David Ridker
@davidridker.bsky.social
Director/Producer living in good ol’ Los Angeles. Aside from movies, also love the fine arts, music, drama, video games, little bit of everything really!!
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made a youtube video this week where I not only spilled coffee on my shirt, filmed it in the mess of the side of my apartment to bring you a screenplay I miss
December 24, 2025 at 4:54 AM
made a youtube video this week where I not only spilled coffee on my shirt, filmed it in the mess of the side of my apartment to bring you a screenplay I miss
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CLOUD ATLAS: I still will shout from the top of the valley that this is one of the finest films of the 10s. The casting controversies, the earnestness, the multilinear storytelling… none of it changes my mind one iota. It’s a masterpiece, and I am thankful I saw it the way I did, at Fantastic Fest.
December 24, 2025 at 4:11 AM
CLOUD ATLAS: I still will shout from the top of the valley that this is one of the finest films of the 10s. The casting controversies, the earnestness, the multilinear storytelling… none of it changes my mind one iota. It’s a masterpiece, and I am thankful I saw it the way I did, at Fantastic Fest.
This continues to be a real issue that our film Impulsion touches upon, amongst other things
Tell me again how schools are biased against boys?
"Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. After a fight, she was the one expelled"
apnews.com/article/scho...
"Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. After a fight, she was the one expelled"
apnews.com/article/scho...
Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. After a fight, she was the one expelled
A 13-year-old girl at a Louisiana middle school got into a fight with classmates who were sharing AI-generated nude images of her.
apnews.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This continues to be a real issue that our film Impulsion touches upon, amongst other things
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I strongly suspect many people would be a lot less aggressively anti-AI at this point if they hadn’t just spent two years feeling constantly pressured, often by very unpleasant people and actors, to use it Or Else
As a lawyer I’m getting a daily machine gun of come-ons to use AI in legal research, have AI draft my documents, let AI suggest my arguments, AI can take a flying fuck at a rolling seven-fingered doughnut
December 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I strongly suspect many people would be a lot less aggressively anti-AI at this point if they hadn’t just spent two years feeling constantly pressured, often by very unpleasant people and actors, to use it Or Else
Brainworm bullshit this is what aliens look like this man is possessed by a demon
Since his appointment, RFK Jr. has pursued a brutal vision of American health that several experts liken to a sort of eugenics. Kennedy has made it clear that certain deaths are acceptable or even preferable to a world where every child is vaccinated.
Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
December 21, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Brainworm bullshit this is what aliens look like this man is possessed by a demon
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We live in a weird time. It’s only right to get weirder yourself
December 20, 2025 at 5:56 AM
We live in a weird time. It’s only right to get weirder yourself
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Okay...
...absolutely this is a problem.
But even if we removed AI, it wouldn't change the core problem of our systems of peer review that existed well before AI.
...absolutely this is a problem.
But even if we removed AI, it wouldn't change the core problem of our systems of peer review that existed well before AI.
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Okay...
...absolutely this is a problem.
But even if we removed AI, it wouldn't change the core problem of our systems of peer review that existed well before AI.
...absolutely this is a problem.
But even if we removed AI, it wouldn't change the core problem of our systems of peer review that existed well before AI.
Oh we know but we gotta be louder about this shit and fill it up in our heads
California's first state constitution in 1849 was bilingual. Spanish has been spoken in large swaths of the US for much longer than English. These people are racist asshats.
December 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Oh we know but we gotta be louder about this shit and fill it up in our heads
Endhitttification
December 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Endhitttification
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Therapist: Mark Hamill Kamille isn't real, it can't hurt you
Mark Hamill Kamille:
Mark Hamill Kamille:
If curious, this is a 2024 Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra performance of 'Symphonic suite Z-GUNDAM’ (though just released on CD). They committed to honoring Saegusa’s original orchestral arrangements, after finding his handwritten sheet music deep within the SUNRISE archives.
