Spencer Pennington
@spencerpennington.bsky.social
Historian-in-training (Religion in Modern South Asia) - Ph.D candidate at UCLA History - Prior background in debug/game dev - Seeker of the sacred - Gamer - Weightlifting nerd - Martial artist - UW JSIS & WWU alum - Seeking bluer skies away from X
Spent my birthday yesterday visiting Boba Bear’s recreation of Tifa Lockhart’s #SeventhHeaven bar from #FinalFantasyVII! I was blown away at how detailed it was. The “Gold Saucer” games were the icing on the cake. My deepest thanks to my girlfriend for such a wonderful gift!
Here’s to 37! ❤️
Here’s to 37! ❤️
November 14, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Spent my birthday yesterday visiting Boba Bear’s recreation of Tifa Lockhart’s #SeventhHeaven bar from #FinalFantasyVII! I was blown away at how detailed it was. The “Gold Saucer” games were the icing on the cake. My deepest thanks to my girlfriend for such a wonderful gift!
Here’s to 37! ❤️
Here’s to 37! ❤️
The news about these layoffs @square-enix-games.com is terrible. I’m in academia now, but I was in the games industry before, as was my dad. The world of video games is still very dear to me.
Make no mistake: These layoffs — at several companies, for many years now — are rooted in corporate greed.
Make no mistake: These layoffs — at several companies, for many years now — are rooted in corporate greed.
November 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The news about these layoffs @square-enix-games.com is terrible. I’m in academia now, but I was in the games industry before, as was my dad. The world of video games is still very dear to me.
Make no mistake: These layoffs — at several companies, for many years now — are rooted in corporate greed.
Make no mistake: These layoffs — at several companies, for many years now — are rooted in corporate greed.
Go Dodgers! Congratulations!
To my Canadian friends — you did well; you should be very proud. ❤️
To my Canadian friends — you did well; you should be very proud. ❤️
November 2, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Go Dodgers! Congratulations!
To my Canadian friends — you did well; you should be very proud. ❤️
To my Canadian friends — you did well; you should be very proud. ❤️
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Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"
November 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"
Happy Halloween and go Dodgers!
October 31, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Happy Halloween and go Dodgers!
Diwali Mubarak! 🪔
October 21, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Diwali Mubarak! 🪔
@aboutelizabethmaxwell.com Happy birthday!!! 🙂
October 14, 2025 at 4:13 AM
@aboutelizabethmaxwell.com Happy birthday!!! 🙂
If, in fact, a ceasefire can be reached where this genocide in Gaza is ended and the remaining hostages can be freed from Hamas captivity, then I am in favor of it.
October 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
If, in fact, a ceasefire can be reached where this genocide in Gaza is ended and the remaining hostages can be freed from Hamas captivity, then I am in favor of it.
@rialisms.bsky.social Happy birthday!!!
October 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
@rialisms.bsky.social Happy birthday!!!
As of this week, in addition to being a doctoral candidate, I’m officially a Teaching Fellow with the UCLA Department of History!
I’m teaching a course on the history of religion in modern South Asia for the duration of the 2025-26 academic year!
Give thanks!
I’m teaching a course on the history of religion in modern South Asia for the duration of the 2025-26 academic year!
Give thanks!
October 1, 2025 at 2:21 AM
As of this week, in addition to being a doctoral candidate, I’m officially a Teaching Fellow with the UCLA Department of History!
I’m teaching a course on the history of religion in modern South Asia for the duration of the 2025-26 academic year!
Give thanks!
I’m teaching a course on the history of religion in modern South Asia for the duration of the 2025-26 academic year!
Give thanks!
As horrid as I found Charlie Kirk’s views to be, I won’t celebrate his assassination. No one deserves to die that way, and my heart does break for his wife and children, who must now grow up without their father. I wouldn’t wish any of this on my worst enemy.
I will say a prayer for his family.
I will say a prayer for his family.
September 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
As horrid as I found Charlie Kirk’s views to be, I won’t celebrate his assassination. No one deserves to die that way, and my heart does break for his wife and children, who must now grow up without their father. I wouldn’t wish any of this on my worst enemy.
I will say a prayer for his family.
I will say a prayer for his family.
I never realized that, while pursuing my Ph.D, I would spend so much time trying to improve my high score on Tetris.
September 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I never realized that, while pursuing my Ph.D, I would spend so much time trying to improve my high score on Tetris.
Happy birthday, Dad! Nothing gives me more pride than being able to call myself your son! Thank you for planting the seeds of my passions so many years ago.
It’s my honor to celebrate you — today and every day!
I love you, Dad! Here’s to 67 years!
❤️🐻🦁
#Dad #HappyBirthday #HappyBirthdayDad
It’s my honor to celebrate you — today and every day!
I love you, Dad! Here’s to 67 years!
❤️🐻🦁
#Dad #HappyBirthday #HappyBirthdayDad
August 23, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Happy birthday, Dad! Nothing gives me more pride than being able to call myself your son! Thank you for planting the seeds of my passions so many years ago.
It’s my honor to celebrate you — today and every day!
I love you, Dad! Here’s to 67 years!
❤️🐻🦁
#Dad #HappyBirthday #HappyBirthdayDad
It’s my honor to celebrate you — today and every day!
I love you, Dad! Here’s to 67 years!
