Joanna Mendelssohn
oldlillipilli.bsky.social
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
Another phewdle –tricky

@ozjuliancox.bsky.social @tvaughanedu.bsky.social
@hicksville.bsky.social @schmidtim.bsky.social
@carljstevens.bsky.social

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November 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Reposted by Joanna Mendelssohn
Metallica took to the stage before a roaring crowd organisers described as “just shy of the attendance you’d see at a typical inspection for a two-bedder in Marrickville”
Huge Crowd at Sydney Metallica Gig Almost As Big as Average Rental Inspection for Two Bedder — The Shovel
Organisers described the massive crowd as “just shy of the attendance you’d see at a typical two-bedder rental inspection in Marrickville”.
theshovel.com.au
November 16, 2025 at 7:13 AM
@ozjuliancox.bsky.social @tvaughanedu.bsky.social
@hicksville.bsky.social @schmidtim.bsky.social
@carljstevens.bsky.social

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November 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Who is this man, standing staring into space while Sussssan Ley tried to explain black=white, round=straight, night=day & the LNP has a climate change policy?
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
sound advice for Ms Reynolds from @jennaprice.bsky.social in @canberratimes.bsky.social I doubt she has the courage to take it
November 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
@ozjuliancox.bsky.social @tvaughanedu.bsky.social
@hicksville.bsky.social @schmidtim.bsky.social
@carljstevens.bsky.social

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November 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
@patskarvelas.bsky.social was on 🔥interviewing dopey Dan Tehan on #AfternoonBriefing. “Where is your evidence?” she asks.
His answer is pure 🧇,but can be summarised in one of his phrases “We do not know” #auspol
November 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Reposted by Joanna Mendelssohn
Dead, buried, cremated
November 13, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Reposted by Joanna Mendelssohn
Dan Tehan being interviewed by Sarah Ferguson on 7:30 was a complete train wreck , he couldn’t answer one question without going into a complete spin . Sarah did a great job exposing their bull 💩💩💩 .
November 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Reposted by Joanna Mendelssohn
Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:

wapo.st/448fDw6
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Reposted by Joanna Mendelssohn
The arcane and mysterious death rituals of the Liberal Party.
#auspol
November 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Reader reply: The Nationals prove again that they don’t care about regional Australians like me www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/13/n...
Telling the truth about the party that claims it supports rural & regional Australia. The Nationals betray all for Gina’s coal #auspol
Reader reply: The Nationals prove again that they don't care about regional Australians like me
'Contrary to what Barnaby Joyce and his mates think, we want real action on climate change in the regions. We’re the ones who bear the brunt of bushfires and floods each year while they delay climate ...
www.crikey.com.au
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Reposted by Joanna Mendelssohn
OMFG
“There were no political or religious motivations. They were rich people who went there for fun and personal satisfaction. We are talking about people who love guns who perhaps go to shooting ranges or on safari in Africa.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 12, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Reposted by Joanna Mendelssohn
Sydney Trains employee Cooper Stephens has been stood down after attending the National Socialist Network's rally at NSW Parliament last weekend www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
Sydney Trains employee stood down after attending neo-Nazi rally
In a statement, a spokesman for Sydney Trains said it had stood down an employee while it investigated his potential involvement in the rally and was “very concerned with the matter”.
www.smh.com.au
November 13, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Reposted by Joanna Mendelssohn
Looks like a police lineup but given @nswpolice.bsky.social Commissioner Lanyon's response, would anyone be surprised if one or trwo of his officers were among them? #auspol #nswpol www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
Engineer. Teacher. Postie: The neo-Nazis who rallied in Sydney
Those who gathered on Saturday include a personal trainer, an English-as-a-second-language teacher and a former bar manager who is facing DV charges.
www.smh.com.au
November 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I am trying to imagine (but can’t) what Menzies, Holt, Gorton, Fraser + even McMahon would have done if the minority Country Party (which then had more than 4% vote share) had tried to dictate an election losing policy #Extinction #auspol
November 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
How did Australian universities go from free education to $50,000 arts degrees in 50 years?
theconversation.com/how-did-aust...
Well said but even in the “bad old days”, in real terms an Arts Degree would be less than 50% of the cost charged to today’s students #Universities #auspol
How did Australian universities go from free education to $50,000 arts degrees in 50 years?
Thanks to the Job Ready Graduates scheme, an arts degree today will cost over $50,000. How have five decades of government policy taken us from free education to this?
theconversation.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
michaelwest.com.au/can-anthony-...
“From AUKUS to government secrecy, politics to policy, Australia’s PM Anthony Albanese is closer to Liberal PM Scott Morrison than Gough Whitlam, argues Paul Begley.” Sadly, this is true #auspol
Can Anthony Albanese credibly claim to be a successor of Whitlam? - Michael West
From AUKUS to government secrecy, politics to policy, PM Anthony Albanese is closer to Liberal Scott Morrison than Gough Whitlam
michaelwest.com.au
November 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Reposted by Joanna Mendelssohn
Thank god, a corrective to the mealymouth good bloke/bit of a rascal shit as Kate McClymont lays out the trail of corruption to & from Graham Richardson.
No way does he deserve a state funeral.

www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Long lunches, Swiss bank accounts and a kangaroo scrotum: My decades pursuing Graham Richardson
For a reporter whose career has been spent uncovering crime and corruption, the Labor senator was the one who got away.
www.smh.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Reposted by Joanna Mendelssohn
"Whitlam was a rarity in modern Labor leaders in that he was not afraid of power. Not of it and crucially, not of using it." @amyremeikis.bsky.social

thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Whitlam’s legacy is one of possibility and hope. He showed us what a brave, grown up Australia could look like.
Whitlam showed us what a brave, grown up Australia could look like.  And 50 years later, you have to wonder – is it even possible to make Australia brave again?
thepoint.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Reposted by Joanna Mendelssohn
How was this allowed to happen?https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/what-we-just-witnessed-was-state-sanctioned-nazism-20251110-p5n905.html
What we just witnessed was state-sanctioned Nazism
What on earth did the NSW Police think a rally organised by the National Socialist Network would be about?
www.smh.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
In the grand tradition of past exposés of Askin etc, today’s @sydmorningherald.bsky.social tells the truth about the late Graham Richardson
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
@jennaprice.bsky.social is right. This is much more than dumb incompetence. WTF is wrong with @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social that he doesn’t see the problem with the NSW Police + the man he has just appointed as commissioner
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM