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How does a small Norwegian magazine become an international publication? Apparently, it starts with a yellow coffee mug, a lottery, an overworked journalist, and a coffee machine that finally agrees to cooperate.
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A missing editor. A disconnected office. A coffee machine with trust issues. When the RABAGAS newsroom loses both its electricity and its accountant, producing the next issue becomes an unexpectedly complicated adventure.
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Monday mornings at RABAGAS begin with reluctant coffee, questionable planning and an editorial meeting where trolls, LinkedIn, OnlyFans and a slightly dysfunctional newsroom all compete for space on the agenda.
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At RABAGAS Magazine, Tuesday is less a day of the week than an administrative condition. Between briefing meetings, existential emails and an increasingly opinionated coffee machine, the editorial team attempts to distinguish journalism from infrastructure.
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Every office has its rituals. At RABAGAS, making a cup of coffee requires patience, teamwork and a technique allegedly perfected by the legendary cleaner, Ruth.
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One late night at the RABAGAS office, Ulrikk settles in with a thermos, an air mattress and an impossible research assignment. Somewhere in the darkness, however, the coffee machine seems to have plans of its own.
Everyday Life
A two-day coffee withdrawal ends in an ordinary shopping centre café—and an unexpectedly expensive lesson in modern Norwegian pricing. A small story about coffee, inflation and the feeling that everyday life has quietly become a luxury.
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Can changing the light bulbs change the way people think? In the RABAGAS newsroom, one editor is convinced it can. A humorous essay about creativity, office culture and the surprisingly philosophical consequences of replacing LED lights with warm bulbs.
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Jonas can't stop writing about AMOC, Hampus has had enough, and even the office coffee machine becomes part of the debate. A humorous newsroom story from RABAGAS Magazine about journalism, climate science and headline obsession.
Everyday Life
Modern life no longer pits us against the forces of nature. Instead, we battle phone queues, chatbots and customer service departments that seem designed to test the limits of human patience. A humorous essay about bureaucracy, technology and the quiet art of surviving modern life.
Digital Life
Modern life is less about living than remembering passwords, collecting receipts, and proving to machines that we are who they already know we are. A humorous essay about the quiet absurdities of the digital age.
ADHD
Laundry only takes five minutes. Unless your brain insists on turning it into fifty tiny tasks first. A humorous personal essay about ADHD, everyday life, and the invisible distance between intention and action.