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[Eric Standlee Alternative Funding Guy @standlee_eric]

Japan Redefines Pacific Deterrence with Hypersonic Missile Deployment
A Shift in the Balance of Power
The Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) have fundamentally altered the strategic landscape of the Indo-Pacific, deploying next-generation hypersonic anti-ship missiles designed to neutralize maritime threats before they can reach Japanese shores. As regional tensions escalate, Tokyo’s message is definitive: the era of passive defense has evolved into active, high-speed deterrence.
The Technology: Speed and Precision
Manufactured by domestic defense giant Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), the new arsenal is built around systems like the Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectile (HVGP). This deployment effectively renders traditional naval defense systems obsolete through overwhelming speed and maneuverability.
* Uninterceptable Velocity: Operating at speeds exceeding Mach 5 (3,800+ mph), the missiles are purpose-built to shatter modern, layered air defense networks before adversaries can react.
* Extended Reach: With a precision strike capability extending beyond 500 kilometers, the JSDF can target hostile naval assets far from Japan’s remote island chains.
* Advanced Guidance: Utilizing cutting-edge navigation and targeting systems, these "ship-killers" guarantee high-fidelity strikes in highly contested electronic environments.
The Strategic Context
For decades, Japan maintained a strictly defensive maritime posture. However, with neighboring regional powers aggressively expanding their naval footprints and running frequent exercises near Japanese territory, Tokyo has activated a robust "counterstrike" doctrine.
The deployment of MHI's hypersonic systems establishes a formidable anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) umbrella over Japan’s territorial waters and its exclusive economic zone.
The Future of Modern Warfare
This rollout confirms a stark new reality in naval combat: hypersonic speed is the ultimate tactical advantage. Slower, traditional missiles are rapidly becoming a vulnerability rather than an asset. By introducing these advanced systems into its active arsenal, Japan is not merely defending its waters—it is actively dictating the terms of engagement in the Pacific.

[Eric Standlee Alternative Funding Guy @standlee_eric]

@FNN_News @PayPayOfficial is missing opportunity by blocking people from foreign countries use of their app. Even Japanese who live overseas cannot use PayPay. Stupid.

[Google Cloud @googlecloud]

Gemini Omni: Our new model is a leap forward in world understanding, multimodality, and editing—letting you generate any output from any input, starting with video.

Coming soon to developers and enterprise customers via the Gemini API and the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform API.

[Eric Standlee Alternative Funding Guy @standlee_eric]

@grok I want grok to have a share option on my android phone when I copy text. Why doesn't the at work? I copy text and click share and Gemini shows up but not grok.

[Eric Standlee Alternative Funding Guy @standlee_eric]

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[ウェザーニュース @wni_jp]

＜2日(火)〜3日(水)は大雨に厳重警戒＞
台風6号(チャンミー)が沖縄の南を北上しています。

西日本では明日から局地的に雨が強まり、明後日2日(火)から3日(水)にかけて太平洋側を中心に大雨に厳重な警戒が必要です。

東日本も3日(水)は広い範囲で大雨のおそれがあります。
https://t.co/Kd45ttXscJ

[ようちゃん＠頑張る障害者💯🍥🕰️🍆🌈🍑 @karage12421]

台湾の気象予報局の台風6号に関する予測らしいんですが、この通りに来た場合福島も甚大な被害を受けることになります。かなりの壊滅的な被害になるかもしれません。1時間足したのがら、日本時間になるらしいです。ビビりました。かなりビビりました。まずいですよ。

[ウェザーニュース @wni_jp]

【台風情報】
5月31日(日)9時現在、台風6号(チャンミー)は沖縄の南を北上しています。
沖縄では徐々に風や波の影響が出始め、最接近する明日は荒天に厳重な警戒が必要です。

その後は本州南岸を東進する見込みで、西日本〜東日本も太平洋側を中心に大雨のおそれがあります。
https://t.co/DQDlguDsJx

[ウェザーニュース @wni_jp]

【台風情報】
5月29日(金)21時現在、台風6号(チャンミー)はフィリピンの東を西北西に進んでいます。
6月1日(月)から強い勢力で沖縄本島や奄美大島にかなり接近するため荒天に警戒が必要です。
3日(水)には九州〜本州に接近し、大雨となるおそれがあります。
https://t.co/h82xLb1tUt

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

In Japan, you sit down at almost any restaurant.

Before you order.
Before you've said a word.

The server brings:

a glass of ice water,
a hot wet towel rolled up like a present,
sometimes a small dish of pickles or edamame.

You haven't paid for any of it.

You don't tip for any of it.

The towel is hot in winter.
Cold in summer.
Always exactly when you needed it.

Not because someone is hoping for a tip.

