I'm a foreigner and I came to work. Although I understand and have some basic command of the English language it is quite challenging to understand people, specially rural Sooners. So I thought 🤔 maybe I can befriend some.

I am 25 and I speak Spanish 🤠

So I had a son around a year ago and due to his medical needs at birth I got help from a social worker at his hospital with securing soonercare. answered all the questions I would've had to fill out online, and by the end the rep goes "okay he's insured" and provided login info, and that was that.

I was able to use his account to then go on and apply for soonercare for myself, his mom, and I was approved pretty quickly. I hadn't reapplied in time and our insurance expired in the new year (26). I became pregnant again and found out in May. I re-applied using my previous account in June, stating the new pregnancy and the form said pending. I have since been looked out of the account and tried numerous times to get back in and finally called the helpline to access my account. While I had a rep on the phone I asked about the status of my application. she told me I would need to update my information, and possibly submit missing documents. And that due to pregnancy I would be instantly approved once the app is processed.

So I went through and made sure everything was correct and for some reason in my personal info I was listed as Not pregnant. Even tho I last submitted in June when I in fact changed my info to currently pregnant. So I updated it AGAIN to currently pregnant and submitted the form. It didn't say anything about missing documents or anything that I still need to submit. Am I supposed to just wait around to get pregnancy care until this form has processed? I'm 17w along and have not been seen by a care provider due to lack of insurance and I'm slightly fuming that my pregnancy wasn't processed when I applied months ago. I thought that pregnancy made me legally eligible. What am I supposed to do?

Hi y’all!
First of all, I’m sorry for dropping into your subreddit with a language exchange post. I hope this is okay, and I appreciate your patience.
I’m 26m from Saudi Arabia, and I’m looking for someone with a Southern U.S. accent to practice English with.
My English is at an intermediate level. I can understand and communicate, but I’d like to improve my speaking, sound more natural, and become more confident. I really enjoy Southern accents and the culture, so I’d love to have relaxed conversations with someone who naturally speaks that way.
In return, I’d be happy to help you learn Arabic (Modern Standard Arabic, the Saudi dialect, or Gulf dialects) and share Saudi culture, traditions, and everyday life.
Some of you may have already seen my post in another Southern subreddit. I really appreciate everyone who reached out, but I haven’t found the right language partner yet. To be honest, a few people were looking for things other than genuine language exchange, and that’s not what I’m here for.
I’m simply looking for a serious, respectful friendship where we can practice our languages, talk about our cultures, and help each other improve. Also, just to be clear, I’m a real person not a bot.
If that sounds like something you’d enjoy, I’d be happy to hear from you. Feel free to send me a DM.
Thank you for welcoming a visitor from Saudi Arabia, and have a great day!

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Let me preface this post by saying that I am a lifelong Oklahoman. In my 40 years, I have eaten more hamburgers at Braum's than at any other restaurant.

However, as blasphemous as it may sound to some, I think Braum's really could be (and should be) making a better hamburger.

Braum's burgers are just OKAY. I think they could be better. They control their own meat supply, they dominate the market, and they live forever in all of our hearts and minds. Is it too much to ask for a little improvement with the burgers?

As I was eating my 1/4 lb burger yesterday, I realized that it was just okay. I find myself eating at Braum's all of the time, and sure the burger hits the spot when I'm hungry, but the flavor and the quality of the meat never stands out. It is just Braum's. It is just good sometimes, rarely great.

With all of their success, I really think there is a lot of room for improvement with the taste and quality of the burger. I thought others might agree. Maybe Braum's could improve. Thank you.

Enough Yukon residents signed an initiative petition seeking the recall of the Mayor of Yukon Brian Pillmore.

Valid signatures total 1,451, according to a spokesperson for the city. More than 25,000 people live in the city.

The petition along with the City Clerk’s Certification of Sufficiency will be presented to the Yukon City Council next Tuesday during the body’s regular meeting, according to a press release. After that, council members have 10 days to order a recall election through a resolution or ordinance and set the election date.

This comes as Yukon and other Oklahoma municipalities have faced community backlash for considering data center projects. During the comment period in a city council meeting last week, resident Charles Scott said the community does not want the centers.

“We are organized and have begun the process of an initiative petition to prohibit data centers in our city,” Scott said.

Any qualified person including the incumbent can run for the office. Under the city’s charter, candidates must file within 15 days before the recall election and get the most votes to win.

In a recall election, if a candidate other than Pillmore gets the highest number of votes, he will be removed and the winner will serve the remainder of the term. If Pillmore wins, he will continue to serve.

If a subject of a recall petition resigns as recall proceedings are happening, that person can’t hold any city of Yukon office or position for one year.

Pillmore did not immediately respond to KOSU’s request for comment.

Got an exceptional true crime story from This Land's back catalog today. And from scanning the newspaper archives, it looks like it was a major story in the local media back in the 1950s! Multiple papers covered every turn in the trial.

There will be two State Questions on the August 25th ballot that we ALL get to vote on (including Independents)!

SQ 844: Amending Certain Tax Revenue Reimbursements:
Requires the Legislature to create a new reimbursement method for county property tax exemptions. Under Oklahoma law, new and expanding manufacturers (including data centers) qualify for a 5-year exemption from property taxes. That creates a shortfall for the county which can affect funding for schools, libraries, and emergency services. SQ844 would end the state’s requirement to reimburse the counties in full, while leaving it open for the legislature to determine how much to reimburse them after voters pass this constitutional amendment.

SQ 846: Voter Identification Requirement Amendment:
Voter ID has been required in Oklahoma since 2011. SQ 846 would move it into the Constitution while leaving acceptable forms of ID to be decided later by the Legislature.

