Owen Barcala
@obarcala.bsky.social
I would prefer not to.
NM civil litigator. Trials, appeals, plaintiff, defense, you name it. Opinions are my own, not my firm's #USMC
NM civil litigator. Trials, appeals, plaintiff, defense, you name it. Opinions are my own, not my firm's #USMC
Some call it extortion, while others call it extortion but with different words
How did the @nytimes.com editors let this sentence appear?
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Some call it extortion, while others call it extortion but with different words
Before and after pics
November 28, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Before and after pics
They really made the latest season of The Witcher into Harry Potter nonsense, huh?
November 28, 2025 at 4:49 AM
They really made the latest season of The Witcher into Harry Potter nonsense, huh?
I think it's true that what Lizza and Nuzzi did doesn't reflect on all journalists, but it does reflect on the modern journalism industry
If there's one thing the journalism industry loves more than celebrities, it's celebrity journalists
If there's one thing the journalism industry loves more than celebrities, it's celebrity journalists
yeah it’s bad that Lizza has been sitting on this for so long but also how cursory and inept was that Vox investigation that not only managed to miss the biggest scandal in the history of American political journalism but affirmatively exonerated her bsky.app/profile/bkel...
So the editor of New York Magazine said there was no bias or ethical problems with Olivia's articles?
Does he still think that?
They should retract all of her stories
Does he still think that?
They should retract all of her stories
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I think it's true that what Lizza and Nuzzi did doesn't reflect on all journalists, but it does reflect on the modern journalism industry
If there's one thing the journalism industry loves more than celebrities, it's celebrity journalists
If there's one thing the journalism industry loves more than celebrities, it's celebrity journalists
In this case it literally let him get away with part of the attempt 🤷♂️
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
In this case it literally let him get away with part of the attempt 🤷♂️
I could say I haven't seen anything for, like, a twentieth of the effort
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
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November 27, 2025 at 7:42 AM
I could say I haven't seen anything for, like, a twentieth of the effort
Reposted by Owen Barcala
On AI’s ‘mediocrity trap’ — experiments indicates that while AI helps the less skilled make something passable, the highly skilled don’t use it to produce something better than they could have; they produce something ok, but lose motivation to make it great. www.jin-li.org/uploads/1/1/...
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
On AI’s ‘mediocrity trap’ — experiments indicates that while AI helps the less skilled make something passable, the highly skilled don’t use it to produce something better than they could have; they produce something ok, but lose motivation to make it great. www.jin-li.org/uploads/1/1/...
I got a bird buddy for my birthday but mostly all I've been able to see is this jealous b guarding the birdseed like Smaug
November 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I got a bird buddy for my birthday but mostly all I've been able to see is this jealous b guarding the birdseed like Smaug
I got a bird buddy for my birthday but mostly all I've been able to see is this jealous b guarding the birdseed like Smaug
November 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I got a bird buddy for my birthday but mostly all I've been able to see is this jealous b guarding the birdseed like Smaug
Incompetence exists on both sides
BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨
A Georgia prosecutor on Wednesday officially dropped the historic racketeering case against President Donald Trump and others for attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/26/p...
A Georgia prosecutor on Wednesday officially dropped the historic racketeering case against President Donald Trump and others for attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/26/p...
Georgia prosecutor kills the historic racketeering case against Trump and allies | CNN Politics
A Georgia prosecutor on Wednesday officially dropped the historic racketeering case against President Donald Trump and others for attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election, closing the cha...
