We got another 255 Euros secret donation. WOW! Thank you so much especially now when we will have to move trom.tf to another server it helps a TON. No words to describe how helpful these donations are. Many many thanks! tromsite.com/donate/
Hard to describe how wholesome it is to get unexpected support from people like that, it's truly motivating to keep up the fight and continue our work.... And yeah the server migration thing is hard, let's just hope you can do it without much fuss 🤞
Exactly. Also the server move is expensive, for me at least. But now I can use some of the money for it. I was planning for a fundraiser but now seems to be fine. :)
Thank you Maria so much for the 100 Euros donation! So much needed now! We will get a LOT more active with TROM starting this month! tromsite.com/donate/
YEAR: 2025 | LENGTH: 1 part (65 minutes) | SOURCE: BBC
description:
An intrepid expedition onto and into the Greenland ice sheet with three of the world’s leading experts as they try to answer the urgent question, how fast is the ice melting? Greenland’s inland ice is hostile, wild and unpredictable, but making observations and taking detailed measurements on the ground is essential to fully understanding what is happening there.
Director Lars Henrik Ostenfeld travels to Greenland with the scientists as they brave storms and climb deeper into the constantly shifting glaciers than anyone before them to gather the precious data that will help predict the future.
Fuente De, Picos de Europa. We took a cable cart to see the top of the mountains. What amazing views! Looked like a volcanic mountain with ice tops 😃. We also hit our motorhome again 😦.
But overall our experience in Picos de Europa was fantastic!
We've joined Plastic Cup in Tisza river in Hungary. 15 teams on a boats made out of trash for 5 days going down the river. But it's not about speed, it's about collecting trash. Team which collects the most trash wins the race. In this video we share our experience of joining this competition first time, our struggles and accomplishments.
We've joined Plastic Cup in Tisza river in Hungary. 15 teams on a boats made out of trash for 5 days going down the river. But it's not about speed, it's about collecting trash. Team which collects the most trash wins the race. In this video we share our experience of joining this competition first time, our struggles and accomplishments.
We've joined Plastic Cup in Tisza river in Hungary. 15 teams on a boats made out of trash for 5 days going down the river. But it's not about speed, it's about collecting trash. Team which collects the most trash wins the race. In this video we share our experience of joining this competition first time, our struggles and accomplishments.
One of our storage units for the trom.tf server is failing. We will have to replace it or move to a new server. Mind you in case trom.tf goes offline these days. Before we migrate we will let you know, but if the drive fails suddenly...
La Picota - we paid 8 Euros a night to park here. And we stayed for 3 nights. Trust us, we are very cheap people, so this must have been a fantastic place if we were keen to pay for it. Close to the parking was a "mythological" forest and at the end of it the most amazing view of Picos de Europa. Down the other way there were a bunch of beautiful waterfalls.
Crazy situation with you father Tio. I didn't expect it to be so dramatic. Not sure what to say. It doesn't look that he could be completely cured or get much better. Hopefully he will be able to manage it somehow. Maybe there is some medicine which might help, or some therapies. Anyway, all the best for your father.
Thanks Dima. We will see for now is nothing much we can do but take care of each other, try to have some nice time, keep him more mentally engaged. Truth is he is not diagnosed with dementia or anything like that. But he has these brain holes and for sure his behaviour worried us for the past years a lot. Also idk about his heart issues but we are very careful and try to take care of this situation.
So idk...we will see....I dont want to stress myself or us too much over things we cant do much about, if possible.
I knew little bits about what you were going through these last few months from our conversations on matrix, but reading this blog post is what really gave me the full picture.
First of all I wanna say great job on building that wooden house, that looks like a lot of work but I hope you enjoyed the process.
I feel so ashamed to even admit I was watching some silly old comedies to get myself out of the mess. I felt like I failed after so many years where I kept myself alive and awake.
BTW this was kinda funny to read, man you talk about watching movies like some hardcore Christians talk about watching porn lol 🤣
But in all seriousness let me tell you that I can totally relate with that feeling of darkness and depression when being exposed to people's "normality" like you say. I usually try to ignore these things for the most part and it's not very often I go out to interact with people, but sometimes you get confronted
I knew little bits about what you were going through these last few months from our conversations on matrix, but reading this blog post is what really gave me the full picture.
First of all I wanna say great job on building that wooden house, that looks like a lot of work but I hope you enjoyed the process.
