Sirus Bouchat
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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
Anyway I mused about that here, with some social science seasoning, if you're interested necessary-evil.ghost.io/standing-in-...
Standing in the way of control
Or, the trap of visibility and the conundrum of putting your body on the line
Listen to the essay0:00/801.0968131×
In my neighborhood and adjacent neighborhoods in Chicago, there is a clear coordina...
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November 16, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Anyway I mused about that here, with some social science seasoning, if you're interested necessary-evil.ghost.io/standing-in-...
what gets some people to take the first step toward being visible and obvious in standing by to watch ICE, versus what gets some people to physically put their body on the line to stop an abduction? and how do you know what you'd do in the moment?
November 16, 2025 at 2:57 AM
what gets some people to take the first step toward being visible and obvious in standing by to watch ICE, versus what gets some people to physically put their body on the line to stop an abduction? and how do you know what you'd do in the moment?
Reposted by Sirus Bouchat
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.
Some people are going to claim this has something to do with neurotype, and that's fine, but I can't help but think that for me some of this is about needing to maintain documentation open at all times that everything is really happening. That this really is the reality we're living in.
October 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Some people are going to claim this has something to do with neurotype, and that's fine, but I can't help but think that for me some of this is about needing to maintain documentation open at all times that everything is really happening. That this really is the reality we're living in.