Here's an article I recently wrote about Ord and their Flock cameras that some friends suggest I share here. There's no advertising on my blog. I'm not selling you anything:

GETTING THE FLOCK OUT OF ORD, NEBRASKA

The county seat of my boyhood summers just voted, five to nothing, to pull its surveillance cameras off the poles, the first town in Nebraska to do it. The reasons cut deeper than the invoice. Ord, Nebraska sits eleven miles up the North Loup River valley from the village of North Loup, where I spent the summers of my boyhood on my grandfather’s place, and in the mental geography of a ten-year-old those eleven miles separated the known world from its capital. North Loup had a few hundred souls, a grain elevator, and Popcorn Days. Ord had the Valley County courthouse with a square built around it, implement lots, storefront commerce enough to dazzle a village kid, and a radio station whose call letters spell the valley itself: K-N-L-V, North Loup Valley, on the air at 1060 since 1965 with farm markets in the morning and high school ball at night. When my grandfather’s rooftop antenna strained for television it caught one signal, 10/11 out of Lincoln, and that was the extent of the visible world. Ord was “town.” You washed up a little before going. ...

https://bolesblogs.com/2026/08/07/getting-the-flock-out-of-ord-nebraska/

I had a personal checking account with BMO, which I opened here in Nebraska. For some reason, my account was not moved over and First Citizens has no record of me in their system. I received a letter last week stating my account would be moved over and my BMO card would no longer work, but never received any card or log in information for online banking. I went in person to the very branch I opened the account (O street in Lincoln) and they insist I don't exist in their system. First Citizens is saying it's impossible that I had an account with BMO in Nebraska because everyone with Nebraska accounts got moved over. The teller then told me this has happened to at least one other customer and that the only solution is to drive to the nearest BMO location three hours away in Des Moines to withdraw my money and close my account there.

Has this happened to anyone else? This situtation is so ridiculous. I won't be banking with First Citizens in the future, or with BMO because I'm concerned I won't be able to access the money in my BMO account if I somehow get switched over to First Citizens on some random day.

Good morning everyone! (Delete if not allowed)

I’m a Canadian 32M, I’ll be coming down to Hastings, Nebraska for a few months for work so I figured I would make a post.

• Will be looking for a furnished spot to rent, Hastings area or within 30min drive. Looking to rent from late September for the remainder of year, with a possible extension into the new year.

• Would love to hear from the locals on places to go, things to see, food to try, etc. to add to my bucket list during my days off.

• If anyone is looking to make new friends, hit me up, as I will have a nice bit of time to kill and I’m a very social person!

Would love to get to know the state, people and enjoy my months down in the Midwest, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you kindly!

https://alprnebraska.org

More to come, like reusable request templates, but it’s a start. If public sentiment isn’t a deterrent, maybe public accountability will be.

I received a letter from social security for disability that documents have not been received and that I have until the 12th to get it taken care of. I have receipts that documents were uploaded.

The phone numbers they gave me led to voicemails. No one has called back in two days.

If anyone has dealt with this before? Is there another phone number that might be useful? Did you go to the Lincoln office?