Joanna Mendelssohn
@oldlillipilli.bsky.social
First lived in Sydney’s inner west when it was called a “slum”. Writes about art, sometimes. Owned by 2 dogs.
Strangers who dm me will be blocked
Strangers who dm me will be blocked
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Superb & heartbreaking analysis on how & why there is increased #antisemitism
Superb & heartbreaking analysis on how & why there is increased #antisemitism
Don't mention the war
Australia is struggling to respond proportionately to violence, fear and political pressure in the wake of the Bondi attacks, October 7 and Israel’s war in Gaza. The result has been a contraction of d...
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February 6, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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Superb & heartbreaking analysis on how & why there is increased #antisemitism
Superb & heartbreaking analysis on how & why there is increased #antisemitism
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Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
You suckers
You suckers
February 3, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
You suckers
You suckers
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A heavily redacted cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
![Single frame. Title: “[redacted]” A line of early teen? girls looking at the viewer. Behind them, silhouettes of four generic men, some with hand on shoulders of the girls, which have been through six iterations of redaction to satisfy the newspaper’s lawyers that none are identifiable.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:udzkh2jubo3w6ei42ftanhhj/bafkreic3fp5yp3asvebljrnnzovrw5a5nljp57bgxoyzh6z33m3qczpn4u@jpeg)
February 3, 2026 at 8:45 PM
A heavily redacted cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
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You know when you’re carrying a last minute bag of rubbish out to the wheelie bin and it brushes against your leg and you feel that odd, creepy moisture even though the bag isn’t leaking and you wonder what causes it and realise it’s the sweat of grossness?
May I introduce, the Duchess.
May I introduce, the Duchess.
Ferguson offered Epstein woman with 'great body' after his release from prison
Emails contained in the Epstein files show former British royal Sarah Ferguson told the convicted child sex offender she knew a "single" woman with a "great body" he should meet, weeks after his 2009 ...
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February 3, 2026 at 10:08 PM
You know when you’re carrying a last minute bag of rubbish out to the wheelie bin and it brushes against your leg and you feel that odd, creepy moisture even though the bag isn’t leaking and you wonder what causes it and realise it’s the sweat of grossness?
May I introduce, the Duchess.
May I introduce, the Duchess.
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My brother wrote a beautiful tribute to our Dad who passed last week — Voy Ilic:
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nickilicphysio.substack.com/p/a-life-bui...
A Life Built in a Good-Enough System
A Life of Disability, Adversity, Laughter — and the Systems That Made It Possible
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February 3, 2026 at 6:39 AM
My brother wrote a beautiful tribute to our Dad who passed last week — Voy Ilic:
nickilicphysio.substack.com/p/a-life-bui...
nickilicphysio.substack.com/p/a-life-bui...
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The story isn’t necessarily that Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a Texas election in a district Trump won by 17 points
Or that Rehmet was outspent 20-to-1
Or even that his opponent was backed by Trump and Greg Abbott
It’s that 57% of the voters were REPUBLICANS
And Rehmet STILL WON by 12 points
Or that Rehmet was outspent 20-to-1
Or even that his opponent was backed by Trump and Greg Abbott
It’s that 57% of the voters were REPUBLICANS
And Rehmet STILL WON by 12 points
JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
February 2, 2026 at 6:51 PM
The story isn’t necessarily that Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a Texas election in a district Trump won by 17 points
Or that Rehmet was outspent 20-to-1
Or even that his opponent was backed by Trump and Greg Abbott
It’s that 57% of the voters were REPUBLICANS
And Rehmet STILL WON by 12 points
Or that Rehmet was outspent 20-to-1
Or even that his opponent was backed by Trump and Greg Abbott
It’s that 57% of the voters were REPUBLICANS
And Rehmet STILL WON by 12 points
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‘They invite someone accused of war crimes and then accuse us of being the ones breaching social cohesion when we're the ones just trying to uphold the basic tenets of morality, humanity and international law’
Live: Police commissioner to give update on NSW protest laws: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-03/nsw-police-protest-laws-israel-president-isaac-herzog-sydney/106298050
Live: Police commissioner to give update on NSW protest laws
The NSW police commissioner is announcing whether restrictions on protests will be extended, ahead of planned demonstrations against the upcoming Sydney visit of Israel's president.
www.abc.net.au
February 3, 2026 at 4:28 AM
‘They invite someone accused of war crimes and then accuse us of being the ones breaching social cohesion when we're the ones just trying to uphold the basic tenets of morality, humanity and international law’
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Zionist Expansion: A First-Hand Account of Israel’s Illegal Occupation of Southwestern Syria.
www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/27/a...
www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/27/a...
