Aral Balkan

Since Microsoft is organising a European Sovereign Tech Fund, we should ask Lockheed Martin to put together a European Sovereign Defense Fund. There’s probably also opportunity here to bring Amazon in to advise on EU labour standards and have McDonald’s take the lead on food safety policy in the EU.

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Jul 24, 2025 at 6:16amWeb
Show threadDr. Curiosity 💻🔬Jul 24, 2025
@aral @EUCommission
Why don't we get Europe's foxes to start a Sovereign Hen-house Network while we're at it.
Show threadAral BalkanJul 24, 2025
@DrCuriosity @EUCommission European foxes? Surely we should use USian foxes for that.
Show threadDr. Curiosity 💻🔬Jul 27, 2025
@aral @EUCommission Of course, there will naturally be a regulatory agreement that ensures American foxes have "equal" access to the henhouse... protection, under the principle of free trade. (And they can sue if local foxes are preferred, so it's easier to just let the American ones in all the time.)
Show threadErnst GuckerJul 24, 2025

@aral @EUCommission

Yes please. Make Alcoholism Great Again

Show threadŁukasz (woo-cash)Jul 24, 2025
@aral @EUCommission let's not forget about Shell teamed with Exxon advising on climate crisis and sustainability.
Show thread🐧DaveNull🐧 ☣️pResident Evil☣Jul 24, 2025

@aral French billionnaires (openly fascists and genocide supporters) should fund human-right NGOs while we're at it.

@EUCommission @_elena

Show threadMiguel TavaresJul 24, 2025

@aral @EUCommission like putting the fox in charge of

fuck it, this reality is making our idioms look tame and underwhelming.

Show threadIzzyJul 24, 2025
@macedotavares Hey, it worked great™ with UEFI and Secure Boot, so what could possibly go wrong? </s> @aral @EUCommission
Show threadGuy LateurJul 24, 2025
@aral @EUCommission Haha yes, and while we're at it, let's make Donald Trump president of the United Sta.. Wait, oh dear..
Show threadmrayJul 24, 2025
@aral I think I just spotted some orange in your face.
Show threadGlennMGJul 24, 2025
@aral @EUCommission
Sadly, this almost sounds real today. Fear for tomorrow.
Show threada fish named dog ✡️♾️Jul 24, 2025
@aral @EUCommission Let's let BP lead the way on climate change. They did it in the past, after all.
Ooh, Philip Morris should sponsor tobacco research again! No one complained about how smoking was unsafe back then, so it must've been safe.
(dear god I could see people making that argument *preemptive despair at the state of the world*)
Show threadIsabel RuffellJul 25, 2025

@FishNamedDog @aral @EUCommission

I think the COP process is way ahead of you ...

Show threadUltra Verified 🇺🇦 🇬🇱Jul 25, 2025

@aral @EUCommission

Ask #Republicans in #America to provide guidance in sane, reasoned discourse and ethical behavior, and Donald #Trump should be in charge of protecting children from sexual abuse #AskIvanka

Show threadwobweger Jul 25, 2025
@aral @EUCommission
yes, reasonable proposal 😂
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dear commission follow DK & SH
Show threadHans-Cees 🌳🌳🤢🦋🐈🐈🍋🍋🐝🐜Jul 26, 2025
@aral @Ruth_Mottram @EUCommission there's a meme for that
Show threadAndyDeardenJul 26, 2025
@hanscees @aral @Ruth_Mottram @EUCommission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standpoint_theory?wprov=sfla1
Standpoint theory - Wikipedia