Sean Wetselaar
@seanwetselaar.bsky.social
Editor and writer, managing content and scripts at theScore esports. Words elsewhere. SFF fanatic. Professional nerd, basically.
This is a really great thread that very much encapsulates how I and, I think, many other folks are feeling today.
I'm pretty sad, but I do really appreciate the optimism here.
I'm pretty sad, but I do really appreciate the optimism here.
You may not always find me at the big stuff at this rate, but locals, online weeklies, community servers & sites, you can trust I'll be there forever
September 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This is a really great thread that very much encapsulates how I and, I think, many other folks are feeling today.
I'm pretty sad, but I do really appreciate the optimism here.
I'm pretty sad, but I do really appreciate the optimism here.
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They do make me cheerful just to look at them. Strange to look at an object and think of the weird years sunk into them. Hours and days and weeks and months of strange delights and electrical stresses. What we do with our little lives.
💀🌻SAINT DEATH'S HERALD - sequel to @csecooney.bsky.social 's World Fantasy Award Winner SAINT DEATH'S DAUGHTER - is out now!
"A perfect joy of a book" - Cassandra Khaw
"Gruesomely gorgeous" A. G. Slatter
Buy book 1 geni.us/zEYJqx
Buy Book 2 geni.us/stdherald
"A perfect joy of a book" - Cassandra Khaw
"Gruesomely gorgeous" A. G. Slatter
Buy book 1 geni.us/zEYJqx
Buy Book 2 geni.us/stdherald
August 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
They do make me cheerful just to look at them. Strange to look at an object and think of the weird years sunk into them. Hours and days and weeks and months of strange delights and electrical stresses. What we do with our little lives.
No one can convince me that these are not about to grow faces and dance
August 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
No one can convince me that these are not about to grow faces and dance
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Hey there Delilah
I ate those plums left in the icebox
If you wanted them breakfast
You should have purchased a few padlocks
For the treat
That you were hoping now to eat
So cold and sweet
I ate those plums left in the icebox
If you wanted them breakfast
You should have purchased a few padlocks
For the treat
That you were hoping now to eat
So cold and sweet
June 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Hey there Delilah
I ate those plums left in the icebox
If you wanted them breakfast
You should have purchased a few padlocks
For the treat
That you were hoping now to eat
So cold and sweet
I ate those plums left in the icebox
If you wanted them breakfast
You should have purchased a few padlocks
For the treat
That you were hoping now to eat
So cold and sweet
It fucking WHAT
A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey has been dubbed the bone collector.
A carnivorous 'bone collector' caterpillar dresses in the remains of its prey
A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey has been dubbed the bone collector. The odd insect is only found on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
bit.ly
April 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
It fucking WHAT
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Ursula K. Le Guin on the true pain of being a writer
March 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Ursula K. Le Guin on the true pain of being a writer
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️
March 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️
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every professional writer i know is an absolute pervert for em dashes but go on
Just saw a post where someone said that use of em dashes (—) was a giveaway that you're using AI for writing. Uh, no. It could just mean you like to use em dashes.
February 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
every professional writer i know is an absolute pervert for em dashes but go on
Nothing quite like discovering someone's work and discovering that they are — surprise! — so much better than you to both delight and depress oneself.
January 29, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Nothing quite like discovering someone's work and discovering that they are — surprise! — so much better than you to both delight and depress oneself.
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With everything so seemingly terrible these days & no sign of anything remotely hopeful in the near future, I thought you might need this photo of a baby giraffe.
January 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
With everything so seemingly terrible these days & no sign of anything remotely hopeful in the near future, I thought you might need this photo of a baby giraffe.
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I just ate 2700 calories of taco bell and now I'm about to do some blood work, so the tests better come back positive for living mas
December 28, 2024 at 10:37 PM
I just ate 2700 calories of taco bell and now I'm about to do some blood work, so the tests better come back positive for living mas
Stoked to say that I've been accepted to @futurescapesww.bsky.social's workshop in Florence, Italy this coming May! I'll be workshopping my novel with some extremely talented folks, including the legendary Ali Fisher from Tor!
What a piece of news to wrap up a very chaotic year. Good things ahead!
What a piece of news to wrap up a very chaotic year. Good things ahead!
December 28, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Stoked to say that I've been accepted to @futurescapesww.bsky.social's workshop in Florence, Italy this coming May! I'll be workshopping my novel with some extremely talented folks, including the legendary Ali Fisher from Tor!
What a piece of news to wrap up a very chaotic year. Good things ahead!
What a piece of news to wrap up a very chaotic year. Good things ahead!
Thank god
If it helps with your anxiety at all, four fifths of all animals are nematodes.
December 9, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Thank god
I don't share a lot of my own work on here but this is the Worlds documentary that consumed about two months of my life.
Very proud of how it came out.
(yes it's about Faker again. I am sorry he keeps winning.)
youtu.be/SAXVxG0Q2-c?...
Very proud of how it came out.
(yes it's about Faker again. I am sorry he keeps winning.)
youtu.be/SAXVxG0Q2-c?...
