I want to thank the URL Secretary @Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be for placing the following quote in his profile. It serves as a good response to his own speech closing the URL convention:

Quote"Democracy is not a tearing down; it is a building up. ... It does not destroy; it fulfills. It is the consummation of all theories of government, the spirit of which all the nations of the earth must yield. It is the great constructive course of the ages." - Calvin Coolidge

I agree that Democracy is building up not tearing down. I agree that it seeks to fulfill a nation not destroy its constituents. I hope that the URL will join the Greens in pursuing policies and behavior that build rather than tear down. Boycotts do not build, divisive speeches do not build and that appears to be what the URL has decided to offer the people of Talossa. I look forward to speaking to Talossans about the positive policies and message that builds on our Talossanity rather than seeking to bully, dominate, and tear down.

Standing O!

STANDING O!

Well well well, so we meet again, Mic'haglh

Here are the week 23 results (play-offs first followed by consolation rounds)

Tigreux dal Belacostă def. Cjovani Squilats 342.70-208.20
Banqeu da Cézembre Zambonis def. Vuode Villains 452.20-269.30

Gordon Hiatus Support Team def. Manager-less Team 1 398.70-282.60
Cézembrean Amateurs on Ice def. Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis 291.80-237.30
Els Talossaes Rexhitais def. Maricopa Havana Hijinks 321.70-314.50

Here is this weeks schedule

Consolation round

Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis v. Manager-less Team 1
Cézembrean Amateurs on Ice v. Gordon Hiatus Support Team
Vuode Villains v. Cjovani Squilats

Championship Game

Tigreux dal Belacostă v. Banqeu da Cézembre Zambonis

Season complete

5. Els Talossaes Rexhitais
6. Maricopa Havana Hijinks

Good luck to all of the remaining teams.

Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be on March 22, 2026, 07:51:33 PMI'm not sure which language it needs to be stated in to get the point across.

I would vote for it also if you just suppress the 'as opposed to strongmen and personalities' because the point of this law is not this.

Okay, these are printed and I am very happy with them as a result.  I'm just going to keep printing them to build up a good amount of stock, and then send out the ones that have been claimed along with an appropriate number of pips.  In the interests of making this feasible for the long term, pips will be all one color and I'll make a bunch of those too.

REMINDER: if you want to claim the first issue of the only physical award ever given out to Talossans, you're running out of time!  Recruit a friend to the country, or just apply for your award for a past recruitment, and we'll send it to you for free!

I was going to announce this, but I think it's even better for the Funziun appointee to do so!  Huzzah!

We are fortunate to have a good number of people all pitching in to assist on things.  The time and sweat of our volunteers in the Cabinet and the Civil Service are all essential to making Talossa work, and Zirecteir Autófil is a shining example.

I think he's selling himself short by not discussing his efforts a little more.  In the background for the past few months, this is something that has been repeatedly revisited as we've worked to figure out a central issue that left TalossaWare defunct over the past year.  I think people sometimes end up assuming that this sort of thing is simple, but today's announcement is the product of months of work.

I want to thank the Zirecteir for his excellent work, and I can't wait to make a purchase from our store... TalossaWare once more!  Huzzah!

Seems peculiar for something called the "Freedom of Conscience" act...usually that pertains to religious affairs within the state...


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Quote from: Barclamïu da Miéletz on March 04, 2026, 04:38:48 PM

Quote from: Barclamïu da Miéletz on March 04, 2026, 03:51:54 PMI'll make that first

Presenting the front of the atrocity I came up with.

Glad you added French, mon ami!


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Good evening all! The Directorate of STUFF, an office of the Royal Civil Service, is pleased to announce the formal re-opening of our TalossaWare store.

The last several weeks have been spent going back-and-forth with Printify's support staff regarding a few technical issues -- several of which were solved using the tried-and-true "turn it off and then on again" method -- followed by bringing the design of several of our products up-to-date with the current official depictions of the national arms, etc. I have purchased one of the simple round flag stickers as a test run; it arrived fairly quickly from Illinois (production location is dependent on your location) and seems to be of good quality! I look forward to putting it on my Super Cub's fairing to carry a little piece of Talossa with me wherever I ride.

I should note that there are a few items that were previously listed for sale in our store that were removed via the reactivation, including Bicoloreu-branded t-shirts. I have not yet re-introduced these, but if someone expresses interest, it's a fairly straightforward process to add things to our catalog now that they are publishing properly.

I would also like to give a heads-up that our citizens in the European Union may still run into some difficulties ordering; there are some extra hoops we need to jump through that I will be looking into in the next week or so in order to ease the European sales process.

Happy shopping!