Quote from: Iason Taiwos on Yesterday at 10:58:24 PMSomeone explain Brenier's crime to me like I was ten years old. He said he thought Lüc was cute? Is there more that I happened to miss?

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Yes, Your Majesty.

-SVA

It looks like that's the whole ball of wax for awards this time around.  When I open that image, it's a pretty good resolution even when I enlarge it.

Any volunteers to help His Majesty with the grant?  @Carlüs Éovart Vilaçafat ?  @Cresti d. I. Nouacastra?

-SVA

We're going to add it to the next honours, @Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be .

-SVA

@Béneditsch Ardpresteir , what do we think at this point?

-SVA

Certainly, Your Majesty.  I'll do a quick look around and make sure we didn't miss anything.  Would you like me to ask a herald to help you put the grant together after I do that?

-SVA

Quote from: Barclamïu da Miéletz on April 15, 2026, 02:23:45 PM

Quote from: Carteir Montagnhă on April 15, 2026, 01:55:23 PMespecially the Seneschal or any other government official?

Funny enough, I got inspired to make a concept like that when it was announced that ID cars would be made again and the Seneschal himself saw the concept.

Well, I can only once again extend an offer for you to do stuff like this on behalf of the people, working in the government. We can chat about the exact terms in private message, if you're interested.

I acknowledge your resignation, but I hope you will change your mind about leaving the country. You have always talked yourself down and thought that you didn't belong, but that's never been true. You've been an exemplary member of the government, and I will carry forth your insights on the law and fix what you found, even if you do go.

I do recognize that this remains an uncomfortable situation with Breneir. It's hard to hold the line on this and say that if someone wants to rehabilitate themselves, the first step is accepting responsibility. It would be a lot easier to shrug and say that it's been a year since he harassed another citizen, so let's just sweep it under the rug. But sometimes you have to do the right thing, even if it's awkward and difficult.

I hope you change your mind.

Quote from: Carteir Montagnhă on April 14, 2026, 10:27:50 AMthank you!

No problem!  There's a lot of stuff beyond that which I'm sure I forgot, but just snoop around and get back into things, and you'll remember.  Glad to have you back!

I don't know how long you've been gone, but a lot has happened recently!  Assuming you haven't checked in since your last post in September:

Politically: there was an election, and the Progressive Alliance won the most seats but not quite a majority.  We had a coalition with the IDF, and then their leader (who's still figuring things out) said some ignorant stuff and we broke the coalition but they continued to support us.  We also have a coalition with the Independent Greens in some kind of way, and we have a confidence-and-supply agreement with the URL.  So the Green Party is the Opposition right now, mostly because none of the other parties with form any kind of alliance with a party led by a sex pest.  Oh, and I'm the Seneschal.

Legally: there have been some big reforms, such as getting rid of the Seneschal's ability to permanently make new laws, adding a check to the immigration system by mirroring applications to an independent account, and changing the Cosa to only 20 seats in size (this hasn't come into effect yet).

Culturally: the music contest TMT finished up, hockey is in the playoffs, there's a new political science institute, the prime minister's patriotic award is set to be the first physical award sent to Talossans, we're systematically investigating and reporting back on other micronations with volunteers,  and we're making promotional videos now.

That's all that comes to mind off the top of my head.

Okay, at this point I have printed out 40, which is probably plenty enough for years to come. I'm going to have an announcement sent out to everyone to let them know about the availability, with pictures, and then we'll aim to get them sent out by the end of next month.

I didn't record it. It seems like it will be more casual and fun if informal and not recorded. I don't want people feeling like any information they share about their life during a casual chat is going to be available on the internet forever, you know?

Weekend mornings are usually a good time for this for me, and I think for the king. Do those work for you, or should we try to find a different time for people on a different schedule?

Okay, the Minister of Technology has set up a tweak on the current user structure and implemented the opposition email account.  I have set up the immigration system to automatically mirror applications directly to it, and I'll monitor it for a week to make sure it's working correctly.  Once we're confident, I'll hand off the account to you, Your Majesty, and you can change the password and share the info with the Leader of the Opposition.

It was fun!  I'll give more notice the next time, and hopefully we'll get more people to join :)

Half an hour, but longer if it's going well.  My kids are off with my mother-in-law so I don't have a lot of time pressure.

And we're live!

See everyone tomorrow morning!

I've been watching Mr Inbetween lately.  Into the second season, and it's really good.  I can't decide how much of it is just the superbly unsettling acting of Scott Ryan, though.

This Saturday (11 Apr) at 10am TST, come join His Majesty the King and your elected Seneschal for a Talossan Coffee Hangout!  There won't be any formal business or anything -- just hanging out, drinking coffee or tea, and friendly chit-chat!  Ever been curious to ask something or wanted to just talk?  Stop and by and have a nice little chin-wag with your head of state and head of government!


Possible Topics

• MicroCon
• Favorite current TV shows
• Can we get the king to say something overtly partisan so he gets in trouble?
• Sandwiches

Okay, these are printed and I am very happy with them as a result.  I'm just going to keep printing them to build up a good amount of stock, and then send out the ones that have been claimed along with an appropriate number of pips.  In the interests of making this feasible for the long term, pips will be all one color and I'll make a bunch of those too.

REMINDER: if you want to claim the first issue of the only physical award ever given out to Talossans, you're running out of time!  Recruit a friend to the country, or just apply for your award for a past recruitment, and we'll send it to you for free!