Sirus Bouchat
@bouchat.bsky.social
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Former(!) Northwestern polisci faculty, current and forever researcher, teacher, and student of authoritarianism, research methods and knowledge creation
Find me at necessaryevil.co
Former(!) Northwestern polisci faculty, current and forever researcher, teacher, and student of authoritarianism, research methods and knowledge creation
Find me at necessaryevil.co
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Texas Governor Declares Muslim Civil Rights Group a ‘Terrorist Organization’
By J. David Goodman
Gov. Abbott said the state could take steps to shut down the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The group said the declaration had no basis in fact or law.
@jdavidgoodman.bsky.social Gift link!
By J. David Goodman
Gov. Abbott said the state could take steps to shut down the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The group said the declaration had no basis in fact or law.
@jdavidgoodman.bsky.social Gift link!
Texas Governor Declares Muslim Civil Rights Group a ‘Terrorist Organization’
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Texas Governor Declares Muslim Civil Rights Group a ‘Terrorist Organization’
By J. David Goodman
Gov. Abbott said the state could take steps to shut down the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The group said the declaration had no basis in fact or law.
@jdavidgoodman.bsky.social Gift link!
By J. David Goodman
Gov. Abbott said the state could take steps to shut down the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The group said the declaration had no basis in fact or law.
@jdavidgoodman.bsky.social Gift link!
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NEW: The Trump administration’s slickly produced videos of an immigration raid at a Chicago apartment building in September showed federal agents rappelling from a helicopter and banging down doors.
These are the stories of the people who were inside.
These are the stories of the people who were inside.
What the Trump Administration’s Videos From a Chicago Immigration Raid Don’t Show
Detained and deported Venezuelans tell their stories of what happened when immigration agents raided their apartment building.
www.propublica.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: The Trump administration’s slickly produced videos of an immigration raid at a Chicago apartment building in September showed federal agents rappelling from a helicopter and banging down doors.
These are the stories of the people who were inside.
These are the stories of the people who were inside.
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I get why it happens but goddamn do I wish anything could hit as hard on the timeline as something that sucks that everyone hates written by or about the worst person you know. I wish something good or interesting was able to get anywhere near the traction some shit that sucks does.
November 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I get why it happens but goddamn do I wish anything could hit as hard on the timeline as something that sucks that everyone hates written by or about the worst person you know. I wish something good or interesting was able to get anywhere near the traction some shit that sucks does.
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ADDITIONAL STORY TODAY: What the Trump administration’s videos from the midnight Chicago raid *didn’t* show:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
November 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
ADDITIONAL STORY TODAY: What the Trump administration’s videos from the midnight Chicago raid *didn’t* show:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Sources say the $$$ I had to pay to change my name was also a waste, btw truthout.org/articles/dep...
“Department of War” Name Change, Which Isn’t Even Official, Will Cost $2 Billion
The move prioritizes “political theater over responsible governance,” a group of Democrats said in a statement.
truthout.org
November 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Sources say the $$$ I had to pay to change my name was also a waste, btw truthout.org/articles/dep...
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Trump’s move to label “Antifa” a domestic terrorist group—despite no legal framework for such a designation—has sparked imitation abroad. Far-right leaders in Hungary, Poland, and the Netherlands are adopting similar rhetoric to criminalize opposition.
Read more:
Read more:
How the International Far Right is Getting on Board With Trump’s Antifa Terrorist Designation
Trump’s baseless “Antifa” terrorist designation has sparked a global echo, with Hungary, Poland, and the Netherlands moving to replicate it. The coordinated effort reframes dissent as terrorism—part o...
globalextremism.org
November 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Trump’s move to label “Antifa” a domestic terrorist group—despite no legal framework for such a designation—has sparked imitation abroad. Far-right leaders in Hungary, Poland, and the Netherlands are adopting similar rhetoric to criminalize opposition.
Read more:
Read more:
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A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50.
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
Alice Wong, disability rights advocate and wordsmith, dies at 51
Alice Wong, a transformational leader for disability rights and justice, who founded the Disability Visibility project to magnify disabled culture, died Nov. 14.
wapo.st
November 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50.
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
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Agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter in a massive show of force. Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building.
But after the cameras were gone, federal prosecutors did not charge anyone.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social
But after the cameras were gone, federal prosecutors did not charge anyone.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter in a massive show of force. Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building.
But after the cameras were gone, federal prosecutors did not charge anyone.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social
But after the cameras were gone, federal prosecutors did not charge anyone.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social
I've been watching so many of my neighbors answer the call to protect our communities from ICE, and even though they're now supposedly winding down, I can't stop thinking about the pathway to action...
November 16, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I've been watching so many of my neighbors answer the call to protect our communities from ICE, and even though they're now supposedly winding down, I can't stop thinking about the pathway to action...
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Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
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When I’ve talked to people who do really advanced math, they’ve basically crossed back into the humanities through high-level abstraction and do not sound like these freaks at all because it’s not simply the aesthetic of competence for them.
November 12, 2025 at 3:08 AM
When I’ve talked to people who do really advanced math, they’ve basically crossed back into the humanities through high-level abstraction and do not sound like these freaks at all because it’s not simply the aesthetic of competence for them.
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A statement from Wired's Conde Union Members
November 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A statement from Wired's Conde Union Members
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NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
October 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
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Mutual aid groups, food banks, etc are about to be under even more pressure in the US.
Post your local one's donation link here, and if you're seeing this, and you can spare a few bucks, pick one two to give to.
Post your local one's donation link here, and if you're seeing this, and you can spare a few bucks, pick one two to give to.
