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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Always honored when something I write makes a band bio. Thanks, Hovercar.

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

These new Google Chrome summary notifications are a little unhinged

A close-up screenshot of a Google Chrome browser notification. The text within the notification reads: "Paper purchase, W9 to be sent, ICE possibly at Hollander, election is April 14." A small red badge with the number 11 is visible on the Chrome icon.

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Tampa's own Dave Decker on the front page of @financialtimes.com today

Front page of the Financial Times newspaper featuring a large central photo of armed personnel in protective gear amid smoke, with headlines about UK politics, US immigration enforcement, and global affairs.

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

An AI fail as I was trying to get alt text for a photo of myself. The response is creepy, I think. And yes, I used the AI again to create alt text for these screenshots

Screenshot of an AI response identifying a man in a photo as "Chef Paolo M. Peñamora" and the owner of a restaurant named "Tamapa" in St. Petersburg, Florida. The response also describes his cooking style.

Screenshot of a user correcting the AI for providing a fabricated response to a photo. The AI's response admits to a "significant error" and apologizes for making up the name of a chef and a restaurant.

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Appreciate the @cltampabay.bsky.social hat tip from Kristen Hare at @poynterinstitute.bsky.social mailchi.mp/poynter/cx9k...

This is a screenshot of a write-up praising Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. It highlights the paper’s mix of informative and delightful coverage

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

New Sponatola mixtape today tidal.com/browse/album...

Album cover and streaming screen for Chik’n & Bizkits by Sponatola. The illustrated cover shows an angry cartoon chicken wearing a gold chain and holding two smoking pistols, standing in the middle of a record store aisle. The background interface displays the album title, artist name, 15 tracks with a total length of 33:11, and the year 2025.

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

I did not expect a baker's dozen to qualify for the special city council election coming up in Tampa's District 5. We listed 'em out by their fundraising hauls so far on @cltampabay.bsky.social www.cltampa.com/tampa/tampa-...

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Denis Phillips is the Bay Area’s go-to guy for hurricane coverage, and has no plans to slow down. “I never have plans on retiring,” Phillips told @cltampabay.bsky.social. “I would not be shocked if the day I dropped dead, I worked that day.” www.cltampa.com/news/shootin...

The July 31 cover of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, which issues a weekly print newspaper. The square cover prominiently feautures Denis Phillips, a male TV weather man famous for his suspenders, which he is holding with his thumbs in the photo. Denis wears a read tie with small white dots and a huge smile.

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Stu Sternberg haters might be getting their wish. More here via @cltampabay.bsky.social www.cltampa.com/arts/tampa-b...

A news graphic with the headline: Tampa Bay Rays confirm ownership is discussing 'a possible sale of the team'
The photo is taken inside Tropicana Field, the Tampa Bay Rays' indoor baseball stadium. On the digital scoreboard is a sign that says "HERE TO STAY" in white letters on a red background. Blurred in the foreground are St. Petersburg's Mayor Ken Welch to the left and the baseball team's owner Stu Sternberg on the right.

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Ready to clog arteries at the crack of dawn, Bojangles is famous for its biscuit sandwiches, Bo rounds (aka seasoned hash browns), and Cajun-spiced fried chicken.

A news graphic with a sign for the fried chicken chain Bojangles. BOJANGLES appears in red lettering on a yellow, oval background. The subtext of the sign says FAMOUS CHICKEN N BISCUITS and there are three small red stars at the top

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Fresh off USL Super League championship, Tampa Bay Sun FC shares plans for Ybor City stadium with 15,000-seat capacity and potential to host USMNT USWNT games—shit imagine if the FIFA club world cup came here www.cltampa.com/arts/fresh-o...

A renderinging of a waterfront stadium near Ybor City, Florida. The soccer stadium is open air.

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Fun cover for a great Q&A with Phil Melanson who is looking forward to a Florida tour to discuss a new book about gay Leonardo da Vinci www.cltampa.com/arts/qanda-n...

The June 19 cover of the alternative weekly Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. It features a square crop of Leonardo da Vinci's John the Baptist, but there's headline text that reads LUSTY LEO, with the sub headline NEW NOVELIST PHIL MELANSON COMES TO FLORIDA TO DISCUSS DA VINCI'S QUEER HISTORY. The male model in the painting has long curly brown hair that touches his shoulders, and he is nude, but the image features a pixelated section over a male model's crotch area.

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

“I was inspired just as much by Dalí’s work as by his identity and presence in the art world, and the impression he left on me as the archetype of the eccentric artist,” Lauren YS, told reporters at St. Pete's Dalí Museum. www.cltampa.com/tampa/the-da...

A news image with the headline: "The Dalí Museum's new immersive mural exhibit is now open in St. Petersburg" The image sows a muralist with their back to the photographer, in an organge jumpsuit, knelt down on their right knee, wearing long fish pigtails and next to part of a mural showing Salvador Dalí with a third eye.

