Philsturgeon

Philsturgeon, 6 days ago to random

Sadly adding @GreenpeaceUK to the list of individuals and organizations who propagated the obvious lie about 108 ancient woodlands being "damaged or destroyed" for HS2. Wittingly or unwittingly, they helped axe a major climate solution through ignorance.

Backstory here. https://philsturgeon.com/hs2-was-never-going-to-destroy-108-ancient-woodlands/

Philsturgeon, 15 days ago to random

I am incredibly proud of the whole @ProtectEarthUK team and all of our supporters for planting over 100,000 trees in three short years, especially because the first year was only about 4,000!

We do so much more than plant trees (wildflowers, hedgerows, invasive removal, net regen/colonizarion, etc), but as that was our first metric it’s lovey to see the number go up so quickly.

#Reforestation #Rewilding #ClimateAction #BiodiversityCrisis

https://www.protect.earth/blog/a-forest-of-accomplishments-reflecting-on-100000-trees-planted

Philsturgeon, 18 days ago to random

The people of England have spoken, and with a powerful and undeniable voice we have said:

Fuck off Tories.

#GeneralElectionlNow

Philsturgeon, 21 days ago to random

Brits: Hands up if these French train fines are cheaper than your actual train ticket.

grmpyprogrammer, 27 days ago to random

@Philsturgeon In memory of your past efforts I briefly talked about Phil Sturgeon Rules for PHP

Philsturgeon, 27 days ago to Bikepacking

🚴 Rear tyre got absolutely nailed!

Straight through the tubeless tyre, straight through the rim tape, just glad it stopped before getting through the brand new rim!

That’s a tube not a walk thankfully but ¡OH HECK!

#bikepacking #mallorca #cycling

Long dusty gravel road up a mountain.

Philsturgeon, 1 month ago to random

Hot and heavy but I got over all the bumpy bits on the north coast leaving me open for some distance tomorrow. 600km left to Barcelona and then I got a date on a beach in Majorca. Better get there before she leaves!
https://strava.app.link/bh70ZAHGLIb

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Philsturgeon, 1 month ago to nature

Our Crowdfunder to buy land in the Wilder Marshes for woodland and habitat creation is now being matched by Aviva Community Fund, so for every £1 you contribute they’ll put in another £1, up to £250! Lets go! #Nature #CommunityWoodland #Biodiversity https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/creating-a-wildlife-refuge-in-the-wilder-marshes

Philsturgeon, 2 months ago to random

Banning high-carbon advertising is a no brainer. It’s not removing people’s choice to do polluting things, and it’s not even banning companies selling polluting things, it just stops normalising these things as fine, cuts down on greenwashing, and puts a wee dent in their sales figures. https://www.badverts.org/latest/sheffield-kicks-out-polluting-ads-in-groundbreaking-new-policy

Philsturgeon, 2 months ago to random

Brilliant crew of volunteers from @reuseaboxltd today turned a two day hedgerow planting in Newark into a “off to the pub by 1:30pm day one” kind of job! Champions. Now I’m freed up to go and visit a community woodland up near Leeds with my extra day.

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Philsturgeon, 2 months ago to random

If you donate to WWF I would strongly recommend you redirect your donations to another charity. This is not the first or worst shit they’ve pulled but that alone is reason enough. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/02/wwf-shelved-report-exposing-river-wye-pollution-to-keep-tesco-happy

Philsturgeon, 3 months ago to random

The new CEO of a company I joined with the express intent of being tech leadership told me I couldn’t be CTO because he “needed a technical problem solver, not another Twitter account.”

This Twitter account has achieved quite a lot in my new walk of life. Finally letting that go.

Philsturgeon, 3 months ago to random

Labelling products and services as “climate neutral” or “climate positive” based on the use of carbon offsets will be banned in the EU from 2026 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/17/eu-bans-misleading-environmental-claims-that-rely-on-offsetting

Philsturgeon, 3 months ago to random

Who’s still got two thumbs and passed his chainsaw license! 👍🏼👍🏼

Philsturgeon, 3 months ago to random

Planting 800 trees tomorrow! Another landowner who’s been screwed about by gov and a Trust. After months of prep they refused to deliver trees to an incomplete rural address. Guess what: reforestation is often rural! @ProtectEarthUK got the trees there, and a volunteer crew. 🙌🏻

Philsturgeon, 3 months ago to random

🎙️🚨 API Podcast Alert! 🚨

Learn all about Redocly the handy OpenAPI documentation tool with a Swiss army CLI that does everything (even linting!), and a bit more about the plan for OpenAPI v4 (a.k.a Moonwalk).

Good natter in general with @lornajane who I always love catching up with.

#APIDesign
#APIDevelopment #apidocumentation

https://apisyouwonthate.com/podcast/redocly-openapi-moonwalk-lorna-jane-mitchell/

Philsturgeon, 4 months ago to cymru

🌳 Who wants to plant some trees in Welshpool, Powys Jan 27th? We're really low on volunteers, so if you'd like to come and join us from further afield get in touch. There's a train and we can pick you up from the station, or figure out car pooling. #Wales #reforestation #rewilding #ClimateAction #biodiversity #biodiversitycrisis https://www.protect.earth/events/volunteers-needed-planting-trees-near-welshpool-powys

Philsturgeon, 4 months ago to random

Check out my interview with @darrel_miller and @vincentbiret from Microsoft's Graph API team

Learn all about Kiota - a bloody good SDK generator, find out how the Microsoft Graph API works (it’s absolutely massive) and find out what’s coming in OpenAPI v4.0 )code named Moonwalk). @OpenApiSpec #APIDesign #APIDevelopment #DevRel https://apisyouwonthate.com/podcast/microsoft-kiota-graph-api-darrel-miller-vincent-biret/

Philsturgeon, 4 months ago to random

I’ve been delving into moret Low/No Code API Solutions, highlighting a few tools you could consider for upcoming projects if you don't feel like writing all the code all the time. Used any of these before? Excited to try any of them next? Anything I should add to the list?

https://apisyouwonthate.com/blog/no-code-low-code-api-solutions/

Philsturgeon, 4 months ago to random

“Bikes are ok in the city, but in the countryside we need to move firewood around.” Ok baby. 🤣

Philsturgeon, 4 months ago to random

How do we make more software engineers care about the environmental impact of software?

I believe every single software developer should become a Green Software Practionor, and the training and certification is completely free.

I’ll come to your office and walk you al through it for a discounted day rate. Come on. Let’s do it.

https://learn.greensoftware.foundation/

Philsturgeon, 4 months ago to random

Lowering traffic speeds saves lives, but it also reduces emissions in a virtuous cycle: as roads get safer, more people start to feel confident walking/cycling/wheeling, and ditch their car more often (or entirely). #ClimateAction #BikeLife #ActiveTravel #CarbonEmissions https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/12/in-a-win-for-the-climate-urban-speed-limits-are-dropping/