Kansas Grant / is on Nostr

The artist formerly known as KansasGrant and GrantDotDotDot on the bird site. Software engineer by trade and Renaissance man by choice. Interests: #technology #music #audio #photography #diy #art #politics

My YouTube channel is "Some Disassembly Required." It features videos of me taking apart cool stuff that I picked up for cheap. You can follow @SomeDisassemblyRequired for my channel announcements.

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2023-08-06 16:17:23

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@npub189n…satx What other choice do we sheep have?

2023-08-06 16:17:23

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@npub189n…satx What other choice do we sheep have?

2023-06-29 13:17:37

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@npub1rtg…tj9k Your use of the chain as a framing device and leading line is really effective.

2023-04-25 00:19:36

I just heard #[0] on #[1] cover the firing of #[2]. He rattled off a quote from a pro forma CNN executive email in about 20 seconds, reading it as quickly as he could.
I'm not any big fan of Don Lemon but it seems like on purely a news basis, CNN could provide a little more that 20 seconds on the subject. So, I turned CNN off.

2023-04-16 00:01:07

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#[0] #[1] One of my favorite "Twitter friends" tried to get on Mastodon and got flummoxed by the technical challenge of signing up.
That's not an uncommon problem, as I'm sure you know. So, I still interact with him on Twitter.
Similarly, I have a friend at work in real life who has cerebral palsy, and can't walk nearly as fast as me. So, when I walk down the hall with him, I walk at his pace.

2023-04-15 23:42:26

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#[0] #[1] They're not 'friends' in the usual sense. They're what I call "Twitter friends", which means I have recurring pleasant interactions with them via Twitter.
Most of them I know almost nothing about personally. I know the state or city where a few live. I don't know their last names, or even some of their first names.
Were you ever on Twitter? Didn't you have 'friends' there like that? Or did you merely have impersonal, business-like messages with others there?

2023-04-15 23:42:26

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2023-04-15 20:13:02

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#[0] My.opinon differs about the "supporting" part. I provided a rationale for why being on Twitter might be a way to actually fight fascism - which you did not refute.
As I'm sure you're aware, many people on Twitter believe that they should "stay and fight" rather than "cede the global public square to the fascists."
I don't personally hold that view but I think it's just as defensible as yours that by staying on Twitter, one is supporting fascism.
As I stated previously, your argument oversimplifies a complex issue. In my opinion.

2023-04-15 19:57:58

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#[0] I respect your opinion, but it is only that.

2023-04-15 19:57:58

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#[0] I respect your opinion, but it is only that.

2023-04-15 19:40:49

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#[0] If only it were that simple. You see, the people I engage with on Twitter are just as anti-fascist as I am.
Let's compare that with the people I engage with here, after five months of daily use.
Oh, nobody much engages with me here. So, I guess I don't have any data for comparison.
The folks who post here do seem very nice though - notwithstanding their near total lack of reciprocity whenever I try to pleasantly engage with them.
So, based on my experience, it looks like my options here are to be a broadcaster (like the folks who never engage with me), a fan (who praises broadcasters), a troll (who causes trouble to get engagement), or a lurker (who reads but is totally invisible.)
Ideally, I would become a fan, and heap adulation on all the broadcasters here. However, becoming a lurker is more my style. So please be advised that I typically read and enjoy your posts when they come my way.
Over and out.

2023-04-15 19:40:49

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