Zionist Expansion: A First-Hand Account of Israel's Illegal Occupation of Southwestern Syria
“They came in the night after Assad fled,” said Mohammed, a resident of Kodena, a small village perched upon rolling hills of rocky soil, about a mile and a half east of the unofficial border with the...
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February 3, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Zionist Expansion: A First-Hand Account of Israel’s Illegal Occupation of Southwestern Syria.
www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/27/a...
www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/27/a...
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We moved in the Senate for the Albanese government to withdraw the invitation to Israel’s President Herzog to visit Australia. He has literally signed bombs used in the genocide in Gaza. Labor, the Liberals and One Nation joined together to vote it down. That tells you everything
February 3, 2026 at 2:15 AM
We moved in the Senate for the Albanese government to withdraw the invitation to Israel’s President Herzog to visit Australia. He has literally signed bombs used in the genocide in Gaza. Labor, the Liberals and One Nation joined together to vote it down. That tells you everything
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Importantly, what we’re being told much more loudly than even this is that we must never recognise and acknowledge the pain that Palestinian and Lebanese Australians are suffering as Israel’s murderous rampage throughout Palestine and southern Lebanon continues.
“it is important”, Templeman continues, “for Jewish Australians that their pain is acknowledged and recognised”.
Won’t somebody please acknowledge and recognise the singular pain of this one group. It has been crickets so far, right.
Won’t somebody please acknowledge and recognise the singular pain of this one group. It has been crickets so far, right.
February 3, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Importantly, what we’re being told much more loudly than even this is that we must never recognise and acknowledge the pain that Palestinian and Lebanese Australians are suffering as Israel’s murderous rampage throughout Palestine and southern Lebanon continues.
S2026 Bondi: Light Over Darkness (Part 1) in iview iview.abc.net.au/show/four-co...
Two isolated antisemitic men committed mass murder. Heroes acted to save many lives. The most effective civilian hero was a Muslim man.
This is not evidence of widespread antisemitism in Australia
Two isolated antisemitic men committed mass murder. Heroes acted to save many lives. The most effective civilian hero was a Muslim man.
This is not evidence of widespread antisemitism in Australia
Four Corners: S2026 Bondi: Light Over Darkness (Part 1)
A powerful two-part special on the Bondi massacre. Mark Willacy brings the definitive account of what happened on that December day, as told by the people who were there, survivors of the attack and f...
iview.abc.net.au
February 3, 2026 at 6:08 AM
S2026 Bondi: Light Over Darkness (Part 1) in iview iview.abc.net.au/show/four-co...
Two isolated antisemitic men committed mass murder. Heroes acted to save many lives. The most effective civilian hero was a Muslim man.
This is not evidence of widespread antisemitism in Australia
Two isolated antisemitic men committed mass murder. Heroes acted to save many lives. The most effective civilian hero was a Muslim man.
This is not evidence of widespread antisemitism in Australia
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How's the both-sides-ing going...?
February 1, 2026 at 8:56 AM
How's the both-sides-ing going...?
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Israel has not stopped its genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, violent settler colonialism, apartheid…
The world rightly mourned the 15 Bondi Beach victims.
Now let us all pressure Israel to stop committing its own equivalent Bondi Beach Massacres every single day.
Stop the genocide. NOW!
The world rightly mourned the 15 Bondi Beach victims.
Now let us all pressure Israel to stop committing its own equivalent Bondi Beach Massacres every single day.
Stop the genocide. NOW!
This is the equivalent of TWO Bondi beach attacks. Let that sink in.
We’ve invited the president of the country that murdered 31+ men, women and children in Gaza so he could mourn the deaths of 15 men, women and children here.
BDS Israel.
Rescind Herzog’s visa, or arrest him on arrival.
We’ve invited the president of the country that murdered 31+ men, women and children in Gaza so he could mourn the deaths of 15 men, women and children here.
BDS Israel.
Rescind Herzog’s visa, or arrest him on arrival.
Israel bombed tents in Gaza today, killed at least 30 people including children, and the death toll is likely to rise
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
February 1, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Israel has not stopped its genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, violent settler colonialism, apartheid…
The world rightly mourned the 15 Bondi Beach victims.
Now let us all pressure Israel to stop committing its own equivalent Bondi Beach Massacres every single day.
Stop the genocide. NOW!
The world rightly mourned the 15 Bondi Beach victims.