December 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Therapist: Mark Hamill Kamille isn't real, it can't hurt you
Mark Hamill Kamille:
Mark Hamill Kamille:
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I think Joyce Carol Oates has managed to be impossible to milkshake duck.
Not because she hasn't said problematic things - she has.
But she has said them in service to no higher goals. She's not trying to take over the government, or start a cult or a movement
Not because she hasn't said problematic things - she has.
But she has said them in service to no higher goals. She's not trying to take over the government, or start a cult or a movement
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I think Joyce Carol Oates has managed to be impossible to milkshake duck.
Not because she hasn't said problematic things - she has.
But she has said them in service to no higher goals. She's not trying to take over the government, or start a cult or a movement
Not because she hasn't said problematic things - she has.
But she has said them in service to no higher goals. She's not trying to take over the government, or start a cult or a movement
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Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
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hey man can you take smaller sips from the horn of plenty? there’s a lot of us waiting
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 AM
hey man can you take smaller sips from the horn of plenty? there’s a lot of us waiting
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PLUR1BUS is something we haven't seen in some time on TV: dangerous science fiction. A real think piece. Takes the question played around with in Asmov's GREEN PATCHES, ANNIHILATION, and even SEA OF RUST, to its most interesting conclusion: What if individualism is the biggest threat to world peace?
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
PLUR1BUS is something we haven't seen in some time on TV: dangerous science fiction. A real think piece. Takes the question played around with in Asmov's GREEN PATCHES, ANNIHILATION, and even SEA OF RUST, to its most interesting conclusion: What if individualism is the biggest threat to world peace?
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
Gearing up to distribute another independent film
November 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Gearing up to distribute another independent film
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Want to see a microcosm of America? Immigrants won the World Series for the Dodgers and immigrants will be unwelcome and hunted at the victory parade.
November 2, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Want to see a microcosm of America? Immigrants won the World Series for the Dodgers and immigrants will be unwelcome and hunted at the victory parade.
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Anti-EBT people have never really struggled and you can tell. "OMG! You're buying cookies & soda? With OUR money?"
Like, yeah, dickcheese. Those are calorie dense foods, which is exactly what you need when you're trying to survive.
Some people need others to suffer so their efforts feel validated.
Like, yeah, dickcheese. Those are calorie dense foods, which is exactly what you need when you're trying to survive.
Some people need others to suffer so their efforts feel validated.
November 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Anti-EBT people have never really struggled and you can tell. "OMG! You're buying cookies & soda? With OUR money?"
Like, yeah, dickcheese. Those are calorie dense foods, which is exactly what you need when you're trying to survive.
Some people need others to suffer so their efforts feel validated.
Like, yeah, dickcheese. Those are calorie dense foods, which is exactly what you need when you're trying to survive.
Some people need others to suffer so their efforts feel validated.
Redid the ol Letterboxd
October 31, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Redid the ol Letterboxd
Girl read the room
Here are the luxury items Gwyneth Paltrow recommends this holiday gifting season.
Gwyneth Paltrow's Holiday Gift Guides Include $40,000 Bracelet, $360,000 Jukebox And More Ultra-Luxe Items
Here are the luxury items Gwyneth Paltrow recommends this holiday gifting season.
www.forbes.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Girl read the room
Our government is petty AF
October 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Our government is petty AF
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Recreationally slathering myself in Vick’s Vaporub just to feel alive.
October 30, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Recreationally slathering myself in Vick’s Vaporub just to feel alive.
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If it makes anyone feel better, none of this will count on the final exam.
October 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
If it makes anyone feel better, none of this will count on the final exam.
it's not even about baseball anymore it's about spite
October 28, 2025 at 6:40 AM
it's not even about baseball anymore it's about spite
Dodgers Stadium now floating in mid air due to prolonged exhaust fume inhalation.
October 28, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Dodgers Stadium now floating in mid air due to prolonged exhaust fume inhalation.