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@ModelGiantUK Is there a shuttle service? 😉

This is how close we are to Ford station! #Ford #Arundel #modelshop #westsussex

@JPieters1976 @Stoonbrace minder camions op de weg = minder strooizout nodig; win win

@Stoonbrace En ons strooizout dan?

Minder camions, meer boten.

What if I told you that for decades, this was largely a U.S. policy -- that Europe largerly disarmed, weakened its defense industries, and handed its security over to the United States, making itself dependent? What if I told you that for decades, this arrangement suited both sides just fine? America secured its monopoly status as the world's military hegemon and the undisputed leader of the West, gained the ability to project its power across the globe, and had a massive market for its defense industry free from European competition -- all while extending its protection over its vassals-allies in return. And Europe was perfectly happy to relax under that American umbrella and spend its money on social programs and comfortable life. And then Donald Trump, at the helm of a superpower, decided that everyone owed him. That he wants a weak, dependent Europe and a vast market for American military exports -- but has no intention of honoring the part of the old bargain that involved actually protecting that same Europe. Doesn't anyone else find it hilarious that the Trump admin first screams at the top of its lungs demanding that Europe defend itself and become independent -- and then turns around and expresses displeasure that European countries are switching to their own weapons instead of signing contracts with the American defense industry?

@JPieters1976 Looking at the poll at the bottom of the article 🎯

Oh yes. Kiss your defence industry goodbye

With such allies, who needs enemies…

@RostislavMS Duke Hawkins heeft een stand op KMK Scaleworld op 31 mei. Met al hun boeken (Thomas Mor , Geel)

Adult money is God’s greatest invention, God bless this German bookstore that keeps supplying my Belgian book collection

Karoline Leavitt announced that Belgium joined Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’. Belgium’s foreign minister responds.

@Stoonbrace dank je wel!

@RailwaymatesTim Eender welke EMS shop en losse stukken inderdaad. Blij weg van Chinese brol.

Tourniquet, woundpacking en Israëlisch drukverband horen in elke auto.

Web Performance Calendar day 9 with Martin Michálek on web perf folklore vs. evidence. Too many anecdotes (like 100ms = 1%) conflate speed gains with redesigns, UX changes, or seasonal shifts. Repeating them hurts the credibility of real performance work. calendar.perfplanet.com/the-inconvenie…

@Reskit_official Nice!! Sea King Pilots as well?

A new era in scale modeling!🤩 #ResKit unveils hyper-detailed 3D-printed pilot figures for CH-53E Super Stallion & MH-53E Sea Dragon (1/48). Months of passion, precision, and realism — captured in every pose. Coming soon at reskit-models.com 🌍

@Gaugemaster Go Let It Out → Go Lay It Out

One of our GM crew is here and sending pictures into the group chat... trying to make us envious.... Put some puns in the comments that we can fire back at him... We'll send you a discount code for the website if it's a good un!! The best we can come up with at the moment is - Don't look Bach (mann) in anger!! #Oasis #funny #pun #helpus

@RostislavMS F-16 books with an F-16 model is better for a more realistic result 😁

Model F-16 and Leopard Chassis books, I can’t think of a better combination

Daily uploads and a two year review! rumarchive.com/blog/2025-01-2… #webperf

Have you ever noticed unexplainable performance degradations? Unattributed Navigation Overhead (UNO) is probably the missing link. Watch my Lightning Talk from the performance.sync() meetup in Amsterdam! #webperf #rum #ttfb #cwv youtube.com/watch?v=E2E89N…

Web performance calendar day 21 with @TimVereecke giving us the gift of UNO (Unattributed Navigation Overhead) - an insight into the blind spot gaps between TTFB components calendar.perfplanet.com/2024/uno/

My new design will switch from 180px thumbnails to 48px ones! Great for #webperf, great for #UX 😂

If you were impressed with McMaster-Carr, then checkout @TimVereecke 's scalemates.com which feels even faster on Chrome with the use of Speculation Rules and View Transitions!

The combo of View Transitions API and Speculation Rules API (prerender+moderate or better) is the perfection of a smooth and instant UX! And this without a single line of JS. 🚀 #webperf #instant

Speed up your site's navigation with the Speculation Rules API. See how it works and the impressive results from our tests on Scalemates in this blog post: lin0.de/lKHvQR

‘Beyond the basics, pushing the boundaries of #webperf’ Find out how to make your site lightning fast with strategies that have made scalemates.com the world's leading modelling site. Don't settle for 75%, go further! @TimVereecke welovespeed.com/2024/intervent…