Spencer Fordin
@spencerfordin.bsky.social
Digital content at NBA; formerly at MLB.com, Pasatiempo and the Cayman Compass. UF journalism/Independent Florida Alligator alum.
All the people who post about things they would listen to or read or watch on a desert island should maybe go outside more??
You’ll be doing a lot of hiking and palm frond weaving and fishing and crabbing and you’ll have no time for the collected works of AA Milne
You’ll be doing a lot of hiking and palm frond weaving and fishing and crabbing and you’ll have no time for the collected works of AA Milne
December 1, 2025 at 5:33 AM
All the people who post about things they would listen to or read or watch on a desert island should maybe go outside more??
You’ll be doing a lot of hiking and palm frond weaving and fishing and crabbing and you’ll have no time for the collected works of AA Milne
You’ll be doing a lot of hiking and palm frond weaving and fishing and crabbing and you’ll have no time for the collected works of AA Milne
If you’re an academic posting about how it sucks that football coaches make way more $$ than you, there’s a reason football stadiums are way more full than your lecture halls.
December 1, 2025 at 5:20 AM
If you’re an academic posting about how it sucks that football coaches make way more $$ than you, there’s a reason football stadiums are way more full than your lecture halls.
If you live in a thin walled building and want to listen to awesome music that will also absolutely bewilder your neighbors, I suggest Meredith Monk
open.spotify.com/album/0tfqOt...
open.spotify.com/album/0tfqOt...
Meredith Monk: Songs of Ascension
open.spotify.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:48 AM
If you live in a thin walled building and want to listen to awesome music that will also absolutely bewilder your neighbors, I suggest Meredith Monk
open.spotify.com/album/0tfqOt...
open.spotify.com/album/0tfqOt...
I just moved.
I have no actual furniture.
I really had no need for another camp table.
But Black Friday worked its magic on me.
I have no actual furniture.
I really had no need for another camp table.
But Black Friday worked its magic on me.
I love camping gear, and if you're in the market for a camp table, my favorite one is 25 percent off at Dick’s sporting goods!! Get this thing ... it holds 100 lbs and breaks down into a little CD case. Whoever engineered this thing should be a NASA genius if they aren't already.
November 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I just moved.
I have no actual furniture.
I really had no need for another camp table.
But Black Friday worked its magic on me.
I have no actual furniture.
I really had no need for another camp table.
But Black Friday worked its magic on me.
I love camping gear, and if you're in the market for a camp table, my favorite one is 25 percent off at Dick’s sporting goods!! Get this thing ... it holds 100 lbs and breaks down into a little CD case. Whoever engineered this thing should be a NASA genius if they aren't already.
November 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I love camping gear, and if you're in the market for a camp table, my favorite one is 25 percent off at Dick’s sporting goods!! Get this thing ... it holds 100 lbs and breaks down into a little CD case. Whoever engineered this thing should be a NASA genius if they aren't already.
After less than three weeks in Portland I’ve made the executive decision that Portland residents are called Portholes. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
November 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
After less than three weeks in Portland I’ve made the executive decision that Portland residents are called Portholes. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
I think some of you forgot what happened when a Univision journalist tried to stand his ground. He got dragged out by a thug.
CNN didn’t defend him.
Just read this article.
But in the collective amnesia memory of America, being called piggy is worse
www.cnn.com/2015/08/25/p...
CNN didn’t defend him.
Just read this article.
But in the collective amnesia memory of America, being called piggy is worse
www.cnn.com/2015/08/25/p...
Univision anchor ejected from Trump news conference | CNN Politics
Jorge Ramos, the Univision anchor and journalist, extensively squabbled with Trump twice in testy exchanges at a news conference before his rally.
www.cnn.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I think some of you forgot what happened when a Univision journalist tried to stand his ground. He got dragged out by a thug.
CNN didn’t defend him.
Just read this article.
But in the collective amnesia memory of America, being called piggy is worse
www.cnn.com/2015/08/25/p...
CNN didn’t defend him.
Just read this article.
But in the collective amnesia memory of America, being called piggy is worse
www.cnn.com/2015/08/25/p...
When I was 26 years old, a stranger in a strange land — Canada — I had to fight for my legitimacy EVERY SINGLE DAY as an internet reporter competing against newspapers. Even though I worked for the league’s official website … I had to prove over and above that I belonged there.
