Maarten Smit

All the new miniatures in our Heroes of the Dutch Resistance Kickstarter - look at them there. Each figure is based on a real person who risked it all to fight fascism. Please help me spread the word. www.kickstarter.com/projects/bad... All hand sculpted & hand cast in pewter

1/24 410 years ago #otd, a Dutch ship ran into a coast that was on no European map. Her crew climbed a cliff, flattened a pewter dinner plate, scratched a message into it, and nailed it to a post. That plate is the oldest known European object from Australia. #maritimehistory

KICKSTARTER IS LIVE LET'S GOOOOOO! Civilian Dutch Resistance of WW2 in hand sculpted pewter casts? Yes please! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bad...

⭐️ SNOOZE ⭐️ The Tiny Angry Witch dislikes mornings just as much as we do. It's authentic stop-motion animation. We'd love to have more time to devote to these, so if you know any eccentric millionaires, let us know! Written, built, animated, voice and scored by 4 x people (and 1 x Witch)

After traveling 9 years and covering 3 billion miles, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft got this shot of Pluto.

⭐ BOOK ⭐ The Tiny Angry Witch has got a book of magic - but when you’re tiny, turning the pages can be tricky… This is our longest video so far. Stop-motion animation, made with models, props, and patience! Written, built, animated, voiced, and scored by 4 x people (and 1 x Witch)

Definitely, tell me about any published covers you have that homage AD&D or BD&D rules or adventures if I haven't included them yet. I just counted 46 distinct homages to Dave Trampier's awesome Players Handbook covers! www.designers-and-dragons.com/2025/05/12/h...

Ik heb bij Sywert van Lienden wat eclips brillen gekocht

During WWII, the Dutch national library was forced by the Nazis to change its name from Royal Library to National Library, but there was a paper shortage, so instead of printing new paperwork, they just crossed it out and scribbled it in

Hup Sophie! Wij witte mannen mogen best wel eens wat zelf ingenomen ruimte teruggeven aan andere groepen. Samen staan we zo veel sterker! Sophie Straat bedolven onder haatberichten na Best Kept Secret: ‘Zolang de grote meerderheid zijn bek houdt, blijft dit bestaan’ www.parool.nl/kunst-media/...

the world being still obsessed with gillian anderson 30 years later is correct

Sam Neill on tackling depression and imposter syndrome when you’re between jobs.

Zelden zoveel kwaadaardige onzin in de schoenen geschoven gekregen van uiterst rechts die daarmee punten scoorden bij joelende boeren op de publieke tribune. Maar verder: debat van mijn leven 💪 www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/pro...

Ik kan er ook serieus niet meer tegen. Dat telkens: ja maar toen en toen. Iedereen ziet toch wel dat het steeds vaker: en nu en nu! Is? En het met de dag gekker wordt?! En toch belanden we keer op keer basale, simplistische discussies..1/2

Sir Ian McKellen.

Oh man, this one really hurts. Thank you for Giles, and then for decades of playing oily bastards who were nothing like Giles and clearly having a ball with that. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Het moet gezegd worden... mijn lezersbrief in @trouw.nl

"Created in 2026 at the initiative of Marjane Satrapi, a member of the film and audiovisual section of the Academy of Fine Arts, this foundation has set itself the main mission of supporting foreign students in their project to come and study cinema in Paris."

Nog een jongje vrouw die overleden is en diepe indruk achterlaat

Okay so I read the whole of the Pope's latest encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas", the one the internet is calling the AI Encyclical, but it's about a LOT more than that (of course it is, it's over 40,000 words). Here's a thread of quotes...

"On the present trajectory, Iran will emerge from the conflict many times stronger and more influential than it was before the war. It will exercise leverage with dozens of the richest nations in the world." From Robert Kagan, @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The infamous Animaniacs Prince joke.

Today, the last tanker of crude oil that transited the Strait of Hormuz before Trump launched his war on Iran reached its destination in Europe. As I have posted several times before, the oil price spikes we have been seeing have been largely speculative. The real impact is only just now starting.

I believe the phrase is "Hang it in the Louvre"

Hungarians celebrated the landslide defeat of Orban by singing "We Are the Champions" out in the streets

Well done Artemis, welcome back.

Man, watching those main chutes deploy was stressfull.

And chutes, gods that was hairy..

Pfew

Fantastisch artikel.

NASA has published some of the best footage yet showing yesterday’s launch of Artemis ll, the first manned mission to the Moon since the 1970s, lifting off from Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Brevard County, Florida.

Footage captured from passengers on an airliner above Florida, showing the exact moment the Artemis II mission lifts off.

Ok. I’m installing Kerbal again.

I'll be giving a press conference just after midday.

It's Trans Day of Visibility, but a shout out to the invisible trans people - the ones who haven't realised, the ones who haven't shared it, and, sadly, the ones for whom it's just too dangerous to be yourself in public. I might not see you, but I know you're out there.

1/ The world is facing a 'ticking time bomb' from its supply of oil, according to a briefing note from JP Morgan. Physical scarcity of oil is about to unfold across the globe, spreading sequentially through April from east to west, causing major economic disruption worldwide. ⬇️

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Alex Younger, who was head of MI6 (the British CIA) until 2020, says that, as much as it pains him to admit it, the Islamic Republic of Iran is winning this war — in part because they are in a battle for survival, while Trump is engaged in a war of choice.

Uit de New York Times van 14 november 1938.

Lastige keuze...

Maar liefst dertig donaties binnen lieve mensen, ter waarde van in totaal € 1.300 (plus mijn honorarium voor de opname van de Ongeloofelijke podcast met @davidboogerd.bsky.social en @stefanpaas.bsky.social van € 450)= € 1.750! Hier kun je al echt wat mee, in Ukraine.

This is an excellent summary of the US War on Iran current situation. I’m an existentialist and borderline absurdist and even I struggle with the current moment. This summary is just fantastic.

The shirts for #ClogLard are ready and tested! Watch our professional models show off the black polo (L) and dark blue (L) and light blue (M) t-shirts. Available for order in your preferred size from tomorrow, so watch your email if you're interested #spreadthelard

Periodieke verkiezingsdag-herinnering! Ga stemmen en:

THE BEACONS ARE LIT, TRUMP CALLS FOR AID

nobody does more brutal fashion reviews than the irish