Bracken Klar
@brackenthelaw.bsky.social
Gear forward hobby enthusiast; bicycles, vegan cooking, vinyl, &c. 💙 📚📖 & ⚽🥅 Executive producer @focusblackoklahoma.bsky.social | Board of Directors tricitycollective.bsky.social | non-practicing librarian | linktr.ee/briznack
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I'm only the 2nd generation of my family born outside of Brooklyn. This Cletus stuff settles in right quick! & I'm Jewish, we're not a tall people. It's great visiting NYC & seeing all the way across a crowded subway or down entire block with an unobstructed view.
Amanda Mull@amandamull.bsky.social · 2w ago15 years in New York has made me VERY SLIGHTLY more sympathetic to journalists who get sent outside of New York and end up writing a Cletus Safari story because I have just been marveling at how tall everyone in the Midwest is since yesterday. Everyone in New York is 5’8
The only drugs in his system were prescribed ADHD meds. Neither mental illness, mental distress, addiction, nor being high should be a death sentence. #tulsa #oklahoma @allieduniversal.bsky.social youtube.com/watch?v=aonr...
Body camera and jail video shows arrest of Justin Benner before his death at Tulsa Municipal Jail
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The Frontier@readfrontier.bsky.social · 2w agoAfter telling neighbors that Benner would get treatment and be “fine,” a Tulsa police officer enters his vehicle and drives away to the sounds of heavy metal. Benner was dead in an isolation cell an hour later.
This bill is a blunt object being used where a more thoughtful, specialized tool is required. The same thing happened with SESTA/FOSTA and human trafficking. The result of those blunt object bills has made it MORE difficult to track, catch, & prosecute traffickers.
Freedom of the Press Foundation@freedom.press · last mo.A new bill could change how everyone accesses the internet by pushing age verification across the web. That puts online anonymity at risk, which is especially troubling for journalists and whistleblowers. Watch @trevortimm.bsky.social explain, and tell the Senate to vote “No” on the KIDS Act.
Can confirm. The music is amazing and the girls are incredible people as well as incredible musicians.
Tri-City Collective@tricitycollective.bsky.social · last mo.We recorded our latest Teen Talk at Girls Rock Summer Camp today. They are amazing musicians from all over NE Oklahoma. You really want to go to this FREE show!
"A case study published in 2025 followed people for a year after losing housing found 64% reported physical health deterioration, 58% had mental health declines, & 53% had experienced violence." Listen to the 5 minute piece produced for the @tulsaflyer.bsky.social here youtu.be/2mvEUvMy4FU?....
A federal data analysis shows an Oklahoma utility led the nation in electricity disconnections per its customer base. Public Service Company of Oklahoma disconnected power 290,739 times in 2024.
The power disconnect: Why do Oklahomans experience so many electricity shutoffs?
A federal data analysis shows an Oklahoma utility led the nation in electricity disconnections per its customer base.
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As immigration enforcement in Oklahoma continues to ramp up, one Tulsa couple’s experience shows how people who have previously had permission to live in the country are caught in the chaos. Read the first of a three-part series from KOSU's @lionelramos.bsky.social.
How an unwarranted immigration arrest began unraveling one Tulsa couple's life
As immigration enforcement in Oklahoma continues to ramp up, one Tulsa couple’s experience shows how the federal government is piling onto trauma of people protected from deportation.
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The women have won four World Cups, but absolutely congratulations to the men for making it to the knockout round. Yes, this is a reminder that the USA has, in fact, won a World Cup — four of them. In case you heard otherwise.
Today at 3pm over the air or livestream! Stories include Seminole Freedmen, Tulsa Food Not Bombs Arrests, Mental Health on the Margins, Mother Randle & the Tulsa Race Massacre, Black Music Month Artist Profile of Rocky Dawuni, comedy by Sondra Slade, & more!
All the details on data center secrecy deals Oklahoma communities have signed
All the details on data center secrecy deals Oklahoma communities have signed
We gathered cities' confidentiality agreements with data center developers. Some require local leaders to keep secret even the fact that a nondisclosure agreement exists.
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Locke Saints Band - Everlasting Love [US, School Band Modern Soul Funk] (1979) https://redd.it/7l2y0h https://youtu.be/Ns6pwrWf8Mk
Locke Saints Band - Everlasting Love [US, School Band Modern Soul Funk] (1979)
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On the latest episode of This Week in Oklahoma Politics, the panel discusses June's primary election (featuring a proposal to raise the state's minimum wage), the retirement of Chickasaw Gov. Bill Anoatubby and more.
