Giovanni TisoVerified account

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Contributing editor . Contributor New Humanist, Pantograph Punch, New Inquiry, Sport. Co-editor, Don't Dream It's Over. Scientist and saint.

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Feb 13

    My fucking food bag: Mantuan Carnival cakes

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  2. 3 hours ago

    You know the old joke "you invite five Italians, they bring six different opinions"? Turns out that if you invite 100 Americans, they bring 101 guns.

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  3. 6 hours ago

    You can't reform social services to suit the needs of the free market without those services becoming deeply sociopathic. It can't be done. We should stop trying.

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  4. 6 hours ago

    A thread about something that is completely normal and tolerated in this country, and also a natural by-product of neoliberal reforms.

    1. Again, our son has had to prove to Work & Income he’s autistic. Again, we went to the doctor, got that signed off. Again, the doctor filed it electronically. We walked the paper form the W&I office and made sure they knew what it was. And again, his benefit has been cut off.
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  5. 6 hours ago

    I'm upset today because Unwitting Individuals Associated With The Trump Campaign was the name of my folk septet and now it's ruined.

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  6. 6 hours ago

    Honest.

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  7. 7 hours ago

    When you're quite hinged.

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  8. 22 hours ago

    And if she ever finds a sock on the floor, she takes it to a secret place outside.

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  9. 22 hours ago

    Our dog thinks socks are little animals that attack our feet. So every time we put on our socks on in her vicinity, she tries to engage in a mortal battle with the garment.

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    Feb 15

    This is a superb piece of conservation writing (and includes a short history on ibis cults): Ode to the bin chicken, by

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  11. Feb 15

    Around 50 dolphins between Lyall Bay and Island Bay I am hearing.

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  12. Retweeted
    Feb 14

    Fully gross thread about life at Russell McVeigh.

    There was a points chart for conquests with female employees. Secretaries were 1 or 2 points. Clerks were 3 or 4 points. Actual lawyers were on a sliding scale from 5 to 10 points
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  13. Feb 14

    I am shocked. SHOCKED, I tell you.

    Replying to @norightturnnz @gtiso
    Their constitution gives members no say in anything. They don't elect the board. They can't even amend the constitution. They're just a prop.
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  14. Feb 14

    All their membership information repeats obsessively that they're not going to reveal who the members are. It's the organisational equivalent of a brown paper bag.

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  15. Feb 14

    This could be interesting.

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  16. Feb 14

    Hahaha!

    Replying to @gtiso @bryce_edwards
    Donors. 32,000 members and supporters.
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  17. Feb 14

    He keeps describing the snow surface as "aggressive".

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  18. Feb 14

    Few things more confusing than watching Olympic skiing with commentary in a thick Irish brogue.

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  19. Feb 14

    He brought ACT from 0.6% of the vote to 0.5% of the vote. I question the definition of "star".

    David Seymour appearing on Dancing With The Stars carries on a proud ACT Party tradition.
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  20. Feb 14

    She always said that Labour ought to be... a Broad Church. Wednesdays on Prime.

    Replying to @AnnaGConnell @stepdoran
    OTOH
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  21. Feb 14

    This was a brilliant event, so much knowledge packed into the one room.

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