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Aral Balkan
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 21 Sep 2015

    We’ve built a world where this guy is “a success”. Time to ask yourself if this is the world you want to perpetuate.pic.twitter.com/z6pJZSbrbi

    1:25 PM - 21 Sep 2015
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      2. Sam Hutchings‏ @Smutchings 21 Sep 2015
        Replying to @aral

        .@aral with customers being stakeholders, I feel that tweet is a lie...

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 21 Sep 2015
        Replying to @Smutchings

        @Smutchings Sam, when has a capitalist ever lied? ;)

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Jim Sans Frontières‏ @RedJolt 21 Sep 2015
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @iamwilliamking OH WHAT A SPECTACULAR ANAL POLYP OF A MAN.

        1 reply 3 retweets 6 likes
      3. Will King ⌐■-■‏ @iamwilliamking 21 Sep 2015
        Replying to @RedJolt

        @RedJolt @aral That's probably doing anal polyps a disservice.

        3 replies 2 retweets 6 likes
      4. Jim Sans Frontières‏ @RedJolt 21 Sep 2015
        Replying to @iamwilliamking

        @iamwilliamking @aral You're probably right. How about "clotted bile-filled termite-wound of a man".

        0 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
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      1. What's on your mind, Claudio?‏ @claudiopro 21 Sep 2015
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        @aral that company's stakeholders should be patients, not people making a profit on patients' fear of dying.

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      1. K. Thor Jensen‏Verified account @kthorjensen 21 Sep 2015
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        @aral @Asher_Wolf the phrase "the likes of you" is always a mark of quality

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      1. rachel‏ @rachel_mcgrane 21 Sep 2015
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        @aral dear god that guys an asshole. no wonder he thinks it’s a good idea—he has absolutely no respect for people using it and he knows it

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      1. Joseph Rooks‏ @JosephRooks 21 Sep 2015
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        @aral I can't even begin to tell you how much the Internet has begun to convinced me that I want to live in solitude.

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      2. Josh Ellis‏ @jzellis 21 Sep 2015
        Replying to @radix42

        @radix42 @aral Guys like that are the reason I stopped trying to do startups. Because I have to share air with them. Contemptible.

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2. Stranded‏ @sergiez 21 Sep 2015
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Well, that's the world the West has been building so diligently for the last sorta 100-150 years.

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      3. Frans Super  🇵🇸 TEGEN FASCISME‏ @franssuper 21 Sep 2015
        Replying to @sergiez

        @sergiez They've been doing that for over 2,000 years. @aral

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Nuremberg Enthusiast‏ @shotchaser 21 Sep 2015
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        @aral @Asher_Wolf Sociopathy runs high in C.E.O.'s. This is a sterling case example for why patent law needs a complete overhaul.

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      1. Bob Summerwill‏ @BobSummerwill 21 Sep 2015
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        @aral I've had some quality time with the "Postcapitalism" book in the last couple of days. I can't wait to get to the other side.

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      1. Mike O'Brien‏ @hcoverlambda 22 Sep 2015
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        @aral @Cranialstrainpic.twitter.com/60DmN4zvwj

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      1. H-land‏ @aychland 21 Sep 2015
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        @aral @nastypass Can only hope that the backlash this seems to be causing will do... something. Small picture, I'm sure it will. Long run...

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      1. w.v.s.‏ @we_vau_es 21 Sep 2015
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        . @aral He's not a success - and as my grandmother used to say: Fate acts slowly but surely. He'll eventually get what he deserves

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      1. Nick‏ @sickkid1972 21 Sep 2015
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        @aral @glynmoody A guy who is turning AIDS from a treatable (if yet incurabele) illness, back into a death sentence for all but the v. rich.

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      1. Shay‏ @organised 21 Sep 2015
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        @aral wonder what kind of education he had. Surely it's hard to be that shameless

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