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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Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️
@philsturgeon.com
· Oct 2
Today is hopefully the last day of two straight weeks spraying Japanese Knotweed on the River Roding. There’s more than twice as much as was originally mapped, but we’re going hard to rescue this tidal marsh from being swallowed whole by the invasive menace. Hot. Wet. Smelly. @protect.earth
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Some thoughts on why getting to Net Zero is easier than most people think:
May 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Some thoughts on why getting to Net Zero is easier than most people think:
Labour have gone fall on far-right fascist because:
A: They’re morally bankrupt vacuous goons who’ll do anything to stay in power.
B: This is what they always wanted to since Blair and are eagerly cracking on thanks to Reform and right wing press opening the door.
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A: They’re morally bankrupt vacuous goons who’ll do anything to stay in power.
B: This is what they always wanted to since Blair and are eagerly cracking on thanks to Reform and right wing press opening the door.
Like for A.
Repost for B.
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Labour have gone fall on far-right fascist because:
A: They’re morally bankrupt vacuous goons who’ll do anything to stay in power.
B: This is what they always wanted to since Blair and are eagerly cracking on thanks to Reform and right wing press opening the door.
Like for A.
Repost for B.
A: They’re morally bankrupt vacuous goons who’ll do anything to stay in power.
B: This is what they always wanted to since Blair and are eagerly cracking on thanks to Reform and right wing press opening the door.
Like for A.
Repost for B.
Thanks to the climate crisis bringing us record warm and wet November I’m still catching ticks. Tick season never ends. Fantastic.
Seeing as the shower is broken on the boat I can kill two birds and just hose myself up and down with Permethrin every morning for the rest of my life.
Seeing as the shower is broken on the boat I can kill two birds and just hose myself up and down with Permethrin every morning for the rest of my life.
November 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Thanks to the climate crisis bringing us record warm and wet November I’m still catching ticks. Tick season never ends. Fantastic.
Seeing as the shower is broken on the boat I can kill two birds and just hose myself up and down with Permethrin every morning for the rest of my life.
Seeing as the shower is broken on the boat I can kill two birds and just hose myself up and down with Permethrin every morning for the rest of my life.
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When Tommy Robinson is celebrating your policies it is time to take a long hard look in the mirror and then quit politics forever.
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
When Tommy Robinson is celebrating your policies it is time to take a long hard look in the mirror and then quit politics forever.
“Moral panic about who has what genitals” was too much of a mouthful so you’re welcome. 🙌🏻
I am straight out stealing “genital panic” for future use.
November 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“Moral panic about who has what genitals” was too much of a mouthful so you’re welcome. 🙌🏻
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Nice to see this work continues with your lovely group of volunteers @protect.earth
Check out the film of @philsturgeon.com and Mick Bracken talking about how to go about restoring ancient and temporate woodland here: youtu.be/AWgtMwWCCBA
@woodforthetreesuk.bsky.social
Check out the film of @philsturgeon.com and Mick Bracken talking about how to go about restoring ancient and temporate woodland here: youtu.be/AWgtMwWCCBA
@woodforthetreesuk.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Nice to see this work continues with your lovely group of volunteers @protect.earth
Check out the film of @philsturgeon.com and Mick Bracken talking about how to go about restoring ancient and temporate woodland here: youtu.be/AWgtMwWCCBA
@woodforthetreesuk.bsky.social
Check out the film of @philsturgeon.com and Mick Bracken talking about how to go about restoring ancient and temporate woodland here: youtu.be/AWgtMwWCCBA
@woodforthetreesuk.bsky.social
The only thing to do with transphobes is evict them from every platform and position of power possible. All these “socially conservative” men are just toxic transphobes and everyone is tired of listening to them. Let them start a TERF Party that’s 100% genital panic and be done with it.
Iqbal Mohamed, a Your Party organising MP, has publically called Trans women "men" and called for their segregation in public spaces
Anti-Trans+ ideology rots political parties from the inside out
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
@thecanaryuk.bsky.social
Anti-Trans+ ideology rots political parties from the inside out
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
@thecanaryuk.bsky.social
Another Your Party MP is accused of 'explicit transphobia'
Potential Your Party supporters have criticised MPs for promoting 'third spaces', accusing them of condoning trans segregation
www.thecanary.co
November 16, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The only thing to do with transphobes is evict them from every platform and position of power possible. All these “socially conservative” men are just toxic transphobes and everyone is tired of listening to them. Let them start a TERF Party that’s 100% genital panic and be done with it.
