Silas Lapham

This week on “This Ain’t It,” @yallaintrightco.bsky.social & I talk about politicos & taking the Lord’s name in vain.

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I concur @carisadel.bsky.social do it! if they were closer this time, I’d go.

They’re still so good! Saw a year or two ago.

No One Escapes War Unscathed: Kantu Observing War in Don McGregor and Billy Graham’s “Panther’s… While T’Challa serves as the narrative center of Don McGregor, Billy Graham, and Rich Buckler’s “Panther’s Rage” story arc in Jungle Action…

Don McGregor’s Jungle Action dives into the costs of war, and Kantu’s presence adds to the weight of the series.

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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 in Rohwer, Arkansas. They took a train to Arkansas, and during the trip, whenever they entered a town, the soldiers guarding them on board the train would tell them to shut shades so that no one outside the train, walking through the town or on the platforms at the stations, would see the individuals in the cars, under armed guard.

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 in Rohwer, Arkansas. They took a train to Arkansas, and during the…

We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.

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#resist #mothersday #fathersday #easterbaskets #birthdays

For the afternoon crowd @julianchambliss.bsky.social @walterdgreason.bsky.social @rawreader.bsky.social @annapeppard.bsky.social

When we were in Norway for a year in my Fulbright, kept saying all of this. Every word of this is true.

Wrote this back in 2020.

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Reading Daniel Stein’s “Strange Fruit and Bitter Roots” From the moment I heard about Daniel Stein’s recent book, Strange Fruit and Bitter Roots: Black History in Contemporary Graphic Narrative…

WhenI heard about Daniel Stein’s recent book, Strange Fruit and Bitter Roots: Black History in Contemporary Graphic Narrative, I knew I wanted to read it, specifically b/c Stein examines numerous texts that I have used or plan to use in my courses.

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While our rep hobnobbed with wealthy donors, while ignoring any conversation with constituents who disagree with him, he still stands behind DHS purchasing a warehouse in his district. I wrote this letter to him, opposing the purchase, but don’t expect a reply. So, I made it open.

Add another 🇺🇸 citizen to ICE’s kill list.

Ruben Ray Martinez (23)

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On the latest episode of “This Ain’t It,” @yallaintrightco.bsky.social and I talk about patriarchy in the Bible and the Epstein files.

The cover-up just never ends. Rest in peace, Ruben Ray Martinez.

a king cake baby mascot standing in a room Alt: a king cake baby mascot standing in a room

You got to be down here for Mardi Gras and I still gotta make my own King Cakes because can’t make it back to my home state for the fun? Just gotta say, jealous and I hope the Pelican’s King Cakes Baby haunts your dream. 😂

More of this, please. The folks in this grassroots group are heroes.

Haven Watch lives by the promise, “No One Walks Alone.” Day or night, they show up. When people are released from ICE detention, volunteers meet them in the cold, disoriented, and exhausted.

Beautiful and devastating all at once.

Lug: “THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA TELL ME THE MONKEY MEAT COMPANY TOOK THE KID.” Karl: “What? NO! SEPARATING CHILDREN FROM THEIR PARENTS? NOT EVEN THE MONKEY MEAT COMPANY IS THAT MONSTROUS!”

Reading @juniba.bsky.social Monkey Meat: The First Batch and this panel b/w Lug and Karl in issue 3 is hitting hard right now.

I was asked a question that has plagued Muslims for decades…Ramadan Mubarak y’all

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 nervous about what the students will produce, because fear and apprehension keep them from really leaning into the project, I end up standing in awe at what the students end up producing for their unessay project.

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 nervous about what the students will produce, because fear and apprehension keep them from really leaning into…

Was thinking about this all day. Ramadan Mubarak.

Open Letter to My Representative on Proposed ICE Processing Facility Over the past few months, we have seen an increase in DHS seeking to buy warehouses to store individuals, creating concentration camps…

Earlier this week, I wrote a letter to my representative about the proposed facility in our district. Here is that letter. @warnock.senate.gov @ossoff.senate.gov @maddow.bsky.social @ruwaromman.bsky.social

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YouTube video by Sublime Sublime - Saw Red with Gwen Stefani (Live at the KROQ Weenie Roast 6-17-1995)

I just keep asking myself how we got from singing with smoked two joints Sublime to this.

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Open Letter to My Representative on Proposed ICE Processing Facility Over the past few months, we have seen an increase in DHS seeking to buy warehouses to store individuals, creating concentration camps…

Earlier this week, I wrote a letter to my representative about the proposed facility in our district. Here is that letter. @warnock.senate.gov @ossoff.senate.gov @maddow.bsky.social @ruwaromman.bsky.social

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In top left is a light blue postcard with black text “Make America Think Again.” In the bottom right is the postcard flipped over addressed to the Federal Trade Commission with this text in red marker pen: Dear FCC Chair - Right-wing radio gets a pass on equal times rules, but you’re investigating a Democrat for going on The View? Your double standard is showing. Might want to tuck that back in! Maybe try enforcing rules fairly! I know that’s hard for this administration. Bless your heart!

Close up of the left side of a postcard that is addressed to the Federal Trade Commission with this text in red marker pen: Dear FCC Chair - Right-wing radio gets a pass on equal times rules, but you’re investigating a Democrat for going on The View? Your double standard is showing. Might want to tuck that back in! Maybe try enforcing rules fairly! I know that’s hard for this administration. Bless your heart!

This week’s postcard goes to the FCC about their very selective enforcement of “equal time” rules. Right-wing radio shows get a pass, but James Talarico goes on The View and suddenly it’s investigation time?

“What is an American?”: Early American Literature Course Syllabus It has been a few years since I have taught an American literature course from colonialism to 1865. This semester, I am doing just that, and I am again thinking about the ways that I structure this course. I have always organized this course, and others, around conversations, taking Kenneth Burke’s “parlor metaphor” to heart that conversations continue onwards, ceaselessly, even when participants leave.

“What is an American?”: Early American Literature Course Syllabus

It has been a few years since I have taught an American literature course from colonialism to 1865. This semester, I am doing just that, and I am again thinking about the ways that I structure this course. I have always organized…

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Bless their hearts! The Republican women are really leaning heavily into “tread on me” in the comments on this Facebook post. Repeating to myself: “I will not engage. I will not engage.”

Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.

A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
 
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
 
Not one dime for this cruelty.

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My First Night Serving at a Warming Center Highlighted an Inspiring Vision of Society I live in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, so we get some cold weather every now and then. A few years ago, we had a few…

Thanks to a lot of people, we started a warming center locally when temperatures plummet. It’s something that has been needed, and we opened for the first time last week. Here are some of my reflections on that first night.

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