Daughter just asked me to put on “Dirty Work”

Daughter just asked me to put on “Dirty Work”

Which of the mainstream media outlets will be brave enough to go with DIVA DOWN for their Graham obit

It is beautiful that Lindsey Graham lived juuuuuust long enough to see the US lose a war to Iran

Belgium deserves this for mocking our beloved president

Walking around the French Quarter today

Not exaggerating when I say this story is totally fucking wild

My litmus test for whether or not your Fourth of July party was good is if the playlist had Santa Monica by Everclear

Ahead of its 250th birthday, I make the case that the greatest work of American art ever produced is made of garbage and was assembled at the behest of God by a Black man working the night shift as a janitor in DC johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/americas-g...

I edited this and it’s good! thepickup.com/where-did-tu...

I had to write about Tulsa’s latest main character

Piso’s pivot to homelessness coverage is the worst post of the year and second place isn’t close

Really good (niche/local) explainer from my pal Ellen on a (national/international) issue

Let's take a trip back to the early aughts for this one: thepickup.com/remember-the...

How come nobody can afford a house in Tulsa anymore? buff.ly/k9zjIhf

Friends, let me be the first to welcome you to Urbanism Week at @thepickupdotcom.bsky.social thepickup.com/welcome-to-u...

My cup runneth over with incredible tattoos at the pool in rural northwest Arkansas this weekend but by far the most perplexing was the little blue guy from Lilo & Stitch waving a Confederate flag

MAGA streamer arrested at Trump's state fair...for masturbating in front of female acrobats while dressed as Uncle Sam.

Does anybody need anything from the big dome in Arkansas with holes in it? I’m at the big dome in Arkansas with holes in it so lemme know if I can bring you anything

RIP Mark Singer thepickup.com/mark-singer-...

For many years, Singer hung a framed note from Donald Trump in response to a profile Singer wrote: “‘Mark, you are a total loser! And your book (and writings) sucks!” thepickup.com/mark-singer-...

For over a year now Meredith Boe has been trying to get to the bottom of a decade-old mystery: Why did a strange man show up to the family farm one day announcing his plans to be buried next to her late aunt? thepickup.com/my-aunt-died...

In the year that Meredith Boe reported this story, I mostly never believed it would come to fruition. And yet, here we are! thepickup.com/my-aunt-died...

Coming tomorrow, a story you’re dying to read. Check your inboxes 9am Wednesday, 6/24: thepickup.beehiiv.com

Andrew Tate story in this week’s New Yorker is the most gruesome work of nonfiction I’ve ever read

Probably the best Father’s Day movie

Originally from Tulsa! RIP to one of the greatest to ever do it

Unrelentingly horny AND knuckle-draggingly stupid? Jackson Lahmeyer is real-life Judy Gemstone and therefore I must support him in his time of difficulty

Jackson Lahmeyer running ahead by a hair in early returns, the Maralago Madman has the juice

Would be a real shame if the IRS were to start looking into this guy’s church…

Mainly I need the Knicks to win tonight so we can get the narrative going that Wemby plays his best in front of Trump

More like Pee-lon Musk if you ask me

A weekly food distribution ended in arrests and sparked a much larger conversation about Tulsa's approach to homelessness. Our latest: thepickup.com/tulsa-food-n...

From the archives this Pride Month: A look at LGBTQ+ gun clubs and how queer communities are taking safety into their own hands. thepickup.com/carrying-for...

Erin Turner wants to have the hard conversation: Tulsa-born artist discusses her new book about Ed Galloway’s Totem Pole Park. thepickup.com/erin-turner-...

Tulsa’s self-appointed graffiti critic isn’t divulging his criteria: thepickup.com/tulsas-self-...

Grieving city devastated by loss of iconic public art installation. Our latest: thepickup.com/grieving-cit...

Medically speaking, I need my kids to go to sleep

Wish I was as funny a writer as Bailey James thepickup.com/grieving-cit...

This is the second time this has happened. CBS News's Investigative unit got a retired ICE agent to break down the Good shooting frame-by-frame. On the record, he said the agents were entirely out of line. The piece was only posted online and never broadcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ywL...

Kid lost his first tooth today. What’s the Tooth Fairy’s going rate?

Letting my wife’s cousins get me vodka drunk at the family reunion because I’m a caring, supportive partner

Hiking Colorado with my wife and children >>>>>

This is the second time in less than a month that we’ve reported on jailhouse calls discussing political favors from Oklahoma Gov. Stitt www.oklahoman.com/story/news/c...

Okay my wife (therapist) has informed me this was most likely people doing therapy by riding horses, not horses receiving therapy. To which I say, anything is possible in Bernice, Oklahoma

Need you guys to do a welfare check on me if the Thunder lose

Driving in rural Oklahoma today and spotted an advertisement for EQUINE PSYCHOTHERAPY

Luke Kornet is -52 for the series. That’s what happens when you come at Magic City

I love owning and operating my own independent news website