{"text":"@Su_G @benroyce Funny how I was branded \u201cextreme\u201d for clearly stating that they\u2019re the enemy a decade ago.I guess it didn\u2019t help that nearly everyone in tech either had (has) \u201cgood friends who work there\u201d and\/or wanted (wants) to work there and\/or were (are) employed by and\/or were (are) bottom-feeders \u2013 consultant(cies), \u201cinfluencers\u201d, etc. \u2013 that depend on the scraps thrown at them by Big Tech.\u201cIt\u2019s difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.\u201d \u2013 Upton Sinclair","truncated":false,"created_at":"Wed Jul 02 16:31:48 +0900 2025","in_reply_to_status_id":"10379380","uri":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral\/statuses\/114782460779137021","source":"ActivityPub","source_link":null,"id":10379411,"in_reply_to_user_id":300237,"in_reply_to_screen_name":"Su_G","geo":null,"user":{"id":4627,"name":"Aral Balkan","screen_name":"aral","location":null,"description":"Social oncologist. I make small things.Unapologetically anti-genocide.Warning: May not fit your taxonomy.From Gaza? If you need to get verified, please go here: https:\/\/gaza-verified.org\/join\/Want to donate to people in Gaza? Please see https:\/\/gaza-verified.org\/donate\/My posts are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/)\ud83c\udf49\ud83c\udf3b \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f#SmallWeb #SmallTech #web #tech #privacy #humanRights #personhood #democracy #aral #fedi22 #searchable","profile_image_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-48-20250906071718.webp","profile_image_url_https":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-48-20250906071718.webp","profile_image_url_profile_size":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-96-20250906071718.webp","profile_image_url_original":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-original-tmp20250906070226.webp","groups_count":0,"linkcolor":false,"backgroundcolor":false,"url":null,"protected":false,"followers_count":1,"friends_count":0,"created_at":"Fri Aug 12 09:25:59 +0900 2022","utc_offset":"0","time_zone":"UTC","statuses_count":21172,"following":false,"statusnet_blocking":false,"notifications":false,"statusnet_profile_url":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/@aral","cover_photo":false,"background_image":false,"profile_link_color":false,"profile_background_color":false,"profile_banner_url":false,"is_local":false,"is_silenced":false,"rights":{"delete_user":false,"delete_others_notice":false,"silence":false,"sandbox":false},"is_sandboxed":false,"favourites_count":2},"statusnet_html":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aus.social\/@Su_G\" class=\"u-url mention\">@Su_G<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@benroyce\" class=\"u-url mention\">@benroyce<\/a> Funny how I was branded \u201cextreme\u201d for clearly stating that they\u2019re the enemy a decade ago.<\/p><p>I guess it didn\u2019t help that nearly everyone in tech either had (has) \u201cgood friends who work there\u201d and\/or wanted (wants) to work there and\/or were (are) employed by and\/or were (are) bottom-feeders \u2013 consultant(cies), \u201cinfluencers\u201d, etc. \u2013 that depend on the scraps thrown at them by Big Tech.<\/p><p>\u201cIt\u2019s difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.\u201d \u2013 Upton Sinclair<\/p>","statusnet_conversation_id":5289648,"statusnet_in_groups":false,"external_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/10379411","in_reply_to_profileurl":"https:\/\/aus.social\/@Su_G","in_reply_to_ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/aus.social\/users\/Su_G","attentions":[{"id":241161,"screen_name":"benroyce","fullname":"\u23e9\ufe0eVOTE\u23ea\ufe0e \u1d9c\u02b8\u207f\u2071\u1d9c\u2071\u02e2\u1d50\u207c\u1d43\u1d9c\u1d9c\u1d49\u1d56\u1d57\u1d43\u207f\u1d9c\u1d49 (Ben Royce)","profileurl":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@benroyce","ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/benroyce"},{"id":300237,"screen_name":"Su_G","fullname":"Su_G","profileurl":"https:\/\/aus.social\/@Su_G","ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/aus.social\/users\/Su_G"}],"fave_num":0,"repeat_num":0,"is_post_verb":true,"is_local":false,"favorited":false,"repeated":false}