Mark Noel

@marknoel.bsky.social

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Law + LE + tech + AI + cognitive psych, physics, politics, social justice, Siberian huskies, and other randomness. Recovering litigator. Amateur musician. Read any good books lately? 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Colorado-based. (he/him)

Two panel cartoon (unknown artist). First panel: human hand holding out a spotted red mushroom to a doughboy-like abstract figure labeled (“AI”). Human asks “Is this mushroom edible?” AI answers “Yes!” Second panel: Same AI figure standing in front of a gravestone that reads “RIP.” AI figure says “You’re right — that mushroom was poisonous. I’m sorry for the confusion! Would you like to learn more about poisonous mushrooms?”
A scene from the black and white film “Inherit the Wind” where Spencer Tracy is in court questioning a witness.
A thermal infrared picture of a sitting Siberian Husky with glowing white eyes and ears but a very dark, cold nose.
Unbelievably young looking version of me from 1992 in uniform as a deputy sheriff in Cobb County, Georgia.
Drawing of half-orc barbarian wearing a fur cape, fire-and-ice bone necklace, and a black and red silk scarf — all of which were trophies taken from notable slain enemies.
Screen shot of second page of Plaintiffs’ filing. Highlighted is the text: “Its request for an extension — filed this morning in defiance of the Court’s rules requiring consultation with Plaintiffs’ counsel— is another stunning display of arrogance and cruelty. It did not take that time to ponder whether to remove Garcia — which it effectuated within 72 hours of his unlawful seizure— and it does not need that time to comply with this Court’s and the Supreme Court’s rulings.”
Me, lying across a bed but barely visible because I am covered and surrounded by five Siberian huskies who look very pleased with themselves.
Highlighted quote from the opinion: “As defendants’ many citations to Article II of the United States Constitution imply, there is an Article 1.”
Black and white Siberian Husky puppy with absurdly oversized ears gazing skeptically at the camera
Siberian husky sprawled upside down in a corner, with the side of his head resting on a squeaky ball.
View downward from camera held at head height, showing four Siberian huskies crowding around me. The one in the middle is jumping up to make sure he has my attention.
Golden retriever sitting on a deck with an arsenal of sticks all laid out the way some chuds do with firearms.
Me, on top of the bed but barely visible because I’m covered with Siberian Huskies, who appear very pleased with themselves.
Young Siberian husky on a sofa playing with a clumsy but enthusiastic nine-month old mixed breed puppy.
Siberian husky puppy sleeping with his head wedged between my leg and a chair leg
Four Siberian Huskies resting in the shade of a tree
Steller’s Jay - black head with a crest, white eyebrows, and blue lower body.
Siberian Husky standing in running water near the edge of a river.
Five Siberian huskies plus a smaller, brown “honorary husky” sitting in a row, all wearing rainbow bandanas.
Husky puppy giving a skeptical look