So, the King, in what I still regard as an error of judgement, bestowed upon me the title of Knight Commander in the Order of the Nation. Well, I was totally dumbstruck by this proclamation, as I felt I was totally unworthy of such an honor (an opinion I'm sure most other Talossans share.) I messaged the King, even questioned his sanity, but he assured me I was worthy. If he says so, then so be it.
I therefore am asking this noble college if they will "knightify" my current coat of arms. I assume I may choose my own Latin motto.

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC on January 17, 2026, 04:59:59 PM

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Mr. Proper Gander Minister,

Would you be willing to share this Abbavilla Digest snippet from Fora Talossa? https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=4938.0

I've manually shared to reddit on r/Micronations and may be still waiting for admin approval for the posting to the FB Wittenberg page.

Polls are something I've been meaning to incorporate into TN for a while now. Figured we'd get divisive off the bat. :P

I note that this bill would make the first sentence of the modified clause a lie.  "The Senäts shall have equal powers with the Cosa in respect of all proposed laws" will no longer be true.  There will only be two categories of bills for which the Senäts will be equal to the Cosa.  That might be something you want to fix.

Quote from: M:sr Pôl dal Nordselvă, D.Div, M.Ed on June 23, 2025, 05:47:21 AMCan you explain to me why having an upper house that has the authority to reject bills or send them back down is a bad thing? I can perhaps understand the ability of the Cosa to override but do we need to strip them of power in order to accomplish the same purpose?

I thought this was still a good question that didn't actually quite get answered.  The explanation went into the nature of the change in detail, but without saying why it was desirable.  Why would we want to do this?

Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be on January 17, 2026, 04:23:17 PM

Quote from: Antaglha Xhenerös Somelieir on July 21, 2025, 05:14:02 PMHonestly I don't mind the "send back" concept, however I do think that after this stage, the Senate should be able to amend the legislation as part of its role as a reviewing chamber before sending the legislation back to the Cosa. Or even just sending the reasons (both requiring a majority of senators to agree on what is send to the Cosa) it has been rejected. Although this is a more complicated system, but might be a sort of middle ground solution. And help with making the senate feeling more useful than it realistically is at the moment.

As Senators are already permitted to describe their reasons for voting against bills, I'm not sure any sort of official reconciliation process might be necessary, but I'm open to hearing what others think before sending this to the CRL.

Delighted to see this is moving now.

Quote from: Antaglha Xhenerös Somelieir on July 21, 2025, 05:14:02 PMHonestly I don't mind the "send back" concept, however I do think that after this stage, the Senate should be able to amend the legislation as part of its role as a reviewing chamber before sending the legislation back to the Cosa. Or even just sending the reasons (both requiring a majority of senators to agree on what is send to the Cosa) it has been rejected. Although this is a more complicated system, but might be a sort of middle ground solution. And help with making the senate feeling more useful than it realistically is at the moment.

As Senators are already permitted to describe their reasons for voting against bills, I'm not sure any sort of official reconciliation process might be necessary, but I'm open to hearing what others think before sending this to the CRL.

I have been thinking of inserting the latest Fora Talossa video on the Fora Talossa wiki page but am not certain if that capability exist.

@Danihel Txechescu As our resident tech guru, do you by chance know if this is possible. I didn't want to jump in and just fiddle around before asking.

I am going to re-up this appeal for donations to the BHAID.

The King has given to cancer research in his own personal affairs. And the Seneschal has agreed to transfer the reimbursement for sending the Seneschal's Chain of Office to the BHAID as a donation.

Folks, there is a great deal of need in the world and, I know, Talossa's capability to meet that need might be greatly limited but it is not nonexistent. Please join me in contributing to one of the Kingdom's longstanding organizations. As a reminder, the first $100 dollars in donations will be matched by me.