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Giovanni Tiso

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Online magazine editor, @overlandjournal.bsky.social. Bylines at New Humanist, Pantograph Punch, New Inquiry, Popula, Sport. Translator. He/him.

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morgan godfery @morgangodfery.bsky.social · 4m

gee whiz mr bolger was a complex character, but you have to admire the unbreakable conviction on the treaty partnership staring down his own cabinet, his party, his social base, and a majority of new zealanders. no way a politician would have the courage to do the same today x

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

"a test"? you mean...a violation?

AP: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

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Overland Journal @overlandjournal.bsky.social · 18h

“As Gaza became the fulcrum on which an entire world order is poised, our task became more foundational. To speak the truth. To centre the voices and experience of Palestinians.”

Marilyn Garson on the challenge of creating new institutions for Jewish anti-Zionism

Building a vision for Jewish anti-Zionism - Overland literary journal

Resistance is relational. It flourishes in the spaces between us, where we make and recognise commitments. It is no small thing to institutionalise a principled, global practice of Jewishness. It ensu...

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Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 19h

My dream is an election fought by three parties led by a Chris, another Chris and a Topher.

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 19h

We could have a second consecutive election of Chris vs Chris.

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 1d

Just the neighbourhood garden artist giving out incorrect information about how to vote. I beg people to understand how STV works.

A sign that reads YOU ONLY TICK THE ONE YOU WANT.

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 1d

I don't need anyone to bring me panettone, buster.

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 1d

Hatters gonna hat.

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 1d

Gotcha.

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 1d

Isn't that what he said?

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 1d

Sucks to you, Frisby.

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 1d

Prime minister material.

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 1d

I couldn't tell you but I can say I'm furious, as instructed by the minister.

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 1d

Their hostages. Our detainees.

Cartoon by Tom Gault, showing two people in medieval times on opposite sides of a river. The text reads: "Our blessed Homeland - Their barbarous wates. Our glorious leader - Their wicked despot. Our great religion - Their primitive superstition. Our noble populace - their backward savages. Our heroic adventurers - their brutish invaders."

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 2d

I mimed crying. I did it so accurately my face was all wet afterwards.

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Overland Journal @overlandjournal.bsky.social · 2d

“The goal of funwashing is to humanise its subjects — but what happens when you attempt to funwash things that weren’t human to begin with?”

@martynpedler.com on showing the softer side of killer robots. overland.org.au/2025/10/kill...

Killer robots can dance, too - Overland literary journal

Promoting Phantom as having multiple functions foregrounds the notion that it’s a tool that can be used for good or bad — for fun-having or death-dealing.

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Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 2d

Honey, no.

Ad for the New Zealand Herald: "I became a journalist to keep politicians honest."

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 2d

I like it when the bill at a shop comes to a figure so high the clerk points at it rather than saying it out loud.

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 3d

Seriously

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 3d

Sì

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 3d

He reserved a wristwatch? Odd. I thought he might be more of a grandfather's clock type. Something with a pendulum anyway. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellingto...

He was so confident in mayoral bid he reserved a $90k Rolex. Here's how it went so wrong

OPINION: Once a front-runner, Ray Chung's campaign style and scandal sank his mayoral bid.

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Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 3d

I'll have your badge and all your guns. Yes, including the one strapped to your ankle.

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 3d

It’s all happening on x dot com where I do my banking

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 3d

On the plus side, if it's the one in Sydney I'm sure you could befriend an Italian who dabbles.

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 3d

I'll have to char one just for you.