Jeremiah McDonald

@jeremiahcontent.bsky.social

Filmmaker, artist, leftist. I make content (derogatory). Best known for A CONVERSATION WITH MY 12 YEAR OLD SELF. Surrealism, absurdity and Doctor Who. He/him. https://linktr.ee/jeremiahcontent

I casually mentioned to a friend of ten years that I spent three years in France employed as a doppelgänger for an eccentric theatre director, which it turns out I hadn’t mentioned before. His reaction was a reminder that, oh yeah, that was kind of unusual.

Maybe in 2026 we can start to agree that "a complex algorithm selects content" is an editorial stance and platforms should be responsible to a certain degree.

The 2024 election was a cost of living election and a referendum on the failings of the Biden administration, and the main theme of 2025 was people mistaking that for a total cultural victory for the far right and acting accordingly, to the horror and confusion of average Americans

I recently noticed that years with “6” in them are the most significant years of my life. For better or worse, they set the tone for the decade that follows, and kind of snowball into what happens the following decade. So, bracing myself for that.

Generative AI by definition is conformity. It is an averaging of anything you ask of it - quite literally guessing what the most likely version of a thing might be. It is, by definition, mainstream, as is everything it creates old and deeply ideological, as every model trains on similar data.

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 12mo ago

AI filmmaking is peeing. It’s pooping. It’s throwing up. It’s a new kind of liquid coming out. It’s hated by the establishment. It’s what goes in the toilet. It’s wet. It’s what’s in the bathroom.

AI filmmaking and storytelling is punk rock. It’s hip hop. It’s counterculture. It’s a new type of creativity. It’s a new medium. It’s hated by the mainstream film and art establishment. It resists ideology. It ignores gate keeping. It’s uncomfortable. It’s scary. It’s viral. It’s accessible. It’s refreshing. It’s welcoming. It’s here.