Robin Tucker
@robintucker1.bsky.social
I've launched three children and a business or two, and now I'm saving the planet.
Frequently re-energised by the joys of nature and low impact transport. 🚲
Frequently re-energised by the joys of nature and low impact transport. 🚲
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Good article by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on widespread acceptance - including by the police - of antisocial driving. Lovely to see a link to our recent motonormativity paper in here too
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Good article by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on widespread acceptance - including by the police - of antisocial driving. Lovely to see a link to our recent motonormativity paper in here too
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My friend Dave Lewis is fundraising for the wonderful Earth Trust by running the #OxfordHalf Marathon. Check out their @justgiving.bsky.social page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving www.justgiving.com/page/dave-le...
Fundraising for Earth Trust
Help Dave Lewis raise money to support Earth Trust
www.justgiving.com
September 13, 2026 at 10:48 AM
My friend Dave Lewis is fundraising for the wonderful Earth Trust by running the #OxfordHalf Marathon. Check out their @justgiving.bsky.social page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving www.justgiving.com/page/dave-le...
Turns out Reform UK people have been lying about climate change.
Who knew?
Possibly the bears in the wood. Or the very Catholic Pope.
www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-re...
Who knew?
Possibly the bears in the wood. Or the very Catholic Pope.
www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-re...
Factcheck: Reform UK’s 45 false or misleading claims about climate and energy - Carbon Brief
Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, has emerged as a major force in UK politics in recent years – pushing…
www.carbonbrief.org
September 11, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Turns out Reform UK people have been lying about climate change.
Who knew?
Possibly the bears in the wood. Or the very Catholic Pope.
www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-re...
Who knew?
Possibly the bears in the wood. Or the very Catholic Pope.
www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-re...
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British fascists are attacking and doxxing the incredible volunteers of the RNLI. Donate now.
Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
rnli.org
September 8, 2026 at 6:33 AM
British fascists are attacking and doxxing the incredible volunteers of the RNLI. Donate now.
How can children choose what they breathe?
The Conservative party wants to scrap the phase-out of polluting cars the damage children's lungs and the climate.
I would rather give children a chance than give drivers a choice.
The Conservative party wants to scrap the phase-out of polluting cars the damage children's lungs and the climate.
I would rather give children a chance than give drivers a choice.
September 1, 2026 at 8:22 AM
How can children choose what they breathe?
The Conservative party wants to scrap the phase-out of polluting cars the damage children's lungs and the climate.
I would rather give children a chance than give drivers a choice.
The Conservative party wants to scrap the phase-out of polluting cars the damage children's lungs and the climate.
I would rather give children a chance than give drivers a choice.
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MY MOST BAFFLINGLY LOCATED EVENT YET!
I'm doing a tour of the Harwell Science Campus, then chatting about the new book afterwards. If you are some kind of Harwell-based scientist, well
I'm doing a tour of the Harwell Science Campus, then chatting about the new book afterwards. If you are some kind of Harwell-based scientist, well
Engineering Modern Life: Jonn Elledge Q&A
Explore the ideas behind 31 Inventions That Built Our World with Jonn Elledge, uncovering the technology shaping modern life.
www.harwellcampus.com
August 17, 2026 at 3:35 PM
MY MOST BAFFLINGLY LOCATED EVENT YET!
I'm doing a tour of the Harwell Science Campus, then chatting about the new book afterwards. If you are some kind of Harwell-based scientist, well
I'm doing a tour of the Harwell Science Campus, then chatting about the new book afterwards. If you are some kind of Harwell-based scientist, well
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A cross party group of MPs led by Olly Glover have urged the Secretary of State to intervene over £162m proposed cuts to the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), warning the cuts could seriously damage the UK's global leadership in science, innovation and space research.
July 19, 2026 at 7:46 AM
A cross party group of MPs led by Olly Glover have urged the Secretary of State to intervene over £162m proposed cuts to the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), warning the cuts could seriously damage the UK's global leadership in science, innovation and space research.
Now #Oxfordshire is on fire.
Will @laylamoran.bsky.social please ask the Government to step up climate action.
Let's lead a better future, not drag the brake and make the crisis ever worse.
Will @laylamoran.bsky.social please ask the Government to step up climate action.
Let's lead a better future, not drag the brake and make the crisis ever worse.
Oxford Friends of the Earth (FoE) say that the fire is a "wake up call for our new government on the climate crisis and the great majority of the UK public want to see some real action. Our new prime minister has been quiet on climate issues: it’s time he showed some real leadership.”
