Oops I missed the previous round, thanks Glüc you voted for Cocteau Twins & Thanks xpb for B52s !

For this round :

GROUP 9
3- Björk - All Is Full of Love
1- Coldplay - Fix You
2- Depeche Model - Enjoy the Silence

GROUP 10
1- Chris Holsten - Slå hjerte, slå
2- Peter Gabriel - My Body is a Cage
3- Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld - A Quiet Life

Stage 20  »  Le Bourg d'Oisans  ›  Alpe d'Huez

Couldn't watch as I was driving, so I'm just going to quickly copypaste the ProCyclingStats blurb:

A large breakaway formed on the opening climb while the peloton also maintained a relentless pace, quickly reducing the bunch. Pedersen was initially dropped but fought his way back and even managed to bridge to the break, securing enough points at the intermediate sprint to seal the green jersey. As the race wore on, only Kuss and Carapaz remained at the front. Kuss started the descent with a small advantage, but two crashes allowed Carapaz to pass him before the final uphill kilometres, take the stage victory and secure the mountains classification.

So Carapaz 1st, Evenepoel 2nd, Pogacar 4th, Del Toro 5th, Skjelmose 8th, Ayuso 9th, Seixas 10th, Johannessen 11st, Pidcock 16th. Stagewin goes to Cjovani for a second time, but Cyclohexane's second place is still enough to vault them to a (likely temporary) lead.

No changes in GC top 10, as Glüc hinted to, despite Ayuso's attempt at recovering some time. Johannessen did gain a place to 12th (which will be worth a meagre additional 12 points to GHS and VFL) but only because non-TCAT Van Wilder abandoned after a crash. Therefore, most of the end-of-tour analysis by Glüc should still be valid, but more on that later.

Standings after stage 20:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(+2)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	9327	+793
2nd	(-1)		Els Talossaes Rexhital (REX)	9257	+589
3rd	(-1)		Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis (MMM)	9165	+567
4th	(=)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	8762	+499
5th	(=)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	8116	+485
6th	(=)		Esqipă Velocostă (EVC)	7382	+385
7th	(=)		Cézembre Fieschā (CFA)	7266	+540
8th	(=)		Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	7171	+862
9th	(=)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	6875	+587

Today, the TCAT decider has been shortened to make sure the race is contained in Paris, and that emergency responders can be free to (sadly) deal with the wildfires nearby. Much like last year & the Olympic road race of 2024, it's not going to be a traditional Champs-Elysees sprint but rather 5 "short" laps of the Champs-Elysees + 3 "long" laps that also include an ascent of the famous Montmartre hill. Very likely hunting ground for classics riders and punchy sprinters. More on what that means for TCAT, again, later.

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC on Yesterday at 03:40:24 PM

Quote from: Zappa, same sourceConsumption of (beer) leeds to pseudo-military behavior. Think about it - winos don't march. Whiskey guys don't march either (sometimes they write poetry, which is often more horrible, though).

Heh, if Zappa was still alive, he'd be welcome at any Alpini parade to witness how winos don't march, and definitely don't harrass anyone either.

Again, I'm not concerned about the military governor bit; nearly everyone, including me, agrees about repealing that. I'm concerned about the other two provisions you're seeking to repeal. You mentioned one:

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on July 24, 2026, 03:13:07 PMEvery province already has a constitution, so any potential to [...] try to bring in a new one from the outside with a local midterm referenda should be eliminated

I don't see how you'd interpret the provision you're trying to repeal that way:

QuoteThe King or Cunstavál shall not proclaim any provincial constitution which has not been approved by a referendum in which at least either a majority of all citizens of the province or a two-thirds majority of votes actually cast is in favor of the constitution.

To me that reads like a safeguard, not an exploitable loophole - an Organic guarantee that any new provincial constitution must go through a provincial referendum. If that was repealed, unless some other bit of the OrgLaw says otherwise, it'd be fair game for provincial governments, assemblies, Cunstaváis, or any combination of the above, to pass a replacement constitution sua sponte without any requirement for a referendum.

Lastly, just noting, as a footnote, that you didn't address why repealing the other provision, "no provincial laws may contradict OrgLaw/national statute", was desirable or necessary.

Seeing that the Society has been restored to life by S:da Roibeardescu I am applying for membership. I received my Masters in Public Policy from New England College and a dual Bachelors in Political Science and History from Western Kentucky University. My research is mostly focused on global democracy with particular focus on reform of United Nations institutions or eventual replacement.

I am sharing a link to a Masters paper entitled Humanity as Sovereign which explores potential reform paths for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). One exciting part of reviewing the paper was recalling use of writings from Andreas Bummel who is now a leading proponent of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly. I now work directly with him as a member of the World Federalist Movement's Global Congress.

I have run across the thread a few times and perhaps there has been movement offline. Has there been any progress on the CoA Knightification request by @Iason Taiwos ?

The vote has begun on a motion to elect @Crement Itravilatx as Green Party leader. Please vote on the Discord channel. Voting to close on August 1, 2026.

GROUP 9
Björk - All Is Full of Love - 3
Annie Lennox - No More I Love Yous - 2
Mariah Carey - Dreamlover - 1

GROUP 10
Ludwig von Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate, 3rd Movement - 3
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen the Rain - 2
Peter Gabriel - My Body is a Cage - 1

Quote from: Mximo Malt on July 24, 2026, 08:25:30 PM

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on July 23, 2026, 11:32:03 AM

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

As mentioned earlier this year, I am planning to soon open submissions to Volume 5 of the Talossan Book of Cuisine.

@Mximo Malt You submitted an oatmeal recipe some time ago so I wanted to re-confirm your wish to include it.

Also, our friendly visitor @varoneglan enquired on submitting to the Book of Cuisine. You are still welcome to do so!

Yes, please do.

Thanks Mximo