„Angry at the tech CEOs who have benefited from the scientific research that has enabled their technology empires, but have mounted no opposition to the cuts. People like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos are conspicuously silent. We should call them out,”
“A human lifetime is very limited in time and space, compared to the universe.” In a way, it is humbling, but it’s also a relief to know that there’s a larger structure of which we’re a part that is so grand. Our imperfections, our struggles, our travails, when you put them in perspective, they somehow don’t seem so traumatic.”
We’re all emotional animals. And when there’s a crisis—when there’s no time to study the situation for weeks—we have to decide **now**. We react through our understanding and experiences. So yes, that means we’re all idiots, vulnerable to corruption.
That’s why we created **scientific methods**: to overcome the unchangeable parts of our inner selves.
A person who can clearly see and admit they’re corrupted, selfish, and greedy? They can still create techniques to control themselves. When a person clearly sees that they **can’t change anything**, that’s the first step.
I think the most horrible things—what’s happened and what will happen—come from this sickness in our minds. **And it is unchangeable.**
Environment Scientist(Student), I like positivity news, fitness, Olympic lifting, Linux, Fediverse, art, music, books, science, universe, activism.
Science is not media. I try to avoid, and I am not interested in Media politics, Media religion, media marketing, media economics and trades of those medians.
(he,him,his)
As meditating- listening to myself (Krishnamurti).
Memento mori — “Remember that you must die.”
Memento amoris — “Remember love.”
We are concerned with observing the actual facts, the ‘what is’. To observe ‘what is’ very clearly and to see the full significance of those facts, we must look at it without our conditioning. That is where the difficulty is going to lie, because you have opinions, you have values, you approach them as a Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, or what you will, with your nationality, with your peculiar idiosyncrasies, and these prevent you from observing, from looking. Observation is an art. It is not easily learnt. One has observed neither the sunset nor the stars, neither the trees nor the facts, outwardly or inwardly. So, if we are going to travel together – and I hope we will – we have to observe scientifically, ruthlessly and with great intelligence.
From Collected Works, Vol. 14 (krishnamurti)
“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” — Albert Einstein
Email: jacob.urlich@tutanota.com
Pauli
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Aral Balkan
in reply to Pauli • • •Ω 🌍 Gus Posey
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Aral Balkan
in reply to Ω 🌍 Gus Posey • • •Amir Khan
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •are you familiar with the
@tech4palestine set up by @paulbiggar ? What youre doing is something they would certainly appreciate and maybe even help support.
Also look up UpScrolled. An instagram alternative they’ve build to help Palestine. It’s really quite impressive 🍉🇵🇸
Aral Balkan
in reply to Amir Khan • • •Gaza Verified
gaza-verified.orgPaul Biggar
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Aral Balkan
in reply to Paul Biggar • • •Totts
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •thank you for this great initiative, Aral. I shall follow these people with all my heart xxx
Update : silly moo me I already was
#freepalestine
Tomorrow, I am going to a big demo in London with my bf in support of #PalestineAction. We will be thinking of you xxx
Stay safe, stay strong
Aral Balkan
in reply to Totts • • •@Geri You’re very welcome. And thank you and your boyfriend for going out there and protesting and facing arrest.
💕
Totts
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •time has come
I thought the only criminal record I'd ever have was a very dodgy album by Micheal Jackson. Xx
Aral Balkan
in reply to Totts • • •Sehar Irfan
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Aral Balkan
in reply to Sehar Irfan • • •Ciara
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Aral Balkan
in reply to Ciara • • •Ciara
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Aral Balkan
Unknown parent • • •Aral Balkan
Unknown parent • • •Toni Aittoniemi
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Aral Balkan
in reply to Toni Aittoniemi • • •Sarah W
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Aral Balkan
in reply to Sarah W • • •Joy
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •💗💗
#FreePalestine
Aral Balkan
in reply to Joy • • •Thank you. Here’s to the day when we won’t need any of this any longer because you will be free.
