Seth Fischer
@sethfischer.bsky.social
Writer, PhD Student at USC, Lover of Creative Nonfiction and Paranormal Noir, Chaos Muppet, Editor, Wrestled a Goat Once, He/They
Pinned
Seth Fischer
@sethfischer.bsky.social
· Feb 25
It'll Be Different This Time
Writing and Photos by Seth Fischer
itll-be-different-this-time.ghost.io
I will be publishing a new newsletter soon here if you're into that kind of thing: itll-be-different-this-time.ghost.io
These motherfuckers.
We need answers—now. Where is our sister Hilary Rivers? ICE took her the morning after Pride with no warning, no due process, and no communication. This is not justice—this is kidnapping. We demand transparency, accountability, and her immediate release.
Read more: 48hills.org/2025/06/drag...
Read more: 48hills.org/2025/06/drag...
Drag performer taken by ICE, morning after Pride Week pageant - 48 hills
HIlary Rivers was detained during a scheduled immigration appointment in downtown SF after Miss & Mr. Safe Latino Pageant.
48hills.org
June 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
These motherfuckers.
I wrote a new thing itll-be-different-this-time.ghost.io/living-under...
Living under hostile occupation is weird
My friend asked me the other day if LA was as much like Blade Runner as the news made it seem. Maybe, I said, but in the real world, Blade Runner would be mostly silence and fear and empty streets, in...
itll-be-different-this-time.ghost.io
June 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I wrote a new thing itll-be-different-this-time.ghost.io/living-under...
Reposted by Seth Fischer
i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!
Everyone Is Using A.I. for Everything. Is That Bad?
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!
Reposted by Seth Fischer
wtf
June 17, 2025 at 1:47 AM
wtf
Reposted by Seth Fischer
Remarkable.
MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."
Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.
Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."
Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.
Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
June 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Remarkable.
MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."
Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.
Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."
Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.
Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
This @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social essay captures the LA mood right now so, so well. www.zocalopublicsquare.org/i-went-to-fi...
I Went to Find Trump's 'Rebellion.' I Ended up at a Birthday Party | Connecting California
Reporting in Compton and Paramount on Saturday, I Saw Nothing That Justified Sending in the National Guard
www.zocalopublicsquare.org
June 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social essay captures the LA mood right now so, so well. www.zocalopublicsquare.org/i-went-to-fi...
Reposted by Seth Fischer
Having to use the military to occupy his own city is not the flex he thinks it is
June 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Having to use the military to occupy his own city is not the flex he thinks it is
Just imagine the fascism right now if LA had elected Rick Caruso.
June 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Just imagine the fascism right now if LA had elected Rick Caruso.
Reposted by Seth Fischer
I'll be reading at Roar Shack (at the Time Travel Mart on Sunset Blvd in Echo Park) on Sunday, May 18 at 4 pm, along with amazing writers Erica Blumfield, Angelina Saenz, @caralopezlee.bsky.social, and @sethfischer.bsky.social . Hosted by poet Aruni Wijesinghe. Come out and say hi!
May 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I'll be reading at Roar Shack (at the Time Travel Mart on Sunset Blvd in Echo Park) on Sunday, May 18 at 4 pm, along with amazing writers Erica Blumfield, Angelina Saenz, @caralopezlee.bsky.social, and @sethfischer.bsky.social . Hosted by poet Aruni Wijesinghe. Come out and say hi!
I thought I was done with TED Talks, but this is everything. Like, literally, the world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED
www.youtube.com
May 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I thought I was done with TED Talks, but this is everything. Like, literally, the world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
Reposted by Seth Fischer
Reposted by Seth Fischer
The lesson for universities is you may as well fight back. You'll lose the money either way. The only question is whether you keep your dignity.
Exclusive: Weeks after President Donald Trump’s administration ordered NIH to pull $250 million in biomedical research grants to Columbia University, the agency is freezing all remaining grant money owed to the university until further notice. scim.ag/4if5Rg1
NIH freezes all research grants to Columbia University
Amid negotiations with Trump, the university could risk losing nearly $700 million
scim.ag
April 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The lesson for universities is you may as well fight back. You'll lose the money either way. The only question is whether you keep your dignity.
Reposted by Seth Fischer
April 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I have to say: Freaky Tales, that new movie with Pedro Pascal, gives some really superb catharting
April 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I have to say: Freaky Tales, that new movie with Pedro Pascal, gives some really superb catharting
In order to protect your right to free speech, we must ask that you give up your right to free speech
April 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
In order to protect your right to free speech, we must ask that you give up your right to free speech
Like, honestly I don't even know whether it's safe to hold in-person classes right now. And neither does anyone else.
March 31, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Like, honestly I don't even know whether it's safe to hold in-person classes right now. And neither does anyone else.
Five years ago today, right at the start of COVID, my wild-haired, brilliant father passed. This week, in his honor, I’d ask each of you to do one thing to fight the culture of cruelty that’s taken over everything. It’s what he would’ve wanted. Love you, Dad
March 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Five years ago today, right at the start of COVID, my wild-haired, brilliant father passed. This week, in his honor, I’d ask each of you to do one thing to fight the culture of cruelty that’s taken over everything. It’s what he would’ve wanted. Love you, Dad
Tenured people, more like this: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Boycott Columbia Now
**To sign please fill out this form.** We, the undersigned, commit to a boycott of Columbia University in solidarity with students, faculty, and staff targeted by the U.S. Government and university ad...
docs.google.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Tenured people, more like this: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
An accurate sentence I just wrote: "there is AI now to make your AI sound less like AI, and there are AI detectors that tell you if your students are using the AI that makes the AI sound less like AI." What is this hellscape and how do I leave?
March 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
An accurate sentence I just wrote: "there is AI now to make your AI sound less like AI, and there are AI detectors that tell you if your students are using the AI that makes the AI sound less like AI." What is this hellscape and how do I leave?
I am finally starting to understand why academics write the way they do — if people can’t understand you, they can’t burn you at the stake for your ideas
March 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I am finally starting to understand why academics write the way they do — if people can’t understand you, they can’t burn you at the stake for your ideas
Reposted by Seth Fischer
No matter how you feel about Israel and Palestine, this decision from @columbiauniversity.bsky.social is not only spineless but it's also foolhardy, paying zero attention to the lessons of history, even its own history. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Columbia University agrees to Trump demands in effort to restore federal funding
The Trump administration — which canceled $400M in grants — had ordered the school to implement a mask ban, discipline protesters, reform admissions and more.
www.nbcnews.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
No matter how you feel about Israel and Palestine, this decision from @columbiauniversity.bsky.social is not only spineless but it's also foolhardy, paying zero attention to the lessons of history, even its own history. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Reposted by Seth Fischer
Zuck said Meta is in a "partnership" with White House; Google is following suit. They are all that stand between you and Trump admin data grabs.
Here's a resource collection of non-US services to replace email, search, docs, music, video, backups, and more:
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Here's a resource collection of non-US services to replace email, search, docs, music, video, backups, and more:
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To
Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.
www.wired.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Zuck said Meta is in a "partnership" with White House; Google is following suit. They are all that stand between you and Trump admin data grabs.
Here's a resource collection of non-US services to replace email, search, docs, music, video, backups, and more:
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Here's a resource collection of non-US services to replace email, search, docs, music, video, backups, and more:
www.wired.com/story/trump-...