October 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Mutual aid groups, food banks, etc are about to be under even more pressure in the US.
Post your local one's donation link here, and if you're seeing this, and you can spare a few bucks, pick one two to give to.
Post your local one's donation link here, and if you're seeing this, and you can spare a few bucks, pick one two to give to.
I've declared tab bankruptcy an unprecedented 6 times already this month (this from a person who consistently has 4 browsers open, >140 tabs in each, tab snooze and Workona working at all times). And I can't be the only one.
October 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I've declared tab bankruptcy an unprecedented 6 times already this month (this from a person who consistently has 4 browsers open, >140 tabs in each, tab snooze and Workona working at all times). And I can't be the only one.
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Microsoft isn't demanding these post be taken down cause Microsoft is fine with them. Microsoft donated to the White House demolition fund. @mjgault.bsky.social reached out multiple times to Microsoft for comment in his 404 piece about it and they declined to comment. That is tacit consent.
October 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Microsoft isn't demanding these post be taken down cause Microsoft is fine with them. Microsoft donated to the White House demolition fund. @mjgault.bsky.social reached out multiple times to Microsoft for comment in his 404 piece about it and they declined to comment. That is tacit consent.
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On Wed, Dec 10 I am offering a comprehensive introduction to Bayesian regression modeling, with exercises in both RStan and PyStan, at a steep discount in an effort to raise funds for World Central Kitchen and United Farm Workers. For registration details see betanalpha.github.io/courses/.
Courses
betanalpha.github.io
October 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
On Wed, Dec 10 I am offering a comprehensive introduction to Bayesian regression modeling, with exercises in both RStan and PyStan, at a steep discount in an effort to raise funds for World Central Kitchen and United Farm Workers. For registration details see betanalpha.github.io/courses/.
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Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench for a hearing about to use tear gas during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social:
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social:
Judge Set to Question Federal Officials About Use of Tear Gas During Immigration Raids
U.S. District Judge Sarah Ellis said Thursday she was “not happy” that immigration agents appear to have violated her order not to use tear gas and other weapons against journalists, protesters and an...
news.wttw.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench for a hearing about to use tear gas during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social:
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social:
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the idea of antifa paying protesters is so funny. if i wanted to get paid to destroy the government i’d run for congress
October 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
the idea of antifa paying protesters is so funny. if i wanted to get paid to destroy the government i’d run for congress
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At the Chicago area ICE detention center in Broadview this morning.
These aren't detention vans—they're vehicles full of Illinois State Police. Local cops are staging for a morning of protest.
Supposedly, demonstrators will be banned from 25th St today. Fence on Beach came down a few days ago.
These aren't detention vans—they're vehicles full of Illinois State Police. Local cops are staging for a morning of protest.
Supposedly, demonstrators will be banned from 25th St today. Fence on Beach came down a few days ago.
October 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
At the Chicago area ICE detention center in Broadview this morning.
These aren't detention vans—they're vehicles full of Illinois State Police. Local cops are staging for a morning of protest.
Supposedly, demonstrators will be banned from 25th St today. Fence on Beach came down a few days ago.
These aren't detention vans—they're vehicles full of Illinois State Police. Local cops are staging for a morning of protest.
Supposedly, demonstrators will be banned from 25th St today. Fence on Beach came down a few days ago.
Elected officials saying ICE/Nat'l Guard deployments are meant to normalize their presence in our day-to-day lives as a negative, but ignoring how we've already normalized giving over our data/info while largely receiving convenience rather than consequences. Some are in for a rude awakening
October 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Elected officials saying ICE/Nat'l Guard deployments are meant to normalize their presence in our day-to-day lives as a negative, but ignoring how we've already normalized giving over our data/info while largely receiving convenience rather than consequences. Some are in for a rude awakening
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People organizing in #Chicago to protect children from violent ICE attacks.
"Armed with whistles and know-your-rights pamphlets, community volunteers call themselves “guardian angels.” Together, they secure...elementary, middle and high schools across the city." www.yahoo.com/news/article...
"Armed with whistles and know-your-rights pamphlets, community volunteers call themselves “guardian angels.” Together, they secure...elementary, middle and high schools across the city." www.yahoo.com/news/article...
‘Angels’ step in after federal agents use tear gas near Chicago school
Mayor Brandon Johnson said the incident in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood sent students scrambling.
www.yahoo.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM
People organizing in #Chicago to protect children from violent ICE attacks.
"Armed with whistles and know-your-rights pamphlets, community volunteers call themselves “guardian angels.” Together, they secure...elementary, middle and high schools across the city." www.yahoo.com/news/article...
"Armed with whistles and know-your-rights pamphlets, community volunteers call themselves “guardian angels.” Together, they secure...elementary, middle and high schools across the city." www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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this exists it is called thinking
September 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
this exists it is called thinking
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Hi
ICE killed a single dad at a traffic stop here on Friday
Today they are disappearing people again in broad daylight, they are everywhere
If you have any national platform at all
Chicago is fucking begging you, please help us
ICE killed a single dad at a traffic stop here on Friday
Today they are disappearing people again in broad daylight, they are everywhere
If you have any national platform at all
Chicago is fucking begging you, please help us
September 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Hi
ICE killed a single dad at a traffic stop here on Friday
Today they are disappearing people again in broad daylight, they are everywhere
If you have any national platform at all
Chicago is fucking begging you, please help us
ICE killed a single dad at a traffic stop here on Friday
Today they are disappearing people again in broad daylight, they are everywhere
If you have any national platform at all
Chicago is fucking begging you, please help us