A.J. McDuffee
@nebraskanerd.bsky.social
Atheist, nerd, politics, history. Love science fiction, futuristic environments and new worlds. Ignorance is a clear and present danger.
Political science and English from a university in the rural parts of Nebraska.
Political science and English from a university in the rural parts of Nebraska.
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A.J. McDuffee
@nebraskanerd.bsky.social
· Nov 12
About me:
Long time science fiction, history, video games, and politics nerd.
I've written two fiction books and am pursuing a degree in political science.
I've enjoyed playing video games since I was about 5, the first game being Oregon Trail.
I'm married.
Long time science fiction, history, video games, and politics nerd.
I've written two fiction books and am pursuing a degree in political science.
I've enjoyed playing video games since I was about 5, the first game being Oregon Trail.
I'm married.
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Kristi Noem and Tom Homan hiring the best and the brightest for their new ICE Army. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
December 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Kristi Noem and Tom Homan hiring the best and the brightest for their new ICE Army. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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This is like if Tyson stopped selling consumer chicken. RAM is about to cost as much as a brand new pc. The cost of everything from tablets, to phones, to laptops will skyrocket. All because AI data centers are consuming all the available RAM they can get.
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/the...
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/the...
Crucial memory will soon be a memory itself as Micron abandons consumers in favor of AI data centers
The RAM crisis is just getting started.
www.pcgamer.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
This is like if Tyson stopped selling consumer chicken. RAM is about to cost as much as a brand new pc. The cost of everything from tablets, to phones, to laptops will skyrocket. All because AI data centers are consuming all the available RAM they can get.
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/the...
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/the...
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Another way to look at this is when ICE, CBP, et al lie on reports, now they can blame AI. “U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis wrote… that the practice of using ChatGPT to write use-of-force reports undermines the agents’ credibility and ‘may explain the inaccuracy of these reports.’”
Judge's footnote on immigration agents using AI raises accuracy and privacy concerns
A federal judge called out an immigration enforcement agent for using artificial intelligence to write the narrative of a use-of-force report as just a small part of a scathing opinion that rebutted f...
apnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Another way to look at this is when ICE, CBP, et al lie on reports, now they can blame AI. “U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis wrote… that the practice of using ChatGPT to write use-of-force reports undermines the agents’ credibility and ‘may explain the inaccuracy of these reports.’”
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🚨 NEW/EXCLUSIVE: The FBI turned over dozens of emails to me in response to my #FOIA request that provides a behind-the-scenes look at discussions involving the review and redaction of the Epstein files
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
🚨 NEW/EXCLUSIVE: The FBI turned over dozens of emails to me in response to my #FOIA request that provides a behind-the-scenes look at discussions involving the review and redaction of the Epstein files
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
Read more from @benjaminriley.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Read more from @benjaminriley.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
Read more from @benjaminriley.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Read more from @benjaminriley.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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This article is from @markhertling.bsky.social - a retired three-star Army general - and everyone should read it.
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This article is from @markhertling.bsky.social - a retired three-star Army general - and everyone should read it.
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Trump’s Dept. of Transportation has:
• Scrapped possible limits on train/bus driver hours to keep them from falling asleep
• Delayed a rule to help prevent 9/11-style cockpit takeovers
• Proposed exempting school bus child-restraint systems from crash-protection rules
• Scrapped possible limits on train/bus driver hours to keep them from falling asleep
• Delayed a rule to help prevent 9/11-style cockpit takeovers
• Proposed exempting school bus child-restraint systems from crash-protection rules
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Expe...
www.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Trump’s Dept. of Transportation has:
• Scrapped possible limits on train/bus driver hours to keep them from falling asleep
• Delayed a rule to help prevent 9/11-style cockpit takeovers
• Proposed exempting school bus child-restraint systems from crash-protection rules
• Scrapped possible limits on train/bus driver hours to keep them from falling asleep
• Delayed a rule to help prevent 9/11-style cockpit takeovers
• Proposed exempting school bus child-restraint systems from crash-protection rules
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The historian Margaret MacMillan joins @davidfrum.bsky.social for a conversation about what a “post-American” world order might look like.
Watch “The David Frum Show”:
Watch “The David Frum Show”:
The End of the American Empire
The historian Margaret MacMillan on the impact of the Trump-led American withdrawal from world leadership. Plus: David on the corrupting effects of lavish foreign gifts to President Trump and Charles Dickens’s The Old Curiosity Shop.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The historian Margaret MacMillan joins @davidfrum.bsky.social for a conversation about what a “post-American” world order might look like.
Watch “The David Frum Show”:
Watch “The David Frum Show”:
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NEW: The Tate brothers, who have been accused of sexual misconduct in three countries, had their devices seized by law enforcement when they arrived in the U.S.
Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.
Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: The Tate brothers, who have been accused of sexual misconduct in three countries, had their devices seized by law enforcement when they arrived in the U.S.
Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.
Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.
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The Fermi paradox asks why we've yet to find evidence of intelligent extraterrestrial life. The odds are we should!
A NASA scientist suggests that "alien societies might plateau at modest technological levels and even grow bored with exploration."
www.sciencefocus.com/news/aliens-...
A NASA scientist suggests that "alien societies might plateau at modest technological levels and even grow bored with exploration."
www.sciencefocus.com/news/aliens-...
Why aliens are (probably) too lazy to make first contact | BBC Science Focus Magazine
Space is big. Why not kick back, relax, and wait for them to come to you?
www.sciencefocus.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The Fermi paradox asks why we've yet to find evidence of intelligent extraterrestrial life. The odds are we should!
A NASA scientist suggests that "alien societies might plateau at modest technological levels and even grow bored with exploration."
www.sciencefocus.com/news/aliens-...
A NASA scientist suggests that "alien societies might plateau at modest technological levels and even grow bored with exploration."
www.sciencefocus.com/news/aliens-...
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📍Senator Fetterman had a VFIB—the leading cause of cardiac arrest—he almost died if not for his implanted defibrillator, which can cost $34,000 to over $51,000. Days ago, he also just voted with GOP to gut health insurance tax credits for millions. Hope he has a change of heart.
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
📍Senator Fetterman had a VFIB—the leading cause of cardiac arrest—he almost died if not for his implanted defibrillator, which can cost $34,000 to over $51,000. Days ago, he also just voted with GOP to gut health insurance tax credits for millions. Hope he has a change of heart.
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Trump is so out of touch with everyday Americans, he doesn’t even know how long a typical mortgage lasts. Ingraham steps in to help him out, but it's just embarrassing how disconnected from reality this guy is.
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Trump is so out of touch with everyday Americans, he doesn’t even know how long a typical mortgage lasts. Ingraham steps in to help him out, but it's just embarrassing how disconnected from reality this guy is.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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worth noting that Mamdani did *not* take the bait
November 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
worth noting that Mamdani did *not* take the bait
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November 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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This is meant to stop stores from charging more not less. This is such a perversion of what this rule is meant to do.
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This is meant to stop stores from charging more not less. This is such a perversion of what this rule is meant to do.
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Obama: As for the president, he has been focused on critical issues like paving over the rose garden so folks don't get mud on their shoes and gold plating the Oval Office and building a ballroom… If you can't visit a doctor, don't worry. He will save you a dance.
November 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Obama: As for the president, he has been focused on critical issues like paving over the rose garden so folks don't get mud on their shoes and gold plating the Oval Office and building a ballroom… If you can't visit a doctor, don't worry. He will save you a dance.
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NEW: Planned changes to Social Security’s disability program could leave hundreds of thousands of older blue-collar workers ineligible for aid.
These changes would fall disproportionately on some of President Trump’s most loyal supporters.
These changes would fall disproportionately on some of President Trump’s most loyal supporters.
Red State Workers Could Lose Out on Disability Benefits as Trump Administration Rewrites Eligibility Rules
Planned changes to Social Security’s disability program could leave hundreds of thousands of older blue-collar workers ineligible for aid. These changes would fall disproportionately on some of President Trump’s most loyal supporters.
www.propublica.org
October 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
NEW: Planned changes to Social Security’s disability program could leave hundreds of thousands of older blue-collar workers ineligible for aid.
These changes would fall disproportionately on some of President Trump’s most loyal supporters.
These changes would fall disproportionately on some of President Trump’s most loyal supporters.
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FACTS about SNAP:
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 AM
FACTS about SNAP:
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
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Earlier this year, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.
ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”
You can judge for yourself.
ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”
You can judge for yourself.
“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...
projects.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Earlier this year, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.
ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”
You can judge for yourself.
ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”
You can judge for yourself.
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HAPPENING NOW: Portland Police Commander Franz Schoening testifies that federal officers on Oct. 18 barraged protesters with crowd control munitions — not because of any violence but because another federal officer accidentally shot tear gas onto the roof of the ICE facility.
October 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Portland Police Commander Franz Schoening testifies that federal officers on Oct. 18 barraged protesters with crowd control munitions — not because of any violence but because another federal officer accidentally shot tear gas onto the roof of the ICE facility.
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The Pentagon is annoyed with Kathryn Bigelow’s new movie, “A House of Dynamite,” for making the U.S. appear to have weak missile defenses—but the movie is more accurate on this point than the Defense Department itself, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues.
The Military’s Missile Defense System Cannot Be as Good as It Says
Kathryn Bigelow’s new movie, A House of Dynamite, is more accurate on this point than the Defense Department itself.
bit.ly
October 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The Pentagon is annoyed with Kathryn Bigelow’s new movie, “A House of Dynamite,” for making the U.S. appear to have weak missile defenses—but the movie is more accurate on this point than the Defense Department itself, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues.