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Jordan Couch

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Jordan Couch @jordanlcouch.bsky.social · Apr 30

This is probably one the best and certainly most important things I’ve written in a while. Very excited to have this out there and for the positive feedback I’ve already gotten. (From Washington State Bar Association) wabarnews.org/2025/04/14/a...

Access to Justice: From Crisis to Change - Washington State Bar News

The access-to-justice crisis is not a bug; it’s a feature. We got here not by accident but by design. In the early days of the legal profession, the complexity of laws and procedures was intentionally...

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Jordan Couch @jordanlcouch.bsky.social · 3d

The first part of my primer on AI for Lawyers is out! Fr ABA Journal www.abajournal.com/columns/arti...

A primer on artificial intelligence, part 1

In the last couple of years, artificial intelligence has advanced well beyond the wildest expectations of most of us. Generative and reasoning AI is here, and it is transforming industries across the globe, including the legal profession. As lawyers, understanding AI and its applications can significantly enhance our practice, improve client services and streamline operations.

www.abajournal.com

Jordan Couch @jordanlcouch.bsky.social · 4d

Did I find a typo? No I found two. But they have been corrected and all is set for 10/15/25 release!

Jordan Couch @jordanlcouch.bsky.social · 8d

Exciting things are coming soon!

"This book is an informative, engaging “must- read”. Mr. Couch’s keen innovative insights are a call to action for small and solo practitioners everywhere to improve their practice."
— Sunitha Anjilvel

Available for purchase 10/15/25
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Jordan Couch @jordanlcouch.bsky.social · 15d

The world is healing. The best news notification I’ve seen in a while

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 23d

If you wrote a "Trump distances himself from project 2025" story in 2024 you are either a dupe or one of our enemies. They are cackling with laughter that the media they're now destroying enthusiastically helped them dupe the voters

Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 23d

hey so this is insane

Brendan Carr confirming that the FCC is carrying out Project 2025 stuff via a gif on Twitter

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David Atkins @davidoatkins.bsky.social · Sep 12

We don't yet have any idea what the ideology of the Kirk shooter was.

But we do know that the Denver school shooter was a far-right white supremacist.

www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/e...

‘Radicalized’ Evergreen High School shooter appeared to hold antisemitic, violent views in online accounts

Armed with a revolver, the 16-year-old shooter systematically reloaded and fired as he wandered the school, trying to find new targets, police say.

www.denverpost.com

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Thomas Powers @thepowers.bsky.social · Sep 1

Canoeing on the skagit river with @jordanlcouch.bsky.social

#skagit #washington #pnw #photography

Midmorning light over the Skagit River with some light fog

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Jordan Couch @jordanlcouch.bsky.social · Aug 29

To whoever parked this lime scooter here, 💯, no notes, brilliant commentary

Jordan Couch @jordanlcouch.bsky.social · Aug 28

. . . Vance doesn’t think people who commit mortgage fraud should be allowed to lead the country . . . How did they not call him on that statement? Seriously why is American journalism so pathetic?

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · Aug 28

Vance on undermining the Federal Reserve: "I don't think we allow bureaucrats to make decisions about monetary policy and interest rates without any input from the people that were elected to serve the American people...POTUS is much better able to make these determinations."

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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · Aug 28

little known fact: In 2020, Republicans lost the White House and the Senate.

The Washington post
Democracy Dies in Darkness The murder of George Floyd under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer, in 2020, brought about another turn in the racial justice movement, with liberal activists chanting "Defund the police!" The idea was that the money should be reallocated to other uses, such as social
services. Though most Democrats, including Joe Biden, rejected the slogan, Republicans used it as an effective weapon in that year's election,
claiming it was an invitation to lawlessness.

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Thomas Powers @thepowers.bsky.social · Aug 28

Good thing these models aren't systematically destroying and replacing their most valuable sources of human generated text

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

AI models collapse when trained on recursively generated data - Nature

 Analysis shows that indiscriminately training generative artificial intelligence on real and generated content, usually done by scraping data from the Internet, can lead to a collapse in th...

www.nature.com

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · Aug 24

Can we talk about that headline? If it’s true, you don’t need “Democrats say.” If it’s untrue, don’t put it in a headline. Either way, you’re fucking reporters. Find out what’s true, and write that.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Aug 23

Pam Bondi coverup www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Almost all the Epstein files given to Congress were already public, Democrats say

Republicans say the Justice Department will hand over more files.

www.miamiherald.com

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Jordan Couch @jordanlcouch.bsky.social · Aug 24

If anyone ever writes a biography of me please know that I would like this to be the title. @raxkingisdead.bsky.social you looking for your next project? It would be a boring book but no one reads biographies anyway

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bluestatedon.bsky.social @bluestatedon.bsky.social · Aug 16

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Jordan Couch @jordanlcouch.bsky.social · Aug 16

Louder for the people in the back

Mike Whelan, Jr. @mikewhelanjr.bsky.social · Aug 16

Imagine taking fair election advice from Vladimir Putin. We’re so cooked.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 16

Trump: "Vladimir Putin said something- one of the most interesting things. He said 'your election was rigged because you have mail in voting. It's impossible to have mail in voting & have honest elections.' He said that to me because we talked about 2020. He said, 'you won that election by so much'"

Jordan Couch @jordanlcouch.bsky.social · Aug 16

Haven’t had a sip yet but this wins best Paper Plane cocktail I’ve ever had. @joshualenon.bsky.social I feel like you’ll appreciate this

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Joshua Lenon @joshualenon.bsky.social · Aug 9

Attending NCBP Saturday
Morning Plenary:
Leading Together in Turbulent Times at #ABAAnnual

Leading in turbulent times is not about perfection, but about showing up with clarity of purpose. - Patrick Palace, President of the National Conference Bar Presidents

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Jordan Couch @jordanlcouch.bsky.social · Aug 9

Love to hear it!

Jordan Couch @jordanlcouch.bsky.social · Aug 8

This is too true

Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · Aug 8

AI is underpants gnomes all the way down. A product the market can really use BUT they still have no path to profit. OpenAI is writing checks on a valuation 100x its annual revenue! There aren't enough new customers to make that up & its already priced about what people think its worth.

Jordan Couch @jordanlcouch.bsky.social · Aug 1

Just a reminder that literally all of the data we have indicates that the bar exam is not effective at ensuring competence but is effective at excluding people of color which was its stated purpose

Jordan Couch @jordanlcouch.bsky.social · Aug 1

Manager for a punk rock band

Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social · Jul 30

What job are you extremely unlikely to ever get that you think you would kick ass at?

I think I could book compelling wrestling storylines.

Jordan Couch @jordanlcouch.bsky.social · Aug 1

I would watch your travel show for sure. Could you and @lawdroid.bsky.social team up?

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Jordan Couch @jordanlcouch.bsky.social · Aug 1

Easily it’s the Icelandic Punk Museum underground in Reykjavik and complete with a written history of Icelandic punk going back to 1000 BC (“Greeks fighting everyone, no punk”

darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · Aug 1

what is the most unique museum u have visited
for me possibly the ramen museum

darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · Aug 1

more museums should provide fries at the end tbh

Jordan Couch @jordanlcouch.bsky.social · Jul 30

Visions of the future with AI for people, the courts, and lawyers. I'm very excited for this article from Washington State Bar Association. With thanks to @damienriehl.bsky.social, Jayne Reardon, and J. Scott Schlegel who I have been bouncing ideas off for a year or so wabarnews.org/2025/07/16/t...

The Bright Legal Future - Washington State Bar News

Jordan Couch offers a positive vision for the future AI, of more people having access to help with their legal problems.

wabarnews.org

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Jordan Couch @jordanlcouch.bsky.social · Jul 21

The judge I’m working with on a local rule argues that a disclosure tells her to further scrutinize the brief. This article is her biggest fear. I’m trying to balance the realities of local judicial caseloads with just saying “it’s your job to closely scrutinize all briefs”