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Quote from: Mximo Malt on April 28, 2026, 06:03:09 PMWhen did we start doing this?

When did we start doing what, exactly?

Reduced Cosă seats

It is not a good look for potential voters that you apparently didn't have a good look at 62RZ11 before you voted on it

Then I just won't seek a second term, and I'd bet you'd loooooooooooove that! How bout them apples!?

Quote from: Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP on Yesterday at 01:31:13 PM

Quote from: Mximo Malt on April 28, 2026, 06:03:09 PMWhen did we start doing this?

When did we start doing what, exactly?

Reduced Cosă seats

May God be with you, S:reu Axhairsegol.

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Paisios put estar corect!

S:reu Matselot campagnha per el Senäts American, es o volt restorniar noastra bel caþedral à nhoi, els Crestienours (pravoslavnici, 'cest isch ;)). Éu uréu q'o isch electat, es noi povent urar in la Cità dal Þeotosch.

Βούλεται ὁ Θεός!

DEVS VVLT!

In C'hríost,

MM

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on April 24, 2026, 02:42:05 PMIf possible, I'd like to open up some discussion on Ziu reform.  This has been a topic of perennial interest to many, and I think it might be smart to have a good-faith discussion about some possibilities that might be useful for us.  We just recently switched to a 20-seat Cosa instead of a 200-seat Cosa, but that doesn't fundamentally change that much.

A few things from my perspective, to begin:

• We should probably err on the side of preserving things like the Senats, as an important institution that has often been important to slowing down the pace of very significant legislation (without ever actually becoming an undemocratic block on it forever) and as a provincial representative.  So at least for me, I wouldn't want to make changes that would just be an obvious set-up to eliminating the Senats. 
• There are numerous good things we should try to achieve: proportionality, direct accountability, low barriers to entry, simplicity, intuitiveness, and ease of implementation.  Not all of these are equally important, but we should be honest about trade-offs.
• While we're a highly educated people, with 71% of our citizens holding some form of college degree, we have a majority of American-Talossans, and so most of our electorate is going to be familiar with our current system and then their own American one.  In recent elections, many people failed to use RCV even when directly and repeatedly instructed to do so.  Simplicity is going to be key!

Some people have been talking about Mixed-Member Proportional systems.  As best I understand it, this entails people voting for a candidate for their area and also for a party.  Each candidate wins based on the local vote, and then a big chunk of seats are divided up according to the national party vote.  Sometimes it's always the same number of seats, and sometimes it's a fluid number that varies depending on how many additional seats are needed to make the results very proportional.  There's also a version where the plurality party gets a "majority bonus" of extra seats.

So what are some ideas people might have about this system, or a different system that might work better?

When did we start doing this?

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on April 23, 2026, 11:30:28 AM

Quote from: Mximo Malt on April 05, 2026, 01:20:49 PMShould we make Potawatomi and Amazigh secondary official languages? It'd be very impactful.


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@Mximo Malt We had discussed changing this to a statute change rather than nonbinding resolution to make them secondary official languages. What do you think about doing it as a standalone bipartisan bill?

I favour it!


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Is there a particular meaning for the ermine? From what I've read, it symbolises purity and holiness, is this what you were aiming for?


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I love it!

Y'know, Mr. Montagnhă, I almost axed my citizenship because everyone was calling me a Nazi, but oh well. You do your own research.

Person of Interest with my dad


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Quote from: leanmanmcgee on March 25, 2026, 06:46:08 PMEnglish, A2 spanish, currently learning Talossan
Languages I want to learn: dutch, german, catalan, european portuguese

I'm curious as to why you want to learn German.

My mum is German, and it also sounds cute and pretty!


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Seems peculiar for something called the "Freedom of Conscience" act...usually that pertains to religious affairs within the state...


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Quote from: Barclamïu da Miéletz on March 04, 2026, 04:38:48 PM

Quote from: Barclamïu da Miéletz on March 04, 2026, 03:51:54 PMI'll make that first

Presenting the front of the atrocity I came up with.

Glad you added French, mon ami!


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Wish I could help you, but I'm orthodox :P


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All good suggestions! I would also like a Maltese cross (since that's what my surname means). BTW, Ardpresteir, how's my design coming along?


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I'm being chrismated (received into the Orthodox Church) on Holy Saturday, 11 April. I feel blessed to have it before Pascha!

Btw happy Donkey Day @Duke John


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Should we make Potawatomi and Amazigh secondary official languages? It'd be very impactful.


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Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on October 14, 2025, 01:57:49 PMVolume 4 of the Talossan Book of Cuisine is now available!

I'm looking forward for volume five.

I will be issuing the call for submissions to Volume 5 later this year. I hope we can get some interesting recipes for this next edition.

Here's one:

Mximo's Good Ol' Fashioned Cinnamon Oatmeal Breakfast Spectacular

1/2 cup Quaker Instant 1-Minute Oats
1 spoon brown sugar
Lots of cinnamon (but not too much!)

Boil oats. Pour in bowl, put cinnamon and sugar in, and mix it up well. Enjoy!


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Quote from: Béneditsch Ardpresteir on February 21, 2026, 10:39:27 PM@Mximo Malt, I am not in favour of starting with a Purpure. Please think of any other hue that appeals to you.

Like any good Orthodox Christian, I enjoy black.