www.cnn.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Incompetence exists on both sides
Maybe try Tublican
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Maybe try Tublican
Reposted by Owen Barcala
Eleventh Circuit affirms $1 million sanctions award against Trump attorneys, led by Alina Habba, for frivolous "racketeering" lawsuit against Hillary Clinton (among many others): storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Eleventh Circuit affirms $1 million sanctions award against Trump attorneys, led by Alina Habba, for frivolous "racketeering" lawsuit against Hillary Clinton (among many others): storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Interesting, because my Terms of Use say you can't use me for anything that will have bad results ever, and also if you do you owe *me* money
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Interesting, because my Terms of Use say you can't use me for anything that will have bad results ever, and also if you do you owe *me* money
Reposted by Owen Barcala
The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
No one cries louder than a conservative judge who thought they had a permanent majority when the shoe is suddenly on the other foot
The whole dissent is a long complaint that four of the more liberal judges agree with each other on many issues—oh my stars and garters
The whole dissent is a long complaint that four of the more liberal judges agree with each other on many issues—oh my stars and garters
If you like juicy, backstabbing drama between warring ideological factions on an appellate court, you need to read this spate of opinions www.wicourts.gov/sc/rulhear/D...
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
No one cries louder than a conservative judge who thought they had a permanent majority when the shoe is suddenly on the other foot
The whole dissent is a long complaint that four of the more liberal judges agree with each other on many issues—oh my stars and garters
The whole dissent is a long complaint that four of the more liberal judges agree with each other on many issues—oh my stars and garters
The economy is so bad that Trumpist judges are turning to AI to draft their unhinged screeds
Question about the dissent by (the far-right) Justice Ziegler: Does this quote actually appear in Moore v. Harper? Did Moore say that state courts' role in congressional redistricting is "exceedingly limited"? I don't think it did! vhdshf2oms2wcnsvk7sdv3so.blob.core.windows.net/thearp-media...
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The economy is so bad that Trumpist judges are turning to AI to draft their unhinged screeds
Hate, hate, hate it when apps pop-up with new AI features that only have options like "Get started!" and "Remind me later."
Don't remind me later. Never speak of this again.
Don't remind me later. Never speak of this again.
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Hate, hate, hate it when apps pop-up with new AI features that only have options like "Get started!" and "Remind me later."
Don't remind me later. Never speak of this again.
Don't remind me later. Never speak of this again.
Normally deciding whether to voluntarily talk to the FBI might be a close call
When the president has literally called for you to be put to death, you'd have to be dumber than a box of hair to agree
When the president has literally called for you to be put to death, you'd have to be dumber than a box of hair to agree
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL CONFIRMS FBI HAS REQUESTED INTERVIEWS WITH SIX U.S. LAWMAKERS WHO WARNED ABOUT ILLEGAL MILITARY ORDERS
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Normally deciding whether to voluntarily talk to the FBI might be a close call
When the president has literally called for you to be put to death, you'd have to be dumber than a box of hair to agree
When the president has literally called for you to be put to death, you'd have to be dumber than a box of hair to agree
In an ideal deposition, the witness is so well prepared and in control that the defense lawyer doesn't have to say anything.
This is what happens when the witness is not prepared and is not controlling himself so the defense lawyer has to throw himself across the table.
This is what happens when the witness is not prepared and is not controlling himself so the defense lawyer has to throw himself across the table.
And, here is Bovino's third day of depositions, November 4: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The lawyers:
Locke Bowman for the plaintiffs.
Sarmad Khojasteh for the government.
The lawyers:
Locke Bowman for the plaintiffs.
Sarmad Khojasteh for the government.
November 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
In an ideal deposition, the witness is so well prepared and in control that the defense lawyer doesn't have to say anything.
This is what happens when the witness is not prepared and is not controlling himself so the defense lawyer has to throw himself across the table.
This is what happens when the witness is not prepared and is not controlling himself so the defense lawyer has to throw himself across the table.
Straight fashion designers are now on notice--gay people might be interested in fashion too!
November 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Straight fashion designers are now on notice--gay people might be interested in fashion too!
Chotiner says Ben is just pretending to be dumb, and yet Ben is actually goading Chotiner into reporting on problems with his paper
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Chotiner says Ben is just pretending to be dumb, and yet Ben is actually goading Chotiner into reporting on problems with his paper
Reposted by Owen Barcala
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
Good on Hegseth for really leaning into the stereotype of That Officer Everyone Hates
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Good on Hegseth for really leaning into the stereotype of That Officer Everyone Hates
Reposted by Owen Barcala
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
Reposted by Owen Barcala
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM