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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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    1. shanley‏ @shanley 18 Sep 2014

      Also lots of ppl trying to tell you that indie web is fine = people who are/were paid figureheads of major publicly traded companies.

      3 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
    2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 18 Sep 2014
      Replying to @shanley

      @shanley What do you think of http://ind.ie/manifesto  (indie tech, not indie web)?

      1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
    3. shanley‏ @shanley 18 Sep 2014
      Replying to @aral

      @aral blah blah blah, blah blah blah, blah blah, blah.

      2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
    4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 19 Sep 2014
      Replying to @shanley

      @shanley Which bit do you feel is blah? Diversity as a core tenet or our rejection of venture capital or not being sponsored by spyware…?

      2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
    5. shanley‏ @shanley 19 Sep 2014
      Replying to @aral

      .@aral FFS. please stand in line in my mentions with other men pretending their supposed lofty ideals mean ANYTHING to me.

      2 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
    6. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 19 Sep 2014
      Replying to @shanley

      .@shanley Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I must have misunderstood what you stand for if you feel http://ind.ie/manifesto  is blah blah.

      3 replies 2 retweets 6 likes
    7. shanley‏ @shanley 19 Sep 2014
      Replying to @aral

      .@aral Go FUCK yourself you fucking self righteous asshole. just because i don't like your fucking toy doesn't mean *I'M* the moral failure

      2 replies 0 retweets 11 likes
      Aral Balkan‏ @aral 19 Sep 2014
      Replying to @shanley

      .@shanley Delightfully ironic. You can fuck right off too.

      12:22 AM - 19 Sep 2014
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        2. shanley‏ @shanley 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          .@aral your identity is so fucking wrapped up in this bullshit, pandering, handwaveying mission statement that you literally *crumble*

          2 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
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        2. shanley‏ @shanley 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          .@aral You are a white man. You asked me how i feel about your statement on how much you care about diversity. indieweb is NOT diverse.

          1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
        3. shanley‏ @shanley 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @shanley

          .@aral it is not motherfucking indie. it is not fucking safe. it is not honest. it is not useful. it is championed by white male pigs.

          1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
        4. shanley‏ @shanley 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @shanley

          .@aral you attempt to suggest i've "tricked" you, express patriarchal disappointment in my refusal to uncritically accept good intentions

          1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
        5. shanley‏ @shanley 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @shanley

          .@aral and publicly insinuating a woman has deliberately deceived you is inciting violence against her.

          1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
        6. shanley‏ @shanley 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @shanley

          .@aral if you ACTUALLY CARED ABOUT DIVERSITY you wouldn't have a fucking EGO DRIVEN MELTDOWN on some1 saying mission statements are TRASH

          1 reply 1 retweet 12 likes
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        2. shanley‏ @shanley 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          .@aral did you write this fucking bullshit lofty handwavey bullshit? is that why your ego is so fucking bruised motherfucker?

          1 reply 0 retweets 16 likes
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        2. Jamie Stantonian‏ @jamiestantonian 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          Can't believe @shanley has a problem with @aral of all people.

          1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
        3. Jen‏ @JenLawson_ 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @jamiestantonian

          @djamiestanton maybe people are used to mistrusting white men in charge of tech orgs? He really is one of the good guys, though. @aral

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. Jamie Stantonian‏ @jamiestantonian 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @JenLawson_

          @JenClone in any other situation you'd call that prejudice. Agree @aral is one of the good guys and her rage at him is unfounded

          1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
        5. Jen‏ @JenLawson_ 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @jamiestantonian

          @djamiestanton @aral Yes, certainly don’t think it’s a good reason, just a thought. Sad to see such anger for nothing.

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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        2. Goran‏ @gpeuc 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral dude, you can’t win argument with her. Just leave it be, spend energy on stuff that matters.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Wouter Verweirder‏ @wouter 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @gpeuc

          @gpeuc @aral he already won the argument.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. Goran‏ @gpeuc 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @wouter

          @wouter @aral not in her mind :)

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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        1. Neo luddite‏ @AnthonyBriggs 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          Neo luddite Retweeted Aral Balkan

          @aral Compare and contrast: https://twitter.com/aral/status/512752697234030592 … (except... not much contrast) / @shanley

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          Aral Balkan @aral
          Wow, this is bullshit. Privacy tools “for normal people” *by Google & Dropbox* What the fuck @doctorow? http://bit.ly/1s9bbHC  Ht @sheuer
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        1. Andres Guadamuz‏Verified account @technollama 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral I couldn't stop thinking "Help, help! I am being repressed!" when I read her tweets http://youtu.be/fxGqcCeV3qk 

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        2. Elizabeth Elcoate‏ @liz_e 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral Jesus Christ! WTF? That is one angry lady

          2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Shane Hudson‏ @ShaneHudson 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @liz_e

          @liz_e @aral she is always like it, go to any random tweet of hers and it will have the same time. Shame really, her posts are good

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. Shane Hudson‏ @ShaneHudson 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @ShaneHudson

          @liz_e @aral * tone

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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