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J@cob 🧵🐟

@jacobolasombra.bsky.social
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Former journalist at The Clarion-Ledger and Oklahoma Gazette. “Semi-retired” sports, music and food writer. Grizzlies fan | Thunder season ticket holder | home cooking 🍽️🍜

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J@cob 🧵🐟 @jacobolasombra.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
This was so freaking good 🍽️ 🍜
Chicken pho with rice noodles, topped with cilantro, Thai basil and bean sprouts
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J@cob 🧵🐟 @jacobolasombra.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Jock Landale game! #grizz #nba
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J@cob 🧵🐟 @jacobolasombra.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Fist pumping the air like I'm at an EDM concert circa 2011 every time Harry Dean Stanton comes on screen
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J@cob 🧵🐟 @jacobolasombra.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Get in loser, we're gonna go watch The Straight Story and cry
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Streetlight @streetlightnews.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
“The decision that we couldn’t treat these waters effectively probably made sense in 1984,” said Robert Nairn, director of the Center for Restoration of Ecosystems and Watersheds at the University of Oklahoma. “I don’t think it makes sense today. Those waters are treatable.”
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After decades, the EPA still doesn’t have a plan to clean watersheds at one of the oldest Superfund sites in the country - Streetlight
Water from underground mines makes Tar Creek flow red, but advances in water treatment could help
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Grant Sharples @grantsharpies.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Release day bump! Listen to the new @chatpileband.bsky.social / Hayden Pedigo joint album and read my feature on them
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The Baleful, Collaborative Beauty of Chat Pile and Hayden Pedigo
Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.
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Steve Jones @stevejones20.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
JA MORANT FOR THE WIN
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Steve Jones @stevejones20.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Cedric Coward is fun.
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J@cob 🧵🐟 @jacobolasombra.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
I'm obsessed with the rad granny in the background of this scene in Blue Velvet "She just showed up on set like this; just like Robert Blake in Lost Highway" -my imaginary commentary
Laura Dern and Kyle McLaughlin drinking Heineken at the first bar scene in "Blue Velvet." In the back ground, there is an old granny in a colorful shirt and headband tied around an afro of gray hair
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mollie bryant @molliebryant.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Tbh @themartinduprass.bsky.social’s awkward gawker was even funnier on my second watch through
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J@cob 🧵🐟 @jacobolasombra.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
We had our premiere for Awkward Gawker this weekend at Oklahoma Film Exchange! I felt fancy wearing two necklaces
Me and my wife mollie at the premiere of Awkward Gawker. I'm wearing part of my costume in the film, shiny pants and jacket.Awkward Gawker writer Jeremy Martin and director and star Lauren Thomas-Martin with me in the middleJessie Kyle plays Beaverdome1776 in Awkward Gawker, she's with me in this photo at the premiere Poster for Awkward Gawker at Oklahoma Film Exchange
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Jared Dubin @jadubin5.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
🎥 FILM FINDINGS 🎥 Victor Wembanyama went absolutely nuclear on opening night. I broke down each and every one of his 15 baskets and talked through the alien-esque performance that should leave everyone in the league terrified of what's to come.
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Wemby's Big Adventure
YouTube video by Jared Dubin
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J@cob 🧵🐟 @jacobolasombra.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
In the first game of the "Ja and Jaren season" for the Grizz, Ja scores 35 and Jaren has 18, 8 rebounds and 8 blocks Oh and Cedric Coward really pops on the court. He made plays defensively and looks big for a perimeter guy. He didn't look small standing next to Zion #nba #grizz
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Kurt Helin @basketballtalk.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Watch rookie V.J. Edgecombe score 34 in his NBA debut, the most since Wilt Chamberlain www.nbcsports.com/nba/news/wat...
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Watch rookie V.J. Edgecombe score 34 in his NBA debut, the most since Wilt Chamberlain
Edgecombe had the most points ever in the first quarter of an NBA debut (14) and the third most all-time.
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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 23/10/2025
V.J. Edgecombe's 14 points in the first quarter is the most points in the first quarter of a player's debut from at least 1996 on (as far back as our quarter scoring goes). Lebron James was the previous most with 12.
Lebron James with 12
PJ Washington with 11
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J@cob 🧵🐟 @jacobolasombra.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Well I've already spilled one can of sparking water dancing to the Glorilla they were playing during a time out of a Grizz home game, couldn't even make it one game
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J@cob 🧵🐟 @jacobolasombra.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
I'm excited to see what this looks like, and how they create spacing for Durant #nba
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J@cob 🧵🐟 @jacobolasombra.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Happy opening day! Thunder went extra with a gift to season-ticket owners #nba #okc #thunderup
Box with 2025 OKC NBA championship logo on top and replica of Paycom Center court. Thunder logo at center court and Thunder blue Inside the box with a thank you letter from Thunder owner Clay Bennett: 

"It's hard to believe we're heading into our 18th season of Thunder basketball. 
Last year was historic, but our relationship with our fans has been built on years of unique shared memories and experiences.

