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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral May 26

    Aral Balkan Retweeted The Associated Press

    Woot! It’s official :) 🇨🇮🥂💃🎉 Feeling even better about our recent move to Ireland now that I know Laura’s rights are better protected. A win for the rights of people with wombs is a win for human rights and social justice. ❤️https://twitter.com/AP/status/1000425980677238784 …

    Aral Balkan added,

    The Associated PressVerified account @AP
    BREAKING: Irish election official confirms landslide victory for abortion rights advocates as Ireland repeals constitutional ban.
    10:30 AM - 26 May 2018
    • 2 Retweets
    • 70 Likes
    • Macrui Dostourian There goes the neighbourhood NoDPI WorldBrain.io Aysen Candas Brian Pagán Alejo Berman Walter Vannini Lola
    6 replies 2 retweets 70 likes
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      2. Derek O'Brien‏ @derekobrien May 26
        Replying to @aral

        As a born Irish catholic who values life and would never conceive the thought of terminating a birth I conceived.. I welcome this as life is not black and white and what suits me does not mean it fits others rights to make a human choice to do the right thing for them.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral May 26
        Replying to @derekobrien

        And does the person who you conceived this embryo with and who is the one that’s going to carry the child, deal with any complications, possibly put her life at risk, and give birth to it have any say in this? Because I don’t see any mention of her in your tweet.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral May 26
        Replying to @aral @derekobrien

        PS. Sorry to nitpick, but this is also an important point: You weren’t born Irish Catholic. You were born an atheist and indoctrinated into Catholicism by your parents and your community/your society. If they’d been Muslim, you would’ve been indoctrinated into Islam.

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      5. Derek O'Brien‏ @derekobrien May 27
        Replying to @aral

        Your right, no arguing that here ;)

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      6. End of conversation
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      2. David Ramalho‏ @dramalho May 26
        Replying to @aral

        when did you guys move to Ireland anyway, I missed that part :) Dublin?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral May 26
        Replying to @dramalho

        Cork :) About two months ago :)

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      4. David Ramalho‏ @dramalho May 26
        Replying to @aral

        ah nice , hopefully rents in Cork are decent :P great stuff, I hope you're enjoying it Aral

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      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral May 26
        Replying to @dramalho

        We really love it here :) (Let’s not talk about the rents… suffice to say, after Sweden, nothing is shocking.) ;)

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      6. End of conversation
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      2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral May 26
        Replying to @petrakramer

        Malmö :) Don’t regret it at all. Was a great experience and we got to hang out with some good friends :)

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      4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral May 26
        Replying to @petrakramer

        White folk, they all look alike ;P

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      5. End of conversation
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      2. Daniel C Berman‏ @DanielCBerman May 26
        Replying to @aral

        So where do the rights of the people living in those wombs figure in to the mix?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral May 26
        Replying to @DanielCBerman

        Savita Halappanavar’s death was one of the catalysts for this referendum. I urge you to read this http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-20321741 … as well as the heartbreaking stories shared by women who have suffered under the 8th amendment: https://www.repealeight.ie/category/personal-stories/ …

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      2. Geoff Newman‏ @john_geoffrey May 26
        Replying to @aral

        Now to get that @eir broadband sorted and you can live in a proper modern nation

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral May 26
        Replying to @john_geoffrey @eir

        Aral Balkan Retweeted Aral Balkan

        Thanks, Geoff, we got the broadband sorted this week thanks to the help of Kyle at @eircare (https://twitter.com/aral/status/999700314109435904 …) :)

        Aral Balkan added,

        Aral Balkan @aral
        Happy to report that 59 days after putting in my order, @eir today finally connected our fibre broadband. (And we’d still be waiting if it hadn’t been for the initiative of Kyle at @eircare who took responsibility & got it sorted. Thank you, Kyle. Hope you get a promotion/raise)
        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Geoff Newman‏ @john_geoffrey May 26
        Replying to @aral @eir @eircare

        Ah that's a great week so :)

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      5. End of conversation
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      2. Lee Wynne‏ @leewynne May 26
        Replying to @aral

        Ooooo where in Ireland have you settled?

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      3. Lee Wynne‏ @leewynne May 26
        Replying to @leewynne @aral

        Ignore, can see on the thread, which is an interesting read ;)

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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