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Sandra Walters

@lydian2024.bsky.social

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Australian Producer: animation, short films, children's tv series, digital content, co-founder www.kapowpictures.com. Twitter/X @lydian1904 Interested in UK history, politics, arts and craft, futurism and AI-in particular how it affects creative industries

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Sandra Walters @lydian2024.bsky.social · Mar 3

Poster for Ride to the Station-still selling the on our website

Ride to The Station Poster-The Hard-Ons-from Kapow Pictures

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 4d

In the Network State ideology, tech billionaires gut existing institutions and swap in parallel knockoffs that serve their agendas.

Example: a tech billionaire creates a fake university run by a columnist ... or buys a major news outlet and puts an unqualified crony in charge.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 4d

The evil genius of crypto is that it creates fake ‘money’ that trades for real value. Keep the scam running and you can swallow the world.

That is the endgame.

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Sandra Walters @lydian2024.bsky.social · 4d

I went back because I like to know what the right is saying and I agree with that. Sometimes I find myself agreeing with positions and then realise I haven't taken into account the historical context.

Sandra Walters @lydian2024.bsky.social · 4d

Why use AI there are plenty of images you could use?

Sandra Walters @lydian2024.bsky.social · Jul 31

Amazing news! Ride to the Station was just selected by NEW YORK INDIE SHORTS AWARDS via FilmFreeway.com!

Film Festivals, Screenplay Contests, Submissions

Enter the world's best film festivals and screenplay contests. FilmFreeway makes it easy to discover, submit and get tickets to thousands of events.

FilmFreeway.com

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · May 20

This is the future of book recommendations when libraries are defunded and dismantled. Trained professionals are removed in exchange for this made up, inaccurate garbage.

Are you fighting yet?

skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · May 20

I went into my library's database of Chicago area newspapers to confirm this isn't fake, and it's not.

@chicago.suntimes.com Why the hell are you using ChatGPT to make up book titles? You used to have a books staff. Absolutely no fact checking?

Image of a page from the May 18, 2025, edition of the print Chicago Sun-Times. It has "Summer reading list for 2025" as its headline. It is an AI-generated list of books–the authors are real but none of the book titles are. For example, "The Last Algorithm" by Andy Weir, "The Collector's Piece" by Taylor Jenkins Reid, etc. None of the descriptions of these books are real either.

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Sandra Walters @lydian2024.bsky.social · May 22

We have taken for granted that information we search for is based on 'fact'. LLMs are going to ruin everything.

Sandra Wachter @swachter.bsky.social · May 21

"LLMs do not distinguish between fact & fiction. They are not designed to tell the truth. They are designed to persuade, yet they are implemented in sectors where truth & detail matter, e.g. education, science, health, the media, law, & finance." My interview @washingtonpost.com tinyurl.com/2e7253ja

AI is more persuasive than a human in a debate, study finds

When provided basic demographic information on their opponents, AI chatbots adapted their arguments and became more persuasive than humans in online debates.

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Sandra Walters @lydian2024.bsky.social · May 12

New Labor cabinet

Sandra Walters @lydian2024.bsky.social · May 11

Reading this for bookclub. The issues are all very relevant to this moment in time, especially as AI is being thrust upon us at an alarming rate.

Laila Lalami @lailalalami.com · Oct 24

🚨🚨🚨My new novel, THE DREAM HOTEL, will be released by Pantheon in March 2025. It follows a woman who is under surveillance for a crime she has yet to commit. Cover design by the incomparable Jack Smyth. Find out more & pre-order at the link in bio.

Book cover for The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami.

Sandra Walters @lydian2024.bsky.social · May 11

Why is it trusted it is just another big business making profits.

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Sandra Walters @lydian2024.bsky.social · May 5

love the colours!

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · May 4

BREAKING

President Trump says he is going to impose 100% tariff on any and all movies produced overseas.

He makes no mention of television shows, only movies.

Due to tax incentives and production costs overall, many US films and tv shows are filmed in Canada, UK, Australia, Eastern Europe.

Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump
The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death. Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States. Hollywood, and many other areas within the U.S.A., are being devastated. This is a concerted effort by other Nations and, therefore, a National Security threat. It is, in addition to everything else, messaging and
propaganda! Therefore, I am authorizing the Department of Commerce, and the United States Trade Representative, to immediately begin the process of instituting a 100% Tariff on any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands.
WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN!

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · May 4

Trump says movies produced outside the U.S. are a national security threat. So he’s imposing a 100% tariff on all movies that are “produced in foreign lands.”

The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death. Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States. Hollywood, and many other areas within the U.S.A., are being devastated. This is a concerted effort by other Nations and, therefore, a National Security threat. It is, in addition to everything else, messaging and propaganda! Therefore, I am authorizing the Department of Commerce, and the United States Trade Representative, to immediately begin the process of instituting a 100% Tariff on any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands. WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN!
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https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/114452117143235155

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Sandra Walters @lydian2024.bsky.social · May 5

Not surprising and no real detail as to how this would be implemented of course. Are we assuming now that our free trade agreement with the US is dead?

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · May 5

In a post to Truth Social, Donald Trump has announced his plan to rejuvenate the American film industry, with a 100 per cent tariff on movies produced overseas.

Trump announces 100 per cent tariffs on movies made outside of America

In a post to Truth Social, Donald Trump has announced his plan to rejuvenate the American film industry, with a 100 per cent tariff on movies produced overseas.

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Sandra Walters @lydian2024.bsky.social · May 5

I am sorry but being an MP is a 3 year contract. Surely if you have health issues that stand in the way of you doing this job you shouldn't put yourself up for election? #auspol

Sandra Walters @lydian2024.bsky.social · May 4

Agree

Sandra Walters @lydian2024.bsky.social · Apr 27

Thx. What has happened to policies this elections?

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Another fn Capewell (née - fcapas@magpieranting) @anothercapewell.bsky.social · Apr 26

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

What might our future power grid look like? This illustrated guide explains

Our energy system is evolving at breakneck speed. Here we look at how our power grid works, what more renewables mean for energy prices, how nuclear fits into the picture, and how we might build a gri...

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mayiparttula.bsky.social @mayiparttula.bsky.social · Apr 26

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

'Into the bush': Artists ditch the studio to embrace open air painting

With a canvas strapped to her back atop her bike, artist Sophie Baker cuts an unusual figure in the Canberra bush — now artists like her are ditching the studio to embrace painting in the open air as ...

www.abc.net.au

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Sandra Walters @lydian2024.bsky.social · Apr 26

Unrelated question-have we seen any Arts policy? This election has been very scant on policy details in general.

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Sandra Walters @lydian2024.bsky.social · Apr 18

The French will laugh about this............

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Sandra Walters @lydian2024.bsky.social · Apr 14

Recently I was interviewed for a smh article about off lead dog parks. The photographer came out at 6.30am to take photos -picture of us staring into space which is not something we typically do www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/li...

Sandra Walters @lydian2024.bsky.social · Apr 10

Nooooo-we don't want him

Sandra Walters @lydian2024.bsky.social · Apr 10

Love the idea-what about an international online event?

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Now at @[email protected] @ajsadauskas.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · Apr 2

Does trusted physical media become more valuable in a world where the internet's full of crap?

Is a strictly print-only magazine or broadsheet newspaper more likely to succeed in a world of LLM slop and algorithmic social media?

It seems counterintuitive. But is this where we're heading?

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