What if cities redirected rainwater into long pits of native plants that could use the water to improve growth, sequestering carbon from the atmosphere; increasing biodiversity, and creating habitats for wildlife, instead of flooding people’s homes down river and creating more pollution.
Finally got the chance to see this sustainable drainage channel in Bristol doing its thing during some heavy rain
November 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
What if cities redirected rainwater into long pits of native plants that could use the water to improve growth, sequestering carbon from the atmosphere; increasing biodiversity, and creating habitats for wildlife, instead of flooding people’s homes down river and creating more pollution.
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They can’t do any worse and they have three and a half years left before an election. Labour should just say, “Fuck it” and … do some socialism.
The reason _everyone_ are upset by Labour goes so far beyond the leader.
For as long as any of our grandparents could remember, Labour would build up public services, the Tories would slash them to bits to give profit to their donors.
The problem is that since Blair, Labour refused to their part.
For as long as any of our grandparents could remember, Labour would build up public services, the Tories would slash them to bits to give profit to their donors.
The problem is that since Blair, Labour refused to their part.
The leader isn't Labour's problem
Their problem is that people elected them to reverse the damage done by the Tories
Whereas they just carried on doing more damage
They need to tax wealth and invest in public services
And challenge the oligarchs dominating our economy
And focus on fairness
Their problem is that people elected them to reverse the damage done by the Tories
Whereas they just carried on doing more damage
They need to tax wealth and invest in public services
And challenge the oligarchs dominating our economy
And focus on fairness
November 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
They can’t do any worse and they have three and a half years left before an election. Labour should just say, “Fuck it” and … do some socialism.
The reason _everyone_ are upset by Labour goes so far beyond the leader.
For as long as any of our grandparents could remember, Labour would build up public services, the Tories would slash them to bits to give profit to their donors.
The problem is that since Blair, Labour refused to their part.
For as long as any of our grandparents could remember, Labour would build up public services, the Tories would slash them to bits to give profit to their donors.
The problem is that since Blair, Labour refused to their part.
The leader isn't Labour's problem
Their problem is that people elected them to reverse the damage done by the Tories
Whereas they just carried on doing more damage
They need to tax wealth and invest in public services
And challenge the oligarchs dominating our economy
And focus on fairness
Their problem is that people elected them to reverse the damage done by the Tories
Whereas they just carried on doing more damage
They need to tax wealth and invest in public services
And challenge the oligarchs dominating our economy
And focus on fairness
November 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The reason _everyone_ are upset by Labour goes so far beyond the leader.
For as long as any of our grandparents could remember, Labour would build up public services, the Tories would slash them to bits to give profit to their donors.
The problem is that since Blair, Labour refused to their part.
For as long as any of our grandparents could remember, Labour would build up public services, the Tories would slash them to bits to give profit to their donors.
The problem is that since Blair, Labour refused to their part.
Had a concerningly long chat with a coworker explaining that no, not all of the housing being built in their town is being give to immigrants for free.
There’s no program, policy, or procedure that makes that happen anywhere.
They didn’t believe me until I said “I’d looked into it.”
Did they not?
There’s no program, policy, or procedure that makes that happen anywhere.
They didn’t believe me until I said “I’d looked into it.”
Did they not?
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Had a concerningly long chat with a coworker explaining that no, not all of the housing being built in their town is being give to immigrants for free.
There’s no program, policy, or procedure that makes that happen anywhere.
They didn’t believe me until I said “I’d looked into it.”
Did they not?
There’s no program, policy, or procedure that makes that happen anywhere.
They didn’t believe me until I said “I’d looked into it.”
Did they not?
Probabilistically linking the next thing people are likely to say from a huge database of tokens linking other things other people have said is fundamentally, patently, inherently entirely different from the concept of AGI. It’s worrying that some people don’t get that.
November 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Probabilistically linking the next thing people are likely to say from a huge database of tokens linking other things other people have said is fundamentally, patently, inherently entirely different from the concept of AGI. It’s worrying that some people don’t get that.
There was nothing inherently interesting about Jeremy Corbyn. His support came from being the only left port in a storm of right-wing managed decline neoliberal shysters. Your Party was too proud to work with established @greenparty.org.uk but /w @zackpolanski.bsky.social the left has what it needs.
