Flying bombs won't stay dumb forever, I think there will end up being some high profile cases where what appears to be a flying bomb is actually a trap for a manned interceptor, this already happened on the sea with a Ukranian boat being targeted by the shahed it was trying to shoot down (I think it was a shahed), though the gunner on the boat still successfully shot the shahed down.

No matter how this evolves, you know what I would really want to be in to hunt down and eliminate a mass wave of shaheds and drones that might try to threaten me back?

One of these

Or one of these

What is the shahed going to do? Try to turn around and fly at the helicopter? ... and then what? Have you ever seen how these types of helicopters move? There is no good reason these shouldn't be provided to help Ukraine immediately....

These platforms have sensors that can see for extremely long range, have an accurate direct fire cannon and can also mount all kinds of guided missiles, it really mystifies me why the world is acting like these wouldn't be extraordinarily useful to Ukraine right now as mass air defense platforms to protect large populations of civilians from flying bombs.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/15/ukraines-navy-doesnt-exist-except-it-kind-of-does-and-its-brilliant/

^ link to article where it mentions that a Ukrainian patrol boat was targeted by a shahed

Edit Italy also has the AW249 which would be extremely useful to Ukraine right now for the same reasons.

I just want this week to end soooooo bad

As someone who loves both coding and learning Japanese, I’ve always wished there was an open-source, truly free tool for learning Japanese, kind of like what Monkeytype is in the typing community (fun fact: we actually have 2 Monkeytype devs on board with us now!)

Unfortunately, most language learning apps these days are either paid or closed-source, and the few free ones that are still out there haven’t really been kept up to date. I felt like that left a gap for people who just want a straightforward, open-source, high-quality learning tool that isn’t trying to milk them and/or sell them something.

That being said, I didn’t want to just make another “me too” language app just for the sake of creating one. There needed to be something special about it. That’s when I thought: why not truly hit it home and do something no other language learning app has done by adding tons of color themes, fonts and an extremely fun and customizable experience, as a little tribute to the vibe that inspired me in the first place, Monkeytype.

So, that’s what I’m doing now. We've already hit half a thousand stars on GitHub and reached thousands of Japanese learners worldwide, and we're looking to grow our forever free, open-source platform even more.

Why? Because Japanese learners and weebs deserve a free and genuinely fun learning experience too.

Live demo: https://kanadojo.com/

If you wanna make our day by dropping us a star or even contributing, then you can do so here --> https://github.com/lingdojo/kana-dojo ^^

どもありがとうございます！

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"The design drew inspiration from the concept of "a piece of cloth"

London (AFP) – The BBC said Thursday that its chairman had sent a letter to US President Donald Trump apologising for a misleading edit of one of his speeches, but rejected that it was grounds for a defamation lawsuit.

The comments came after Britain's embattled public broadcaster said earlier that it was investigating a possible second instance in which a Trump speech was edited in a misleading way.

On Monday, the BBC apologised for giving the impression in a documentary aired last year that Trump had directly urged "violent action" just before the assault on the US Capitol by his supporters on January 6, 2021.

The video edit has triggered a firestorm, leading the BBC director-general and the organisation's top news executive to resign on Sunday, and drawing a threat from Trump's lawyers to sue for $1 billion.

BBC Chair Samir Shah has "sent a personal letter to the White House making clear to President Trump that he and the corporation are sorry for the edit of the president's speech", the broadcaster said in a statement.

However, it added: "While the BBC sincerely regrets the manner in which the video clip was edited, we strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim."

It said BBC lawyers had written to Trump's legal team in response.

As controversy continued to swirl around the "Panorama" documentary on Trump aired in October 2024, the BBC said it was now probing another edit of Trump's speech from the day of the Capital riots.

The Telegraph newspaper said the BBC also aired another report, in June 2022 on its "Newsnight" programme, in which phrases spoken at different points in Trump's speech were edited together to make it appear as if he were urging supporters to go to the Capitol and "fight like hell".

A BBC spokesperson said: "This matter has been brought to our attention and we are now looking into it."

The editing row comes at a politically sensitive time for the BBC, which is due to renegotiate the Royal Charter that outlines the corporation's governance. Its current charter will end in 2027.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his government have been performing a tightrope act, backing the broadcaster's independence while avoiding taking sides against Trump.

One night during a heavy rainstorm, a stranded stranger knocks on the door of Angela's country cottage, claiming his car has broken down. Angela lets him in to shelter but soon a police officer arrives, asking questions, amid conducting a manhunt for an escaped criminal. Angela puts two and two together, but is there more to it than meets the eye?

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1580188-death-among-the-pines

Exploring the complex bond between two half brothers — one Indigenous, one white — traveling from the present in isolated Shamattawa to bustling 1980s Toronto.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1400794-endless-cookie

I dunno if it's possible but it would be very fun to know week by week what emoji was most used on Hexbear. Feels like a very silly and fun way to temperature check how the community is feeling, what topics or things are going on, etc.

I dunno maybe it would be boring and always the same but maybe it would be fun and engaging.

Anyway in lieu of that my personal emoji of the week is , between the shutdown ending and the Mamdani posting it's gotten me a lot of milage.

What's your emoji of the week? Why?

Nearly two years after complaining to Hockey Canada about bullying and sexual misconduct on a Hamilton youth hockey team, a family is relieved they don’t have to keep it secret anymore.

“The big win is we can now talk about it,” said the mother of one of the victims. “The public needs to know when maltreatment is taking place and what the sanctions are.”

It found the team had a "toxic" culture and that coaches breached dressing room policy by “failing to properly supervise the dressing rooms.”

The six players denied any involvement and the coaches denied any knowledge of the activities.

My thought experiments don't translate well to text. So ummmmm, say anything and it's yours.

Passkeys are built on the FIDO2 standard (CTAP2 + WebAuthn standards). They remove the shared secret, stop phishing at the source, and make credential-stuffing useless.

But adoption is still low, and interoperability between Apple, Google, and Microsoft isn’t seamless.

I broke down how passkeys work, their strengths, and what’s still missing

Idk I kinda crave for wholesome stories, hides away the depression lol

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/38671945

The financier’s ties to President Donald Trump have led to mounting suspicion, including from fellow Republicans like Reps. Thomas Massie (Ky.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), who have said they plan to join Democrats in voting for the files’ release.

Johnson has managed to delay a vote on the Epstein files for months. In July, as a bipartisan resolution pushed by Massie and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) was gaining steam, Johnson sent Congress home early for its August recess, which delayed business until September.

In the final weeks before the shutdown, after a bill to fund the government stalled in the Senate, Johnson sent members home again on September 19, just days before Grijalva’s election would have made her the 218th vote to force an Epstein resolution to the floor.

While Grijalva expressed excitement at finally being sworn in, she said, “this delay never should have happened in the first place.”