@Crement Itravilatx I am wondering if you too might throw in a haiku?

Quote from: Sir Ian Plätschisch on Today at 03:33:29 PMMy second entry
Noting lack of submissions
Things have not improved

Your wonderful haiku has been received.

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC on Today at 02:02:47 PMEveryone knows that the URL leads a cultural boycott of the sex-pest leader of the Green Party, but the following is a political question which I am quite curious about. So, this is addressed to the Green Party as a whole.

Why are you* voting against 62RZ17, the Party List Priority Act?

* With the honorable exception of cxhn @Crement Itravilatx

I don't really expect a thought out answer; but it's good to get the Green Party on record about their attitude to the Democracy Agenda and representative democracy in general. Especially given the Progressive Alliance's commendable willingness to negotiate.

Considering the framing of the question I am glad you don't expect an answer, Miestra. Good luck with your new branding.

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on February 01, 2026, 10:44:48 AM

Quote from: þerxh Sant-Enogat on February 01, 2026, 10:42:22 AMI usually wait for Sunday to have a bit of time for my Talossan duties.
Today, some messages about Independant media "Fora Talossa" issuing its first 2026 edition of the Abbavilla Digest, on X/Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Bluesky, and r/Micronations

Huzzah, I will note that for future reference Tgerxh. I appreciate you spreading our journalism.

Would you be able to also share Episode 2 of the Abbavilla Digest? Talossa's only video news program?

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on Today at 12:48:47 PM

Quote from: þerxh Sant-Enogat on Today at 12:24:59 PM

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on Today at 11:17:35 AMNot seeing any other responses here. Might I win as the only entrant?

No, I am waiting for photos of original ideas to market our Nationette.
As someone we all know could have said, this will last until I decide so, and reward is not defined yet.

I look forward then to seeing any other original ideas. Fora Talossa welcomes the reward, if no others join in.

Episode 3 to be posted on Reddit for marketing purposes later this month too...

Quote from: þerxh Sant-Enogat on Today at 12:24:59 PM

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on Today at 11:17:35 AMNot seeing any other responses here. Might I win as the only entrant?

No, I am waiting for photos of original ideas to market our Nationette.
As someone we all know could have said, this will last until I decide so, and reward is not defined yet.

I look forward then to seeing any other original ideas. Fora Talossa welcomes the reward, if no others join in.

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on March 08, 2026, 06:58:16 PMI am submitting Fora Talossa's new show, Abbavilla Digest, which is preparing its third episode this month. Posting has been regular on r/micronations and apparently has at least one non-Talossan viewer who mentioned liking it in a comment.

Not seeing any other responses here. Might I win as the only entrant?

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on February 27, 2026, 05:03:53 PMWhat are some of your favorite lines from science fiction?
Here are some of mine:

Our lives are not our own, but by God, we must behave as if they are. When I was young, what I did seemed too small to be of any consequence; but the shiver of dust, we are told, expands in time to the planet-sweeping storm. -Greg Bear, Moving Mars

No matter what I said they insisted on thinking of God as something outside themselves. Something that yearns to take every indolent moron to His breast and comfort him. The notion that the effort has to be their own...and that the trouble they are in is all their own doing...is one that they can't or won't entertain. -Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein

I am all that I grok. -Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein

Humor is the ovum of dissent. -Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell

To be is to be perceived, and so to know thyself is only possible through the eyes of the other. The nature of our immortal lives is in the consequences of our words and deeds, that go on apportioning themselves throughout all time. Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb we are bound to others, past and present. And by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future. -Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell

Look at the pattern this seashell makes. The dappled whorl, curving inward to infinity. That's the shape of the universe itself. There's a constant pressure, pushing toward pattern. A tendency in matter to evolve into ever more complex forms. It's a kind of pattern gravity, a holy greening power we call viriditas, and it is the driving force in the cosmos. Life, you see. -Green Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson

Remarkably, I just noticed that "our lives are not our own" commonality in the Cloud Atlas and Moving Mars quotes which I read over twenty years apart.

Bumping this as it would be interesting to see other responses.

@xpb You have brought an unusual amount of activity to the Foreign Affairs Ministry. This should be celebrated.

Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be on March 04, 2026, 09:46:53 PM

• Constitutional amendment vs. constitutional overhaul -- should the current constitution be amended in specific places, or replaced outright?
• Form of the Executive -- should Florencia keep the current method of choosing the provincial executive? Should some alternative -- direct election, collegiate executive, etc. -- be implemented instead? Is legislative confidence necessary, or would some other form of democratic mandate be preferred?
• Form of the Legislature -- is the current "Real Nimlet" method of partisan election still preferred, or would Florencians prefer something like the "citizens' assembly" model used in some other provinces?
• The Legislative Process -- from V-C Tzaracomprada's statement above regarding Article IV, it would appear that amendments to Florencia's legislative process may be worth examining in further detail. I invite him to expand on this point at his leisure.

