Timothy J. Seppala
@timseppala.bsky.social
Journalism broke my mind, body and spirit so now I’m here! Seen in: Engadget, Daily Beast, Ars Technica, Detroit Metro Times.
Detroit | Music | Photography 📸
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Detroit | Music | Photography 📸
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
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November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
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Noticing a theme here
November 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Noticing a theme here
Like five different pieces I wrote for Netflix went live all at once yesterday. I'll take any chance I can get to write about Red Dead Redemption.
www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
November 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Like five different pieces I wrote for Netflix went live all at once yesterday. I'll take any chance I can get to write about Red Dead Redemption.
www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
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I could tell you I'm very good at my job, but here are four others who can do it instead.
August 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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.
August 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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
Anyway, here's my creative portfolio again. Reskeets appreciated. copyfol.io/v/timseppala #hireawriter
copyfol.io
August 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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
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.
July 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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...
Netflix gaming articles by Timothy J. Seppala
Timothy J. Seppala's gaming articles on Netflix's Tudum blog.
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July 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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.
July 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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/
June 21, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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/
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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
June 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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
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Legend
Just before the previous clip, the skater kid was practically taunting the Border Patrol agents by dancing around their munitions shots.
June 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Legend
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NEW: I went to the Bitcoin Conference and you would NOT believe how much $$$ the crypto industry (and Steak 'n Shake) threw at the GOP!
Steak 'n Shake paid for Bone Thugs! TRON paid for a champagne glory hole! And Coinbase paid for Donald Trump's military parade!
www.theverge.com/cryptocurren...
Steak 'n Shake paid for Bone Thugs! TRON paid for a champagne glory hole! And Coinbase paid for Donald Trump's military parade!
www.theverge.com/cryptocurren...
At the Bitcoin Conference, the Republicans were for sale
How many Bitcoin does it take to solve all your political problems?
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June 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
NEW: I went to the Bitcoin Conference and you would NOT believe how much $$$ 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...
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...
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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.
In preparation for next week’s parade/demonstration, tanks are being moved into Washington, DC today. Unprecedented.
(Photo from a colleague in DC)
(Photo from a colleague in DC)
June 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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.
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"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."
"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."
June 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"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."
"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."
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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.
May 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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
May 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
THE ARMED | 5.10.25 | Detroit
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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
Timothy J. Seppala
Detroit-based photographer and senior copywriter for for hire.
copyfol.io
May 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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
Timothy J. Seppala
Detroit-based photographer and senior copywriter for for hire.
copyfol.io
May 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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
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
April 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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
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
April 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I thought it was a liberal thing to not want borders
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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.
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.
April 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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.
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.
April 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Suddenly everyone on my team’s writing includes emdashes without spaces separating the clauses.
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Car safety experts at NHTSA, which regulates Tesla, axed by DOGE arstechnica.com/cars/2025/04...
Car safety experts at NHTSA, which regulates Tesla, axed by DOGE
Tesla has a lot riding on the swift success of its so-called Full Self-Driving software.
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April 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Car safety experts at NHTSA, which regulates Tesla, axed by DOGE arstechnica.com/cars/2025/04...