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Giovanni Tiso

@gtiso.bsky.social

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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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Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 5h

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

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Overland Journal @overlandjournal.bsky.social · 5h

“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.

overland.org.au

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Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 5h

Honey, no.

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

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Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 6h

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.

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Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 22h

Seriously

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Sì

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 1d

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.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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

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Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 1d

I'll have to char one just for you.

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Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 1d

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Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 8d

It's as follows: Knead 100g lievito madre (ie Italian sourdough starter). 400g flour, 2 tsp salt, 1 tbsp honey, 25g extra virgin olive oil. Leave for 4 hours. Cut into 8 balls. Shape into bagels. Leave for 3 hours. Boil each bagel for 30-40 seconds per side. Cook at 230°C static for 25 minutes.

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 1d

I mean

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Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, she is a big supporter and did actually dedicate the prize to him. Maybe stop being sidetracked by bullshit.

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 2d

A lot more likely

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 2d

No idea

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 2d

To be fair, if there's somebody who could fuck this up, it's Andrew Little.

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 2d

I have no doubt he will try to triangulate.

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 2d

I was just going to say... it looks like 9 votes plus Little? Vs 6 of everyone else.

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 2d

I'm no local election expert, but just back of the envelope... the council is 9-6 Greens + Labour vs everyone else, yes? And that's not counting the Mayor's vote.

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Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 2d

Māori ward retained. Rebecca Matthews elected. Paula Muollo not elected. This is pretty much all I was asking for, thank you Wellington.

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Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 2d

"I mean, it won't. But it could!"

"Nicola Willis says Chorus sales money could go towards funding hospitals and schools"

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Overland Journal @overlandjournal.bsky.social · 3d

“There is nothing further to report at this time. And I remain forever, haunted by maps.”

Our brand new #FridayFiction is LANDSCAPE FREAKOUT #3: OUR EARTH IS NOT WHAT WE THINK by Karen A Johnson.

Landscape freakout #3: Our earth is not what we think - Overland literary journal

Many would consider the map an artwork but as an intuiter, I resisted that temptation; I needed to see it as the tip of an iceberg. I needed to dive and resurface, dive deeper and so on.

overland.org.au

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Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 2d

Well good

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 2d

Sure at least they ran for office though. The power vector going the other way sometimes is more insidious

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