The fire service is attending a blaze at the landfill site at Appleford Sidings, Sutton Courtney, Abingdon, Oxfordshire which has caused a smoke plume to develop. (Video credit Zoe Broughton)
August 10, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Now #Oxfordshire is on fire.
Will @laylamoran.bsky.social please ask the Government to step up climate action.
Let's lead a better future, not drag the brake and make the crisis ever worse.
Will @laylamoran.bsky.social please ask the Government to step up climate action.
Let's lead a better future, not drag the brake and make the crisis ever worse.
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“Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it”.
August 9, 2026 at 9:56 PM
“Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it”.
Sutton Courtenay is on fire now!
When are we going to take the climate crisis seriously?
FFS, you can still buy cars that emit over 200g/km of CO2 and kill children at 2× they could.
bsky.app/profile/oxfo...
When are we going to take the climate crisis seriously?
FFS, you can still buy cars that emit over 200g/km of CO2 and kill children at 2× they could.
bsky.app/profile/oxfo...
The fire service is attending a blaze at the landfill site at Appleford Sidings, Sutton Courtney, Abingdon, Oxfordshire which has caused a smoke plume to develop. (Video credit Zoe Broughton)
August 9, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Sutton Courtenay is on fire now!
When are we going to take the climate crisis seriously?
FFS, you can still buy cars that emit over 200g/km of CO2 and kill children at 2× they could.
bsky.app/profile/oxfo...
When are we going to take the climate crisis seriously?
FFS, you can still buy cars that emit over 200g/km of CO2 and kill children at 2× they could.
bsky.app/profile/oxfo...
A small breakthrough in July's data from @newautomotive.org
UK Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) car sales exceed conventional (non-hybrid) petrol and diesel combined.
UK Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) car sales exceed conventional (non-hybrid) petrol and diesel combined.
August 4, 2026 at 3:55 PM
A small breakthrough in July's data from @newautomotive.org
UK Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) car sales exceed conventional (non-hybrid) petrol and diesel combined.
UK Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) car sales exceed conventional (non-hybrid) petrol and diesel combined.
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An Oxford classics graduate has won cross-party endorsements in the upcoming Clacton by-election. Count Binface, who studied at Corpus Christi, was described as “maybe the people[’s candidate]” by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, while defence secretary Dan Jarvis said “good luck to him”.
July 8, 2026 at 10:52 AM
An Oxford classics graduate has won cross-party endorsements in the upcoming Clacton by-election. Count Binface, who studied at Corpus Christi, was described as “maybe the people[’s candidate]” by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, while defence secretary Dan Jarvis said “good luck to him”.
If this was nuclear, they would be calls to close down the industry.
But when fossil fuels kill another 13 people? The industry just keeps drilling.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
But when fossil fuels kill another 13 people? The industry just keeps drilling.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
At least 13 killed and dozens injured after Qatar gas explosion
The city's main liquified natural gas (LNG) processing site suffered a "technical accident" in the Ras Laffan industrial zone.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 22, 2026 at 7:09 PM
If this was nuclear, they would be calls to close down the industry.
But when fossil fuels kill another 13 people? The industry just keeps drilling.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
But when fossil fuels kill another 13 people? The industry just keeps drilling.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Paul Behrens, British Academy Global Professor at the Oxford Martin School. "These damages are real costs being borne somewhere. They are borne by ecosystems, by communities exposed to drought and pollution, and by people least able to insulate themselves from a destabilising environment"
June 20, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Paul Behrens, British Academy Global Professor at the Oxford Martin School. "These damages are real costs being borne somewhere. They are borne by ecosystems, by communities exposed to drought and pollution, and by people least able to insulate themselves from a destabilising environment"
Abingdon Abbey Close bollard update 3rd April...
No change here. But the wind has blown the sign out if its frame.
@emilykerr36.bsky.social
No change here. But the wind has blown the sign out if its frame.
@emilykerr36.bsky.social
April 3, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Abingdon Abbey Close bollard update 3rd April...
No change here. But the wind has blown the sign out if its frame.
@emilykerr36.bsky.social
No change here. But the wind has blown the sign out if its frame.
@emilykerr36.bsky.social
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Brilliant to see my daughter Sabine’s first article in print in the Ham & High www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/255880..., telling her story about the day she stopped waiting for the bus – and started saving £1,000 a year.
