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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oh, that's... that's not... you can't call it that
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
oh, that's... that's not... you can't call it that
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Was about to explain to my wife “Joyce Carol Oates, yes the novelist, humiliated Elon Musk, yes the richest man in the world, so now he has adjusted Grok, that’s his AI chatbot, so that it claims he is the best piss-drinker in the world,” but thought better of it. She’s had a long day.
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Was about to explain to my wife “Joyce Carol Oates, yes the novelist, humiliated Elon Musk, yes the richest man in the world, so now he has adjusted Grok, that’s his AI chatbot, so that it claims he is the best piss-drinker in the world,” but thought better of it. She’s had a long day.
Big 'history doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes' energy.
NEW: Russia may be planning to forcibly relocate Ukrainians to Siberia as part of a scheme to stimulate the economic growth of underdeveloped Russian regions. 🧵(1/7)
Read more: isw.pub/OccupationUp...
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️
Read more: isw.pub/OccupationUp...
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️
November 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Big 'history doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes' energy.
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the only good thing about genAI is that it got me to really love seeing bad art, because I know a person put in time and effort, made themselves vulnerable by showing it to others, and is trying to improve. I value that more than anything now
November 20, 2025 at 12:51 AM
the only good thing about genAI is that it got me to really love seeing bad art, because I know a person put in time and effort, made themselves vulnerable by showing it to others, and is trying to improve. I value that more than anything now
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Gotta say, it’s a hard time to be a historian of medicine whose focus was pre-antiseptic / pre-vaccine era.
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Gotta say, it’s a hard time to be a historian of medicine whose focus was pre-antiseptic / pre-vaccine era.
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Doctor Who is coming back and we now knnow that the best casting will involve a talented, charismatic actor who is in the sweet spot of being not so young that they will leave abruptly for the sake of career progression & not so old that they can't handle the intense pace.
Cometh the hour...
Cometh the hour...
a man in a black coat is standing in front of a red door and smiling .
Alt: Danny Dyer
media.tenor.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Doctor Who is coming back and we now knnow that the best casting will involve a talented, charismatic actor who is in the sweet spot of being not so young that they will leave abruptly for the sake of career progression & not so old that they can't handle the intense pace.
Cometh the hour...
Cometh the hour...
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Everything ok at the Covid Inquiry?
Covid Inquiry hit by yet another top-level resignation
Inquiry boss quits only months into the job - the second executive director to resign this year
www.stuff.co.nz
November 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Everything ok at the Covid Inquiry?
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jorge luis borges is going to kill me with a knife
I asked this before over at The Old Place and the answers delighted me. So again:
Who is an artist you admire who you suspect would not like you if they met you personally?
I think Peter Dinklage is fantastic. I would absolutely get on his last nerve. He'd be looking for the door while we spoke.
Who is an artist you admire who you suspect would not like you if they met you personally?
I think Peter Dinklage is fantastic. I would absolutely get on his last nerve. He'd be looking for the door while we spoke.
November 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
jorge luis borges is going to kill me with a knife
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More detail on the covers that disqualified their books
How two AI book covers forced the publishing industry to reckon with its future
How two AI book covers forced the publishing industry to reckon with its future
A design studio’s use of AI has disqualified two books from the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2026....
thespinoff.co.nz
November 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM
More detail on the covers that disqualified their books
You sometimes forget just how dreadful Yglesias's takes can be, but then he helps you out with one like this . . .
If there’s no shale gas then there’s no shale gas, but I still think environmentalism is basically bad and politicians should focus more on material prosperity.
November 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
You sometimes forget just how dreadful Yglesias's takes can be, but then he helps you out with one like this . . .
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COME ON SCOTLAND! 🏴⚽️
Scotland is in the World Cup for the first time since 1998 after a historic 4-2 win against Denmark 🏆
Scotland is in the World Cup for the first time since 1998 after a historic 4-2 win against Denmark 🏆
November 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
COME ON SCOTLAND! 🏴⚽️
Scotland is in the World Cup for the first time since 1998 after a historic 4-2 win against Denmark 🏆
Scotland is in the World Cup for the first time since 1998 after a historic 4-2 win against Denmark 🏆
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I can’t tell if I am more stunned someone still thinks IQ is real, or that someone is surprised the historical accumulation of wealth under capitalism might not meritocratically reflect the score a nation gets on an exam
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I can’t tell if I am more stunned someone still thinks IQ is real, or that someone is surprised the historical accumulation of wealth under capitalism might not meritocratically reflect the score a nation gets on an exam
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Pretty remarkable how high Australia sits on the scale for lifestyle carbon emissions globally - and how little this gets mentioned in domestic climate discourse.
hotorcool.org/publications...
hotorcool.org/publications...
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Pretty remarkable how high Australia sits on the scale for lifestyle carbon emissions globally - and how little this gets mentioned in domestic climate discourse.
hotorcool.org/publications...
hotorcool.org/publications...
