Tor Ekeland
@torekeland.bsky.social
Trial, Transactional, and Appellate Lawyer.
Computer Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Crypto Law
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Computer Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Crypto Law
torekeland.com
CFAA: http://tinyurl.com/2bvrnasy
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Tor Ekeland
@torekeland.bsky.social
· Nov 19
My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread
I want to sue the AI companies for exponentially increasing the volume of bad writing in the world.
October 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I want to sue the AI companies for exponentially increasing the volume of bad writing in the world.
A Versailles aesthetic via 1950 Queens.
October 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A Versailles aesthetic via 1950 Queens.
He’s a great example of how money won’t cure your insecurities.
October 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
He’s a great example of how money won’t cure your insecurities.
Venezuela is Spanish for Vietnam.
October 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Venezuela is Spanish for Vietnam.
Secretary of Defense would be a perfect job for a serial killer.
October 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Secretary of Defense would be a perfect job for a serial killer.
At the airport bookstore.
October 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
At the airport bookstore.
At the airport confused by the number of attendants necessary to make the self service checkouts work at the newsstand. If only there was some way to have, like, a centralized cashier that people could line up for.
October 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
At the airport confused by the number of attendants necessary to make the self service checkouts work at the newsstand. If only there was some way to have, like, a centralized cashier that people could line up for.
Judging by the aesthetic we have a French king.
October 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Judging by the aesthetic we have a French king.
Everyone’s a terrorist to Panopticon.
October 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Everyone’s a terrorist to Panopticon.
Surprised he’s not using slave labor for the remodel, like they did with the original.
October 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Surprised he’s not using slave labor for the remodel, like they did with the original.
It’s not like that southern plantation was some stunning piece of architecture; it was tacky to begin with.
October 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It’s not like that southern plantation was some stunning piece of architecture; it was tacky to begin with.
When the Roman Republic fell the rhetoric was better because they were literate.
October 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
When the Roman Republic fell the rhetoric was better because they were literate.
I represented someone once prosecuted under the Espionage Act for revealing the error rate on our drone strikes in Afghanistan was 90% plus in some months.
October 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I represented someone once prosecuted under the Espionage Act for revealing the error rate on our drone strikes in Afghanistan was 90% plus in some months.
A literal shit show.
October 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A literal shit show.
The U.S. military getting ready to invade a South American country? Never seen that before.
October 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The U.S. military getting ready to invade a South American country? Never seen that before.
Our Latin America foreign policy is in reruns again.
October 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Our Latin America foreign policy is in reruns again.
Standing armies, sigh.
October 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Standing armies, sigh.
Before you animate that painting with AI consider whether the artist chose that moment in time for a reason and whether animating it destroys the artist's intent and meticulous composition. Maybe learn how to look at a painting first, before you slather your tacky derivative version all over it.
October 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Before you animate that painting with AI consider whether the artist chose that moment in time for a reason and whether animating it destroys the artist's intent and meticulous composition. Maybe learn how to look at a painting first, before you slather your tacky derivative version all over it.
RIP John. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/b...
John Searle, Philosopher Who Wrestled With A.I., Dies at 93
www.nytimes.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
RIP John. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/b...
Terrorizing with ever expanding definitions of Terrorists.
October 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Terrorizing with ever expanding definitions of Terrorists.
I'm speaking at the Canadian Bitcoin Conference next week: canadianbitcoinconf.com/speakers-2025/
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October 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I'm speaking at the Canadian Bitcoin Conference next week: canadianbitcoinconf.com/speakers-2025/
Trying to ignore the news to get work done while simultaneously worrying it's going to kick my door in for ignoring it.
October 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Trying to ignore the news to get work done while simultaneously worrying it's going to kick my door in for ignoring it.
I'm all for accessibility software but if it crashes my website no one's accessing it.
October 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I'm all for accessibility software but if it crashes my website no one's accessing it.
Militarize the police and eventually the police become the military.
October 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Militarize the police and eventually the police become the military.
How's that well organized militia treating you?
October 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
How's that well organized militia treating you?