CasualUK

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For all things related to the United Kingdom, from news to general chat.

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I got this question multiple times while introducing myself. It sounds a bit odd and I don't think they are really interested in the origin of my name. Is this a politically correct way of asking my ethnic origin? I guess "Where are you from" wouldn't work for everyone since there are many born-and-raised British people with foreign names and ethnic origin.

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Is it OK that The Last Leg is asking people to contact them on Theads rather than Twitter?
Kinda

It is OK they are not using Mastodon?
...?

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Whilst Kbin is still in its infancy I think it might be a good idea to get a nice centralised list going for UK users to look at if they're looking for more magazines to sub too.

So far I've got:

United Kingdom
UKPolitics

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So glad we have a magazine here.
Here's to hoping more people migrate over.

In other typical UK news ...
Anyone get a thunderstorm?
Made my day to have some rain for a change.