Joshua Raymond M

Communications Coordinator @NRInstitute| Skeptic | Eternally curious | Inquisitive | Learning

[Joshua Raymond M @RayMJ17]

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[Ben Mwine 🇺🇬 π @benmwine]

But you Nigerians deserve your own planet!

What in the genius is this? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Joshua Raymond M @RayMJ17]

What’s the deal with Henry and Isaac? 😂😂

[Mrs 💋 @Nyc_homie_02]

Ladies who are you going home with? 🤧

Me: Jack

[UEFA Champions League @ChampionsLeague]

Back-to-back 🏆🏆

Your 2025/26 Champions League winners: Paris Saint-Germain ❤️💙

#UCLfinal

[Isaac Ssemakadde @IsaacSsemakadde]

Arrest Wekesa now!

[Steven Bartlett @StevenBartlett]

Before this conversation, I thought I understood Bruno Fernandes.

I knew the numbers. The goals, the assists, the leadership, the criticism he’s faced over the years at Manchester United.

But I didn’t understand the mentality behind it.

Bruno has arguably become United’s greatest player of the post-Ferguson era, carrying their creativity season after season.

He’s won more club player of the year awards than Ronaldo, and only five players have scored more than his 70 league goals.

So I went to Manchester United Training Ground to ask him questions the footballing world wants to know.

Bruno spoke about growing up in Porto, watching his father sacrifice his own football career to provide for the family. He told me his dad never praised him for scoring goals. Instead, he’d point out the small things he still needed to improve.

And somehow that mindset shaped one of the most resilient athletes in world football.

We spoke about:

- Why he believes character matters more than talent in elite teams.
- How dressing room culture determines whether talent succeeds or fails.
- Why taking risks is essential if you want to create anything extraordinary!
- His honest opinion on pressure and why he thinks it’s a privilege.
- His thoughts on having Michael Carrick as a manager.
- Addressing Roy Keane’s criticism.

When you listen to Bruno speak, you understand that what makes him exceptional isn’t just technical ability. It’s his standards.

The standards he holds himself to.
The standards he expects from teammates.
The standards he believes define culture.

I really respect how Bruno chose to join United during instability because he believed in rebuilding something meaningful rather than joining an “easy” project.

I saw a much softer and more thoughtful side of Bruno that I don’t think people will expect. So, thank you Bruno for taking the time to sit down with me and for being so vulnerable.

Even if you don’t care about football, there’s a huge amount to learn from this conversation about leadership, resilience and high performance.

[Premier League @premierleague]

In a league of his own.

Bruno Fernandes breaks the record for the most assists in a Premier League season!

[Premier League @premierleague]

An unforgettable season 🤩

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Your brain has a circuit that doesn't know you live in a city. Its only job is to monitor whether birds are still singing. When they stop, something dangerous is nearby. When they continue, the coast is clear. This wiring predates primates. These kids are being sedated by the oldest safety signal in the mammalian nervous system.

The Max Planck Institute tested this in 2022 with 295 participants. Six minutes of birdsong reduced anxiety and paranoia with medium effect sizes. Six minutes of traffic noise increased depression by the same margin. The effect worked on people who had never left dense urban environments. Their bodies responded to a signal their conscious minds had never learned.

King's College London ran a larger study. 1,292 participants, real-time mood tracking through a phone app, 26,856 assessments over three years. Hearing or seeing birds improved mental wellbeing for up to eight hours afterward. The effect held for people diagnosed with depression. Trees, plants, and waterways didn't explain it. The birds themselves were the variable.

Now here's where Italy connects to Finland. 95% of parents in the Finnish city of Oulu let their babies nap outside starting at two weeks old. A 2008 study confirmed the children took longer, deeper naps outdoors. Parents reported letting them sleep in temperatures as low as -15°C. 66% said their babies were more active afterward compared to indoor naps. The practice started as a public health initiative from Nordic maternity clinics in the early 1900s and became cultural infrastructure.

