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Sasha

Sasha
2 months ago

2021-10-10 11:17:59

Big thanks to @Future is FOSS@Xantulon and @Alexio who helped with the release of TROMjaro XFCE! They test it, help us create custom scripts, and more. All about the release here https://www.tromjaro.com/tromjaro-xfce-beta/

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Sasha

2 months ago

Sasha
2 months ago

I added some Pyrenees photos to my photo page: https://www.bigworldsmallsasha.com/photos/
It seemed a bit out of date since I had nothing there since 2019. Now 2021 is there :)

Love those Pyrenees mountain lakes :)

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Before I left for this hike, I thought I was pretty much done with my book. Then I hiked for two months, read other books, re-read my book and made some minor changes on my book reader. By the end of the hike, I thought I was kind of done with my book. Then I came back to the Med and decided to learn how to write a book :D I read books and blogs about writing books and it turns out that I was doing it all wrong! No, I’m just kidding hehe. I think I did a fairly decent job (considering that I’ve never taken a creative writing class in my life) but now I want to improve it a bit more (and I have a much better idea of how to do that). But it will take some time. No idea how much time, but time it will take...
I’ll try not to lose my mind this time. I promise.
(I think almost every writer goes through this, so don’t worry. I’ll finish it eventually, I promise :) Until then, I’ll be mostly hiding out :D)

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Here is one of my favorite camping spots on the GR11- little Ibon d’Anayet, with Pic du Midi d’Ossau (in Franc... show more

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Sasha 2 months ago

It's mostly about my last 13 years of traveling around the world with very little money. There's more info about it here if you're interested :) https://www.bigworldsmallsasha.com/blog/book/

mihira 2 months ago •

Nice. Gonna check it out

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3 months ago

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3 months ago

69. nudity

In this episode we will talk about the notion of nudity. Why are the clothesless human bodies seen as being obscene in today's society? Why is youtube, facebook and the like banning content simply because of naked bodies being shown?, We have written…

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#tromlive @Cleo of Topless Topics

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Sasha

5 months ago

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5 months ago

I'm taking off on my big hike today! I'll be mostly offline for the next 2-3 months.

Also, I made a longer update on my old GoFundMe campaign- https://www.gofundme.com/f/big-world-small-sasha-the-book
Sorry that I made that campaign almost two years ago and I still haven't published my book! I have been working on it like crazy over the past two years though and I'm super relieved that I finally finished it. I will publish it when I get back from the hike (after I go over it just one last time 😁)

Let's see how far I can get on this hike before I collapse 😀

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Sasha

6 months ago

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6 months ago

Over the past 2-3 months I've been coming back to the secret octopus bay and I've figured out that there are three octopuses that like human feet :D And there is one octopus that is particularly friendly. She even took me by the hand, held me in strong current, and dragged me around the bay!

I updated my octopus blog with a bunch of new videos so you can see all of this here- https://www.bigworldsmallsasha.com/2021/04/28/meeting-an-octopus/

Or on PeerTube: https://videos.trom.tf/accounts/sasha/videos

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Sasha

6 months ago

Sasha
6 months ago

I finished my book! YES! :D Well, I finished draft 3 of the entire thing, which is basically (hopefully) the final draft :D. Maybe I’ll change the conclusion in the end, but we’ll see, for now I am done!

I’ll spend the rest of the summer walking across the Pyrenees Mountains and thinking about it :D

I plan to leave in 1 week.

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6 months ago

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6 months ago

#tromimg

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Sasha

6 months ago

Sasha
6 months ago

So Tio and I moved out of our apartment last week, unfortunately, but thanks to someone named Taras, we now have enough funds to feed ourselves and keep our projects alive for the next few months. Thank you so much Taras!

My plan hasn’t changed much. Right now, I’m finishing up draft 3 of my book- and I’m finally almost done! (This time really :D) I’ve put a crazy amount of work into this book over the past 2 years so now I’m pretty much sick of working on it :D Once I finish everything except the conclusion, I plan to go off into the Pyrenees Mountains and hike to the Atlantic. After that, I’ll come back, finish the conclusion, take one last look over the book, and then I’ll finally publish it. Whew. Then I’ll figure out some way to make some money so that Tio and I can keep our projects going without getting all stressed out all the time :)

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6 months ago

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Tio

2021-06-02 00:05:23

Broke https://www.tiotrom.com/2021/06/broke/ #tromlive

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Sasha

6 months ago

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6 months ago

Here's a new video based on my blog "Prison Earth": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf2YVbi7-bg

@Dima recorded and edited the video, I made the script.

Here is a link to the blog that it's based on: https://www.bigworldsmallsasha.com/2020/01/07/prison-earth/

PRISON EARTH

Sasha spend most of her life traveling around the world, quite often without any money.She share her experiences, ideas about our society, travel tips on her...

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@Dima

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Sasha

6 months ago

Sasha
6 months ago

I've mapped out my route across the Pyrenees Mountains and I've also taken note of all of the free mountain huts that are on my way. I found a very cool website that lists all of the refuges (mountain huts) in the Pyrenees- https://www.pyrenees-refuges.com/

It has pictures and descriptions of every hut, and also includes comments from people that have recently visited these huts. Unfortunately the website is only in French but the information is pretty straight forward so it's easy to understand with a simple translator.

Some of the free huts are in pretty poor condition, some are newly renovated and look very cool, like this one:

It's amazing to see so many free open shelters- a place that people can just walk into and sleep in with no trades involved. Imagine if people didn't have to slave every... show more

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Sasha

7 months ago

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7 months ago

This week @Tio and I are moving out of our apartment because we can't afford to pay rent anymore :D sadly. Ironically, this apartment (along with thousands of others in this town) will stay empty for at least 9 or 10 months of the year after we move out. Most apartments in this town are fully equipped but completely empty, as you can see in Aaron's video here: https://videos.trom.tf/videos/watch/91c2e758-d4fe-4e21-85dd-e6f223d2c17f

So Tio will go back to his parent's house for now and I will go off into the wilderness :D I'm planning to walk across Spain via the GR11 trail through the Pyrenees Mountains. If I make it all the way to the Atlantic Ocean then maybe I'll walk back via France, maybe not, we'll see how I feel and if I make it. And if all my gear survives :)
I borrowed a tent from a friend and I have most of the gear that I need from that ti... show more

25. Empty homes

This video is about the ridiculousness of our trade-based society. There are so many empty appartments that are used for only a short period of time or not at all, because it is profitable to do so.

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@Tio

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Sasha

7 months ago

Sasha
7 months ago

These past few weeks I’ve been preparing for my interview for TROM 2 Documentary. The first part of the interview was about my life- childhood, how I started traveling around the world, university, etc. The second part of the interview was about the state of the natural world- biodiversity loss, ecosystem destruction, climate change, pollution, etc. To get a good overview of what’s happening globally, I read a bunch of reports from the UN, WWF, and a few other organizations, and went through a lot of articles, documentaries, etc.
And of course, we also talked about trade and how trade is at the core of the human society that we’ve developed- and how that’s creating a lot of problems.

Then finally- we recorded 3 days in a row and now we are finally finished with all of the filming for TROM 2! (My interview was the last one). Now Tio has a lot of work on his hands, I hope it’s not too overwhelming. But since Tio managed to make the first TROM Documentary all by himself, I am confident that he’ll be able to make something amazing out of T... show more

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7 months ago

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7 months ago

We found a very cool website last night: https://www.onezoom.org/life.html/@=304358?img=best_any&anim=flight#x1027,y474,w0.2697

OneZoom Tree of Life- An interactive map of the evolutionary links between all living things. Discover your favorites, see which species are under threat, and be amazed by the diversity of life on earth.

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Future is FOSS 7 months ago •

Wow, this is really amazing 😍

Thanks for sharing :)

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Sasha 7 months ago

No problem :)

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7 months ago

Sasha
7 months ago

New Blog: Meeting an Octopus

I wrote about my amazing experience of interacting with a wild octopus- https://www.bigworldsmallsasha.com/2021/04/28/meeting-an-octopus/

He is simply precious :)

I recommend this documentary if you want to understand why I got so excited about this :D https://www.videoneat.com/documentaries/21528/my-octopus-teacher/

Meeting an Octopus

Ever since I watched the film My Octopus Teacher, I’ve been dreaming of meeting an octopus. Last week, it finally happened! Here’s how it happened: I went for a hike to a beautiful rocky bay on the Mediterranean Coast (in northern Catalonia).

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Matt Panhans 7 months ago •

I loved My Octopus Teacher. That is so wonderful that you were able to have octopus encounters yourself!

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Sasha 7 months ago

I loved My Octopus Teacher too :) and I'm super happy about the encounters :D

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Sasha

8 months ago

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8 months ago

Curious Octopus

The most amazing thing happened to me yesterday! And I managed to film it-

https://videos.trom.tf/videos/watch/5f9f2270-5f15-4750-ad62-695af25f9789

I went for a dip in a quiet rocky bay in the Mediterranean Sea. When I came out of the water I noticed an octopus close to shore, looking at me. I came towards the octopus and it came closer to me, then she/he touched my foot with its tentacle and tried to latch onto me! I was shocked and quickly backed away. The octopus squirted me, then stayed close and continued to observe me at the edge of the shoreline.

