Roland Hughes
@hughesroland.bsky.social
Freelance editor and writer, 🏴, volunteer with locateintl.bsky.social https://www.rolandhughes.news/ https://www.instagram.com/peakstile/
Today I met a dog that looks like the result of an unholy congress between an Ewok and Chewbacca
Just below Beau in the alphabet of Bridges brothers
May you all one day be as happy as this dog in the butchers (who was later rewarded with a bone about half his size)
Time for my annual, very niche, rant: the same trees that were listed for Tree of the Year last year should still be eligible this year. Last year's trees didn't suddenly become shit trees! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rutland Tree which survived WW2 plane crash up for award
Trees from Rutland, East Sussex, County Durham and Devon are all up for the prize.
bbc.co.uk
Please tell me there’s a chant for Facundo Medina based on this youtu.be/63ZIf2H9S0E?...
Tone loc - funky cold medina
YouTube video by Ryder276
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Jason Mohammad referring to England as “we” just now… we fellow Welsh would like a word!
Liked The Odyssey about as much as I expected to like a Nolan film these days (ie, not massively, while admiring a lot of it). But my word, the Dune 3 teaser before the Imax screening is *incredible* - cannot wait for this.
The three horsemen of a major national sporting occasion. Celebrity singing. Celebrity 'c'mon lads/lasses' messages montage. VT of PE teacher who had captain for a year when they were 5 saying they could tell they'd be a star even then. Bonus houseman - Poem.
gift article — I encourage you to read about these two beautiful souls who made the world better — may their memory be a blessing Jayson Conner, 48, and Jeffrey Newman, 58, Die; Gave Thousands of Backpacks to Those in Need www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/n...
Jayson Conner, 48, and Jeffrey Newman, 58, Die; Gave Thousands of Backpacks to Those in Need (Gift Article)
The couple, who died within a few days of each other, provided needed supplies, like socks and wet wipes, to people living on New York City’s streets.
nytimes.com
A Norway fan has gone viral for not taking part in their Row celebration after matches and won't do it if they win the World Cup "It’s factually wrong; they didn’t row, they sailed over the Atlantic”
CEO Reveals How He Used AI To Build One-Person Company That's $1.3 Billion In Debt
I always love going through the data on baby names when they're published to look for boomer names. In 2025: - 6 babies were named Gary - Nigel: 5 - Barbara: 11 - Pamela: 10 - Keith: 3 - Terry: 15 (!) - Roger: 9 - Karen: 11 - Ken: 6 - Larry: 7 - Sandra: 11 - Sharon: 13 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Most popular baby names for boys and girls in 2025 revealed
The Office for National Statistics releases its annual data on baby names, with Olivia remaining most popular for girls and Muhammad for boys.
bbc.co.uk
Plus, let's not forget, the person who first recorded The Best - not Tina Turner! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of the Heart singer dies aged 75
The Welsh singer was also known for hits including Holding on For a Hero and It's a Heartache.
bbc.co.uk
Have you ever tried playing a purr to your cat? I did, with my late cat the Immortal Frankie. I put it on a Bluetooth speaker when he was ill and needed comfort. And this is what happened. Because of it I’m developing a standalone speaker that purrs, to keep cats calm.
They let in too many people at major exhibitions, so I don't really go any more
Andrew Male@andrewmale.bsky.social · last mo.Opening up a judgement free zone but what's the smallest thing that discouraged you from entering into a vast cultural landscape that others have found vastly rewarding. Mine was discovering that the hero/protagonist of Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash was called Hiro Protagonist.
Something exciting may, or may not, have been discovered at a remote spot in Scotland - by me for History Extra magazine
An ancient mystery is hiding under one of Scotland's major archaeological sites – and it's about to be dug up
For centuries, no one paid much notice to a small mound at the Neolithic Ness of Brodgar. All that could be about to change
historyextra.com
We had a really mean python at work and I gave him back to his owner and was like “he was trying to kill me” and his owner said “well, he only has so many ways to interact with the world. All he has is a face” and it Moved Me
Using this freak heat wave to repost what I think might be the best magazine story of all time, @geneweingarten.bsky.social's story about kids left in hot cars, for the Washington Post. www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/ma...
Fatal Distraction: Forgetting a Child in the Backseat of a Car Is a Horrifying Mistake. Is It a Crime?
Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing.
washingtonpost.com
Nazi alert (They’ve just taken the photo off the listing, you’ll have to go to the video or 360 tour) www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Check out this 3 bedroom semi-detached house for sale on Rightmove
3 bedroom semi-detached house for sale in Eastville Road, Spilsby, PE23 for £190,000. Marketed by Purplebricks, covering Peterborough
rightmove.co.uk
Absolute scenes at the fan park in Lisbon when they equalised
100% this - it's amazing how, in a film about aliens walking among us on Earth, *this* is the most unbelievable thing in it...
404 Media@404media.co · 2mo agoThe only plausible response to videos of aliens on television, at this point, would be cries of “that’s AI,” “fake,” and propaganda flowing in all directions.