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Paul Franzen

@pfranzen.bsky.social
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Archaeologist and historian; thinking of Romans every single day. The Limes, heritage management, small finds, GIS, politics and armed conflict ab urbe condita until now. And more.

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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 23h
Een onderbouwd stemadvies 😉
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
There’s two of them…
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Brilliant business plan. Add a sales point for liquids, so people can “fill up” and repeat…
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
That the jeep was US produced is a fact, but this sawing off of the struts of the radiator is a typical SAS hallmark. My money is on the SAS. If you could date it (more precisely) and compare it with AAR’s from that time, you might even find out who the dead soldier was. The rest must have survived.
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Florence @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 ⤵️
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In the description an American jeep is listed, but based on the peculiar grill I’d say this was a SAS jeep that fell victim to an ambush.
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Jona Lendering @jonalendering.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Over 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...
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Gelukkig staat helemaal onderin de volgende tekst: “Heeft u een foutje gezien of beschikt u over aanvullende informatie? Neem dan contact met ons op.” Zo kan iedereen zich uitleven in het opsommen en corrigeren van de fouten… Wedstrijdje doen wie de meeste heeft?
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Very interesting! the barrel has a lighter shading on the underside. This is often claimed for the long 17 pounder on Shermans, where this is said to disguise it as the Fireflies were especially targeted. We see it here years before and used on a tank with a much shorter barrel. Myth debunked.
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ik gok dat betrokkenen te lang voor de spiegel hebben gestaan, rare armbewegingen te oefenen, en nu niet meer doorhebben waar links zit, en waar rechts is…
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Frans Osinga @osinga.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Enough. Shoot Them Down. open.substack.com/pub/ivodaald...
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Enough. 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.
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Sommige mensen wens je alle goeds, sommige niet. Verwacht (niet: hoop) dat de politie hiermee aan de gang gaat, en serieus ook. En snel.
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Timing is everything 😉
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Angelica 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.
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Asking or offering?
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Een nieuwe/ andere hobby of werkzaamheden. Deze variant heb je blijkbaar door of ‘uit’, dus t moet nog perfecter of je hebt onvoldoende zin om er nog echt voor te gaan. Zolang je nieuwe dingen doet of leert is t top, daarna niet.
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Your people are special 😉
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Fascinerende overeenkomsten met prosopografie en het bestuderen van carrières in het Romeinse leger.
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
One - and admittedly the most beautiful- of no less then 10 Roman face masks found in Nijmegen!
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Dader 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.
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Which is bs because Ceuta is outside Schengen… people have thought about this and specifically left it out. So…. And then there is this minor problem with an aging population all over Europe and an already existing shortage of labour. So what was your point again?
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
May I add: the euro is great? A single currency that makes comparisons easy, that forgoes cost of money changes, and no more drawers with obsolete coins and bank notes that never can, or will, be cashed in?
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Florence @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 ⤵️
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
We are masters in our own home.
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
En wel WOZ betalen en geen BTW vrijstellingen meer…
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Soms is puzzelen werk 😉
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Kreun… weer een zwik boeken die ik wil lezen. De tijd Jona, de tijd! (En nu verder met saaie dataverwerving en spreadsheets)
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Including my father’s.
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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The correct term is "pervert glasses". archive.is/Xwylw
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Women continue to bear the brunt of bad tech decisions
Meta’s smart glasses are just the latest example of technology being used in ways developers should have anticipated
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Hoe lang is dat al zo? Is de omzet die bij de belastingdienst wordt opgegeven wordt gelijk aan het vergunde aantal dieren? M.a.w. moet er nog belasting betaald worden over de illegale omzet? Gevalletje handhaving maximaal lijkt me.
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I’d suggest to chant “feed the troops, feed the troops” at every possible opportunity, like at sports, parades, press conferences, pop ups in malls etc etc. You’ve got weeks until November to perfect this kind of guerrilla politics. Send food deliveries to Hegseth’s home, marked “for our troops”.
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Jan Leune @janleune.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Zojuist 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
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petra @kutheks.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
dit is de absolute koningin van Nederland www.destentor.nl/apeldoorn/bo...
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Then start looking at Roman belt buckles as well.
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
This, Gottfried August Homilius 🎶 on speakers and coffee ☕️, of course. The synthesis can wait a bit longer, surely.
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Wouldn’t you?
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Anthony Price, start with Other Paths to Glory. Especially for someone with some knowledge of British politics/ society from WW2 onward, with lingering older sentiments. If set in more historical times, like Rome: Lindsey Davis, Simon Scarrow, Steven Saylor and Adrian Goldsworthy.
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⚸ Gingersnapped 🐺🌕🎃 @gingerspiced.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
UEFA and all national FA’s should leave FIFA and start a new international football organisation.
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God @thegodshow.com · 18/07/2026
Greece 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.
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Oksii ✚ 🇺🇦 @oksii33.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Nature is beautiful🌝
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Zonder rekenmachine: hoeveel % is 47 op 18.000.000?
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Ik kijk vanuit het hoger gelegen deel van dit land met belangstelling uit naar de gevolgen van de verhoogde zeespiegel, opstuwing van rivierwater in de delta en andere scenario’s. De termen ‘gelukzoekers’, ‘opvang in eigen regio’ dienen zich aan. 🇳🇱 Geen menselijkheid, geen historisch besef.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 20/05/2026
An 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/?...
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
“Unauthorised leaks”
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Is er ook een terugbetaalregeling als er in december toch vuurwerk afgestoken wordt? Met serieuze maximale sommen per dag waarop dit wordt geconstateerd?
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
My main conclusion is, still, that only the decisive defeat of Russia will prevent -at best- or long term delay any large scale open conflict in the pacific and probably elsewhere.
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Hoera, weer een boek! Met kaartjes en passende illustraties hoop ik.
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Paul Franzen @pfranzen.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
pope Leo should register as a US presidential candidate. just because.
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