🛡️ TESSALIN: Dominium Proposes Tax on Pauses in ConversationThe Ministry of Optimized Communication has introduced a bill proposing taxation on any pause longer than 1.8 seconds during official dialogue. “Excessive pauses are informational failures. And failures must be taxed,” stated the Chief Linguistic-Fiscal Inspector. If passed: The first Senate debate has already stalled — due … Read more
🛡️ TESSALIN: Dominium Prepares Standard for the “Appropriate Outraged Glare”Following a wave of “unauthorized emotional gestures” within ministries, the Department of Controlled Expression (DCE) has released a draft of standard OG-1.0 (Outraged Glare). Recommended expression: “We’re not banning outrage. We’re helping it be useful,” said a DCE representative. Initial trainings are already underway in schools … Read more
🛡️ TESSALIN: A Joke Has Been Arrested in Dominium. Fresh. Unregistered.Yesterday morning, on one of the administrative levels of Tessalin, an unidentified citizen told a joke containing the phrase: “And then the inspector said: ‘This is against regulations, but I find it funny.’” Four service drones detected laughter, after which the incident was classified as … Read more
🔥 MIRASSA: “Remember Me” Café Serves Only Memories. Edibles Not Included.In the steam district of Beraim, Aronia has opened a one-of-a-kind café where no food or drinks are served — only lived memories. Customers select a mood (for example: “first love, before you knew it could hurt” or “sunlight through smoke after loss”) — and … Read more
🛡️ DOMINIUM: Poet Found Using Metaphor — Faces 6 Years ProbationOn Tessalin, an unprecedented event: citizen Arcos Tay, a second-rank technician, wrote a poem. Voluntarily. Local authorities deemed it an “informational distortion of reality with intent to emotionally influence without prior authorization.” “I just wanted to describe how light passes through dust… It’s beautiful,” said … Read more
🔥 ARONIA: Brawl Breaks Out at Literary Festival — Cause: The StarIn the steam-city of Sintala (Mirassa), during the annual “Word as Detonation” festival, a group of Aronian poets failed to reach consensus on the symbolic meaning of the red star Valereon: The debate escalated into a full-on brawl involving typewriters, mugs of flaming coffee, … Read more
🛡️Dominium Accidentally Standardizes the Talk About Love The Ministry of Moral-Emotional Optimization of Dominium has approved the official “Class C-4 Love Confession Form.” According to the regulations, a first confession must now be accompanied by a form, a 3D scan of the heart (both literally and metaphorically), and a signature from a Commissioner of Romantic … Read more
