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!

I was going to announce this, but I think it's even better for the Funziun appointee to do so!  Huzzah!

We are fortunate to have a good number of people all pitching in to assist on things.  The time and sweat of our volunteers in the Cabinet and the Civil Service are all essential to making Talossa work, and Zirecteir Autófil is a shining example.

I think he's selling himself short by not discussing his efforts a little more.  In the background for the past few months, this is something that has been repeatedly revisited as we've worked to figure out a central issue that left TalossaWare defunct over the past year.  I think people sometimes end up assuming that this sort of thing is simple, but today's announcement is the product of months of work.

I want to thank the Zirecteir for his excellent work, and I can't wait to make a purchase from our store... TalossaWare once more!  Huzzah!

It is also First Contact Day, but I'm not sure anyone celebrates that as a holiday.

The Kingdom of Talossa would like to wish a happy Holy Week and Easter to all of our Christian citizens and a belated Chag Pesach Sameach to our Jewish citizens.  Even more belatedly, Eid Mubarak to our Muslim citizens.  Whatever your celebration this spring season -- spring/autumn equinox? is that a celebration? happy equinox! -- we hope that you celebrate it with joy and laughter.

I'm loving these reveal posts.

Party leader elections are occurring in our private forum -- stop by and speak your piece (or run to lead us!)

Xhorxh, we've talked about this: your staffers can't wear something this shockingly stylish, since it would make everyone else upset.  How is poor @Françal I. Lux going to feel when he puts on his regulation onesie?

I'm going to start playing the Cosmere RPG (set in the world of Roshar from the books of Brandon Sanderson) with my friends.  I'm having a hard time creating a character!

Quote from: No·ac'h L. Clå on March 30, 2026, 07:40:59 AMFor me specifically I preordered a game set to come out on the 16th and I've got some social plans with others. What are yours?

What game?

If we win our placement match, do we get to join the playoffs?

There's four places for pips, in case anyone accumulates that many. If they accumulated more, of course, we could simply send them a second badge.

I'm not sure what to do the pips in. It might make sense to make them a standard size for something like sequins, or possibly it makes sense to just print out some little things to put in there.

I don't do a ton of 3D design, so this was a great opportunity to sharpen my abilities. I would just like to point out that this is get another example of one of the amazing benefits of our country: if you're enthusiastic and spend time trying new stuff, you can get better at things or learn entirely new skills.

Okay, I did a quick mock-up of what I was thinking.  And I have to say, I like it a lot better.  It requires less work (important when we're thinking about the future), it's a little more flexible, and it looks good.