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Matt Carney
@2011prius.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Accidentally said “chode” in front of my kids
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Whole bunch of stuff beginning to make a lot of sense.
November 14, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Whole bunch of stuff beginning to make a lot of sense.
Has anybody checked in on the guys who showed up to MAGA rallies in PEDOPHILE HUNTER T-shirts?
November 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Has anybody checked in on the guys who showed up to MAGA rallies in PEDOPHILE HUNTER T-shirts?
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Honestly probably watching the Thunder win their seventh NBA title
November 12, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Honestly probably watching the Thunder win their seventh NBA title
Great to see the Thunder improve to 9-1 but you have to wonder if they’d be undefeated right now if the franchise were located in beautiful, sunny Tulsa
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Great to see the Thunder improve to 9-1 but you have to wonder if they’d be undefeated right now if the franchise were located in beautiful, sunny Tulsa
I interviewed the big guy
Now that we’ve all seen The Lowdown—with its efflorescence of Tulsa textures, characters and cultural touchstones—editor-in-chief 2011prius.bsky.social wanted to ask Sterlin Harjo about some of the big-picture themes that run through it.
Read here: thepickup.com/sterlin-harj...
Read here: thepickup.com/sterlin-harj...
Sterlin Harjo Is Proud He Made Tulsa Look Like Tulsa - The Pickup
As ‘The Lowdown’ wraps up, we talked to Harjo about noir, skepticism, telling the truth about Oklahoma, and that land run scene.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I interviewed the big guy
2 Sheridan 2 Church
What kind of Christianity is going on at Sheridan Church? Our writer calls it "MAGA Woodstock." Read it here:
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They’re Doing MAGA Woodstock Twice A Week At Sheridan Church - The Pickup
Just what kind of Christianity is going on here, exactly?
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November 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
2 Sheridan 2 Church
She made the Uncut Gems furby—that’s all I need to know
The prop master for 'Severance' is coming to Tulsa. We talked to Cat Miller about her career, her favorite Lumon props, and not being weird for weird's sake. Read it here: thepickup.com/attention-lu...
Attention Lumon Employees: You Are Cordially Invited To Read This Interview With The Prop Master Of ‘Severance’ - The Pickup
We talked props, filmmaking, and tapping into the zeitgeist with Cat Miller ahead of her visit to Tulsa this week.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
She made the Uncut Gems furby—that’s all I need to know
A million reasons why homeless sweeps are ineffective but one of the nuggets we got from talking to service providers is that they often dispose of IDs and cash that are lifelines for people trying to transition out of homelessness
Operation SAFE failed Tulsa. Not only were these executive actions callous and disruptive, they were also expensive and ineffective, as measured against state officials' own declared (albeit shifting) goals.
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Operation SAFE Failed Tulsa - The Pickup
Local service providers say the governor’s encampment sweeps did more harm than good.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
A million reasons why homeless sweeps are ineffective but one of the nuggets we got from talking to service providers is that they often dispose of IDs and cash that are lifelines for people trying to transition out of homelessness
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The prop master for 'Severance' is coming to Tulsa. We talked to Cat Miller about her career, her favorite Lumon props, and not being weird for weird's sake. Read it here: thepickup.com/attention-lu...
Attention Lumon Employees: You Are Cordially Invited To Read This Interview With The Prop Master Of ‘Severance’ - The Pickup
We talked props, filmmaking, and tapping into the zeitgeist with Cat Miller ahead of her visit to Tulsa this week.
thepickup.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The prop master for 'Severance' is coming to Tulsa. We talked to Cat Miller about her career, her favorite Lumon props, and not being weird for weird's sake. Read it here: thepickup.com/attention-lu...
Just invented a perfect meal I call Dad’s Halloween Dinner: half a bag of Utz-brand potato chips, two Reese’s peanut butter cups and a Miller High Life tallboy
October 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Just invented a perfect meal I call Dad’s Halloween Dinner: half a bag of Utz-brand potato chips, two Reese’s peanut butter cups and a Miller High Life tallboy
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Every oil state disposes of toxic wastewater underground. But in Oklahoma, it hasn't been staying there, creating large, ongoing pollution events known as "purges."
An investigation a year in the making for @readfrontier.bsky.social and @propublica.org
www.readfrontier.org/stories/toxi...
An investigation a year in the making for @readfrontier.bsky.social and @propublica.org
www.readfrontier.org/stories/toxi...
Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Every oil state disposes of toxic wastewater underground. But in Oklahoma, it hasn't been staying there, creating large, ongoing pollution events known as "purges."
An investigation a year in the making for @readfrontier.bsky.social and @propublica.org
www.readfrontier.org/stories/toxi...
