Aral Balkan

@aral

Cyborg rights activist. Never met a tracker I didn’t want to block. Making the web

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  1. 11h

    Because ;)

    Replying to @aral @Recode
    I see an even bigger problem, I.e. how did we come to accept this business model as even legitimate
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    13h

    One week til you can see speaking at in Aarhus. Anyone else going to be there?

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  3. 14h

    There’s a reason I gave up my Turkish citizenship.

    Dutch minister says 20 Dutch-Turkish citizens not allowed to leave Turkey - Turkish Minute
    4 replies . 6 retweets 11 likes
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    Apr 11

    “Turkey’s story tells the world just how fragile democracy is vis-a-vis populist demagoguery” - Turkish writer

    Viewsnight: Elif Shafak
    Viewsnight is our place for ideas and opinion. More at facebook.com/bbcnewsnight/videos
    54 replies . 366 retweets 294 likes
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    Apr 13

    Turkey's referendum this Sunday is a crucial moment: “The Turkish case shows us that time does not necessarily go forwards" says

    15 replies . 190 retweets 191 likes
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    Apr 12

    Share, support and sign petition Against the torture of sexual minorities in

    2 replies . 6 retweets 7 likes
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    Apr 12

    Çeçenistan'da eşcinsellere, cinsel azınlıklara baskı ve işkence amaçlı toplama kampları kuruldu; çok korkunç.

    12 replies . 62 retweets 61 likes
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    15h
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    This is fascinating. I'm reading this trying to work it out.

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  9. 14h

    A country is on the brink of losing its democracy and this is the best headline you can come up with ?

    1 reply . 2 retweets 8 likes
  10. 23h

    How about we be weird about every bomb? What if we were really weird about all of them? What exactly would the downside of that be, Jeffrey?

    Stop being weird about the 11-ton MOAB. For some perspective, here is a B-52 starting to drop 81 1,000 pound bombs.
    8 replies . 184 retweets 389 likes
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    23h

    5 Habits of Highly Successful White Men: - Narcissism - Willful Ignorance - Sociopathy - Inherited Wealth - Will to Murder

    12 replies . 140 retweets 346 likes
  12. 23h

    …But yeah, , the story isn’t “Facebook, Inc. spies on the intimate conversations of 1.2 billion people”, it’s “Messenger is big.”

    Facebook Messenger has 1.2 billion users and is now twice the size of Instagram via
    2 replies . 8 retweets 12 likes
  13. 23h

    And Facebook reads all your messages (except the “secret” conversations you probably don’t even know you can have as it’s buried in the UI).

    Facebook Messenger has 1.2 billion users and is now twice the size of Instagram via
    2 replies . 7 retweets 10 likes
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    Apr 12

    The first 'protest in space' has been launched against President Trump

    12 replies . 261 retweets 411 likes
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    24h

    Ahmet Türk: ‘Cumhurbaşkanını Sevenler Bile Hayır Demeli’

    1 reply . 7 retweets 13 likes
  16. 24h

    “Organised crime” is probably the best analogy for the W3C I’ve read yet.

    More than a decade ago, Terry Pratchett anticipated the argument for standardizing DRM at the W3C
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    Apr 13
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    Interesting how paradigms of 'Security' and 'Privacy' are convoluted.Your effort to question the model rather than incident are commendable.

    1 reply . 1 retweet 2 likes
  19. Apr 13

    Just finished my interview on Al Jazeera – rewind ~5 mins on the alternative player to watch it.

    1 reply . 3 retweets 7 likes
  20. Apr 13

    Looks like my interview is a few minutes delayed. Waiting for the call, not on yet :)

    3 replies . 4 likes

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