With thanks to Governor Autofil, I offer my own answers to the agenda items.

-I support a full constitutional overhaul.
-The current structure of the Provincial Executive has in this most recent episode demonstrated its weaknesses. The Governor is aware of my sympathies for a collegial or directorial executive so I would support that. But I would also be in support of a highly limited and purely administrative executive office with the legislature being in nearly all matters supreme.
-I am in complete support of moving towards a citizens assembly model used by other provinces. (And would also recommend the creation of a provincial secretary of state to cover scribery-like, election, and record-keeping duties). This body should review the successes of Fiova and Belacosta. I have done this personally and moved to enact examples here in Talossa.
-If we move toward an overhaul with a limited administrative executive then I think the Article IV reforms may not be necessary.

On the passing of philosopher Jurgen Habermas the Green Party remembers the champion of democracy and human emancipation with the following quote:

Quote"If any trace of utopianism remains in me, it lies solely in the belief that democracy—and public debate in its optimal forms—has the capacity to cut the Gordian knot of problems that would otherwise be practically insoluble."

We are three months since the last election and we can observe parties already preparing for another one. The Green Party seems to be the only party that sees this as unusual. We would invite voters to show their own wish for more time to cool down between elections and more time to get stuff done. Such a message will be an important part of our message, that Talossa is more than politics.

More to come soon.

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on February 06, 2026, 10:42:40 AMI personally support this legislation and will vote for it. Can't speak for all Green Party MCs but if there is internal debate on the legislation I will speak in support.

Reiterating my support for this. Hope it will go forward soon.

Whereas, the Kingdom of Talossa, as a nation situated on unceded Indigenous territory, recognizes that the historical experience of colonialism has had profound and lasting impacts on societies, cultures, and systems of knowledge across the world, and

Whereas, scholars and thinkers have identified the continuing effects of coloniality, meaning the persistence of structures of power, hierarchy, and cultural dominance rooted in the colonial era even after the formal end of colonial rule, and

Whereas, the concept of the coloniality of power, as described by sociologist Aníbal Quijano, explains how patterns of socioeconomic classification and cultural authority established during colonial rule continue to shape global institutions and social relations, and

Whereas, decolonial thought also highlights the coloniality of knowledge, whereby certain intellectual traditions, particularly those developed in Europe and the West, have historically been treated as universal, or otherwise privileged, while other systems of knowledge have been marginalized or disregarded, and

Whereas, the intellectual movement known as Decoloniality seeks to critically examine these inherited hierarchies and promote recognition of the diverse ways of knowing, being, and understanding the world that exist across human societies, and

Whereas, engagement with decolonial perspectives encourages societies to reflect on historical legacies, expand intellectual pluralism, and promote greater respect for cultural diversity.

Therefore, be it the Sense of the Ziu of the Kingdom of Talossa, that:

It affirms the value of ongoing global conversations concerning decoloniality and the examination of the enduring legacies of colonial structures, and

That the Ziu supports the recognition of a plurality of cultural traditions, intellectual frameworks, and historical experiences as part of the shared heritage of humanity, and

That the Ziu encourages Talossans and the international community to approach these discussions in a spirit of curiosity, humility, and respect for diverse perspectives, and

That the Kingdom of Talossa expresses its support for scholarship, dialogue, and cooperation aimed at addressing the historical and contemporary impacts of colonialism while promoting mutual understanding among cultures.

Uréu q'estadra så
Breneir Tzaracomprada (MC-Green)

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC on March 11, 2026, 07:04:29 PM¡Estimadas es estimats Uniunistaes!

The Abbavilla Digest notes that, so far, the URL Convention has seen participation from just two people. Which was the same number of members the PdR apparently had pre-merger... We look forward to publishing a story about the URL's convention but earnestly hope it becomes more than a conversation between its two leaders.

I 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.

Quote from: owenedwards on March 09, 2026, 06:00:32 AMI hope to see some good entries this year!

Just to note publicly, I've received zero submissions. I too am excited to see some submissions soon.

I am submitting Fora Talossa's new show, Abbavilla Digest, which is preparing its third episode this month. Posting has been regular on r/micronations and apparently has at least one non-Talossan viewer who mentioned liking it in a comment.

@Moinul Moin Welcome to official Talossanity! I look forward to interviewing you on Fora Talossa.

Quote from: Sir Lüc on March 03, 2026, 06:00:47 AMDone.

Thanks.