Stage 10  Parque de la Naturaleza Sendaviva -> El Ferial Larra Belagua

Another "hockey stick" stage, with a steep climb at the end of an (at best) hilly approach. Predictably, everyone wanted to get into the breakaway and as a result it only managed to form 70km into the stage. Initially 30ish, they were whittled down to as few as 10 by the time the final climb began. Non-TCAT Alec Segaert and Pablo Castrillo were the first to attack, but were joined and ultimately dropped by Jay Vine (GHS/DED) who ultimately cruised to the finish to get a second stage win, and retain the lead of the King of the Mountains classification (polkadot jersey).

Behind, in the group of GC favourites, it was surprisingly Joao Almeida who took the initiative and attacked first; at a point, the lead group of GC contenders numbered as few as 5, but some of the dropped contenders were able to rejoin and a group of 10 finished 5th-14th, including Pidcock, Ciccone, Hindley, Jorgenson, Almeida, Vingegaard and Pellizzari. Vingegaard also regained the red leader's jersey. Some other riders finished in the points but lost some time, such as Gall, Bernal and Fortunato; the latter dropped out of GC top 10 as well.

Unsurprisingly, GHST and Dead Last finished on top today because of Vine, with the Belacostan team getting a win thanks to Ciccone, Jorgenson and Vingegaard, while DED had Pidcock and Almeida. Not much movement in the standings, though, but the bottom 4 is separated by just 50 points (and the bottom 6 by less than 250), so big swings seem primed to happen.

Standings after stage 10:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	4715	+623
2nd	(=)		Dirnalaiset Mortescu (DED)	4050	+530
3rd	(=)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	3731	+322
4th	(=)		Maricopa Cabana Boys (MCB)	3558	+343
5th	(=)		Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	3412	+270
6th	(=)		Port Maxhestic AC (PTM)	3179	+145
7th	(=)		Esqipă Velocostă (EVC)	3118	+395
8th	(=)		Cézembre Fieschā (CFA)	2986	+328
9th	(+2)		Els Talossaes Rexhitais (REX)	2948	+358
10th	(=)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	2937	+289
11th	(-2)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	2936	+284

Tomorrow, a typically Basque stage around Bilbao, with many categorised climbs peppered along the course and a final long descent to a slightly uphill sprint. Seems promising for a breakaway, but GC riders may not resist the chance at putting time on each other - if the latter, I strongly suspect Tom Pidcock is the favourite.

S:reu:

In the other thread, I asked for context for immigration application numbers by considering the total successful immigrations as a percentage of the whole.  Here, I was requesting those naturalization numbers only, with the intent of following up with further questions.  So, begging the minister's patience, I'd repeat my request: how do current immigration levels compare with previous terms?

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on Yesterday at 05:09:35 PMI also have a supplementary question.  I am surprised those are even allowed, since I was under the impression that we weren't allowed to jump onto an active terpelaziun thread until the original questioner was able to ask their own follow-up.  But since it's allowed, I'm game.

As the supplementary questions were both posed by Members of the Cosă, I intended to address this point of order to the Túischac'h. The Baron may have a valid point regarding the timing of supplementary questions, and I wished to get clarification from the Chair regarding the best course of action. However, as it appears the incumbent Túischac'h is the second presiding officer to be harrassed into silence (or worse) in the last two years, I concede that such a ruling is not likely to come soon. Therefore, to ensure I abide by my legal obligations, I will simply answer both now, begging the Senator's pardon.

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC on Yesterday at 03:08:46 PMSupplementary question, please, estimat Túischac'h!

Can the Minister confirm that the lowest number on that list, the 59th Cosa, was the last time that the current Opposition parties were in power?

This is correct.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on Yesterday at 05:09:35 PMIt seems to me that applications might speak to our general popularity and fame, but that actual immigration speaks to what people see when they take a look at Talossa -- how it is to be here and how it's being run.  So to add on: what percentage of these applications in each term yielded actual immigrants?

Going again off the numbers found on Infotecă:

• 57th Cosă: 8/66 = 12%
• 58th Cosă: 8/86 = 9%
• 59th Cosă: 11/62 = 18%
• 60th Cosă: 6/69 = 9% (While the application numbers from the 60th Cosă as recorded in Infotecă appear to be accurate, the naturalization numbers appear to have a clerical error or two, so I arrived at a count of six simply by counting on the Database. I do intend to review the Infotecă numbers more thoroughly in the near future.)
• 61st Cosă through August: 1/43 = 2.3%

There are a few things to note:

• There are two citizenship petitions (Julian Da Silva and Nicolás Masquiarán-Díaz) currently pending response from the prospectives in question to the Chancery. If both of those successfully naturalize, the 61st Cosă rate will rise to 3/43 = 7%, significantly more in line with previous terms.
• The 59th Cosă's outlier percentage rate is partially driven by the lower number of applications.
• The 60th Cosă, which of course saw a Government largely identical to the current one, saw a similar percentage of applicants naturalize as both the 57th and 58th Cosas.
• A corollary to the previous point is that the largely static immigration policy between the 60th and 61st Governments is not the source of the reduced naturalization rate.
• In other words, as most of the country has been able to figure out so far, something else must be at play here.

One likely cause that has been cited by people across the political spectrum is the particularly divisive atmosphere in Talossan politics at the moment, to the point that even MC's from the Member opposite's party have expressed concern at the vitriol that he is intent on maintaining.

Estimat Túischac'h,

While I thank the Member opposite for his question, I note that, apart from some dubious claims inserted into the preferatory text, his question appears to be identical either to one previously posed by a Senator, or to a supplementary question posed by the Member himself in that Senator's Terpelaziun thread. In either event, while duplicating Terpelaziuns could reasonably be considered a breach of decorum, in order to practice what I preach and promote a more professional environment, I would ask some leniency from the Chair for the Member, who I would encourage to simply keep the conversation in one thread. :)

Quote from: Knobloch on September 01, 2025, 11:23:56 PMHello, what happened with the certificate idea?
Are you still doing anything with that?

I did pickup some suitable paper to print on, but that's as far as I have gotten.

Quote from: Sir Lüc on Yesterday at 12:20:46 PMI am pleased to report there are already 49 answers to the Census, and I can spot at least a few who did not vote in the most recent General Elections. 316 individual answers to optional questions were given, meaning at least two in three people answered at least a question (most likely more than that).

People who, in the mandatory part, entered a different primary email than the one the Chancery holds are advised this change will be made as the Chancery processes the Census results, early in October.

I answered...at least I think I did it right

Looking forward to the discussion.  During the time frame leading up to it, I have been in the original location of the protagonist, and also read another series of seven books ( thus far) that has echoes of the initial duress, and also has a 4 letter name for the main character.

I also have a supplementary question.  I am surprised those are even allowed, since I was under the impression that we weren't allowed to jump onto an active terpelaziun thread until the original questioner was able to ask their own follow-up.  But since it's allowed, I'm game.

It seems to me that applications might speak to our general popularity and fame, but that actual immigration speaks to what people see when they take a look at Talossa -- how it is to be here and how it's being run.  So to add on: what percentage of these applications in each term yielded actual immigrants?

My question is for the Minister of Public Records. Opposition politicians have been saying that this Government's performance on immigration has been notoriously bad, issuing calls for urgent action with a clear list of specifics.   Can the Minister provide any public records to compare immigration levels in this Cosa with previous terms?

Supplementary question, please, estimat Túischac'h!

Can the Minister confirm that the lowest number on that list, the 59th Cosa, was the last time that the current Opposition parties were in power?