Matt Gontarchick @mattgontarchick Twitter profile

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Matt Gontarchick

@mattgontarchick

2 months

DC hospitality industry: Please don’t vote for I-82. We’re still recovering from COVID, and higher labor costs could force some of us to close. Most DC voters: Nah 18 months later… Most DC voters: Nooooooooo why are our favorite neighborhood bars and restaurants closing?

Macintyre's Pub

@MacintyresPubDC

2 months

Tough to say goodbye to this wonderful Woodley Park community.

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3 years

@airfriedtofu1 Yeah, graduating and finding out every cool politics job I wanted had hundreds of applicants really hurt

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2 years

@WashProbs Definitely some of the bars and restaurants that closed, especially Capitol Lounge and Big Hunt. Lower real estate and the general vibrancy of downtown, too.

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1 year

@MauraJudkis I really, really hope the going-out shirt doesn’t come back for me. As an American Eagle employee in high school, I had a front row seat to that disaster

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3 years

@BarredinDC Vaccine mandates > mask mandates. This is the way.

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2 years

@KlasfeldReports @lawcrimenews No one did more to keep those Insider articles fresh in people’s minds than Portnoy himself.

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11 months

@BarredinDC What his parents did/do for a living is the real question

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2 years

@WashProbs Ghosting is still a thing for people in their thirties

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3 years

@BarredinDC Thanks for mentioning the number of folks hospitalized. It’s very key context that others are missing, and matters way more than case numbers

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3 months

@JoeCassandra @jimmygandhi I think it’s less that millennials are waiting until a certain age…it’s more that they just haven’t found their person yet. That applies to lots of people above 35. As a married person, surely you know that getting a partner isn’t as easy as picking up something at Target.

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Matt Gontarchick

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6 years

@FrankLuntz In today’s edition of “You Brought This On Yourself”...

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Matt Gontarchick

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9 months

@BarredinDC Downtown is about to get more foot traffic. A lot of return-to-office plans for federal agencies kicked in after Labor Day, and even more are coming down the pike in January.

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2 years

With all these bar and restaurants closures happening, DC commercial landlord thinking seem to be like this: 1. Let space stay vacant indefinitely 2. ??? 3. Profit @BarredinDC @richardbiancojr @AklineVeritas @eat_dc @FriendsFamilyDC @waltersbardc @PoPville

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11 months

@AlecMacGillis Yikes

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2 years

@thedbk Um…building more housing is the best way to stop rents from rising.

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2 years

@WashProbs University of Maryland. Go Terps!

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3 years

@LauraHayesDC Ukrainian. Mari Vanna and Russia House don’t cut it. I wish DC had a Veselka like New York.

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6 days

@jayparsons Most people stopped reading this once they saw “Grant Cardone”

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1 year

@WRyanMcCann The mandatory 20% service fees on effing takeout are especially frustrating

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2 years

@AnneBradbury5 @VinGuptaMD If we’re going to talk about long COVID in children, we have a responsibility to talk about how common it is…or isn’t. A study in Denmark found symptoms beyond 3 months to be at 0.8% in children under 5, and it was virtually zero after 5 months #followthescience

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4 months

@papaTang0 @KeyserSozeBro1 Dark or chocolate brown shoes would be fine with that suit

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2 years

@protecttruth_ @luckytran What exactly is false about this information?

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1 year

@luisjgomez It’s clearly inferior to other studios

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2 years

@causamdicere @ColnelForbin @PChildermass The amount of public health experts (who have the unrealistic #zerocovid goal) who’ve also become geopolitics experts over the last 30 days is truly astounding

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3 years

@TheArtist_MBS @WashProbs

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3 years

@BarredinDC @MayorBowser Here are the trends for new case numbers I’m Arlington, which appear to be mirroring the trends in DC. They haven’t had a mask mandate in place since May, and it seems safe to conclude mask mandates aren’t really making a difference across the river

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Matt Gontarchick

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2 years

As a longtime Regular Car Reviews fan, I can’t even articulate how stoked I was to listen to @regularcars and @TheRomanNick on the @AdamFriedland show with @nycguidovoice . Seeing those two worlds collide was almost like an out of body experience. You guys rock

