Wendy Pilmer
@wendypilmer.bsky.social
Trainer & consultant, supporting independent journalism around the world. I’m perched on the glorious Northumberland coast. Expect pictures of travels, big skies and hikes. 🌎🥾🧳
Once again, I’m to be found at the top of a hill in the pitch dark staring north #aurora #northumberland
March 20, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Once again, I’m to be found at the top of a hill in the pitch dark staring north #aurora #northumberland
This is Chehel Sotoon (picture taken in 2016 - Trump was elected during our stay). Isfahan is one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
March 10, 2026 at 1:38 AM
This is Chehel Sotoon (picture taken in 2016 - Trump was elected during our stay). Isfahan is one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
🙌 to the RNLI lifeboat station at Flamborough, with their miraculous “weather forecasting stone”
August 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
🙌 to the RNLI lifeboat station at Flamborough, with their miraculous “weather forecasting stone”
Good read on the likely attempts to influence this year’s parliamentary elections in Moldova
Today MM brings you a guest post by Valeriu Pașa, Chairman of Watchdog.md on the scale of the hybrid war the country will face going in to September’s elections. He looks at the nature of the threat and how people can prepare themselves.
open.substack.com/pub/moldovam...
open.substack.com/pub/moldovam...
June 14, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Good read on the likely attempts to influence this year’s parliamentary elections in Moldova
Day 17 of my England Coast Path walk brings me to Britain’s deepest mine (and Europe’s 2nd deepest): 4,600ft! Boulby’s hundreds of miles of tunnels extend below the idyllic coastal village of Staithes - and under the sea. However, it’s not a coal mine…. 1/3
May 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Day 17 of my England Coast Path walk brings me to Britain’s deepest mine (and Europe’s 2nd deepest): 4,600ft! Boulby’s hundreds of miles of tunnels extend below the idyllic coastal village of Staithes - and under the sea. However, it’s not a coal mine…. 1/3
Day 16 of my England Coastal Path walk brings me to Saltburn-by-the-Sea. Blimey, the beaches are sensational. And a proper pier, and a lift to bring me to the tea-shops up above! One of those un-talked-about gems of the English coast.
PS For the uninitiated - it’s just south of Redcar
PS For the uninitiated - it’s just south of Redcar
May 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Day 16 of my England Coastal Path walk brings me to Saltburn-by-the-Sea. Blimey, the beaches are sensational. And a proper pier, and a lift to bring me to the tea-shops up above! One of those un-talked-about gems of the English coast.
PS For the uninitiated - it’s just south of Redcar
PS For the uninitiated - it’s just south of Redcar
Finally spotted some news coverage of the Co-op supply chain issues today. Up till now, M&S has dominated headlines but the impact on customers - especially rural (and less posh!) ones - is arguably greater with the Co-op. Check out the shelves in Whitby just now 👀
May 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Finally spotted some news coverage of the Co-op supply chain issues today. Up till now, M&S has dominated headlines but the impact on customers - especially rural (and less posh!) ones - is arguably greater with the Co-op. Check out the shelves in Whitby just now 👀
Most independent media organisations in Georgia rely on grant funding. They’re mostly digital - the big broadcasters are all politically aligned. It’s another depressing day for Georgian journalism.
‼️Georgian Dream has effectively banned receiving foreign grants without govt approval.
In yet another repressive move against civil society and media organizations, the Georgian Dream's parliament reviewed and passed the new law in an expedited process over just two days.
#RepressionInGeorgia
In yet another repressive move against civil society and media organizations, the Georgian Dream's parliament reviewed and passed the new law in an expedited process over just two days.
#RepressionInGeorgia
🟥 Under a new amendments proposed by GD, receiving a foreign grant will require 🇬🇪govt approval. Grants accepted without consent will be prohibited and subject to penalties. The Anti-Corruption Bureau will oversee enforcement, and violations may result in fines double the grant amount.
#Georgia
#Georgia
April 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Most independent media organisations in Georgia rely on grant funding. They’re mostly digital - the big broadcasters are all politically aligned. It’s another depressing day for Georgian journalism.
Reposted by Wendy Pilmer
And here it is: Nesterovschi has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. He didn't show up to court and police are looking for him. So now there's an added difficulty for authorities in Chișinău: an M.P. with Russian citizenship is due to be arrested (www.zdg.md/stiri/stiri-...)
March 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
And here it is: Nesterovschi has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. He didn't show up to court and police are looking for him. So now there's an added difficulty for authorities in Chișinău: an M.P. with Russian citizenship is due to be arrested (www.zdg.md/stiri/stiri-...)
Just arrived in Tbilisi. Bitterly cold and raining but at the end of my street, there they are…
On the 112th day of continuous protests in Tbilisi, Rustaveli Avenue is still full of protesters. The demands remain the same: rerun the parliamentary elections and free all those detained for participating in the protests.
#GeorgiaProtests
📸 Mariam Qavshbaia/Publika
#GeorgiaProtests
📸 Mariam Qavshbaia/Publika
March 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Just arrived in Tbilisi. Bitterly cold and raining but at the end of my street, there they are…
Walked the #EnglandCoastPath from Hartlepool to Middlesbrough yesterday and couldn’t believe my eyes when this rose on the skyline… It turns out this is the Brent Charlie platform, now decommissioned and being recycled on Teesside - the largest rig ever to be towed to land
March 18, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Walked the #EnglandCoastPath from Hartlepool to Middlesbrough yesterday and couldn’t believe my eyes when this rose on the skyline… It turns out this is the Brent Charlie platform, now decommissioned and being recycled on Teesside - the largest rig ever to be towed to land
Hope I haven’t picked the wrong day to start reading this 🧐
February 23, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Hope I haven’t picked the wrong day to start reading this 🧐
Reposted by Wendy Pilmer
Another group excited about the U.S.'s new pro-Kremlin foreign policy: separatist leaders in Transnistria. The region's foreign affairs minister, Vitali Ignatiev, expressed support for Washington's "new approach" to international affairs (tv.pgtrk.com/ru/news/2025...), ...
«Блокировать переговоры не получится»: коллегия МИДа
«Блокировать переговоры не получится ни у кого». Это слова министра иностранных дел Виталия Игнатьева с сегодняшней коллегии ведомства. В ней принял участие Президент Красносельский. Говорили о геопол...
tv.pgtrk.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Another group excited about the U.S.'s new pro-Kremlin foreign policy: separatist leaders in Transnistria. The region's foreign affairs minister, Vitali Ignatiev, expressed support for Washington's "new approach" to international affairs (tv.pgtrk.com/ru/news/2025...), ...
Walking the #EnglandCoastPath, day 13: from Horden to Hartlepool. Great to arrive at the mouth of the mighty Tees where, among other things, we spotted a Carnegie library with fine inscriptions to remind us of the days when US oligarchs weren’t entirely a blight on the world 🧐
February 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Walking the #EnglandCoastPath, day 13: from Horden to Hartlepool. Great to arrive at the mouth of the mighty Tees where, among other things, we spotted a Carnegie library with fine inscriptions to remind us of the days when US oligarchs weren’t entirely a blight on the world 🧐
Walking the #EnglandCoastPath, day 12: Sunderland to Horden, aka the Coal Coast. Remarkable to think how it’s changed in my lifetime…
February 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Walking the #EnglandCoastPath, day 12: Sunderland to Horden, aka the Coal Coast. Remarkable to think how it’s changed in my lifetime…
USAID cuts likely to “cause a surge in misinformation”
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Trump’s aid cuts will lead to a surge of propaganda, say press freedom groups
Loss of USAid funds will sow ‘chaos and confusion’ and force independent media outlets to shut down, says RSF
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:20 AM
USAID cuts likely to “cause a surge in misinformation”
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
A visit to #Speyer cathedral. Romanesque architecture, burial site of Hapsburg and other emperors, and a memorial to Edith Stein (the Carmelite St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross), who worshipped there and was murdered in Birkenau. A remarkable place.
February 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A visit to #Speyer cathedral. Romanesque architecture, burial site of Hapsburg and other emperors, and a memorial to Edith Stein (the Carmelite St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross), who worshipped there and was murdered in Birkenau. A remarkable place.
Reposted by Wendy Pilmer
I’ve never come across anything like this and of this scale in the 5 years I’ve been doing this.
These are the remains of Alnwick Abbey from the 12th century. Every wall, chamber, room and corridor visible in this shot I took 5 minutes ago.
These are the remains of Alnwick Abbey from the 12th century. Every wall, chamber, room and corridor visible in this shot I took 5 minutes ago.
February 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I’ve never come across anything like this and of this scale in the 5 years I’ve been doing this.
These are the remains of Alnwick Abbey from the 12th century. Every wall, chamber, room and corridor visible in this shot I took 5 minutes ago.
These are the remains of Alnwick Abbey from the 12th century. Every wall, chamber, room and corridor visible in this shot I took 5 minutes ago.
You can donate here - worth every penny! zdg.one/en/donatii/
January 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
You can donate here - worth every penny! zdg.one/en/donatii/
Another hotel in another Spanish mountain village means another vintage radio. Think I’ll tune to Beromünster this evening 🧐📻
January 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Another hotel in another Spanish mountain village means another vintage radio. Think I’ll tune to Beromünster this evening 🧐📻
Statements today by both the EU in Georgia and the British Ambassador about developments in Georgia, including attacks on journalists.
1/ British Ambassador to Georgia Gareth Ward said:
“In recent days, we have seen more extremely worrying developments in the political crisis in Georgia.
Renewed violence against opposition politicians and arbitrary detention of journalists and protestors is unacceptable [...]
“In recent days, we have seen more extremely worrying developments in the political crisis in Georgia.
Renewed violence against opposition politicians and arbitrary detention of journalists and protestors is unacceptable [...]
January 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Statements today by both the EU in Georgia and the British Ambassador about developments in Georgia, including attacks on journalists.
Reposted by Wendy Pilmer
HAPPENING NOW: "Freedom for Mzia Amaghlobeli and all political prisoners of the regime" — About 30 Georgian media outlets, including online platforms and TV stations, have gone on strike.
#GeorgianProtests
#TerrorinGeorgia
#GeorgianProtests
#TerrorinGeorgia
January 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
HAPPENING NOW: "Freedom for Mzia Amaghlobeli and all political prisoners of the regime" — About 30 Georgian media outlets, including online platforms and TV stations, have gone on strike.
#GeorgianProtests
#TerrorinGeorgia
#GeorgianProtests
#TerrorinGeorgia