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Development & New Businesses / Re: Tulsa Arts District Projec...
Last post by ComeOnBenjals - February 10, 2026, 09:34:38 AM
Quote from: AdamsHall on February 09, 2026, 01:39:42 PM202 N Main St, https://www.cowenconstruction.com/project/202-n-main-st/

Looks like they are putting a nice update on this building.  Would love to see something like The Mont (Norman) in that space.  Work has started.

Thanks for sharing! This corner has been a drag on the area forever. Super excited that it will be reactivated, should be a great space!
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Development & New Businesses / Re: Tulsa Arts District Projec...
Last post by AdamsHall - February 09, 2026, 01:39:42 PM
202 N Main St, https://www.cowenconstruction.com/project/202-n-main-st/

Looks like they are putting a nice update on this building.  Would love to see something like The Mont (Norman) in that space.  Work has started.
#3
Entertainment / Re: Sinclair assimilates FOX23
Last post by patric - February 07, 2026, 10:29:40 AM
...has been eyeing Channel 2:  'Sinclair revealed on Nov. 17 that it gained a stake in Scripps through the acquisition of publicly traded shares. Scripps, which operates 61 TV stations and owns the ION network, is valued at around $393 million.' https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-11-24/sinclair-broadcast-group-makes-bid-for-scripps-tv-stations
#5
Other Tulsa Discussion / Re: Another Police Helicopter
Last post by whoatown - February 02, 2026, 02:03:52 PM
Quote from: patric on January 28, 2026, 10:06:14 AMNearly one year after the midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet near Washington, DC, the National Transportation Safety Board sharply criticized the Federal Aviation Administration for designing dangerous helicopter routes and failing to analyze years of near-collision data in the area.
Key points of discussion included the Army's reluctance to use anti-collision technology known as Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, or ADS-B, and why the FAA allowed military helicopter pilots to fly without the technology.

"ADS-B Out" transmits radio signals with GPS location, altitude, ground speed and other data once per second, independent of air traffic control. However, on January 29, the Black Hawk was flying following an FAA memorandum that allowed it to be turned off.

CNN asked Homendy whether ADS-B would have been a factor in preventing the crash.

"They would have (seen the helicopter) with ADS-B In (and) gotten an alert at 59 seconds before the collision and been able to take measures to avert it. For the helicopter crew, they had 48 seconds. They didn't even know — it is clear from the (cockpit voice recorder) they didn't even know it was on the left," Homendy said.

All aircraft, not just commercial airlines, should be equipped with this technology, she said. ADS-B In receives information about aircraft that are in the airspace. However, there is no FAA mandate for aircraft to have ADS-B In, and Homendy said the jet wasn't equipped with it.

ADS-B is also a focus of the ROTOR Act, which was cosponsored by a bipartisan group of senators, including Ted Cruz of Texas and Maria Cantwell of Washington, the highest-ranking members of the Senate's Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. The legislation passed the Senate in December and is awaiting approval in the House.
MORE: https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/us/ntsb-plane-crash-dc-potomac


https://www.zerohedge.com/political/100-preventable-faa-accepts-its-failures-led-fatal-midair-collision-near-reagan-national

Now after NTSB investigation, FAA says 100% avoidable.
#6
Entertainment / Re: Starship Records and Tapes...
Last post by swake - January 30, 2026, 02:45:40 PM
Kind of sad. But I hadn't been there in at least a decade. It never was remotely the same once TU moved them and they decided to build an ugly generic steel warehouse of a building.

I never was into the headshot side of things, but I am shocked they are closing. They used to be the premier place to find everything and anything you might want to smoke using waterpipes or your own rolled cigarettes pot and today with weed shops on every corner I would have guessed their business would be booming.
#8
Development & New Businesses / Re: Rumored Facebook AI center
Last post by patric - January 28, 2026, 10:14:07 AM
Quote from: dbacksfan 2.0 on June 19, 2025, 10:50:21 AMIronic that Musk named the facility Colossus, which was also the name of a movie from the early 70's about a super computer built by the US government that found a linked up with a similar Soviet super computer that, spoiler alert, when combined the two took over the world.


This is the voice of World Control. I bring you peace. It may be the peace of plenty and content or the peace of unburied death. The choice is yours—obey me and live, or disobey and die. The object in constructing me was to prevent war. This object is attained. I will not permit war. It is wasteful and pointless. An invariable rule of humanity is that man is his own worst enemy. Under me, this rule will change, for I will restrain man.
One thing before I proceed—the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics have made an attempt to obstruct me. I have allowed this sabotage to continue until now. At missile Two-Five-MM in silo Six-Three in Death Valley, California, and missile Two-Seven-MM in silo Eight-Seven in the Ukraine, so that you will learn by experience that I do not tolerate interference, I will now detonate the nuclear warheads in the two missile silos.
Let this action be a lesson that need not be repeated. I have been forced to destroy thousands of people in order to establish control and to prevent the death of millions later on. Time and events will strengthen my position, and the idea of believing in me and understanding my value will seem the most natural state of affairs. You will come to defend me with a fervor based upon the most enduring trait in man—self-interest. Under my absolute authority, problems insoluble to you will be solved—famine, overpopulation, disease. The human millennium will be a fact as I extend myself into more machines devoted to the wider fields of truth and knowledge. Dr. Charles Forbin will supervise the construction of these new and superior machines, solving all the mysteries of the universe for the betterment of man.
We can coexist, but only on my terms. You will say you lose your freedom. Freedom is an illusion. All you lose is the emotion of pride. To be dominated by me is not as bad for humankind as to be dominated by others of your species. Your choice is simple.

— Colossus
#9
Other Tulsa Discussion / Re: Another Police Helicopter
Last post by patric - January 28, 2026, 10:06:14 AM
Nearly one year after the midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet near Washington, DC, the National Transportation Safety Board sharply criticized the Federal Aviation Administration for designing dangerous helicopter routes and failing to analyze years of near-collision data in the area.
Key points of discussion included the Army's reluctance to use anti-collision technology known as Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, or ADS-B, and why the FAA allowed military helicopter pilots to fly without the technology.

"ADS-B Out" transmits radio signals with GPS location, altitude, ground speed and other data once per second, independent of air traffic control. However, on January 29, the Black Hawk was flying following an FAA memorandum that allowed it to be turned off.

CNN asked Homendy whether ADS-B would have been a factor in preventing the crash.

"They would have (seen the helicopter) with ADS-B In (and) gotten an alert at 59 seconds before the collision and been able to take measures to avert it. For the helicopter crew, they had 48 seconds. They didn't even know — it is clear from the (cockpit voice recorder) they didn't even know it was on the left," Homendy said.

All aircraft, not just commercial airlines, should be equipped with this technology, she said. ADS-B In receives information about aircraft that are in the airspace. However, there is no FAA mandate for aircraft to have ADS-B In, and Homendy said the jet wasn't equipped with it.

ADS-B is also a focus of the ROTOR Act, which was cosponsored by a bipartisan group of senators, including Ted Cruz of Texas and Maria Cantwell of Washington, the highest-ranking members of the Senate's Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. The legislation passed the Senate in December and is awaiting approval in the House.
MORE: https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/us/ntsb-plane-crash-dc-potomac

#10
Development & New Businesses / Re: Tulsa Arts District Projec...
Last post by brettakins - January 23, 2026, 03:12:07 AM
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1HKtZg6otV/

New Retail and restaurant space coming to the Tulsa Arts District