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Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Thursday, 20-Feb-2025 23:48:40 JST Aral Balkan

Yeah, listen, I don’t care how many million viewers it has, don’t invite me to your podcast if you feel it’s fine to debate whether trans people should exist or if vaccines work or not. No, thank you.
#DanAstinGregoryPodcast #humanRights #democracy #freedom #SmallTech #SmallWeb
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1. My response to an email from the Dan Astin-Gregory Podcast asking me to join their show. My reply: there, Thanks for inviting me. Having seen the anti-trans and anti-vaccine content in your shows, I have no desire to be part of your podcast. Freedom, in my book, involves human rights for everyone, and that includes trans and immunocompromised people. All the best, Aral Partial of their email: On Thu, Feb 20, 2025, at 2:12 PM, Dan Astin-Gregory Podcast wrote: Dear Aral, I am contacting you again in the hopes of making a connection. I am a producer of the Dan Astin Gregory podcast in the UK. We recently had Rachel Rose O'Leary on the podcast and it was a fascinating conversation and has hit a nerve with our audience. We'd love to go deeper into the topic of the real meaning of privacy, cyborg rights, and the often confusing relationship between technology and freedom. We would very much like to hear about your work at Small Technology Foundation and how small, open-source, truly private and accessible technology can provide a real solution to preserving human rights and democracy while challenging the techno-feudalist ambitions of Big Tech. We would still love to invite you to appear as a guest on the show at your convenience…
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  Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Thursday, 20-Feb-2025 23:57:52 JST Aral Balkan
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  - Stéphane Deschamps
  @notabene Thanks but it’s sad that this is even something that needs to be admired. Should be the baseline. It’s the least we can do.
  
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  Stéphane Deschamps (notabene@piaille.fr)'s status on Thursday, 20-Feb-2025 23:57:53 JST Stéphane Deschamps
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  @aral I admire your integrity, really.
  
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  Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 00:09:06 JST Aral Balkan
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  - Claudi
  @EagleRockster De nada :)
  
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  Claudi (eaglerockster@ieji.de)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 00:09:07 JST Claudi
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  @aral Thank you!
  
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