💕
Joy
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Orla de Díez
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Aral Balkan
in reply to Orla de Díez • • •Kiloku - Secretário do Caos
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Here's an example: techhub.social/@m7moodfamily10…
Help mahmoud Family 🍉 (@m7moodfamily10@techhub.social)
TechHubHarriet Monkhouse
in reply to Kiloku - Secretário do Caos • • •Kiloku - Secretário do Caos
in reply to Harriet Monkhouse • • •(It was an example of a fake, btw)
Aral Balkan
in reply to Kiloku - Secretário do Caos • • •Harriet Monkhouse
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Aral Balkan
Unknown parent • • •Nouran 🍉
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Aral Balkan
in reply to Nouran 🍉 • • •Martin
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •I'm very mistrustful because of the scams.
the buff who fell to earth
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Aral Balkan
in reply to the buff who fell to earth • • •John Weeks
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •katzenberger
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •A much welcome initiative. Tying it to the Mastodon verification feature is an excellent move.
A little suggestion: the website just states "I verify that their accounts are genuine".
Could you make a more specific assertion of what that statement means, to you? At the moment, I could think of all, or some of the following:
So what does "Gaza Verified" specifically mean, from your perspective?
Aral Balkan
in reply to katzenberger • • •katzenberger
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Aral Balkan
Unknown parent • • •esanikerruzegibat
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •EU: 7,5 milioi* esker!
EN: 7.5 million* thanks!
*Hau da, gizaki guztion partez. Kopuru bariazio handiak egon litezke.
*I mean on behalf of all human beings. Figures may very much vary.
Jaime Herazo
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Aral Balkan
in reply to Jaime Herazo • • •DoomsdaysCW
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Aral Balkan
in reply to DoomsdaysCW • • •David Peach
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •this is incredible. Literally "being the change you want to see in the world"
Will donate as soon as I can. 💚
Aral Balkan
in reply to David Peach • • •derptron
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Verifiable Credentials Data Model v2.0
www.w3.orgAral Balkan
in reply to derptron • • •Lydia Conwell
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Aral Balkan
in reply to Lydia Conwell • • •Sylvain Mailler
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Amazing job, this was so necessary ! !
#Gaza #Palestine #FreePalestine #fediverse #mastodon #verification
Aral Balkan
in reply to Sylvain Mailler • • •Shatha Mohammed
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •As a mother of three children, one of them with a disability, we suffer from hunger, displacement, and destruction every single day 💔.
Aral Balkan
in reply to Shatha Mohammed • • •@shathamohammed123 Shatha, thank you for your kind words but please think nothing of it; I wish there was more we could do.
I’ll send you a message now so we can hopefully get you on the site.
Shatha Mohammed
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •🐦🔥nemo™🐦⬛ 🇺🇦🍉
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Hi @shathamohammed123 I see you seem to have a new account, without verification I don't know if your account is legit. Aral abi created this service, feel free to let your account be verified and welcome to the fediverse :) 👍
And big thx to Aral for this service :) 👍
Aral Balkan
in reply to 🐦🔥nemo™🐦⬛ 🇺🇦🍉 • • •🐦🔥nemo™🐦⬛ 🇺🇦🍉
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Ma’moun
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Aral Balkan
Unknown parent • • •Joachim Bondo
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Aral Balkan
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •A quick announcement that I’m very excited about: @joynewacc and I are going to run Gaza Verified together now and we’ll both be present during the video chats.
I’ll update the site as soon as I can to reflect this.
Thank you so much for volunteering to help in the middle of everything else, Joy. You’re amazing :)
💕
#GazaVerified #Gaza #Palestine #FreePalestine #fediverse #mastodon
Joy
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •♥
Aral Balkan
in reply to Joy • • •Nouran 🍉
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •dansup
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •This is such a powerful and practical use of the fediverse and your following.
Thank you for creating a clear, trusted way for us to directly support and amplify voices from Gaza.
A truly vital initiative. We're so lucky to have people like you on the #fediverse. Much love. ❤️
Aral Balkan
in reply to dansup • • •Boud
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •@dansup
Just to get this on to this thread: there's this toot:
troet.cafe/@m7moodfamily/11515…
from @m7moodfamily
which has a profile link to gaza-verified.org but does *not* have a green tick.
Maybe @m7moodfamily is waiting for @aral to verify?
Help Mahmoud Family 🙌🍉🍉 (@m7moodfamily@troet.cafe)
troet.cafe - Mastodonn816 Life
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •David Culley
in reply to n816 Life • • •Aral Balkan
in reply to David Culley • • •Aral Balkan
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Dark and and Stormy
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •👆 Great 👆
Hope the people on "Free Free Palestine!" are seeing this too.
freefree.ps/about
@jmcnaughton
@Farid
@Prgauthier
@Abdullahawwad
@loulatea
@AlBatish_Family
And thanks to @pixelfed for boosting this and making me aware of it!
Free Free Palestine!
Mastodon hosted on freefree.psDark and and Stormy
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •@tfed There's that #BDS supporting mobile app/browser extension #Boycat.
boycat.io/
They seem to be expanding a lot these days, creating an "ethical marketplace", guess that's kinda the same idea.
buycat.shop/store
Maybe they could expand their activites to the Fediverse aswell?
BoyCat - Ethical Shopping & Secure VPN Services
BoyCatCoralie Renée
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Is it possible to verify this one account please?
ioc.exchange/@helpmahmoudfamil…
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Aral Balkan
in reply to Coralie Renée • • •@globcoco Sorry, that looks like one of the scam accounts. I believe it has already been removed.
Good way to check: has the person just joined (eg. Today) and do they already have lots of posts (eg. Over a hundred).
Variations of this account have been popping up on various servers yesterday/today and one even added a to link to gaza-verified.org to their account (of course it didn’t look verified).
Coralie Renée
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Thank you so much for having checked it out.
It looks suspicious because of the same toot send 5 times.
💖💖💖
Aral Balkan
Unknown parent • • •ΞVΞ🌸
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •This is gold. Thank you
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Aral Balkan
in reply to ΞVΞ🌸 • • •Aral Balkan
Unknown parent • • •@helmet91 What are you taking about? There is no “verification video.” Which account are you talking about and what is this proof you purport to have?
I’ve *personally* had video chats over Signal with all four of the people verified on the site currently and I am in touch with them daily.
Aral Balkan
Unknown parent • • •Aral Balkan
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •@helmet91 And her older brother, Yousef, has an English Literature degree and was just recently asking me if I could help him find work. Does that sound like a scammer to you?
mastodon.ar.al/@aral/115062517…
I really think you’re jumping to conclusions here.
Aral Balkan
@helmet91 And her older brother, Yousef, has an English Literature degree and was just recently asking me if I could help him find work. Does that sound like a scammer to you?
mastodon.ar.al/@aral/115062517…
I really think you’re jumping to conclusions here.
Aral Balkan
2025-08-20 18:31:28
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in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Aral Balkan
Unknown parent • • •Aral Balkan
Unknown parent • • •Aral Balkan
Unknown parent • • •@helmet91 These people are literally faced with genocide and famine and you’re out here acting like a dollar-store Sherlock Holmes.
I’ve told you several times now that I’ve had live video conversations over Signal with Nouran and her brother Yousef.
I don’t know what your problem is but what you’re doing by spreading this FUD is deplorable. I just saw that you wrote this blog post also: helmet91.com/post/how-not-to-g…
Congratulations, you are slandering people who are trying to survive genocide and famine.
Please think long and hard about what you’re doing here.
How not to get scammed
helmet91Chris Morgan
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •gaza-verified.org/ by
@aral
makes it so easy to donate to help people in Gaza. Aral verifies each account. I just donated a small amount to each of the accounts listed and it's easy. They are mostly gofundme or chuffed.org
Gaza Verified
gaza-verified.orgAral Balkan
in reply to Chris Morgan • • •@chris Thank you so much for your support. And I couldn’t do it without @joynewacc; we hold the video chats together, her from Gaza, me from Ireland :)
💕