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Matt Carney

@2011prius.bsky.social
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writing, editing, things of that nature | big stories and small stories about Tulsa at @thepickupdotcom.bsky.social | subscribe here: thepickup.com/products

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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 4h
Genuinely moving piece of movie criticism defector.com/resident-evi...
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Accept The Expanding Ball Of Infected Corpses You Cannot Change | Defector
“Here are the main things you need to know about the Resident Evil games,” I explained to my friend Liz over the nonsense of the Digger trailer. “There’s a big outbreak of some kind of mutagenic virus...
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The Pickup @thepickupdotcom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
World Stage Theatre Company's "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" raises systemic questions along with joyful defiance. thepickup.com/inmates-vs-a...
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Inmates Vs. Asylum, Tied At The Finish - The Pickup
World Stage Theatre Company's "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" raises systemic questions along with joyful defiance.
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The Pickup @thepickupdotcom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The closer you look at the OPCTCA student voucher program, the more it looks like an upward transfer of wealth: thepickup.com/more-public-...
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More Public Dollars Are Going To Oklahoma’s Private Schools Than Ever Before
The closer you look at the student vouchers, the more they look like an upward transfer of wealth.
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I edited this
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The Pickup @thepickupdotcom.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Matt and Katie got interviewed about their 2025 investigation into the crypto industry: thepickup.com/hey-thats-us...
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Hey, That’s Us On The TV! - The Pickup
We got interviewed about our 2025 investigation into the crypto mining industry.
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We got interviewed for a story we did last year on the crypto industry because a bitcoin mine in El Reno sprung a 3.8 million gallon leak thepickup.com/hey-thats-us...
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Hey, That’s Us On The TV! - The Pickup
We got interviewed about our 2025 investigation into the crypto mining industry.
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Certified four-bagger
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The Pickup @thepickupdotcom.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Crypto miners have their sights set on Oklahoma: thepickup.com/data-centers...
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Data Centers Got You Worried? Wait Until You Find Out About The Bitcoin Mines - The Pickup
A state law that quietly passed in 2024 with help from a crypto advocacy group has already created a headache for one Oklahoma town.
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The Pickup @thepickupdotcom.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
We interviewed Stin from OKC sludge-metal legends Chat Pile about how the band chooses the photos on their album covers, Okie blight and more: thepickup.com/the-oklahoma...
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The Oklahoma Tourism Department Hates To See Him Coming - The Pickup
We interviewed Stin from Chat Pile about how the band chooses the photos on their album covers, hyper-local blight, and more.
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
His smirk signaling "ain't I a little stinker for my contrarían views that run cover for far-right politics"
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Portlyn is so smart and funny, this turned out great thepickup.com/so-about-tha...
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So About That Worship Service At Cain’s… - The Pickup
A spiritual-ish experience in the home of Bob Wills.
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I have a wonderful update to share with you all: we have received confirmation that Ryan Walters is aware of this story about him
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Lmao thepickup.com/mike-mazzei-...
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Mike Mazzei Literally Ran Away From A Journalist - The Pickup
The Republican gubernatorial nominee twice retreated from questions at an event early in August.
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Racket @racketmn.com · 26/08/2026
well would you look at that
Copies of "Racket: The First Five Years' with shiny red foil lettering.
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Atlantic is not brave enough to report on the activities of Olly The Opt-Out Otter
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I will always remember this as the summer that Micah Cash went on a major hot streak thepickup.com/i-spent-thre...
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I Spent Three Days Inside Ryan Walters’ Fake National Teachers Union - The Pickup
AI-generated prayer requests, an army of conservative teachers and a leader who’s still trying to go viral. What’s going on inside the Teachers Freedom Alliance?
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Chat Pile @chatpileband.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
We asked them to take our photo in front of the abandoned Church's Chicken on 23rd street. People were flipping us off and yelling slurs at us as is the custom in OKC
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The Frontier @readfrontier.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Mazzei said he decided to support the smelter after receiving more information from the Trump Administration about the financial, national security and environmental safety aspects of the project. Story linked below.
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
lmao Mazzei's campaign rules. it's all members of his family and they're clearly cynical enough to try to sell farmers on adding a gigantic polluter to their community but also too dumb to know you should be using AI to make the pitch. he's gonna make an incredible governor.
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Really good thepickup.com/i-cant-unsee...
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I Can’t Unsee Wendy Drummond’s Weird Forced Confession Video - The Pickup
Let's talk about the strangest image to emerge from a competitive campaign for Oklahoma governor.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Axios writer: I melted my brain with AI. Not only can I no longer read, but I don't even understand the purpose of reading anymore. Here's how you can also do this. www.axios.com/2026/08/11/r...
Axios: AI has become my reading buddy as I've plowed through my summer book list, helping me keep track of plots and characters, unpack themes, and make sense of wordy, old prose.

Why it matters: The way many of us actually read books — a few pages before bed, a chapter at the beach, another on a plane — makes it easy to lose the thread. AI can help you pick it back up without starting over.
📖 I really got into using AI while reading James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans." The text was far too dense for casual vacation reading. My first prompt asked:

"I'd like a guide as I read The Last of the Mohicans who can help me understand what I've read and where the story is, without giving spoilers or getting ahead of my progress. Can you do this, chapter by chapter?"
The robot agreed: "Cooper's sentences are long and his diction is archaic."
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Just started a rewatch and the funniest part of it is how pretty much every episode Scully’s dating some new jagoff and Mulder’s trying to arrest a mutant
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
They should make another show like X-Files where the world’s most beautiful woman and an absolute dunderhead investigate a new mystery every week
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We’re on sale this month! Also I’m cooking up a special subscribers-only event for September 3 that may or may not involve a surf n turf burrito thepickup.com/products
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The Pickup @thepickupdotcom.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
ICYMI: There's No Better Time To Start Reading Eddie Faye Gates thepickup.com/theres-no-be...
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There’s No Better Time To Start Reading Eddie Faye Gates  - The Pickup
In honor of what would have been her 92nd birthday, I’d like to pay respects to this remarkable woman—historian, educator, and pillar of her community—whose work still calls us to witness, document,…
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
No other Tulsa media company is brave enough to ask the questions we’re asking
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
They call it The Odyssey because that’s what you gotta do to get tickets to it!
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The Pickup @thepickupdotcom.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Raise your hand if you want to get saved: thepickup.com/inside-falls...
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Inside Falls Creek, Oklahoma's Most Popular Christian Summer Camp - The Pickup
Raise your hand if you want to get saved.
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Hell yeah brother
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Eric Harvey @ericdharvey.com · 26/07/2026
I teach college courses on journalism and over time I've shifted to focusing on non-profits and local startups; the only thing I tell students about corporate media and TV news wonks is that they value class solidarity with the political elite more than anything, that's all they need to know. Next
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
If you like Micah’s coverage of right-wingers then boy do we have a story coming for you next month
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The Pickup @thepickupdotcom.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Mullin's stake in the Broken Arrow-based Botanic Tonics is reportedly worth $1 million. A new investigation suggests that the head of homeland security is playing a key role in a Trump administration campaign to boost the kratom industry. thepickup.com/is-markwayne...
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Is Markwayne Mullin Making A Killing In Artisanal Kratom? - The Pickup
A new investigation suggests the head of homeland security is playing a key role in a Trump administration campaign to boost an industry he has a stake in.
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I love Defector’s beautiful new website
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Seems like there is a lot of enthusiasm on here for Matt Damon doing action-adventure Homer. May I interest you then in Keanu Reeves doing gunkata Dante?
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Scott @scottydo16.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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big al @bigmood.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Glenn and Mary Elizabeth and Christina Hendricks at the Crank after party and a banner reads pausa de hidratacion
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I’m watching this game with my Spanish brother-in-law and he simply won’t chill out
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Hello from family vacation. You guys simply wouldn’t believe what they’re saying about the disgraced financier who once owned the island behind me.
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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
new housing crisis driver just dropped: * 28% of America's 3+ bedroom homes are owned by empty-nest boomers, who are upsizing in retirement rather than downsizing * Millennials with children own just 16% of such homes www.wsj.com/economy/hous...
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Boomers Were Supposed to Downsize. They Are Buying Bigger Homes Instead.
Wealthy, older Americans are ripping up the traditional script for aging: “We’ll downsize when they plant me 6 feet into the ground.”
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Daughter just asked me to put on “Dirty Work”
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Which of the mainstream media outlets will be brave enough to go with DIVA DOWN for their Graham obit
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
It is beautiful that Lindsey Graham lived juuuuuust long enough to see the US lose a war to Iran
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Belgium deserves this for mocking our beloved president
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Walking around the French Quarter today
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Not exaggerating when I say this story is totally fucking wild
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
My litmus test for whether or not your Fourth of July party was good is if the playlist had Santa Monica by Everclear
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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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...
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America’s Greatest Work of Art Is Trash
Alternative title: FEAR NOT
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I edited this and it’s good! thepickup.com/where-did-tu...
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Where Did Tulsa’s Neighborhood Pools Go? - The Pickup
A modern history of disinvestment goes hand in hand with the era of declining social cohesion.
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I had to write about Tulsa’s latest main character
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Piso’s pivot to homelessness coverage is the worst post of the year and second place isn’t close
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