As announced on Youtube in the first day of 2024, every year between Christmas and into January we take a hard look on how we do things here at Sofa HQ and try to improve when and where it …
For the upcoming month
The time has come for the South-East Asia Communism Tour. In fact, when you’re reading this I’m already in a train somewhere between in Hungary trying to reach Budapest. Since I devised the plan for this, MÁV Start decided …
The oldest camera died
During the 207th episode of the Romanian-language podcast, right after switching to paywall-only content, I have announced the death of the “background” camera. It is the same background camera we used during the World Sofa Report series and the …
Fund the South-East Asia communism Tour of 2023
In 2016 we went to Ukraine. In 2017 we went to Georgia and Armenia. In 2018 to Jordan and Israel. In 2019 to Zimbabwe, in 2021 to Moldova and in 2022 to Central Asia. All …
Some administrative changes
Following the announcement earlier this month and the subsequent consultation, we continued to implement new changes in the way things are done around here, all with a view to make the workflow easier as our teams grow and the …
On diversification and increased resilience
Every year between December 20 and January 15-ish we change some things around. Some changes are recurrent (such as the Christmas hat on our logo in the videos), some changes are not visible (like the behind-the-scenes clean-ups and upkeep) and …
Send me to the Gulag – Fund the 2022 Central Asia Tour
In 2016 we went to Ukraine. In 2017 we went to Georgia and Armenia. In 2018 to Jordan and Israel. And in 2019 to Zimbabwe. All have in common a recent history of having been influenced …
[FUNDRAISER] Bulgarian election coverege
So far we have raised $ towards our $ goal! That’s of the total!
Bulgaria will hold presidential elections AND Parliamentary elections on November 14, 2021. The presidential election is due (the incumbent’s term expires and he is up for …
Republic of Moldova election coverage – the financials
So far we have raised $ towards our $ target! That’s of the total!
Since the response has been positive to the idea of having both Romanian and English-language coverage of the Romanian elections, at the request of the regular …
Sweden or Gulag? You decide
As announced in the video, the Wuhan Flu panic comes with a challenge and an opportunity. And you will make the decision on which one should be followed.
The arguments:
For Sweden:
- It’s the story of the moment (regardless of