Silas Lapham
@silaslapham.bsky.social
Fulbrighter, American, African American, Southern literature. medium.com/@interminablerambling
[Opinions are my own]
[Opinions are my own]
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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
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My fellow Americans, listen.
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 1:19 PM
My fellow Americans, listen.
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I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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February 4, 2026 at 3:44 AM
I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
Been a few years since I had a whirlwind three days in Paris, & it’s been almost three years since I’ve been to France. However, all of that changes this fall because I received a six month fellowship that will have me in Paris working on the Jim Crow US, the Holocaust, and colonialism.
February 3, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Been a few years since I had a whirlwind three days in Paris, & it’s been almost three years since I’ve been to France. However, all of that changes this fall because I received a six month fellowship that will have me in Paris working on the Jim Crow US, the Holocaust, and colonialism.
“We are all the villains”: The Cost of War in Rick Remender and Daniel Acuña’s “Escape” #4
A few months ago, I picked up Rick Remender and Daniel Acuña’s Escape #1, an issue that immediately gabbed my attention and left me wanting more. It’s a series that grapples with the hard questions,…
A few months ago, I picked up Rick Remender and Daniel Acuña’s Escape #1, an issue that immediately gabbed my attention and left me wanting more. It’s a series that grapples with the hard questions,…
“We are all the villains”: The Cost of War in Rick Remender and Daniel Acuña’s “Escape” #4
A few months ago, I picked up Rick Remender and Daniel Acuña’s Escape #1, an issue that immediately gabbed my attention and left me wanting more. It’s a series that grapples with the hard questions, specifically questions of patriotism and war. It deals with these themes in a manner that appears, on the surface, far removed from our own lives because the characters are animals, not people, fighting a world war reminiscent of World War II and other such conflicts.
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February 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM
“We are all the villains”: The Cost of War in Rick Remender and Daniel Acuña’s “Escape” #4
A few months ago, I picked up Rick Remender and Daniel Acuña’s Escape #1, an issue that immediately gabbed my attention and left me wanting more. It’s a series that grapples with the hard questions,…
A few months ago, I picked up Rick Remender and Daniel Acuña’s Escape #1, an issue that immediately gabbed my attention and left me wanting more. It’s a series that grapples with the hard questions,…
It's a Converge type of morning.
Love is not enough
To fend off the scavengers
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Love is not enough
To fend off the scavengers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxel...
Converge - "Love Is Not Enough"
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February 3, 2026 at 1:21 PM
It's a Converge type of morning.
Love is not enough
To fend off the scavengers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxel...
Love is not enough
To fend off the scavengers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxel...
My reading for 2026 has started off strong. Read 15 books in January.
February 2, 2026 at 4:33 PM
My reading for 2026 has started off strong. Read 15 books in January.
Rereading Jungle Action for class, and the ways that Rich Buckler and Billy Graham use layouts and panels is so engaging and beautiful. @cbccpodcast.bsky.social @annapeppard.bsky.social
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Rich Buckler’s Panels and Layouts in “Jungle Action featuring: The Black Panther”
This semester, in my literature and composition course, I am using Black Panther comics as the main texts for students to work with…
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February 1, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Rereading Jungle Action for class, and the ways that Rich Buckler and Billy Graham use layouts and panels is so engaging and beautiful. @cbccpodcast.bsky.social @annapeppard.bsky.social
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Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.
January 31, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.
Bergen really enjoys the snow, but at the end, he’s like, “I’m done!”
January 31, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Bergen really enjoys the snow, but at the end, he’s like, “I’m done!”
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This is as heartbreaking as it is infuriating. The federal government detaining kids is traumatizing, and educators like the ones in this story are going above and beyond to protect and care for their students.
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‘I don’t have words’: 2 more kids from Liam Conejo Ramos’ Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custody
The children were taken into ICE custody after their mother was detained at a court appointment. School leaders say the mother asked them to bring the kids to the detention center because there were n...
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January 31, 2026 at 2:14 AM
This is as heartbreaking as it is infuriating. The federal government detaining kids is traumatizing, and educators like the ones in this story are going above and beyond to protect and care for their students.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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"America Is Shocked." Wilbert L. Holloway makes connections between racial violence in the US and Europe, Pittsburgh Courier, 11/26/1938.
January 30, 2026 at 2:43 PM
"America Is Shocked." Wilbert L. Holloway makes connections between racial violence in the US and Europe, Pittsburgh Courier, 11/26/1938.
In the latest episode of “This Ain’t It,” @yallaintrightllc.bsky.social and I discuss Minnesota, the Civil Rights Movement, and the role of protests in bringing about change.
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Does Protesting Really Change Anything?
Podcast Episode · This Ain't It · 01/30/2026 · 1h 3m
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January 30, 2026 at 4:16 PM
In the latest episode of “This Ain’t It,” @yallaintrightllc.bsky.social and I discuss Minnesota, the Civil Rights Movement, and the role of protests in bringing about change.
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In a world of despair, this is great news from @sianround.bsky.social about her article on a woman we need to hear during this moment!
Congrats Siân!
@kerileighmerritt.bsky.social
Congrats Siân!