I feel so ashamed to even admit I was watching some silly old comedies to get myself out of the mess. I felt like I failed after so many years where I kept myself alive and awake.
BTW this was kinda funny to read, man you talk about watching movies like some hardcore Christians talk about watching porn lol 🤣
But in all seriousness let me tell you that I can totally relate with that feeling of darkness and depression when being exposed to people's "normality" like you say. I usually try to ignore these things for the most part and it's not very often I go out to interact with people, but sometimes you get confronted with that reality and it can push me into that depressive state when that happens.... It's a totally different experience when you're having to watch movies to escape the reality like that, this is not like watching something you enjoy for fun once in a while but for you the goal is to escape - yeah terrible feeling I know......
People are the same: jobs, family, money, watch tv
BTW, isn't this statement true for people everywhere not just Romania? I can see maybe the things you miss from being in a more "developed" country like better healthcare and education, but I think the above statement is true for most people on a global scale. I have a feeling that perhaps when we're in our hometown we get exposed to these things a lot more, by interacting with our family or people we know there.
And now about your father... I knew about the fainting and his hospitalization and all that 'cause you've told me before, but I did not realize how nerve wracking that experience must've been for you until I read this blog post. What you went through on that airplane is a literal nightmare scenario, and then the Uber drive and everything - man I don't know how I would've handled it if something like that happens to me, I might get a panic attack or something lol 😅 Anyway, I'm glad that you were able to get him to a hospital safe, let's hope there won't be any more serious issues like this in the future.....
It's an incredibly sad thing to watch your parents age out like this, I feel so sad every time I think about how much healthier they used to be and how they will continue to age as time goes on.... And yeah dementia is a real bitch man, I hope we make some progress in the science of how to treat this disease or prevent it from happening.
And I'm glad to hear that after going through all of these stressful experiences you were finally able to get back to your motorhome and get some sleep for yourself. And don't worry man we will for sure reboot TROM back to life! 🙂 You are not alone in this fight 😉
First of all I wanna say great job on building that wooden house, that looks like a lot of work but I hope you enjoyed the process.
haha yes it is because I know that movies get you out of the real world, and I hate that. Maybe it is hard to understand me and why I regard watching movies as being so bad. Not all movies are bad ofc, and is not always a bad thing, but the culture around movies and their influence coupled with the zombiffied state of most people today, make me hate it.
BTW, isn't this statement true for people everywhere not just Romania? I can see maybe the things you miss from being in a more "developed" country like better healthcare and education, but I think the above statement is true for most people on a global scale.
It is but as I said in the post there everything is so much more obvious. You have to live that to understand.
And thanks for the nice words man! Yah my father is ok now, but idk...he does not seem to me to be doing that well cognitively. We got him a tablet and we are installing
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First of all I wanna say great job on building that wooden house, that looks like a lot of work but I hope you enjoyed the process.
haha yes it is because I know that movies get you out of the real world, and I hate that. Maybe it is hard to understand me and why I regard watching movies as being so bad. Not all movies are bad ofc, and is not always a bad thing, but the culture around movies and their influence coupled with the zombiffied state of most people today, make me hate it.
BTW, isn't this statement true for people everywhere not just Romania? I can see maybe the things you miss from being in a more "developed" country like better healthcare and education, but I think the above statement is true for most people on a global scale.
It is but as I said in the post there everything is so much more obvious. You have to live that to understand.
And thanks for the nice words man! Yah my father is ok now, but idk...he does not seem to me to be doing that well cognitively. We got him a tablet and we are installing some "brain" games to keep him more active and such. I hope I am exaggerating with this, but we know 100% for sure he had has brain damage and brain atrophy so there is no way this has no effect on him. Will see how things go and try to enjoy life ;)
Thanks again for sticking around the project! We have a lot of work to do.Get ready because I aint joking! In a few weeks time I`ll stress you out with a bunch of things :)
but the culture around movies and their influence coupled with the zombiffied state of most people today, make me hate it.
Yes I totally understand this, I feel like most of the "highest grossing" movies are just made using the same formula again and again - it is kinda like the junk food of content, you won't see actual creativity or get any insight from such films. But I don't consider "highest grossing" as a good criteria for picking movies to watch, actual good films tend to engage your mind more - makes you think or feel something so deeply, sometimes change your perspective about something. But yeah such movies don't give you that escape from reality, so if people want to turn off their mind they watch these formula movies - this is the saddest part to me, the fact that people are so tired and stressed out from work and everything that they often feel like they need an escape.....
but the culture around movies and their influence coupled with the zombiffied state of most people today, make me hate it.
