GROUP 5
3 - Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
2 - Larry Jon Wilson - Ohoopee River Bottomland
1 - Blur - The Universal


GROUP 6
3 - Sugar - Believe What You're Saying
2 - Alan Parsons Project - Sirius/Eye In The Sky
1 - Muse - Knights of Cydonia

Stage 14  »  Mulhouse  ›  Le Markstein

A playbook we already saw quite a few times: a large breakaway forms, but the peloton carefully manages it, reels them in at the right time, and it's just a matter of waiting for Pogacar to attack and win. Specifically this time the attack featured Valentin Paret-Peintre (CHX/GHS) and Richard Carapaz (BDC/CHX/CJO), both hunting for summit points, with the Ecuadorian and Tobias Johannessen (GHS/VFL) being the last two to fall.

Another stagewin for Pogacar, then, in front of two trios: Del Toro outsprinting Seixas for second, with Vingegaard pretty much settling for fourth, and Evenepoel, Ayuso and Lipowitz a short distance behind. Former attackers Carapaz and Johannessen rounded out the top ten.

TCAT-wise, the stagewin goes to Cyclohexane, who gets their 20th all-time win (on par with VFL). Still no changes in the overall standings, though. In the general classification, the most notable development is Tom Pidcock (EVC/REX) falling five places to ninth.

Standings after stage 14:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Els Talossaes Rexhital (REX)	6254	+669
2nd	(=)		Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis (MMM)	5889	+747
3rd	(=)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	5828	+789
4th	(=)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	5814	+856
5th	(=)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	5539	+679
6th	(=)		Esqipă Velocostă (EVC)	5407	+601
7th	(=)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	4545	+610
8th	(=)		Cézembre Fieschā (CFA)	4196	+697
9th	(=)		Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	3527	+598

Today, the final stage of week 2, with a medium mountain approach but a long final climb. Seems like another day for the GC favourites.

I would also be happy to join. Incidentally, you don't need to wait for full citizenship to organise this; Chatroom activities are open to prospectives and Landing Pier visitors too.

Quote from: Tierçéu Rôibeardescù on July 17, 2026, 02:51:35 PMhi luc, under the new model of membership requirements your submitting of your this thesis qualifies you for membership in the Society, should you wish it.

I would be happy to join. I had my qualms with the way the Royal Society was being used as a cheap honours farm for a little while, but I think it's headed in a better direction these days.

Incidentally, my current research interests veered off in a different direction (computer engineering applied to natural risk assessment), which I think would make for a more interesting talk than approximation algorithms, if people were interested.

Quote from: Tierçéu Rôibeardescù on Yesterday at 05:18:17 PMIs a sex pest the same as a sexual harasser? One is pestering for explicitly for sex, the other is saying someting that is making the victim feel harassed by using provocative and inappropriate language.

For clarity, both are bad; just one is explicit

Quote from: Glüc on July 15, 2026, 05:33:45 PMIve updated the spotifylist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3QAHYdPpVnElXYd8h1yEpA

Updated again, but I may have gotten the wrong version for the Cissy Houston song, I definitely got the wrong (original instead of marrzaan remix) version for the Utadu Hikaru song and Sirius/Eye in the Sky are split, so perhaps use youtube links for these if you want the version the nominators intended

I am not quitting politics. I am leaving the Green Party. I'll see you in the next Cosa.

We will vote on groups two at a time (although you can vote on only one of the groups if you want). Each voting period will last three days (72 hours) Votes cast after that will not be accepted, with the exception that we will always keep going until we have at least three votes per group.

Per group: Give your top three songs 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly three songs per group.

GROUP 5
Blur - The Universal
Cissy Houston - The Lord Is My Shepherd
Cocteau Twins - Fifty-fifty Clown
Dan Tyminski - Southern Gothic
Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up to Boston
Falco - Der Kommissar
Jefferson Starship - Jane
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
Larry Jon Wilson - Ohoopee River Bottomland
Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy, Jr.



GROUP 6
Alan Parsons Project - Sirius/Eye In The Sky
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
Blue Öyster Cult - Burnin' For You
Keith Urban - Blue Ain't Your Color
MGMT - The Youth
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
Plastilina Mosh - Let U Know
Sugar - Believe What You're Saying
Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco
Utada Hikaru - Simple And Clean (Marrzaan Remix)



Tiebreakers***:
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- Last year's result (Round 2 > Other)
- Last year's Round 2 Rank
- Last year's Round 2 PPV
- Year first nominated (special edition > earlier > later)
- Random chance

Any song eliminated by random chance (and any song eliminated by random chance last year that is eliminated based on last year's result) will be given entry into next year's TMT20.

8 voters again

GROUP 3
1. Solsbury Hill - 14
2. Nýfallið regn - 7
3. Zitti e Buoni - 6
4. Dreamsickle - 4 (1 voter giving 3 points, random chance)
5. Energy Flow - 4 (1 voter giving 3 points)
6. Fool's Overture - 4 (0 voters giving 3 points)
7. Long Train Runnin' - 4 (0 voters giving 3 points)
8. Fish Heads - 3
9. One More Day Above the Roses - 2
10. Sailor Song - 0

GROUP 4
1. Blue Monday - 11
2. Taxman - 8 (2 voters giving 3 points)
3. Child in Time - 8 (1 voter giving 3 points)
4. Wicked Game - 7 (2 voters giving 2 points)
5. On Melancholy Hill - 7 (1 voter giving 2 points)
6. Strawberry Fields Forever - 4
7. Alife - 1
8. Also sprach Zarathustra - 1
8. Children of the Damned - 1
10. Love Always Remains - 0

Is a sex pest the same as a sexual harasser? One is pestering for explicitly for sex, the other is saying someting that is making the victim feel harassed by using provocative and inappropriate language.