Ascrod
Surviving near Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Ascrod@midwest.socialto
Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Best Free Mobile App for Streaming Self-Hosted Music?English
6·7 months agoAfter trying a couple apps with Jellyfin for a bit, I switched to Ultrasonic with Navidrome and never looked back.
My read on Jellyfin is that it’s probably better suited for TV and movies than it is for music.
Ascrod@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•House Republicans Are Set to Pass a Voter Suppression Bill That Would Disenfranchise Millions | “It’s a five-alarm fire for American voters and for election officials”English
2·9 months ago“Ah we’ll just vote them out in 2-4 years and we can go back to brunch.”
There are no guard rails this time. No guard rails! This problem won’t just go away on its own, as this very bill demonstrates.
Ascrod@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Framework Stops Selling Some of Its Laptops in the U.S. Due to TariffsEnglish
10·9 months agoScrew Steve Jobs for foisting the disposable tech business model upon the world, and screw Trump for depriving us of one of the very few products that stands against that business model.
Ascrod@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Trump and Musk constructed an alternate reality and now we’re all living in itEnglish
1·9 months agoAt least the Herman Cain kooks have an award they can earn for their kookery.
Ascrod@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Elon Musk says Saturday's protesters were "paid puppets." That's not what I saw.English
9·9 months agoYeah? Where’s my George Soros check Elon? Where’s my fucking money Elon? WHERE IS IT?
Ascrod@midwest.socialto
Ohio@midwest.social•Video of the Crowds in Columbus As Part of Today's Nationwide Protest Against Trump and Musk
3·9 months agoHundreds of people turned out in Xenia and Dayton. I was really impressed at how Ohioans are fighting back!
Ascrod@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•S&P 500 Has Worst Day Since June 2020 as Trade War Sets Off SlumpEnglish
2·9 months agoI think someone else coined the term “Trump Slump” but man is it just perfect.
Ascrod@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Cory Booker's anti-Trump speech on the Senate floor has lasted 13 hours and countingEnglish
8·9 months agoBeen a while since we’ve had a good talking filibuster.
Ascrod@midwest.socialto
Ohio@midwest.social•~1000 People Showed up To Tesla Takedown Protests in Columbus Yesterday. Here's a Photo of Part of the Crowd
2·9 months agoThe ones in Cinci and Dayton have been growing, enough that the local TV news has showed up to a few. Columbus has been going a lot longer and much more consistently, though… I’m jealous.
Ascrod@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Bernie Sanders and AOC’s Rallies Can Become a Mass MovementEnglish
2·9 months agoI’ve been disappointed that Obama was center-right since 2009. Biggest letdown politician I’ve ever seen.
Ascrod@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Walmart fires 6'4" cisgender woman threatened by man who thought she was transEnglish
17·9 months agoHeard about this one through a trans friend. I hope she sues the fuck out of them.
Ascrod@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Disturbing Video Shows Masked Men Hauling Away Pro-Palestine Student – Her Whereabouts Are UnknownEnglish
6·9 months agoHow long before these tactics are employed against citizens and permanent residents? How long before “pro-Palestinian” becomes “to the left of Chuck Schumer”?
Ascrod@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Pete Hegseth Sent Secret War Plans to Journalist by Accident: ReportEnglish
7·9 months agoThis is better than the time Alex Jones’ defense lawyer accidentally sent a phone backup to the prosecution.
Ascrod@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Donald Trump suggests US could join British CommonwealthEnglish
1·9 months agoI just don’t see this happening. Why would he accept anyone else being king?
Ascrod@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Seniors won't complain if they miss a Social Security check, Lutnick saysEnglish
14·9 months agoThey have touched the third rail of American politics, let’s see how long it takes for their own stupidity to kill them.
Ascrod@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Democratic Senators Team Up With MAGA To Hand Trump A Censorship MachineEnglish
9·9 months agoCompanies are the real constituents, unfortunately.
I’m not a lawyer, but I think this could kill the US side of the fediverse by saddling small, independent operators with legal burden, forcing them to shut down rather than spend thousands on legal fees or fines. Like the UK’s Online Safety Act, something disguised as “Save The Children!” will only serve to entrench large oligopolies at the expense of everyone else.
Ascrod@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•USAID employees told to burn or shred classified documentsEnglish
10·9 months agoHopefully someone has offsite backups.
Ascrod@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Memo Reveals Plans to Sabotage Social SecurityEnglish
6·9 months agoI thought the document was called Project 2025, and it wasn’t leaked online so much as published. Gutting “entitlements” has been their plan all along.















“Oligarch mouthpiece demands diverting of major public funds to oligarchs instead”
Story of America, really.