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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“The story of my ancestors was written in the marks on our bodies and told around meals cooked in an underground oven then shared with the rest of our people over laughs.”
So begins MAGERE, a new story written and illustrated by the wonderful Dorell Ben.
So begins MAGERE, a new story written and illustrated by the wonderful Dorell Ben.
Magere - Overland literary journal
The story of my ancestors was written in the marks on our bodies and told around meals cooked in an underground oven then shared with the rest of our people over laughs.
overland.org.au
February 20, 2026 at 1:14 AM
“The story of my ancestors was written in the marks on our bodies and told around meals cooked in an underground oven then shared with the rest of our people over laughs.”
So begins MAGERE, a new story written and illustrated by the wonderful Dorell Ben.
So begins MAGERE, a new story written and illustrated by the wonderful Dorell Ben.
In my head the heckler was @haydendonnell.bsky.social and I refuse to click through in case the article says otherwise.
February 19, 2026 at 12:58 AM
In my head the heckler was @haydendonnell.bsky.social and I refuse to click through in case the article says otherwise.
One of the great tragedies of my childhood was the day my mother discovered that the Nestlé variety in a tube I used to consume like a junkie in our yearly mountain holidays contained added sugar, so she stopped buying it. I haven't fully recovered.
Eldest has discovered the joy of one of our culture's greatest innovations, one of its finest ingredients: condensed milk
We've made dulce de leche, she's made rice pudding, and she's figured out that a Bountry bar is just shredded coconut with condensed milk, coated in chocolate, so she made those
We've made dulce de leche, she's made rice pudding, and she's figured out that a Bountry bar is just shredded coconut with condensed milk, coated in chocolate, so she made those
February 18, 2026 at 9:28 PM
One of the great tragedies of my childhood was the day my mother discovered that the Nestlé variety in a tube I used to consume like a junkie in our yearly mountain holidays contained added sugar, so she stopped buying it. I haven't fully recovered.
It's absolutely crazy to me that people read Twitter using its algorithm. I would immediately poke my eyes out.
Research now backs up that if you let X (formerly Twitter) algorithms determine what you read, your views will shift to the right theconversation.com/a-few-weeks-...
A few weeks of X’s algorithm can make you more right-wing – and it doesn’t wear off quickly
Elon Musk’s social media platform is boosting conservative content – and it’s having long-lasting effects on how users see the world.
theconversation.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:09 PM
It's absolutely crazy to me that people read Twitter using its algorithm. I would immediately poke my eyes out.
Wait, wasn't that guy in Marty Supreme?
I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
February 18, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Wait, wasn't that guy in Marty Supreme?
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“The selective punishment of one group of migrants or refugees is not an incidental feature of our migration regime: it is its central organising principle.”
Sanmati Verma, Josephine Langbien and James Clarke on the new wave of deportations to Nauru.
Sanmati Verma, Josephine Langbien and James Clarke on the new wave of deportations to Nauru.
A silent discipline: why we all need to hold the line against deportations to Nauru - Overland literary journal
As we watch Immigration and Customs Enforcement lay siege to communities in Minnesota — detaining and disappearing neighbours, parents and children while terrorising their allies — we should remember ...
overland.org.au
February 18, 2026 at 2:25 AM
“The selective punishment of one group of migrants or refugees is not an incidental feature of our migration regime: it is its central organising principle.”
Sanmati Verma, Josephine Langbien and James Clarke on the new wave of deportations to Nauru.
Sanmati Verma, Josephine Langbien and James Clarke on the new wave of deportations to Nauru.
"The world is running out of memory" is a development that will enable me to publish the doctoral thesis I completed in 2006 without changing a comma.
“.. ‘many system vendors will go bankrupt or exit product lines due to a lack of memory. Mobile phone production will be reduced by 200-250 million units, and PC and TV production will be significantly reduced.’ Yikes.”
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
February 18, 2026 at 1:11 AM
"The world is running out of memory" is a development that will enable me to publish the doctoral thesis I completed in 2006 without changing a comma.
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“I argue that the use of this term must not be dislocated from Indigenous critiques of settler colonialism.”
Ruth De Souza on the misuse of Cultural Safety.
Ruth De Souza on the misuse of Cultural Safety.
