Man, Wemby sure looks gassed. *raises voice and looks over shoulder* If I were the Spurs I’d sure be looking to trade his tired ass for a proven winner like Giannis or a gently used AD

Nothing is inevitable

I clocked the strained Don-Don Jr. relationship in my MAGA story from week one of @thepickupdotcom.bsky.social when I saw Don Jr. in person with Jackson Lahmeyer here in Tulsa: thepickup.com/i-went-to-th...

this is the most millennial dad joke ever conceived

Asked my son what the name of his daycare class’s plush snail that each kid gets to take home for the weekend was and he said Snelliot. Snelliot! A Hollywood writer’s room couldn’t do better than that.

It’s storm season, baby!! Let’s take a minute to appreciate one of the best bad movies ever made thepickup.com/yes-twister-...

Surely this wasn’t a sophisticated marketing scheme for RFK to sell these people nootropics

One of the better essays we’ve published in a minute imo. @aliciachesser.bsky.social is such a rigorous thinker: thepickup.com/i-blew-out-m...

Great coverage from @nondocmedia.bsky.social (as well as TV journalist Erin Christy on this story. Why is TPD making arrests now when Tulsa Food Not Bombs has been giving out food for ~6 years?

This is why I’m a pickup subscriber. The real journalism Okies need.

We’re celebrating 30 years of Twister with this insane 2,000 word story from @hannahcov.bsky.social about the film’s influence on a new generation of streamers, storm chasers and Oklahomans writ large: thepickup.com/i-gotta-go-j...

Anybody else ever wonder what noted prose stylist Ken Bone is up to these days?

My NBA draft analysis is that giving Sam Presti the number 12 pick is like giving John Wick a handgun with three rounds in the chamber

I hold no ill will in my heart toward the Lakers. Why must Cason Wallace do Austin Reaves like that

Storm’s here 👍

Insane behavior going on here thepickup.com/commercial-l...

Doot doo doo do doot doo doo

ME: (texting my gen z coworker as our cfo struggles to figure out how to screenshare) get a load of this boomer GEN Z COWORKER: (quickly clicking over from the other group chat where they're roasting the huge gob of blue cheese dressing that's been dripping down my chin all meeting) haha totally

The doctor I saw yesterday was several years younger than me. She was kind, professional and provided excellent care but otherwise it was a 0/5 stars experience. Doctors shouldn’t be younger than me!!

We’re blogging about The Billionaires today

What's the future of the Tulsa World? Earlier this year Florida billionaire David Hoffmann took over Lee Enterprises, the World’s parent company. What's his deal? @2011prius.bsky.social went to find out. thepickup.com/the-florida-...

Look alive people, it’s ‘nader season

loved both the original story here (a defector subscriber close-reading a pair of blogs with their 7th grade class) and giri's email about sportswriting as mana for the emergent fanatic. reading and discussing things with others is beautiful. try it with defector for $1: defector.com/products

R.A. Lafferty captured a city that doesn’t really exist anymore. And maybe never even existed at all. David Chandler explored the life and impact of the obscure sci-fi author who became Tulsa’s tall-tale biographer:

Witnessed a tender moment at Coffee at Heirloom this morning. Two bros catching up for half an hour, then one asks the other to be his best man! Followed by them shaking hands like the Arnold/Carl Weathers handshake meme. Toxic masculinity is dead!

Beautiful, moving stuff like this is why I subscribe to Defector

The six words that she wants to hear

Folks we’ve got a certified local lore banger coming tomorrow from @dchandler.bsky.social. Run, don’t walk.

To the person who put [email protected] in as your email address in order to read a story on the site: I saw that and it hurt my feelings

I passed Ethan Hawke out on a jog earlier but more importantly Ethan Hawke got to see my spandex bike ass accentuated by perfect spring weather today

The Thunder got an easy to road to the Western Conference Finals because while God delights in creating 7-foot Europeans with unusual skill sets, He delights even more in sending them to battle against each other

Let’s visit an essential east Tulsa lunch pickup spot: Lo Bánh Mì Viet Hot Bread. Editor-in-chief @2011prius.bsky.social wrote about this no-frills dining experience for our Cheap Eats series: thepickup.com/cheap-eats-l...

New York City is so goated for walking around and looking at stuff

We caught up with Marin, the new singer who’s caught the ear of some of Tulsa’s best sound engineers: thepickup.com/marin-is-abo...

Here's what we know about the new dining spot planned for the former Wildflower Café space: thepickup.com/mystery-solv...

Spotted: A Pickup totebag in the wilds of New York City. Are you really gonna let New York City out-Pickup you? No, of course you aren't. Get your Pickup tote here: www.thislandpress.com/products/tul...

With Markwayne Mullin now in charge at the Department of Homeland Security, some Oklahoma law enforcement agencies are already cashing in on policing and carceral dollars, with more money to come. thepickup.com/ice-cash-to-...

Been reading Jane Jacobs and now I get mad every time we do a family walk to this gigantic, always-empty church parking lot near our house

One of my favorite shows I’ve been to in a long, long time and Lindsey gets right to the heart of it

Annie Ellicott's new project "Rubyland," whose debut single comes out this weekend, is a venture into art rock territory. We caught up with the longtime Tulsa musician to talk about her new work, the future, and why she's got Björk stuck in her head: thepickup.com/annie-ellico...

Do you ever wish you could get all the coolest events in town, listed in one place? Tulsa Picks is that place. Click here for the best concerts, festivals, talks, food events, nightlife happenings, and more, from your pals at The Pickup. thepickup.com/the-best-tul...

We got This Land legend Mark Brown on the blog today going deep into TU men’s hoops lore

This novel is gnarly as hell. Straight gas. 10/10

Our flash sale ends today. If you’ve been thinking about subscribing to The Pickup, nows the time: thepickup.com/products?sal...

The Dream of $1.50 Draft Pulls Is Still Alive In A Grocery Store In Broken Arrow thepickup.com/the-dream-of...

On behalf of Tulsa’s exhausted millennial parents, thank you @hannahcov.bsky.social for bringing us this critical piece of service journalism

He’s lost the red state beater pickup truck vote. It’s never been more over.

Markwayne Mullin is hustling backward: thepickup.com/markwayne-mu...

I watched today’s hearing thepickup.com/markwayne-mu...