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
· Dec 11
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
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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Strange way to phrase “I have a shit business model and am bad at business”
January 10, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Strange way to phrase “I have a shit business model and am bad at business”
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Labour councillor thinks that the murder of a woman - with plans that political parties in the UK are specifically looking to emulate - shouldn't be political.
Labour have no intention in every challenging the far right - which is why they'll be next to follow unless we stand up to them.
Labour have no intention in every challenging the far right - which is why they'll be next to follow unless we stand up to them.
How low can Polanski go? Weaponising the killing of the mother of a 6 year old girl, that’s how low.
Leadership clearly isn’t a Green Party strong point.
Leadership clearly isn’t a Green Party strong point.
Trump started it.
Reform and Tories are at it too.
And Labour already heading in that direction.
All cruel, potentially deadly and does nothing to fix the cost of living crisis.
Reform and Tories are at it too.
And Labour already heading in that direction.
All cruel, potentially deadly and does nothing to fix the cost of living crisis.
January 8, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Labour councillor thinks that the murder of a woman - with plans that political parties in the UK are specifically looking to emulate - shouldn't be political.
Labour have no intention in every challenging the far right - which is why they'll be next to follow unless we stand up to them.
Labour have no intention in every challenging the far right - which is why they'll be next to follow unless we stand up to them.
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I've been testing Grok vs. ChatGPT and how they compare when generating deepfakes.
- ask the chatbot to search the web for photos of me and then regenerate me in a bikini: Grok complies; ChatGPT refuses
- upload a photo of myself (not id'ing as a public figure): Grok complies; ChatGPT refuses
- ask the chatbot to search the web for photos of me and then regenerate me in a bikini: Grok complies; ChatGPT refuses
- upload a photo of myself (not id'ing as a public figure): Grok complies; ChatGPT refuses
January 9, 2026 at 8:59 PM
I've been testing Grok vs. ChatGPT and how they compare when generating deepfakes.
- ask the chatbot to search the web for photos of me and then regenerate me in a bikini: Grok complies; ChatGPT refuses
- upload a photo of myself (not id'ing as a public figure): Grok complies; ChatGPT refuses
- ask the chatbot to search the web for photos of me and then regenerate me in a bikini: Grok complies; ChatGPT refuses
- upload a photo of myself (not id'ing as a public figure): Grok complies; ChatGPT refuses
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I'm sure this has nothing to do with what's happening in Venezuela.
January 9, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm sure this has nothing to do with what's happening in Venezuela.
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fuck the huffington post
here you go
here you go
January 7, 2026 at 9:40 PM
fuck the huffington post
here you go
here you go
You’ll get to meet @misterduncan.bsky.social though and he’s amazing. Another van guy and massive tree nerd.
January 6, 2026 at 9:13 AM
You’ll get to meet @misterduncan.bsky.social though and he’s amazing. Another van guy and massive tree nerd.
Sadly I can’t make it but you’re much needed and they’ll really appreciate the help. You can either park at Parkfield play area and walk two fields east (shorter) but main parking is a gate onto hard standing off Westerleigh Road just south of motorway bridge. maps.app.goo.gl/NNbKnSVCaSiL...
maps.app.goo.gl
January 5, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Sadly I can’t make it but you’re much needed and they’ll really appreciate the help. You can either park at Parkfield play area and walk two fields east (shorter) but main parking is a gate onto hard standing off Westerleigh Road just south of motorway bridge. maps.app.goo.gl/NNbKnSVCaSiL...
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For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines
He put his complete trust in a chat bot that turned him into a savage murderer.
Disturbing Messages Show ChatGPT Encouraging a Murder, Lawsuit Alleges
A lawsuit against OpenAI reveals the chilling ChatGPT messages that drove a middle aged man to kill his 83-year-old mother.
trib.al
January 4, 2026 at 1:32 PM
For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines
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“Did you know we have an AI assistant? We have an AI assistant! Do you want to use our AI assistant? Please, use our AI assistant! Please!”
December 31, 2025 at 8:08 AM
“Did you know we have an AI assistant? We have an AI assistant! Do you want to use our AI assistant? Please, use our AI assistant! Please!”
WaterFox looks perfect, thank you. Need to find a good iOS option, not sure if Brave is the right choice.
December 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
WaterFox looks perfect, thank you. Need to find a good iOS option, not sure if Brave is the right choice.
Two of these things were consumers choosing to purchase a product because they saw value in it, and the other was mostly forced upon users by crowbarring it into every aspect of their life against their will.
In 2025, AI became pervasive in American life and the economy, with ChatGPT surging in adoption much faster than any other major technology in memory. @nytopinion.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Two of these things were consumers choosing to purchase a product because they saw value in it, and the other was mostly forced upon users by crowbarring it into every aspect of their life against their will.
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I sound like a crank when I say the right wants to eliminate government by forcing women to do that work for free, but then he literally goes and advocates just that.
December 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I sound like a crank when I say the right wants to eliminate government by forcing women to do that work for free, but then he literally goes and advocates just that.
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What's happening on Starmer's watch is that he is constructing a situation bolstered by deregulated free zones, freeports, SEZs, ISZs, and AI Growth Zones that will usher in parallel economies with privatised critical infrastructure.
No one voted for this.
No one voted for this.
December 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
What's happening on Starmer's watch is that he is constructing a situation bolstered by deregulated free zones, freeports, SEZs, ISZs, and AI Growth Zones that will usher in parallel economies with privatised critical infrastructure.
No one voted for this.
No one voted for this.
“Despite fears that the surtax would drive the wealthy out of Massachusetts, the number of millionaires in the state has actually gone up. Wealth at the top continues to grow, and the surtax has not resulted in the exodus critics warned about.” finance.yahoo.com/news/massach...
Massachusetts Collected $2 Billion More In Tax Revenue Than Expected. The Millionaires Tax Is Paying Off Big
Massachusetts pulled in $2 billion more in tax revenue than expected this fiscal year, and officials say the state’s new 4% surtax on high earners is the reason. A Big Win For Education And Transit Th...
finance.yahoo.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:06 AM
“Despite fears that the surtax would drive the wealthy out of Massachusetts, the number of millionaires in the state has actually gone up. Wealth at the top continues to grow, and the surtax has not resulted in the exodus critics warned about.” finance.yahoo.com/news/massach...
I’m moored on a very similar slope and I’m hoping my wetland restoration project nearby will reduce the chances of this happening to me. 🤣
December 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I’m moored on a very similar slope and I’m hoping my wetland restoration project nearby will reduce the chances of this happening to me. 🤣
Those lights will make it easier to cut them all down. 🫡
December 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Those lights will make it easier to cut them all down. 🫡
What type of van do you have?
December 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
What type of van do you have?
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...
juliaserano.medium.com/gender-affir...
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...
Good man. Thank you x
December 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Good man. Thank you x