sean spence
banner
scyldsceafing.bsky.social
sean spence
@scyldsceafing.bsky.social
Making Words About Shapes - essays on football & everything it touches. Chronically depressed GenX socialist outsider. Chemically enhanced fabulist. Small-time pimp for out-of-fashion ideas. Weirdo dad. #DCTID
new daily repost

you listened to this earlier? no you fuckin didn't
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Reposted by sean spence
the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Reposted by sean spence
Growing up in a time when “selling out” was the most shameful thing you could do and then being forced to live through the 2020s feels like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Were it not for Dick’s ability to take it in the face, Detroit City would be through
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 AM
TATENDA TIME
November 9, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Reposted by sean spence
guys I’m sorry but have you looked through Getty images for yesterday 💀
November 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
no war but class war
We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:
November 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Sadly, stupid and cruel go together like PB&J
November 3, 2025 at 12:14 AM
ayyy I got the prediction wrong (yay) but I did accurately anticipate the way Lou City's record-breaking regular season hung heavy 'round their necks once Detroit City had their goal

Also: It is settled that Devon Amoo-Mensah is the greatest of the NISA All-Stars
November 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Reposted by sean spence
It's all hands on deck. I am shamelessly asking, one more time, for reposts and signal boost as this bird glides toward a landing in a few hours. It's gonna be a beautiful book, and there aren't going to be very many available afterwards!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow
Relive the trauma of the last five years through the cartoons of Herblock Award winner and Pulitzer nominee Tom Tomorrow.
www.kickstarter.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
the #FM26 beta bugs - and yeah, sure, there’s lots - don’t change the fact that I’m once again walking around meat-space, daydreaming about what I need to change to make Chicago Red Stars* the best side in the world

*beginning by returning the nickname to its utterly based original
October 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
huge HUGE Sonic Youth vibes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCEU...
Ekko Astral - "horseglue" [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by Ekko Astral
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
M A T E R I A L C O N D I T I O N S
Texas’s James Talarico on whether Dems should play the culture war: "I think it’s playing into their game and we’re not going to win at that game. We have to change the game."

The latest edition of The Opposition from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/james-tala...
A Rising Democratic Star Enters the Grunt-Work Phase
Texas’s James Talarico: “My party is scarred from the last election and scared of its own shadow.”
www.thebulwark.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
well that was the fuckin worst
October 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
lemme just phase in here to say: holy fucking shit, Shohei Ohtani

people toss around the idea of 'generational talent,' and usually I'm skeptical - but this dude is just exactly that, like a player you'd create on an editor in a simulator game when you're 14

[phase out]
October 18, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Reposted by sean spence
Sean & Adam dive into Detroit City FC’s tough loss to Loudoun United, with Sean dropping surprising squad stats. They preview the crucial Charleston matchup—a must-win for DCFC—and discuss Ben Pirmann’s next chapter in football.

#DCTID
Make City Make Spence: Interesting Numbers 📊 - The Majors Sports Network
In this episode of Make City Make Spence, Sean and Adam break down Detroit City FC’s costly loss to Loudoun United, with Sean unveiling some surprising stats about the squad. The duo previews a pivota...
themajors.net
October 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Reposted by sean spence
New Q & A answers are up! Readers sent in thoughtful questions on city raids, digital surveillance, the disappearing internet, and much more: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/panopticon...
PanoptiCon Artists: Your Questions Answered
On digital surveillance, ICE city raids, the need for new parties, and more.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
They’re literally selling access to their doomsday bunkers
Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."
October 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
why it's a soykal joyk, quelle surprise
NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
October 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Reposted by sean spence
These guys are so vulnerable to defecting to Chicago
Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot
October 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
every. fuckin. time.
October 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Reposted by sean spence
it is useful not to lose sight of how, underneath everything else, hollow all of this noise is. portland and chicago are warzones, so i am dispatching a couple hundred best buy assistant managers there to quell the insurrections. potemkin stuff, paper thin
October 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM