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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 15 Feb 2013

    ‘Put a sock in it, you dickless wonders…men are simply better suited to most technology jobs.’ http://www.kernelmag.com/yiannopoulos/4115/put-a-sock-in-it-you-dickless-wonders/ … Speechless.

    9:15 AM - 15 Feb 2013
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      2. Nicole Zeckner‏ @PurelyNicole 15 Feb 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral I really hope this is a troll/click bait.

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 15 Feb 2013
        Replying to @PurelyNicole

        @Pure_Geekery That whole site is. But there may be people who actually take it seriously, I truly don’t know.

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      2. Faruk Ateş, Supernova‏ @KuraFire 15 Feb 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Wondering if it’s worth writing a response; I’m sure there are people out there who take his claims at face value. But how many/few?

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 15 Feb 2013
        Replying to @KuraFire

        @KuraFire I really don’t know. Debated tweeting about it for the same reasons.

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      4. ilicco‏Verified account @ilicco 15 Feb 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @KuraFire @aanand dont give it the oxygen. nobody does. he is just a lonely sad soul.

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      2. Ann Hawkins‏ @AnnHawkins 15 Feb 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Well that ruined my Friday feeling - its hard to believe that level of ignorance.

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 15 Feb 2013
        Replying to @AnnHawkins

        @AnnHawkins Don’t let it, Ann, The Kernel is pure tabloid filth.

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      4. Ann Hawkins‏ @AnnHawkins 15 Feb 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Oh, like those female journalists in the Mail that put down other women because it gets them column inches?

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      1. Patrick Schwisow‏ @PSchwisow 15 Feb 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @ashedryden Well, there's some further proof that the battle is far from over :(

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      1. Chris White‏ @chrisWhite 15 Feb 2013
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        @aral I don't even know where to, or how to, or ... wow.

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      1. Craig Grannell‏ @CraigGrannell 15 Feb 2013
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        @aral @KuraFire Well, at least I now know there’s no need to ever click on a link from that publication ever again.

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      1. katy huff‏ @katyhuff 15 Feb 2013
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        @aral the guy is a troll. @stephenfry was right - milo is a "cynical, ignorant fucker.' ignore him, IMHO.

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      2. Engin Kurutepe‏ @ekurutepe 15 Feb 2013
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        @aral he's so right. The same way women are not wired properly to be doctors or orchestra musicians or lawyers or god forbid get elected.

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      2. Laura Kalbag‏ @laurakalbag 15 Feb 2013
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        @aral I had to stop reading half way through, it was that bad. Don’t take the bait and link to that kind of link-baiting tosh.

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      1. Gabe Warshauer-Baker‏ @gwarbaker 16 Feb 2013
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        @aral The best part is where he sympathizes with VCs who are secretly assholes and who, if they spoke their minds, would reveal that fact.

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      1. Mariusz‏ @dotmariusz 16 Feb 2013
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        @aral oh, mister Milo the Dickhead at his best again. This dude has his head so far up his butt it's not even funny.

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      1. Barry Richards‏ @barry_richards 15 Feb 2013
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        @aral Wow. What a massive knob! Gender is irrelevant, talent is what matters, & neither gender has a monopoly on certain skills/intelligence

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      1. kimberley‏ @xaotica 15 Feb 2013
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        @aral I guess it’s good that a queer person hasn’t experienced being treated badly? heh

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