John L. Walters
@johnlwalters.bsky.social
Writer, composer, editor, musician, record producer.
From #trainline this morning. Note the use of ‘occasionally’.
January 15, 2026 at 9:56 AM
From #trainline this morning. Note the use of ‘occasionally’.
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For those joining Bluesky from the Bad Place: welcome.
Yes, you could/should have made the decision sooner, but it is never too late to make a good decision.
And there is a lot on this site which will remind you of the Bad Place before it was bad.
Yes, you could/should have made the decision sooner, but it is never too late to make a good decision.
And there is a lot on this site which will remind you of the Bad Place before it was bad.
January 12, 2026 at 3:50 PM
For those joining Bluesky from the Bad Place: welcome.
Yes, you could/should have made the decision sooner, but it is never too late to make a good decision.
And there is a lot on this site which will remind you of the Bad Place before it was bad.
Yes, you could/should have made the decision sooner, but it is never too late to make a good decision.
And there is a lot on this site which will remind you of the Bad Place before it was bad.
I enjoyed writing this ‘The Life of a Song’ piece for @financialtimes.com @ftweekend.com (3 Jan 2026) about ‘Trust In Me’ from The Jungle Book, www.ft.com/content/c1f7... #shermanbrothers #gracejones #veronicaswift #siouxsie #halwillner #hollycole #junmiyake #scarlettjohansson #selenagomez #disney
Trust in Me (The Python’s Song) — musicians have been hypnotised by the Disney ditty
Originally featured in The Jungle Book, the song has been covered by a spectrum of artists including jazz players and Grace Jones
www.ft.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:40 PM
I enjoyed writing this ‘The Life of a Song’ piece for @financialtimes.com @ftweekend.com (3 Jan 2026) about ‘Trust In Me’ from The Jungle Book, www.ft.com/content/c1f7... #shermanbrothers #gracejones #veronicaswift #siouxsie #halwillner #hollycole #junmiyake #scarlettjohansson #selenagomez #disney
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Latest ‘Books received’, www.eyemagazine.com/blog/post/bo...
January 9, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Latest ‘Books received’, www.eyemagazine.com/blog/post/bo...
Common sense from Baldur Bjarnason, from his article ‘The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models replicate the mechanisms of a psychic’s con.’
softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...
#BaldurBjarnason #artificialintelligence @baldurbjarnason.com
softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...
#BaldurBjarnason #artificialintelligence @baldurbjarnason.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Common sense from Baldur Bjarnason, from his article ‘The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models replicate the mechanisms of a psychic’s con.’
softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...
#BaldurBjarnason #artificialintelligence @baldurbjarnason.com
softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...
#BaldurBjarnason #artificialintelligence @baldurbjarnason.com
Good read: John Lanchester reviews four books about tech, the spectre of ‘AI’ and the strange men behind them.
‘My books are on a list of works that have been illegally used in training data. Many more people’s work has been stolen without any evidentiary trail to show it.’
John Lanchester on the AI bubble.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Lanchester on the AI bubble.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Lanchester · King of Cannibal Island: Will the AI bubble burst?
Nvidia shares are the purest bet you can make on the impact of AI. The leading firms are lending money to one another in...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Good read: John Lanchester reviews four books about tech, the spectre of ‘AI’ and the strange men behind them.
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Watch this urgent message from our CEO & Founder, Imran 👇
Merry Christmas everyone!!!
A bit of real cheer for us all!
🎅🎄🤶🌲
A bit of real cheer for us all!
🎅🎄🤶🌲
December 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Watch this urgent message from our CEO & Founder, Imran 👇
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December 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Yes, please.