Oklahoma's 2026 Elections, AI campaign ads, Chickasaw Gov. Anoatubby retiring and more
Podcast Episode · This Week in Oklahoma Politics · June 11 · 27m
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We cover this same disparity in #Oklahoma on @focusblackoklahoma.bsky.social, in several series over several episodes since we started broad/pod casting back in 2020. These are important stories!
Texas Public Radio@texaspublicradio.bsky.social · 2mo agoTexas has some of the Southwest’s widest racial and ethnic disparities in health care, with Hispanic residents experiencing particularly poor access, quality and health outcomes, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. Read More👉 ebx.sh/Byi72i
Thousands attend anti-racism rallies following unrest in Belfast The rallies in Northern Ireland come after two nights of anti-immigrant violence sparked by a stabbing incident. www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
Thousands attend anti-racism rallies following unrest in Belfast
The rallies in Northern Ireland follow two nights of anti-immigrant violence provoked by a stabbing attack.
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Gang, if you're using "clean and pure" to describe your microblogging account, or anything really, please stop. That shiz is SO Nazi coded. You all are coming off as Proud Boys or Groypers, etc. I don't think all of you intend to blow that particular K-9 wind instrument. Stahhhhp.
Happy Loving Day to fellow celebrants! lovingday.org + + + #lovingday #interracialmarriage #supremecourt #marriageequality #loveislove #lovemakesafamily #tomorrowtheworld #endeavortoperesevere #excelsior
Sports can help kids build confidence and navigate challenges both on and off the field. Mason Thomas brings that philosophy to Harlem Lacrosse in Compton, California. https://to.pbs.org/4vIqyIs
A Brief But Spectacular take on changing the lineup
Playing sports teaches more than just the game, it helps kids build confidence and navigate challenges both on and off the field. Mason Thomas brings that philosophy to Harlem Lacrosse in Compton, Cal...
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Business is sprinting toward peak enshitification, pushing younger folks to physical collections. It's becoming worth the time, space, & money to curate physical media/entertainment. Streaming services inserting ads into what was once a premium service because another tier was invented.
Focus: Black Oklahoma@focusblackoklahoma.bsky.social · 2mo agoIn other rporting, here is some news! Back stateside, zine workshops have been popular and well received by the younger folks we've interacted with. #zines #publishing #print #physicalmedia www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026... @tulsaflyer.bsky.social
“What’s Nashville have that we ain’t got in Seattle?” New Jim Crow, strict abortion ban, union-busting, low wages, unchecked poverty, and gun deaths in spades. Just what Starbucks was looking for, John Burbank opines. Op-ed by John Burbank: www.theurbanist.org/op-ed-starbu...
Op-Ed: Starbucks Execs Pull Out of Seattle to Exploit Regressive Tennessee
“What’s Nashville have that we ain’t got in Seattle?” New Jim Crow, strict abortion ban, union-busting, low wages, unchecked poverty, and gun deaths in spades. Just what Starbucks was looking for, Joh...
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Listen to this bite size bit "We Are Animals" taken from our podcast "Walking the Margins." It's less than five minutes and gives you a great peek into the longer pod. tinyurl.com/WalkingTheMa... The link is to NPR but it's available wherever you podcast. Photo by Milo Gladstein/Tulsa Flyer
Let us know what you want to know about voting and the voting process!
Focus: Black Oklahoma@focusblackoklahoma.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe want to hear from you! What keeps you from voting? Are there parts of the voting process you want to know more about? Are there positions or candidates you need more information on? Let us know in our voting guide survey. Tinyurl.com/TulsaVotersPoll
Seattle homies! This looks like fun. I hope we can do this when I'm up there next. A few of you all go and lemme know how much fun it is.
Push/Pull Seattle@pushpullseattle.bsky.social · 3mo agoToday's sold out Paper Marbling class had the highest per capita "oooohs" and "aaaahs" of any class in a hot minute. There's still 3 spots left for the session next Friday if you want to see what all the fuss is about!! :O www.simpletix.com/e/paper-marb...
Today's sold out Paper Marbling class had the highest per capita "oooohs" and "aaaahs" of any class in a hot minute. There's still 3 spots left for the session next Friday if you want to see what all the fuss is about!! :O www.simpletix.com/e/paper-marb...