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So we’re back on this NZ managerialist cultural tic of ‘I’m comfortable managing my own conflicts of interest’.
Councils around the country who lost walking and cycling infrastructure because they don’t have access to a minister who can override the process should be apoplectic.
Councils around the country who lost walking and cycling infrastructure because they don’t have access to a minister who can override the process should be apoplectic.
NEW: Chris Bishop used housing money to fund a bridge in his electorate his own Govt had killed off.
Officials were against the move and Labour say he shouldn’t have been anywhere near the decision.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Officials were against the move and Labour say he shouldn’t have been anywhere near the decision.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Chris Bishop diverts Kāinga Ora money to fund a bridge in his electorate
Officials warned against the use of housing funds for bridge building but Bishop says it was a “pragmatic choice”.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
So we’re back on this NZ managerialist cultural tic of ‘I’m comfortable managing my own conflicts of interest’.
Councils around the country who lost walking and cycling infrastructure because they don’t have access to a minister who can override the process should be apoplectic.
Councils around the country who lost walking and cycling infrastructure because they don’t have access to a minister who can override the process should be apoplectic.
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To save the CBD, stop calling it the CBD
To save the CBD, stop calling it the CBD
To succeed in a post-Covid world, city centres need to be more than 'central business districts'....
thespinoff.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
To save the CBD, stop calling it the CBD
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where to start
November 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
where to start
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Reports of the desperate humanitarian situation and atrocities continue to mount as paramilitary RSF pushes eastwards.
Battles in West Kordofan as Sudan army resists RSF’s eastward push
Reports of the desperate humanitarian situation and atrocities continue to mount as paramilitary RSF pushes eastwards.
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Reports of the desperate humanitarian situation and atrocities continue to mount as paramilitary RSF pushes eastwards.
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Muriel Rukeyser
November 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Muriel Rukeyser
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Fully support the universities in this. But if they are genuinely committed to ensuring "free public access to the research...taxes had funded" maybe those that limit access to electronic copies of theses to current staff or students could open them up to the public.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Universities in 'battle of the century' with journal publisher Elsevier
One New Zealand university told its staff all universities in New Zealand and Australia would "lose some degree of access" to the publisher's 1600 titles from the start of next year.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 14, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Fully support the universities in this. But if they are genuinely committed to ensuring "free public access to the research...taxes had funded" maybe those that limit access to electronic copies of theses to current staff or students could open them up to the public.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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For years, people argued that there's no point in taking climate action unless China is onboard. I'm at a COP30 event where Chinese government officials and renewable industry reps are outlining the fast-paced renewable energy transition and long-term carbon neutrality plan. The story has flipped.
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
For years, people argued that there's no point in taking climate action unless China is onboard. I'm at a COP30 event where Chinese government officials and renewable industry reps are outlining the fast-paced renewable energy transition and long-term carbon neutrality plan. The story has flipped.
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Fifty patterns you can make with a standard brick www.architekwiki.com/wiki/masonry...
November 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Fifty patterns you can make with a standard brick www.architekwiki.com/wiki/masonry...
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If you ever wonder why your artist friend is so pissed off whenever they see AI slop used instead of real, human-created art, it's exactly what you think:
How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If you ever wonder why your artist friend is so pissed off whenever they see AI slop used instead of real, human-created art, it's exactly what you think:
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Reminds me of "Cheese" by Willem Elsschot.
Bored man is offered tons of cheese, cheap.
Buys it, thinking "OK let's shift some cheese now!"
Nobody buys any
The cheese all goes off.
"We no longer mention cheese at home" is the last sentence.
One of the best books ever.
Bored man is offered tons of cheese, cheap.
Buys it, thinking "OK let's shift some cheese now!"
Nobody buys any
The cheese all goes off.
"We no longer mention cheese at home" is the last sentence.
One of the best books ever.
November 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Reminds me of "Cheese" by Willem Elsschot.
Bored man is offered tons of cheese, cheap.
Buys it, thinking "OK let's shift some cheese now!"
Nobody buys any
The cheese all goes off.
"We no longer mention cheese at home" is the last sentence.
One of the best books ever.
Bored man is offered tons of cheese, cheap.
Buys it, thinking "OK let's shift some cheese now!"
Nobody buys any
The cheese all goes off.
"We no longer mention cheese at home" is the last sentence.
One of the best books ever.
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today's small prose poem from Maureen Thorson is a marvel, but that first sentence — "It’s nearly Christmas." — just about gave me a panic attack.
https://www.havehashad.com/fm8m7
https://www.havehashad.com/fm8m7
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
today's small prose poem from Maureen Thorson is a marvel, but that first sentence — "It’s nearly Christmas." — just about gave me a panic attack.
https://www.havehashad.com/fm8m7
https://www.havehashad.com/fm8m7