Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️
@philsturgeon.com
Co-founder of @protect.earth, a registered charity (England & Wales) creating/restoring woodlands and other knackered ecosystems to sequester carbon and fight the biodiversity crisis. Electric van life, bikepacking, and boycotting fossil fuels.
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Protecting River Roding from Japanese Knotweed — Protect Earth
Every habitat in the UK is at risk of being destroyed by invasive species. Woodlands, wetlands, grasslands, lakes, ponds, rivers, everything you can imagine is having a rough time thanks to various im...
www.protect.earth
Japanese Knotweed is an ecosystem killer in the UK, and I'm proud @protect.earth could get stuck in at River Roding to kill it right back. Here's a little information about what, why, and how. #biodiversity #wetlands www.protect.earth/articles/protecting-river-roding-from-japanese-knotweed
Haha @juliancheal.dev sent me this and my first thought was “That bottom boat is using a solar panel as an awning. We should do that.”
Then I thought “aaghhhhhh”.
Then I thought “aaghhhhhh”.
A massive sinkhole has developed in a canal in the English county of Shropshire, trapping two boats in deep mud and prompting emergency services to declare a “major incident.” https://cnn.it/48QqZaZ
December 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Haha @juliancheal.dev sent me this and my first thought was “That bottom boat is using a solar panel as an awning. We should do that.”
Then I thought “aaghhhhhh”.
Then I thought “aaghhhhhh”.
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Police use lasso to help recapture runaway billy goat in Wiltshire. (Thanks @nickjackson.me & @philsturgeon.com!)
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Police use lasso to help recapture runaway billy goat in Wiltshire
Escaped animal was seen chasing a woman around Upper Seagry and trying to munch on a festive wreath
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Police use lasso to help recapture runaway billy goat in Wiltshire. (Thanks @nickjackson.me & @philsturgeon.com!)
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Writing the next installment of chaos and it’s going to be a doubler. Two weeks of aaghhh! Get stuck in now.
Too busy for long-form thought pieces but I can journal my chaos at the end of each week. Tree planting, chainsaw antics, bike adventures, boat life, bushcraft projects, and socialist propaganda. Just getting started. philsturgeon.com/planting-sea...
Tree planting (and invasive mangling) season 2025/26 in full swing
It took me two years to get around to writing a second article about living in a tiny electric campervan, and it was written off before I even finished the article. I was too busy to mention I bought ...
philsturgeon.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Writing the next installment of chaos and it’s going to be a doubler. Two weeks of aaghhh! Get stuck in now.
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Losing is a great look, actually
Misogynists, rapists, and human traffickers
Do more of this
Please
Misogynists, rapists, and human traffickers
Do more of this
Please
🚨 Andrew Tate has been BATTERED and comprehensively beaten by a novice boxer, Chase DeMoor
December 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Losing is a great look, actually
Misogynists, rapists, and human traffickers
Do more of this
Please
Misogynists, rapists, and human traffickers
Do more of this
Please
Meanwhile in Wiltshire. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Police use lasso to help recapture runaway billy goat in Wiltshire
Escaped animal was seen chasing a woman around Upper Seagry and trying to munch on a festive wreath
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Meanwhile in Wiltshire. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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every politician who attempts to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth is anti-science, transphobic, or some combination. prior to their votes, they should be forced onto cross-sex hormones so they can experience the horror they're inflicting on these kids
juliaserano.medium.com/gender-affir...
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Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth Is Neither New nor Experimental: A Timeline and Compilation…
NOTE: this essay is a 15 minute read. If it’s listed as longer than that, it’s because it contains a list of over 100 references at the…
juliaserano.medium.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
every politician who attempts to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth is anti-science, transphobic, or some combination. prior to their votes, they should be forced onto cross-sex hormones so they can experience the horror they're inflicting on these kids
juliaserano.medium.com/gender-affir...
juliaserano.medium.com/gender-affir...
Unsurprisingly another anti-trans weirdo (who spent all their time thinking about minors genitals) turned out to be a pedophile.
1. In Alaska, the right wing govt handpicked doctors to the Medical Board to ban trans youth care.
A month after after, one anti-trans doctor was arrested for child porn.
The day after he was bailed out, his home burned down, with reports suggesting he was found deceased.
Our latest wild story.
A month after after, one anti-trans doctor was arrested for child porn.
The day after he was bailed out, his home burned down, with reports suggesting he was found deceased.
Our latest wild story.
Anti-Trans Alaskan State Medical Board Doctor Charged With CSAM, Home Goes Up In Flames
Last week Dr. Ryan McDonough was arrested on ten counts of possession of child sexual abuse material. Over the weekend, his family home went up in flames.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Unsurprisingly another anti-trans weirdo (who spent all their time thinking about minors genitals) turned out to be a pedophile.
