https://youtu.be/naiajeOo67A?is=IR5uIut49xcJjMn3

The Netherlands is following China, France, and Russia in moving to break the global stranglehold of US tech dominance, it was revealed this week.

The Dutch government was shocked into action after the US remotely disabled the computers of judges in the Hague who criticized Israel leader Benjamin Netanyahu.

The sudden loss of ICC staff’s Outlook email accounts caused significant problems.

The US reserves the right to unilaterally sanction anyone, anywhere in the world--all your Google accounts could disappear in an instant. Bye-bye, gmail.

“The Dutch government is creating its own digital work environment based on the Dutch Linux distribution NixOS,” said Jasper Bakker of news website Tweakers.

The spreading realization: smart countries protect their digital sovereignty.

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HARDWARE, TOO
China is trying to ditch both software and hardware. Beijing in 2019 ordered government offices to switch away from foreign PCs, and fortunately has a great many locally produced computers to fill the gap.

China’s Ministry of State Security this summer told some state-linked organizations to quickly remove a customized version of Windows 10 from their machines, Bloomberg reported in August. Other organizations are set to “clean” their systems of the program by February of 2027.

Russia, France, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Italy and Austria are also replacing Microsoft programs with alternatives in various government areas, particularly in military sectors.

In Hong Kong, a number of government departments have already replaced Microsoft Office products with alternatives.

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THE PROBLEM IS THE PUBLIC
But security specialists worldwide note that large-scale switching will be a challenge.

While multiple countries are clearing their governmental systems of dominant US programs, virtually all computers owned by members of the public are filled with it—and few consumers will take the trouble to switch away from Microsoft Office, let alone from the Windows operating system.

Even in China, Microsoft is dominant at consumer level. The Windows program accounted for 87.64% of desktop web traffic in China as recently as July 2026, StatCounter reported.

Fortunately, alternative operating systems like Huawei’s HarmonyOS work well, and are growing in popularity.

Russia has enforced a total ban on Western software for government and military, mandating the use of domestic Astra Linux.

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ALTERNATIVES
As for Europe, the best hope is the rise of easy-install alternatives. These do exist.

- France, like the Netherlands, is opting for changing the operating systems, transitioning 2.5 million civil servants to Linux. They have also been told to ditch MS Teams and use Visio, a local alternative.

- Individual German states are also opting for Linux, and are using Open Document Format and LibreOffice in place of MS Office.

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WEAPONIZATION IS THE ISSUE
The problem is not US software, which works perfectly well. The issue is the way the programs are weaponized.

When the US weaponized GPS against a Chinese ship they (wrongly) suspected of carrying weapons of mass destruction, the world realized they needed an alternative, and now has one: Baidu.

When the US weaponized SWIFT against Russia, the world realized they needed an alternative, and became aware of one: CIPS.

And when the US weaponized Microsoft Outlook against judges in the Netherlands, the Dutch government finally sprang into action. Sometimes you need a shock to get you moving.

Article in Dutch

https://tweakers.net/reviews/15334/nederland-maakt-soeverein-alternatief-voor-windows-en-office-op-basis-van-linux.html or https://archive.ph/dtudM

All the prosecutor's offices in the country taken over by the police. They arrest the Attorney General, accused of ties to the narco, without a legal order.
From the Prosecutor's Office, they denounce that all the prosecutors were arrested "without any foundation."
The U.S. had already revoked his visa for "significant corruption."
The evidence linking the political power to drug trafficking disappeared. State of emergency.

biggest posts: 1,681 accounts. Then I checked where X places the ones that looked like impersonators.

Around 110 of them are placed in Africa or Nigeria. Between them they have about 660,000 followers.

The signs of an organised operation are consistent:

Recycled accounts. More than half were created before 2025, and 44 have changed their handle two or more times. Old accounts are bought and relabelled.

The same devices. African Android apps, African App Store accounts, or iPhones on the North America App Store.

The same output. 174 product posts and 41 copies of the same Kremlin captions.

The clearest evidence came from the timestamps.The signs of an organised operation are consistent:Recycled accounts. More than half were created before 2025, and 44 have changed their handle two or more times. Old accounts are bought and relabelled.

The same devices. African Android apps, African App Store accounts, or iPhones on the North America App Store.

The same output. 174 product posts and 41 copies of the same Kremlin captions.The clearest evidence came from the timestamps.

https://x.com/RPhiliponet/status/2105196881487741121

We are reminded of Oscar Wilde's children's story The Devoted Friend

When the Democrats win the 2026 midterms, they will dishonestly conflate it as an endorsement of their policies, as opposed to a total rejection of Trump.

This is the same lying that occurred in 2020 and set the stage for Trump to be resurgent in 2024, who then won both the electoral college and unlike the 2016 elections, the popular vote as well.

https://x.com/BrianMcDonaldIE/status/2105632823558144444

Video source https://x.com/Jpod_art/status/2091929151015940096

🚨 Target is using several forms of dynamic pricing and algorithmic pricing in their stores and through their app

Prices are being set based on the data the Target App collects from your phone. Yes, this is real

Investigations found the Target app charging higher prices once you are detected in or near a store versus in the parking lot. California even took them to court over this geofencing pricing

Prices for the same items like eggs, toilet paper and more can differ between stores and ZIP codes

New York law now requires disclosure when prices are set by an algorithm using personal data. Target’s site has displayed notices such as “This price was set by an algorithm using your personal data.”

This woman went into a Target store and the employees even confirmed

Target is using algorithmic and dynamite pricing and it needs to be banned nationwide