1/7
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November 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Brilliant to see my daughter Sabine’s first article in print in the Ham & High www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/255880..., telling her story about the day she stopped waiting for the bus – and started saving £1,000 a year.
1/7
1/7
This is good news. I've had so many meetings with entrepreneurs and others in business and charity life at the Jam Factory in #Oxford
The cafe in the Jam Factory on Frideswide Square took a step towards re-opening with a planning application to Oxford City Council for upgrades to the building structure including thermal efficiency improvements and removal of an internal mezzanine floor.
January 27, 2026 at 3:32 PM
This is good news. I've had so many meetings with entrepreneurs and others in business and charity life at the Jam Factory in #Oxford
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Everyone’s favourite cycle parking design, the Sheffield stand, will be mandated in Oxford City’s Local Plan. In a peak Liberal Democrat moment, the party’s amendment to require that “Cycle parking design should comply with [guidance document] LTN 1/20” was passed in the council debate this evening.
January 26, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Everyone’s favourite cycle parking design, the Sheffield stand, will be mandated in Oxford City’s Local Plan. In a peak Liberal Democrat moment, the party’s amendment to require that “Cycle parking design should comply with [guidance document] LTN 1/20” was passed in the council debate this evening.
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The UK Minister for Space and UK Space Agency CEO visited Harwell Campus to visit leading UK space companies including Astroscale, Magdrive, Oxford Space Systems & Open Cosmos. We wrote about Oxford Space Systems’ innovative antenna technology last year. oxfordclarion.uk/you-can-see-...
2026 promises a giant step forward for Oxfordshire’s space sector – Oxford Calling.
oxfordcalling.co.uk
January 24, 2026 at 9:17 AM
The UK Minister for Space and UK Space Agency CEO visited Harwell Campus to visit leading UK space companies including Astroscale, Magdrive, Oxford Space Systems & Open Cosmos. We wrote about Oxford Space Systems’ innovative antenna technology last year. oxfordclarion.uk/you-can-see-...
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This is not unexpected, but it is super concerning! (And good work by the Sky team!)
"Countless reports and academic studies have explored political bias on X, but Sky News' investigation offers unprecedented evidence of how the effects of that imbalance are playing out in the UK."
"Countless reports and academic studies have explored political bias on X, but Sky News' investigation offers unprecedented evidence of how the effects of that imbalance are playing out in the UK."
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is not unexpected, but it is super concerning! (And good work by the Sky team!)
"Countless reports and academic studies have explored political bias on X, but Sky News' investigation offers unprecedented evidence of how the effects of that imbalance are playing out in the UK."
"Countless reports and academic studies have explored political bias on X, but Sky News' investigation offers unprecedented evidence of how the effects of that imbalance are playing out in the UK."
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A bus service every 7-8 minutes for Barton, every 7-8 minutes for Kidlington and Oxford Parkway, and every 5 minutes for Blackbird Leys will kick in from 30 November with a raft of timetable changes by Stagecoach. Night buses will operate on all these routes until 3.30am on Friday/Saturday.
October 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
A bus service every 7-8 minutes for Barton, every 7-8 minutes for Kidlington and Oxford Parkway, and every 5 minutes for Blackbird Leys will kick in from 30 November with a raft of timetable changes by Stagecoach. Night buses will operate on all these routes until 3.30am on Friday/Saturday.
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Buses are getting around Oxford faster as a result of the congestion charge, according to Oxford Bus Company. MD Luke Marion said “We’ve already seen encouraging improvements to traffic flow and bus journey times in the scheme’s first week.”
November 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Buses are getting around Oxford faster as a result of the congestion charge, according to Oxford Bus Company. MD Luke Marion said “We’ve already seen encouraging improvements to traffic flow and bus journey times in the scheme’s first week.”
Budget airline bosses agree that flight tax increases are an effective form of climate change mitigation.
From @financialtimes.com
From @financialtimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Budget airline bosses agree that flight tax increases are an effective form of climate change mitigation.
From @financialtimes.com
From @financialtimes.com
Bus into Oxford at 5pm.
Certainly less congestion and quicker than previously.
(It is half term though, so let's wait for full data and a full verdict)
Certainly less congestion and quicker than previously.
(It is half term though, so let's wait for full data and a full verdict)
October 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Bus into Oxford at 5pm.
Certainly less congestion and quicker than previously.
(It is half term though, so let's wait for full data and a full verdict)
Certainly less congestion and quicker than previously.
(It is half term though, so let's wait for full data and a full verdict)