Giovanni Tiso

All I know about him is that he hated Mondays.

Yeah, I thought it was quite interesting, if a bit westwingy.

It's good at the things that it's supposed to be good at, of which making sense is clearly not one.

By the way I'm profoundly unsorry if this is a spoiler. If it bothers you, YOU should apologise to ME.

At no point during the roughly ten hours of the show do the writers even bother trying to establish the motives for these acts. As if to say "you figure it out, we have given up".

In a small but nonetheless interesting sign the American cultural industry cannae make sense of the world in the Trump era, the antagonist in the latest season of NIGHT AGENT is a terrorist organisation trying to execute mass bombings on US soil and this organisation is... Mexican.

Safety for whom? trans women, carceral feminism, and the politics of exclusion - Overland literary journal The campaign against trans women in prison exposes how moral panic can be manipulated to defend colonial authority and how fragile Australia’s commitment to equality remains when confronted with diffe...

“If feminist organisations are genuinely concerned about safety, their efforts must target the everyday violences of imprisonment, not the scapegoating of trans women.”

Stacey Stokes, Witt Gorrie and Sheena Colquhoun on carceral feminism and the politics of exclusion.

Anyway surely your mower doesn't weed?

What's the best time to plant a tree? 50 years ago. What's the best time to chop one down? When an article by McLachlan breaks the (admittedly very strong) containment of The Listener.

I usually go outside and manually weed a large tract of land.

The Dumb and Dumber of New Zealand punditry.

Fantastic.

This actually feels really reassuring I get the appeal

The role of the committed writer in an unfree world - Overland literary journal No, the committed writer is a movement writer. I mean that the committed writer knows that they know very little, and that the way to remedy that ignorance is through solidarity with people in struggl...

“The committed writer is a movement writer … The committed writer knows that they know very little, and that the way to remedy that ignorance is through solidarity with people in struggle.”

For PEN Melbourne, André Dao on how a writer can make the world more free.

Such a lovely collection

Thank god we spent the last few years massively converting industry to renewables and incentivising household solar. We'd be in so much trouble right now.

I hate these questions so much though. They are just asked so journalists can watch a politician squirm. Of course he's going to give that answer, if he gave any other answer, it would be the equivalent of saying "I resign". And there are no stakes. If he says yes and then he isn't, nothing happens.

I'm sure, but what do they have against Chalk? It's a perfectly harmless material.

This comic elegantly puts it all together, making abstract things concrete and seemingly remote things urgently relevant. Fantastic work

Dozens killed as Israeli special forces raid Lebanese village in search of 40-year-old remains Overnight, one Israeli operation saw at least 41 people killed and 40 injured, according to the Lebanese health ministry.

They murdered 41 civilians, including several children, to try to recover a body that had been buried 40 years ago. The barbarism of the Israeli state has few historical parallels. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I am become sportsdad, destroyer of Sundays

This is all objectively hilarious.

Trying really hard not to make a comic about critical minerals - Overland literary journal I'm trying really hard not to make a comic about critical minerals. 'Cos I know, my mum tells me, "it just doesn't resonate". Unless it's a personal story, critical minerals seem too far removed from ...

In our latest piece for @copower.bsky.social, the wonderful Sofia Sabbagh tries really hard, and ultimately fails, not to make a comic about critical minerals.

We are excited to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize. Head here to read more about the authors! overland.org.au/2026/03/anno...

We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Judith Wright Poetry Prize. Head here to learn more about the poets! overland.org.au/2026/03/anno...

Mr Luxon and Ms Willis will not make it to the election, but it hardly matters when the doctrine of “do nothing, ever” is bipartisan.

Labour politicians are so fucking WEAK. Little released a sadface "look how misogynistically Tory Whanau was treated" quote and no sooner he took office that he elevated Ray Chung.

Our snowflake deputy mayor blocked me over it but hey look, a screenshot

Posted while literally slashing the city's climate budget. You can't make this shit up.

Deeply embarrassing for this once sort-of-okay city.