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Joanna Mendelssohn

@oldlillipilli.bsky.social
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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

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 30/09/2026
From 2023 to 2026, Google Earth's updated satellite imagery shows what's left of Gaza. The images reflect what Human Rights Watch has already found: Israel has caused deliberate, widespread destruction throughout Gaza ⤵️
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.bbc.com/news/live/c6... This is starting to sound like an episode of #SlowHorses. I blame Lady Di
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RAF Fairford incident 'clearly involves' foreign actor, says US secretary of state
The secretary of state, who did not provide further details, was speaking to US media after five men arrested on suspicion of terror offences were released on bail.
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
To quote Mandy Rice Davies: “They would say that, wouldn’t they” #AI
Story in The Guardian claiming US AI CEOs say that Australians objecting to energy crunching AI data centres are just copying the US
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
One interpretation of this is Mike Myers’ Dr Evil going “Oopsie!” the other is Dr Who’s Cybermen on the march. Neither is good for humanity #AI www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Heads of OpenAI and Anthropic called to face Senate inquiry after rogue agent incidents
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei have been invited to appear before the Greens-led inquiry into AI and datacentres
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
AI’s alter ego “oopsy!”
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Dr Evil Devious
ALT: Dr Evil Devious
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
OpenAI’s Systems Meddled With U.S. Government Sites After Going Rogue www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/t... Whenever I read of AI going rogue I get a mental image of Sam Altman as Mike Myers’ Dr Evil, going “Oopsie” (with a smirk)
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OpenAI’s A.I. Went Rogue and Meddled With U.S. Government Websites
The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education and Commerce Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... Trump beggaring the world as he trashes the USA’s reputation
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Lenders Don’t Trust the United States Anymore
Blame Trump for rising borrowing costs.
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 25/09/2026
Canada has chosen conventionally powered submarines over a South Korean bid. Could the KSS-III offer Australia a faster, less costly alternative to its AUKUS submarine plan? It deserves examination, Kym Davey writes. #auspol #AUKUS
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Korean submarines may save us from the AUKUS shambles
Canada’s decision to acquire conventionally powered submarines raises a question for Australia’s AUKUS program. Could South Korea’s KSS-III offer a more affordable and timely alternative to the planned nuclear-powered fleet?
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Sydney EV @sydneyev.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
EV trucks wont work because Australia distance or some other excuse, well, The Electric trucker is driving an EV truck around the world departing in a few day, of course, across Australia as well. youtu.be/dEF6lOQxfeU
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My Journey Starts: In 80 Charging Stops around the World
YouTube video by Electric Trucker
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.smh.com.au/world/north-... Sam Altman on the Medicare hack “Oopsie! 🫢”
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OpenAI boss refuses to answer Medicare hack questions after Trump-Xi dinner
Sam Altman remained silent and did not answer four times when asked by this masthead what he would say to Australians about the breach or why it took so long to report.
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Well said Ben Quilty!
Artist Ben Quilty makes the case for copyright protection against AI
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A sad day. My good friend, the Adelaide philosopher Chris Mortensen has died after living for years with #Parkinson’s. It gradually stripped him of all life’s pleasures, including the great South Australian wines. A bugger of a disease
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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If ultimately there's no criminal responsibility for this incident here then FOI just became a lot easier if we ask AI agents to go find those documents for us. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Albanese says OpenAI hacked Medicare and told Australia months later via email to generic inbox
