Kai Lehikoinen
@kaileh.bsky.social
University Researcher at Uniarts Helsinki, focused on the arts, social engagement, and cultural well-being.
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Every day here seems to deepen the severity and magnitude of our never-ending national facepalm...
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Living in The United States of Embarrassment
A few months ago, I confessed to a close friend that I’d been imagining myself in a way I never had before in over half a century of living here in America: I’d been imagining myself as an expat.
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January 4, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Every day here seems to deepen the severity and magnitude of our never-ending national facepalm...
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A federal judge blocked the Trump administration on Thursday from ending deportation protections for more than 60,000 migrants from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua, writing in a withering order that the administration’s language surrounding the program had strayed into racist conspiracy theories.
Judge Extends Protections for Migrants From Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua
In blocking the end of deportation protections for more than 60,000 migrants, the judge said the Trump administration’s language surrounding the program had strayed into racist conspiracy theories.
nyti.ms
August 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration on Thursday from ending deportation protections for more than 60,000 migrants from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua, writing in a withering order that the administration’s language surrounding the program had strayed into racist conspiracy theories.
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Just out! My new book Creativity, Society, and the Role of Socially Engaged Art in Higher Arts Education is now available in hardcover from @routledgebooks.bsky.social
Explore how arts education can shape more inclusive, responsive futures! #SociallyEngagedArt #Creativity #HigherEd #ArtsEducation
Explore how arts education can shape more inclusive, responsive futures! #SociallyEngagedArt #Creativity #HigherEd #ArtsEducation
August 1, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Just out! My new book Creativity, Society, and the Role of Socially Engaged Art in Higher Arts Education is now available in hardcover from @routledgebooks.bsky.social
Explore how arts education can shape more inclusive, responsive futures! #SociallyEngagedArt #Creativity #HigherEd #ArtsEducation
Explore how arts education can shape more inclusive, responsive futures! #SociallyEngagedArt #Creativity #HigherEd #ArtsEducation
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A Georgetown University researcher arrested in March by masked ICE agents outside his Virginia home can remain free while he fights his deportation, a federal appeals court has ruled.
Appeals court allows Georgetown researcher, previously detained by ICE, to remain free
The two judges in the majority found no grounds to disturb a lower-court judge’s ruling freeing Badar Khan Suri from detention in Texas.
www.politico.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A Georgetown University researcher arrested in March by masked ICE agents outside his Virginia home can remain free while he fights his deportation, a federal appeals court has ruled.
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This should be fun! #political #hackers
July 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
This should be fun! #political #hackers
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Remember back in school when we all had to say the pledge of allegiance every day?
There was that part at the end.. “Liberty and Justice for all.”
That was a good joke.
There was that part at the end.. “Liberty and Justice for all.”
That was a good joke.
July 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Remember back in school when we all had to say the pledge of allegiance every day?
There was that part at the end.. “Liberty and Justice for all.”
That was a good joke.
There was that part at the end.. “Liberty and Justice for all.”
That was a good joke.
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President Trump has issued no new restrictions on Russia this year, in effect allowing Moscow to acquire the money and materials it needs in its conflict with Ukraine.
Lack of New U.S. Sanctions Allows Russia to Replenish Its War Chest
President Trump has issued no new restrictions on Russia this year, in effect allowing Moscow to acquire the money and materials it needs in its conflict with Ukraine.
trib.al
July 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
President Trump has issued no new restrictions on Russia this year, in effect allowing Moscow to acquire the money and materials it needs in its conflict with Ukraine.
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At this point, Karoline Leavitt’s press briefings should come with a Surgeon General’s warning: “May cause dizziness, gaslighting, and a complete detachment from reality.”
July 2, 2025 at 5:08 AM
At this point, Karoline Leavitt’s press briefings should come with a Surgeon General’s warning: “May cause dizziness, gaslighting, and a complete detachment from reality.”
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AIDS Memorial Quilt on display October 11-13 1996 on the National Mall in Washington D.C. Let us never forget.
June 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
AIDS Memorial Quilt on display October 11-13 1996 on the National Mall in Washington D.C. Let us never forget.
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Los Angeles school worker shares frustration over parents having to leave their children’s graduation ceremony because ICE raided an elementary school’s graduation today
June 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Los Angeles school worker shares frustration over parents having to leave their children’s graduation ceremony because ICE raided an elementary school’s graduation today
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The Hungarian government is about to pass a law that will allow it to destroy the tiny online outlets that represent the last vestiges of independent Hungarian press
444.hu/2025/05/22/v...
444.hu/2025/05/22/v...
Viktor Orbán’s crackdown on free press does not only affect Hungary. It affects all of Europe
The so-called “Transparency Law”, currently pending approval, significantly undermines freedom of expression in Hungary — and its impacts are unlikely stop at the country’s borders.
444.hu
May 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The Hungarian government is about to pass a law that will allow it to destroy the tiny online outlets that represent the last vestiges of independent Hungarian press
444.hu/2025/05/22/v...
444.hu/2025/05/22/v...
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Breaking News: The Trump administration halted Harvard’s ability to enroll international students, a major escalation in its battle with the school.
Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students
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May 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Breaking News: The Trump administration halted Harvard’s ability to enroll international students, a major escalation in its battle with the school.
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Breaking news: The move follows weeks of pressure on Harvard and other elite institutions in the US, including cuts by the Trump administration to billions of dollars of federal funding. www.ft.com/content/300e...
May 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Breaking news: The move follows weeks of pressure on Harvard and other elite institutions in the US, including cuts by the Trump administration to billions of dollars of federal funding. www.ft.com/content/300e...
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Our First Semi-Finalists are good to go! ✅
Basel 2025 starts TONIGHT at 21:00 CEST 🎉
Basel 2025 starts TONIGHT at 21:00 CEST 🎉
May 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Our First Semi-Finalists are good to go! ✅
Basel 2025 starts TONIGHT at 21:00 CEST 🎉
Basel 2025 starts TONIGHT at 21:00 CEST 🎉
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what if Biden - who is actually Catholic - had done this? Or any politician anywhere on the planet, for that matter, while the church is still in mourning for the late Pope
May 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
what if Biden - who is actually Catholic - had done this? Or any politician anywhere on the planet, for that matter, while the church is still in mourning for the late Pope
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May 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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"In Kyiv, we don’t believe in the fantasy of Trump’s ‘peace deal’. Our reality is more dead civilians"
from Natalya Gumenyuk, @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
from Natalya Gumenyuk, @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In Kyiv, we don’t believe in the fantasy of Trump's ‘peace deal’. Our reality is more dead civilians | Nataliya Gumenyuk
At the scene of the deadliest attack on our capital this year, I see the war on Ukraine is still very real – and Putin shows no signs of ending it, says Ukrainian journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk
www.theguardian.com
April 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"In Kyiv, we don’t believe in the fantasy of Trump’s ‘peace deal’. Our reality is more dead civilians"
from Natalya Gumenyuk, @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
from Natalya Gumenyuk, @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I wonder how someone with so many advantages and so much privilege still manages to feel oppressed, still imagines they are marginalized, still feels perpetually under siege by the world around them—a world that has always favored them.
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An Open Letter to Hateful White Americans
Dear Hateful White Americans,
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April 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I wonder how someone with so many advantages and so much privilege still manages to feel oppressed, still imagines they are marginalized, still feels perpetually under siege by the world around them—a world that has always favored them.
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