Arts journalist (derogatory) • culture editor
@boulderweekly
• Great Plains Magazine Writer of the Year • Hale’s secretary in ‘KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON’
Every time GY!BE is in the news I feel compelled to remind everyone that the band was detained and interrogated by the FBI in the town where I was born
ICYMI: Oklahoma's lone Congressional Democrat,
@RepKendraHorn
, says it's important that federal unemployment benefits aren't so generous that they "disincentivize work."
Gwen’s casual use of “Okie” on The Voice is not hitting right. Not to gatekeep a girl boss but I’m pretty sure people from California don’t get to say that
On this day 32 years ago,
#Beijing
mercilessly attacked thousands of its own people in an attempt to silence democracy. Any mention of this slaughter is punishable in
#China
. We must never forget all those who lost their lives in the
#TiananmenSquareMassacre
.
In 1920s Oklahoma, members of the oil-wealthy Osage Nation fell victim to mass serial murder, a string of brutal crimes that came to be known as the Reign of Terror.
The final trailer for Killers of the Flower Moon - a Martin Scorsese picture.
In theaters everywhere October 20.
No matter what the Supreme Court decides, you'll need to start repaying your student loans soon.
Here's what you need to know, including how to get help.
My grandpa Leslie Wayne Bond died this weekend from complications re: COVID-19. The last in a line of Okie cattle farmers, he inspired my love of animals and being outdoors. He showed there is strength in being gentle and kind.
📷: Pa with his last cow dog, Ellie Mae. 2017.
Thrilled to say I’m headed west to the Front Range in a new role as managing editor of
@BoulderRL
, a digital news startup where I’ll be leading a stellar team of journalists telling local stories that matter.
Sign up for our soon-to-launch newsletter! ⤵️
“Killers of the Flower Moon” has been nominated for 10
#Oscars
– and there’s a
#UNT
connection!
@JezyGray
, a
@UNTEnglish
alum and journalist, has a bit part in the movie, playing Robert DeNiro’s secretary.
Read more about his experience:
Owner of a coffee shop where I worked in college hired someone to pretend to rob me at gunpoint (real gun!) as an April Fool’s prank — then lectured me about “time theft” a few weeks later
House renovation shows in 40 years: “OK so of course we’re gonna get these distressed barn doors outta here. Then we’ll take down all the subway tile and granite countertops in the kitchen, and add some texture to these ceilings throughout. The theme of the house is walls.”
She’s wisely not on Twitter but here’s a bday appreciation post for my wife and partner of 17 years, Brandi (“you’re a fine girl”) — everyone is stupid but her 🖤
De Niro and I barely spoke between takes during our 1-on-1 in KOTFM, but after we finished he squeezed my shoulder, looked me in the eyes and warmly said “thank you”
Every time I visit one of Oklahoma’s original CCC state park gems, I leave with a firmer grasp of a fundamental truth deep in my heart: the New Deal rocked and we should do it again
When the State of Oklahoma kills a person, as it likely will today at 4pm, I think of this searing essay from
@RillaAskew
about her hometown of McAlester — home of the state penitentiary, filled with “good people working good jobs.”