The Italian kindergarten in this video is running the same program the Nordic countries have been running for a century. Outdoor naps, natural soundscapes, no white noise machines, no blackout curtains. Meanwhile, American kindergartens have been eliminating nap time entirely to squeeze in more instruction. A UMass study showed that children who skipped naps forgot 12% of what they learned that morning. The nap itself was the learning.

The irony is that the countries spending the least on sleep technology for children are producing the best sleep outcomes. No sound machines. No apps. Just birds.

[Joshua Raymond M @RayMJ17]

Let’s return to this tweet when we it’s time to discuss what happens to all the seized property

[NBS Television @nbstv]

VIDEO: A fourth vehicle (Lexus -UBP 704Y) has been seized from the residence of outgoing Speaker Anita Among in Nakasero, as CID-led operatives continue an ongoing operation linked to an investigation into alleged corruption, illicit enrichment, and money laundering.

@HakiimsWampamba @thomas_kitimbo

#NBSUpdates

[Joshua Raymond M @RayMJ17]

😂😂😂😂

[Anthony Natif @TonyNatif]

If your woman doesn’t introduce you to the public like this, dump her and get a new one.

[Premier League @premierleague]

Bruno Fernandes' journey to equalling the single season Premier League assist record 🪄

🔴 @ManUtd

[Premier League @premierleague]

Among the greats. ✨

Bruno Fernandes goes level with Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne for the most assists in a Premier League season.

[Joshua Raymond M @RayMJ17]

So nicely done!

[Majesty Magazine (& Joe Little) @MajestyMagazine]

The King at Balmoral Castle with the Queen’s rescue dog, Moley, sends a message to Sir David Attenborough in celebration of his 100th birthday.

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

Goalscorer.
Assist provider.
Award winner.

Presenting @TheOfficialFWA Footballer of the Year for 2025/26: @B_Fernandes8! 🏆❤️

[Joshua Raymond M @RayMJ17]

Prime Pep sarcasm! 😂😂

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

😁 Pep Guardiola explains why he was in attendance at Stockport-Port Vale on same night as PSG-Bayern.

“I saw the calendar, PSG-Bayern, I said what a disaster game, sh*t managers, bad players…”. 😂

“I love English football and I went to Stockport!”.

@BeanymanSports 🎥

[Snr. Cde. Robert Kabushenga @rkabushenga]

.@cobbo3 do you remember the phrase from the Clinton 92 campaign for the US Presidency that sunk George H. W? Why the architects & champions of this did not seek counsel of those who know is mind boggling. This embarrassment that the #SovereigntyBill has become could have been avoided well in advance🤷🏿‍♂️

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

A moment we thought we would never see 🤯

Sabastian Sawe has become the first person to run a marathon in under two hours in race conditions.

[Solomon Serwanjja @SolomonSerwanjj]

Counsel @PhillipKarugaba responds to Attorney General @KiryowaKk's presentation yesterday before the committee on legal affairs.

He debunks the argument that the bill will only focus and affect foreign agents as referenced to section 22 of the Protection of Sovereignty bill.

[Solomon Serwanjja @SolomonSerwanjj]

Lawyer @PhillipKarugaba breaks down the Protection of Sovereignty Bill 2026 and why Ugandans should care and pay close attention to what is happening in parliament.

He also explains how the citizens can send in their views to parliament during this consultation period.

[Camus @newstart_2024]

New UK screen time rules just dropped — and they’re stricter than most parents expected.

From 27 March 2026, England says: zero solo screens for under-2s (except quick video calls with family), and max one hour a day for 2–5 year olds — no screens at meals or the hour before bed. Co-view everything, stick to slow-paced content, and ditch fast social-media clips and AI toys completely.

The science is sobering: toddlers’ brains process info up to 10 times slower than adults. Fast-paced screens push them into fight-or-flight mode — racing heart, surging energy — while they’re sitting still. Researchers at the University of East London say this mismatch can wire kids for more tantrums and emotional struggles later. Using screens to calm meltdowns? It often backfires long-term.

As a parent, it’s brutal — we all know that explosion the second you take the tablet away.

But this feels like evidence finally catching up with what our gut has been telling us.

How are you handling screens with little ones — strict limits, co-viewing, or mostly winging it?