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Quote from: Moinul Moin on June 21, 2026, 04:57:32 AMHi everyone!

I'd love to get to know my fellow Talossans a bit better. What's one country you've visited that left a lasting impression on you, or one country you dream of visiting someday? I'd be interested to hear what attracts you to those places—history, culture, food, scenery, or something else.

Looking forward to the discussion!

My own answer:

I have traveled to Nepal and India so far.

In the future, I would love to visit Spain, mainly to visit the stadiums of FC Barcelona and Real Madrid and experience the football culture firsthand.

Germany is another country high on my list, as I would love to see the home of famous companies such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and Volkswagen.

I would also like to visit the United Kingdom, especially London, to see Buckingham Palace and take a photo with the King's Guards.

France is another dream destination of mine. I would love to visit the Eiffel Tower and, of course, the Talossan province of Cézembre.

One memorable thing from my trip to Nepal was seeing people do bungee jumping. I didn't try it myself, but it was amazing to watch.

As for India, the most impressive sight was undoubtedly the Taj Mahal. Seeing such an iconic monument in person was a remarkable experience.

Quote from: Moinul Moin on June 21, 2026, 04:57:32 AMHi everyone!

I'd love to get to know my fellow Talossans a bit better. What's one country you've visited that left a lasting impression on you, or one country you dream of visiting someday? I'd be interested to hear what attracts you to those places—history, culture, food, scenery, or something else.

Looking forward to the discussion!

My own answer:

I have traveled to Nepal and India so far.

In the future, I would love to visit Spain, mainly to visit the stadiums of FC Barcelona and Real Madrid and experience the football culture firsthand.

Germany is another country high on my list, as I would love to see the home of famous companies such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and Volkswagen.

I would also like to visit the United Kingdom, especially London, to see Buckingham Palace and take a photo with the King's Guards.

France is another dream destination of mine. I would love to visit the Eiffel Tower and, of course, the Talossan province of Cézembre.

One memorable thing from my trip to Nepal was seeing people do bungee jumping. I didn't try it myself, but it was amazing to watch.

As for India, the most impressive sight was undoubtedly the Taj Mahal. Seeing such an iconic monument in person was a remarkable experience.

I want to go to Singapore, because my great-grandmother is from Singapore, and she has seven brothers and sisters who are still there, relatives I have never met.

Stage 17  »  Dos Hermanas  ›  Sevilla

Another long day in the Andalusian heat, which went pretty much entirely as predicted, ending in a bunchsprint, won by Brennan (GHS/BDC/MAN). De Schuyteneer (CHX) finally got involved in the sprint this time and finished 5th.

Unlike yesterday, BdC did get what they want this time. With Albanese and Van Aert further back, BdC won the stage and increased their lead over Naziun Cjovani, which might prove important considering the stages that are yet to come. GHST again fell just short of a stagewin as De Jong didn't make the top 20 to provide the points to put them ahead.


Standings after stage 17:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	6399	+298
2nd	(=)		Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	5452	+145
3rd	(+1)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	5115	+272
4th	(-1)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	5087	+180
5th	(=)		The Manilows (MAN)	4993	+272
6th	(=)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	4742	+131
7th	(=)		Port Maxhestic AC (PTM)	4179	+79
8th	(=)		Els Talossaes Rexhital (REX)	4015	+100
9th	(=)		Dirnalaiset Mortescu (DED)	3260	+40
10th	(=)		Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis (MMM)	3014	+0
11th	(=)		Cézembre Fieschā (CFA)	2909	+29

Mas currently holds a 2'06" lead in the general classification while BdC is leading TCAT by 947 points. Those look like pretty comfortable margins, but tomorrow they could well shrink significantly, as the riders will be faced with a 32km mostly flat time trial.

Mas (REX/VFL/BDC/MAN) is not particularly known for his time trial skills. Gall (CJO), who is currently in second but almost certainly will not be after tomorrow, even less so. Roglic (VFL/PTM/CJO), does have a strong time trial and can realistically be expected to between 1 and 2 minutes of his deficit, putting him well back in the race for the red jersey.

Others who are expected to do well tomorrow include Van Aert (CHX/CJO), Armirail (REX/CJO), Skjelmose (GHS/CFA), Almeida (REX/MMM/CFA/CJO), Chamberlain (CJO), Oliveira (MMM) (although he crashed yesterday) with De Pestel (GHS) and Barta (PTM) also among the outsiders along with several GC favourites.

