Gongol.com Archives: January 2020
January 8, 2020
Drone mystery grips Nebraskans
Someone had better come forward quickly to explain what's going on. People can shrug off a night or two of this, but pretty soon the authorities will have to consider the possibility of malevolent intent in the absence of clear information. And the authorities are asking for public help in the identification process.
After blowback, Ragbrai to become more financially transparent
A notable passage from the Cedar Rapids Gazette: "Despite years of promoting that all profits after expenses went to Iowa charities, RAGBRAI was generating millions of dollars a year while Iowa communities that helped make the event happen absorbed much of the risk and received little support."
Resistance to a new shelter for women who are homeless in Des Moines
Housing supply and affordability is clearly a concern all across the country, but still a concern affected more than anything else by local conditions. Not an issue that lends itself to top-down mandates from DC.
Twitter plans to offer four-tiered control over replies
Not that the replies alone are what repel some people from the platform, but they definitely have an effect
Someone buy the Chicago Tribune editors a round of drinks
Headline announcing that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will spend more time in North America and back out of royal duties: "Northwestern graduate moving closer to home after spending time abroad"
Canada suffered a tremendous loss
Flags ordered to half-mast over the deaths of dozens of Canadians in Tehran plane crash
