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A bunny walks along a street by the sea, on a sunny day. A sea serpent 'walks' next to him, coming out of the water alongside the shore. They address each other warmly

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I'm having a baby any day and used to go to the pub to watch the footy with my mates.

Now moving forward I figure I can have mates over here to watch

Footage circulating on russian Telegram channels allegedly shows a Be-12 amphibious aircraft destroying a Ukrainian USV. These aircraft can indeed be described as "rare," having entered service 58 years ago, in 1968.

russia originally had six Be-12 aircraft in service. However, as a result of drone strikes carried out by Ukraine's Defense Intelligence in September 2025, two of them were destroyed at Kacha air base in temporarily occupied Crimea. Despite their age and limited numbers, the aircraft remain in use, largely because russia has no direct replacement for them.

According to the video, the alleged Ukrainian USV was attacked using four PLAB-250-120 anti-submarine aerial bombs. This choice of weapon is particularly odd, as these munitions were specifically designed to engage submarines rather than surface targets.

Against surface targets, such bombs would be relatively ineffective. At the same time, these weapons are effectively the only standard means available to the Be-12 for engaging unmanned surface vessels. In addition to the PLAB-250-120, the aircraft can carry PLAB-50 bombs, UPLAP-50 training bombs, and torpedoes.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/57243088

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Battle of Hayes Pond (1958)

Sat Jan 18, 1958

Image: Lumbee men Simon Oxedine and Charlie Warriax, both veterans, with captured KKK flag at VFW convention. Image published in Life Magazine, 1958. Page 26-28. [progressive.org]

On this day in 1958, armed Lumbee Native Americans broke up a KKK rally near Maxton, North Carolina, driving the white supremacists away and confiscating their flag. Four Klansmen were injured in the "Battle of Hayes Pond".

Grand Dragon James W. "Catfish" Cole was the organizer of the Klan rally. Sanford Locklear, Simeon Oxendine and Neill Lowery were Lumbee leaders who attacked the Klansmen and successfully disrupted the rally.

The year prior, Cole had initiated a campaign of harassment designed to intimidate the Lumbee Tribe to help organize the local Klan. He called a rally on January 18th, and 100 Klansmen arrived at the private field near Hayes Pond which Cole had leased from a sympathetic farmer. Cole managed to erect the cross, but before he could finish the ceremony, over 500 Lumbee men appeared and encircled the assembled Klansmen.

Four Klansmen were injured in the subsequent exchange of gunfire. Cole was later found guilty of inciting a riot and sentenced to two years in prison.

• Date: 1958-01-18
• Learn More: en.wikipedia.org, progressive.org.
• Source: www.apeoplescalendar.org

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I'm requesting assistance to draft an email to our city council here in Canada to help them decide to not allow a data center to be built here. They said they won't read a big long letter with citations and everything which is sort of unfortunate, but I feel I've got to write something.

Is there a list of punchy and true reasons why a small community would absolutely not want one of these things up in Canada here?