Jonathan Mendel
@jonmendel.bsky.social
I live in Sydney, Australia, and am interested in politics, history, art, travel and much more.
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Ukraine has developed a world-class long-range strike capability. My latest assessment explores this topic. Their strikes in the past few months, especially against the Russian oil industry, reinforce that Russia cannot win this war. 1/6 🇺🇦🧵
August 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Ukraine has developed a world-class long-range strike capability. My latest assessment explores this topic. Their strikes in the past few months, especially against the Russian oil industry, reinforce that Russia cannot win this war. 1/6 🇺🇦🧵
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Trump is panicking because the economic numbers are giving a recession vibe.
From the Chief Economist at Moody's.
From the Chief Economist at Moody's.
August 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Trump is panicking because the economic numbers are giving a recession vibe.
From the Chief Economist at Moody's.
From the Chief Economist at Moody's.
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NEW: Incredible scenes in Sydney, Australia today as tens of thousands march for Gaza, demanding an end to the genocide.
#MarchForHumanity
(🎥 Ema Franklin)
#MarchForHumanity
(🎥 Ema Franklin)
August 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
NEW: Incredible scenes in Sydney, Australia today as tens of thousands march for Gaza, demanding an end to the genocide.
#MarchForHumanity
(🎥 Ema Franklin)
#MarchForHumanity
(🎥 Ema Franklin)
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‘I cannot believe this got through the intelligence services’ oversight.’
‘Extraordinary’ caller Oliver points out an issue with the Online Safety Bill.
‘Extraordinary’ caller Oliver points out an issue with the Online Safety Bill.
July 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
‘I cannot believe this got through the intelligence services’ oversight.’
‘Extraordinary’ caller Oliver points out an issue with the Online Safety Bill.
‘Extraordinary’ caller Oliver points out an issue with the Online Safety Bill.
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Peter Broelman in CanberraTimes
July 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Peter Broelman in CanberraTimes
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If the Epstein files “don’t exist” then why did House Republicans vote to block their release? 🤔
a man wearing a shirt that says why
ALT: a man wearing a shirt that says why
media.tenor.com
July 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
If the Epstein files “don’t exist” then why did House Republicans vote to block their release? 🤔
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2/2 And we have a winner! Woman in A+ green jacket is clearly outsmarting her opponent in Game of Chess, by Cornelis de Man.
July 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
2/2 And we have a winner! Woman in A+ green jacket is clearly outsmarting her opponent in Game of Chess, by Cornelis de Man.
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The fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran is welcome, but we cannot forget Gaza.
At least 40 people have been killed in 24 hours, many of them trying to reach aid.
We need a peace with justice across the region, including Palestine, where starvation and genocide is ongoing.
At least 40 people have been killed in 24 hours, many of them trying to reach aid.
We need a peace with justice across the region, including Palestine, where starvation and genocide is ongoing.
June 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran is welcome, but we cannot forget Gaza.
At least 40 people have been killed in 24 hours, many of them trying to reach aid.
We need a peace with justice across the region, including Palestine, where starvation and genocide is ongoing.
At least 40 people have been killed in 24 hours, many of them trying to reach aid.
We need a peace with justice across the region, including Palestine, where starvation and genocide is ongoing.
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A 2,000 year old ‘face-off’ between a mean-eyed mongoose and a rearing cobra!
My money’s on the mongoose!
Detail from a Roman mosaic from the House of the Faun in Pompeii. Now on display at the National Archaeological Museum, Naples. 📷 by me
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
My money’s on the mongoose!
Detail from a Roman mosaic from the House of the Faun in Pompeii. Now on display at the National Archaeological Museum, Naples. 📷 by me
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
June 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
A 2,000 year old ‘face-off’ between a mean-eyed mongoose and a rearing cobra!
My money’s on the mongoose!
Detail from a Roman mosaic from the House of the Faun in Pompeii. Now on display at the National Archaeological Museum, Naples. 📷 by me
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
My money’s on the mongoose!
Detail from a Roman mosaic from the House of the Faun in Pompeii. Now on display at the National Archaeological Museum, Naples. 📷 by me
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
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BBC, and almost every other western legacy media news network.
A new parlour game for all the family ...
Watch BBC News together
a point awarded for every lie, misinformation, biased language, lie by omission etc spotted!
"Handy guide for corporate media."
via Ben Pennings
Watch BBC News together
a point awarded for every lie, misinformation, biased language, lie by omission etc spotted!
"Handy guide for corporate media."
via Ben Pennings
June 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
BBC, and almost every other western legacy media news network.
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"We call on the Australian Government to:
- Unequivocally condemn these attacks and the deliberate creation of famine in Gaza
- Dispatch an Australian diplomatic mission to accompany humanitarian convoys waiting to enter Gaza...
- Unequivocally condemn these attacks and the deliberate creation of famine in Gaza
- Dispatch an Australian diplomatic mission to accompany humanitarian convoys waiting to enter Gaza...
June 18, 2025 at 5:17 AM
"We call on the Australian Government to:
- Unequivocally condemn these attacks and the deliberate creation of famine in Gaza
- Dispatch an Australian diplomatic mission to accompany humanitarian convoys waiting to enter Gaza...
