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Simon van Heeringen

@simonvh.bsky.social
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Data scientist / software engineer in the energy sector, climate activist, former computational biologist.

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Want to see what climate “non-solutions” look like? Here’s a list of weak ideas and greenwashing tricks, with the science behind why they’re not such a good idea. “Not Recommended” by Project Drawdown…. drawdown.org/explorer?cla...
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Drawdown Explorer™
We know what we need to do: stop climate change as quickly as possible. Now, with the Drawdown Explorer, we know how to do it.
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Dolf Jansen @dolfjansen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
WTF NPO?! #songfestival2027 En: welke liedjesartiest gaat zich hiervoor lenen?! #dontstoptalkingaboutpalestine
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Roel Maalderink @roelmaalderink.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hoe vinden Meta-medewerkers hun eigen Meta-bril? (Samen met @bitsoffreedom.eurosky.social)
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Laura “y’all’d’ve is grammatically correct” Stone @stoneyboboney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Brand new baby gardener: 🥰planting mint in this corner of the garden! I hope it makes it!🤞🏼 Every seasoned gardener: 😲 The garden bed: 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱
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Ingrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Waar is de lobby voor hogere en meer progressieve erf- en schenkbelasting, voor het sluiten van de sluiproutes voor de rijksten, de onnodige voordelen voor bedrijven, en de hardvochtige aanpak van erfgenamen die arbeidsgehandicapt zijn en daardoor gebruik moeten maken van bijstand?
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Simon van Heeringen @simonvh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Draadje over erfbelasting
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Simon van Heeringen @simonvh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Maar XR is niet voor de saaie juridische acties. Er zijn vele rollen nodig, XR vervult daar één van. En die rol is niet om knuffelbaar te zijn. Ontstaat er discussie, prima. Zal niet iedereen het er mee eens zijn? Prima. Laat het Overton window naar schuiven.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We already have an AI kill switch: cut power to servers. Really want to talk existential threat? Fine. We humans have many ways to blow things up. Like data centers. Panicky discourse assumes the first priority is protect tech company investments and expand their businesses. But why should it be?
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/09/2026
I'm just going to keep yelling this louder and louder until it clicks: weird overpaid AI nerds hand-wringing about human extinction are trying to distract you from the extremely deadly and serious harms they are causing yesterday, today and tomorrow www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Headline: "US Data Centers Set to Burn More Natural Gas Than Most Nations" above a photo of natural gas compressor towers, power lines and a crane at an industrial site, illustrating rising gas use tied to data centers.News excerpt reporting that U.S. data centers’ natural gas use is expected to grow by 15 billion cubic feet per day by 2035—amounting to more gas than every country except China, Russia, Iran and the U.S., citing the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Petra Verdonk she/her @petraverdonk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Vandaag is wederom een rebel die opriep tot deelname aan een A12-blokkade thuis gearresteerd wegens opruiing. A12-blokkade 19 september Meld je aan via a12blokkade.nl #StopFossieleSubsidies
Advertentie 2 augustus 2023 na veroordeling 7 klimaatactivisten wegens opruiing
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Simon van Heeringen @simonvh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Wat? Nee, echt waar? Wie had dat gedacht! nos.nl/artikel/2630...
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Planbureau ziet klimaatbeleid vastlopen: 'Enorme kloof tussen ambitie en beleid'
Onderzoekers zijn steeds bezorgder over het Nederlandse klimaat- en energiebeleid. Ons land blijft afhankelijk van geïmporteerde steenkool, olie en gas en de verduurzaming lijkt vastgelopen.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 10/09/2026
If OpenAI or Anthropic really believe that this technology has a non-trivial probability of destroying humanity within a decade, where is their SCRAM switch?
Nuclear reactor shutdown switch
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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Simon van Heeringen @simonvh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Hint: linksonder in de grafiek 😉
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Simon van Heeringen @simonvh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
betteridgeslaw.com
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Betteridge’s Law
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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’
She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...
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Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I was asked by a colleague from my oil & gas days (who has remained in the industry) why UK producing its own gas is less acceptable to the Greens (& others) than importing it from America and West Africa.' The full question & my reply is now online at: climateuncensored.com/there-is-no-...
