Heidi Lim (she/they)
@heidiheidilim.bsky.social
Climate (comms, justice, removal). I believe climate change is largely a communications issue. Into climate tech and anti-techbro. Originally from Vegas. Climate person on Tik Tok and Youtube @heidiheidilim
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All the Climate Risks of Big Tech AI (as told by a climate person)
YouTube video by HeidiHeidiLim
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This is a big one! I spent over 3 months untangling all the climate risks of big tech's AI boom - it's not just energy and water, it's extending the life of fossil fuels, causing environmental injustices already, and amplifying social issues that already put us at climate risk. youtu.be/MRiRmxnwlCo
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Tech bros don’t actually understand the sci-fi they claim to love. Thank you Al Jazeera English for having me on.
December 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Tech bros don’t actually understand the sci-fi they claim to love. Thank you Al Jazeera English for having me on.
PSA that focusing on electricity/water spend of a single AI query is an easily debatable distraction. There are 2.5 BILLION queries on ChatGPT A DAY. That's just one app. The aggregate is what matters. www.tiktok.com/@heidiheidil...
Not the only climate risk the AI boom poses but probably the most well-known next to water spend. This is just a clip from a hour long video essay I'd appreciate you check out! I have just one more cl...
TikTok video by Heidi 🧗🏻
www.tiktok.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
PSA that focusing on electricity/water spend of a single AI query is an easily debatable distraction. There are 2.5 BILLION queries on ChatGPT A DAY. That's just one app. The aggregate is what matters. www.tiktok.com/@heidiheidil...
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ChatGPT cuts the crusts off my peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I'm a big business boy.
December 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
ChatGPT cuts the crusts off my peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I'm a big business boy.
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It's impressive that Big Tech was like: We aren't douchy enough. What if we made asshole intelligence and burned up some of the earth's power and water faster?
December 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
It's impressive that Big Tech was like: We aren't douchy enough. What if we made asshole intelligence and burned up some of the earth's power and water faster?
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This is awesome. Print is such a good way to get around a bunch of distribution (and surveillance!) mechanisms that seem otherwise mandatory in this very gross economy. It is really nice to see it spelled out like this.
It works great for us, and it'll work great for other places!
It works great for us, and it'll work great for other places!
404 Media is making a print zine! About the surveillance technologies used by ICE. 16 pages, riso printed. Shipping early January. Features reworked versions of our best reporting and a few new things. We're very excited! And hope to do more if people like it:
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
404 Media Is Making a Zine
We are publishing a risograph-printed zine about the surveillance technologies used by ICE.
www.404media.co
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This is awesome. Print is such a good way to get around a bunch of distribution (and surveillance!) mechanisms that seem otherwise mandatory in this very gross economy. It is really nice to see it spelled out like this.
It works great for us, and it'll work great for other places!
It works great for us, and it'll work great for other places!
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The Supreme Court is completely compromised with right-wing hacks who have been groomed by billionaires and white Christian nationalists.
It's time for fighters to emerge and embrace accountability, reform and EXPANDING THE COURT.
Make the Court fear the people.
It's time for fighters to emerge and embrace accountability, reform and EXPANDING THE COURT.
Make the Court fear the people.
December 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The Supreme Court is completely compromised with right-wing hacks who have been groomed by billionaires and white Christian nationalists.
It's time for fighters to emerge and embrace accountability, reform and EXPANDING THE COURT.
Make the Court fear the people.
It's time for fighters to emerge and embrace accountability, reform and EXPANDING THE COURT.
Make the Court fear the people.
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Republican talking point in case you missed it.
They all say ,"I haven't seen or read the report or video".
This is why we have to remind people today that in next November you vote against these assholes, who fucking don't give a shit about you and think you are moron.
They all say ,"I haven't seen or read the report or video".
This is why we have to remind people today that in next November you vote against these assholes, who fucking don't give a shit about you and think you are moron.
December 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Republican talking point in case you missed it.
They all say ,"I haven't seen or read the report or video".
This is why we have to remind people today that in next November you vote against these assholes, who fucking don't give a shit about you and think you are moron.
They all say ,"I haven't seen or read the report or video".
This is why we have to remind people today that in next November you vote against these assholes, who fucking don't give a shit about you and think you are moron.