Yes I totally understand this, I feel like most of the "highest grossing" movies are just made using the same formula again and again - it is kinda like the junk food of content, you won't see actual creativity or get any insight from such films. But I don't consider "highest grossing" as a good criteria for picking movies to watch, actual good films tend to engage your mind more - makes you think or feel something so deeply, sometimes change your perspective about something. But yeah such movies don't give you that escape from reality, so if people want to turn off their mind they watch these formula movies - this is the saddest part to me, the fact that people are so tired and stressed out from work and everything that they often feel like they need an escape.....
It is but as I said in the post there everything is so much more obvious. You have to live that to understand.
I don't think I'm that far separated from this nonsense where I live, but I guess I have no frame of reference since I've been here my whole life lol 😄 Perhaps for me not going out much might be a way to ignore all the BS going around.
Sad to hear the situation about your Father man, but yeah don't stress out too much over it.... Installing those brain games on his phone was a good idea, I've heard it helps people with dementia....
Thanks again for sticking around the project! We have a lot of work to do.Get ready because I aint joking! In a few weeks time I`ll stress you out with a bunch of things :)
Oh don't stress me out man! 😝 haha 😄 But yeah I'm currently doing an HTML & CSS course, will try to use those skills to improve some of our websites maybe..... And yeah I haven't forgot about my little Videoneat project, that's my long term goal to improve videoneat.com
Follows Ruby Franke, a former YouTube mom blogger with millions of followers who was sentenced to prison for child abuse.
episodes:
01. Abundance Millions of subscribers tune in daily to watch mom Ruby Franke’s wholesome content. But happy families are rarely what they seem. When life coach Jodi Hildebrant enters their lives, she seems to have the answers they need.
02. Distortion At the top of our planet lies a magical realm, the Arctic Ocean. After four months of winter darkness, the sun returns to reveal a frozen ocean covered in ice. Mother polar bears emerge from their hillside dens and lead their cubs down to the sea ice to hunt, while a young male and female bear forge a surprising friendship out on the ice.For others, the frozen sea is a trap. A pod of beluga whales has been confined to an ice hole for five months, slowly starving to death as the food around them runs out. Their salvation lies in the strengthening sun that comes with spring, melting the sea ice, allowing their escape.Off the east coast of Greenland, the floating pack ice in spring is a nursery ground for harp seals. Mothers and pups have just a few weeks together for the pup to learn to swim before she leaves him to fend for himself. But in today’s warming climate, storms can tip helpless youngsters into the sea before they are strong enough to fend for themselves.Summer is a time of plenty in the Arctic Ocean as plankton blooms feed millions of tiny mouths, such as bizarre skeleton shrimps, as well as the biggest: bowhead whales. These ancient and long-lived whales arrive en masse every year at secret locations known as whale spas. But today, with the loss of summer sea ice, their peace is shattered by orcas from the south. These daring predators are bold enough to take on the much larger bowheads, targeting their vulnerable calves.The 24-hour daylight of the Arctic summer attracts visitors from afar, including huge flocks of seabirds like crested auklets. A male must use both his song and a secret tangerine perfume if he is to attract a mate. For the resident walrus, the summer heat can be unbearable. After hauling himself to the beach to moult, an oThe Frankes rise quickly through the ranks of life coach Jodi’s therapy organization. But everything is not as it seems as Ruby starts to banish members of the family from their home.d male uses an ingenious technique to get himself back to the cool of the water – a roly-poly!Summers in the Arctic today bring record-breaking heat. With climate change, it is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth. It is predicted that the Arctic Ocean could become ice-free each summer by 2035, raising new challenges for polar bears. Without sea ice, more and more bears are becoming stranded on remote Arctic islands. It’s a dangerous place to be for a mother bear with cubs, surrounded by larger, predatory males.
03. Truth With the Franke family increasingly isolated, people on the outside try to find out what’s happening. The reality is worse than anyone imagined.
Can you believe this is not Switzerland? We went for a day to this beautiful place just to see how it is. Sasha also found an abandoned villagge and some cute cows. Picos de Europa is now on fire, and it is such a shame because it is a wonderful natural place.
August started quite busy. First of all I've been in France in town Chamonix, that's next to the Mont Blanc - highest peak in EU.
We were at the glacier to have interview with a scientist which study glaciers but also create music with the sounds of the glaciers. That's for the documentary of 101 project inspiration101.org/ I am filming now
To be on a glacier was quite depressive :( Every year it shrinks so much.
