Reposted by Paul FranzenFlorence @flore14.bsky.social · 06/10/2026🤷♀️ "Why should I care what happens in a country I'll never visit?" Right. You don't need to be convinced Ukraine matters. You just need 2min to understand what happens if it doesn't hold. Holding takes trucks. Ours goes to GUR's Timur group with @69thsb.bsky.social. Boost & donate if you can ⤵️ 23815
Reposted by Paul FranzenJona Lendering @jonalendering.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Over oudheidkunde bestaan nogal wat misverstanden, maar archeologen graven niet de hele dag en classici neuzen niet voortdurend in stoffige boeken. Maar wat doen oudheidkundigen nou wél? Zes vragen voor numismate Fleur Kemmers. mainzerbeobachter.com/2026/09/28/z... 0174
Reposted by Paul FranzenFrans Osinga @osinga.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Enough. Shoot Them Down. open.substack.com/pub/ivodaald...open.substack.comEnough. Shoot Them Down.Russia’s targeting of a train line that carried European dignitaries from Ukraine to Poland is the latest provocation to demand a concerted response. 2226
Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Sommige mensen wens je alle goeds, sommige niet. Verwacht (niet: hoop) dat de politie hiermee aan de gang gaat, en serieus ook. En snel. 021
Reposted by Paul FranzenAngelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 09/09/2026“Ukraine should compromise.” “Ukraine should stop fighting.” “Ukraine shouldn’t strike back.” “Ukraine should give up land.” Funny how everyone knows what Ukraine should do. Here’s one idea: russia should leave. 110324
Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Dader Srebrenica dood Op 11 -7-95, toen NL UNPROFOR-militairen in Srebrenica hun humanitaire werk deden, drongen Bosnisch-Servische troepen obv Ratko Mladić de stad binnen en vermoordden de aanwezige moslimmannen en -jongens. Het wordt gezien als de ergste daad van genocide in Europa sinds WO2. 000
Reposted by Paul FranzenFlorence @flore14.bsky.social · 26/08/2026🌙 Kyiv, last month. On a very loud night. My hotel neighbour followed the two-walls rule without flinching. Pillows, phone, teddy. I want one thing for her: a sovereign country, free from the murderous neighbour that keeps trying to erase it. Support the defenders with us ⤵️ 23114
Reposted by Paul FranzenMark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 22/08/2026We are masters in our own home. 54286512081
Reposted by Paul FranzenMaggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The correct term is "pervert glasses". archive.is/Xwylwirishtimes.comWomen continue to bear the brunt of bad tech decisionsMeta’s smart glasses are just the latest example of technology being used in ways developers should have anticipated 63010786
Reposted by Paul FranzenJan Leune @janleune.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Zojuist was er weer een boer op tv (EenVandaag op NPO1) die onweersproken mocht zeggen dat "stikstof geen probleem is". Daarom hieronder elf glasheldere argumenten waarom het wel een probleem is, voor flora en fauna en daardoor voor alle mensen. 1/12 41957461
Reposted by Paul Franzenpetra @kutheks.bsky.social · 06/08/2026dit is de absolute koningin van Nederland www.destentor.nl/apeldoorn/bo... 6881214
Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026This, Gottfried August Homilius 🎶 on speakers and coffee ☕️, of course. The synthesis can wait a bit longer, surely. 000
Reposted by Paul Franzen⚸ Gingersnapped 🐺🌕🎃 @gingerspiced.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians* 316254876963
Reposted by Paul FranzenGod @thegodshow.com · 18/07/2026Greece could give Donald a big golden Trojan Horse and he’d wheel it into the White House without checking if anyone’s inside because the only book he ever truly tried to read was Mein Kampf. 881460228
Reposted by Paul FranzenThe Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 20/05/2026An announcement from our editor-in-chief: We’re doing something really bold. Yesterday, we launched our biggest and most important campaign yet. We are looking for 4,000 new members who will join our community and support our journalism: kyivindependent.com/membership/?... 112547
Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 01/04/2026If you know what this is, or even have used it yourself, then you’re probably my age! 030
Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Footnotes are essential. But this tops everything so far. 001
Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 22/02/2026I’m old enough to remember Lake Placid 1980, the free world vs the USSR. And now it’s the free world against the USA. O tempora o mores Go 🇨🇦 #Canada #olympicshockey 052
Reposted by Paul Franzen𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Wow. 13143614916659
Reposted by Paul FranzenCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/02/2026> @governor.ny.gov 295183773918
Reposted by Paul FranzenClaes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Impressive. US Embassy Copenhagen. One Danish flag per Danish soldier that died in Afghanistan, fighting alongside US soldiers. 📸 h/t @onkelmikkel.bsky.social 210929
Reposted by Paul FranzenDe Archeoloog @dearcheoloog.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Vanaf morgen (24 januari) kun je op de late zaterdagavond op NPO 2 de Deense serie de #Excavation zien. Deze fictieve #tv-serie over #archeologen geeft volgens bijgaande recensie een realistisch beeld van alles dat speelt rond een #opgraving en is ook spannend. /1 www.serietotaal.nl/nieuws/42866...serietotaal.nlRecensie 'The Excavation': sublieme Deense miniserie maakt archeologie erg spannendEen opgraving van grote historische waarde zorgt voor strijd binnen de wetenschap én het gezin. Regie: Dagur Kári | Cast: Lene Maria Christensen (Ester), Anders W. Berthelsen (Michael), Fanny Leander ... 98018
Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 03/01/2026So…. Special military operation American style. As the three day Russian SMO is somewhere over 1400 days and counting, let’s see how long this version will last. Also: how’s the feeling in Taipei, Ottawa, Nuuk and Copenhagen? 000
Reposted by Paul FranzenUlrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 02/01/2026The way to actual tech sovereignty from the US? Extremely interesting talk by Cory Doctorow. pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/3...pluralistic.netPluralistic: The Post-American Internet (01 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 715660
Reposted by Paul FranzenOtilia Nutu @otilianutu.bsky.social · 28/12/2025Any person from any place on Earth can help Ukraine by donating directly. I use monthly this official fundraising initiative: u24.gov.ua. When politicians fail to do the right thing, people can take matters in their own hands.u24.gov.uaUNITED24 - The initiative of the President of UkraineUNITED24 was launched by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the main venue for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine. Funds will be transferred to the official accounts of... 072
Reposted by Paul FranzenJessica Berlin @berlinbridge.bsky.social · 30/11/2025If Russia wanted peace, they would stop killing Ukrainians. If the US wanted peace, they would stop Russia. 492323697
Reposted by Paul FranzenMargo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Peace plan from Sanna Marin Former Finnish PM and your daily reminder how to stop this war . 625867
Reposted by Paul FranzenDucky McDuckface @duckymcduckface.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Antifa Terrorist 3549
Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 14/09/2025www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... The reactions of Ukrainians is relatable. The Invictus games are gold.theguardian.com‘My conscience is clear’: Prince Harry on Ukraine, his family and the mediaExclusive: The duke talks about the cost of war, his portrayal in the press and boxing as the Guardian joins him on a visit to Kyiv 030
Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 31/08/2025A quiet Sunday morning, the sparrows having breakfast at the back of the garden #timelinecleanser 020
Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 27/08/2025youtu.be/nM39QUiAsoM?... Because, we will.youtu.beJoan Baez - We Shall Overcome (BBC Television Theatre, London - June 5, 1965)YouTube video by John1948SevenB 010
Reposted by Paul FranzenOksii ✚ 🇺🇦 @oksii33.bsky.social · 16/08/2025Everything you need to know about any "guarantees" 119358
Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 16/08/2025Bathing utensil Roman style: Bronze ointment vessel in the shape of a buste of Antinoös. AD 130-225, from a grave found near a Roman villa in Bocholtz (Netherlands) 020
Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Tombstone of T. Flavius Bassus, a trooper in the ala Noricum. Love the detailed horsegear and all the attached bling! From this point of view he looks at you directly. Found in and on display in Cologne, Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, the provincial capital of Germania Inferior. Pics: me. 0234
Reposted by Paul FranzenDe Leeuw Kyiv @deleeuwkyiv.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Earlier this month, the Agroberichten platform of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature published an article about how nets from the flower and fishing industries are being used as protection against Russian drone attacks in Ukraine. shorturl.at/Ms0nMagroberichtenbuitenland.nlDutch nets saving lives in UkraineThe 5 R's of sustainability are Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, and Recycle brought together the needs of Ukraine and capacity of the volunteers from all over the Europe. 1147
Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Hyvemind: #Roman #glass pre-Flavian military context. 2 thin pieces of blue green glass, white layer on the inside, 1 fragment with 3 thin black lines drawn between the inner and the outer layer. Anyone seen this before? #archaeology #Romans #history #smallfinds 011
Reposted by Paul FranzenOscar Lozada @oz-of-the-ancients.bsky.social · 26/06/2025#RomanFortThursday The Gateway to Roman Britain - the massive Triumphal Arch of Rutupiae (Richborough in Kent), clad in white Carrara marble from Italy, was a statement of Roman power at the entrance to Britannia Art by Peter Lorimer #archaeology #ancienthistory #art #romanempire #romanbritain 44915
Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Trooping the Colour 2025 And that, their Americans, is how you celebrate your #King ‘s birthday! #London #washington #DC #USA 130
Reposted by Paul Franzentonawandablue.bsky.social @tonawandablue.bsky.social · 14/06/2025I think the VOA needs to start an English language service to broadcast to the former USA. 01415
Reposted by Paul FranzenCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/06/2025“.. Jesus, that ear. He should donate it to the Smithsonian. .. He made all his records with four tracks, but you couldn't make his records if you had a hundred tracks today.” - Bob Dylan, on Brian Wilson #RIP “Good Vibrations” (1966) 854002880
Reposted by Paul FranzenChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/06/2025Truth-tellers, not rioters. Protect these two men at all costs. “You feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. You’re on the wrong side of history.” “John Lewis said make good trouble… that means make trouble on behalf of democracy.” 11203420011832