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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social

"A pejorative term was coined for the scofflaws who did this: 'Sooners.' What that means is that the team name of the University of Oklahoma derives from a nineteenth-century word for a real estate cheat who ignores federal law."

aug 31, 2025, 2:15 pm • 86 31

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shedevilpatrol.bsky.social @shedevilpatrol.bsky.social

Krazy Lyft ride, at least there were more of you than the one of him, unfortunately, as I was reading, I’m having that emotion of he’s the one in control? #jesustakethewheelmoment I can relate to it, like every time I talk or exchange emails with my ‘Fox friends in Florida’ #fff #eyerolls #america

aug 31, 2025, 3:04 pm • 1 1 • view
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amygstarks.bsky.social @amygstarks.bsky.social

OKC was flat as a pancake as I recall with endless brown expanses. Good to hear it’s making an effort to be hipsterville.

aug 31, 2025, 9:42 pm • 1 0 • view
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∙ ᴘᴀᴜʟɪɴᴀ ∙ @iamthepaulina.bsky.social

Love that history gave land-rush cheaters a pejorative: ‘Sooners.’ From now on, all MAGA = Sooners.

aug 31, 2025, 2:48 pm • 5 1 • view
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social

That blew my mind!

aug 31, 2025, 3:25 pm • 3 0 • view
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∙ ᴘᴀᴜʟɪɴᴀ ∙ @iamthepaulina.bsky.social

No kidding! Glad I have now a word for those who feel "Conquerors"

aug 31, 2025, 3:34 pm • 3 0 • view
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∙ ᴘᴀᴜʟɪɴᴀ ∙ @iamthepaulina.bsky.social

Colonizers** 🙄

aug 31, 2025, 4:04 pm • 3 0 • view