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‘Utility of the now’ — McBee on Twitter follows
(Editor’s Note: This is the third of three posts where NonDoc staff answer the question, “For someone new to either Oklahoma City or Twitter, who...
Twitter follows: Funny folks and a guy OG&E blocked
(Editor's Note: This is the first of three posts where NonDoc staff answer the question, "For someone new to either Oklahoma City or Twitter,...
Sunday Funday: The price of safety at home
Safety First
Poem Second
Go Native. Go Nowhere. Go Vote.
by Derek Geiger
The drums of Babylon are fading
As the drummers bang stronger.
Reverse the Exodus, my people!
We shall...
An essay on love: Grandmothers and kittens
(Editor's Note: For your Caturday, NonDoc offers this essay on kittens, families and love. If anyone asks, you just cut up some fresh onions.)
My...
Where the river goes: A tribute playlist for Scott Weiland
In light of vocalist and frontman Scott Weiland's unfortunate death Thursday night in Bloomington, Minn., NonDoc offers up this Spotify playlist as tribute to an...
Plaintiffs, robots cover Oklahoma open records lawsuit
How best should one write about Oklahoma's unabating Open Records Act violations?
The best way, I suppose, would be whatever way most supports state compliance with a key pillar...
Web scraping hits NonDoc (and probably your site, too)
Thanks to some jackass robot, I recently learned about something known as web scraping.
Basically, and in the sense that it's relevant to NonDoc, people use...
Evils of terrorism, large and small, at your doorstep
AUSTIN, Texas — Timothy McVeigh was a terrorist.
McVeigh was an American-born, lily-white, homegrown terrorist who killed 168 people, grievously injured three times that number...
OCPA Impact: More than a ‘penny tax’ in Boren proposal
Much has been said about University of Oklahoma President David Boren’s proposal for a new, statewide, "one-cent" sales tax. A portion of proceeds from...
Uncomfortable convos for OKCPS: race, class, parenting
The most difficult and most emotional dispute in education is over the assessment of disciplinary consequences for student misconduct. The issue requires conversations about...