Curious Octopus

Yesterday I went for a dip in a quiet rocky bay in the Mediterranean Sea. When I came out of the water I noticed an octopus close to shore, looking at me.

^{videos.trom.tf}

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Sasha

8 months ago

Sasha
8 months ago

Here's our latest TROM-Cast: https://www.tromsite.com/videos/

This one was about movies, our personal opinions about movies, and the impact that movies have on society.

You can also watch it on Peertube - https://videos.trom.tf/videos/watch/b67faea3-8bf7-47b7-ba66-c7ffebfb405a

65. Movies

We recommend our VideoNeat collections of movies https://www.videoneat.com/category/movies/ and our book "The For-Profit Entertainment" https://www.tromsite.com/books/#flipbook-df_9908/1/

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Sasha

8 months ago

Sasha
8 months ago

Big thank you to Uwe and Benjamin for continuing to support me on Patreon!
https://www.patreon.com/bigworldsmallsasha
Even a little bit each month helps a lot and is very encouraging :)

An update on my book- I’m just about finished with a second draft of the entire book and I also have a (almost) final draft of the first 15 chapters done. The entire book is now about 150,000 words divided into 26 chapters. I don’t think I can make it any shorter than that, so it is what it is… about the same length as Gandhi's autobiography :D

I struggled with this book a lot this year but I finally feel like I’m almost there!

Unfortunately, Tio and I will probably have to move out of our apartment in less than two months, so now I’ll focus on TROM 2 Documentary (bc we’re filming it in this apartment), then I’ll do my best to try to finish a third draft of the entire book before we lose this place. Then, once we move out of the apartment, I’d like to go into the Pyrenees Mountains for a few weeks or months and hike from the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean (and maybe back, we’ll see) :D

I want to do this hike alone so that I can have a really long and hard think about everything that I’ve written in my book and everything that I’ve gone through over the years. For me, hiking and being out in nature has always been the best way to reflect and think through anything that may be important. It’s also a good way to step out of the norm, experience something different, and clear your mind. Actually, I think alone-time is extremely underappreciated in our society :)

I have most of the gear that I need so this trip won’t cost much money. I’ll camp or stay in free mountain huts every night so the only thing I’ll need to pay for is food (maybe about €3 per day). The trail itself starts pretty close to where I am now, so it’s not hard to get to.

I’d like to start hiking around June and come back around September (if covid restrictions don’t get in the way). Then, once I come back to the Mediterranean, I’ll be able to have one last look over my book with a fresh mind and make any last changes before I finally publish it. So hopefully the book will be out this fall (let’s see :D).

More detail about the trip later ;)

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Sasha

8 months ago

Sasha
8 months ago

Here's last night's TROM-Cast: https://www.tromsite.com/videos/
Or on Peertube: https://videos.trom.tf/videos/watch/38a34103-ae53-4e8b-a85a-568ce013e049

This one was about "deplatforming" and the implications of it. How a few companies can mute anyone they want and what repercussions that has.

64: Deplatformed!

We are talking about this new word "deplatforming" and what are the implications of it. How a few companies can mute anyone they want, and what repercussions does it have.

^{videos.trom.tf}

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Sasha

8 months ago

Sasha
8 months ago

I finished Chapter 24- some crazy stories about hitchhiking through Europe in 2016 :D

I actually didn't realize how much time I spent hitchhiking around the world until I wrote this book :D There are a lot of hitching stories in there. Mostly good ones, but some were a tiny bit frightening too.

I also brought back a section that I had deleted earlier (from Chapter 8) so now the book is a bit over 150,000 words but maybe it's better that way, we'll see.

Now I'll have to make just a few small changes to Chapter 25 (the 2nd-to-last chapter) and then I'll see if I can manage to finish editing the conclusion or if I'll have to mull over it for a while longer.

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8 months ago

Sasha
8 months ago

I finished editing chapter 23, which was about Hawaii. This chapter included a story about the Kalalau, where I took this picture-

This was definitely one of the most incredible places I've ever seen, and the interesting part about this place is that there are a bunch of hippies living in that valley and making pizza :D
I hope to come back there one day and stay for a little while.

I also edited chapter 24 and 25 (Europe and Nicaragua) but I might go over it one more time.
And now I'm on the conclusion! ...And I'm struggling with it.

I'll try to take it little by little, hopefully finish by next week, and then we'll record my part for TROM2 documentary ;)

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Sasha

9 months ago

Sasha
9 months ago

I made a lot of progress this week. I'm up to Chapter 23 now (page 275) and I think I only have about 4 chapters to edit! But I decided to go with a new strategy- right now I'm working on draft 2 of the 2nd half of my book (which I have never edited before). Once I finish draft 2 I will re-edit that entire section to make a final draft. Only then can we celebrate :D.