Prime minister says he told Sam Altman he was disappointed it had taken OpenAI ‘way too long’ to disclose breach
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Oz Wiltshire. @ozwiltshire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Crisafulli must be paying out of his own pocket, otherwise it's taxpayers money and tax payers have a right to know. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Qld premier refuses to reveal cost to install Gabba wicket into new stadium
Brisbane's renowned Gabba cricket pitch is set to live on with a plan to preserve and install the wicket into the city's new Olympic stadium, but the premier has refused to reveal how much it will cos...
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BRICS News 📄 @bricsinfo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
JUST IN: 🇪🇸🇮🇱 Spanish PM Sánchez says Netanyahu continues to commit a massacre in Gaza.
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
UN Security Council member Russia is currently attacking Kyiv with ballistic missiles. Loud explosions in the Ukrainian capital.
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Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
BLATANT FOREIGN INTERFERENCE...
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@carljstevens.bsky.social But I find the hard mode more logical than the other version
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
theconversation.com/from-mumbai-... My review in @theconversation.com of Neha Kale’s A Foreign Return
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From Mumbai to Perth and beyond, Neha Kale considers, art, colonialism and ideas of home
Neha Kale’s A Foreign Return: on art and habitation is an unusual blend of memoir and art criticism, spanning continents and time.
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Connections Puzzle #1192 🟨🟪🟦🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 fell into an obvious trap for my first guess, then rethought.
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The current debate about the trajectory of #AI reminds me of Dr Who episodes about the coming of the Cybermen. Where is the good Doctor when we need him?
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Stéphanie says… 🏴‍☠️🦈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stephaniejane.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The quiet words are once again being spoken out loud: Lebensunwertes Leben "life unworthy of life"
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
these thieves have a future as art critics www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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A constipated baby and a kid that looks like Boris Johnson: why would anyone bother stealing a Renoir?
The chocolate boxiest of all the impressionists has long had his haters – even Manet thought he was rubbish. Little surprise then that the thieves ditched two works on the way out
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The week after the UN declared the 🌎 would miss Paris’s aim of 1.5 global warming and is on track for disaster the boss of Santos gave a boastful speech at the #NationalPressClub talking up the “need” for more gas - as though global warming wasn’ an issue. Not seriously challenged #auspol
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
In Osnabrűck of all places! That’s the home town of Erich Maria Remarque who wrote “All quiet on the western front”, and where they negotiated the treaty that ended the 30 Years War. People go there to honour peace, not warmongering
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
www.haaretz.com So Netanyahu was told of the threat before October 7. Ouch!!!!
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Haaretz- Breaking News, Analysis and Opinion From Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Anita Perrottet told ICAC ““I reject that. I’m not lying,” change the punctuation to reveal the truth #nswpol
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Sirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉 @siriusstar3.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
“Under these laws you can be locked up and interrogated in this country without ever being charged or even suspected of a crime. A fourteen-year-old can be detained and questioned by ASIO with no lawyer and no court oversight and then when released they can’t tell anyone.” #Auspol @news.abc.net.au
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
One of the most brutal scenes in human history has been leaked. The Israeli army bombed an ambulance carrying wounded people to a hospital in the Gaza Strip during the war of extermination two years ago. A video that the world must never forget.💔😪💔😢🤬🇮🇱🤬🤬🤬🇮🇱♾️
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Drop Bear @drop-bear.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Senator responds. #AusPol #Israel #Zionism
nick.mckim

