Online magazine editor, @OverlandJournal. Bylines at New Humanist, Pantograph Punch, New Inquiry, Popula, Sport. Translator. He/him. @gtiso on bluesky also.
Joined June 2009
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“A future with trans people in it is possible, and there is much to be gained by fighting together.”
Shoshana Rosenberg reviews Raewyn Connell’s TRANS LIVES — with the generous support of the @CopyrightAgency's Cultural Fund.
overland.org.au/2026/10/pull…
Giovanni Tiso retweeted
“... it’s all
dramatic: the world becoming shapes. A mound
in the mid-distance, already sub-
merged, those clutching the roof turning to barely
blotches;”
Our latest #fridaypoem, by Jocasta Suzanne, take its inspiration from Winifred Knights' THE DELUGE.
overland.org.au/2026/10/the-…
Giovanni Tiso retweeted
“These exhibitions closed the distance of conflict, creating in its place room to learn, listen, grieve and form connections.”
Tahney Fosdike on the Gaza Biennale in Sarajevo. overland.org.au/2026/10/witn…
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"The process of editing, talking, thinking, arguing, debating, and critiquing together matters deeply to our organising."
Alex Kelly on what happens if we devolve to AI the everyday tasks that stitch together relationships and entire social movements. overland.org.au/2026/10/thin…
Giovanni Tiso retweeted
“Joy had, after all, messed up the office coffee order. This was insufferable, said her colleagues.
“Protect the space. Call security. Point to the exit. For the sake of the workplace. Was a mistake.””
From JOB READY, a brand new story by Kristen Tytler overland.org.au/2026/10/job-…
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"The Archibald’s presentation turns an artistic relationship into an institutional narrative of friendship and reconciliation, while the formal language of the portrait draws on a racialised visual vocabulary whose politics are largely left unexamined." overland.org.au/2026/10/the-…
Giovanni Tiso retweeted
"What happens when a regulator committed to consistency asks universities to treat different forms of racism through different definitions?"
An open statement by members of SCHOLARS FOR ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND DUE PROCESS on their "dehumanisation" standard. overland.org.au/2026/10/coul…
The Israeli army is the most moral in the world but also if anyone denounces war crimes they will be identified and prosecuted. Any questions? theguardian.com/film/2026/oc…
Giovanni Tiso retweeted
“Maybe the exclusion of comics from the official literary scene is a blessing, and it’s up to the rest of the arts community to sort out their own platforms.”
Joshua Santospirito talks himself out of demanding that comics be included in literary festivals overland.org.au/2026/10/dear…
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It is hilarious that Todd McClay fairly obviously confused Fernando Hernandez Espino of Both Ends with Francisco Hernandez of the Greens but neither he nor Luxon will admit it. rnz.co.nz/news/politics/1685…
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It’s finally here - issue 260. In your mailbox shortly.
Limited copies will be available online to purchase in the coming days.
Thank you to our subscribers and supporters for their patience while we brought this issue to life 💗
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"Above all, the sum of John Miller's works demonstrates an ethic of love and hope, and a way for us as artists to play a role in political movements."
A major examination by Hana Pera Aoake of the oeuvre of Māori photographer John Miller. overland.org.au/2026/10/the-…
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“I can think of no better antidote to capitalism than the fruits of one’s labour being eaten by skinks.”
A beautiful review/meditation by Edie Mitsuda on Hannah Moloney’s WHY WE GARDEN — generously supported by the @CopyrightAgency's Cultural Fund.
overland.org.au/2026/09/huma…
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Sam Wallman is back! In this poster, originally commissioned by the Union Cooperative Initiative for the Mayworks Festival in Vancouver, he illustrates a quote on organising praxis by Jane McAlevey. overland.org.au/2026/09/the-…
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“Reclaiming a “right to the city” necessitates not merely planning inclusion, but a transformation of power and property relations in the city.”
Jae Brieffes on the limits of current feminist planning under capitalist urbanism.
overland.org.au/2026/09/whos…
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"The system is pre-emptive. It kills people now, in anterior time, to cancel out whatever actions they might commit in the future."
A searing new comic by Safdar Ahmed on the turning of Gaza into an assassination factory. overland.org.au/2026/09/kill…
Turns out, they would
Brent Hecht, Microsoft’s director of applied science, called the training of AI models the “largest theft of labor in human history,” according to a legal brief. wapo.st/4y1y0Qf
Giovanni Tiso retweeted
“o unfathomable lack!
unbelievable luck …
really, you wouldn’t believe me”
This Friday we’re breaking the protective glass of the New Gareth Morgan Poem switch to bring you his latest, “having a sweetie”.
overland.org.au/2026/09/havi…
I am surprised - pleasantly so. Now hoping that Labour doesn't do what it did when Hipkins was shadow education minister, when they lobbied against the closure of Salisbury.
"Good decision, minister Stanford" are not words I thought I would ever write. newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/17/ed…