Unkillable: Faker Is Forever
YouTube video by theScore esports
youtu.be
December 7, 2024 at 8:44 PM
I don't share a lot of my own work on here but this is the Worlds documentary that consumed about two months of my life.
Very proud of how it came out.
(yes it's about Faker again. I am sorry he keeps winning.)
youtu.be/SAXVxG0Q2-c?...
Very proud of how it came out.
(yes it's about Faker again. I am sorry he keeps winning.)
youtu.be/SAXVxG0Q2-c?...
I don't always love social media algorithms but two days ago a TikTok asked me "Why is there only one way to sing caught in the middle?"
Today I open YouTube to an 11-minute deep dive on said TikTok. The answer is delightfully nerdy. My heart is happy.
Today I open YouTube to an 11-minute deep dive on said TikTok. The answer is delightfully nerdy. My heart is happy.
new video essay on why all the pop singers of the past 20 years sing the phrase “caught in the middle the exact same way.
Now on YouTube/Nebula!
Now on YouTube/Nebula!
December 2, 2024 at 4:36 PM
I don't always love social media algorithms but two days ago a TikTok asked me "Why is there only one way to sing caught in the middle?"
Today I open YouTube to an 11-minute deep dive on said TikTok. The answer is delightfully nerdy. My heart is happy.
Today I open YouTube to an 11-minute deep dive on said TikTok. The answer is delightfully nerdy. My heart is happy.
This rules, and it rules in under 1,000 words! Incredible storytelling here. Just read it.
Reading 2024 fiction? Try the short story "Five Answers to Questions You Probably Have" by John Wiswell! You can read it here! @wiswell.bsky.social www.uncannymagazine.com/article/five...
![The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 56, “Resurrecting Venus" by Galen Dara: In the background, two planets overlap. A large red one is eclipsed by a blue one, the surface is decorated with waves. At the forefront, a woman's face is split in three pieces that are slowly coming together. Spread throughout the motif of sea waves are present in shades of light blue, dark blue, and purple. The outline of koi are spread throughout too, accompanying the woman. The quote reads: "Your mother was right. I get pissed off upset too easily, and I can’t be trusted with money. I can make a lot of excuses but the clearest answer is she’s always been right about our fights everything." [pissed off and our fights are crossed out]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ktzt5cykiqw7wtuyhm3k4go4/bafkreifie6gmmeyhtwa7vwf66pmwryaobqn35m43r6wmqwg63nors2zv4u@jpeg)
November 17, 2024 at 5:41 AM
This rules, and it rules in under 1,000 words! Incredible storytelling here. Just read it.
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Portrait of a young woman who has read the news.
November 6, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Portrait of a young woman who has read the news.
i love league of legends
November 2, 2024 at 7:18 PM
i love league of legends
October 27, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Three years of ZOFGK.
Three world finals.
Absolutely unbelievable.
Three world finals.
Absolutely unbelievable.
October 27, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Three years of ZOFGK.
Three world finals.
Absolutely unbelievable.
Three world finals.
Absolutely unbelievable.
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“It became a problem of just not believing that I could write anymore. I just didn’t think it was possible,” said Clarke, who was later diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome. “I just thought of myself as this ill woman.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/b...
Susanna Clarke Wrote a Hit Novel Set in a Magical Realm. Then She Disappeared.
Twenty years after the publication of her fantasy debut, “Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell,” Clarke is returning to her richly imagined world of magical England.
www.nytimes.com
October 26, 2024 at 11:11 AM
“It became a problem of just not believing that I could write anymore. I just didn’t think it was possible,” said Clarke, who was later diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome. “I just thought of myself as this ill woman.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/b...
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Seems like a lot of esports folks are coming over from the other place so it is a time for re-introductions.
I'm Sean, I make videos about video games, and help run a team that makes lots more. I mostly follow League of Legends and fighting games these days.
Hi to all the new nerds!
I'm Sean, I make videos about video games, and help run a team that makes lots more. I mostly follow League of Legends and fighting games these days.
Hi to all the new nerds!
October 23, 2024 at 9:43 AM
Seems like a lot of esports folks are coming over from the other place so it is a time for re-introductions.
I'm Sean, I make videos about video games, and help run a team that makes lots more. I mostly follow League of Legends and fighting games these days.
Hi to all the new nerds!
I'm Sean, I make videos about video games, and help run a team that makes lots more. I mostly follow League of Legends and fighting games these days.
Hi to all the new nerds!
One of many amazing things about Faker is that he has been at the top level for so long that almost nothing is new for him.
This guy was innovating backwards E jukes on Galio in 2017. He pops back into the #Worlds2024 meta and he's right at home, taking over this game seven years later.
This guy was innovating backwards E jukes on Galio in 2017. He pops back into the #Worlds2024 meta and he's right at home, taking over this game seven years later.
October 19, 2024 at 2:31 PM
One of many amazing things about Faker is that he has been at the top level for so long that almost nothing is new for him.
This guy was innovating backwards E jukes on Galio in 2017. He pops back into the #Worlds2024 meta and he's right at home, taking over this game seven years later.
This guy was innovating backwards E jukes on Galio in 2017. He pops back into the #Worlds2024 meta and he's right at home, taking over this game seven years later.