Quote from: Marcüs Causch on February 23, 2026, 02:39:31 PMThe Close Encounters of the Third Kind, would never bore me.

Marcus, if you like Close Encounters I hope you plan to check out Spielberg's next alien flick, Disclosure Day. Comes out in June in North America, not sure if release delayed internationally.

I watched Project Hail Mary over the weekend and it was good. Was faithful to the book, with a couple of notable departures (both for the purpose of humor.)

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on March 09, 2026, 02:51:48 PMI am delighted to announce that with the assistance of an international volunteering grant from the German Mennonite Peace Committee I will be travelling to Palestine (Al-Khalil/Hebron) later this year. I will be participating with human rights workers from Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT) and this will be my first human rights/peacebuilding mission since Colombia in 2019. I am beyond grateful and appreciative of this opportunity to participate in peaceful resistance to occupation.

For Talossa, this will mean that I will be taping some segment to show what the Occupation looks like on the ground.

I can now confirm I will be in Al-Khalil/Hebron in October. I suspect this means then that the special will likely air sometime between mid-November to mid-December depending on how much time I need to put everything together.

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Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on March 18, 2026, 10:49:18 AM@Sir Lüc Pluribus is good but some folks have complained about it being slow. I confess that I found myself liking the Joined.

I am currently planning to watch the new seasons of Paradise, For All Mankind, and need to restart watching Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.

Saddened to report that Star Trek: Starfleet Academy has been canceled after its next season.

I feel bad about this. There's so much hate for the show I personally don't get it.

The haters seem to have misinterpreted Star Trek as it has always been "woke.' Shatner's response detailing the reaction (in the US South) to one of the first interracial kisses was perfect. I would like to introduce them to the Vulcan term, IDIC or infinite diversity in infinite combinations. Any program that is six decades old needs the ability to boldly explore creative expression.

QuoteThe convention also expresses its regret that the Progressive Alliance have seemingly decided that sexual harassers can get away with it if they just act shameless for long enough; and also expresses its sincere sympathy to Crement Itravilatx for, you know, everything.

@Iason Taiwos It got deleted by the URL leader but I'll post it here. As a URL senator do you support this kind of behavior? Using a family member in political attacks.

With news of the April recess, Talossa's premier news channel announces that it has made some programming changes. For the April edition of its flagship political program, Abbavilla Digest, we are pleased to announce a special edition interview with new Talossan, @Moinul Moin.

The discussion will cover the recent remarkable political changes in Bangladesh from the perspective of a Bangladeshi-Talossan. Sincere gratitude to S:reu Moin for speaking to the Digest!

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on March 18, 2026, 10:49:18 AM@Sir Lüc Pluribus is good but some folks have complained about it being slow. I confess that I found myself liking the Joined.

I am currently planning to watch the new seasons of Paradise, For All Mankind, and need to restart watching Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.

Saddened to report that Star Trek: Starfleet Academy has been canceled after its next season.

Broosking.

The last incident of major party broosking occurred with posts made by Senator GV. We now have an announcement of an unnamed PA member broosking an applicant citizen. We will cover this in the upcoming third episode of the Abbavilla Digest.

Nine days left for submissions to the 4th El Pretz Per Tomas Poetry Contest! Show off your poetic skills here or via DM.

Quote from: þerxh Sant-Enogat on March 22, 2026, 01:28:29 PMToday, Propaganda has published links to the second 2026 edition of the independent media "Abbavilla Digest", on X/Twitter, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, Instagram and r/Micronations

Huzzah! Merci Tgerxh!

Not much of a debate so far unfortunately.

You have just inspired me to make some dirty rice....

Tric'hard you may have just unintentionally reduced future citizenship petitions to one simple sentence. I know that's what I'll be doing moving forward.

Quote from: Iason Taiwos on March 21, 2026, 02:38:42 PMI gave this topic some more consideration, and decided fried chicken is actually my most beloved food.

An excellent choice, Iason. Do you have a favorite restaurant? I am partial to a place in the Louisville area called Indi's.

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on February 21, 2026, 10:18:04 PMHas anyone been in contact with @Tierçéu Rôibeardescù regarding her request for assistance on an official email for the Royal Society? The response may have been delivered privately or this is not the right department but wanted to be sure.

Celebrating one month since this post. @Tierçéu Rôibeardescù was this request fulfilled or did you drop it?

Whereas, Talossa is a nation founded on principles whose citizens are committed to equality under the rule of law, as opposed to rule by strongmen and personalities, and

Whereas, swearing allegiance to a government appears to conflict with a citizen's Organic right to free expression; and

Whereas, committing to upholding the nation's constitution (Organic Law) is more in line with the ideals of a free and open people, and

Whereas, another version of this bill appears to be in limbo.

Therefore, be it resolved by the Ziu of the Kingdom of Talossa that Title E, Section 9 of El Lexhatx, which currently reads:

Quote9. The following text shall be known as The Oath of Talossan Citizenship:
From this day forward, I pledge my loyalty, allegiance, and fidelity to the Kingdom of Talossa and to His Majesty's government. I solemnly affirm that I will support and uphold the Organic Law of the Kingdom of Talossa, defend the realm against all enemies, both foreign and domestic, faithfully observe its laws, respect the rights and freedoms of all my fellow citizens, fulfill all my duties and obligations as a citizen of the Kingdom of Talossa, and humbly appreciate the benefits granted unto me by my King, most especially when those benefits take the form of Talossan currency.

shall be replaced in full with:

Quote9. The following text shall be known as The Oath of Talossan Citizenship:
From this day forward, I pledge my loyalty, allegiance, and fidelity to the Kingdom of Talossa and to its Organic Law. I solemnly affirm that I will respect the rights and freedoms of all my fellow citizens, defend the realm against all enemies both foreign and domestic, faithfully observe the nation's laws, fulfill all my duties and obligations as a citizen of the Kingdom of Talossa, and humbly appreciate the benefits granted unto me by my King, most especially when those benefits take the form of Talossan currency or national cuisine.

Ureu q'estadra så,
Breneir Tzaracomprada (MC-Green)

Quote from: xpb on March 14, 2026, 10:23:19 PMImpulse #1 ongoing assignment @Mximo Malt as Information Liaison for the Republic of Slowjamistan

I am quite interested in the results of this one. Any results from Mximo, @xpb ?

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on March 21, 2026, 08:37:36 AMThis isn't the first time someone's made this mistake out of ignorance, and it probably won't be the last.  I don't blame this person -- how could they have known? -- but I do want to apologize for this breach on behalf of the Progressive Alliance.

We may want to sticky a post in the Immigration threads as public notice detailing the definition and the discouragement of broosking. This might be more likely to be read than the guide we share with each individual applicant. We have seen members of the old FreeDems and now a member of the PA conduct broosking so a highly visible reminder seems prudent.

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on March 17, 2026, 09:52:19 AM

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on February 17, 2026, 08:47:41 AMOrdinarily we'd ask him to confirm that, but he mentioned you when immigrating and I think it's pretty clear.

Seneschal, are there plans to soon send out the Prime Minister's Patriotic Awards?

Great, I am looking forward to seeing it

Quote from: Béneditsch Ardpresteir on March 19, 2026, 02:51:31 AMWhy is @Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be tainting the national flag with a sable column?

I have been curious about this as well. I had wondered if it was like flying the United States flag upside down?