Jim Gruman
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He / him #rstats 🚵♀️ RAGBRAI and 5 Boros Chicago burbs Ally 🏳️⚧️
Onawa was named for a character mentioned in the poem The Song of Hiawatha by Longfellow. Expecting lots of tents and a chilly morning dew in the valleys of the Loess Hills. Onawa RAGBRAI 2026 Opening Ceremonies & Flyover are at 7pm Saturday. 3/3 #ragbrailii #ragbrai
The town pop reached its peak in 1950 at about 3500. With riders and support visitors, the population is expected to swell to more than 40,000 this weekend sprawled out over every available patch of grass. The city previously hosted in 1976, 1983, 1994, 2000, 2008, & 2013 2/3 #ragbrailii #ragbrai
RAGBRAI day 0 notes for the bus ride: Onawa was home to a prisoner-of-war (POW) camp for several dozen captured German soldiers from 1944-1946. The state overall hosted over 25,000 POWs during WWII, with Camps Algona and Clarinda being the two main bases. 1/3 #ragbrailii #ragbrai #Onawa
Gearing up for #RAGBRAILIII #cycling #iowa #RAGBRAI #Onawa ✔️ Download free strava ✔️ Replenish Tailwind drink mix ✔️ Plan to collect NPS stamps The Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail Center might just be open ragbrai.com/route/
Yeah, in Ford's writings he valorized the self sufficient small farmer and clean living society. Ethanol might have been part of that, or giving him Muscle Shoals & producing cheap fertilizer... hard to say. Oddly, his industrial ideas did drive some of the worst impulses of the mid 20th century.
Trans and nonbinary folks have ALWAYS existed, and ALWAYS will. This Trans Day of Visibility, March 31st, @pflaggenevatricit.bsky.social is sending a loud reminder to all of our trans and nonbinary loved ones:
The wealthy and powerful have always thrown their weight behind crafting the myths, imprinting the "heroes" on their history For example, the Iowa recruits that showed up at Pittsburgh Landing and were butchered within the first minutes of the battle -- now with massive statues and accolades. 3/4
What the SAVE Act Could Mean for the US House Election Results Under this simulation Republicans would win 209 House seats, Democrats 214, and 12 seats would switch from R to D Jonathan Schwabish's latest jschwabish.substack.com/p/what-the-s...
Author Nico Lang will be at River Glen Presbyterian Church - Naperville, IL on Monday April 20th at 7pm to talk about his book "American Teenager: How 🏳️⚧️ Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era"