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There Is No Atmospheric Exemption for British Oil and Gas - Climate Uncensored
I was recently contacted by a colleague from my days in the 1980s and 90s when I worked as an engineer in the offshore oil and gas sector. He remains in the
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You’ve gotta use AI because it’s the future. But also it’ll take your job. But also it’ll create a paradise on earth and solve most of our problems. But also it’ll end humanity soon. But also you’ll get left behind if you don’t use it right now.
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Simon van Heeringen @simonvh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Same, same.
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Simon van Heeringen @simonvh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I fucking hate the fact that due to all the hyping by these technofascist misfits I don't know when the whole AI-scare actually gets scary. Is it just hyperbolic marketing speak? Who knows? Boy cries wolf too many fucking times.
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Simon van Heeringen @simonvh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Goed gespot. Dag de speld. <block>
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Lady Jessica @ladyjessica.northsky.social · 04/09/2026
As always Cory’s work is amazing and exposes the worst of the world we live in today. The system can’t be reformed and it must be destroyed.
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A reminder for all the people who are still using genAI images to express their opposition to right-wing crap. Please, find another way.
The Batman meme taken from The Dark Knight Returns. He's breaking a shotgun in two, saying 'This is the weapon of the enemy. We do not need it. We will not use it.'
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Sybrand Frietema @frietema.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Ruim 50 kilometer uit de kust wordt gebouwd aan Ecowende: 52 windturbines, goed voor de elektriciteit van ongeveer 2 nieuwe hyperscale datacenters. Wind op zee geeft schone energie van eigen bodem voor een vriendenprijsje aan buitenlandse tech overlords. Zo verkwanselen we onze eigen energie!
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Simon van Heeringen @simonvh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Yeah, those famous songs are nice and all, but Dolly Parton's bluegrass records are where it's at.
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Simon van Heeringen @simonvh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Het is niet heel ingewikkeld. Links heeft het straks gedaan, VVD krijgt haar zin, en of dit of een nieuw kabinet lost niets op en zet weer flinke nieuwe stappen richting fascisme. nos.nl/artikel/2628...
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D66 en CDA dringen aan op politieke deal met Pro, VVD is tegen linkse keuze
De wensen van de linkse oppositie moeten meer ruimte krijgen dan nu, vinden D66 en CDA.
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton and Patti LaBelle playing their acrylics. Two icons.
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Menno Pot @mennopot.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Een verdrietige dag, want we moeten verder zonder Dolly Parton 💔 Mijn postuum stond al klaar, want het ging al een tijdje niet zo goed. Nu online bij de Volkskrant. #DollyParton #Dolly #Volkskrant www.volkskrant.nl/cs-b31574f6/
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Dolly Parton (1946-2026), diva vol zelfspot, maar bovenal zangeres van pure country
Met zelfspot bewandelde Dolly Parton decennialang de delicate lijn tussen Hollywood en Nashville. Het ene moment kitschkoningin van de mondiale queer-gemeenschap, het andere moment een pure countryzan...
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Micah @rincewind.run · 25/08/2026
dolly parton taught millions of children to read dolly parton raised millions of dollars for cancer research and disaster relief dolly parton stood by the lgbtq community her entire life dolly parton personally helped fund the moderna vaccine if there was a right side of something she was on it
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/08/2026
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Simon van Heeringen @simonvh.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Hah, guess I'm still young!
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Simon van Heeringen @simonvh.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
There are many, many reasons to hate AI (many!). However, one minor but very annoying one is that RAM and disks have become so expensive. Looking into a replacement for my cheapo old-timey NAS, but the reasonably priced ones all have tiny amounts of memory and tiny disks. This used to be cheap!
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Wil Hoekstra🔻 @wilh.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Lezersbrief in de Volkskrant
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Sybrand Frietema @frietema.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Dat jullie allemaal even oppassen. Vlaggetjes of steun uitspreken voor ‘terroristische organisatie’ kan je binnenkort gevangenisstraf van max. 3 jaar opleveren. Met dank aan D66… En niet vergeten: VVD bepaalt het liefst zelf - met extreemrechts - wat zoal ‘terroristisch’ is, bv. Antifa. Of XR.
