I am relieved to report https://wiki.talossa.com/Royal_Archives has finally been updated as of today, 22 October 2026.  The update is not much, but I've excised all the ancient text from May 2020, and little by little, I will work most every day to keep things on a far-better footing than I have the past few years.

Since 2022, real life has greatly intervened, but I've come to a place where doing more in Talossa besides just voting in the Senäts is something I can actually do.

A word of warning: I work slow, and you will never again see the level of frenzied activity I've put into Talossa as you've seen before, only to see me fizzle out and disappear.  This is why the "42 Project" I put together eight years ago was so successful.  It had specific goals, and I gave myself the time to accomplish most of those goals.

In the next six months or so (not before New Year's into 2027), I will put together a new project that will, like the "42 Project", bring my frazzled brain into order and help to continue to preserve Talossa's collective memory.

Also, I want to thank everyone for your patience and to AD whose random email/DM in the past few weeks about the state of the Archives has prompted me into this new bit of action and iteration.

As to the state of the Royal Archives, my physical holdings continue to reside in the closet of my apartment in five plastic tubs.  In due course, I will provide photos as well as a complete inventory of same.

More soon - GV, Royal Archivist

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on October 19, 2026, 07:39:43 AM

Quote from: GV on October 19, 2026, 06:59:39 AM

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Quote from: Barclamïu da Miéletz on October 14, 2026, 02:11:52 AMWill we get dark mode?

This is a newer WikiMedia feature, and we'll work on making this possible throughout the wiki.  Once we update, we'll also need to update the CSS styling, but I have read that this is not too hard in the MediaWiki documentation and already have ideas about how to fix it.

Your work on all this looks great - now to get Archives edit access...  ;-)

Did you try password recovery on your original account (Username:GV)?  I sent you a PM when you first asked about this, but you didn't reply, so maybe you didn't see it.  It's much better if we can recover that account, rather than creating a second one for you.

I'm good now, Alexandreu.  I just made my first edit/change to the Archives portion of the Wiki for the first time since 2020, if my old text is right. 

For the next bit of time, I'm leaving the historical text as I left it in 2020, preserving the history therein.  This bit of verbiage will disappear "soon".  My intention is to do a little bit every day or so.  More to come! - GV

The time allotted for voting on the Clark has expired.

As no bills or resolutions have passed both the Cosă and Senäts, Royal Assent is not required.

The Cosă and Senäts have disagreed on the following resolutions:

63RZ01 – Sense of the Ziu: No More Loyalty Parades
Agreed to by the Cosă 115-85, rejected by the Senäts 4-4

63RZ02 – Sense of the Ziu: In Support of Decoloniality
Agreed to by the Cosă 66-22 (112 abstained), rejected by the Senäts 1-1 (6 abstained)

63RZ03 – Sense of the Ziu: When Agents Go Rogue
Agreed to by the Cosă 51-44 (105 abstained), rejected by the Senäts 1-1 (6 abstained)

63RZ04 – Sense of the Ziu: Climate Consequences
Agreed to by the Cosă 66-22 (112 abstained), rejected by the Senäts 0-2 (6 abstained)

The Cosă passed a Vote of Confidence in the incumbent Government 190-10.

All Senators and Members of the Cosă voted.



Sir Lüc da Schir, UrB
Secretary of State

WHAT is my name?

Crement Itravilatx

WHAT is my request?

If it so please the Squirrel King of Arms, I request the assistance of the College in designing and obtaining arms for myself and my lawful heirs

WHAT is my favourite colour?

Orange

Brandon has withdrawn his own nomination about ten days ago. When will we receive other nominations for governor?

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on October 18, 2026, 12:02:56 AMBumping this.

I know you have not received an answer yet but the budget has money for BHAID which is good news. Hopefully the three organizations will receive support.

Updates made to activity tracker.

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on October 14, 2026, 09:36:54 PMAlright, now to Talaviac'hi food. The first cultural food item, as approved, by the only other Talaviac'hi on Earth is something that is a fusion of Japanese and Hawaiian tastes.

It's musubi.


Consulting the wiki oracle for additional information:

QuoteSpam musubi is a form of musubi that originally came from Hawaii, a popular item in the lunchboxes of Hawaiian plantation workers. The origin of Spam musubi is disputed. Survivors of the Japanese American internment camps on the mainland of the United States claim to have invented the precursor to Spam musubi, when they placed seasoned slices of Spam on white rice in a baking pan. However, most origin stories focus on Spam's ubiquity in Hawaii during and in the aftermath of World War II. With few other options, the canned meat was incorporated into local cuisines wherever American troops were stationed. For example, South Korea's budae-jjigae, a stew of surplus U.S. military foods, included Spam. In the United Kingdom, where Spam was ubiquitous during the hardship of the postwar years, Spam acquired a stigma exemplified by the 1970 Monty Python sketch. Spam may not have been abandoned in the Pacific like it was in the UK simply because of the comparative economic deprivation experienced in the Pacific region.

The Honolulu Star-Bulletin said of Spam musubi in 2002, "There is no definitive history for this aberration." Still, the newspaper relayed that a 2001 cookbook stated that the potential creator is Mitsuko Kaneshiro, who began selling them out of City Pharmacy on Pensacola Street in Honolulu and by the early 1980s was selling 500 handmade Spam musubi servings a day out of her own shop, Michan's Musubi. The other person said to be the creator of Spam musubi is Barbara Funamura of Kauai, who sold it out of the Joni-Hana Restaurant in the Kukui Grove Center. The Garden Island in 1983 described it as, "Spam and rice, two local favorites, are combined in an enormous musubi (rice ball) wrapped in nori (sheets of dried seaweed)."

The fact that it is cheap, easy to prepare, and delicious combines three important aspects of Talaviac'hi cuisine. That it can be found in gas stations is also a notable aspect of the foodstuff. Any Talaviac'hi worth their salt knows that gas stations are havens of delicious gastrointestinal destruction. But do check the prepared date just to be safe.

An easy spam musubi recipe will be included in the next edition of the Talossan Book of Cuisine.

I think we should include a paragraph-length description of musubi in addition to the recipe. It could be something similar to this Wikipedia article.

So I actually made changes to my roster and am keeping the tab open constantly to monitor points. This is getting serious.

I'm just waiting for an updated Balance of Account to finalize our Budget. All questions, comments and suggestions are welcome.