As a valued Season Ticket Member, to us support means the world to us. Your loyalty fuels our team, and we need your passion and energy inside the arena to support our players and match their unparalleled energy every night. 

We can't wait to see you back on game nights, ready to Thunder Up!" 

There is also a drinker cooler and big mug thermos with Thunder champion logos
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mollie bryant @molliebryant.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
I had a lot of questions about this move. HUD doesn't know when it will happen, hasn't shared details on how it will happen, & the GSA, which manages federal properties, doesn't know where NSF staff will go. HUD wouldn't answer how much it will cost, either streetlightnews.org/hud-headquar...
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While the nation faces record housing unaffordability and homelessness, HUD is pushing massive cuts and a move to Virginia - Streetlight
HUD says a takeover of NSF’s Alexandria offices will save money but won’t share projected costs for the move
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mollie bryant @molliebryant.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
The union that represents National Science Foundation employees says HUD plans to take over NSF’s headquarters and develop these amenities for HUD Secretary Scott Turner www.afge.org/contentasset...
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J@cob 🧵🐟 @jacobolasombra.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
This season is great! I loved the musical episode and the "Willow is an addict for magic" ones back to back
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J@cob 🧵🐟 @jacobolasombra.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Put Stevie Wonder in bubble wrap #RuleOf3
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J@cob 🧵🐟 @jacobolasombra.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Not the best, but Mother! Is the MOST Dudes Rock movie of all time
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J@cob 🧵🐟 @jacobolasombra.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
I helped looking at data for this story and I cannot describe how wild it was seeing some sites only reporting only 8% population (all white)
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mollie bryant @molliebryant.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
I got obsessed with data in college and have always relied on it for my work. I'd never seen a government agency exclude data about an entire racial group until last week.
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Streetlight @streetlightnews.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
A Streetlight investigation found EPA data excluded how many Black residents live within one mile of sites under the agency's oversight. After questions from @molliebryant.bsky.social, the EPA restored the missing numbers, calling the error a coding "bug" streetlightnews.org/epa-echo-data/
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EPA excluded, then restored, data on Black people who live closest to toxic sites - Streetlight
The EPA said a bug caused the error, which only affected data on Black residents
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J@cob 🧵🐟 @jacobolasombra.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Breaking the law! #housing #hud #news #signalboost 📰🗞️
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mollie bryant @molliebryant.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
HUD won't fund a vital survey on the nation's housing stock this year, disrupting more than 50 years of data collection and breaking federal law streetlightnews.org/american-hou...
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For the first time since the 80s, the Census Bureau won’t conduct the biennial American Housing Survey this year - Streetlight
The US Department of Housing and The US Department of Housing and Urban Development, which uses the data for funding allocations and to set assistance eligibility, won’t fund the survey again until Ja...
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Streetlight @streetlightnews.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
HUD still hasn't sent some nonprofits agreements for grants in the Continuum of Care program, which helps communities coordinate efforts to reduce homelessness. Grantees usually receive the agreements by January or February. streetlightnews.org/hud-grants/
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HUD is months behind on sending some agreements for community grants to fight homelessness - Streetlight
Updated HUD grant agreements block recipients from running DEI programs
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Tyler Parker @tylerparker.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Wrote about SGA and imagination. Accept the mystery.
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The Pure Imagination of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Trying to understand SGA is a bit like trying to guard him. It’s best to let go of what you think you know.
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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 12/03/2025
I spoke to a bunch of restaurants that opened during the early pandemic about the lessons they learned, and if that helps them keep going. It turns out that without a larger societal safety net, surviving one disaster doesn't make you more prepared for the next. www.eater.com/24383518/res...
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For Restaurants in 2025, Change Is the Only Constant
Five years after the onset of the COVID pandemic, normalcy is increasingly a fragile concept.
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J@cob 🧵🐟 @jacobolasombra.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
WTF is going on?? They’re illegally trying to shutdown HUD offices when federal law says there needs to be an office in every state. The dog is dunking the basketball
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mollie bryant @molliebryant.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Federal law requires HUD to run at least one office in each state and to publish a study showing how an office closure would save money and impact services 90 days before shutting an office, which hasn't been done. streetlightnews.org/hud-office-c...
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HUD is considering closing most of its field offices alongside layoffs targeting half the agency’s workforce - Streetlight
HUD’s proposed office closures and layoffs are prompting worries of reduced access to housing services
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mollie bryant @molliebryant.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
HUD also is aiming to cut about half its workforce by May, which along with the office closures, would make it difficult for the agency to do basic things HUD's required to do by law, like process FHA applications streetlightnews.org/hud-office-c...