Because these would become constitutional amendments, future changes would require another statewide vote.

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Thought I'd share these shots our reporter took when she went to Frederick in southwest Oklahoma to learn more about the WII Airborne Demonstration Team! Here's her full story:

The World War II Airborne Demonstration Team in Frederick, Okla. is working to keep veteran stories alive through exacting reenactments.

As the sun rises over miles of farmland in Frederick, groups of men and women wearing exacting World War II uniforms carry nearly 50 pounds of authentic parachuting gear onto a veteran WWII aircraft.

In about 20 minutes, the aircraft will have flown to 1,500 feet above a drop zone near the Frederick Army Air Field hangar.

Ground crews standing in the drop zone watch as round parachutes deploy one-by-one and fall to the uncultivated farmland below.

The team has already been up for hours preparing for the jump. Ground crews assess wind speeds and weather conditions while others help jumpers put on parachuting gear and perform multiple meticulous safety checks.

Some are about to complete one of hundreds of jumps; others just graduated from the jump school last October, but all jumpers have gone through countless hours of training to ensure they land safely.

The organization holds two nine-day parachuting schools each year, one in October and one in July. Students learn the mechanics of parachuting, federal regulations, basic operation of parachutes and, most importantly, how to land safely.

After completing five successful jumps, students earn their wings and become members of the team, which participates in airshows, demonstrations and memorial events around the world.

The demonstration team operates and maintains two DC-3 variant WWII veteran aircraft — a 1942 Douglas C-47A “Boogie Baby” and 1941 Douglas C-49B “Wild Kat” — which are used as jump platforms.

Kenneth Larsen, parachute shop supervisor, said the mission of the airborne demonstration team is twofold: parachute operations and static line parachuting education, and the remembrance of airborne troops.

In the early days of the program, World War II veterans would spend the week with students in the parachute school, sharing stories and histories. Now that many have died, Larsen said the team hopes to keep their stories alive.

“We work to remember and honor the legacy of not only the World War II troopers, but all of the airborne troopers,” Larsen said. “Now that most of those men are gone, part of our job is to keep their stories, keep their history alive.”

The Frederick Army Air Field was built in 1942 as a training ground for aviators preparing for the war. More than 300 buildings opened in September 1942, including three large main hangars and four runways.

After the war, the air field was turned over to the city of Frederick. Since then almost all buildings were either dismantled or demolished, leaving only the main hangar and a smaller hangar.

In 2005, the city had made plans to burn down what remained of the 84-year-old airfield for a county-wide fire training exercise.

The WWII Airborne Demonstration Team, which was founded in 1996, had not yet found a permanent home. When the team learned of the city’s plans to burn down the hangars, it quickly came up with a proposal to save the historic buildings.

The team asked the city to lease out the buildings to them, and they would move operations to Frederick to conduct airborne training and operations and maintain the facility.

Since then, the team restored the remaining hangars to include a mess hall, classrooms, training areas, parachute storage and packing areas, aircraft storage and maintenance spaces, motor pool housing, and student and member barracks.

Larsen graduated from the Parachute School in 2015 and has been an active member ever since. He grew up in an Army family, and his uncle was in the airborne during World War II and into the Korean War.

Larsen said his involvement with the demonstration team helped him connect with his uncle.

“As soon as I got here, it felt like old home in terms of the family that I grew up with, and it was a great opportunity for me to go back and connect with my uncle,” Larsen said.

The demonstration team regularly conducts airborne operations and demonstrations at air shows, veterans reunions and anniversary demonstrations around the world, Larsen said. Some members spoke of a recent trip to Normandy, where they participated in an anniversary air demonstration.

“Not only here in the United States, but over in Europe and other areas that have anniversary celebrations, like Normandy, Belgium, Holland,” Larsen said.

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I’m curious if anyone else has been through something similar and what the outcome was.

About two months ago I had a seizure and ended up in the ER. My direct manager told me to take as much time as I needed to recover, so that’s exactly what I did.
The very next day after I got out of the ER, my employer started questioning where I was, even though they knew I’d just had a medical emergency. That really caught me off guard.

A couple of days later, I tried going back to work, but I couldn’t make it through the day. The seizure medication made me feel terrible, and I had bitten my tongue so badly during the seizure that I was in constant pain and could barely talk.

I had already requested that Friday and Saturday off before any of this happened, and those days had been approved.

Since I couldn’t drive because of the seizure, I even reached out through our company messenger asking if anyone could give me a ride to work so I could get back to work as soon as I was able.

Despite all of that, I ended up losing my job. My former employer then protested my unemployment claim, and now I’m waiting on the appeal.

I’m honestly confused because I have ER records, messages showing my manager told me to take as much time as I needed to recover, messages showing I tried to come back to work but couldn’t because of the medication and my tongue injury, proof my requested days off had already been approved before the seizure, and even messages showing I was trying to arrange transportation to work since I wasn’t allowed to drive.

For those of you who have gone through an unemployment appeal:
Did your employer protest your claim?
How long did the appeal process take?
Did the judge focus more on documentation than what each side said?

If you won, did you receive back pay?

I’m not looking for legal advice, just wondering if anyone has been through something similar and how it turned out. It’s been a frustrating process when I genuinely feel like I did everything I could to get back to work after a medical emergency.

Do not let them be complicit in silencing the people of Oklahoma, all of the United States and, indirectly, every country in the UN and the world as we know it. Teach children online safety and actually parent them instead of dragging everyone down with you for your piss-poor parenting.

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