Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC on September 29, 2026, 01:24:11 AMI keep trying to give Crement helpful advice on how to practically distance himself from his pariah husband, and his pariah husband keeps popping up to tell him not to listen to me, so I suppose Crement's got to sit in the pariah corner as well

I say again Crement that Miestra is capable of change. Do not hold her current misguided behavior against her and forgive her for her words as I have. Continue to be the bigger person.

Hearty congratulations and my very best wishes to all incoming and continuing ministers! I think this all hands on deck stuff is a rare chance to get a lot of big and small fixes through, and delivering on that won't be easy, but there's plenty of expertise in this Cabinet to give it the best shot.

Yes! Fixed.

Judging by who's in and who's out, as the leader of the largest party out of Government, I am marking down @Crement Itravilatx as Leader of the Opposition for the time being, pending the outcome of the first VoC.

--SoS

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on September 28, 2026, 08:58:32 PMI hereby request that His Majesty appoint þerxh Sant-Enogat to the office of Minister of Propaganda

Typo?

I keep trying to give Crement helpful advice on how to practically distance himself from his pariah husband, and his pariah husband keeps popping up to tell him not to listen to me, so I suppose Crement's got to sit in the pariah corner as well

Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be on September 28, 2026, 11:40:14 PMThat thread also contained a discussion on designing a new badge for the Ministry of Culture, which, as you are the Culture Minister, may not be a bad idea to get your thoughts. One suggestion was to use the Tifinagh letter ⵣ from the Berber flag; since this is actually [z] in the Tifinagh script, using the letter ⵜ ( [t] ) for Talossa may be more appropriate. However, since that bears strong resemblance to a simple lowercase t, it may not be distinctive -- my suggestion would be to use ⴾ instead (see attached for an idea). That's [k]; consider it an initial for cúltură.

I like it!

As per a thread from last term on the topic -- the conversation in that one died off a bit, sorry -- I believe the Minister of Public Records had liked the following for his ministry (if @Baron Alexandreu Davinescu would like to make it official)


As far as Propaganda, we could try to come up with something new (preferably without using horns/trumpets, we use enough of those in our symbols), or could repurpose my other concept for Public Records as some posters/broadsheets/newsletters/etc.:


That thread also contained a discussion on designing a new badge for the Ministry of Culture, which, as you are the Culture Minister, may not be a bad idea to get your thoughts. One suggestion was to use the Tifinagh letter ⵣ from the Berber flag; since this is actually [z] in the Tifinagh script, using the letter ⵜ ( [t] ) for Talossa may be more appropriate. However, since that bears strong resemblance to a simple lowercase t, it may not be distinctive -- my suggestion would be to use ⴾ instead (see attached for an idea). That's [k]; consider it an initial for cúltură. It also continues a dot theme established by current and former ministry badges including Foreign Affairs, Home Affairs, and Interior.

- Foxmouth

During the 57th or 58th GE one of the benefits I saw in a TNC-FreeDems grand coalition was that it would make it easier to fill and maintain an active cabinet. I say this to express my surprise that with the two largest parties with large Cosa lists they still have people doubling up on portfolios. Three people with two portfolios.

I am thankful they've stepped up to serve but hope we will consider, in our inevitable next round of reforms, that maybe the government is larger than necessary or feasibility.

I also look forward to the Royal Commission or other initiative to address the ongoing activity crisis. I await the King's Speech for details on government action on the matter. Particularly with a focus on retaining new citizens through identifying and cultivating their interests. The work of TalossAssistants must continue with new citizens beyond their initial immigration. Because we have a problem keeping citizens not recruiting them.

All hands on deck, indeed. Or this ship is headed for very rocky shores.

I am disappointed but understand why Miestra would break with a tradition she long supported. Moinul is a good alternative to my wise husband as shown by his excellent service as Deputy Immigration Minister. Once the grand coalition is over hopefully we will return to the tradition of an Opposition member to serve as speaker.