I could tell you I'm very good at my job, but here are four others who can do it instead.

I could tell you I'm very good at my job, but here are four others who can do it instead.

Job hunt update: Over 400 applications submitted in the last three months. Two interviews. Talked about it with a friend's mom and without a hint of sarcasm or irony, she told me ICE was hiring. Anyway, here's my creative portfolio again. Reskeets appreciated. copyfol.io/v/timseppala #hireawriter

I've been chasing a $200 invoice for *checks notes* 14 months. Pinged the EiC this afternoon, after being told in April he'd reissue a check, I'd just need to submit a new invoice. His response is the same as it was three months ago. This is why I largely stepped away from freelance editorial.

In other news, I've been working on updating my portfolio and just staying away from social in general as a way to stay sane. Since 2023 I've written over 50 blogs for Netflix about various games. Here's what that looks like, all in one place! copyfol.io/v/timseppala...

Since getting laid off from the startup I was at in May, the CMO was pushed out to an advisor role, the lone graphic designer left, the CTO left, two of the OG sales guys left. And now all social and content is ChatGPT copypasta. It's low-key been fun to watch that ship circle the drain.

They don’t gotta burn the books, they just remove ‘em. Calvin & Hobbes, so subversive. Fucking cowards. https://pen.org/magic-tree-house-author-calvin-and-hobbes-among-hundreds-of-tennessee-book-bans/

Trump and Miller have been fantasizing about US troops killing protestors in a liberal city for years. They’re very eager to make it happen. I think they believe it would basically stop protests, though

Legend

NEW: I went to the Bitcoin Conference and you would NOT believe how much $$$ the crypto industry (and Steak 'n Shake) threw at the GOP! Steak 'n Shake paid for Bone Thugs! TRON paid for a champagne glory hole! And Coinbase paid for Donald Trump's military parade! www.theverge.com/cryptocurren...

This is so jarringly unAmerican that I sort of hope it wakes some normies up. It is occurring in a context where military-style equipment is being used to enforce immigration roundups and conveys the notion that we are increasingly living in a police state.

"So here's the plan -- we impose massive tariffs on the nations that sell us food." "Hmm." "But it's OK, because we just rely more on states like California that grow a lot of the same things." "Oh, I guess that ..." "And then we go to war with California."

Main character energy is OUT, this summer we’re bringing NPC energy. We’re posted up at the bar dropping lore and suggesting side quests. We’re leaning casually near a locked door and saying “I don’t think you have the key for that” when someone tries the handle. We’re staring at a tree.

THE ARMED | 5.10.25 | Detroit

So, I got laid off today too. “Marketing is going in a different direction.” Glad I’ve been working on my portfolio, but this still sucks. Thoughts are with all the folks from Polygon and GB today, as well. My portfolio: https://copyfol.io/v/timseppala

So, I got laid off today too. “Marketing is going in a different direction.” Glad I’ve been working on my portfolio, but this still sucks. Thoughts are with all the folks from Polygon and GB today, as well. My portfolio: https://copyfol.io/v/timseppala

Happy 17th birthday to GTA IV and my writing career. How it started: sitting in a GameStop parking lot jotting notes from man on the street interviews into a 5-subject How it’s going: Chasing an invoice that’s almost a year old To date, this marquee copy is the biggest thing I’ve ever written

I thought it was a liberal thing to not want borders

This joke from @theonion.com is uncomfortably close to what actually happened to @alt18f.bsky.social: Some rightwing tweeter mocked pictures of my colleagues with queer-looking hairstyles. Musk saw this, wrote "that group has been deleted," and fired us all.

Suddenly everyone on my team’s writing includes emdashes without spaces separating the clauses.

Car safety experts at NHTSA, which regulates Tesla, axed by DOGE arstechnica.com/cars/2025/04...

trump shooting the economy straight in the dick means the democrats are going to rebound in popularity despite not doing anything and they will learn the worst possible lesson from this

#Detroit! Come thru The Congregation from 3-5 on Saturday and see what I’ve been cooking up the last couple months! #photography #blackandwhite #nikon #art #mentalhealth #anxiety #streetphotography

Last month I spent a bunch of time playing Thronglets, the Black Mirror tie-in. Shit gets *weird* rull quick. Bone bridges! https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/black-mirror-thronglets-mobile-game-guide https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/black-mirror-thronglets-mobile-game-news

This Saturday is the second of three gallery shows I’ve got in the next two months. It’s for a project I’m working on called ａ𝕒𝓇𝓣𝒽ⓔ𝐑ⓐᵖy, an examination of creativity’s impact on anxiety. Here’s a bit of me talking about why youtu.be/BLkxqslFW6Y #detroit #mentalhealth

Oh! And some actual news: I got my first-ever award for photography! Picked up an honorable mention for this image over the weekend. Printed on a stretched 24x36 canvas https://lawrencestreetgallery.com/product/sepalla-passin-me-by/ #nikon #artforsale #streetphotography @photos.bsky.art

Lately #detroit #nikon #streetphotography #28mm #photography @photos.bsky.art

Opening Day #streetphotography #nikon #photography #28mm #blackandwhite #detroit @photos.bsky.art

Lately #nikon #streetphotography #28mm #detroit @photos.bsky.art #photography 📸📷

Tony Hawk 4 is the best game of the series and I’ll hear zero opinions otherwise. I played the OG for two years straight and still couldn’t nail all the pro challenges. Looking forward to trying again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-PedsiljOc

My Sabbath? Black.

As a writer, never take a job where you’re the only writer in the office. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

Happy new szn of Yellowjackets day to all who celebrate. Chasing seeing Companion tonight with another two hours of Sophie Thatcher

I’m watching the fire aid concert and it’s honestly shocking seeing John Mayer looking like a contributing member of society again.

Ferndale, Michigan, November 2024

TicketBastard metadata indicating that NIN tickets are likely to range from ~$45 to $180 US. Also, looks like most nights will have a 2nd stage mid-floor. Pulled from Reddit, coming to us via @timseppala.bsky.social & @tricil.bsky.social.

Some recent film #streetphotography

2025. #earth #street #city #streetphotographer #cityscape #travel #streetphotography #street #streetart #japan #tokyo #shadow #urban #urbanphotography #sonyalpha #art #digitalart #lightroom #photography

Just got outta the Se7en anniversary remaster IMAX screening. Y’know, in hindsight, maybe my parents shouldn’t have taken me to see that when I was 10.

Idk if I’m doing this right but every time after I swim over 1k meters I get a massive burger, a beer and a shot. Here’s today’s, courtesy of Basement Burger Bar.

every tech company in 2025

welcome to the revolution… cybertruck

I love Sleep. I adore Dopesmoker. It’s the soundtrack for my swims. Seeing a story about if it’s still the heaviest album on one of my favorite editorial sites feels like a late Christmas present for me. https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/1/24333190/heavier-than-dopesmoker

Best movie to watch while hungover

Swam just over a mile tonight. Was out of the pool before 7 and I’m still feeling it. Even taking it easy wasn’t easy. Woof. Progress though

the least surprising thing in the history of the world is that Matt Gaetz is a guy who'd hit up a sex worker for a discount