Because the country decided long ago
that being a guest
should start with comfort,
not negotiation.

Think about the last time
a restaurant gave you something
just because they were happy you came.

In Japan, that's not a gesture.

That's the opening line.

[Eric Standlee Alternative Funding Guy @standlee_eric]

@linearjunction

[Eric Standlee Alternative Funding Guy @standlee_eric]

The May 19 executive orders hit with real weight. One protects the financial system from risks tied to illegal immigration and bad actors. The other tells regulators to stop protecting the old guard and clear space for fintech and digital assets instead. Cut the red tape. Let American ideas compete.

Markets took notice fast. The S&P 500 crossed above 7200 and kept setting fresh records into early May. Nasdaq climbed right alongside it. That movement shows where the smart money sees the direction heading.

Trump-backed candidates swept through the May primaries. The Kentucky race stood out when the endorsed challenger knocked off the longtime critic. Other states followed the same pattern. The base stays locked in and the priorities keep advancing.

Border numbers tell their own story. Crossings sit at the lowest levels in fifty years. Net migration turned negative for the first time in decades. Fentanyl seizures dropped sharply. A lot of communities feel the difference.

Investment keeps flowing back home. Trillions pledged for domestic manufacturing and jobs. Energy production holds at record levels with strong exports. These are the results that come from putting citizens and sovereignty first.

The pieces line up. Secure what needs securing. Open what needs opening. Focus on the things that actually build strength for working Americans. That is how you deliver on making the country great again.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 JUST IN: Vice President Vance CONFIRMS IT — "We've referred over $22 billion in fraudulent small business loans back to the Treasury for collection. We've deferred more than $1.3 billion in fraudulent Medicaid reimbursements that were coming from various states, particularly California."

🔥🔥🔥

"We put a 6 month hold on enrollment for new hospice and home health care providers because so many of the newer hospice providers were not actually providing hospice services, but we're just focused on fraud."

"We've recovered taxpayer funds from the $135 billion stolen after the floodgates were open in the immediate aftermath of COVID."

"We have found $6.3 billion in suspected fraudulent government contracts, which were mostly awarded during the last administration and that has stopped."

"And finally, we've blocked $60 million in student aid fraud that should have gone to young people trying to get an education, but instead we're going to fraudsters." @RapidResponse47

Major success, and more is coming!

[Humans in Space/JAXA @HumanSpace_JAXA]

#HTVXの宇宙日記

みんな、応援してくれて本当にありがとう。
大気圏に突入して、僕は無事に燃え尽きて使命を終えたよ。

ちょっとさみしい気持ちもあるけれど、
これは“終わり”じゃなくて、
未来につなぐための最後の大切な役割だったんだって思ってる。
ISSへ届けた荷物、宇宙で挑んだたくさんの技術実証……
この経験は、きっとこれからのHTV‑Xたちに生きていくはず。

次の旅を受け継ぐのは、弟分の HTV‑X2。
僕がつないできたこの役目を、次は HTV‑X2 がしっかり引き継いでくれるよ。
みんな、これからも宇宙開発を応援してあげてね。

そして——
僕の冒険はここで本当におしまい。
たくさんのありがとうを込めて。
またね！

[Eric Standlee Alternative Funding Guy @standlee_eric]

@aptera_motors You ever come to Houston?

[John Stossel @JohnStossel]

It's the 20th Anniversary of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth."

NONE of his scary predictions have come true.

Mt. Kilimanjaro still has snow and Glacier National Park still has glaciers.

Here's why we are not doomed:

[David Leebron @davidleebron]

In most US cities this (left photo) would be a large downtown, ranking about sixth in office space. In Houston, it’s just the remarkable @TXMedCenter. Downtown, slightly smaller on that measure, is photo to the right. The TMC, the world’s largest medical complex, is along with our universities and medical schools the foundation of our rapidly expanding medical economy.

[Eric Standlee Alternative Funding Guy @standlee_eric]

On Saturday evening May 23 2026 around 6 PM Eastern Time reports emerged of multiple gunshots near the White House at the intersection of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW next to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

Journalists on the North Lawn heard between 15 and 30 gunshots. The White House went into a brief lockdown and Secret Service agents directed people inside the press briefing room.

Law enforcement sources say a gunman approached a gate on the west side fired several shots toward the grounds and Secret Service officers returned fire striking the suspect. The gunman did not breach the perimeter.

Two people were wounded including the suspect who was taken to a hospital and one civilian bystander. No Secret Service agents White House staff or President Trump were injured. Trump remained inside the building and was safe throughout.

The immediate threat ended quickly the lockdown was lifted and the FBI is assisting the Secret Service with the investigation. The suspect identity and motive have not been released.

This is the latest confirmed information on the incident.