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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 28 Oct 2015

    Impotent, institutionally corrupt governments have failed to protect our rights. Time to take them back. No “please, sir, may I?“ required.

    1:23 AM - 28 Oct 2015
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      2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 28 Oct 2015
        Replying to @aral

        Here’s what we do: we decentralise everything. https://ind.ie/decentralise-everything …

        4 replies 9 retweets 17 likes
      3. Doney den Ouden‏ @doney 29 Oct 2015
        Replying to @aral

        @aral You’re a great speaker!

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      4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 29 Oct 2015
        Replying to @doney

        @doney Thanks, Doney. I hope it helps the message to get across.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Doney den Ouden‏ @doney 29 Oct 2015
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Surely. Wondering one thing; why isn’t Heartbeat web-first (cross-platform), native app later?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 29 Oct 2015
        Replying to @doney

        @doney https://forum.ind.ie/t/we-re-building-for-os-x-and-ios-not-linux-this-is-not-a-bug-it-s-a-feature-here-s-why/542 … :)

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      2. LTN‏ @latteine 28 Oct 2015
        Replying to @aral

        @aral encrypt all the things!

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 28 Oct 2015
        Replying to @latteine

        @latteine And decentralise all the things. And, most importantly, make them convenient and easy to use.

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Magnus  Ⓜ️‏ @magnusmunter 29 Oct 2015
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        @aral I am angry too. How can we do it?

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 30 Oct 2015
        Replying to @magnusmunter

        @magnusmunter Decentralise everything :) https://ind.ie/decentralise-everything …

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. LTN‏ @latteine 28 Oct 2015
        Replying to @aral

        @aral also, «protect rights»? they’ve got Saudis preside over rights for feck’s sake :D

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      1. Kim Røen‏ @kimroen 28 Oct 2015
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        @aral Red - the blood of angry men… 🎶

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      1. Proficient in the subtle arts.‏ @laprice 28 Oct 2015
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        @aral @falkvinge so how do we deal with the checkpoint problem? Getting vanned is bad enough the threat alone keeps most people in line…

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