Paul Rimple
@pjrimple.bsky.social
Meet Me Here Tbilisi - www.meetmeheretbilisi.com - food & wine travel and culinary tours. Freelance journalist, and The Natural Born Lovers.
Georgia’s government next target for destruction is education. revdem.ceu.edu/2025/10/31/g...
Georgia’s Higher Education ‘Reform’: The Capstone of an Authoritarian Turn | Review of Democracy
Georgia’s government has announced a sweeping reform of higher education that pulls more decisions under central control, trims academic diversity, and limits international engagement. This is not an ...
revdem.ceu.edu
November 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Georgia’s government next target for destruction is education. revdem.ceu.edu/2025/10/31/g...
How is it I only heard of this now?
The Female Picaresque: Jan Kerouac’s Baby Driver by Amanda Fortini
October 24, 2025 – “Jan Kerouac’s darker and more extreme brand of mischief make her father’s On the Road high jinks seem tame and even a tad dilettantish by comparison.”
www.theparisreview.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
How is it I only heard of this now?
I've been wanting to write this story for a while, but happy Alice Feiring penned it up. www.saveur.com/wine/georgia...
How Women Are Breathing New Life Into Georgia’s 8,000-Year Wine Tradition
Tethered to its ancestral past, Georgian wine is now a global force with a forward-thinking vision led by women winemakers.
www.saveur.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I've been wanting to write this story for a while, but happy Alice Feiring penned it up. www.saveur.com/wine/georgia...
Pretty bad when the government has made pro-democracy think tanks obsolete.
GIP, Georgia’s Key Think Tank, Halts Work Citing Repression, Loss of Mission - Civil Georgia
The Georgian Institute of Politics (GIP), a leading Tbilisi-based think tank established in 2011, an
civil.ge
October 4, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Pretty bad when the government has made pro-democracy think tanks obsolete.
A letter from Georgia's political prisoner, journalist Mzia Amaglobeli.
From my prison cell in Georgia, I implore Europe not to abandon us to Russia | Mzia Amaglobeli
My fellow journalists are putting their lives in danger every day, but we refuse to surrender to a regime that threatens Europe’s own security, says imprisoned Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM
A letter from Georgia's political prisoner, journalist Mzia Amaglobeli.
I was there and they were, too. It was not a coup.
Georgian Dream pushes alternate history to justify crackdown
The Rose Revolution is rebranded a coup.
eurasianet.org
September 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I was there and they were, too. It was not a coup.
Cool piece.
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Is Putin's LGBT Crackdown Reaching Other Countries? | SBS Dateline
YouTube video by SBS Dateline
youtu.be
August 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Cool piece.
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Tbilisi sentiment. #russiaisaterroriststae
August 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Tbilisi sentiment. #russiaisaterroriststae
The kryptonite went to his head. Supershmuck. "So, if you want to help save America, ICE is arresting the worst of the worst and removing them from America's streets. I like that. I voted for that," Cain said.
Actor Dean Cain, who played Superman in the '90s, reveals he joined ICE
Dean Cain, who starred in "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman," made a recruitment video for the agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
www.yahoo.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The kryptonite went to his head. Supershmuck. "So, if you want to help save America, ICE is arresting the worst of the worst and removing them from America's streets. I like that. I voted for that," Cain said.
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Georgian Dream presented incumbent Tbilisi mayor Kaladze to be their candidate for 3rd time.
Meanwhile, party chair Kobakhidze took the opportunity for some irony, by complimenting Ivanishvili for “freeing Georgia in 2012 from the most severe authoritarianism”
www.interpressnews.ge/en/article/1...
Meanwhile, party chair Kobakhidze took the opportunity for some irony, by complimenting Ivanishvili for “freeing Georgia in 2012 from the most severe authoritarianism”
www.interpressnews.ge/en/article/1...
Irakli Kobakhidze: I would like to greet Mr. Bidzina Ivanishvili, who in 2012 liberated Georgia from the most severe authoritarianism managed from outside and put our country on the right path of deve...
According to Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, Bidzina Ivanishvili liberated Georgia from the most severe authoritarianism managed from outside in 2012.
www.interpressnews.ge
July 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Georgian Dream presented incumbent Tbilisi mayor Kaladze to be their candidate for 3rd time.
Meanwhile, party chair Kobakhidze took the opportunity for some irony, by complimenting Ivanishvili for “freeing Georgia in 2012 from the most severe authoritarianism”
www.interpressnews.ge/en/article/1...
Meanwhile, party chair Kobakhidze took the opportunity for some irony, by complimenting Ivanishvili for “freeing Georgia in 2012 from the most severe authoritarianism”
www.interpressnews.ge/en/article/1...
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A lower jaw of an early “homo erectus” of ~1.8 million years old was excavated in Georgia.
The jaw was discovered at the archeological site of the village Kvemo Orozmani in Dmanisi municipality, in which area more early humanoid remains of the same era were discovered.
1tv.ge/lang/en/news...
The jaw was discovered at the archeological site of the village Kvemo Orozmani in Dmanisi municipality, in which area more early humanoid remains of the same era were discovered.
1tv.ge/lang/en/news...