❤️🐻🦁
#Dad #HappyBirthday #HappyBirthdayDad
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Unsurprising but horrifying. Wherever there are people forced into crowded living conditions, there will be tuberculosis. Wherever people are dehumanized, there will be tuberculosis. prospect.org/health/2025-...
Tuberculosis Spawning in Crowded, Dirty ICE Detention Centers
Doctors and medical researchers expect more outbreaks of infectious disease as the Trump administration crams thousands more people into miserable conditions.
prospect.org
August 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Unsurprising but horrifying. Wherever there are people forced into crowded living conditions, there will be tuberculosis. Wherever people are dehumanized, there will be tuberculosis. prospect.org/health/2025-...
It’s been eleven years, Mom, and I still miss you just as much.
I love you. ❤️
I love you. ❤️
August 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
It’s been eleven years, Mom, and I still miss you just as much.
I love you. ❤️
I love you. ❤️
@celticqueenmeg.bsky.social Happy birthday!!! 🙂
August 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
@celticqueenmeg.bsky.social Happy birthday!!! 🙂
August 9th always has me thinking of my first home away from home — the Japanese city of #Nagasaki.
80 years ago, an unimaginable horror was unleashed on that city. Atomic weapons should never have been developed, much less used.
God preserve the memory of those who perished on that day. ❤️
80 years ago, an unimaginable horror was unleashed on that city. Atomic weapons should never have been developed, much less used.
God preserve the memory of those who perished on that day. ❤️
August 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
August 9th always has me thinking of my first home away from home — the Japanese city of #Nagasaki.
80 years ago, an unimaginable horror was unleashed on that city. Atomic weapons should never have been developed, much less used.
God preserve the memory of those who perished on that day. ❤️
80 years ago, an unimaginable horror was unleashed on that city. Atomic weapons should never have been developed, much less used.
God preserve the memory of those who perished on that day. ❤️
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Here’s my feature on Collective Shout, and their attempts to take down Steam and itch.io. I found a conversation where they spoke about exactly how they did it, and detailed their plans going forward, which sounds… very unrelenting.
youtu.be/rKD4fYc8xV4
youtu.be/rKD4fYc8xV4
The Censorship "Hit Squad" attacking Video Games.
YouTube video by Charalanahzard
youtu.be
August 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Here’s my feature on Collective Shout, and their attempts to take down Steam and itch.io. I found a conversation where they spoke about exactly how they did it, and detailed their plans going forward, which sounds… very unrelenting.
youtu.be/rKD4fYc8xV4
youtu.be/rKD4fYc8xV4
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Zelda meets Chrono Trigger!? Here's why you need to try the demo for The Adventures of Elliot: Millennium Tales RIGHT NOW: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9ck...
The Adventures of Elliot IMPRESSED me!!!
YouTube video by Meg Sullivan
youtu.be
August 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Zelda meets Chrono Trigger!? Here's why you need to try the demo for The Adventures of Elliot: Millennium Tales RIGHT NOW: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9ck...
Reposted by Spencer Pennington
You just gotta LOVE MAD MAGAZINE!!!
August 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
You just gotta LOVE MAD MAGAZINE!!!
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Stephen Colbert debuted a new imitation of JD Vance as a spoiled child just as South Park portrayed the vice president as Trump’s tiny sidekick.
Stephen Colbert Echoes ‘South Park’ With ‘Widdle Pwince Vance’ Impression
Colbert trashed Vance’s alleged tampering with an Ohio river’s water levels.
trib.al
August 8, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Stephen Colbert debuted a new imitation of JD Vance as a spoiled child just as South Park portrayed the vice president as Trump’s tiny sidekick.
I don’t have kids yet, but I think I can safely say that I’m officially becoming a suburban dad: I’m wearing shorts and a button down while sitting in a recliner and watching football.
Go Seahawks!
#Seahwaks #Raiders #SeahawksRaiders #12thMan #Football #ThursdayNightFootball #Seattle
Go Seahawks!
#Seahwaks #Raiders #SeahawksRaiders #12thMan #Football #ThursdayNightFootball #Seattle
August 8, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I don’t have kids yet, but I think I can safely say that I’m officially becoming a suburban dad: I’m wearing shorts and a button down while sitting in a recliner and watching football.
Go Seahawks!
#Seahwaks #Raiders #SeahawksRaiders #12thMan #Football #ThursdayNightFootball #Seattle
Go Seahawks!
#Seahwaks #Raiders #SeahawksRaiders #12thMan #Football #ThursdayNightFootball #Seattle
I’m happy to announce that, over the course of the coming academic year, I’ll be teaching a course that I designed from scratch!
It’s called: “Great Awakenings in Modern South Asia: Missionary Zeal, Imperial Networks, and New Religious Movements in British India, c. 1850-1925.”
Give thanks! ❤️
It’s called: “Great Awakenings in Modern South Asia: Missionary Zeal, Imperial Networks, and New Religious Movements in British India, c. 1850-1925.”
Give thanks! ❤️
July 23, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I’m happy to announce that, over the course of the coming academic year, I’ll be teaching a course that I designed from scratch!
It’s called: “Great Awakenings in Modern South Asia: Missionary Zeal, Imperial Networks, and New Religious Movements in British India, c. 1850-1925.”
Give thanks! ❤️
It’s called: “Great Awakenings in Modern South Asia: Missionary Zeal, Imperial Networks, and New Religious Movements in British India, c. 1850-1925.”
Give thanks! ❤️