Gerrit Thompson

This is a thread for the horror/sci-fi short films that I've made. You can check them out on YouTube and Vimeo.

Is he going to be the new press secretary?

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

Here are my #LastFourWatched for #LetterboxdFriday.

Wild that the Trump family is very clearly in the pocket of multiple(!) foreign dictators and apparently nobody even cares. This used to be the stuff of taut thrillers, now it's just oh there's Jared doing bribe stuff again

He was great in everything, but Alien and Top Gun are seared into my brain.

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

Meta took down the No Kings instagram; TikTok banned the Musk documentary account for supposedly violating its political posting policies. A reminder that platforms are owned by the wealthiest of people, control the means of media distribution, & put their thumbs on the democracy scale as they wish

Apparently at around 1:30 PM ET, the main accounts for the No Kings coalition on Instagram were frozen and pulled down. Admins have lost access to the account and are unable to log in. This happened at the peak of the organization's national day of action. Instagram, of course, is owned by Meta.

❗❗❗Mark Zuckerberg's meta just suspended the No Kings Instagram account. I just rushed back from my local No Kings to jump on this. Bottom line, would be helpful for all pro-No Kings folks to elevate the issue and help us get the word out about No Kings today. The Nerd Reich strikes again.

Billionaires get mad at things that can't be bought, like talent. Surely they should be able to write books and perform music and have mathematical insights just as well as the talented -- they're rich! If we let them dismiss and devalue real talent, we're going to pay a big price.

What kind of country allows for this?

My #LastFourWatched for #LetterboxdFriday

Employers worldwide are pulling back on AI as they navigate a flood of errors and low-quality work that sap employee time, raise privacy and security risks, and drive up costs

Zelensky: It's a pity that we are losing a strong partner. Morgan: You think you're losing America? Zelensky: Yeah, but not because of us. We can’t be weak. Otherwise, we can’t survive… This is why it’s painful when Trump chooses to be on Russia’s side. This is not the right side of history.

I don’t need a computer for that; my brain’s more than happy to do it every night around midnight.

Some of the escalations we're seeing, including the attack on Ilhan Omar's home (I will not pretend this act was "investigatory"), are desperate acts. But we must remember that desperate people can be very dangerous. A domestic abuse victim, for example, is in the most danger when trying to leave.

The whole Shane Gillis SNL thing is just another reminder that it's so easy to be a shitty, lazy comedian if you're just willing to expose the fact that you a) hate women and b) haven't had an original joke idea since the Reagan administration

Calling women “whores” for their gym clothes adds to the culture of violence against them here in America. Dan Levy is a model for men to call out SNL and that “comedian” for airing that stale, misogynistic garbage.

I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

i do not meaningfully care about this argument but my stance remains: i refuse to generate unpaid content for elon musk the child pornographer, and to model the behavior that lets elon's algorithm show me the optimal unpaid content he wants me to see. it's interesting that you want to do that though

Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?

The Social Reckoning (2026)

A message from my dear friend: "Alex, the bombing across Gaza right now is so intense that it feels like a massive earthquake. The explosions are shaking everything around us, and the situation is absolutely terrifying. 💔🙏🏻" Please give. They rely on our donations. 💗 chuffed.org/project/1981...

ICE and everyone who enables them (I’m talking about Trump, Miller, and Co.) need to be prosecuted.

I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.

Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon

This is sexual violence as a form of terrorism. It is political violence and it is chilling and horrific, and AOC was absolutely right to be terrified that the goons (now pardoned) laying siege to the capital would rape her if they found her. Small changes won't fix this. FLIP THE TABLE NOW

Canada is refusing to issue ISBNs to books primarily generated with AI. This illustrates both the urgency of the problem of the growing flood of slop books, and also the toothlessness of addressing it on the honor system without there also being consequences for lying

She's just really fucking cool. Thank god the punk spirit continues.

"So what are your hobbies?" "You wouldn't know them -- they live in Canada."

Her performance in North By Northwest was one for the ages.

"JK Rowling is already a billionaire and everyone already knows about Harry Potter, what's the point of boycotting?" Nobody thinks boycotting will bankrupt her. We know she's gonna die rich. We're just asking you to show a shred of solidarity with trans folk. Absolute low bar bare minimum shit.

Eva Marie Saint, Oscar Winner for ‘On the Waterfront,’ Is Dead at 102 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/m... We both served as members of the AMPAS Nicholl Screenwriting Committee - I benefitted greatly from her insights into screenwriting . My deepest condolences to her Laurette and her entire family.

Apple won't let you disable Apple Intelligence in MacOS 27 Golden Gate, but there's now a tool that will you let do that.

🎵 Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Annie Hall... 🎶

Yeah, the “benefits of A.I.” is that it’s made him rich and powerful and he would like to remain rich and powerful, no matter how much people are harmed by his product.

NEW: The Tompkins County DA is re-opening the criminal investigation into the Cornell 7. abcnews.com/US/district-...