Warwick Holt
@wokholt.bsky.social
Screenwriter / etcwriter. Once wrote 60,000 or so jokes for TV shows. Chaos mathematician by training. Cricket tragic. Wurundjeri land. He/him. https://media-empire.net
Bill Oddie sure was a Goodie. The one time I met him, he explained how despite what other people thought, he never felt any rivalry between The Goodies & Monty Python. “There was room for us both, like The Beatles and The Stones. And I was very content to be in The Beatles.” 🤣 #RIPBillOddie
Now THAT's what I call a World Cup final! C'mon Aussie C'mon! #T20WorldCup
Cricinfo@cricinfo.com · last mo.England versus Australia in a Lord's final. You don't want to miss this 🍿 #T20WorldCup
Over the past few years I've had a lot of success as a #ghostwriter of treatments for TV commercial directors. In my latest post to the Media Empire blog, I explain what's involved in being a ghost, and why an AI writing assistant is no substitute.
The Ghost out of the Machine - Warwick Holt - Media Empire
The art of expressing a director's vision in TV commercial treatments, and why the spirit of a human ghostwriter will beat a spooky robot
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Angus Taylor speaking on the night of a 30%+ swing against his party at a by-election: "We're back." #auspol
I find this unmasking of Australia profoundly disturbing #auspol
Idiot guy on someone's shoulders blocking the ABC from seeing David Farley for the first minute of his speech seems some sort of symbolic #auspol
With Georgia Voll getting her century via a dropped catch, let's cross again to her mum... #AusvInd
Freo ⚓ Pope@freopope.bsky.social · 2y agoAnd here's the vision. #FuckMe #AusvInd #AusWvIndW
It took just two days for me to go from opening an #Instagram account to have it shut down for impersonating myself. Despite providing an ID and selfie, despite posting nothing, the bots couldn't be convinced that I wasn't one of them. Talk about #Meta
How Meta: the bots think I'm a bot - Warwick Holt - Media Empire
A baffled account of failing to join Instagram when their robots can't be convinced that I'm not one of them
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Ah, January 26, the day that tall ships arrived at Botany Bay - from France. Happy Snailia Day! #InvasionDay #AustraliaDay #ChangeTheDate #auspol
The Facts Missing From The Australia Day Argument - Warwick Holt - Media Empire
Does January 26 actually mark the arrival of the British on our shores - or the French? Would March 3 make a better national day? From The Project, by Warwick Holt.
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The Coalition of the Willing should be feeling pretty snubbed right now
Happy New Year! If you'd like to hear what I've been enjoying listening to in 2025, from playlists to gigs to my family's exploits, you can find it here in all its gory detail. #music #BestOf2025
2025 through my ears - Warwick Holt - Media Empire
A playlist of my favourite songs released in 2025 plus a rundown of albums I liked, gigs I saw, and my family's musical exploits.
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Same old England, always rehabilitating Bazball after the #Ashes have been lost
Hopefully Head and Boland may finally be the opening pair Australia have been looking for #Ashes
Batting should get easier from here now the shine's come off the new ball #Ashes
3rd most balls faced in this innings so far has been Root's 15 ball duck #Ashes
That doesn't mean it has magic powers, England #Ashes
Warwick Holt@wokholt.bsky.social · 8mo agoThe review system at its absolute best tonight #Ashes
Stokes: Did you nick it? J Smith: Yeah, well, you know, worth a shot yeah? Give it a go. See what happens. Could get lucky. Stokes: REVIEW IT #Ashes
Come on Doggett, let's get an entire scorecard of double figures #Ashes
Amazingly this test looks like it's going to last two whole days #Ashes
Jon Stewart is masterful at satirising this self-satirising president. He's got the best despairing pause face since a freshly-shot Daffy Duck.
The Daily Show@thedailyshow.com · 8mo agoTrump Berates Reporters, Gets Mystery MRI & Closes Border to (Non-White) Immigrants youtu.be/4STrDD7leEM
Doggett and Duckett sounds like a Hanna-Barbera cartoon crime-fighting duo #Ashes
Mark Wood has been trying to take that Starc C&B all morning #Ashes
Just hit 50,000 words in my book, well ahead of the end of #NaNoWriMo! ...It still counts if you started two years ago, yeah? #WriteSky
It's the 10th anniversary edition of Melbourne WebFest this weekend. I'm looking forward to seeing loads of great web series and I'm extra-chuffed that Bruce has been selected as one of the highlights of the decade for Sunday's Legacy Screenings. Tickets and full program at melbournewebfest.com
The difference between training an #AI model on original IP and the end use of that model is equivalent to the difference between mining ore and driving a car. Pleased to see the Productivity Commission have now published my response to their deeply-flawed Interim Report.
A Productivity Commission Submission on AI in Australia - Warwick Holt - Media Empire
A response regarding AI regulation and protecting culture to the Australian Government's Productivity Commission's Interim Report on Harnessing Data and Digital Technology
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