An investigation a year in the making for @readfrontier.bsky.social and @propublica.org
www.readfrontier.org/stories/toxi...
Who showed Dub Uncut Gems in the offseason
October 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Who showed Dub Uncut Gems in the offseason
I read Gooning Towards Bethlehem — probably would’ve made some cuts for length myself but overall an astounding piece of reportage
October 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I read Gooning Towards Bethlehem — probably would’ve made some cuts for length myself but overall an astounding piece of reportage
Please do not talk to me unless it’s about Ajay Mitchell’s place in the Hall of Fame
October 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Please do not talk to me unless it’s about Ajay Mitchell’s place in the Hall of Fame
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NBA media is not built to cover a gambling scandal, but Defector is: defector.com/products
October 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
NBA media is not built to cover a gambling scandal, but Defector is: defector.com/products
Me ever since I saw OBAA
October 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Me ever since I saw OBAA
Eternally funny to me that U2 has one guy named The Edge and another guy named Larry
October 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Eternally funny to me that U2 has one guy named The Edge and another guy named Larry
Proud to publish this piece
"Cities are messy; art like this, with its ephemerality and specificity, responds to and honors that messiness. Even when art seems ancillary to public life, this type of work feeds the irrational yet necessary impulse to seek ongoing improvement in public spaces."
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More Art For More People - The Pickup
A fresh downtown installation scrambles how Tulsa thinks about public art.
thepickup.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Proud to publish this piece
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"Cities are messy; art like this, with its ephemerality and specificity, responds to and honors that messiness. Even when art seems ancillary to public life, this type of work feeds the irrational yet necessary impulse to seek ongoing improvement in public spaces."
thepickup.com/more-art-for...
thepickup.com/more-art-for...
More Art For More People - The Pickup
A fresh downtown installation scrambles how Tulsa thinks about public art.
thepickup.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
"Cities are messy; art like this, with its ephemerality and specificity, responds to and honors that messiness. Even when art seems ancillary to public life, this type of work feeds the irrational yet necessary impulse to seek ongoing improvement in public spaces."
thepickup.com/more-art-for...
thepickup.com/more-art-for...
The Oklahoma City Thunder are going to win 89 games this season
October 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The Oklahoma City Thunder are going to win 89 games this season
Insightful stuff from Gene here. I pay a lot of attention to what Rebuild Local News is doing to keep communities from regressing back to primordial states of being
Me in @thepickupdotcom.bsky.social: Supporting local news and information isn't a partisan issue—it's a community issue. What we do next will determine whether we're still a community that knows itself, or a collection of strangers who happen to live in the same place. thepickup.com/tulsa-doesnt...
Tulsa Doesn’t Exist Without Local News - The Pickup
Local news is essential for communities, but it’s declining nearly everywhere. We can all be part of turning that around.
thepickup.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Insightful stuff from Gene here. I pay a lot of attention to what Rebuild Local News is doing to keep communities from regressing back to primordial states of being
Reposted by Matt Carney
Me in @thepickupdotcom.bsky.social: Supporting local news and information isn't a partisan issue—it's a community issue. What we do next will determine whether we're still a community that knows itself, or a collection of strangers who happen to live in the same place. thepickup.com/tulsa-doesnt...
Tulsa Doesn’t Exist Without Local News - The Pickup
Local news is essential for communities, but it’s declining nearly everywhere. We can all be part of turning that around.
thepickup.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Me in @thepickupdotcom.bsky.social: Supporting local news and information isn't a partisan issue—it's a community issue. What we do next will determine whether we're still a community that knows itself, or a collection of strangers who happen to live in the same place. thepickup.com/tulsa-doesnt...
When we were spitballing “wildest dreams” ideas for The Pickup one of them was “give Big Fish a column.” Never give up on your dreams kids
You know him, you love him. He's probably helped you get home safe. Here's Big Fish, the Mercury Lounge's revered bouncer, in his own words: thepickup.com/in-the-lowdo...
In 'The Lowdown,' I'm The Only Person Playing Myself - The Pickup
A dispatch from Big Fish, who plays himself as the bouncer of Mercury Lounge on Sterlin Harjo’s new Tulsa noir
thepickup.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:18 AM
When we were spitballing “wildest dreams” ideas for The Pickup one of them was “give Big Fish a column.” Never give up on your dreams kids
It’s really weird that there are two TV shows with competing perspectives on Tulsa airing right now! thepickup.com/its-with-a-h...
It’s With A Heavy Heart I Report That ‘Tulsa King’ Is Back - The Pickup
The real question: Why even watch it?
thepickup.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It’s really weird that there are two TV shows with competing perspectives on Tulsa airing right now! thepickup.com/its-with-a-h...