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helps to think about the details like any regular crime you'd see on one of the 800 cop shows that run on TV constantly: these guys committed one set of murders, thought it over, and then decided to kill the witnesses as part of the coverup. mention of drugs is just jingling keys at this point
December 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
helps to think about the details like any regular crime you'd see on one of the 800 cop shows that run on TV constantly: these guys committed one set of murders, thought it over, and then decided to kill the witnesses as part of the coverup. mention of drugs is just jingling keys at this point
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just an utter joke of a court.
December 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
just an utter joke of a court.
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This is too much.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
This is too much.
I feel like the part of us that makes us feel weird about Tom Brady's dog being a clone, is the part that we're ignoring to accept AI slop.
December 3, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I feel like the part of us that makes us feel weird about Tom Brady's dog being a clone, is the part that we're ignoring to accept AI slop.
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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Criminal Netanyahu continues to starve and kill the people of Gaza. He has no apparent desire to stop. He, Trump and Putin are three of the leaders of the new axis of evil.
December 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Criminal Netanyahu continues to starve and kill the people of Gaza. He has no apparent desire to stop. He, Trump and Putin are three of the leaders of the new axis of evil.
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Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of tariffs
Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of tariffs
The wholesaler is the latest company to sue a federal agency over the president's signature economic policy.
www.nbcnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of tariffs
Sometimes I have to remind myself there are so so many bots out there mining our anger for clicks. I wonder what the collective impact is of the psychological warfare of said bots. Trolls, too.
In related news, a bunch of transphobes have been trying to start an argument with me for the last couple of days and why would I engage in that when I could do pretty much anything else instead?
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Sometimes I have to remind myself there are so so many bots out there mining our anger for clicks. I wonder what the collective impact is of the psychological warfare of said bots. Trolls, too.
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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Amazon workers go on strike world-wide. “From Germany to Bangladesh, thousands of workers walked off the job on Friday and marched against Amazon’s labor practices to push for better wages, working conditions, and union protections." www.commondreams.org/news/make-am...
Global Black Friday Strikes Against Amazon Target 'Techno-Authoritarian' Assault on Workers | Common Dreams
"We are joining Make Amazon Pay to demand the most basic rights: safety, dignity, and the chance to go home alive," said one Amazon worker from India.
www.commondreams.org
November 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Amazon workers go on strike world-wide. “From Germany to Bangladesh, thousands of workers walked off the job on Friday and marched against Amazon’s labor practices to push for better wages, working conditions, and union protections." www.commondreams.org/news/make-am...
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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
For real, from what I've observed something shifted in the last few months
I remember Dawning Realization Month for the NFT people too. Think this is going to take much longer because of how wrapped up the whole economy is in this, but it really feels like it's happening.
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 2:02 AM
For real, from what I've observed something shifted in the last few months
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ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
I don't think most realize how bipartisan AI and data center pushback is tbh...
November 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I don't think most realize how bipartisan AI and data center pushback is tbh...
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Cannot emphasize this enough.
If you shop on Black Friday, shop only at small biz, minority owned biz, women owned biz, or support independent media.
Do not give Big Box Retailers your money! #WeAintBuyingIt
If you shop on Black Friday, shop only at small biz, minority owned biz, women owned biz, or support independent media.
Do not give Big Box Retailers your money! #WeAintBuyingIt
November 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Cannot emphasize this enough.
If you shop on Black Friday, shop only at small biz, minority owned biz, women owned biz, or support independent media.
Do not give Big Box Retailers your money! #WeAintBuyingIt
If you shop on Black Friday, shop only at small biz, minority owned biz, women owned biz, or support independent media.
Do not give Big Box Retailers your money! #WeAintBuyingIt
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big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
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If you’re wondering why there’s a lull in the Epstein files discussion, it’s because the law that just passed gave Pamela Jo 30 days to release the files. So we’re all waiting to see how she tries to sabotage it. The discussion will pick back up in earnest on December 20th.
November 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
If you’re wondering why there’s a lull in the Epstein files discussion, it’s because the law that just passed gave Pamela Jo 30 days to release the files. So we’re all waiting to see how she tries to sabotage it. The discussion will pick back up in earnest on December 20th.