Jamie Hall

A Day in the Pre-Internet World, as Understood by Someone Born in 2002 ​When clock radios, film cameras, and the Yellow Pages ruled the world.

“Shouts and Murmurs” has published something funny, which, like SNL having a funny skit, is a once-in-a-decade event. Rejoice www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Timothée Chalamet Under Fire For Dismissive Comments About Traditional Japanese Puppet Theater Form ‘Bunraku’ LOS ANGELES—Facing fierce backlash for remarks deemed deeply ignorant by devoted fans, actor Timothée Chalamet came under fire Monday for dismissive comments about traditional Japanese bunraku puppetr...

“I never want to end up in a position where I’m one of the Ningyōzukai manipulating the arms and legs of this puppet that frankly hasn’t been relevant since the early 17th century,” said the Marty Supreme star

I reckon that in a utopian university, Claude Opus would mark undergraduate essays, with human tutors available to discuss the output and overrule it whenever the students wanted

Graeber very much specialised in extremely shoddy and tendentious books that succeeded because they made the reader feel clever and daring without any effort. The main difference between him and Gladwell is Gladwell is very much conscious he is a charlatan but Graeber managed to trick himself too

Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protestor A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the ...

New from 404 Media: Proton Mail, the privacy-focused email service, gave authorities data that let the FBI unmask an anonymous 'Stop Cop City' protester. It was payment data linked to the anonymous email account. From that, FBI ID'd them, then tracked their movements www.404media.co/proton-mail-...

Australia supports the war.

Is it lawful?

Not our problem! Also, we support the war. No further questions!

It's actually so unbelievably good it almost has to be fraud. Mice are meant to live 1-3 years not 3-5.

Yes absolutely @benansell.bsky.social

A curious phenomenon I have also observed in Australian Labor. Never quite made sense in terms of electoral maths. Nostalgia yes, and its manifestation as balm to feelings of alienation from 'real work' in the minds of the political operatives involved.

Migrants are who we are - Grattan Institute When political opportunists come for migrants, it is kids in schools across this country who bear the scars.

My boss wrote a piece in support of migration – and migrants.

It’s good. Makes me proud.

#auspol

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Ah true. Unless I’m very much mistaken, a core tenet of @liamhogan.id.au Thought is that half of our ex leaders should be in jail

The third, an independent electoral commission that does seat boundaries etc, came about because William Boothby had a special interest in it and the founding fathers got tired of arguing with him. Thank you autists 🙏🏼

An amusing fact about 2 of Australia’s 3 core democratic institutions (preferential voting and secret ballots) is that they were introduced with the goal of sticking it to the opposition party.

North Korea’s ‘most beloved’ child: what the key congress revealed about Kim Jong-un’s succession plans Many observers believe North Korean leader has decided daughter Kim Ju-ae will succeed him, but others say gender politics could block her path to power

I salute this #girlboss blazing a trail for feminism in a man’s world www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

He’s right. This is why the US and its allies achieved a swift and total victory in Vietnam

Would this be like pitching a TV series called Squid Game of Thrones?

I didn’t know that @robdelaney.bsky.social had moved to Canberra 🤩

Bule yang Ngamuk Dengar Warga Tadarusan di Gili Trawangan Ternyata Overstay Seorang bule wanita yang ngamuk-ngamuk mendengar warga tadarusan di Gili Trawangan ternyata melebihi masa tinggal alias overstay.

Indonesia is speed running Ramadan this year. First story of a foreigner losing their mind over the loudspeaker and then being deported, not even been a week yet!
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When landlords in the media warn that they might exit the market if prices keep falling, the correct neoliberal line is to quote Jeremy Clarkson: “Oh no! Anyway—“

One of the most egregious Oscar snubs in history is Clueless. Inventive, great script, tight as FUck, incredible casting, holds up, AND Mona May should have won for best costuming

In Cherrapunji (the wettest place on earth) nobody has an umbrella, for this reason

Rock N Roll Is Where I Hide- Dave Graney and the mistLY LYVE AT BYRDS YouTube video by dave graney

You can succeed as a fraud if you know at some point you’re fooling people. And you can succeed in fooling people if you can manage to convey sincerity. But what happens if you sincerely believe your own frauds? People see through you. Irony!

Anyway here’s Dave Graney

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Aide Wearily Begins 5th Explanation Of Why Trump Can’t Pardon Prince Andrew WASHINGTON—Exhausted from repeated efforts to explain the most basic aspect of political power, an aide to President Trump nevertheless began wearily explaining for the fifth time Friday why he couldn...

“I know Andrew is a good man who’s been treated terribly, but you remember when we learned a few minutes ago that England and the United States are two different countries?” said Senior Advisor Gerald Donovan

If only it were possible to wrest the microphone on Australian republicanism from the easy does it yacht club crowd at the ARM. The ARM promise that nothing would change in an Australian republic is yet another example of small target politics making itself irrelevant.

@liamhogan.id.au It happened AGAIN

Death tax? Property tax? Four ideas that could offset inheritance inequality in Australia How do we solve the predicted entrenched disparity arising out of the great wealth transfer? We ask economists for their suggestions

Australia needs a death tax, you’re hearing it more and more www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

You’re really onto something here, John. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗴𝗮𝗴, it’s an insight into the human condition. Onwards 💪

“Hey mate you missed one”

Agency preservation drives the Indonesia–Australia security treaty The echoes of history are evident – only this time, trust may not be as important as the context.

"For Indonesia, the expectation is that Australia will act as a dependable security partner, even under Washington’s pressure, and that engagement will support Jakarta’s strategic autonomy beyond defence." www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...

Angus Taylor wants more Indonesian migration. A kedai Kopi on every corner 🫡

It would be embarrassing under any circumstances to spend a year on this reactionary horseshit, but to have spent the year in which graduate students were sent to concentration camps for op-eds and the federal govt launched a no hold barred attack on academic freedom is just beyond