Maarten Smit
@smiffus.bsky.social
Gaming all the way to the retirement home. Profile pic by Chris Fason.
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After traveling 9 years and covering 3 billion miles, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft got this shot of Pluto.
August 22, 2026 at 10:32 AM
After traveling 9 years and covering 3 billion miles, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft got this shot of Pluto.
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⭐ 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)
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)
August 20, 2026 at 9:11 AM
⭐ 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)
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)
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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...
I just counted 46 distinct homages to Dave Trampier's awesome Players Handbook covers!
www.designers-and-dragons.com/2025/05/12/h...
August 18, 2026 at 6:28 AM
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...
I just counted 46 distinct homages to Dave Trampier's awesome Players Handbook covers!
www.designers-and-dragons.com/2025/05/12/h...
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Ik heb bij Sywert van Lienden wat eclips brillen gekocht
August 11, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Ik heb bij Sywert van Lienden wat eclips brillen gekocht
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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
February 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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
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Jeanne Gibson, one of the last surviving Rosie the Riveters, died on July 29, 2026. She was 100 Years old. Born in Minneapolis in 1926, she was only 18 when she moved to Seattle to weld U.S. Navy destroyers at Todd Pacific Shipyards. Rest in peace, Jeanne
August 1, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Jeanne Gibson, one of the last surviving Rosie the Riveters, died on July 29, 2026. She was 100 Years old. Born in Minneapolis in 1926, she was only 18 when she moved to Seattle to weld U.S. Navy destroyers at Todd Pacific Shipyards. Rest in peace, Jeanne
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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/...
Sophie Straat bedolven onder haatberichten na Best Kept Secret: ‘Zolang de grote meerderheid zijn bek houdt, blijft dit bestaan’
www.parool.nl/kunst-media/...
Sophie Straat bedolven onder haatberichten na Best Kept Secret: ‘Zolang de grote meerderheid zijn bek houdt, blijft dit bestaan’
De rubriek Schermtijd biedt elke week een menselijke selectie uit het enorme algoritmische aanbod aan content op sociale media. Deze week: hoe een festivalstunt een mediarel werd.
www.parool.nl
July 14, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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/...
Sophie Straat bedolven onder haatberichten na Best Kept Secret: ‘Zolang de grote meerderheid zijn bek houdt, blijft dit bestaan’
www.parool.nl/kunst-media/...
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the world being still obsessed with gillian anderson 30 years later is correct
July 14, 2026 at 7:31 AM
the world being still obsessed with gillian anderson 30 years later is correct
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Sam Neill on tackling depression and imposter syndrome when you’re between jobs.
July 13, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Sam Neill on tackling depression and imposter syndrome when you’re between jobs.
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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...
Maar verder: debat van mijn leven 💪
www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/pro...
Pro-Kamerlid Laura Bromet wordt kop-van-jut in verhit stikstofdebat
Tijdens het Tweede Kamerdebat over de nieuwe stikstofplannen richt de rechtse oppositie haar pijlen op Pro-Kamerlid Laura Bromet. Een aantal kiest daarbij voor de persoonlijke aanval, waarbij een publ...
www.volkskrant.nl
July 1, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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...
Maar verder: debat van mijn leven 💪
www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/pro...
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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
En toch belanden we keer op keer basale, simplistische discussies..1/2
June 23, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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
En toch belanden we keer op keer basale, simplistische discussies..1/2
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Sir Ian McKellen.
June 14, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Sir Ian McKellen.
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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...
Anthony Head: Buffy and Ted Lasso actor dies at 72
The 72-year-old British actor also had roles in shows including Merlin and Little Britain.
www.bbc.com
June 5, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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...
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"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."
Fondation pour le cinéma Mattias et Marjane Ripa-Satrapi | Academie des beaux-arts
L'Académie des beaux-arts, ainsi dénommée depuis 1816 et descendante des académies royales, est l'une des cinq académies qui forment l'Institut de France.
www.academiedesbeauxarts.fr
June 4, 2026 at 9:29 AM
"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."
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Nog een jongje vrouw die overleden is en diepe indruk achterlaat
Marjane Satrapi has passed away only 56 years of age 😢 Her importance within the world of graphic novels can not be overstated. R.I.P.
Marjane Satrapi er gået bort kun 56 år gammel.
En af tegneseriens vigtigste stemmer er her ikke mere.
En af tegneseriens vigtigste stemmer er her ikke mere.
June 4, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Nog een jongje vrouw die overleden is en diepe indruk achterlaat
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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...
Here's a thread of quotes...
May 29, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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...
Here's a thread of quotes...
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"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...
From Robert Kagan, @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trump’s Endgame Is Surrender
He seems to hope to slip away without Americans noticing the magnitude of this defeat.
www.theatlantic.com
May 22, 2026 at 7:56 AM
"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...
From Robert Kagan, @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The infamous Animaniacs Prince joke.
April 21, 2026 at 9:14 AM
The infamous Animaniacs Prince joke.
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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.
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.
April 15, 2026 at 9:42 AM
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.
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.
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I believe the phrase is "Hang it in the Louvre"
April 13, 2026 at 9:21 AM
I believe the phrase is "Hang it in the Louvre"
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Hungarians celebrated the landslide defeat of Orban by singing "We Are the Champions" out in the streets
April 12, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Hungarians celebrated the landslide defeat of Orban by singing "We Are the Champions" out in the streets
Ha! Asking wether they are pushing the 'PTT - Push to talk' button.
April 11, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Ha! Asking wether they are pushing the 'PTT - Push to talk' button.
Well done Artemis, welcome back.
April 11, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Well done Artemis, welcome back.
Man, watching those main chutes deploy was stressfull.
April 11, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Man, watching those main chutes deploy was stressfull.