Giovanni Tiso
@gtiso.bsky.social
Online magazine editor, @overlandjournal.bsky.social. Bylines at New Humanist, Pantograph Punch, New Inquiry, Popula, Sport. Translator. He/him.
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With Walliams it's important to separate the art from the artist and remember that whatever he's done in his private life, his books are still absolute dogshit either way.
December 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
With Walliams it's important to separate the art from the artist and remember that whatever he's done in his private life, his books are still absolute dogshit either way.
Piss off Checkpoint. God knows this is not a cause close to my heart, but complaining about the cost of consultation with stakeholders is the lowest form of journalism.
Ministerial advisory group defends catering bill for public meetings around New Zealand
The group for victims of retail crime spend almost $24,000 on 22 meetings around the country.
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December 19, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Piss off Checkpoint. God knows this is not a cause close to my heart, but complaining about the cost of consultation with stakeholders is the lowest form of journalism.
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“I kept telling myself, “There’s no such thing as Climate Police”. They simply do not exist.”
Our final online magazine post for the year is a new cli-fi story by Madison Hovey — generously supported by @copower.bsky.social
Our final online magazine post for the year is a new cli-fi story by Madison Hovey — generously supported by @copower.bsky.social
Tiny house prisons for felons and other Neanderthals - Overland literary journal
I never thought they would actually take us away. Rip us from our beds in the dark of the night. Jolted out of sleep like a fish pulled out of water. It sounded like one of those pranks your boarding ...
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December 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
“I kept telling myself, “There’s no such thing as Climate Police”. They simply do not exist.”
Our final online magazine post for the year is a new cli-fi story by Madison Hovey — generously supported by @copower.bsky.social
Our final online magazine post for the year is a new cli-fi story by Madison Hovey — generously supported by @copower.bsky.social
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Unbelievably, the Ministry have now silently unpublished these documents. They were attached to a briefing that has been updated to remove them, with no reason given: www.health.govt.nz/system/files...
December 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Unbelievably, the Ministry have now silently unpublished these documents. They were attached to a briefing that has been updated to remove them, with no reason given: www.health.govt.nz/system/files...
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“If we’re to emerge from this awful spiral,” writes @jeffsparrow1.bsky.social, “we’ll only do so on the basis of a very different politics: one that takes for granted the ability of ordinary people — of any race, gender or creed — to unite against racism and violence.”
On the need for a renewed democratic universalism - Overland literary journal
If we’re to emerge from this awful spiral, in which one form of identitarian chauvinism spurs the next, we’ll only do so on the basis of a very different politics: one that takes for granted the abili...
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December 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
“If we’re to emerge from this awful spiral,” writes @jeffsparrow1.bsky.social, “we’ll only do so on the basis of a very different politics: one that takes for granted the ability of ordinary people — of any race, gender or creed — to unite against racism and violence.”
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“The Free Palestine protests have been a vital site amidst a deteriorating political climate where solidarity and compassion are forged.”
Tasnim Mahmoud Sammak on the role of the solidarity movement in the fight against antisemitism.
Tasnim Mahmoud Sammak on the role of the solidarity movement in the fight against antisemitism.
Blaming Palestine solidarity for the Bondi massacre helps, not curbs, antisemitism - Overland literary journal
Despite this dominant narrative, within the movement there is a clear assuredness that tackling antisemitism is a shared responsibility that is interconnected with the political project of anticolonia...
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December 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“The Free Palestine protests have been a vital site amidst a deteriorating political climate where solidarity and compassion are forged.”
Tasnim Mahmoud Sammak on the role of the solidarity movement in the fight against antisemitism.
Tasnim Mahmoud Sammak on the role of the solidarity movement in the fight against antisemitism.
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We won! I won my judicial review!
![[101] I agree with the applicant that the declaration sought here would serve a real purpose in ensuring that future recommendations for the position of human rights commissioners proceed lawfully. When potential appointees for such positions occupy an important public office intended to help ensure the human rights of New Zealander’s are upheld and promoted, there is a clear and substantial public interest in having errors in their appointment publicly declared. Conclusion [102] The judicial review application is granted. [103] I make the declaration that the Decision was unlawful because: (a) (b) the Minister applied the incorrect legal test; and the Minister failed to take into account relevant considerations. [104] The issue of costs is reserved. I encourage the parties to agree on any issue of costs that might arise. If that is not possible, the applicant is to file a memorandum on costs no longer than five pages within 30 working days of the date of this judgment, with the respondent to file a memorandum in response within a further 10 working days of receipt of the applicant’s costs memorandum. The Court will then decide the costs issues.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:b7y7isv72z6ku7rtpu7zvfzy/bafkreiejxsssvwd7e3gbtjsrqinyh63jrn75ppz7t6cvqpxddb65nucel4@jpeg)
December 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
We won! I won my judicial review!
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BREAKING: The High Court of New Zealand has granted PATHA’s application for interim relief, declaring that the Crown should not take any steps to enforce the incoming ban on new prescriptions of puberty blockers to transgender children and young people. More to come:
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December 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
BREAKING: The High Court of New Zealand has granted PATHA’s application for interim relief, declaring that the Crown should not take any steps to enforce the incoming ban on new prescriptions of puberty blockers to transgender children and young people. More to come:
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very grimly ironic that our government run by podcasters sucks at true crime
Gotta say it's mindblowing to me that the Brown shooter is still at large and they don't even seem to have identified who they're looking for.
December 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
very grimly ironic that our government run by podcasters sucks at true crime
I found the first Avatar unwatchable and never bothered with the sequels, but Dan Slevin makes many good points here about a franchise enjoyed by millions, beloved by (seemingly) none. www.rnz.co.nz/life/screens...
