Joanna Mendelssohn

Strands #616
“How enchanting!”
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🔵 I needed the first two clues to isolate the spangram

Connections
Puzzle #882
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Wordle 1,604 4/6*

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I was a bit in despair after line 2, but then it started to come good

Article outlines CIA & Nixon interference in Australia’s politics p2

P2 of article detailing the direct US role in the dismissal of Gough Whitlam’s government in 1975

SMH article on the details of phone call between the US Ambassador & Bjelkie Petersen p1

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We knew the CIA were involved in Gough’s Dismissal, here’s the evidence #auspol

Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight Exclusive: Detainees at Rakefet include nurse and teenager who have been deprived of natural light since January

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Albanese was only ever a geographical lefty. His local ALP branch was Camperdown which was a left wing branch – because of Sydney Uni. As a (fatherless) talented boy was mentored by the thoroughly decent Tom Uren. Learnt strategies (knife fighting) at Young Labor. Made friends with the Right

YouTube video by Amire MCC BETTER - REI Forms Live - SQUARE.mp4

reminded of the eulogy song. Andrew Hansen nailed it.

youtu.be/i0Mp-2kVPRE?...

Does anyone remember the Balmain Welding Company? #GrahamRichardson

JD Vance was raised on government assistance.

Perfect snapshot of who he really is…

‘Mind-boggling’: Whistleblower reveals how global bikie boss won Nauru security deal A former soldier recruited to support an Albanese government deportation plan wants an inquiry after finding a gang had infiltrated the border security operation.

1/ wtf is going on at Home Affairs? I’ve lost count of the number of offshore detention-related scandals
2/ check out how hard the whistleblower tried to alert authorities, only to be ignored
3/ both Labor and Lib govts have actively turned a blind eye to this corruption. Prob the NACC too.

This took a while because I kept on getting parts of words, not the whole

Strands #615
“Knock, knock!”
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Connections
Puzzle #881
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Wordle 1,603 2/6*

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ditto!

Friday essay: Debra Dank’s grandmother was a ‘drover’s boy’. Her stolen wages can’t be recovered Stella Prize shortlisted author Debra Dank reflects on how her family’s lives were scarred by stolen wages and colonial violence – and on the complexities of apologies.

theconversation.com/friday-essay...

This is a tough essay– but essential reading for all Australians, especially those who believe the myths about “noble pioneers” & the Good Old Days #AustralianHistory

Article outlining consequences to Indigenous & poor Australians of law to strip payments from those accused, but not convicted, of crimes

@jennaprice.bsky.social asks if this new law a National Shame. The answer, @tonyburkemp.bsky.social , is a resounding YES! #auspol

The IDF is a State Sponsor of Terrorism. Australia's Govt new laws allow them to be listed as such, so let's get on with it!

Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

The jury gets it right #SandwichGuy

Connections
Puzzle #880
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Strands #614
“Encuentra el ritmo”
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🔵🔵🔵 Easier to find the spangram than the clues

Wordle 1,602 3/6*

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In case you missed this on msm

Connections
Puzzle #879
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Strands #613
“___ City”
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🔵🔵🔵🔵 Remembering US cultural references, again

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@carljstevens.bsky.social Wordle 1,601 3/6*

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An early morning 3

Green’s about a game I’ve never played

Australia is one of the sunniest places on earth.

Cover every car park with solar panels. Provide shade and cool the cars at the same time as producing electricity.

NYT website Mamdani wins with over 50% of vote + record voter turnout

From the @nytimes.com #Mamdani

You can’t buy class.

Trump thinks marble and gold are classy.

You can’t fake empathy.

#Trump held a billionaires ball the day the food money ran out.

You can’t fake decency.

Trump insulted Biden after his cancer treatment.

#Trump is a disgrace to America and human kind.

Oh and a child rapist.