- Unequivocally condemn these attacks and the deliberate creation of famine in Gaza
- Dispatch an Australian diplomatic mission to accompany humanitarian convoys waiting to enter Gaza...
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“Yesterday’s massacre in Khan Younis - where 59 people were killed whilst trying to get food for their families - is not a tragedy, it’s a war crime. As Jews, we cannot watch Palestinians starved, concentrated into zones to be shot with impunity, and not remember our own history."
June 18, 2025 at 5:15 AM
“Yesterday’s massacre in Khan Younis - where 59 people were killed whilst trying to get food for their families - is not a tragedy, it’s a war crime. As Jews, we cannot watch Palestinians starved, concentrated into zones to be shot with impunity, and not remember our own history."
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I don't see that @deadder.bsky.social has shared this here yet.
June 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I don't see that @deadder.bsky.social has shared this here yet.
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Strangely, Roberts doesn’t name the “democracies” that, he says, shoot protesters.
Fox anchor John Roberts suggests law enforcement is showing a lot of restraint by not shooting protesters
Roberts: "There are plenty of democratic countries ... where doing something like that would get you shot, so there would seem to be a fair degree of restraint being practiced"
Roberts: "There are plenty of democratic countries ... where doing something like that would get you shot, so there would seem to be a fair degree of restraint being practiced"
June 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Strangely, Roberts doesn’t name the “democracies” that, he says, shoot protesters.
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Losses of vatniks.
03.06.2025.
03.06.2025.
June 3, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Losses of vatniks.
03.06.2025.
03.06.2025.
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It’s worth being more specific than this.
If anyone _but_ the POTUS or another top MAGA figure had posted that Joe Biden was executed in 2020 and the person we think is Biden is a robot, that person would _never_ be used as a source by journalists again.
Yet media won’t change how it covers Trump.
If anyone _but_ the POTUS or another top MAGA figure had posted that Joe Biden was executed in 2020 and the person we think is Biden is a robot, that person would _never_ be used as a source by journalists again.
Yet media won’t change how it covers Trump.
Already forgotten because we have normalized his incompetence, cruelty and hate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/u...
Trump Amplifies Another Outlandish Conspiracy Theory: Biden Is a Robotic Clone
www.nytimes.com
June 2, 2025 at 5:14 AM
It’s worth being more specific than this.
If anyone _but_ the POTUS or another top MAGA figure had posted that Joe Biden was executed in 2020 and the person we think is Biden is a robot, that person would _never_ be used as a source by journalists again.
Yet media won’t change how it covers Trump.
If anyone _but_ the POTUS or another top MAGA figure had posted that Joe Biden was executed in 2020 and the person we think is Biden is a robot, that person would _never_ be used as a source by journalists again.
Yet media won’t change how it covers Trump.
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Portrait of Pieter Blaeu, 1671, by Wallerant Vaillant. Looks like somebody you didn't want to cross.
May 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Portrait of Pieter Blaeu, 1671, by Wallerant Vaillant. Looks like somebody you didn't want to cross.
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If your “business model“ depends on theft to succeed, then you don’t have a business. You have a criminal enterprise. 
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
May 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
If your “business model“ depends on theft to succeed, then you don’t have a business. You have a criminal enterprise. 
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And here we have some more selective empathy from @senatorwong.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social. #StopIsrael #FuckZionism #EndTheGenocide #EndTheApartheid #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
May 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
And here we have some more selective empathy from @senatorwong.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social. #StopIsrael #FuckZionism #EndTheGenocide #EndTheApartheid #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
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✏️ Istanbul, 1838
May 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
✏️ Istanbul, 1838
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The top holder of $TRUMP coin faced SEC charges for market manipulation, and was avoiding coming to the US for fear of arrest. Now his lawsuit is paused and he’s invited to a VIP dinner with Trump.
This guy is bribing the President in plain sight.
www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
This guy is bribing the President in plain sight.
www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
Exclusive | A Crypto Billionaire Who Feared Arrest in the U.S. Returns for Dinner With Trump
Justin Sun, whose digital-currency network is popular with the crypto industry’s criminal underbelly, is a top investor in the $TRUMP memecoin.
www.wsj.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The top holder of $TRUMP coin faced SEC charges for market manipulation, and was avoiding coming to the US for fear of arrest. Now his lawsuit is paused and he’s invited to a VIP dinner with Trump.
This guy is bribing the President in plain sight.
www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
This guy is bribing the President in plain sight.
www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
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A 2022 study found that ¼ of unicorn companies in the US had a founder that first came to the US as an international student.
Deterring world-class talent from coming to the US and building things here is a great way to kill America’s economic edge.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
Deterring world-class talent from coming to the US and building things here is a great way to kill America’s economic edge.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A 2022 study found that ¼ of unicorn companies in the US had a founder that first came to the US as an international student.
Deterring world-class talent from coming to the US and building things here is a great way to kill America’s economic edge.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
Deterring world-class talent from coming to the US and building things here is a great way to kill America’s economic edge.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...