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Spencer Fordin
@spencerfordin.bsky.social
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Journalist looking for work; formerly at MLB.com, Pasatiempo and the Cayman Compass. UF journalism/Independent Florida Alligator alum.
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Spencer Fordin @spencerfordin.bsky.social · 7h
Under the bridge downtown
In Sacramento

Under the bridge downtown
Is where I had no dough

Under the bridge downtown
I tried to leave and go

Under the bridge downtown
Another resume???
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Spencer Fordin @spencerfordin.bsky.social · 17h
I have nothing to add.

But Little Richard does.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=F13J...
Little Richard - Tutti Frutti
YouTube video by Darwinner
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Spencer Fordin @spencerfordin.bsky.social · 18h
We need a biopic of Louis Armstrong, not people who are still alive and in front of our faces
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Spencer Fordin @spencerfordin.bsky.social · 19h
A lot of people are against the Maine governor running for Senate because she’s old … but one of her competitors has a nazi tattoo which I personally frown upon …

www.cnn.com/2025/10/22/p...
Maine Senate candidate Platner says tattoo recognized as Nazi symbol has been covered | CNN Politics
Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for US Senate in Maine, said Wednesday that a tattoo on his chest has been covered to no longer reflect an image widely recognized as a Nazi symbol.
www.cnn.com
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Spencer Fordin @spencerfordin.bsky.social · 21h
Can you imagine the world hearing the tide of white supremacy rising and World War 2 coming and then hearing Louis Armstrong sing and play the horn?

It had to be absolutely revolutionary for people who had never seen or heard anything like it before.
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Spencer Fordin @spencerfordin.bsky.social · 21h
30 years before the British Invasion, we sent Europe Louis Armstrong.

You’re welcome.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=BhVd...
Louis Armstrong "Dinah" 1933
YouTube video by harryoakley
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Spencer Fordin @spencerfordin.bsky.social · 1d
Two years ago i stood right on the spot where the first atomic bomb was detonated!!!
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Spencer Fordin @spencerfordin.bsky.social · 2d
OK Blue Jays

Let’s play ball
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Spencer Fordin @spencerfordin.bsky.social · 2d
I covered hundreds of bad baseball games in Toronto and now the Jays are three outs from going to the World Series … pretty remarkable
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Spencer Fordin @spencerfordin.bsky.social · 4d
No Kings crowd, Sacramento
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Spencer Fordin @spencerfordin.bsky.social · 5d
Sorry for your loss.

15 sounds like an amazing life!
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Spencer Fordin @spencerfordin.bsky.social · 5d
No she has no underlying conditions…
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Spencer Fordin @spencerfordin.bsky.social · 6d
My doggo Pepper turned 8 today. She’s had a really tough year; she had a stroke in may but she fully recovered and we’ve since taken some epic trips to Banff and the redwood forest and Great Basin NP

#dogsofbluesky
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Spencer Fordin @spencerfordin.bsky.social · 7d
I hit two Vietnamese restaurants today — pho bac hoa viet for lemongrass chicken and doc huang for banh mi sandwiches that I’ll eat later for dinner…
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Spencer Fordin @spencerfordin.bsky.social · 7d
I went 18 months without eating sushi when I lived in New Mexico but now that I live in California I am loving exploring the crazy diversity of Asian cuisine that comes with having a huge Asian community living here
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Spencer Fordin @spencerfordin.bsky.social · 8d
Yes. I do. Always.
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Spencer Fordin @spencerfordin.bsky.social · 11d
You haven’t had that much sex since you were a Boy Scout leader?

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The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear: The end zone layer.
YouTube video by Nizzinny
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Spencer Fordin @spencerfordin.bsky.social · 11d
When Spencer was in Egypt land

Let my Spencer go
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Spencer Fordin @spencerfordin.bsky.social · 12d
I can’t stop playing The Wrens and Archers of Loaf so the ultimate strikebreaker is coming out of the bullpen …. It’s Fiona Apple time.
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Spencer Fordin @spencerfordin.bsky.social · 12d
If John Mendelsohn is still alive, he should feel shame
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Spencer Fordin @spencerfordin.bsky.social · 13d
Great work willamette week
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Spencer Fordin @spencerfordin.bsky.social · 13d
It sure was fun getting there though!!!
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Spencer Fordin @spencerfordin.bsky.social · 13d
I just found this summary of my trek to Machu Picchu and it’s gold even in bullet form
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Spencer Fordin @spencerfordin.bsky.social · 13d
Right there with ya.

My doggo had her own health scare this spring and it was horrible but thankfully she fully recovered
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Spencer Fordin @spencerfordin.bsky.social · 13d
Cool: Johnny Cash

Deeply uncool: The Wall Street Journal

Glad we settled this one
wsj.com The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 13d
Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.
Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?
Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.
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