That means Naziun Cjovani has at least 5 serious contenders for a spot in the top 10 tomorrow, while most of the competitors have a lot fewer, especially due to Pogacar, Tarling and Vine, who all would have been possible favourites tomorrow, all having dropped out earlier. Realistically that should be enough to make big gains tomorrow. Whether that will be enough to stay in the race for a second TCAT win (or even become the favourites if things go especially well) remains to be seen.

Random stuff to spice up update:

- This will in all likelihood be the first season in which all three editions were won by three different teams, except for the very first 2022 season, which however only had two legs and seven participants.

- Should BDC or CHX win two more stages, and/or CJO win three more stages, this will be the first season with more than two teams on double digit stage wins. CJO has also recently became the sixth team to win 20 or more stages in the history of TCAT, and currently sits at 22 wins, one fewer than third placed Cyclohexane.

- GHS and REX are already on double digits at 11 apiece; REX has a real chance to be the first team to win the most stages in a season without winning any legs of the season, while GHS has increasingly little chances left to win their maiden stage in this edition, and continue their perfect streak of always winning at least a stage in each edition they entered.

Stage 16  »  Cortegana  ›  La Rábida. Palos de la Frontera

Welcome to week 3, the last one of the season! Fairly standard sprint stage which unsurprisingly saw Matthew Brennan (BDC/GHS) get a fourth stagewin. Though it is not a Brennan team who prevails today, but rather Naziun Cjovani, with Van Aert and Albanese respectively 6th and 8th, and many assists from Brennan's first place. A bit disappointing for BDC, who no doubt was hoping to gain back a few points, and for GHS, who got very close to finally winning a stage thanks to De Jong in 14th, but has to settle for second.

Not much to report otherwise and today is likely going to be similar, with the final pure sprint stage of this edition.

Standings after stage 16: (Edit: fixed after I used wrong overall/swings)

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	6101	+300
2nd	(=)		Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	5307	+313
3rd	(=)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	4907	+206
4th	(=)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	4843	+304
5th	(+1)		The Manilows (MAN)	4721	+268
6th	(-1)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	4611	+145
7th	(=)		Port Maxhestic AC (PTM)	4100	+75
8th	(=)		Els Talossaes Rexhital (REX)	3915	+100
9th	(=)		Dirnalaiset Mortescu (DED)	3220	+120
10th	(=)		Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis (MMM)	3014	+41
11th	(=)		Cézembre Fieschā (CFA)	2880	+33

Whereas, artificial intelligence has rapidly become a transformative force affecting healthcare, industry, climate monitoring, governance, and many other aspects of human life, and

Whereas, the international community has recognized that AI capabilities are expanding faster than internationally agreed governance frameworks, leaving many states and companies outside significant global governance initiatives, and

Whereas, the United Nations General Assembly has launched new multilateral initiatives, including the Global Dialogue on AI Governance and the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI, intended to foster inclusive international cooperation, evidence-based oversight, and shared standards, and

Whereas, experts widely acknowledge that trustworthy AI ecosystems, responsible innovation, and collaborative international governance are essential for ensuring that artificial intelligence develops safely, sustainably, and inclusively, and

Whereas, fragmented national approaches to AI regulation risk undermining public trust, innovation, and the equitable distribution of AI's benefits worldwide.

Therefore, be it resolved, that it is the Sense of the Ziu of the Kingdom of Talossa that the Ziu affirms that artificial intelligence is a global and humanity-wide public concern requiring cooperative international governance, transparency, and ethical safeguards, and

The Ziu supports the development of inclusive international mechanisms — whether through the United Nations or other multilateral frameworks — to coordinate responsible AI development, risk monitoring, and policy dialogue, and

The Ziu encourages governments, private sector actors, civil society organizations, and scientific communities to collaborate in establishing evidence-based standards that maximize AI's benefits while minimizing social, environmental, and security risks, and

The Ziu expresses its belief that responsible global governance of artificial intelligence is essential to ensuring that technological progress serves humanity as a whole rather than itself or other narrow or destabilizing interests.