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Matt Gontarchick

@mattgontarchick

3 years

A smart, thoughtful policy that addresses the current public health environment without punishing the people who are doing the right thing. Why can’t DC do this? @BarredinDC @jsidman @LauraHayesDC @MayorBowser @_DCHealth

Justine McDaniel

@McDanielJustine

3 years

Philly announces expected indoor mask mandate, effective at midnight, with an exception for businesses that require proof of vaccination for entry AND: As of 9/1, all new city hires will be required to be vaccinated. Current city employees must be fully vaccinated or double-mask

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2 years

@BarredinDC If the past two years have shown us anything, it’s that predicting the future on COVID restrictions is an exercise in futility. Putting a lot of thought into this is a waste of mental energy because all outcomes are likely.

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3 years

@WashProbs People are overwhelmed with good options and don’t allow enough time to make chemistry naturally develop before moving on. Well, some people more than others.

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10 months

@WashProbs DC is not the south

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4 months

@AllisonPapson @fox5dc What happened to just ringing the doorbells and running away?

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3 months

@BarredinDC I’m not surprised that the same owners from the Thirsty Turtle in College Park from 2007-2009 are still getting popped for the same stuff

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4 years

@PoPville Looks like it. Here’s the aftermath

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4 years

@regularcars

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10 months

@recallallen Moving out of DC proper is one thing…if you’ve moved out of the area entirely, it sounds like it’s more than a DC-specific public safety or Charles Allen issue.

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2 years

@luisjgomez None other than @Tom_Myers

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2 years

@andreavhowe This chart published in the @nytimes last spring comparing COVID case numbers in counties with and without mask mandates seems to get the point across

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@mattgontarchick

3 years

@Jusrangers I’m finding your tweets to be refreshing beacons of sanity. Keep it up.

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3 years

@WashProbs Complaints about the humidity from people who grew up in nearby states with similar climates.

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1 year

@the_transit_guy The Wardman style row home seems pretty unique to DC

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6 months

@afond This. Even if public safety wasn’t an issue, there’s no way a $500 million dea would have outcompeted a $1 billion dollar deal with a chance to take Monumental Sports public.

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Matt Gontarchick

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7 months

@SteveHarney Maybe people don’t want to raise daughters in states that treat women as second-class citizens. If you had a young family or were planning on starting one, would you move to Texas?

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Matt Gontarchick

@mattgontarchick

1 year

@JustinTLogan It seems both Russia and Ukraine are running though tons of artillery, and both have depleted stocks. Giving more support to Ukraine while Russia struggles with supplies will allow Ukraine to gain more momentum and will lessen the chances of the war dragging into 2024.

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@mattgontarchick

2 years

@AlZeidenfeld @NateSilver538 Eric Feigl-Dingbat, for one

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2 years

@ChelseaCirruzzo Is there any data whatsoever on the incidence of long-COVID specific to Omicron?

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@mattgontarchick

5 years

@SweeneyABC @StevenTDennis Should sell this clip to GM. Would make for a great Silverado commercial.

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7 months

@BarredinDC @paulschwartzman Resisting the urge to become a Charles Allen crime reply guy is becoming harder by the day

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3 years

@ZacBissonnette It’s a similar scene in Washington, DC, too

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2 years

@maustermuhle I think the fact that a more transmissible (and less virulent) subvariant is circulating is a much, much bigger factor here than the loosening of norms

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6 months

@baldassarreted Davosa Ternos Sixies USA Special Edition

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5 months

@olgakhazan I think “kind of” is being generous. We learned remote learning for K-12 is about as effective as remote firefighting.

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@mattgontarchick

1 year

@kylascan That’s true for any sales job. I appreciate some of the skills I gained, but nothing could persuade me to go back into sales in a million years.

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4 years

@PoPville The driver appeared to be a woman who kept yelling that she wasn’t a snitch. Odd.

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@mattgontarchick

10 months

@cmoney_htx @caphilldad @charlesallen @erikbruneryang @maketto1351 @theHillisHome @DCPoliceDept Has anyone considered putting burglars…in jail?

