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Timothy J. Seppala

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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 πŸ“Έ plainsightphoto.com

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Trump Protest | 01.14.2025 | Detroit Economic Club @ Motor City Casino

15.01.2026 23:36 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œHousing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938

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14.11.2025 02:16 πŸ‘ 7997 πŸ” 3210 πŸ’¬ 250 πŸ“Œ 117
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Noticing a theme here

14.11.2025 16:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Game Night Upgrade: Netflix Games Just Arrived on Your TV A new way to play: All you need is your TV, Netflix, and your phone.

And here's the rest, including games you can play on your TV using your phone as the controller

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14.11.2025 15:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

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14.11.2025 15:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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

04.08.2025 21:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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

04.08.2025 21:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A place named this that can't and/or won't sell a bacon, egg and cheese is such bullshit

04.08.2025 21:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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

04.08.2025 21:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I liked the Kentmere a lot! No clue what developer my camera shop uses. But, if you use a screw-in red filter you can get way stronger contrast in-camera without going for more expensive stocks. A 52mm is like $16.

16.07.2025 21:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What stock you using? I've been on Arista Edu 400 pushed to 800 because it's only $6.50 for 36 exposures and has a ton of leeway. For example, Ronnie via a Nikon 28mm 2.8

16.07.2025 21:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

16.07.2025 20:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Netflix gaming articles by Timothy J. Seppala Timothy J. Seppala's gaming articles on Netflix's Tudum blog.

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...

16.07.2025 20:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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.

16.07.2025 20:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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

21.06.2025 03:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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

09.06.2025 13:59 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Legend

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At the Bitcoin Conference, the Republicans were for sale How many Bitcoin does it take to solve all your political problems?

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!

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07.06.2025 18:03 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

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.

07.06.2025 15:34 πŸ‘ 4752 πŸ” 1586 πŸ’¬ 317 πŸ“Œ 115

"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."

07.06.2025 18:51 πŸ‘ 14914 πŸ” 3154 πŸ’¬ 316 πŸ“Œ 109

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 β€œI don’t think you have the key for that” when someone tries the handle. We’re staring at a tree.

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THE ARMED | 5.10.25 | Detroit

12.05.2025 17:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Timothy J. Seppala Detroit-based photographer and senior copywriter for for hire.

So, I got laid off today too. β€œMarketing 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

02.05.2025 00:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Timothy J. Seppala Detroit-based photographer and senior copywriter for for hire.

So, I got laid off today too. β€œMarketing 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

02.05.2025 00:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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

29.04.2025 15:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I thought it was a liberal thing to not want borders

28.04.2025 17:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot of an article from The Onion:

These radical left-wing lunatics promote antisemitism with their blue hair, indoctrinating our youth and encouraging them to believe they are beautiful no matter what they look like. It’s absolutely disgusting.” At press time, more than 300 hairstylists accused by the government of administering androgynous pixie cuts were reportedly on a plane bound for El Salvador.

A screenshot of an article from The Onion: These radical left-wing lunatics promote antisemitism with their blue hair, indoctrinating our youth and encouraging them to believe they are beautiful no matter what they look like. It’s absolutely disgusting.” At press time, more than 300 hairstylists accused by the government of administering androgynous pixie cuts were reportedly on a plane bound for El Salvador.

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.

28.04.2025 17:01 πŸ‘ 578 πŸ” 142 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 2

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

28.04.2025 17:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

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

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