@Tierçéu Rôibeardescù I recall proposing some kind of ability for terps to be submitted directly to civil servants. I wonder if that effort could be picked up to further the idea you mention in the sixth whereas clause.

I raise this to start the discussion and as is quite evident is intended to be modded to suit the outcome of said discussion

WHEREAS, I the president of the royal society feel that the society I represent lacks much in the way of legalistic clarity and clear executive mandate in terms of detail, currently only making up 2 short paragraphs of the nations legal code.

WHEREAS I'm sure we could be delegated more powers and mandates over educational matters from our assigned ministry, and as civil servants we are less surseptable to political tides and engagement wims.

WHEREAS, the royal treasury has 7 sections plus 4 sub subsections which is makes our 1 plus subsection look less significant.

WHEREAS, plz gib us shiny rocks and more law and stuff to do to make us feel big and clever.

WHEREAS the following amendment... (TBD)

WHEREAS maybe there should be a more formal but public mechanism for civil servant to be able manner akin to a terpz

Oh my God! He's OUT?!? Wasn't he like the number two in the race?

Full update later, but the big news is: Vingegaard crashed and abandoned the race! An EVC, VFL or BDC comeback is unthinkable now.

Standings after stage 15:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Els Talossaes Rexhital (REX)	7131	+877
2nd	(=)		Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis (MMM)	6709	+820
3rd	(+1)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	6577	+763
4th	(-1)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	6495	+667
5th	(=)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	6069	+530
6th	(=)		Esqipă Velocostă (EVC)	5844	+437
7th	(+1)		Cézembre Fieschā (CFA)	4966	+770
8th	(-1)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	4891	+346
9th	(=)		Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	4160	+633

Group 5. Another very stacked group. Falco would have gotten points in most other groups. The Hendrix song deserves points too.

The Universal - 3
John Wayne Gacy, Jr. - 2
Fifty-Fifty Clown - 1


Group 4. Let U Know was a nice discovery

Knights of Cydonia - 3
Bela Lugosi's Dead - 2
The Youth - 1

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.