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After slashing funding for home insulation by around 25% at last month’s Budget, it is nothing short of shameful that the govt has now chosen to delay the Warm Homes Plan once again.
Every week this plan is put back leaves more people languishing in cold, damp homes.
Every week this plan is put back leaves more people languishing in cold, damp homes.
December 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
After slashing funding for home insulation by around 25% at last month’s Budget, it is nothing short of shameful that the govt has now chosen to delay the Warm Homes Plan once again.
Every week this plan is put back leaves more people languishing in cold, damp homes.
Every week this plan is put back leaves more people languishing in cold, damp homes.
The hardest part about working 60hr/week unpaid for your charity isn’t the time, the physical toll, the inability to do enough client work to pay bills, or the hassle you get from muppets online: it’s paying to fix the new van you bought for charity work that’s already got a wheel falling off.
December 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The hardest part about working 60hr/week unpaid for your charity isn’t the time, the physical toll, the inability to do enough client work to pay bills, or the hassle you get from muppets online: it’s paying to fix the new van you bought for charity work that’s already got a wheel falling off.
Restoring ancient woodlands is fun and not hard. Get yourself a chainsaw license. Grab a regenerative felling license for the woods. Then get stuck in thinning away the trees that shouldn’t be there to give more space for the native species struggling for light. Will use the conifers for timber. 🫡
December 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Restoring ancient woodlands is fun and not hard. Get yourself a chainsaw license. Grab a regenerative felling license for the woods. Then get stuck in thinning away the trees that shouldn’t be there to give more space for the native species struggling for light. Will use the conifers for timber. 🫡
Fixing the boat. Restoring a woodland. Stacking up firewood. Sharpening chainsaws. Celebrating with a cider in a country pub. Chatting to local farmers. Getting them to plant new hedgerows for free. Borrowing their cows for conservation grazing. Having a nice time. 🫡 #rewilding
December 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Fixing the boat. Restoring a woodland. Stacking up firewood. Sharpening chainsaws. Celebrating with a cider in a country pub. Chatting to local farmers. Getting them to plant new hedgerows for free. Borrowing their cows for conservation grazing. Having a nice time. 🫡 #rewilding
“we are reducing the environmental requirements placed on developers when they pay into the nature restoration fund that we have created so they can focus on getting things built, and stop worrying about bats and newts.” Speech from the Chancellor, Jan 2025.
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/nightma...
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/nightma...
Nightmare before Christmas: worst environmental regression in decades looms | The Wildlife Trusts
Labour’s list of broken promises mounts
www.wildlifetrusts.org
December 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
“we are reducing the environmental requirements placed on developers when they pay into the nature restoration fund that we have created so they can focus on getting things built, and stop worrying about bats and newts.” Speech from the Chancellor, Jan 2025.
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/nightma...
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/nightma...
Japanese Knotweed is an ecosystem killer in the UK, and I'm proud @protect.earth could get stuck in at River Roding to kill it right back. Here's a little information about what, why, and how. #biodiversity #wetlands www.protect.earth/articles/protecting-river-roding-from-japanese-knotweed
Protecting River Roding from Japanese Knotweed — Protect Earth
Every habitat in the UK is at risk of being destroyed by invasive species. Woodlands, wetlands, grasslands, lakes, ponds, rivers, everything you can imagine is having a rough time thanks to various im...
www.protect.earth
December 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Japanese Knotweed is an ecosystem killer in the UK, and I'm proud @protect.earth could get stuck in at River Roding to kill it right back. Here's a little information about what, why, and how. #biodiversity #wetlands www.protect.earth/articles/protecting-river-roding-from-japanese-knotweed
Japanese Knotweed is an ecosystem killer in the UK, and I'm proud @protect.earth could get stuck in at River Roding to kill it right back. Here's a little information about what, why, and how. #biodiversity #wetlands www.protect.earth/articles/protecting-river-roding-from-japanese-knotweed
Protecting River Roding from Japanese Knotweed — Protect Earth
Every habitat in the UK is at risk of being destroyed by invasive species. Woodlands, wetlands, grasslands, lakes, ponds, rivers, everything you can imagine is having a rough time thanks to various im...
www.protect.earth
December 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Japanese Knotweed is an ecosystem killer in the UK, and I'm proud @protect.earth could get stuck in at River Roding to kill it right back. Here's a little information about what, why, and how. #biodiversity #wetlands www.protect.earth/articles/protecting-river-roding-from-japanese-knotweed
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This article explains how Musk’s ridiculous pay is tied to achieving various benchmarks for Tesla.
So even more so than before, Musk’s money is tied to Tesla.
If Tesla does badly, Musk is hurt.
You know what to do, world.
