Erik Kennedy
@erikkennedy.com
Poet behind beloved classics like 'Sick Power Trip' (2025) and 'Another Beautiful Day Indoors' (2022), @thwupbooks.bsky.social. Leading voice of millennial vegan socialist cat-fancying indie pop kids.
📍 Ōtautahi Christchurch
http://www.erikkennedy.com
📍 Ōtautahi Christchurch
http://www.erikkennedy.com
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Erik Kennedy
@erikkennedy.com
· Jun 20
Not long now, and this big-budget trailer is proof of that.
'Sick Power Trip' hits shelves on 10 July.
teherengawakapress.co.nz/sick-power-t...
'Sick Power Trip' hits shelves on 10 July.
teherengawakapress.co.nz/sick-power-t...
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It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you free to abandon it
It can be a hard pill to swallow but you have to accept that while you will prevail in this struggle, you may not be there to witness it.
Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
January 24, 2026 at 10:11 PM
It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you free to abandon it
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You can’t “we need our guns” your way to perpetuating school shootings while “he had a gun” your way to justifying public executions.
A nurse.
Someone who’s actually saved lives.
A nurse.
Someone who’s actually saved lives.
January 24, 2026 at 10:24 PM
You can’t “we need our guns” your way to perpetuating school shootings while “he had a gun” your way to justifying public executions.
A nurse.
Someone who’s actually saved lives.
A nurse.
Someone who’s actually saved lives.
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C: 沒有暴徒 只有暴政
E: "No rioters, only tyranny"/ "There are no rioters, only a tyrannical regime"
Slogan born from the HK govt first branding protestors on 12 June as 'rioters', and later popularised by 1 Jul Legco occupiers with their banner
Source: TG (L: Jul 19, R: Oct 19)
E: "No rioters, only tyranny"/ "There are no rioters, only a tyrannical regime"
Slogan born from the HK govt first branding protestors on 12 June as 'rioters', and later popularised by 1 Jul Legco occupiers with their banner
Source: TG (L: Jul 19, R: Oct 19)
October 19, 2024 at 6:16 AM
C: 沒有暴徒 只有暴政
E: "No rioters, only tyranny"/ "There are no rioters, only a tyrannical regime"
Slogan born from the HK govt first branding protestors on 12 June as 'rioters', and later popularised by 1 Jul Legco occupiers with their banner
Source: TG (L: Jul 19, R: Oct 19)
E: "No rioters, only tyranny"/ "There are no rioters, only a tyrannical regime"
Slogan born from the HK govt first branding protestors on 12 June as 'rioters', and later popularised by 1 Jul Legco occupiers with their banner
Source: TG (L: Jul 19, R: Oct 19)
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they are of course, the same men who will accuse you of 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' when you post about ICE, Greenland or the 'board of peace'
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/24-...
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/24-...
It sure looks like people are never going to get over Jacinda Ardern | The Spinoff
The former PM retired three years ago. The very mention of her name still has the power to send grown men spiralling,
thespinoff.co.nz
January 24, 2026 at 8:20 PM
they are of course, the same men who will accuse you of 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' when you post about ICE, Greenland or the 'board of peace'
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/24-...
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/24-...
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'Real world jobs like McDonalds or Palantir' is so fucking funny.
January 23, 2026 at 6:57 AM
'Real world jobs like McDonalds or Palantir' is so fucking funny.
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Oh no, they got disinvited from the war crime board
January 23, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Oh no, they got disinvited from the war crime board
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Lmao the bubble is fit to burst, boys
This is a hysterical and insane choice, I hope they follow through!
This is a hysterical and insane choice, I hope they follow through!
January 22, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Lmao the bubble is fit to burst, boys
This is a hysterical and insane choice, I hope they follow through!
This is a hysterical and insane choice, I hope they follow through!
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Very grateful to the very brilliant M.A. Miller for this alert + precise review—he identifies some important questions arising from my use of Bloch & my understanding of solidarity, & offers a gorgeous redescription of the argument in the process. It is an honor to be read closely. 🙏🌿
Action Without Hope: Victorian literature after climate collapse
Published in Nineteenth-Century Contexts: An Interdisciplinary Journal (Ahead of Print, 2026)
www.tandfonline.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Very grateful to the very brilliant M.A. Miller for this alert + precise review—he identifies some important questions arising from my use of Bloch & my understanding of solidarity, & offers a gorgeous redescription of the argument in the process. It is an honor to be read closely. 🙏🌿
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Camden Council's proposal for New Oxford Street is incredible.
January 22, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Camden Council's proposal for New Oxford Street is incredible.
However much contempt you have for these people, it's not enough.
Lest we forget: “Government rejects all of Climate Change Commission's emissions target recommendations”
“The move comes despite the Commission warning the effects of climate change are hitting New Zealand sooner and more severely than expected, and that NZ can and should be doing more.”
#nzpol
“The move comes despite the Commission warning the effects of climate change are hitting New Zealand sooner and more severely than expected, and that NZ can and should be doing more.”