On the misuse of Cultural Safety - Overland literary journal
Since its original formulation and application in the health sector in Aotearoa New Zealand in the 1980s, Cultural Safety has been subject to wide reinterpretation. Its entry into institutional life m...
overland.org.au
February 16, 2026 at 2:22 AM
“I argue that the use of this term must not be dislocated from Indigenous critiques of settler colonialism.”
Ruth De Souza on the misuse of Cultural Safety.
Ruth De Souza on the misuse of Cultural Safety.
New "I don't recall saying good luck" just dropped.
February 15, 2026 at 7:36 AM
New "I don't recall saying good luck" just dropped.
"We were just trying to make the paedophile poorer" is a bold defence.
Professors in the Epstein files say they hoped friendship would lead to research funding
A new trove of documents released by the Justice Department reveals that Epstein’s reach into academia was wider than previously known.
apnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:06 PM
"We were just trying to make the paedophile poorer" is a bold defence.
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Suburban wine moms will really be like "you believe in voting? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, firebombing a concentration camp" and then very effectively firebomb a concentration camp
February 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Suburban wine moms will really be like "you believe in voting? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, firebombing a concentration camp" and then very effectively firebomb a concentration camp
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If you sit still and quietly in a natural environment for twelve minutes, then the animals there will go back to how they were acting before you arrived: a new poster by the inimitable @samwallman.bsky.social.
12 minutes - Overland literary journal
If you sit still and quietly in a natural environment for twelve minutes, then the animals there will go back to how they were acting before you arrived.
overland.org.au
February 12, 2026 at 10:47 PM
If you sit still and quietly in a natural environment for twelve minutes, then the animals there will go back to how they were acting before you arrived: a new poster by the inimitable @samwallman.bsky.social.
Trying to sell the contents of old newspapers is dumb on so, so many levels. They're shooting themselves in the — let's say foot.
February 11, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Trying to sell the contents of old newspapers is dumb on so, so many levels. They're shooting themselves in the — let's say foot.
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“When it comes to fiction, then, I am arguing that the anxiety that provoked the writing of Juice is incited by, not detached from, capitalism and power, and no less dangerous than what Winton describes as apathy.”
Daniel Ray on Tim Winton’s JUICE
Daniel Ray on Tim Winton’s JUICE
Juice and the politics of anxiety - Overland literary journal
Recently longlisted for the 2026 Climate Fiction Prize, Tim Winton’s latest novel, Juice is not — as Winton himself and critics have described it — hopeful and a “creative projection of ‘wondering…’’”...
overland.org.au
February 11, 2026 at 1:44 AM
“When it comes to fiction, then, I am arguing that the anxiety that provoked the writing of Juice is incited by, not detached from, capitalism and power, and no less dangerous than what Winton describes as apathy.”
Daniel Ray on Tim Winton’s JUICE
Daniel Ray on Tim Winton’s JUICE
Kind of weird to illustrate this using a hacker-like figure as opposed to, say, a photo of Shane Jones
February 10, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Kind of weird to illustrate this using a hacker-like figure as opposed to, say, a photo of Shane Jones
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This is disgusting antisemitic language from the Australian PM - Herzog is the head of state of a genocidal regime, not the head of state of all Jews.
We are not Israel, and the only people who win when Jews and Israel are conflated are antisemites and Zionists.
We are not Israel, and the only people who win when Jews and Israel are conflated are antisemites and Zionists.
February 10, 2026 at 2:10 AM
This is disgusting antisemitic language from the Australian PM - Herzog is the head of state of a genocidal regime, not the head of state of all Jews.
We are not Israel, and the only people who win when Jews and Israel are conflated are antisemites and Zionists.
We are not Israel, and the only people who win when Jews and Israel are conflated are antisemites and Zionists.
Captain Ragout reporting for duty
February 9, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Captain Ragout reporting for duty
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“This is the story of what this win means — not just for the Starkeys and the Kokatha people, but for the global arms trade and the corporate actors operating on Indigenous lands.”
Miriam Deprez on how Kokatha custodians took on multinationals in the Woomera Prohibited Area.
Miriam Deprez on how Kokatha custodians took on multinationals in the Woomera Prohibited Area.
Holding the line: how Kokatha Custodians took on multinationals in the Woomera Prohibited Area — and won - Overland literary journal
Andrew Starkey knew the fight to protect Indigenous cultural heritage couldn’t be fought via the usual channels of justice. Instead, the Starkeys took Saab Australia to the Australian National Contact...
overland.org.au
February 9, 2026 at 1:15 AM
“This is the story of what this win means — not just for the Starkeys and the Kokatha people, but for the global arms trade and the corporate actors operating on Indigenous lands.”
Miriam Deprez on how Kokatha custodians took on multinationals in the Woomera Prohibited Area.
Miriam Deprez on how Kokatha custodians took on multinationals in the Woomera Prohibited Area.
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The old Fred Allen joke finally realised: “I can’t understand why a person will take a year or two to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars.”
“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” God this is bleak
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:52 PM
The old Fred Allen joke finally realised: “I can’t understand why a person will take a year or two to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars.”
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Our Summer Program concludes today with MASSIVE GLACIER COLLAPSE COMPILATION VOL 9, a brilliant new poem by Lach Valentine. Generously supported by our friends at @copower.bsky.social.
Massive glacier collapse compilation vol 9 - Overland literary journal
we are pointing at anything / that flickers, flowers, and beats / our hearts, the trees, and the stars / all set to be slaughtered / in the Anthropocene™ we have set / as revenge for the exile
overland.org.au
February 6, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Our Summer Program concludes today with MASSIVE GLACIER COLLAPSE COMPILATION VOL 9, a brilliant new poem by Lach Valentine. Generously supported by our friends at @copower.bsky.social.
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“But Gabriel was not alone, no matter how far his woolly thoughts stretched, and how eternal time felt.”
Our Summer program continues with the first Friday Fiction for 2026: BALM OF HURT MINDS by Claire Cao.
Our Summer program continues with the first Friday Fiction for 2026: BALM OF HURT MINDS by Claire Cao.
Balm of hurt minds - Overland literary journal
In the small hours, the world below Gabriel’s window began to swell with life but he took no notice. He had long learned to tune out the screech of traffic, the mechanical whirr of the going-home trai...
overland.org.au
January 30, 2026 at 12:20 AM
“But Gabriel was not alone, no matter how far his woolly thoughts stretched, and how eternal time felt.”
Our Summer program continues with the first Friday Fiction for 2026: BALM OF HURT MINDS by Claire Cao.
Our Summer program continues with the first Friday Fiction for 2026: BALM OF HURT MINDS by Claire Cao.
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“And so ends an obscene, morally violent and deceptive novel.”
In what may be Overland’s most Summer read ever, John Kinsella engages in a masterful, labyrinthine (and parenthetical, elliptical …) reading of Hawthorne’s THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES.
In what may be Overland’s most Summer read ever, John Kinsella engages in a masterful, labyrinthine (and parenthetical, elliptical …) reading of Hawthorne’s THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES.
The anxieties of a singular usage of parenthesis: a brief observation of a “fireside tale” that is a novel - Overland literary journal
The gothic valorisation of colonial legacy is complete, the purification ritual completed, and moral responsibility abrogated. What does this mean for the bracketed social comment? That social convent...
overland.org.au
January 22, 2026 at 5:41 AM
“And so ends an obscene, morally violent and deceptive novel.”
In what may be Overland’s most Summer read ever, John Kinsella engages in a masterful, labyrinthine (and parenthetical, elliptical …) reading of Hawthorne’s THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES.
In what may be Overland’s most Summer read ever, John Kinsella engages in a masterful, labyrinthine (and parenthetical, elliptical …) reading of Hawthorne’s THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES.
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We've lost Meanjin, a situation that was completely unthinkable until it actually happened. Don't think we won't lose more. It's quite clear there are people who don't care what they destroy for political gain. Literary culture in this country is already frayed. Don't let it come apart entirely.
January 12, 2026 at 10:37 PM
We've lost Meanjin, a situation that was completely unthinkable until it actually happened. Don't think we won't lose more. It's quite clear there are people who don't care what they destroy for political gain. Literary culture in this country is already frayed. Don't let it come apart entirely.