November 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
When I was 26 years old, a stranger in a strange land — Canada — I had to fight for my legitimacy EVERY SINGLE DAY as an internet reporter competing against newspapers. Even though I worked for the league’s official website … I had to prove over and above that I belonged there.
I take way more offense to being called your enemy than I do to being called piggy or ugly, for the record
Everyone upset that the president called someone piggy or ugly has missed the point and lost the plot
He called an entire profession of people — who do nothing more than live their lives trying to inform you — your enemy.
And not enough of you stood up to say that’s absolutely not the case.
He called an entire profession of people — who do nothing more than live their lives trying to inform you — your enemy.
And not enough of you stood up to say that’s absolutely not the case.
November 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I take way more offense to being called your enemy than I do to being called piggy or ugly, for the record
Everybody in the country: Why don’t these reporters stand up in defense of their colleagues in the briefing room?
Also everybody in the country: not subscribing to newspapers, arguing in the comments section of an article they haven’t read, assuming the author is biased or incompetent
Also everybody in the country: not subscribing to newspapers, arguing in the comments section of an article they haven’t read, assuming the author is biased or incompetent
November 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Everybody in the country: Why don’t these reporters stand up in defense of their colleagues in the briefing room?
Also everybody in the country: not subscribing to newspapers, arguing in the comments section of an article they haven’t read, assuming the author is biased or incompetent
Also everybody in the country: not subscribing to newspapers, arguing in the comments section of an article they haven’t read, assuming the author is biased or incompetent
Portland beauty with and without my face in front
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Portland beauty with and without my face in front
It Ain't Cool Being No Jive Turkey So Close To Thanksgiving
YouTube video by TheBasisPoint
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November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A kind lady in Portland lent me her food dehydrator soooo … tonight is Fruit Snacks Experiment Round 1
November 25, 2025 at 1:53 AM
A kind lady in Portland lent me her food dehydrator soooo … tonight is Fruit Snacks Experiment Round 1
The bagel shop I like is sold out of bagels by noon; time to try somebody else!!
That’s why we are a free market economy
That’s why we are a free market economy
November 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The bagel shop I like is sold out of bagels by noon; time to try somebody else!!
That’s why we are a free market economy
That’s why we are a free market economy
Spencer Fordin Presents:
Bachelor Food Hacks
Instant pot trader joe chicken tikki masala
Press one button
Walk away
Profit
Bachelor Food Hacks
Instant pot trader joe chicken tikki masala
Press one button
Walk away
Profit
November 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Spencer Fordin Presents:
Bachelor Food Hacks
Instant pot trader joe chicken tikki masala
Press one button
Walk away
Profit
Bachelor Food Hacks
Instant pot trader joe chicken tikki masala
Press one button
Walk away
Profit
Portland is full of beautiful places to walk your dog including Laurelhurst Park with the super sweet foliage
November 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Portland is full of beautiful places to walk your dog including Laurelhurst Park with the super sweet foliage
Three things about this picture:
(1) my dog is adorable
(2) this hallway is hotel-y or otherwise reminiscent of The Shining
(3) I’m the only apartment in the hall with a welcome mat and it says So Whatcha Whatcha Whatcha Want
#dogsofbluesky
(1) my dog is adorable
(2) this hallway is hotel-y or otherwise reminiscent of The Shining
(3) I’m the only apartment in the hall with a welcome mat and it says So Whatcha Whatcha Whatcha Want
#dogsofbluesky
November 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Three things about this picture:
(1) my dog is adorable
(2) this hallway is hotel-y or otherwise reminiscent of The Shining
(3) I’m the only apartment in the hall with a welcome mat and it says So Whatcha Whatcha Whatcha Want
#dogsofbluesky
(1) my dog is adorable
(2) this hallway is hotel-y or otherwise reminiscent of The Shining
(3) I’m the only apartment in the hall with a welcome mat and it says So Whatcha Whatcha Whatcha Want
#dogsofbluesky
I just want to talk a little bit more about this woman, because outside of the caymans you might not know who she was.
Carol had a whole life before she became a reporter.
I think she was a librarian or a teacher; when I met her she was well established as the grand dame of grand cayman courts
Carol had a whole life before she became a reporter.
I think she was a librarian or a teacher; when I met her she was well established as the grand dame of grand cayman courts
I’m nothing but a humble sportswriter … when I worked in the Cayman Islands, our legend of a courts reporter — Carol Winker — got sick and couldn’t goto court on a daily basis.
