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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 15:07:15 JST Aral Balkan

   Fuck billionaires.
   Fuck tech bros.
   Fuck adtech.
   Fuck Silicon Valley.
   Fuck capitalism.

   So, what’re you all doing for the weekend? Got any fun plans? :)

   • intermobility_berlin 🌻🇪🇺 (intermobility@toot.community)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 15:22:47 JST intermobility_berlin 🌻🇪🇺

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     @aral I’ll see a friend in real life, one of the few who still refuse to own a smart phone. Going on a hike. Enjoy and relax, whatever you do on the weekend!

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 15:22:47 JST Aral Balkan

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     • intermobility_berlin 🌻🇪🇺

     @intermobility Have fun :)

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 15:31:14 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Matthew Booth

     @mattb Hey, we all gotta eat :) Do take care of yourself, though. Hope the man doesn’t make you work weekends on the regular.

   • Matthew Booth (mattb@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 15:31:15 JST Matthew Booth

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     @aral Working for the man.

   • anubhav (d447@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 15:32:14 JST anubhav

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     @aral plant tree

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 15:32:14 JST Aral Balkan

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     • anubhav

     @d447 Good plan :)

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 15:33:17 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Paul Sutton

     @zleap Enjoy :)

   • Paul Sutton (zleap@qoto.org)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 15:33:18 JST Paul Sutton

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     @aral

     Saturday I am doing my usual CodeClub at my local library, then sunday is American Football training, which this week is more of a social / fun session at the local beach / seafront.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 15:35:25 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Bloodymirova

     @bloodymirova Haha, sounds like you’ve got your hands full. Hope you have a lovely time (and that the little hurricane does too) :)

   • Bloodymirova (bloodymirova@toot.community)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 15:35:26 JST Bloodymirova

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     @aral flying to the motherland to introduce an eighteen month old hurricane to her extended family.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 15:40:13 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Paul Sutton

     @zleap Good luck :)

   • Paul Sutton (zleap@qoto.org)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 15:40:14 JST Paul Sutton

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     @aral

     It should be good, still hoping I can get work as a tutor as some of the parents of the code club attendees seem interested in me helping with science and simple computing. I am going to hopefully have a chat tomorrow then get back to my employer on this.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 18:45:24 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Joakim Waern

     @shugal Sounds like you have quite the itinerary. Have fun :)

   • Joakim Waern (shugal@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 18:45:25 JST Joakim Waern

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     @aral Celebrating a friend, meeting a newborn baby, planning what we should do with the piece of land I and my wife bought a while ago. Read and do some yoga.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 18:46:29 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Paco Mano

     @pacomano Ooh, 3-day jazz festival sounds like a treat. Enjoy! :)

   • Paco Mano (pacomano@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 18:46:33 JST Paco Mano

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     @aral Helping to setup the stage and for the soundcheck at our 3 day jazz festival “JazzUp sous les oliviers” (JazzUp under the olive trees) starting today. Tonight’s group: “NoJazz play jazz”.
   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 18:47:36 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Aram 🌈♾️

     @imsnif Haha :) Have fun + stay safe 🚲

   • Aram 🌈♾️ (imsnif@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 18:47:37 JST Aram 🌈♾️

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     @aral If the weather's nice - cycling up a hill. If not - cycling up a hill in the rain.

     Happy weekend, fuck capitalism!

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 18:48:50 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Marcus C.

     @buzigde Sounds like a nice, chill plan :) Laura and I are heading up to Bray/Greystones to check out the area to see if it has Brighton vibes. (We’re looking to hopefully buy a place soon as renting is nigh on impossible here in Ireland with the housing crisis so we’re scouting locations.) :)

     (Weather permitting, of course… apparently there’s a nasty storm being forecast.)

   • Marcus C. (buzigde@nerdcast.space)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 18:48:51 JST Marcus C.

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     @aral playing boardgames and read some nice books (PostgreSQL, Oracle DB...)
     What about your plans?

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 18:49:55 JST Aral Balkan

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     • eschlehahn

     @e_schlehahn Sounds like fun. Enjoy! (What’re you playing?) :)

   • eschlehahn (e_schlehahn@norden.social)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 18:49:56 JST eschlehahn

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     @aral Gaming with friends! ✌️

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 18:51:10 JST Aral Balkan

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     • IzzyOnDroid ✅

     @IzzyOnDroid Cool. I do have a bunch of open source/rooted phones in a drawer. At least one of them has F-Droid on it ;)

   • IzzyOnDroid ✅ (izzyondroid@floss.social)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 18:51:11 JST IzzyOnDroid ✅

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     @aral fuck walled gardens.
     fuck intransparency.

     (I'm currently adding "AntiFeature reasons" to F-Droid apps having AntiFeatures such as NonFreeNet to make clear why. Currently running: Batch 19. Next build cycle will lift the latest F-Droid client to "recommended"; that one is already available and able to display those reasons. I'd say "try it out", but it's Android and you're on iOS 😉)

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 18:52:16 JST Aral Balkan

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     • RolloTreadway

     @RolloTreadway I hear you. Storm forecast here but hopefully it won‘t derail our plans to scout a couple of towns as prep for hopefully buying a place here eventually.

   • RolloTreadway (rollotreadway@neurodifferent.me)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 18:52:17 JST RolloTreadway

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     @aral Staying inside, because - and this relates to the billionaires and the capitalism and all that - the weather is completely fucked.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 18:55:53 JST Aral Balkan

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     • bruno gustavo costa

     @bgc Oh, nice. Enjoy!

     I’m always tempted by records and getting a record player but also don’t want to accumulate more stuff so it’s a quandary :) I do love intentional/slow process of picking what to listen to, listening to a whole album in order, etc., versus the immediate availability of everything at anytime on streaming. Like I said… a quandary :)

   • bruno gustavo costa (bgc@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 18:55:54 JST bruno gustavo costa

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     @aral Going to the independent record store pick up some independent records and publications. Afterwards support the young punk bands at a punk show.
     Then to balance that, take a day for random walk in the city and take some pictures of buildings, cause that's something i do occasionally.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 18:56:49 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Benjamin Falière

     @BenjaminFaliere Well earned, I’m sure. Enjoy the family and down time :)

   • Benjamin Falière (benjaminfaliere@hostux.social)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 18:56:50 JST Benjamin Falière

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     @aral Home made pizzas with my daughters, some gardening, and rest. A lot.

   • from a bad area (lazzarello@mastodon.teamnerds.cool)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 17:41:16 JST from a bad area

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     @aral gonna watch some dogs go surfing

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 17:41:16 JST Aral Balkan

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     • from a bad area

     @lazzarello Videos or it didn’t happen :)

     (Enjoy!)