Avatar: Fire and Ash - a technical spectacle, but I lost interest | Review by Dan Slevin in Screens
I'm noticing things that make me wonder, maybe this third time around, I not quite as engaged as I should be.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I found the first Avatar unwatchable and never bothered with the sequels, but Dan Slevin makes many good points here about a franchise enjoyed by millions, beloved by (seemingly) none. www.rnz.co.nz/life/screens...
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If your default thought on seeing the shootings in Bondi is "false flag", please take said flag, attach it to a flag pole, and shove it all up your arse
December 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
If your default thought on seeing the shootings in Bondi is "false flag", please take said flag, attach it to a flag pole, and shove it all up your arse
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Absolutely heartbreaking. Hannukah is a festival celebrating a miracle, where all hope seemed lost and yet our culture, our way of life survived. Hope seems hard to find in moments like this, but we need to find it wherever we can.
The public is being urged to avoid the area. Follow live.
Live: Police responding to reports of active shooter at Bondi Beach
The public is being urged to avoid the area. Follow live.
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December 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Absolutely heartbreaking. Hannukah is a festival celebrating a miracle, where all hope seemed lost and yet our culture, our way of life survived. Hope seems hard to find in moments like this, but we need to find it wherever we can.
The starmerisation of New Zealand Labour continues apace. Meanwhile, the number of people who asked for this remains steady at zero.
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'Opportunity to stamp my own mark': Chris Hipkins promises a different Labour
The last election saw Labour's six years in government come to an end, and Hipkins returning to the opposition benches just 10 months after becoming prime minister.
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December 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The starmerisation of New Zealand Labour continues apace. Meanwhile, the number of people who asked for this remains steady at zero.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
My flight back from Christchurch was late last night so I took a cab. The driver proceeded to lecture me about taking an Uber next time instead, which was a new one for me.
December 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
My flight back from Christchurch was late last night so I took a cab. The driver proceeded to lecture me about taking an Uber next time instead, which was a new one for me.
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“Perhaps it is unsurprising, then, that anti-Arab sentiment and xenophobia are not confined to the past, or to Cronulla.”
Megan McElhone addresses revisionist histories of the Cronulla Riots, twenty years on.
Megan McElhone addresses revisionist histories of the Cronulla Riots, twenty years on.
Contending with Cronulla Riots revisionism, twenty years on - Overland literary journal
Rather than writing revisionist histories of the Cronulla Riots, we need to contend with the racism and xenophobia the riots were founded upon. The mob ultimately achieved its aim, with Middle Eastern...
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December 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
“Perhaps it is unsurprising, then, that anti-Arab sentiment and xenophobia are not confined to the past, or to Cronulla.”
Megan McElhone addresses revisionist histories of the Cronulla Riots, twenty years on.
Megan McElhone addresses revisionist histories of the Cronulla Riots, twenty years on.
Making text more accessible to disabled people is woke, therefore bad. www.reuters.com/world/us/rub...
Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor Antony Blinken's decision to adopt Calibri ...
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December 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Making text more accessible to disabled people is woke, therefore bad. www.reuters.com/world/us/rub...
This is how I learn that the UK — which is matching the US stride for stride in the race for stupidest country on Earth — has an "Obesity tsar".
you: absolutely and correctly livid at the abject stupidity of this suggestion
me: unable to stop muttering FEWER calories
me: unable to stop muttering FEWER calories
December 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This is how I learn that the UK — which is matching the US stride for stride in the race for stupidest country on Earth — has an "Obesity tsar".
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“If Australian policy-makers genuinely want to safeguard young people, the evidence points elsewhere: comprehensive, non-stigmatising sexuality education that acknowledges pleasure, consent and diversity.”
The Scarlet Alliance’s Mish Pony on Phase 2 of Australia’s online safety codes.
The Scarlet Alliance’s Mish Pony on Phase 2 of Australia’s online safety codes.
Howard and Harradine’s vision for the Internet is finally realised - Overland literary journal
What binds these actors is not simply distaste for pornography, but a conviction that sexuality and identity require moral regulation. Through advisory roles and institutional influence, they're shapi...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
“If Australian policy-makers genuinely want to safeguard young people, the evidence points elsewhere: comprehensive, non-stigmatising sexuality education that acknowledges pleasure, consent and diversity.”
The Scarlet Alliance’s Mish Pony on Phase 2 of Australia’s online safety codes.
The Scarlet Alliance’s Mish Pony on Phase 2 of Australia’s online safety codes.
Anyway Foucault's Pendulum is a pretty good book.
a lot of people seem to think that television shows are full of secrets and that analyzing shows is about looking for clues to reveal those secrets
December 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Anyway Foucault's Pendulum is a pretty good book.
So... what happens to schoolkids in this scenario? Do we need to give them bank cards or upgrade their phones? www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Wellington region to ditch Snapper public transport cards
Public transport users will be able to tag on with their phones and debit cards, as a councillor says locals are "sick of waiting" for a national system.
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December 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
So... what happens to schoolkids in this scenario? Do we need to give them bank cards or upgrade their phones? www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
We shall start with the spelling.
December 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
We shall start with the spelling.
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Tāmaki whānau, please go to this protest by Block the Ban against the Government's transphobic ban on puberty blockers for trans youth on Sunday 7th December from 10AM at Myers Park. Everyone, including trans youth, deserves access to healthcare. www.facebook.com/events/11854...
December 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Tāmaki whānau, please go to this protest by Block the Ban against the Government's transphobic ban on puberty blockers for trans youth on Sunday 7th December from 10AM at Myers Park. Everyone, including trans youth, deserves access to healthcare. www.facebook.com/events/11854...