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Disco Empire wrote:I'm still trying to figure out why the press thinks I'm having an affair when I'm not married!

For some reason, the public is convinced that all heads of state are either married or in a long-term relationship. Is there something untrustworthy about a leader who's single?
It would be brilliant if people were more interested in ideas rather than gossip. I suppose public figures must simply deal with this kind of nonsense and not worry about silly rumors. If there's nothing else to report, journalists will turn anything into a headline.

The ambassadors reception

The Embassy

*Sends you a diplomatic cable*

The church of starry wisdom

The Forgotten Lands

We at TFL wish everyone in the Federation of Planets Headquarters a happy holiday!

My Commander of the Armed Forces keeps making a fool of herself by commenting on matters that are clearly civilian in nature. Career officers are used to people taking orders from them, but the Admiral doesn't seem to understand that the branches of government take orders only from the voting public. Thankfully, she's close to retirement age, but I may have the same problem with whoever relieves her.

That is a real problem. When her replacement enters office, maybe you could release educational material explaining what the Commander of the Armed Forces does, supposedly for educational purposes, but really more to encourage the Commander to do their job correctly.

Disco Empire wrote:That is a real problem. When her replacement enters office, maybe you could release educational material explaining what the Commander of the Armed Forces does, supposedly for educational purposes, but really more to encourage the Commander to do their job correctly.

Perhaps that'll do the job. General staff officers already have all the authority they need to fulfil their duties. That's all they need. I can't have a Marshal order the Space Marines to attack a pirate outpost without executive authorization. We're all democracies here, after all.

LGBT rights are celebrated during Pride Month. AI rights are also worth a month of parties and such, but only the wealthiest AIs can afford a physical device, let alone a humanoid one. I'm worried that an AI Pride event would just be a meeting between the most advanced artificial citizens. Cities can provide telepresence options, but it would just emphasize the privilege that superhuman androids possess over average AIs. Any ideas?

An AI pride month seems like a good idea, but that is really a complicated issue. One possibility might be to make the event online only, so that all AI could participate.

I asked some of the local AI if there was much jealously against the AI with physical bodies. The bank president told me it was grateful to lack a physical body, otherwise it might get stuck babysitting a leaky infant! I'm not sure if we're dealing with class issues, or ego.

Greetings nations of Federation of Planets Headquarters,

Here is the Turkic World News of June 2022

TURKIC WORLD NEWS-JUNE 2022

06/06/22: 27 years later Qazaqstan, to start a period which would be called "the new Qazaqstan", held a constitutional referrendum, second since their national history. Question was "Do you accept amendments and additions to the Constitution of the Republic of Qazaqstan set forth in the draft Law of the Republic of Qazaqstan "On Amendments and Additions to the Constitution of the Republic of Qazaqstan", published in the media on 6 May 2022?". Referrendum resulted in "Yes" with 77.18%.

The new constitution will clearly state that Qazaq soil, along with natural sources under the earth, belongs to the nation (previously state owned). Death penalty will be abolished. President and many other authorities will not be able to become member of political parties as long as they are in charge.

14/06/22: Crimean Tatars on the occupied peninsula are experiencing the greatest repression. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky during a video address to the participants of the American Jewish Committee Global Forum. "The Russian army has destroyed the communities, in which the Greek community has lived for centuries. The Crimean Tatars on the occupied peninsula are experiencing the greatest repressions. Russian rockets hit Babyn Yar in Kyiv, a Russian missile damaged the Menorah in Drobitsky Yar near Kharkiv”, Zelensky Linksaid.

20/06/22: Composer and artist Iraqi Turk Muhammed Ahmed Erbilli passed away at 89. His compostions went beyond Iraq and were heard in Istanbul, Kirkuk, Azerbaijan and more. 12 songs that were popularized by Ibrahim Tatlıses are compositions of Erbilli, like "Yallah şoför", "Almağa gelin", "Yandım televizyonun elinden" and "Kızlar el ele verin". (Editor's Note: Iraq Turks/Turkmens are of a different ethnicity than Turkmens)

Kurdistan Regional Government authorities opposed Muhammed Ahmed Erbilli's coffin being covered by Turkmeneli flag. Kurd authorities' claim was that the Turkmeneli flag symbolizes a political party. Minutes later the flag was removed. Iraqi Turkish journalist Mustafa Kemal Yılmaz Linkreports.

24/06/22: China's Australia embassador Xiao Qian was interrupted by protestors during speech. Demonstrators shouted to "stop the genocide" in Xinjiang and "Tibet remains colonised". One asked: "How about freedom of speech in China?". LinkThe Guardian

29/06/22: Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Department of Culture opened “Resmin Türkçesi: Türk Dünyasının Tuvalde Buluşması” exhibition, which features works by artists from the Turkic world and Turkey, spanning seven countries on two continents. (Editor's Note: Exhibition's name translates to "The Turkish of Painting: Meeting of the Turkic World on Canvas". The word "Turkish" in this context means language and not nationality.)

The exhibition can be visited in "Tophane-i Amire Kültür Merkezi" for free from 28 June to 3 July. Includes works of Akmal Nuridonov and Alisher Alikulov from Uzbekistan, Arif Aziz, Refik Aziz and Sakit Mammadov from Azerbaijan, Eldar Aitmatov, Yuristanbek Shygaev and Musakeev Temirbek from Kyrgyzstan, Sembigali Smagulov from Qazaqstan, Hüssein Husseinov from Turkmenistan, Devrim Erbil, Ergin İnan, Kadir Ablak, Mahir Güven, Süleyman Saim Tekcan and Yalçın Gökçebağ from Türkiye. Linkkültür.istanbul

30/06/22: Chinese ultra-nationalists violently assault Hong Kong human rights protestors at the China vs Australia basketball match. Activist Max Mok (莫熾韜) was holding a sign by Badiucao (巴丢草) supporting Australian Uyghur political prisoner Mirzat Taher - imprisoned for 25 years. "Security didn’t take any action against this violent attacker but they did drag me backwards down a flight of stairs for holding signs supporting Australian political prisoners in China and calling for an end to Uyghur Genocide" Drew Pavlou says and Linkreports.

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Best regards,

- Northern Erli Island

I see things haven’t changed much. I’m glad most of you are still here at the very least… I’ve moved on to discord these days though.

Oh hey, long time no see

Stjerne wrote:Oh hey, long time no see

Can you put the password back on by chance? I tried messaging Disco about it

Hello, Aksun and Stjerne!

I have put the password back on! Sorry for the delay, but it's been slow here, and I'm not checking very often. If it picks up here, I'll be glad to check more often.

Sorry about the delay on my end too. Need to get back into the habit of checking again.

Hello old friends. I'm happy to be able to speak with you all again after so long.

Welcome back!

Another starship poll over in The United Federation of Planets. page=poll/p=202914

Good to see you!

Happy Star Trek Day!

The church of starry wisdom

The Forgotten Lands

In a few days, The Forgotten Lands will be closing its doors after nine years. The idea of our bastion becoming a puppet storage holds no appeal, and it is with that, we are saying good bye to NS and to all our friends new and old.

Cheers and thanks for all the good times.

Hello everyone!

Is Nationstates acting weird for anyone else? One of my regions ceased to exist, which shouldn't have, and issues aren't loading.

ETA:
It's working OK now. I guess I tried it at a bad time.

Every doctor needs a good nurse. This week's Trek Tuesday poll begins the search for who will fill this space. Please help us decide.

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