December 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Yes, please.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Obviously, people will say this is Panglossian nonsense…
.. I prefer, “factual”
as.ft.com/r/f040c3e5-9... The UK economy is not nearly as bad as you’ve been told
.. I prefer, “factual”
as.ft.com/r/f040c3e5-9... The UK economy is not nearly as bad as you’ve been told
The UK economy is not nearly as bad as you’ve been told
[FREE TO READ] A huge pessimistic bias in our national accounts leads us to doom and gloom which turns out to be nonsense
as.ft.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Obviously, people will say this is Panglossian nonsense…
.. I prefer, “factual”
as.ft.com/r/f040c3e5-9... The UK economy is not nearly as bad as you’ve been told
.. I prefer, “factual”
as.ft.com/r/f040c3e5-9... The UK economy is not nearly as bad as you’ve been told
The Life of a Song: my article about the Beatles’ ‘Day Tripper’, www.ft.com/content/2aab...
www.ft.com/the-life-of-... @financialtimes.com @ftweekend.com
www.ft.com/the-life-of-... @financialtimes.com @ftweekend.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The Life of a Song: my article about the Beatles’ ‘Day Tripper’, www.ft.com/content/2aab...
www.ft.com/the-life-of-... @financialtimes.com @ftweekend.com
www.ft.com/the-life-of-... @financialtimes.com @ftweekend.com
Good programme about the traitor Nathan Gill, podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... @theguardian.com With @lukeharding1968.bsky.social and @helenpidd.bsky.social
How Nigel Farage’s ‘right-hand man’ in Europe was unmasked as a traitor
Podcast Episode · Today in Focus · 25/11/2025 · 30m
podcasts.apple.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Good programme about the traitor Nathan Gill, podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... @theguardian.com With @lukeharding1968.bsky.social and @helenpidd.bsky.social
The latest Reith lecture is well worth listening to, www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The notorious bit of BBC censorship doesn’t make a huge difference: it is clear from the lecture what he thinks about Trump, whether we’d been informed about the cut or otherwise. #moralrevolution
The notorious bit of BBC censorship doesn’t make a huge difference: it is clear from the lecture what he thinks about Trump, whether we’d been informed about the cut or otherwise. #moralrevolution
The Reith Lectures - Rutger Bregman - Moral Revolution - 1. A Time of Monsters - BBC Sounds
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman delivers his first BBC Reith Lecture: Moral Revolution.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The latest Reith lecture is well worth listening to, www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The notorious bit of BBC censorship doesn’t make a huge difference: it is clear from the lecture what he thinks about Trump, whether we’d been informed about the cut or otherwise. #moralrevolution
The notorious bit of BBC censorship doesn’t make a huge difference: it is clear from the lecture what he thinks about Trump, whether we’d been informed about the cut or otherwise. #moralrevolution
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Farage et al really mustn't be allowed to walk away from this scandal, and its wider implications:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Reform in Wales leader Nathan Gill jailed for pro-Russian bribery
Nathan Gill, 52, is sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison after admitting taking bribes while an MEP.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Farage et al really mustn't be allowed to walk away from this scandal, and its wider implications:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fergus McCreadie at Union Chapel last Thursday. #londonjazzfestival
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Fergus McCreadie at Union Chapel last Thursday. #londonjazzfestival
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I implore someone, anyone, in the media…
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I implore someone, anyone, in the media…
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
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November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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Book your tickets for #TypeTuesday, ‘Light Fantastic’, on 25 November 2025 with Kate Dawkins and Michael Collins, bit.ly/TypeTuesday52
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Book your tickets for #TypeTuesday, ‘Light Fantastic’, on 25 November 2025 with Kate Dawkins and Michael Collins, bit.ly/TypeTuesday52
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November 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Here’s my review, ukjazznews.com/kurt-elling-... @seb-scotney.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Here’s my review, ukjazznews.com/kurt-elling-... @seb-scotney.bsky.social
But surely not ‘deeply shocking’ …
💥 NEW: ‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
“He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers".
Read on for more...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
“He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers".
Read on for more...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
But surely not ‘deeply shocking’ …
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#graphicdesign #recordphotography #spectacle #projectionmapping
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#graphicdesign #recordphotography #spectacle #projectionmapping
November 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Come to Type Tuesday on 25 November, with Kate Dawkins and Michael Collins.
#graphicdesign #recordphotography #spectacle #projectionmapping
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Come to Type Tuesday on 25 November, with Kate Dawkins and Michael Collins.
#graphicdesign #recordphotography #spectacle #projectionmapping