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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 16 Dec 2013

    There are absolutely no women in an audience of ~200 people at #AltTechTalks Is this indicative of the lack of diversity in this community?

    6:32 AM - 16 Dec 2013
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    • Mx. Aria Stewart Laura Mänki Luis Ascorbe Kiril Piskunov Anna-Jayne Metcalfe 🌈🍦🏃‍♀️⚡️🦞 Kate Hodsdon Cocoa Kevin ktam@mastodon.social 𝙾𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙼𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗 🇪🇺
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      2. Chris Eidhof‏ @chriseidhof 16 Dec 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral yes. We're all trying. But we also need help changing that.

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 16 Dec 2013
        Replying to @chriseidhof

        @chriseidhof Let’s chat in the break :)

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      2. littlepurplegoth‏ @HelenArmfield 16 Dec 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral unlikely Just that things of that nature cost & they often come a long way down financial choices (which is possibly sexism in action)

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 16 Dec 2013
        Replying to @HelenArmfield

        @HelenArmfield This is either free or was a couple of pounds (don't remember)—not an expensive event.

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      4. littlepurplegoth‏ @HelenArmfield 16 Dec 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral < women's income, even when thought of as a household cost. Oh heck, you can tell this is work-du-jour here <redface>

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      2. Sarah Hartley‏ @foodiesarah 16 Dec 2013
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        @aral probably cos we're all too busy running tech projects! that is poor though, hope there's better representation among the speakers

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 16 Dec 2013
        Replying to @foodiesarah

        @foodiesarah Unless I’m mistaken, no female speakers, no. So, basically, no women at the event. #AltTechTalks

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      4. Sarah Hartley‏ @foodiesarah 16 Dec 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral blimey - their loss. Perhaps the alt in the title refers to alternative universe...

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      1. Lindsay  🚡 Eyink‏ @leyink 16 Dec 2013
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        @aral We exist! And thank you for caring about it. :)

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      1. Amy Worrall‏ @amyruthworrall 16 Dec 2013
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        @aral I’d have been there if I hadn’t had a scheduling clash.

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      1. Mx. Aria Stewart‏ @aredridel 16 Dec 2013
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        @aral Yes. Yes it is.

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      1. Kate Hodsdon‏ @KateHodsdon 16 Dec 2013
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        @aral it's sad. @GBoddington is doing great things backed by @Dr_Black to rejig those figures :-) #womenshiftdigital

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      2. clang -y -a -t -u -s -a -B. -E -s -‏ @NeoNacho 16 Dec 2013
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        @aral That’s a shame. At least we had two female speakers in Berlin.

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      3. Below is the script‏ @avbelow 16 Dec 2013
        Replying to @NeoNacho

        @NeoNacho Wer war denn das?

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      4. clang -y -a -t -u -s -a -B. -E -s -‏ @NeoNacho 16 Dec 2013
        Replying to @avbelow

        @avbelow Carole von Wooga und @leyink

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      5. McZonk‏ @mczonk 16 Dec 2013
        Replying to @NeoNacho

        @NeoNacho @avbelow Es waren auch so noch ein paar mehr Frauen da.

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      6. clang -y -a -t -u -s -a -B. -E -s -‏ @NeoNacho 16 Dec 2013
        Replying to @mczonk

        @mczonk @avbelow Yep, das auch.

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      1. Nigel Timothy Barber‏ @mindbrix 17 Dec 2013
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        @aral I was surprised too. Hopefully you can help spread the word for our monthly @NSLondonMeetup. Great to finally meet you BTW ;-)

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      1. ndndn‏ @ndndn 16 Dec 2013
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        @aral at uni, I used 'absolutely no women' present as an indicator that I was in the right lecture theatre :(

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