#nzpol
Government rejects all of Climate Change Commission's emissions target recommendations
It comes despite a Climate Change Commission warning that New Zealand is being hit sooner and more severely than expected.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 22, 2026 at 9:06 PM
However much contempt you have for these people, it's not enough.
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Lest we forget: “Government rejects all of Climate Change Commission's emissions target recommendations”
“The move comes despite the Commission warning the effects of climate change are hitting New Zealand sooner and more severely than expected, and that NZ can and should be doing more.”
#nzpol
“The move comes despite the Commission warning the effects of climate change are hitting New Zealand sooner and more severely than expected, and that NZ can and should be doing more.”
#nzpol
Government rejects all of Climate Change Commission's emissions target recommendations
It comes despite a Climate Change Commission warning that New Zealand is being hit sooner and more severely than expected.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 22, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Lest we forget: “Government rejects all of Climate Change Commission's emissions target recommendations”
“The move comes despite the Commission warning the effects of climate change are hitting New Zealand sooner and more severely than expected, and that NZ can and should be doing more.”
#nzpol
“The move comes despite the Commission warning the effects of climate change are hitting New Zealand sooner and more severely than expected, and that NZ can and should be doing more.”
#nzpol
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the woke mob is giving He-man pronouns
January 22, 2026 at 6:47 PM
the woke mob is giving He-man pronouns
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Amazing how they just say this stuff out loud now. I assume they understand people can see them saying it.
January 22, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Amazing how they just say this stuff out loud now. I assume they understand people can see them saying it.
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The top 6 media stories on Stuff are landslides, storms, floods.
None of them mention climate change, which we know makes these events more frequent and more extreme.
People have lost their lives. Homes have been destroyed.
And leading politicians are in the pub having "great fun". #nzpol
None of them mention climate change, which we know makes these events more frequent and more extreme.
People have lost their lives. Homes have been destroyed.
And leading politicians are in the pub having "great fun". #nzpol
January 22, 2026 at 12:57 AM
The top 6 media stories on Stuff are landslides, storms, floods.
None of them mention climate change, which we know makes these events more frequent and more extreme.
People have lost their lives. Homes have been destroyed.
And leading politicians are in the pub having "great fun". #nzpol
None of them mention climate change, which we know makes these events more frequent and more extreme.
People have lost their lives. Homes have been destroyed.
And leading politicians are in the pub having "great fun". #nzpol
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Or consider being born to parents who can give you a role in the family firm?
www.ft.com/content/c894...
www.ft.com/content/c894...
January 22, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Or consider being born to parents who can give you a role in the family firm?
www.ft.com/content/c894...
www.ft.com/content/c894...
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I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
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life ending and infrastructure destroying floods are now an annual occurrence in new zealand. there is no political recognition of this new reality, and thus there is no resourcing for its prevention. we are not ready
January 22, 2026 at 8:26 AM
life ending and infrastructure destroying floods are now an annual occurrence in new zealand. there is no political recognition of this new reality, and thus there is no resourcing for its prevention. we are not ready
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The geneticist Steve Jones argued that the bicycle was responsible for the greatest mixing of human genomes in the UK.
January 22, 2026 at 8:47 AM
The geneticist Steve Jones argued that the bicycle was responsible for the greatest mixing of human genomes in the UK.
Lol, of course. Of course.
January 22, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Lol, of course. Of course.
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This is colonialism
“.. Denmark would give the United States sovereignty over small pockets of Greenlandic land where the United States could build military bases, according to three senior officials ..”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 22, 2026 at 12:04 AM
This is colonialism
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I got very choked up in class today showing my students what James Baldwin had to say about Shakespeare:
“the greatest poet in the English language found his poetry where poetry is found: in the lives of the people. he could have done this only through love…”
“the greatest poet in the English language found his poetry where poetry is found: in the lives of the people. he could have done this only through love…”
January 21, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I got very choked up in class today showing my students what James Baldwin had to say about Shakespeare:
“the greatest poet in the English language found his poetry where poetry is found: in the lives of the people. he could have done this only through love…”
“the greatest poet in the English language found his poetry where poetry is found: in the lives of the people. he could have done this only through love…”
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If you do not want a world built on exploitation or an economy divided into those who own and those who work to survive you have already adopted the the communist position whether you have adopted the name or not.
January 20, 2026 at 9:40 PM
If you do not want a world built on exploitation or an economy divided into those who own and those who work to survive you have already adopted the the communist position whether you have adopted the name or not.
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I grew up hearing stories from my father about how folks abducted by Franco’s secret police would routinely “escape” to the roof of police HQ and “commit suicide.” The obviousness of the lie was itself an intimidation tactic.
"agents told hospital staff that Castaneda Mondragon ... 'purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.'”
A Minnesota man received a life-threatening injury while in ICE custody. It's not clear how he got injured because his memory and ability to communicate are so severely impaired. Agents said "he got his shit rocked." Wild story from @katrinapross.bsky.social sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
January 20, 2026 at 10:58 PM
I grew up hearing stories from my father about how folks abducted by Franco’s secret police would routinely “escape” to the roof of police HQ and “commit suicide.” The obviousness of the lie was itself an intimidation tactic.