@ZachTGR Growing up in New Jersey where the only statewide race was for governor, I’ve always been amazed at the concept of voting for minor state offices (and judges!) that the average voter has little or no insight about. Voting for a college board’s a new one on me.
@Ariszn12 To this day I have the unique ability invariably to be on line behind people who have never used an ATM or ordered at a fast food restaurant.
@fredericdepr@coaiecrete Mass Avenue the “official” Embassy Row, but 16th Street, NW (the main drag running north from the White House) features many embassies from “older” countries (Europe and Latin America) in mansions along that road.
@dylanmatt Non-military federal government procurement guy here (retired after 30+ years). I used to love spending time on Metro trains or on the platforms examining these ads.
@noachlive There’s a non-zero chance that that’s not an actual letter, but a plant by editor Mort Weisinger to plug the upcoming story that just coincidentally answers the “reader’s” request.
@lvhsgra@lalababayaga Growing up in northern New Jersey, it seemed that unless a place name was explicitly of English origin it was either Native American or Dutch, and I was often unsure which it was.
@Chilln01@realtonysm1th What was going on that almost 20 seats shifted from the Democrats to the GOP during the Congressional term prior to the election?