Now let us all pressure Israel to stop committing its own equivalent Bondi Beach Massacres every single day.
Stop the genocide. NOW!
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Reviews of Melania, the $107 million Amazon documentary about America’s First Lady which dropped in cinemas around the world over the weekend, are scathing.
www.smh.com.au/culture/movi...
www.smh.com.au/culture/movi...
February 1, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Reviews of Melania, the $107 million Amazon documentary about America’s First Lady which dropped in cinemas around the world over the weekend, are scathing.
www.smh.com.au/culture/movi...
www.smh.com.au/culture/movi...
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Latest debacles at the State Library of Victoria: an arresting report by Gideon Haigh. Is the Board illegal as well as awful? Is the withdrawn 'restructure' proceeding by stealth (cultural vandalism, expertise-jettisoning, giant video screens in the Dome, etc)?
www.cricketetal.com/p/whats-stil...
www.cricketetal.com/p/whats-stil...
What's (Still) Happening at the State Library of Victoria?
GH catches up
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February 1, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Latest debacles at the State Library of Victoria: an arresting report by Gideon Haigh. Is the Board illegal as well as awful? Is the withdrawn 'restructure' proceeding by stealth (cultural vandalism, expertise-jettisoning, giant video screens in the Dome, etc)?
www.cricketetal.com/p/whats-stil...
www.cricketetal.com/p/whats-stil...
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now showing..
February 1, 2026 at 6:10 AM
now showing..
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Labor has invited the head of the country that is still doing this to millions of occupied people for a state visit - it’s hard to believe really.
January 31, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Labor has invited the head of the country that is still doing this to millions of occupied people for a state visit - it’s hard to believe really.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Julianne Schultz makes the (very strong) case for a legislated Australian #BillOfRights
Julianne Schultz makes the (very strong) case for a legislated Australian #BillOfRights
The ‘pleasant fiction’ of a rules-based order has been blown apart. It’s time for Australia to codify a bill of rights | Julianne Schultz
What’s happening on American streets makes clear that a charter of rights does not prevent state overreach. But human rights must be more than a debating point
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:14 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Julianne Schultz makes the (very strong) case for a legislated Australian #BillOfRights
Julianne Schultz makes the (very strong) case for a legislated Australian #BillOfRights
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Another reason why Canada’s Prime Minister is one of the most effective world leaders today #Values
Another reason why Canada’s Prime Minister is one of the most effective world leaders today #Values
Mark Carney – Values: an economist's guide to everything that matters
Mark Carney argues that treating price as a proxy for value has driven crises in finance, health and climate. His book offers a roadmap for rebuilding trust, fairness and resilience.
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February 1, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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Another reason why Canada’s Prime Minister is one of the most effective world leaders today #Values
Another reason why Canada’s Prime Minister is one of the most effective world leaders today #Values
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Every single “national security” law since 9/11: “cripes this is the type of stuff Hitler or Stalin would’ve loved”
“Don’t exaggerate, that’s not how it will be used”
“Don’t exaggerate, that’s not how it will be used”
January 31, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Every single “national security” law since 9/11: “cripes this is the type of stuff Hitler or Stalin would’ve loved”
“Don’t exaggerate, that’s not how it will be used”
“Don’t exaggerate, that’s not how it will be used”
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Given that Angus Taylor is likely to challenge Sussan Ley for the leadership of the Liberal Party next week this piece is worth resharing.
#libspill #auspol
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#libspill #auspol
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
Australian MP gets caught praising himself on Facebook
Angus Taylor MP has been mocked on social media over a now-deleted self-congratulatory comment.
www.bbc.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Given that Angus Taylor is likely to challenge Sussan Ley for the leadership of the Liberal Party next week this piece is worth resharing.
#libspill #auspol
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
#libspill #auspol
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
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I don't understand how any Government can see the increasing impacts of extreme weather events on our fellow Australians - our environment, our wildlfe - and still continue to support the fossil fuel industry.
We've been betrayed #auspol
We've been betrayed #auspol
January 30, 2026 at 4:43 AM
I don't understand how any Government can see the increasing impacts of extreme weather events on our fellow Australians - our environment, our wildlfe - and still continue to support the fossil fuel industry.
We've been betrayed #auspol
We've been betrayed #auspol
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Melania movie opening on Scotland's Isle of Harris.....please note all screenings will be held here......one at a time please!!!!!
January 31, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Melania movie opening on Scotland's Isle of Harris.....please note all screenings will be held here......one at a time please!!!!!