Jamie Hall
@jamiehall
Absolutely. Here’s a bio which balances audacity with polish, while covering up the weak points and anxieties you mentioned. You can paste it directly into Bluesky, or let me know if you’d like edits or changes: My background blends high-stakes strategy,
I’ve been reading “The Line of Beauty”, which has been on my list since @ppfideas.bsky.social’s series on political novels. It’s magnificent, and has an interesting new insight on the Thatcher era: everyone was incredibly horny. And gay. Five stars
It's interesting that these "Correct" scores are so low; you'd do better by flipping a coin
I only learned today, decades later, why the chorus of “I Might Be A Cunt, But I’m Not A Fucking Cunt” is Dominique-nique-nique
I, too, would like to slam the state-based levy. Land tax is no more than a “tax on the rich”. That’s right. It merely “funds public services” by “redistributing money from people who can afford it”, and it’s “fair” and “good”,
He’s right. This is why the US and its allies achieved a swift and total victory in Vietnam
Somebody made a self-authorised street sign next to Enmore Park. Love it!
I like how, in this story that’s mainly about political tactics, we get a glimpse of the alternative Treasurer’s stroke of genius: what if we had automatic de-stabilisers?
Left-wing NIMBYism is the most depressing NIMBYism. After guns and drugs, housing is the #3 most tightly regulated market in Australia. To look at the current pile of policy failures and blame “the free market” takes a huge amount of motivated self-delusion
I loved this book. If you enjoyed The Calculating Stars then you will too.
Just realised how unsafe this worksite is. What the hell are these dudes doing!? They could just fall out that door at any time
Novels used to get dinged from the Miles Franklin for not being Australian enough. This one’s about Australia/China, but mainly China viewed from Australia, and being a #BadChinese, so I’m glad it worked out. Also I really dig the Joan’s Book Club design ethos of the post-award reprint cover.
It’s a jokey tongue-in-cheek bit of metafiction which feels extremely 90s (complimentary). The modern journey into fake/real China is intercut with tall tales and ironical vignettes from the Jin Dynasty, which was an embarrassing historical cul de sac for the main arc of Chinese civilisation
This is really good. If it was up to me, I’d give it one (1) Miles Franklin Award
These two things are opposite and contradictory goals. You cannot have both, you must pick one! Implying that you can have both of them isn’t seriousness and Serious Reform Agenda, it’s just stupid!
The way millennial parents involve their kids in the workplace is so wholesome
Those two events were huge demand shocks; the Trump tariffs are a negative supply shock, which would call for an emergency rate _rise_, no? (Assuming that the Fed board keeps doing their job and don’t get fired or DOGEd or whatever.)