Welcome to Jackson Lohman's personal website. My projects, thoughts, failures and artwork are occasionally posted here.
At the time of writing, I'm taking a course titled Putin's Russia. Part of the course is writing a book report and that is where I came across a great piece of investigative journalism. The Red Web shares a brief history of the Russian internet and take a deep dive into how it has been used by the Kremlin (Russian government) and Russian activists. The authors, Andrei and Irina, explore the events that defined Russian censorship, media freedom and internet activism.
I love reading memoirs because they paint a real world through the lense of someone living within it. This Jack Black is a Cat Burglar in the Western US and Canada around the 1900s. It describes his criminal misadventures as well as the people he interacted with along the way. He also describes the widespread death and opium use during this time period. This book was written to convince readers to avoid a life of crime and addiction.