Mr Jeremy Leibler
President, Zionist Federation of Australia

Nick McKim
Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania
149b Macquarie St, Hobart TAS 7000
Tel: (03) 6224 8899

Dear Mr Leibler,

Thank you for your letter of 23 August. As you chose to make
your letter public, I will also be publishing this response.

Criticism of Israel is not anti-semitic. It is, as the NSW Supreme
Court recently found, legitimate political comment.

Your conflation of 'Zionist' with 'Jew' is fundamentally dishonest.
Not all Jews are Zionists, and not all Zionists are Jews. That you
would descend to such sophistry exposes the lack of foundation
in your argument.

Your implication that the tragedy of Bondi and the ensuing Royal
Commission should suppress legitimate political debate is chilling.
I do not accept that proposition.

I have, as you asked, reflected on my statement that the
Australian government is captured by Zionist interests. I offer,
as my response, the truth.

Israel is perpetrating a genocide in Gaza, and the Australian
government is complicit.

Thank you again for your letter.

Yours sincerely

Nick McKim
Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania

THE
GREENS
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed... David Farley gave an interview that made him seem reasonable and responsible. But for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, being reasonable is a mortal sin #auspol
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‘Unbelievable’: Hanson intervenes after One Nation MP claims migration target ‘not too different’ from Labor’s
David Farley sought to redefine the meaning of net overseas migration in an interview on Sunday morning – but he and his boss were about 100,000 people apart.
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Strands #903 “An epic journey” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Hillel Newman refuses to apologise to Zomi Frankcom’s family for her killing—shamefully crawling behind "legal ramifications" instead of basic human decency.😳 Showing the world exactly the kind of accountability Israel offers. Calling it cowardly is an understatement.
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
@cathywilcox.bsky.social So sorry to hear you say that you’re leaving the Nein network but no one should have to endure a campaign like the one the Zionists confected against you. Please keep on making + publishing your brilliant visualisations of the follies of our politicians+ pals. You’re needed
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... @albomp.bsky.social Please end the ongoing scandal of allowing Australian citizens to serve in the murderous IDF. Their dishonesty & their deeds show that Israel is not to be trusted & having Israeli ex-soldiers in Australia is a danger to all #auspol
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‘An insult’: Zomi Frankcom’s family issues strongly-worded statement as Israel rejects criminal investigation into her killing
Penny Wong calls in Israeli ambassador as PM expresses ‘outrage’ over IDF decision
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... This cartoon is worth looking at just for the image of Pauline Hanson pretending to be Mary Magdalene (also explains why no one needs to own a gazillion guns)
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Australia was famous for having no guns – what happened? Do we have a gun problem now? | First Dog on the Moon
One guy in Sydney has 371 of them. Who needs 371 guns?
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
michaelwest.com.au/first-nation... A bit of a contrast to the media coverage of the #Antisemitism inquiry #auspol
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Australia's hierarchy of grief: $131M for one inquiry, empty chairs for First Nations - Michael West
First Nations witnesses brought Parliament evidence of a terrorist bomb and death threats. Government sent empty chairs
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Wyvernsrose #RaiseTheRate @wyvernsrose.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
NSW Supreme Court criticises IHRA definition as 'detached from reality' dlvr.it/TV3mnh
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Dr. REBTOZ @rebtoz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
'Before the current conflict, the overall literacy rate in the Gaza Strip& the West Bank was approximately 97%, ranking among the highest globally.' AI These are the people who Itamar Ben-Gvir says are sub human& 30-40 Gazans should be killed each day. This person should be tried, jailed4murder.
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Larissa Waters @larissawaters.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The entire Labor party should hang their heads in shame today. In one foul deal with the Liberals, the PM has abandoned vulnerable Australians and given predatory gambling companies the freedom to overrun our sport and screens.
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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... In many Australian towns (+ Tasmania) Coles & Woolworths have a monopoly on supermarket shopping. Now they want to take your identity along with your money for substandard overpriced product (don’t call it food)
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Shoplifting crime wave?! Putting facial recognition technology everywhere will fix it | First Dog on the Moon
Supermarkets Coles and Woolworths promise not to abuse this technology even though facial recognition algorithms have known biases
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... I don’t know why Senator Steele-John thinks government ministers have a conscience #auspol
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Jordon Steele-John calls NDIS cuts 'out of line with Australian values' – video
The Greens senator accuses the government of preferring to back gas exporters instead of the disability community
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 17/08/2026
Shoplifting crime wave?! Putting facial recognition technology everywhere will fix it | First Dog on the Moon
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Shoplifting crime wave?! Putting facial recognition technology everywhere will fix it | First Dog on the Moon
Supermarkets Coles and Woolworths promise not to abuse this technology even though facial recognition algorithms have known biases * Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are published * Get all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading...
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
www.themonthly.com.au/share/5c2ac9... This article reminds me of what membership of the Labor Party used to be like. It was why so many from across the community joined – and why so many left when the apparatchiks took total control
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Top prop and cop
The storied footballer and policeman who spent his final years seeking to improve others’ lives through his local party branch
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Don Kirkland @donkirkland.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Using algorithms to make health and life decisions will only result in deaths. Computer tech is rotting our administrative capacity. Regional and local decision makers will always do better than centralised computers because they are better able to see the actual issues.
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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
We need legislated standards of transparency and clarity about how computer algorithms are developed, tested, and used in social services. In the meanwhile, the Integrated Assessment Tool for age care services should be put on hold.
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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The government's use of algorithms in aged care and the NDIS raises worries about a repeat of the tragedies of Robodebt.
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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Community members have been raising concerns about the new aged care algorithm for months. I've met with the Minister and written to him repeatedly to draw attention to these concerns.
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'Why are they making it so damned hard?': A blind 96yo vs the aged care algorithm
Using expert analysis, evidence revealed by bureaucrats at Senate estimates, and documents obtained under FOI, Four Corners reveals the fullest picture yet of the secretive algorithm affecting the liv...
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202... This is an odd article in @theatlantic.com In Sydney (Australia) the combination of needle exchanges + a clean injecting room (nurse+counsellor) at the epicentre has seen a huge reduction in both visibility + health hazards caused by #drugs
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The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs
Policies that gave addicts clean needles and places to use drugs were intended to reduce harm. They created a “zombie apocalypse.”
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