Giovanni Tiso
@gtiso.bsky.social
Online magazine editor, @overlandjournal.bsky.social. Bylines at New Humanist, Pantograph Punch, New Inquiry, Popula, Sport. Translator. He/him.
Okay I had to see for myself. This is... something alright.
November 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Okay I had to see for myself. This is... something alright.
Whereas I have scored all these mini-panettone moulds for $10 so I'm now practically invincible.
November 16, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Whereas I have scored all these mini-panettone moulds for $10 so I'm now practically invincible.
Lucia has made an entire stereo this year in carpentry. Kids these days, etc.
November 16, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Lucia has made an entire stereo this year in carpentry. Kids these days, etc.
Or the people who write for the goddamn Nobel Prize Facebook page.
November 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Or the people who write for the goddamn Nobel Prize Facebook page.
I'm doing this thing on Monday at Trades Hall in Pōneke. Full blurb in the alt-text.
November 8, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I'm doing this thing on Monday at Trades Hall in Pōneke. Full blurb in the alt-text.
Exposure — the graduate showcase from the university's college of creative arts — is on at the Massey campus in Pōneke. Free entry and, as always, worth the trip. This is a detail from Ana Johnston's beautiful installation, "little bird nestless"
November 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Exposure — the graduate showcase from the university's college of creative arts — is on at the Massey campus in Pōneke. Free entry and, as always, worth the trip. This is a detail from Ana Johnston's beautiful installation, "little bird nestless"
Baltimore politician posts vile social media comment on Dick Cheney hours after his death.
November 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Baltimore politician posts vile social media comment on Dick Cheney hours after his death.
Baltimore politician posts vile social media comment on Dick Cheney hours after his death.
November 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Baltimore politician posts vile social media comment on Dick Cheney hours after his death.
Finally, some good news.
November 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Finally, some good news.
The moment when fake unknown character goes to put his arm around fake Ross and it stretches is genuinely terrifying.
October 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The moment when fake unknown character goes to put his arm around fake Ross and it stretches is genuinely terrifying.
This is still one of the funniest things that has happened in New Zealand media though.
October 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This is still one of the funniest things that has happened in New Zealand media though.
My favourite column of theirs though was called BOTTEGHE OSCURE (literally Dark Retailers, but it was a reference to the name of the street where the Communist Party was headquartered). Its subheading was "Show us the most idiotic shop sign in your town" and it gave us Milan's immortal OCCHIAL HOUSE
October 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
My favourite column of theirs though was called BOTTEGHE OSCURE (literally Dark Retailers, but it was a reference to the name of the street where the Communist Party was headquartered). Its subheading was "Show us the most idiotic shop sign in your town" and it gave us Milan's immortal OCCHIAL HOUSE
Italy used to have a wonderful satirical weekly called CUORE which I miss a lot, and one of its regular media commentary columns was called "AND WHO GIVES A SHIT?". All quite self-explanatory.
Anyway.
Anyway.
October 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Italy used to have a wonderful satirical weekly called CUORE which I miss a lot, and one of its regular media commentary columns was called "AND WHO GIVES A SHIT?". All quite self-explanatory.
Anyway.
Anyway.
Just the neighbourhood garden artist giving out incorrect information about how to vote. I beg people to understand how STV works.
October 14, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Just the neighbourhood garden artist giving out incorrect information about how to vote. I beg people to understand how STV works.
Their hostages. Our detainees.
October 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Their hostages. Our detainees.
"I mean, it won't. But it could!"
October 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
"I mean, it won't. But it could!"
The girlfriends who founded Antifa.
October 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The girlfriends who founded Antifa.
The signs were all there you just didn't bother to look
October 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The signs were all there you just didn't bother to look
No no no, it's German for "THE BART, THE"
October 6, 2025 at 4:52 AM
No no no, it's German for "THE BART, THE"
Woke up to images and friends' social media posts from all over the country of Italy's general strike for Gaza. The Right to Strike Commission declared it illegitimate last week. The unions responded, "we don't care". Over two million people participated in the rallies, blocking stations and ports.
October 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Woke up to images and friends' social media posts from all over the country of Italy's general strike for Gaza. The Right to Strike Commission declared it illegitimate last week. The unions responded, "we don't care". Over two million people participated in the rallies, blocking stations and ports.
Someone is going to have to pay to keep the country's finances in order, says Treasury, and since it obviously can't be landlords or tobacco companies or the wealthy, we're afraid it's going to have to be you.
September 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Someone is going to have to pay to keep the country's finances in order, says Treasury, and since it obviously can't be landlords or tobacco companies or the wealthy, we're afraid it's going to have to be you.
Okay I'm going to need a minute.
September 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Okay I'm going to need a minute.