November 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
There was nothing inherently interesting about Jeremy Corbyn. His support came from being the only left port in a storm of right-wing managed decline neoliberal shysters. Your Party was too proud to work with established @greenparty.org.uk but /w @zackpolanski.bsky.social the left has what it needs.
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Your Party going from strength to strength.
Skip the awkward break-up in 12 months and join.greenparty.org.uk
Skip the awkward break-up in 12 months and join.greenparty.org.uk
I know this isn’t the biggest issue with the fumbling omnishambles that Your Party has inevitably turned into, but their use of AI slop posters is incredibly funny when deconstructed extensively by somebody who knows what they’re talking about. Socialists. Pay for labour.
Okay, I can't let this one go. I live in Ireland, not the UK, but the use of this image by a supposedly socialist party is so stupid and offensive, I'm going to get stuck in.
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
November 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Your Party going from strength to strength.
Skip the awkward break-up in 12 months and join.greenparty.org.uk
Skip the awkward break-up in 12 months and join.greenparty.org.uk
The whole “hey look maybe they’re all pedos but they like 15 year old girls not 5 year old girls so it’s fine” defence is not what you think it is MAGA.
November 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The whole “hey look maybe they’re all pedos but they like 15 year old girls not 5 year old girls so it’s fine” defence is not what you think it is MAGA.
I know this isn’t the biggest issue with the fumbling omnishambles that Your Party has inevitably turned into, but their use of AI slop posters is incredibly funny when deconstructed extensively by somebody who knows what they’re talking about. Socialists. Pay for labour.
Okay, I can't let this one go. I live in Ireland, not the UK, but the use of this image by a supposedly socialist party is so stupid and offensive, I'm going to get stuck in.
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
November 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I know this isn’t the biggest issue with the fumbling omnishambles that Your Party has inevitably turned into, but their use of AI slop posters is incredibly funny when deconstructed extensively by somebody who knows what they’re talking about. Socialists. Pay for labour.
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Before. During. After. Removing conifers from High Wood, a Cornish ancient woodland, that should be temperate forest but has been gummed up with monoculture plantation. Native trees appearing amidst all the trees we removed. Solid work from a bunch of amazing volunteers. @protect.earth 🫡
November 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Before. During. After. Removing conifers from High Wood, a Cornish ancient woodland, that should be temperate forest but has been gummed up with monoculture plantation. Native trees appearing amidst all the trees we removed. Solid work from a bunch of amazing volunteers. @protect.earth 🫡
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This will backfire massively, blowing a hole through which @zackpolanski.bsky.social and the Greens will stroll through, taking many Labour supporters with them. Stupidity on stilts.
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:02 AM
This will backfire massively, blowing a hole through which @zackpolanski.bsky.social and the Greens will stroll through, taking many Labour supporters with them. Stupidity on stilts.
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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Jealous of the institutionalised modern slavery USA has been perpetrating for decades, the U.K. is looking to get in on the action.
A key point about "volunteering" is that it should be "voluntary". By forcing migrants to volunteer this government not only treats us as if we are a free resource, but also ignores everything else we go through. This policy is dehumanising and exploitative.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK charities condemn ‘immoral’ plans to force asylum seekers to volunteer
Making volunteering compulsory for refugees slammed as exploitative, bureaucratic and un-British
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Jealous of the institutionalised modern slavery USA has been perpetrating for decades, the U.K. is looking to get in on the action.
Aagghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
November 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Aagghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Mould is a nightmare. The mould infestation of the Struggle Bus two years ago is still rearing its head, and the latest victim is my leather jacket. It got a little on it and I thought I’d saved it, but I’ve just found it in storage and it’s impressively bad.
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Mould is a nightmare. The mould infestation of the Struggle Bus two years ago is still rearing its head, and the latest victim is my leather jacket. It got a little on it and I thought I’d saved it, but I’ve just found it in storage and it’s impressively bad.
Amazing to see the speed of change in Poland. Never imagined they’d decarbonise this rapidly.
Truly remarkable: Poland used to be a climate laggard.
Today, wind and solar are increasingly replacing coal in the Polish electricity mix with almost 30% of all electricity generated to date this year from wind and solar.
In 2000 coal provided 95% of Polish electricity.
Today it is at 51%.
Today, wind and solar are increasingly replacing coal in the Polish electricity mix with almost 30% of all electricity generated to date this year from wind and solar.
In 2000 coal provided 95% of Polish electricity.
Today it is at 51%.
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Amazing to see the speed of change in Poland. Never imagined they’d decarbonise this rapidly.