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Really cool to hear @slopfunkdust.bsky.social mentioned in @dancharnas.bsky.social excellent book about Dilla. Slop is part of the Beat Marauders 2 lineup in Tampa on Friday www.cltampa.com/music/slopfu...

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Tom Tomorrow is always good, if not way too on the nose for comfort. This panel from the 'toon hitting @cltampabay.bsky.social stands Thursday is perfect

An illustration of Donald Trump in an Uncle Sam suit, with the words: Journalists
I want you
To pretend that the crazy shit I say makes any sense whatsoever

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Tampa, Florida is home to new Canada-funded tariff billboards. One on Hillsborough Avenue in Oldsmar reads "Tariffs are a tax on hard-working Americans." Another says, "Tariffs are a tax on your grocery bill." www.cltampa.com/news/tampa-b...

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

On Thursday, Feb. 27, the City of Tampa will commemorate the 65th anniversary of the sit-in during a 10 a.m. ceremony outside that former Woolworth on the corner of N Franklin and E Polk Streets. Here's the jump from the Tampa Tribune on March 1, 1960.

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Do the right thing: Revived play honors 65th anniversary of Tampa's Woolworth sit-in. David Warner, who actually plays Mayor Lane in the revival, has this story, from the inside of the production, in this week's edition of @cltampabay.bsky.social www.cltampa.com/arts/do-the-...

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Looking for something unrelated, but it's eerie how relevant this Tampa Tribune clipping from Jan. 9, 1960 is today. www.newspapers.com/article/the-...

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Get you an EIC and digital editor that dress the same on Tuesdays

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

So, I can't sleep and found a bunch of screenshots from my old phone. Back when the gang earned Loafies instead of doling them out

A screenshot of an old RSS feed featuring a magazine cover that says "best of the bay 2013"

A pullquote describing an anniversary celebration concert with Americana and punk bands, plus homies

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

This was in the middle of Obama's two terms. Tampa Heights, Ming Garden

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Alton Brown is coming to Tampa, so chef Wesley Roderick is going to interview him tomorrow on behalf of @cltampabay.bsky.social . This was the only advice I have

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Another sign I am "an old": Just found out what a Sonny Baby is.

Baby doll figurines with miniature genitalia and weird hats

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

I'll never forget sitting in the office with @wolfcolin.bsky.social in 2021 watching the insurrection unfold. Here's a throwback to @cltampabay.bsky.social 's cover the following Thursday

A orange, black and cream colowred newspaper cover showing a key with the capitol rotunda designed inside. the cover headline is "Key Figures" with the subhed "Never forget the Florida lawmakers and citizens who enables and took part in the insurrection"

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Here's the year's first issue of @cltampabay.bsky.social on stands now www.cltampa.com/news/so-many...

The front page of a weekly newspaper called creative loafing Tampa Bay it shows a blue and white County bus on a artistic red background with muted black ink skyscrapers and an overlay of a bus route. The cover text says "Bussin" in chromed out all caps font

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Here's more info and last week's cartoon in @cltampabay.bsky.social where he appears alongside local cartoonist Bob Whitmore. New 'toons on stands ,for free, every Thursday.

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Damn, Contorno! www.cnn.com/politics/liv...

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Guess Chron didn't wanna have to debase himself for MAGA world any longer

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

TBAF is on the cover of @cltampabay.bsky.social on stands right now. www.cltampa.com/news/electio...

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

A devastating read, with plenty about Florida, and from Tampa Bay Abortion Fund. This graf, and how the Yes on 4 campaign characterized the work of grassroots funds, put a knot in my stomach. www.newyorker.com/news/our-col...

A screenshot of text from a New Yorker article about abortion in Florida

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

My streaming services have since been cannibalized by the listening whims of a soon-to-be five-year-old, but this algorithmic festival lineup from 2022 would still slay

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Pretty cool feeling to look up the PR contact for an artist you're posting about, only to find the name of one of your hardest-working, make-it-happen interns

a screenshot of the booking, management, and PR info for producer Barclay Crenshaw. Mostly white text on black background, with blue-ish hyperlinks

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Last couple days to pick up the latest issue of @cltampabay.bsky.social, on stands fresh every Thursday for the last 36 years.

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Anyone looking for tickets to King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard in St. Augustine this weekend? Wifey can't come, and hers are here: www.stubhub.com/king-gizzard...

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

How Public Stadiums Keep Some Profits Private - defector.com/how-public-s...

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Spent many mornings as a yute reading Tom Jones' takes in the paper. Appreciate him sharing mine and @wolfcolin.bsky.social thoughts with Poynter readers. www.poynter.org/commentary/2...

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 12/10/2024

Linking here so I can try to link to Twitter www.kenklippenstein.com/p/read-the-j...

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Ray Roa @rayroa.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #262,756!

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