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A Fake Story About Rumble The Bison’s Death Gained Traction Online. It’s Part Of A National Disinformation Scam.  - The Pickup Thousands of Facebook users were told that their teams’ mascot performer had been killed in an accident. But Rumble's not dead, says the OKC Thunder.

Fake stories of sports mascot deaths are making the rounds—and pointing to a pattern of fake news scams targeting sports fans across the country.

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Ask Tulsa Bae: My Date Used Facetuning. Now What? - The Pickup What do you do when your date misrepresents themselves?

So your date used Facetuning. Now what?

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My Memories With Magic Mark - The Pickup Looking back on my friendship with Tulsa’s enigmatic party legend.

Looking back on my friendship with Tulsa’s enigmatic party legend, Magic Mark:

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Horse Teeth and Heartbreak - The Pickup Sheilah Bright hits the road with Edye Lucas, the best damn horse dentist in Oklahoma.

Hitting the road with Edye Lucas, the best damn horse dentist in Oklahoma:

(From 2015)

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Tulsa High Schools Used To Have Open Lunches. Then I Got Shot At A Wendy’s. - The Pickup Reminiscing on one of the most important days of my life, 32 years ago now.

Tulsa High Schools used to have open lunches. Then I got shot at a Wendy’s.

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Dante's Is Going Brick-And-Mortar - The Pickup The beloved pizza-slinging operation plans to move into new digs in SoBo.

An old Baptist church, Drifters Theater has become a chill community spot for righteous noise:

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What Do You Do When A Scam Journalist Pitches An AI-Generated Story About Tulsa? - The Pickup Our brief run-in with the internet’s latest faker.

Last year, a scam journalist sent us an AI-generated pitch about Tulsa. They were so close to getting it right, but something didn't add up. Here's the story:

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5 Of The Best Thrift Shops In Tulsa, Ranked  - The Pickup The next time you’re in need of a rainy day activity or looking for the perfect outfit for a themed party, pull up this list as a helpful starting point for your thrifting adventures.

We rated Tulsa’s secondhand shops on curation, affordability, organization, uniqueness, impact, and customer service:

(From 2025)

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The Strange Love of Dr. Billy James Hargis - The Pickup How an Oklahoma preacher and a Texas general forged a new brand of politics that centered Oklahoma as a hotbed for the religious right.

How an Oklahoma preacher and a Texas general forged a new brand of politics that centered Oklahoma as a hotbed for the religious right:

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New in Town? Single? You Need These Tulsa Bars - The Pickup If you’re unattached for Valentine's Day, these are the spots for mixing, mingling and enjoying the ambiance.

New in town? Single? You need to check out these Tulsa bars:

(From 2025)

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The Week's Best Tulsa Events: Valentine's Day Edition - The Pickup Make all your Valentine's, Galentine's and early Mardi Gras plans right here.

Have you made your Valentine's Day plans yet? Check our list of the best Tulsa events happening this weekend: thepickup.com/the-weeks-be...

How It Feels To Live In Minneapolis Right Now - The Pickup We interviewed a local living through Operation Metro Surge.

"We are in south Minneapolis, maybe seven or eight blocks from where Renee Good was murdered. Very close to where George Floyd was murdered."

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Inside An Arranged Marriage, And Outside Of Their “Cult,” They Found Love - The Pickup How they met: Trueson and Zia Daugherty

How a couple whose marriage was arranged by the controversial Unification Church (which they and many others call a cult) found love, meaning, and community once they left that church: thepickup.com/inside-an-ar...

Much Love Lost - The Pickup In commemoration of February, here are some of Oklahoma’s most famous love and marriage stories—complete with all the lacy trim from adultery and alimony to punches and gunshot wounds. ‘Till death do…

Several Oklahoma towns are named in memory of women: Miami for a wife, Idabel for two daughters, Ramona for the heroine of a novel. The story of Vinita is the most romantic.

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Elise Paschen’s “Blood Wolf Moon” Is An Unflinching Look At Identity And Inheritance - The Pickup The Osage poet who inspired the title “Killers of the Flower Moon” is back with an astounding new collection.

The Osage poet who inspired the title “Killers of the Flower Moon” is back with an astounding new collection. Our review:

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The Week's Best Tulsa Events: Valentine's Day Edition - The Pickup Make all your Valentine's, Galentine's and early Mardi Gras plans right here.

This week’s best Tulsa events: Valentine’s Day edition!

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Tulsa High Schools Used To Have Open Lunches. Then I Got Shot At A Wendy’s. - The Pickup Reminiscing on one of the most important days of my life, 32 years ago now.

"Leaving campus for lunch was a rite of passage for Tulsa teenagers for decades—until February 15, 1994, when I went to a Wendy’s for a burger and got shot instead."

Therapist Stacey Burgess reflects on a day that changed her life forever:

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Much Love Lost - The Pickup In commemoration of February, here are some of Oklahoma’s most famous love and marriage stories—complete with all the lacy trim from adultery and alimony to punches and gunshot wounds. ‘Till death do…

Sometimes, “till death do us part” is easier said than survived. Here are some of Oklahoma’s most famous love and marriage stories—complete with all the lacy trim from adultery and alimony to punches and gunshot wounds.

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How It Feels To Live In Minneapolis Right Now - The Pickup We interviewed a local living through Operation Metro Surge.

“My wife… saw masked agents pointing guns at an elderly man at a St. Paul gas station. She called to ask what she’s supposed to do. I told her to come home because I’m selfish and I don’t want to raise my child alone.” What it’s like to live in Minneapolis right now:

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The Week's Best Tulsa Events: Valentine's Day Edition - The Pickup Make all your Valentine's, Galentine's and early Mardi Gras plans right here.

Valentine's Day is right around the corner. Don't get caught without a plan! Here's our list of the best events happening this week:

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A Night With Brooklyn Rider At WOMPA Delivered Strings, Glass, And Grit - The Pickup Who knew Philip Glass would sound so good in an industrial warehouse?

Who knew Philip Glass would sound so good in WOMPA?

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In “The Just Assassins,” Little Shop Of Productions Wrestled With The Ethics Of Revolutionary Violence - The Pickup Director Anna Seat made the 1949 play by Camus feel eerily resonant

In Albert Camus’ 1949 play The Just Assassins, all five members of a revolutionary squad have given their lives to the cause of bringing justice to Russia. And they all have different ideas of what that looks like in practice. Our review: thepickup.com/in-the-just-...

In This Gallery, The Artists Are Behind Bars While Their Art Sees The Light Of Day - The Pickup A visit to JustArts Gallery on Studio Row.

In this gallery, the artists are behind bars while their art sees the light of day:

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ICE Separated A Family In Midtown Tulsa - The Pickup Immigration detentions in Oklahoma are on the rise. One case shows how ICE’s cooperation with Tulsa County makes it possible.

Immigration detentions in Oklahoma are on the rise. One case shows how ICE’s cooperation with Tulsa County makes it possible.

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The Government Disappearing People Is Not New. Just Ask Woody Guthrie. - The Pickup The Trump administration’s deportations have an eerie echo in Guthrie’s “Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee)."

The government disappearing people is not new. Just ask Woody Guthrie. The Trump administration’s deportations have an eerie echo in Guthrie’s “Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee)”:

(From 2025)

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How It Feels To Live In Minneapolis Right Now - The Pickup We interviewed a local living through Operation Metro Surge.

What's it like living in Minneapolis right now? We interviewed a local living through Operation Metro Surge:

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Nasty Newspapers, The Klan and Tulsa’s Gilded Age - The Pickup Fake news as a pretext for violence? Rule by the wealthy elite? Sky-high inflation? We’ve heard this story before.

'The Klan’s slogans of the day had a decidedly MAGA flavor: “One Hundred Percent American” was a popular banner, as was “The City Must Be Clean!”, along with, of course, “America First.”' thepickup.com/nasty-newspa...

“The Outsiders” Musical Almost Captures S.E. Hinton’s Tulsa - The Pickup The Broadway production’s stunning direction and design deliver on the novel’s dimensions, despite surface-level music and too-tidy lyrics .

“The Outsiders” musical’s stunning direction and design deliver on the novel’s dimensions, despite surface-level music and too-tidy lyrics. Our 2025 review:

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What’s A Truthstorian, Anyway? - The Pickup Lee Roy Chapman didn’t fit the typical mold of a historian or a journalist. Good.

Lee Roy Chapman didn’t fit the typical mold of a historian or a journalist. Good.

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What’s The State Of Radical Art In Tulsa Right Now?  - The Pickup For a range of reasons, many of the expressions of resistance happening now in Tulsa look a little different than the ones that get higher visibility at rallies and protests. They’re less about now…

"What can art do in times like this, anyway? Do we really need artists to remind us that things are going badly in America?" How Tulsa's artists are responding to a political nightmare:

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