span></a> after punishing the aggressor</p><p>If they seek negotiations <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> &amp; U.S. attacks must stop</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> </p><p>Regarding Trump’s idiotic post, it’s NOT the media saying Iran’s sites weren’t completely destroyed, it’s Trump’s own <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SecDef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecDef</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IAEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IAEA</span></a>, credible news orgs are just reporting.</p>
Liam O'Mara IV, PhD<p>The US <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SecDef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecDef</span></a> could not answer a simple question about whether an order was given to use lethal force against civilians. Instead, shitstain said, "I'd be careful what you read in books, except the Bible". This is, remember, a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> fuckwit with "deus vult" Crusader tattoos.</p>
gentlegardener<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wargamers.social/@oldladyplays" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>oldladyplays</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/studiedSlackerstroll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>studiedSlackerstroll</span></a> is the name of this choreography. Somehow this convo makes me think of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DannyKaye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DannyKaye</span></a> in <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WhiteChristmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteChristmas</span></a> in re <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/choreography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>choreography</span></a>. And why not bring in a jrotc or <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/rotc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rotc</span></a> unit whose mastery of this stuff is beyond compare?</p><p>Maybe <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/secdef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>secdef</span></a> gets fired for poor “performance”. All delicious.</p>
C.<p>US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth learned about the existence of hybrid warfare from his daily briefing today. He is said to be incensed at the wokeness, and that he will be taking "all necessary actions" to return the US Army to using diesel power exclusively. Existing tanks and other equipment will be retrofitted with diesel engines where possible.</p><p>It's scary, because he's dumb enough that you can't tell if I'm reporting this accurately or not, and he's in charge of the world's biggest, most expensive military. [1]</p><p>[1] Not to be confused with "best".</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/drunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drunk</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/WifeBeater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WifeBeater</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/FoxNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoxNews</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/FauxNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FauxNews</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/incompetent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>incompetent</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SecDef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecDef</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/USArmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USArmy</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/cabinet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cabinet</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/HybridWarfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HybridWarfare</span></a></p>
Kevin LaRose, 8647<p>This evening I was thinking about our wonderful funderful <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SecDef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecDef</span></a> Pete <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> and the fact that every single time I’ve heard him speak or seen something he’s said, no matter what the context, he somehow finds a way to get the word war into his narrative. At least that’s how it seems to me. It’s like the thought of <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> is really exciting to him. I mean, I know <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SecDef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecDef</span></a> was once known as the Secretary Of War, but this dude really takes things to a different level. On top of being hilariously overmatched in the job, it’s like he never stopped playing GI Joe.</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> Accused of More <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chaos</span></a> After Sudden <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aid</span></a> Halt</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> was facing new claims of chaos in his running of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> on Tues in a bombshell report about his handling of aid to Ukraine.</p><p>The embattled <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SecDef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecDef</span></a> was revealed to have caused confusion on 3 continents with a verbal order to ground planes flying <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> supplies to Ukraine w/o anyone else—possibly including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>—knowing.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/allies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>allies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithUkraine</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/hegseth-accused-of-more-chaos-after-sudden-ukraine-aid-halt/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thedailybeast.com/hegseth-accu</span><span class="invisible">sed-of-more-chaos-after-sudden-ukraine-aid-halt/</span></a></p>
C.<p>There are news stories today claiming that Pete <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a>, Trump's, uh, ... unconventional ... pick for Secretary of Defence, wants to cut the number of generals and admirals across the board by 10%, and up to 25% on four-stars and above.</p><p>I think they're misreporting this. Pete was actually asking for 25% price reductions on Admiral Nelson's Rum and Los Generales Tequila.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/liquor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liquor</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/tequila" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tequila</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/rum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rum</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SecretaryOfDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecretaryOfDefence</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SecDef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecDef</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/drunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drunk</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/idiot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiot</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/FoxNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoxNews</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/FauxNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FauxNews</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
GoinFawr<p>Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, GOP on P.Hegseth's multiple signals,</p><p>“The military should always pride itself on operational security. If the reports are true, the Secretary of Defense has failed at operational security, and that is unacceptable. If a Democrat did this we'd be demanding a scalp. I don't like hypocrisy. We should be Americans first when it comes to security,” </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NB</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/secdef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>secdef</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signal</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p>After <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SecDef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecDef</span></a> Pete <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kegstand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kegstand</span></a> included a magazine editor with no security clearance to a discussion of an ACTIVE military action using the public <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> chat software, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DrunkieMcDrunkerson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrunkieMcDrunkerson</span></a> did it AGAIN, inviting HIS SISTER (among others) to be in on YET ANOTHER <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> chat.</p><p>When he suddenly discovered he was no longer able to use his private cell phone to host INSECURE text chats while IN the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a>, Pete ordered the installation of an UNSECURED Internet connection.🤦‍♂️<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-signal-chat-dirty-internet-line-6a64707f10ca553eb905e5a70e10bd9d" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/hegseth-sig</span><span class="invisible">nal-chat-dirty-internet-line-6a64707f10ca553eb905e5a70e10bd9d</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> </p><p>"Hegseth had Signal messaging app installed on an office computer"<br><a href="https://archive.is/EKrBj" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.is/EKrBj</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Well, that would certainly make "copy and paste" from documents on his Pentagon computer to the Signal app easier.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WhiskeyPete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiskeyPete</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Kegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kegseth</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SecDef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecDef</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Stable Genius Liberal<p>Something to watch for while they replace SecDef Hegseth: If the Whitehouse is blowing black smoke up everyone's ass it means no new SecDef. Once they start blowing white smoke up everyone's ass, it means a new SecDef has been selected.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/SecDef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecDef</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/21/nx-s1-5371312/trump-white-house-pete-hegseth-defense-department" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/04/21/nx-s1-53713</span><span class="invisible">12/trump-white-house-pete-hegseth-defense-department</span></a></p>

Ah yes, if there are no women in the room, then “boys will be boys”, amirite?

“Hegseth’s aides are also given to discursive meetings that devolve into “bawdy” discussions, including one where his chief of staff Joe Kasper reminisced about going to a strip club with a veterans group.”

open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup

Public Notice · Pete Hegseth: The made for TV sec defBy Liz Dye

#WTF #Hegseth Shared Attack Details in Second #Signal Chat. [Calling him the defense secretary is abhorrent.] The #defense secretary #secdef sent sensitive information about strikes in #Yemen to encrypted group #chat that included his wife & brother, people familiar with the matter said. #nationalsecurity #russia #putin #trump #leadership #military #defensedepartment Included flight schedules for the F/A-18 Hornets targeting the Houthis in Yemen same attack plans shared on a separate Signal chat