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Wetsvoorstel om verheerlijken van terrorisme strafbaar te stellen naar Raad van State | Rijksoverheid.nl
Terrorisme vormt een ernstige bedreiging voor de democratische rechtsstaat en de veiligheid van de Nederlandse samenleving. Terroristische en gewelddadige boodschappen verspreiden zich, zeker online, ...
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ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 01/08/2026
By the statements of the very people constructing these machines and driving this political project, that project will fail, or at least be severely hampered, if people do not adopt LLMs fast enough; which seems like a sufficient grounds to encourage such rejection. Thus also data center protest.
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ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 01/08/2026
Rejecting LLMs isn’t about rejecting their utility or failing to be aware of their power —it’s about rejecting that political project; born out of an awareness that any use of these machines at all promulgates that project and assembles me into adjacent responsibility for its commission.
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
It's incredible is how little folks understand about academe. Peer review is brutal. Academic Q+A is Troy level slaughter. Bros attacking a lady academic for a fair review would shit themselves on stage after a paper and break down into toddler tears after their first conference paper w a mean Q+A.
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Simon van Heeringen @simonvh.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Ik mis Stevo Akkerman wel als columnist. Mooi als ie af en toe weer eens invalt. www.trouw.nl/columnisten/...
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Kijk, daar gaat een auto van een Syrisch gezin in de fik
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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Pedro Sánchez has sent a letter to the EU institutions complaining about the political reaction of some member states to the migratory crisis in Ceuta. “In the current international context, the European Union cannot afford this kind of selfish, polarising and unlawful reaction.” 🧵
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Nadia Bouras @nadiabouras.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Mijn afkeer van de VVD is met geen pen te beschrijven. Walgelijke, walgelijke partij. Gadverdamme.
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Simon van Heeringen @simonvh.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Well, @minister-president.bsky.social ? How about it?
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Myrthe Hilkens @myrthehilkens.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
De gasprijzen gaan door het dak en we hebben een watertekort. Toch stampen techmiljardairs als Elon Musk en Jeff Bezos stroomslurpende datacenters uit de grond. ⛔ We moeten nu de pauzeknop indrukken en de bouw van nieuwe datacenters stoppen! Teken de petitie 👇 www.fossielvrij.nl/stop-datacenters
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Stop nieuwe datacenters!
De gasprijzen gaan door het dak en we hebben een watertekort. Toch stampen techmiljardairs als Elon Musk en Jeff Bezos stroomslurpende datacenters uit de grond. ⛔ We moeten nu de pauzeknop indrukken ...
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Auke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · 24/07/2026
Welcome to the Anthropocene 🔥
People “enjoying” the beach during the French forest fires People “enjoying” the beach during the French forest fires
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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
I want to tell you a story, and it begins with this VERY WEIRD animal: Meet Thetys vagina... [a thread 🧵] 📸 m_patton bit.ly/2Mgw8Sf 🌿🧪🦑🐙🌊
tubular clear animal being held near a beach
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 17/07/2026
Activists damage the building foundations of data centre 🫡 > The group said that they threw water balloons filled with a mixture of hydrogen peroxide, acetic acid, salt, and acrylic paint at the under-construction facility.
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Amsterdam activists throw acid at Microsoft datacenter project
Extinction Rebellion claims responsibility for chemical-filled balloon attack targeting concrete and steel
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 17/07/2026
Please don't let journalists flip the narrative at all here. If you can't support activism against data centres because a USA outlet got a silly quote you're not anti AI. If you've never taken part in activism and read the reporting, you have no idea how they accidentally or otherwise twist things.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
“.. I asked a few AI researchers whether they could name any other real-world software that scales so poorly. None of them could think of any. “.. By economic and engineering measures, generative AI might be the worst technology ever deployed.” @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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Simon van Heeringen @simonvh.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Why not just refuse based on the fact that they chose a Tolkienesque name? I mean, track record of Tolkien tech names so far has just pretty much spelled evil incarnate. www.engadget.com/2212600/fcc-grants-approval-for-sun-reflecting-space-mirror/
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FCC grants approval for sun-reflecting space mirror that's been widely criticized by astronomers - Engadget
Reflect Orbital wants to direct sunlight at night with a network of satellites.
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Poldermanie @poldermanie.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Zit er pfas in?
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