Right after France we went to Hungary, where we spent the whole week in an super intense but amazing event. Trash boat race :)We build boat out o
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August started quite busy. First of all I've been in France in town Chamonix, that's next to the Mont Blanc - highest peak in EU.
We were at the glacier to have interview with a scientist which study glaciers but also create music with the sounds of the glaciers. That's for the documentary of 101 project inspiration101.org/ I am filming now
To be on a glacier was quite depressive :( Every year it shrinks so much.
Right after France we went to Hungary, where we spent the whole week in an super intense but amazing event. Trash boat race :)We build boat out of trash and were sailing for 5 days on the Tisza river. petkupa.hu/hu_HU/
that's the boat we have build :)We struggle a lot, but at the end 15 teams collected 8.5tonnes of garbage. INSANE!The bad thing ,I was flipped over on a canoe, my phone, my main camera and my small camera like a go pro went underwater. Phone now don't really charge, I will have to have a new one, super fortunately my main camera is all good and working, it's just microphone have some problem, but hopefully I will get trough it. BUT my mini camera (like a gopro) drown underwater :( with all footage.... SO I will have to buy a new one.
At the end it was quite expensive trip because of the lost and damaged gear and phone. But no regrets, all was worth it. (that's just from 1 day)After Hungary I had to rush to Germany, was driving almost 900km to the charity event .Again that's for 101 documentary, I was filming Aaron who collects musical instruments and send them to kids in Africa.
All of these instruments were donated :
Now I ma finally home, but still have to do few more projects in AugustIt's already 3rd time where I need to visit a project of Bald Ibisies, - Human led migration of birds. They teach birds to follow micro plane and they just started migration today, I hope in the next few days I will be able to catch them up and spend few days
I need to visit Albania to finish a project about Bycatch of sharks. Have some communication problems, but I hope I also will manage it at the first part of September.And I planned to visit one more project in Austria - Bird of Pray camp, hope to volunteer there for at least few days. + I need to edit videos, and documentary...super busy times.. Also autumn looks the same. So it's all good. All for the nature and wildlife...
If you would like to support my activities - please join my patreon page where you can donate small amount each month. patreon.com/c/BeBraveToAct
Man you are crazy active. All my respect for what you guys are doing. Lots of interesting stuff! Sucks about the gear....I may have a spare phone but only available in a week or so...idk if you are interested. But yah super cool stuff you are doing!
thanks, My sister changes her Iphones every 2 years :) And I used one of her old iphone for 5 years now, (this bastards now stopped OS updates, and some apps not working anymore, although the phone was perfectly fine, before I drop it in the water)
She is sending me one of her "old" (2-3 year old) Iphone now. Although I don't like them, and prefer to buy a fairphone instead, but for this I don't need to pay anything, and it's re-using and therefore I think any used phone is in any case much better and sustainable solution than any "new" one.
And yeah we've been super busy, a bit too much, also a lot of stuff planned till November now.
hilarious about your sister i remember you always saying that she has a phone for you..endless supply....i also didnt buy a phone for me since 2015. People give me phones and I install these trade-free androids to put a new life into them.
Because I still have no laptop I can hardly answer emails, approve accounts for our trom.tf and so on...hopefully this week I will get the laptop and get back online.
Does not look the best but perhaps it works just fine. Lets see when I get it. Should be next week. I will close the campaign for now since the money raised will cover the cost of the laptop, fees, and transport.
Sorry to hear about one more victim of programmed obsolescence with no fixing solution. That's one of the reasons why I've decided to support the Framework company by buying one of their laptops. Good luck and enjoy your Thinkpad.
You may get a discount when they release a new model. I understand that it'll still be more expensive because they are new. It's unfortunately difficult to find them in used condition, though they have few ones on their website sometimes. But again, nothing comparable to an old Thinkpad. Anyway my intention is not to force anyone to buy from them. I just think it's a good option when you can afford it. Enjoy your machine and long life to it ! :)
If there is one place that we liked the most, it was the Cares Trail in Picos de Europa. Amazing trail between huge mountains. You feel so small, yet contaminated with awe. We found goats, little waterfalls, and saw snowy peaks. This is a place we must go again to!
2am, 26 degrees feels like 28. In the motorhome. In Spain. In a parking lot. Not fun! I have 7 fans on :)). Not here by choice really. But well...it is what it is.
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