Dana S

Social Worker. Penguin Enthusiast. APO Section Chair. University of Oklahoma '15. University of Pittsburgh'16 #BoomerSooner #H2P

[Toxie Havok @ToxieHavok]

The "H" in Jesus H. Christ stands for Hoobastank because he died for a reason and the reason is you

[SEC Shorts @SECShorts]

Oklahoma and Texas join the SEC.

presented by: @renasant

featuring: @ALostrich @FunnyMaine @joshmancuso

[Mr. Pilkington @Onikuno]

Lincoln Riley returns to Norman, Oklahoma

[Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation @OKWildlifeDept]

It is time once again for our annual reminder:

[Nick @ndorety]

En route to Utah! We’re coming soon @OUClubofUtah !! #Boomer

[Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation @OKWildlifeDept]

our Spotify wrapped just dropped

[Forrest Bennett @ForrestBennett]

US Senators are not medical professionals

[The REF @KREFsports]

46 years ago today: The Kick.

OU trailed Ohio State 28-26 with less than 10 seconds to play in Columbus.

Woody Hayes called a timeout to “ice” OU kicker Uwe von Schamann but as the crowd chanted “block that kick”, Uwe turned to the crowd and started cheering with them.

Uwe lined up and nailed the 41-yard field goal to lift OU to a 29-28 win.

It’s the most famous kick in OU football history.
@BetUS_Official

[Mayor David Holt @davidfholt]

The growth in Oklahoma City’s film industry the last few years has been amazing. But perhaps it was always meant to be…

(thanks to Jacob Finck at Prairie Surf Media for the OKC supercut!)

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”

-Nate White

[abby @abbsmk]

my dad heard me sobbing and sent me this text (which is funny obviously) but also i’m gonna cry :((

[Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation @OKWildlifeDept]

If you’re outdoors in these temperatures you need to be primarily drinking water.

NOT red bull,
NOT iced coffee,
NOT that purple stuff all over tiktok,

W👏A👏T👏E👏R

[Josh Gad @joshgad]

I will never be able to watch Grease the same way

[Houston Texans @HoustonTexans]

9️⃣9️⃣ is coming home 🤘

[Dr. Ruth Westheimer @AskDrRuth]

If Fox News can break up with Tucker Carlson, maybe today is the day you break up that toxic relationship you're in.

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

I will veto it.