@kerileighmerritt.bsky.social
My article "Lillian Smith's Strange Fruit and Periodical Readerships," published in the Journal of American Studies is the winner of the Research Society for American Periodicals 2024/5 Article Prize! The article is available to read open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
January 30, 2026 at 12:12 PM
In a world of despair, this is great news from @sianround.bsky.social about her article on a woman we need to hear during this moment!
Congrats Siân!
@kerileighmerritt.bsky.social
Congrats Siân!
@kerileighmerritt.bsky.social
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Truly insane
January 29, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Truly insane
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Good. America is an unsafe place to be right now--and I hate that! But it is true. And foreign guests who don't absolutely have to come here should make better choices.
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🚨BREAKING: 🇺🇸More than 38,000 hotel bookings for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the U.S. have been canceled.
More than 38,000 hotel bookings linked to the FIFA World Cup 2026 in the United States have reportedly been canceled months ahead of the tournament.
🚨BREAKING: 🇺🇸More than 38,000 hotel bookings for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the U.S. have been canceled.
More than 38,000 hotel bookings linked to the FIFA World Cup 2026 in the United States have reportedly been canceled months ahead of the tournament.
January 29, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Good. America is an unsafe place to be right now--and I hate that! But it is true. And foreign guests who don't absolutely have to come here should make better choices.
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Last weekend, I read Julie Otsuka's "When the Emperor Was Divine." The scene on the train, when the soldiers told individuals to lower the shades so no one could see inside the train and vice versa hit hard right now. @georgetakei.bsky.social
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We Cannot Keep the Shades Pulled Down and Claim Ignorance at Atrocities Surrounding Us
As a result of Executive Order 9066, the United States government abducted George Takei and his family, taking them to a concentration camp…
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January 28, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Last weekend, I read Julie Otsuka's "When the Emperor Was Divine." The scene on the train, when the soldiers told individuals to lower the shades so no one could see inside the train and vice versa hit hard right now. @georgetakei.bsky.social
medium.com/@interminabl...
medium.com/@interminabl...
Last weekend, I read Julie Otsuka's "When the Emperor Was Divine." The scene on the train, when the soldiers told individuals to lower the shades so no one could see inside the train and vice versa hit hard right now. @georgetakei.bsky.social
medium.com/@interminabl...
medium.com/@interminabl...
We Cannot Keep the Shades Pulled Down and Claim Ignorance at Atrocities Surrounding Us
As a result of Executive Order 9066, the United States government abducted George Takei and his family, taking them to a concentration camp…
medium.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Last weekend, I read Julie Otsuka's "When the Emperor Was Divine." The scene on the train, when the soldiers told individuals to lower the shades so no one could see inside the train and vice versa hit hard right now. @georgetakei.bsky.social
medium.com/@interminabl...
medium.com/@interminabl...
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
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January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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This March 1965 Herblock cartoon about police violence against civil rights activists has added relevance today.
January 26, 2026 at 1:08 PM
This March 1965 Herblock cartoon about police violence against civil rights activists has added relevance today.
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This can’t be repeated enough. Not only won’t they investigate, they may never even tell us who did this.
Think about the message that sends to the next ones. Nobody is safe.
Think about the message that sends to the next ones. Nobody is safe.
January 26, 2026 at 5:22 AM
This can’t be repeated enough. Not only won’t they investigate, they may never even tell us who did this.
Think about the message that sends to the next ones. Nobody is safe.
Think about the message that sends to the next ones. Nobody is safe.
Thinking about this documentary from a couple of years ago about the Einsatzgruppen, the men who mass murdered Jews and others in the east before the Wannsee conference mecahnized everything. Guess what, they had a choice. They didn’t have to obey the orders and kill.
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ORDINARY MEN - The "Forgotten Holocaust" | Official Trailer | BROADVIEW PICTURES
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January 25, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Thinking about this documentary from a couple of years ago about the Einsatzgruppen, the men who mass murdered Jews and others in the east before the Wannsee conference mecahnized everything. Guess what, they had a choice. They didn’t have to obey the orders and kill.
youtu.be/uvli6ogZiqU?...
youtu.be/uvli6ogZiqU?...
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There are 2 books which I would strongly suggest for people to read or re-read: The Hobbit. The Lord Of The Rings. This is from The Lord Of The Rings chapter is The Shadow of the Past.
January 25, 2026 at 3:01 AM
There are 2 books which I would strongly suggest for people to read or re-read: The Hobbit. The Lord Of The Rings. This is from The Lord Of The Rings chapter is The Shadow of the Past.
I always enjoying assigning uneasy projects, and ast semester was another amazing example of the power of this type of project. Last semester included a quilt based on @blacktopkid.bsky.social All the Sinners Bleed.
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The Joys Of Assigning Unessay Projects in Class
At least once a year, I assign an unessay project and essay in my classes. I’ve written about this numerous times, and while I am always…
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January 25, 2026 at 2:25 PM
I always enjoying assigning uneasy projects, and ast semester was another amazing example of the power of this type of project. Last semester included a quilt based on @blacktopkid.bsky.social All the Sinners Bleed.
interminablerambling.medium.com/the-joys-of-...
interminablerambling.medium.com/the-joys-of-...
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.