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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. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 19 Sep 2014

      If you’re reading @shanley’s timeline right now, her tweets on indie tech are baseless and slanderous. Will be posting a long-form reply.

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      Aral Balkan‏ @aral 19 Sep 2014

      I’m happy to ignore the timelineful of personal attacks/abuse & being called a white male pig and motherfucker but you do not slander indie.

      11:22 AM - 19 Sep 2014
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        2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          This does not mean I want any one of my followers to engage with @shanley. Quite the contrary, please do not.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          Anyone I see hurling abuse at her will be blocked. If that’s your idea of supporting me, I do not want it or need it & it’s not who we are.

          4 replies 1 retweet 14 likes
        4. LTN‏ @latteine 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral so basically if you're a not gay transgender person of colour, you are not allowed to do good things? fascinating.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        5.  ☕ 🦃 eevee  🦃 ☕‏ @eevee 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @latteine

          @latteine @aral it appears she's rejecting claims of diversity from a group of people mostly male and mostly white?

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

          @eevee @latteine Right. Because ind.ie today is 2 full time women & one full time guy. The latter the product of two middle-eastern parents.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        7.  ☕ 🦃 eevee  🦃 ☕‏ @eevee 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral @latteine i don't know anything about your thing; just disputing this ridiculous strawman

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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        2. Ronald Stewart‏ @GreenRonaldS 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral IMHO manifesto is inauthentic on diversity - it doesn't address the issues, or how it will deal with those. It feels... blah.

          2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 20 Sep 2014
          Replying to @GreenRonaldS

          @ronaldx You’re wrong on that. But I can’t prove that to you here. Only time can provide proof.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. Ronald Stewart‏ @GreenRonaldS 20 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral I don't think I am. I just looked at the list of signatories for gender bias. Far worse than I would have expected.

          3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 20 Sep 2014
          Replying to @GreenRonaldS

          @ronaldx A non-scientific skim of the people who have so far signed the manifesto is hardly a damning indictment of a new movement…

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        6. Ronald Stewart‏ @GreenRonaldS 20 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral If diversity is a key target, and you have less diversity than normally expected even in tech, you are getting something wrong.

          3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        7. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 20 Sep 2014
          Replying to @GreenRonaldS

          @ronaldx We have two full time women, one full-time man. One of the women is 1/3 Indian, the guy is 100% middle eastern…

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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        1. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @fatneckbeardguy

          @fatachrestic Yes, she is making statements that are false. Not accusing her of lying; she is making some baseless accusations.

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        2.  🇳🇱 Marco  🇺🇸 bit.ly/shirtsbymarco  🎸 🎮‏ @TheMarco 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral funny eh? You can be as inclusive, pro-women pro-feminist and pro-equality as you can be but still be called a white male pig…

          2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @TheMarco

          @TheMarco Anyone can be abusive. Statistically, having a penis makes it hugely more likely but the lack thereof doesn’t imply an inability.

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
        4.  🇳🇱 Marco  🇺🇸 bit.ly/shirtsbymarco  🎸 🎮‏ @TheMarco 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral very true.

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        2. Eddy Bruel‏ @ejpbruel 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral Do you really expect to gain anything by putting more energy into this?

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 19 Sep 2014
          Replying to @ejpbruel

          @ejpbruel I hope it will clear up what might be common misconceptions in some of what she’s raising. So hopefully, yes :)

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