Matt Carney
@2011prius.bsky.social
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Matt Carney
@2011prius.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Accidentally said “chode” in front of my kids
This is so bleak dude
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is so bleak dude
Great piece, and I’ll add to it that we at @thepickupdotcom.bsky.social also received a pitch from the scammer at the center of the story! Declined it because it seemed obvious to us that the pitch had been written by AI
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Great piece, and I’ll add to it that we at @thepickupdotcom.bsky.social also received a pitch from the scammer at the center of the story! Declined it because it seemed obvious to us that the pitch had been written by AI
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A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
The red NBA Cup courts, like the Rockets’ irredeemable offense, are an affront to God
November 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The red NBA Cup courts, like the Rockets’ irredeemable offense, are an affront to God
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After you help your boss convert a doc to PDF
November 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
After you help your boss convert a doc to PDF
The Cranberries — “When You’re Gone” is a perfect song
November 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The Cranberries — “When You’re Gone” is a perfect song
Simply divine
Fox News is confused by Trump's friendly meeting with Mamdani.
"You know, it was a surprise to see those two getting along as well as they did. A couple of times I asked the mayor-elect a tougher question, and the president almost helped him dodge it."
"You know, it was a surprise to see those two getting along as well as they did. A couple of times I asked the mayor-elect a tougher question, and the president almost helped him dodge it."
November 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Simply divine
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Data Centers Got You Worried? Wait Until You Find Out About The Bitcoin Mines @thepickupdotcom.bsky.social - thepickup.com/data-centers...
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.
thepickup.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Data Centers Got You Worried? Wait Until You Find Out About The Bitcoin Mines @thepickupdotcom.bsky.social - thepickup.com/data-centers...
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Crypto's battle for Oklahoma's resources is on. In Muskogee, a largely unnoticed 2024 cryptocurrency bill is complicating a struggle over land, water, and electricity usage between the city and the largest bitcoin miner in the state. A thread:
thepickup.com/data-centers...
thepickup.com/data-centers...
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.
thepickup.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Crypto's battle for Oklahoma's resources is on. In Muskogee, a largely unnoticed 2024 cryptocurrency bill is complicating a struggle over land, water, and electricity usage between the city and the largest bitcoin miner in the state. A thread:
thepickup.com/data-centers...
thepickup.com/data-centers...
New story from me and our summer intern Katie about how the state opted out of regulating bitcoin mines, leaving counties and municipalities to deal with them on their own: thepickup.com/data-centers...
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.
thepickup.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
New story from me and our summer intern Katie about how the state opted out of regulating bitcoin mines, leaving counties and municipalities to deal with them on their own: thepickup.com/data-centers...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Political violence is out in the open, declared in advance and endorsed at the ballot box. No film has yet been able to contend with the bleakness of our era, but Aaron Timms reviews two that take a stab.
American Psychos | Aaron Timms
When the extremism is already on screen, what place is left for the cinematic representation of political terror?
thebaffler.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Political violence is out in the open, declared in advance and endorsed at the ballot box. No film has yet been able to contend with the bleakness of our era, but Aaron Timms reviews two that take a stab.
Pickup subscribers — big story tomorrow in your inboxes 👍
November 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Pickup subscribers — big story tomorrow in your inboxes 👍
They need to create a more competitive basketball league for the Oklahoma City Thunder to compete in
November 18, 2025 at 3:16 AM
They need to create a more competitive basketball league for the Oklahoma City Thunder to compete in
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The latest trend in Facebook’s ever downward spiral down the AI slop toilet are AI deportation videos. And the Facebook algorithm is rewarding creators for it. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports.
Full story: www.404media.co/ai-generated...
Full story: www.404media.co/ai-generated...
November 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The latest trend in Facebook’s ever downward spiral down the AI slop toilet are AI deportation videos. And the Facebook algorithm is rewarding creators for it. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports.
Full story: www.404media.co/ai-generated...
Full story: www.404media.co/ai-generated...
Kyle McLachlan is granted entry to Tulsa heaven for this
November 17, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Kyle McLachlan is granted entry to Tulsa heaven for this
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Whole bunch of stuff beginning to make a lot of sense.
November 14, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Whole bunch of stuff beginning to make a lot of sense.
Has anybody checked in on the guys who showed up to MAGA rallies in PEDOPHILE HUNTER T-shirts?
November 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Has anybody checked in on the guys who showed up to MAGA rallies in PEDOPHILE HUNTER T-shirts?
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Honestly probably watching the Thunder win their seventh NBA title
November 12, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Honestly probably watching the Thunder win their seventh NBA title
Great to see the Thunder improve to 9-1 but you have to wonder if they’d be undefeated right now if the franchise were located in beautiful, sunny Tulsa
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Great to see the Thunder improve to 9-1 but you have to wonder if they’d be undefeated right now if the franchise were located in beautiful, sunny Tulsa
I interviewed the big guy
Now that we’ve all seen The Lowdown—with its efflorescence of Tulsa textures, characters and cultural touchstones—editor-in-chief 2011prius.bsky.social wanted to ask Sterlin Harjo about some of the big-picture themes that run through it.
Read here: thepickup.com/sterlin-harj...
Read here: thepickup.com/sterlin-harj...
Sterlin Harjo Is Proud He Made Tulsa Look Like Tulsa - The Pickup
As ‘The Lowdown’ wraps up, we talked to Harjo about noir, skepticism, telling the truth about Oklahoma, and that land run scene.
thepickup.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I interviewed the big guy
2 Sheridan 2 Church
What kind of Christianity is going on at Sheridan Church? Our writer calls it "MAGA Woodstock." Read it here:
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They’re Doing MAGA Woodstock Twice A Week At Sheridan Church - The Pickup
Just what kind of Christianity is going on here, exactly?
thepickup.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
2 Sheridan 2 Church
She made the Uncut Gems furby—that’s all I need to know
The prop master for 'Severance' is coming to Tulsa. We talked to Cat Miller about her career, her favorite Lumon props, and not being weird for weird's sake. Read it here: thepickup.com/attention-lu...
Attention Lumon Employees: You Are Cordially Invited To Read This Interview With The Prop Master Of ‘Severance’ - The Pickup
We talked props, filmmaking, and tapping into the zeitgeist with Cat Miller ahead of her visit to Tulsa this week.
thepickup.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
She made the Uncut Gems furby—that’s all I need to know
A million reasons why homeless sweeps are ineffective but one of the nuggets we got from talking to service providers is that they often dispose of IDs and cash that are lifelines for people trying to transition out of homelessness
Operation SAFE failed Tulsa. Not only were these executive actions callous and disruptive, they were also expensive and ineffective, as measured against state officials' own declared (albeit shifting) goals.
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Operation SAFE Failed Tulsa - The Pickup
Local service providers say the governor’s encampment sweeps did more harm than good.
thepickup.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
A million reasons why homeless sweeps are ineffective but one of the nuggets we got from talking to service providers is that they often dispose of IDs and cash that are lifelines for people trying to transition out of homelessness
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The prop master for 'Severance' is coming to Tulsa. We talked to Cat Miller about her career, her favorite Lumon props, and not being weird for weird's sake. Read it here: thepickup.com/attention-lu...
Attention Lumon Employees: You Are Cordially Invited To Read This Interview With The Prop Master Of ‘Severance’ - The Pickup
We talked props, filmmaking, and tapping into the zeitgeist with Cat Miller ahead of her visit to Tulsa this week.
thepickup.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The prop master for 'Severance' is coming to Tulsa. We talked to Cat Miller about her career, her favorite Lumon props, and not being weird for weird's sake. Read it here: thepickup.com/attention-lu...