She took me under her wing because she respected me and knew I cared about getting the job right.
I didn’t have to ask.
She took me under her wing because she respected me and knew I cared about getting the job right.
I didn’t have to ask.
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I just want to talk a little bit more about this woman, because outside of the caymans you might not know who she was.
Carol had a whole life before she became a reporter.
I think she was a librarian or a teacher; when I met her she was well established as the grand dame of grand cayman courts
Carol had a whole life before she became a reporter.
I think she was a librarian or a teacher; when I met her she was well established as the grand dame of grand cayman courts
I’m a NYer and I’m well aware we have a well deserved reputation for complaining about things but I’m here to tell you that if you want a good bagel in Portland, you can find one at Bernstein’s Bagels!!!
November 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I’m a NYer and I’m well aware we have a well deserved reputation for complaining about things but I’m here to tell you that if you want a good bagel in Portland, you can find one at Bernstein’s Bagels!!!
Portland convention center as seen from my dog walk
Cool building
I try not to take the small things for granted
Cool building
I try not to take the small things for granted
November 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Portland convention center as seen from my dog walk
Cool building
I try not to take the small things for granted
Cool building
I try not to take the small things for granted
Feel free to answer Kat.
She’s waiting.
She’s waiting.
Epstein was at Harvard 40 times AFTER he was released from jail for child sex abuse?!?
Where’s cancel culture when it’s actually needed? I’ll wait.
Where’s cancel culture when it’s actually needed? I’ll wait.
“The review found that Harvard in 2005 admitted Mr. Epstein as a visiting fellow in the psychology department and readmitted him the following year. And the review concluded “it is likely” that Mr. Epstein visited Harvard more than 40 times after his release from jail, between 2010 and 2018.”
BRO.
BRO.
November 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Feel free to answer Kat.
She’s waiting.
She’s waiting.
NYer bull in a china shop:
I went to one of the best bagel bakeries in Portland, and they were out of everything except poppi and salt by 12:30.
Q: “How early do I have to be here to get an everything bagel?”
Earnest but perplexed Portland clerk: “About 8 am? Anything after that is crapshoot.”
I went to one of the best bagel bakeries in Portland, and they were out of everything except poppi and salt by 12:30.
Q: “How early do I have to be here to get an everything bagel?”
Earnest but perplexed Portland clerk: “About 8 am? Anything after that is crapshoot.”
November 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
NYer bull in a china shop:
I went to one of the best bagel bakeries in Portland, and they were out of everything except poppi and salt by 12:30.
Q: “How early do I have to be here to get an everything bagel?”
Earnest but perplexed Portland clerk: “About 8 am? Anything after that is crapshoot.”
I went to one of the best bagel bakeries in Portland, and they were out of everything except poppi and salt by 12:30.
Q: “How early do I have to be here to get an everything bagel?”
Earnest but perplexed Portland clerk: “About 8 am? Anything after that is crapshoot.”
The first question people ask when they find out you’re an Oregon transplant is, “Why did you choose Oregon?”
Cause it’s an awesome place with affordable cities, incredible hiking, beautiful nature & reasonably temperate but real definable seasons?
Better question: Why didn’t I move here earlier?
Cause it’s an awesome place with affordable cities, incredible hiking, beautiful nature & reasonably temperate but real definable seasons?
Better question: Why didn’t I move here earlier?
November 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The first question people ask when they find out you’re an Oregon transplant is, “Why did you choose Oregon?”
Cause it’s an awesome place with affordable cities, incredible hiking, beautiful nature & reasonably temperate but real definable seasons?
Better question: Why didn’t I move here earlier?
Cause it’s an awesome place with affordable cities, incredible hiking, beautiful nature & reasonably temperate but real definable seasons?
Better question: Why didn’t I move here earlier?
Had my first great hike in Portland, 900 feet of elevation and 2.5 miles to the best view of town, then down 2.5 miles for two beers and two slices of pizza at a bar named after my favorite novel. Oregon, we’re gonna be great friends.
November 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Had my first great hike in Portland, 900 feet of elevation and 2.5 miles to the best view of town, then down 2.5 miles for two beers and two slices of pizza at a bar named after my favorite novel. Oregon, we’re gonna be great friends.