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Matt Gontarchick

@mattgontarchick

5 years

@SchaubThoughts @BrendanSchaub Water we dune hair?

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Matt Gontarchick

@mattgontarchick

2 years

Reminder for my friends who live in MoCo. Friends don’t let friends vote for Marc Elrich

dan reed 🦀🏳️‍🌈🇬🇾👋🏾

@justupthepike

2 years

in 2019 a constituent asked Marc Elrich where she could find affordable housing and he replied by telling her he didn’t want to build homes for “Millennials, people making $60,000 or $80,000.”

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3 years

@Tintinsquiff @redban Just wait til summer rolls around and he starts complaining about the humidity.

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1 year

@alaina_pitt Tell me you didn’t grow up in southeastern Pennsylvania without telling me you didn’t grow up in southeastern Pennsylvania

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2 years

@BarredinDC If you think that’s bad, I’d avoid public health Twitter at all costs. It’s the most toxic place on the internet.

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Matt Gontarchick

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4 years

@barredindc Red Derby has a bar on its rooftop that isn’t attended by a bartender. This allows for bar seating compliant with Phase 2 regulations in DC.

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1 year

@ajlamesa I’ve read that indoor dining is only at 70% of pre-pandemic levels. A few surveys have show that inflation is the number one reason why people are dining out less.

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1 year

@theHillisHome @BarredinDC A major flaw with the DC area pizza scene is that it’s oversaturated with Neapolitan-style pies, which isn’t necessarily everyone’s favorite style.

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Matt Gontarchick

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2 years

@beccagrawl You didn’t wade into Bagel Twitter; you waded into someplace much more interesting (and contentious): DC housing and real estate Twitter

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Matt Gontarchick

@mattgontarchick

3 years

@barredindc celebrating a return to staffed bar seating at @ExilesBarDC #backtothebardc

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Matt Gontarchick

@mattgontarchick

7 months

@NW_Realist @BrianneKNadeau I was at this town hall. Let me preface this by saying that I appreciate the coverage you provide in your account, and I agree with most of your posts. That said the people in the front row that Nadeau was addressing were being very rude, and her response was appropriate.

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6 months

@byHeatherLong A great year for (low wage) job seekers (in hospitality or retail).

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Matt Gontarchick

@mattgontarchick

1 year

Repping Reading, PA with @jlhope1 in the office of @JohnFetterman at the @AACR Early-career Hill Day #AACRontheHill #FundNIH

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2 years

@LauraHayesDC The federal government providing help in the form of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund that was too little and too late was definitely a major factor. Most other western industrialized nations provided small businesses with far more support.

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Matt Gontarchick

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2 years

@schmangee There are many flaws with the “1 in 5” study, with a big one being that it didn’t account behavioral changes like poor diet and lack of exercise

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3 years

@WashProbs I met Jon Gosselin at Ultrabar in 2010.

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10 months

@BarredinDC @petworthdcnews “Once Prop 82 goes into affect, people are going to be shocked. Service charges and higher food costs are going to impact restaurant profits and how often people will be willing to go out to eat.” A bit scary if true.

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3 years

@b_arthurs_tunic @BarredinDC It won’t. The bars on July 31 are going to look virtually the same as the did on July 30. Which I’m fine with.

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8 months

@jsidman The issue is when restaurants expect a 20% tip on top of a 20% service fee.

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6 years

@daveweigel @mikedebonis I’ll care if Dem turnout tripled in PA, OH, WI, MI, etc. You know, the places that actually count.

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2 months

@moseskagan @1031ent Unfortunately, there are many jobs for recent college grads that pay around $42K, so it’s possible that he graduated. This is what happens when certain career fields are oversaturated with qualified entry-level candidates.

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4 years

@barredindc @BoundaryStoneDC If anything, I say kudos to Boundary Stone for making the best decision for them and their patrons so that we all have the best chance of visiting again sometime next year.

