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@aral<\/a> thanks for laying it out.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-18:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/john_fisherman\/statuses\/115956077993275056","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/john_fisherman\/statuses\/115956077993275056","objectType":"note","content":"

@aral<\/a> thanks for laying it out.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@john_fisherman\/115956077993275056","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral\/statuses\/115954943915017470","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/@aral\/115954943915017470"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-01-25:objectType=thread:nonce=2f3cfe2c48f1fe8f","notice_info":{"local_id":"11997553","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-01-25T15:11:16+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@john_fisherman\/115956077993275056"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral","displayName":"Aral Balkan","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-original-tmp20260927134609.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-96-20260927134635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-48-20260927134620.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-24-20260927134635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"4627"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-96-20260927134635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"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","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/@aral","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"aral","displayName":"Aral Balkan","note":"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"}},"content":"

@john_fisherman<\/a> \ud83d\udc95<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-18:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral\/statuses\/115956370727222783","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral\/statuses\/115956370727222783","objectType":"note","content":"

@john_fisherman<\/a> \ud83d\udc95<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/@aral\/115956370727222783","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/john_fisherman\/statuses\/115956077993275056","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@john_fisherman\/115956077993275056"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/john_fisherman"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-01-25:objectType=thread:nonce=2f3cfe2c48f1fe8f","notice_info":{"local_id":"11997554","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-01-25T15:11:15+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/@aral\/115956370727222783"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.green\/users\/Sarahw","displayName":"Sarah W","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/41300-original-tmp20230907195717.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/41300-96-20240128103608.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/41300-48-20240128103608.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/41300-24-20240128103608.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"41300"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/41300-96-20240128103608.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Vegan in France. Planet, animals, music and dancing.I still love my dog.She\/her.Avatar is black and white medium sized dog playing with a stick. She's inside the flat in front of the open door showing its dark outside.Background pic is sloping country garden with edge of house to the right, trees at the rear and foxgloves and marguerites in the foreground.#vegan #anarchism #politics #France #gardening #permaculture #theArchers #ballet #music #punk #ska #disco #funk #reggae#dancing","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.green\/@Sarahw","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"Sarahw","displayName":"Sarah W","note":"Vegan in France. Planet, animals, music and dancing.I still love my dog.She\/her.Avatar is black and white medium sized dog playing with a stick. She's inside the flat in front of the open door showing its dark outside.Background pic is sloping country garden with edge of house to the right, trees at the rear and foxgloves and marguerites in the foreground.#vegan #anarchism #politics #France #gardening #permaculture #theArchers #ballet #music #punk #ska #disco #funk #reggae#dancing"}},"content":"

@aral<\/a>
Well said<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-18:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.green\/users\/Sarahw\/statuses\/115955160671297589","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.green\/users\/Sarahw\/statuses\/115955160671297589","objectType":"note","content":"

@aral<\/a>
Well said<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.green\/@Sarahw\/115955160671297589","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral\/statuses\/115954943915017470","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/@aral\/115954943915017470"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-01-25:objectType=thread:nonce=2f3cfe2c48f1fe8f","notice_info":{"local_id":"11996584","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-01-25T10:21:49+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.green\/@Sarahw\/115955160671297589"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral","displayName":"Aral Balkan","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-original-tmp20260927134609.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-96-20260927134635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-48-20260927134620.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-24-20260927134635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"4627"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-96-20260927134635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"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","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/@aral","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"aral","displayName":"Aral Balkan","note":"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"}},"content":"

@Sarahw<\/a> \ud83d\udc95<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-18:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral\/statuses\/115955232597724118","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral\/statuses\/115955232597724118","objectType":"note","content":"

@Sarahw<\/a> \ud83d\udc95<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/@aral\/115955232597724118","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.green\/users\/Sarahw\/statuses\/115955160671297589","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.green\/@Sarahw\/115955160671297589"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.green\/users\/Sarahw"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-01-25:objectType=thread:nonce=2f3cfe2c48f1fe8f","notice_info":{"local_id":"11996585","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-01-25T10:21:48+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/@aral\/115955232597724118"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral","displayName":"Aral Balkan","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-original-tmp20260927134609.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-96-20260927134635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-48-20260927134620.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-24-20260927134635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"4627"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-96-20260927134635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"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","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/@aral","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"aral","displayName":"Aral Balkan","note":"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"}},"content":"

Condoning everyday fascism for those less fortunate is how you eventually get fascism for all. And this isn\u2019t just about the US. This is a warning for Europe and beyond. Here in Europe, most of our governments have been merrily supporting the US and Israel\u2019s ongoing genocide in Gaza (and the ethnic cleansing, settler colonialism, and apartheid) as well as previous imperialist invasions of far off lands for oil, happily sharing in the spoils of the suffering. (Not a surprise, really. After all, who were the settler colonialists that created the US?) Frontex is our ICE-in-making. We\u2019re handing Palantir government contacts and data on our citizens. Successive neoliberal and conservative governments have been steadily pushing the ratchet to the right while demonising those who want to protect the environment and the most vulnerable and who have the audacity to imagine a future where the basic necessities of life \u2013 food, water, shelter, healthcare \u2013 are human rights, not commodities. In other words, we\u2019ve been playing by the same colonial\/neoliberal\/conservative playbook as the US (heck, maybe we even invented it)\u2026 why should we expect any other outcome if we continue to behave exactly the same way?<\/p>

All this to say, if you\u2019re fine with the boot being on someone else\u2019s neck today, don\u2019t be surprised when it\u2019s on yours tomorrow.<\/p>

There might still be time to change things for the better. But it will not happen unless the justice we seek is justice for all.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-18:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral\/statuses\/115954943915017470","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral\/statuses\/115954943915017470","objectType":"note","content":"

Condoning everyday fascism for those less fortunate is how you eventually get fascism for all. And this isn\u2019t just about the US. This is a warning for Europe and beyond. Here in Europe, most of our governments have been merrily supporting the US and Israel\u2019s ongoing genocide in Gaza (and the ethnic cleansing, settler colonialism, and apartheid) as well as previous imperialist invasions of far off lands for oil, happily sharing in the spoils of the suffering. (Not a surprise, really. After all, who were the settler colonialists that created the US?) Frontex is our ICE-in-making. We\u2019re handing Palantir government contacts and data on our citizens. Successive neoliberal and conservative governments have been steadily pushing the ratchet to the right while demonising those who want to protect the environment and the most vulnerable and who have the audacity to imagine a future where the basic necessities of life \u2013 food, water, shelter, healthcare \u2013 are human rights, not commodities. In other words, we\u2019ve been playing by the same colonial\/neoliberal\/conservative playbook as the US (heck, maybe we even invented it)\u2026 why should we expect any other outcome if we continue to behave exactly the same way?<\/p>

All this to say, if you\u2019re fine with the boot being on someone else\u2019s neck today, don\u2019t be surprised when it\u2019s on yours tomorrow.<\/p>

There might still be time to change things for the better. But it will not happen unless the justice we seek is justice for all.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/@aral\/115954943915017470","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-01-25:objectType=thread:nonce=2f3cfe2c48f1fe8f","notice_info":{"local_id":"11996299","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-01-25T09:08:22+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/@aral\/115954943915017470"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6091452","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}