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HUD is considering closing most of its field offices alongside layoffs targeting half the agency’s workforce - Streetlight
HUD’s proposed office closures and layoffs are prompting worries of reduced access to housing services
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mollie bryant @molliebryant.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
HUD's regional office in Seattle and most of its field offices are slated for closure. The plan would leave most states without a HUD presence, potentially slowing and reducing access to the agency's many housing services streetlightnews.org/hud-office-c...
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HUD is considering closing most of its field offices alongside layoffs targeting half the agency’s workforce - Streetlight
HUD’s proposed office closures and layoffs are prompting worries of reduced access to housing services
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vincent @papa.yaga.gay · 01/03/2025
Counterpoint: in the chorus, they call for the listener to tell them why. The boys from the backstreets are asking for feedback and understanding. Them never wanting to hear their partner say “I want it that way” is them setting a boundary in a conversation, an exchange. In this essay…
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J@cob 🧵🐟 @jacobolasombra.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
The Backstreet Boys have two albums called “Backstreet Boys”
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J@cob 🧵🐟 @jacobolasombra.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
“I never wanna hear you say ‘I want it that way’” Why not? Shouldn’t you be telling your partner what you like? That sounds like they’re attempting to open healthy lines of communication
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J@cob 🧵🐟 @jacobolasombra.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Is it just me or did Abbot Elementary fall off hard? In previous seasons, we’d have to rewind because we missed jokes while laughing at previous ones. Feels like each episode might get a slight chuckle or two
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J@cob 🧵🐟 @jacobolasombra.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
The Adventures of Pete and Pete only got limited DVDs and they’re out of print. Luckily someone has loaded every episode to YouTube youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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The Adventures of Pete and Pete - Complete Episode List - YouTube
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J@cob 🧵🐟 @jacobolasombra.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
In 1996, Harriet the Spy was the most hyped I’d ever been for a movie, up to that point. I’ve been watching her first season on Buffy right now, too. This stings
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J@cob 🧵🐟 @jacobolasombra.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
In a “kids are gonna be alright” moment, I’m very pleased to discover there is a Gfunk/rock-inspired hip-hop duo named Paris Texas, after the Wim Wenders classic starring Harry Dean Stanton #musicsky
Paris Texas album “they left me with a sword”
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J@cob 🧵🐟 @jacobolasombra.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Last night I made a black bean sauce fortified with five dried chilies and chipotles in adobo, and a roasted poblano/cilantro/avocado sauce for slow-cooked, pulled chicken. Enchiladas topped with Oaxaca cheese, using local tortillas #homecooking #cooking 🍽️🍜
Enchiladas with a black bean sauce, melted Oaxaca cheese in a casserole dish Enchiladas on a plate, with cross section of chicken in green poblano/avocado sauce. Black bean sauce in a container, pulled chicken in poblano avocado sauce, shredded Oaxaca cheese and local tortillas
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J@cob 🧵🐟 @jacobolasombra.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
From the generation that grew up with Fren Gully and Captain Planet, learning that all plastic recycling (and recycling in general) doesn’t work and is funded by the oil industry as a cover to make more plastic was one of the most radicalizing moments of my life
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J@cob 🧵🐟 @jacobolasombra.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Interesting read on the Thunder from Patrick Redford at Defector #nba #skyhoops defector.com/the-thunder-...
“You can chalk the collapse up to the Thunder missing shots, and you'd be mostly right, as most everything they saw in the final few minutes was open. You could also see the team's critical weakness: They don't really have a second guy who can reliably generate great shots when Gilgeous-Alexander gets this sort of attention or faces an adversarial whistle. Jalen Williams is great and smart and crafty, but he doesn't cook people as often as you'd like him to; I have a soft spot for Aaron Wiggins's driving game, but he's not quite physical enough to keep from being schemed out of the game by attentive defenses. Chet Holmgren missed the Monday game, and Oklahoma City could have used him, though his handle is not quite there.”
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Shams Charania Tweets @shamsbot.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
FROM SHAMS: San Antonio Spurs All-Star Victor Wembanyama is expected to miss reminder of the season with a deep vein thrombosis in right shoulder.
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J@cob 🧵🐟 @jacobolasombra.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Beef chow fun with homemade rice noodles from Nini Nguyen’s cookbook Dặc Biệt So good, I love oyster sauce. #cooking 🍽️🍜
Home-made rice noodles, green onion, beans sprouts and sirloin marinated in oyster sauce Fresh-made rice noodles on top of charring onions Nini Nguyen’s cookbook Dặc Biệt
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J@cob 🧵🐟 @jacobolasombra.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
@sizemo.bsky.social here’s a twitch link for the baseball series. No need to drop $30 for a weekend of Flo Sports www.twitch.tv/dessygaming
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dessygaming - Twitch
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J@cob 🧵🐟 @jacobolasombra.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Anthony Rendon the worst contract of all-time? Or is it going to be the Sixers giving $400 million to Paul George and Joel Embiid?
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Discontinued FoOoOods! 👻🎃 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Boomer Spooners (2001-2002): Frosted corn flakes released to celebrate the University of Oklahoma's football program, with a play on the school's "Boomer Sooner" slogan/fight song. Each box provided the opportunity to buy some "Boomer Spooners" merch, as well
A red and white pinstriped cereal box, with the Oklahoma University logo above a metal spoon, holding milk and frosted corn flakesThe side panel of Boomer Spooners box, with images of a t-shirt, baseball cap, and cereal bowl, all bearing the Boomer Spooners logo
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