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A geologist and archaeologist by training, a nerd by inclination - books, films, fossils, comics, rocks, games, folklore, and, generally, the rum and uncanny… Let’s have it!

Elsewhere:

<li><a href="https://yrtree.me/@Emperor"; rel="nofollow">Yrtree.me</a> - it’s still early days for me in the Fediverse, so bear with me</li>

Last Notes

2024-07-03 23:30:13

We are past midnight, so all campaigning is over. The polling stations open at 7:00 (and close at 22:00). So it’s time for the voting thread.
It’s trickier this year because of voter ID requirements but [gov.uk have all the details](https://www.gov.uk/how-to-vote/photo-id-youll-need ). However, note this: “You can still use your ID even if it has expired.” So an out-of-date passport, for example, will work as long as the name is the same and the photo still looks like you. Don’t forget that there are [other polling stations rules](https://news.sky.com/story/polling-station-rules-dont-get-caught-out-on-election-day-13144499 ).
There have been problems in some areas with people getting their postal vote on time but if you haven’t got yours and you aren’t on your holidays, it’s not too late. [Details on what to do](https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/postal-vote-ballots-delay-not-arrived-general-election-royal-mail-b1168148.html ).
Tactical voting can make a difference in some places and there are a number of sites to help with this. They’ll largely be similar but check a couple before committing:
<li><a href="https://www.getvoting.org" rel="nofollow">Get Voting</a> - which also has ID info and a boundary checker</li>
<li><a href="https://tactical.vote" rel="nofollow">tactical.vote</a></li>
<li><a href="https://stopthetories.vote" rel="nofollow">StopTheTories.vote</a></li>
<li><a href="https://winasone.org.uk" rel="nofollow">Win As One</a> has broader aims to change the voting system</li>
If you want your vote to count you can try [SwapMyVote.uk](https://www.swapmyvote.uk ).
Other things you can do:
<li>Offer lifts to people so they can get out and vote - contact your party of choice</li>
If you have any other resources then throw them in below. If you have any questions then ask away and, hopefully, someone can rummage the answer up for you. edit: If I’ve cocked up, then let me know.
NB: we aren’t endorsing any links, so you will have to use your best judgement on who you trust with your details.
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2024-06-20 16:48:34

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> Last point: as a non-native European, I never really paid attention to the English-speaking social media being very US-centric, hopefully that’s a bias we can correct here on Lemmy.
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I’m working on it. And there are Canadian and Australian instances doing their bit too.

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> Having it spread over 7 communities kills activity rather than keeping 1 community alive.
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Having three dad communities on lemmy.world is weird and needs sorting out but one of the advantages of subject-specific instances is that they can give a different spin to a topic.
On English-speaking social media, it all tends to become very US-centric - the UK (and, presumably, Canadian, and, hypothetically, an Australian one) allows for people to have more local discussion as the logistics (schools, benefits, the legal system, etc) can be very different.
By the same token, I wouldn’t want all the other dad communities merged into the feddit.uk one (which is the most active, despite the Mod being AWOL, which is easily fixed) as it isn’t just a general dad’s discussion, although all dad’s are welcome, of course.

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