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3 years

@RedMeansGo33 @mdb2 That’s a great option if you’re single and trying to meet people

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Matt Gontarchick

@mattgontarchick

5 years

@tomsegura Here you go @chrisraab @steveo @joefrantzrules @Brandon_Novak @BigSexyMcCorkle @regularcars @TheRomanNick @amishcomic @TimJDillon

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5 months

@dccrimefacts The real question is why it took so long for the DOJ to get involved. This should have happened several months ago.

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Matt Gontarchick

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1 year

The overselling of masks and underselling of very effective vaccines by a certain segment of the public health community has absolutely gotten out of hand.

Jeremy Kamil is also @macroliter.bsky.social

@macroliter

1 year

Paul Offit suggests the bivalent booster is simply a futile attempt to “chase the latest variant.” He’s wrong. The booster is a mix of ancestral + BA.5 Spike mRNA that *broadens* your antibody response via affinity maturation. This safeguards against future variants. #GetBoosted

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2 years

@ajlamesa Kind of depressing that the article didn’t mention vaccines - a highly effective and much less contentious precaution - even once.

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8 months

@Eric_Erins Some of these email jobs do exist in midwestern cities. Some don’t. There’s a lot of variation depending on the role and the industry.

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@mattgontarchick

3 years

@BarredinDC I mean, you hardly had to wear a mask inside based on how the guidance was interpreted, so things will barely change.

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@mattgontarchick

3 years

@barredindc I love the @redderby roof deck. It’s one of the few places in DC that has Phase 2-compliant bar seating so you can get a taste of the before-times. And it’s within walking distance of my apartment.

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2 years

@ChelseaCirruzzo Absolutely. Wiseguys isn’t bad, but it’s a little too greasy and the sauce is a little too sweet. Vace is very underrated, though, and Giuseppe’s is Rockville is certainly worth the visit.

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2 years

@justupthepike The first thing that comes to mind

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8 months

@yc @SkatingTomato This is Brendan Schaub

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Matt Gontarchick

@mattgontarchick

10 months

Emergency dispatchers, teachers, police officers, firefighters…if we want them to serve our community and provide high-quality public services, they have to be able to afford to live here, too.

DC Crime Facts

@dccrimefacts

10 months

We can't ignore housing costs in this problem. When huge swathes of DC are unaffordable to entry-level public employees that are in-demand it's no surprise they go to work somewhere else. "We want you to work for us but we don't want you to live here" is a terrible message

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7 months

@luisjgomez Will Cumia ever be back on LOS?

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6 months

@dccrimefacts Now that the crime lab has its certification back, he’s running out of excuses

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Matt Gontarchick

@mattgontarchick

3 years

@Alison6B09 No. Let’s more aggressively push people to get vaccinated/boosted before we start requiring people running on treadmills in gyms to wear masks again. Mandate vaccines, not masks.

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2 years

@LauraHayesDC @BarredinDC As someone who couldn’t care less about sports and thinks talking about the weather is the laziest thing ever, I guess this is why I quite like living in the DC area

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2 years

@ukrainiansquad Washington, DC - and most of my great-grandparents were from what is today the Ternopil Oblast

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2 years

@BallouxFrancois You forgot one important detail - they don’t impact spread in the community. Public health would be better off with a unifying message about getting vaxxed and boosted instead of endless squabbles about masks that only serve as a distraction.

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4 months

@philippilk Did anyone else have to Google “bobo” to understand this? I guess I’m just not up to speed on UK slang.

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3 years

@WashProbs Things will just work themselves out on my ability to afford some kind of real estate here.

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Matt Gontarchick

@mattgontarchick

1 year

@sarthakgh Hard disagree. Rich were already using their time and resources on test prep to get ahead. It seems a lot of people forgot that the SAT was actually changed in 2005-2006 to be more coachable, which is against the idea of what standardized testing should be.

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Matt Gontarchick

@mattgontarchick

9 months

@byHeatherLong @turbalejo The bump in hospitality jobs could be people getting second jobs at bars, cafes, and restaurants to keep up with the rising cost of living

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Matt Gontarchick

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6 months

@CMBrookePinto @Usaodc When is the council going to vote on this bill? A lot of its provisions needed to be enacted yesterday.

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