The shareholders brought this on themselves. #TeslaTakedown
So even more so than before, Musk’s money is tied to Tesla.
If Tesla does badly, Musk is hurt.
You know what to do, world.
The shareholders brought this on themselves. #TeslaTakedown
Tesla says shareholders approve Musk's $1 trillion pay plan with over 75% voting in favor
Tesla shareholders approved CEO Elon Musk's historic pay package at the company's annual shareholders meeting in Austin, Texas.
www.cnbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This article explains how Musk’s ridiculous pay is tied to achieving various benchmarks for Tesla.
So even more so than before, Musk’s money is tied to Tesla.
If Tesla does badly, Musk is hurt.
You know what to do, world.
The shareholders brought this on themselves. #TeslaTakedown
So even more so than before, Musk’s money is tied to Tesla.
If Tesla does badly, Musk is hurt.
You know what to do, world.
The shareholders brought this on themselves. #TeslaTakedown
👏 Yes Matt
🎄 At last night’s @bradfordcouncil.bsky.social meeting, #Bradford Conservatives brought forward a proposal to bring #Christmas Cheer ... by cutting Council Tax Support for the most vulnerable in our district ...
🗣️ I was lost for words. Luckily I had a poem prepared ...
#WealthTaxNow
🗣️ I was lost for words. Luckily I had a poem prepared ...
#WealthTaxNow
December 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
👏 Yes Matt
Too busy for long-form thought pieces but I can journal my chaos at the end of each week. Tree planting, chainsaw antics, bike adventures, boat life, bushcraft projects, and socialist propaganda. Just getting started. philsturgeon.com/planting-sea...
Tree planting (and invasive mangling) season 2025/26 in full swing
It took me two years to get around to writing a second article about living in a tiny electric campervan, and it was written off before I even finished the article. I was too busy to mention I bought ...
philsturgeon.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Too busy for long-form thought pieces but I can journal my chaos at the end of each week. Tree planting, chainsaw antics, bike adventures, boat life, bushcraft projects, and socialist propaganda. Just getting started. philsturgeon.com/planting-sea...
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Hey UK Labour government! Is this really who we want running our NHS data management systems?
Holy smokes! If you acted like Palantir CEO Alex Karp in a corporate meeting, they would report you to HR. Just saying.
December 7, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Hey UK Labour government! Is this really who we want running our NHS data management systems?
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Starmer says he’s "taking the gloves off" and that the Greens are "nuts"
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Starmer says he’s "taking the gloves off" and that the Greens are "nuts"
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The hardest thing Starmer could ever do is say this out loud as an AoE attack to make everyone laugh so hard their splines rupture.
December 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The hardest thing Starmer could ever do is say this out loud as an AoE attack to make everyone laugh so hard their splines rupture.
Hahahahahahahaha no.
December 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Hahahahahahahaha no.
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
That’s a whole week of tree planting!
It’s been tough and wet, but countless volunteers came to events all over the south of England.
Bit embarrassed so many Bristolians cancelled this weekend scared of a bit of rain. We’re not made out of sugar.
Trees are planted in winter. Winter be like that.
It’s been tough and wet, but countless volunteers came to events all over the south of England.
Bit embarrassed so many Bristolians cancelled this weekend scared of a bit of rain. We’re not made out of sugar.
Trees are planted in winter. Winter be like that.
December 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
That’s a whole week of tree planting!
It’s been tough and wet, but countless volunteers came to events all over the south of England.
Bit embarrassed so many Bristolians cancelled this weekend scared of a bit of rain. We’re not made out of sugar.
Trees are planted in winter. Winter be like that.
It’s been tough and wet, but countless volunteers came to events all over the south of England.
Bit embarrassed so many Bristolians cancelled this weekend scared of a bit of rain. We’re not made out of sugar.
Trees are planted in winter. Winter be like that.
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Don’t forget, for many years #Uber insisted loudly that it would reduce traffic in cities. Instead, Uber drivers cruise without passengers 40% of the time. Uber and Lyft no longer claim they reduce traffic. They now admit they increase congestion.
So much for “making cities better…”
Via @wsj.com
So much for “making cities better…”
Via @wsj.com
The Ride-Hail Utopia That Got Stuck in Traffic
Uber and Lyft said they would ease congestion. Instead they made it worse.
www.wsj.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Capitalism didn’t give us the internet, internet was funded by the taxpayers & developed in the public sector for decades before it was spun off by Big Tech oligarchs to make a fortune on, capitalism gave us paywalls, video ads & pop up screens which make the experience miserable
December 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Capitalism didn’t give us the internet, internet was funded by the taxpayers & developed in the public sector for decades before it was spun off by Big Tech oligarchs to make a fortune on, capitalism gave us paywalls, video ads & pop up screens which make the experience miserable