Discovery at Orozmani archaeological site: 1.8-million-year-old human lower jaw unearthed in Georgia - 1TV
A 1.8-million-year-old human lower jaw has been discovered during international archaeological excavations at Orozmani. The Georgian National Agency for Cultural Heritage Protection announced on Thurs...
1tv.ge
August 1, 2025 at 9:23 AM
A lower jaw of an early “homo erectus” of ~1.8 million years old was excavated in Georgia.
The jaw was discovered at the archeological site of the village Kvemo Orozmani in Dmanisi municipality, in which area more early humanoid remains of the same era were discovered.
1tv.ge/lang/en/news...
The jaw was discovered at the archeological site of the village Kvemo Orozmani in Dmanisi municipality, in which area more early humanoid remains of the same era were discovered.
1tv.ge/lang/en/news...
The Global War Party is everywhere and control everything but it will never control the Georgian Dream.
Kobakhidze Says ‘Global War Party’ Uses EU Visa Threat to Open Second Front in Georgia - Civil Georgia
Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has claimed that visa-free travel with the European
civil.ge
July 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The Global War Party is everywhere and control everything but it will never control the Georgian Dream.
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Friends, fellas, please sign the petition calling for #JustinTimberlake to express his position against repressions in Georgia.
Otherwise, even his concert will be used by the regime to pretend normalcy, legitimacy, and business as usual with the world.
www.change.org/p/to-justin-...
#NAFO
Otherwise, even his concert will be used by the regime to pretend normalcy, legitimacy, and business as usual with the world.
www.change.org/p/to-justin-...
#NAFO
July 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Friends, fellas, please sign the petition calling for #JustinTimberlake to express his position against repressions in Georgia.
Otherwise, even his concert will be used by the regime to pretend normalcy, legitimacy, and business as usual with the world.
www.change.org/p/to-justin-...
#NAFO
Otherwise, even his concert will be used by the regime to pretend normalcy, legitimacy, and business as usual with the world.
www.change.org/p/to-justin-...
#NAFO
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Pavel Talankin is a former Russian school event coordinator and videographer at School No. 1 in Karabash, a town in Russia's Chelyabinsk region. He filmed "patriotic" lessons and school events for official reports submitted to the Russian ministry of education
July 16, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Pavel Talankin is a former Russian school event coordinator and videographer at School No. 1 in Karabash, a town in Russia's Chelyabinsk region. He filmed "patriotic" lessons and school events for official reports submitted to the Russian ministry of education
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Egils Helmanis, chairman of the municipal council of Ogre, Latvia, was wounded in a Russian shelling during a visit to Ukraine. He was delivering humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
July 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Egils Helmanis, chairman of the municipal council of Ogre, Latvia, was wounded in a Russian shelling during a visit to Ukraine. He was delivering humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
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Freshly appointed Georgian education minister was caught lying about having a Dutch university PhD degree.
Now he is rebuking with a typical reflex of full denial of the lie, and deflects it back to the messenger. So typical.
www.interpressnews.ge/en/article/1...
Now he is rebuking with a typical reflex of full denial of the lie, and deflects it back to the messenger. So typical.
www.interpressnews.ge/en/article/1...
July 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Freshly appointed Georgian education minister was caught lying about having a Dutch university PhD degree.
Now he is rebuking with a typical reflex of full denial of the lie, and deflects it back to the messenger. So typical.
www.interpressnews.ge/en/article/1...
Now he is rebuking with a typical reflex of full denial of the lie, and deflects it back to the messenger. So typical.
www.interpressnews.ge/en/article/1...
Russia continues to target civilian infrastructure. #RussiaIsATerroristState
⚡️Russia drops 500-kg bomb on shopping center in Donetsk Oblast — killing 2, injuring 27.
Russian forces dropped a 500-kg (1,100-pound) aerial bomb on a shopping center in Donetsk Oblast, killing at least two people & injuring 27 others, regional officials reported July 16.
Russian forces dropped a 500-kg (1,100-pound) aerial bomb on a shopping center in Donetsk Oblast, killing at least two people & injuring 27 others, regional officials reported July 16.
Russia drops 500-kg bomb on shopping center in Donetsk Oblast — killing 2, injuring 27
Russian forces dropped a 500-kilogram (1,100-pound) aerial bomb on a shopping center in Donetsk Oblast, killing at least two people and injuring 27 others, regional officials reported July 16.
kyivindependent.com
July 17, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Russia continues to target civilian infrastructure. #RussiaIsATerroristState
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The hard part about doing propaganda is that the past changes so quickly you have no idea what will happen yesterday
July 17, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The hard part about doing propaganda is that the past changes so quickly you have no idea what will happen yesterday
Very well summed up.
As democracy in Georgia collapses, Russia, China and Iran see an opening | CNN
A decade ago, Georgia was the poster child of post-Soviet countries on their way to democracy and freedom. US lawmakers hope a bill will help combat democratic backsliding.
www.cnn.com
July 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Very well summed up.
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Ted Cruz: ‘Vacationing Is How I Grieve’
July 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Ted Cruz: ‘Vacationing Is How I Grieve’