Introducing Also Sprach Zamo.ca NG!

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Badisori si Badisoare, am decis sa incep un nou blog, in principal din motive tehnice. This new (am numit acest nou) b...

Octopus vs nanaUtolo

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There was a recent showdown in Oscars documentaries between Colectiv and My Octopus Teacher . I rooted for Collective and it reminded me o...

CIP by Electronica and Speccy Games

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The reason why I always felt “at home” with computers is my first homecomputer, a “CIP”. Which was my first, back in the late 80s.

DW documentary on Romanian children beggars

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#atatsaputut: As busy as one gets, occasionally there is the old "something wrong on the internets" feeling, and that was triggere...

Duolingo and Teatru Radiofonic (2?)

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Duolingo ( invite ) sent me a new report placing me in top 1% users, which is a great opportunity to once again look at Romanian radio drama...

That XVIII Century Romania Map Error

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A while back, we looked at a map that placed Romania South of Bulgaria, and Bulgaria in Romania’s place, in a kind of “castling” or “rocada”...

#COVID19 austerity and bosom vs tits

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There are many ways, these days, to celebrate April Fools Day. I'm going to share with you a James Joyce poem along with the story of ha...

Romanian Movies in Toronto

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I just learned of two significant Romanian movie events in Toronto: Porumboiu's Whistlers is having its (wide?) release and TIFF a ...

1989 + 30 = documentaries

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A few weeks ago we celebrated 30 years ( 10x3 years, man! ). A lot of documentaries and retrospectives and I hardly kept up with them. But I...

Viorica Dancila. A Love Story.

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There is open season on Viorica Dancila, the losing presidential candidate from PSD and former prime-minister of Romania. Today, Monday, she...

Expired Romanian Passport Shenanigans

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I happened to be in the area so I decided to pay the consulate a visit, not expecting to be able to vote, but hoping to learn more info abou...

The Fake Presidents or Prezidentiabilii

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Although I already said I’m not voting , due to atrocious bureaucratic hurdles at a time when it was supposed to be as easy to vote as possi...

Danci Dancila–is CTP hacker or troll?

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Our favorite former SF author, CTP, is back with another seemingly antiziganist or racist controversy, again on former PM and current PSD ca...

Iohannis :) Birchall

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I noticed recently how the mere mention of Birchall, in a positive manner, by President Iohannis, has caused backlash in PSD and there is ev...

Electronic Vote or Nu Votez

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I probably won’t be voting this year. I’m telling you about my failed attempt to register for “vote by correspondence” or “votul prin coresp...

Repatriated Romanian from USA at Hotnews

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Hotnews has previously interviewed Romanian diaspora people, which we covered, and we have also been profiling others in the diaspora oursel...