Now I just finished a part about Sri Lanka, which I struggled with a bit. I managed to cut out a bunch of pages so now the book is about 150,000 words. I don't think there's much more I can cut out but maybe that's okay.

Here's a photo of the Dambulla cave temple in Sri Lanka :)

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9 months ago

Sasha
9 months ago

I finished editing Chapter 17! Making progress :D
This one was about Cambodia, Thailand, Russia, Bulgaria and Morocco. Random, yes, but it made sense at the time :D

Here's a photo from this chapter-

This is from the Ta Prohm temple in the jungles of Cambodia (part of the Temples of Angkor) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta_Prohm

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9 months ago

Sasha
9 months ago

Great TROM-Cast last night- https://videos.trom.tf/videos/watch/08976e30-bcb8-4660-9322-57a01272a943

This one was about our new project https://trom.tf/

Great job with this project @Tio and @Alexio I really love it! :)

63. TROM.tf

TROM.tf (https://trom.tf/) is a new TROM project. What is so special about it? It has the balls to provide trade-free alternatives to Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Google Search, Google Drive, Google Docs, Dropbox, Wetransfer, Spotify, and more.

^{videos.trom.tf}

@Tio @Alexio

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9 months ago

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9 months ago

@Tio has been working his ass off on an awesome new project that we will release tomorrow- https://trom.tf/ It will be a part of https://www.tromsite.com/tools/ which is a very useful section of TROMsite- full of great trade-free tools such as curated news, videos, illustrations, full-length documentaries, our trade-free Operating System, and a lot more. I really love all these tools and I don't think that anyone else knows exactly how much time and effort Tio puts into all of this. I've never met anyone who works more than him (especially on something that is given away for free). He's been working on this new project perhaps 15 hours per day, every day, for weeks, with almost no breaks. And it is awesome :) You'll see tomorrow, as soon as we release trom.tf ;)

And of course, much of this wouldn't have been possible witho... show more

#tromlive @Tio

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Sasha

9 months ago

Sasha
9 months ago

I deleted 8 more pages and I've finished editing 200 pages! -So I'm more than halfway finished with my book! :D The next part will be more difficult though... Now I'm getting into the sections that I've never edited before. I'll try to take it little by little and hopefully not have any mental collapses this time :D

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Sasha

9 months ago

Sasha
9 months ago

I decided to include an entire chapter about climate change in the book. At first, I thought that perhaps it deviated too much from the story, but I think I’ll leave it there because it’s an important topic and it impacted my perspective of the world quite a lot. Besides, the book will be called “Big World small Sasha” so it’s not only about the small Sasha- it’s also about the Big World :D

Here’s a part of what I wrote for that climate change chapter- https://www.bigworldsmallsasha.com/2020/02/15/why-were-changing-the-climate-but-not-ourselves/
I didn’t change much since I worked on this section a lot back when I was writing it.

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9 months ago

Sasha
9 months ago

I finished editing two more chapters and all of Part 3! Part 3 (about the years 2011 and 2012) was a hell of an adventure if I do say so myself :D

I summarized it in this dialogue as I was talking to some random people who had asked me where I was from and what I “do.”

[Chapter 15] “I spent the last year backpacking around the world,” I replied. “First, I traveled through the middle of Australia, then I backpacked through Indonesia for a couple of months. In Eastern Indonesia, I stayed with a tribe that sacrificed animals! Then I lived on a sailboat for about two months in New Zealand, then I took a flight to the US and lived in New Mexico for a couple of months. After that, I hitchhiked to California, lived on a blow up mattress in the Long Valley Caldera for a month or so and snowboarded in Mammoth, then I spent a couple of weeks in Mexico. Now I’m on my way back to New Zealand to snowboard some more!” I giggled. “But I’m from Russia, originally. And I don’t have a job, so I guess I don’t “do... show more

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9 months ago

Sasha
9 months ago

I finished editing Chapter 13- Sailing in New Zealand. I wrote a little bit about this adventure in a blog a little while ago- https://www.bigworldsmallsasha.com/2018/09/19/sailing-is-not-just-for-rich-people/
Now the chapter is complete and I'm making real progress with my book. Yes! :D

Sailing Is Not Just for Rich People

The topic for my last TROM discussion was meant to be ‘money,’ with a focus on how money is a fictional reality (i.e.

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Sasha

9 months ago

Sasha
9 months ago

I'll post updates about my work here (https://social.trom.tf/profile/bigworldsmallsasha) and this automatically goes to my website on this page https://www.bigworldsmallsasha.com/live/

Thanks to @Tio for setting all of this up :) TROM Social looks great! - I love it! :)

@Tio

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