Uréu q'estadra så,
Breneir Tzaracomprada (MC-BREN)

Visited:
US, UK, Canada, Mexico, Bahamas, Talossa;
and over the last two weeks:
Ireland (UNC vs TCU football game), Spain (walked the Camino), and Switzerland (an overnight layover in Zurich, I return back to the States in a couple hours)

Would like to visit:
Italy, Japan, South Korea

Quote from: King Txec on August 28, 2026, 01:27:20 PM

It is with deepest condolences and solidarity with the People of Nepal and Tibet as well as surrounding countries that We issue this Royal Proclamation as those countries deal with the horrific events now unfolding in the region.

Today Talossa stands with our friends in Nepal and Tibet as they navigate this challenging time, and we acknowledge all the relief workers and nations of the world flowing resources into the region to assist in this tragedy.

We further call upon our BHAID to investigate how the People of Talossa can alleviate, in at least some small part, the suffering now unfolding.

Given under Our hand Royal at the city of Riverside this twenty-eighth day of August, in the year of salvation 2026, of the independence of Talossa the forty-seventh, and of Our reign the second.

At present, China and Nepal have sent a large number of characteristic operators and experts to Nepal and Xizang, hoping to minimize the sacrifice and disappearance.

Quote from: Sir Lüc on September 01, 2026, 05:06:07 PMCan be found in more detail here: https://database.talossa.com/elections/august-2026-elections.


Results are provisional until certified by the Electoral Commission.

A - Elections to the 63rd Cosă

PARTY	#	%	/200	Seats
Progressive Alliance	36	43.90	87.80	88
Uniun dels Reformistaes Livereschti	34	41.46	82.93	83
Green Party	5	6.10	12.20	12
Independent Green/Anarcho-Surrealist Party	4	4.88	9.76	10
Independent Progressive	3	3.66	7.32	7
(Present)	17
(total not Present)	82	100	197 + 3	200

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B - Elections to the Senate

Belacostă

CANDIDATE	#	%
Mic'haglh Autófil	7	63.64
Moses Emefiele (write-in)	1	9.09
Xherált Ups Cantoûr (write-in)	1	9.09
Pôl dal Cräpscaßada (write-in)	1	9.09
Lüc da Schir (write-in)	1	9.09
(Present)	3
(total not Present)	11	100

Mic'haglh Autófil is elected. No further rounds of IRV necessary.

Maritiimi-Maxhestic

CANDIDATE	#	%
Alexandreu Davinescu	5	83.33
Marcel Tafial	1	16.67
(Present)	2
(total not Present)	6	100

Alexandreu Davinescu is elected. No further rounds of IRV necessary.

Vuode

CANDIDATE	#	%
Éovart Grischun	5	71.42
Tric'hard Lenxheir	1	14.29
Trotxa Betiñeir (write-in)	1	14.29
(Present)	2
(total not Present)	7	100

Éovart Grischun is elected. No further rounds of IRV necessary.

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C1 - Referendum on 62RZ07

77 votes were cast in favour of ratification, 5 were cast against. 17 voters abstained or left this part blank.

The votes in favour outnumbering the votes against, the referendum is adopted.

C2 - Referendum on 62RZ14

67 votes were cast in favour of ratification, 10 were cast against. 22 voters abstained or left this part blank.

The votes in favour outnumbering the votes against, the referendum is adopted.

C3 - Referendum on 62RZ15

58 votes were cast in favour of ratification, 12 were cast against. 29 voters abstained or left this part blank.

The votes in favour outnumbering the votes against, the referendum is adopted.

C4 - Referendum on 62RZ26

68 votes were cast in favour of ratification, 12 were cast against. 19 voters abstained or left this part blank.

The votes in favour outnumbering the votes against, the referendum is adopted.

C5 - Referendum on 62RZ27

80 votes were cast in favour of ratification, 4 were cast against. 15 voters abstained or left this part blank.

The votes in favour outnumbering the votes against, the referendum is adopted.

I have probably learned from this section that democracy in our country was running at that time.

Quote from: Tric'hard Lenxheir on September 03, 2026, 12:36:50 AMI would like to nominate @Bentxamì Puntmasleu for Premier and @Adam Grigoriu for Presiding Officer.

I appreciate the nomination. Unfortunately, I have to decline. I am just now getting back into Talossa after an unannounced hiatus and I plan to involve myself at moderate or low levels for the time being.