Where a Strongman Failed, Women Are Now Fueling a Democratic Revival
A leftist movement in Sri Lanka that took power after an economic collapse is seizing a rare opportunity to rally more women into politics.
Meanwhile in #SriLanka...
Having led the protests that ousted the countryโs president, women are now driving efforts to safeguard #democracy and reshape a political culture that ensures their equal place.
By Mujib Mashal and @purpleskiess.bsky.social via @nytimes.com
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As officials try to determine the cause of a fire that burned an estimated 7,000 structures in and around Altadena, investigators keep returning to one place: an electrical transmission tower in Eaton Canyon.
Read the full story: www.latimes.com/california/s...
12.01.2025 23:47 โ ๐ 2715 ๐ 753 ๐ฌ 193 ๐ 82
L.A. Fires Live Updates: Firefighters Rush to Contain Blazes Ahead of Stronger Winds
The Eaton fire has killed 16 people, officials said. Firefighters have made progress on the wildfires over the weekend, but forecasters warn of fiercer winds later this week.
Los Angeles fire updates:
โข Death toll now up to 24
โข Others are reported missing
โข 29 arrested, including a man dressed like a firefighter that the authorities say was burglarizing a home
โข Forecasters see "extreme" fire conditions returning in the next couple days
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
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Amanda Jayatissa remains a fun read. Not as put together as My Sweet Girl, but still such an enjoyable holiday thriller.
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But in its panicked retreat from the system it spent years building, Meta may now be putting billions of users at risk. Just because Meta deleted that line about hateful speech causing offline violence doesn't mean it isn't true. And now the company has all but declared open season on immigrants, transgender people and whatever other targets that Trump and his allies find useful in their fascist project.
"I can't tell you how much harm comes from non-illegal but harmful content," a longtime former trust and safety employee at the company told me. The classifiers that the company is now switching off meaningfully reduced the spread of hate movements on Meta's platforms, they said. "This is not the climate change debate, or pro-life vs. pro-choice. This is degrading, horrible content that leads to violence and that has the intent to harm other people."
I talked to 10 current and former Meta employees about the company's surrender to the right on speech issues. All were upset. One person called the changes "a precursor to genocide" www.platformer.news/meta-fact-ch...
08.01.2025 01:52 โ ๐ 24825 ๐ 6406 ๐ฌ 862 ๐ 341
Italian journalist Cecilia Sala released from Iran, returning home
Italian journalist detained in Iran released and heading home after diplomatic efforts, linked to Iranian engineer's arrest.
โAn Italian journalist detained in Iran since December 19 and whose fate became intertwined with that of an Iranian engineer wanted by the United States was freed Wednesday and is heading home,โ Italian officials announced.
www.thehindu.com/news/interna...
08.01.2025 11:30 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I stopped tracking my reading and now, all that remains of all I've read is just feverdreams. Just phantasmic knowing that comes and departs
27.12.2024 16:07 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Is this AI! Might also be using AI kids due to this new law against using children in advertisements
20.12.2024 10:58 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
If youโre planning on emailing me this month, just donโt.
20.12.2024 10:58 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
a little girl is sliding down an orange slide with the words bye bye weird lady above her
ALT: a little girl is sliding down an orange slide with the words bye bye weird lady above her
"เถเถเทเถฑเทเถธ เถเทเถฏเทเทเถญเท เถเถถเท เถดเทเทเท เถฏเทเถฑเทเถฑเท เถฑเทเถญ"
เถฏเทเถฑเท เถเถเทเถฑ เถเถญเทเถญ เถเทเท เถฏเทเถฑเท เถธเถเท เถธเทเถฝเทเถฑเท เถงเถงเท เถถเทเถบเท เถเทเถบเถฝ เถบเถฑ เถธเถเท เถฏเทเถฑเทโเถธ
17.12.2024 10:35 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Held fruitful discussions, says Sri Lankan President Dissanayake after meeting Jaishankar, NSA Doval
Sri Lankan President visits India for discussions on boosting bilateral ties, focusing on trade, investment, and maritime security.
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday held "fruitful" discussions with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, shortly after kick-starting a three-day visit to India.
www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
16.12.2024 03:06 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Hello, I'm Rukman Ragas and this is my first year of publishing stories. I have 7 stories out this year, 4 of them are SFF and all my work can be found here.
rukmanragas.com#work
16.12.2024 06:28 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1
"These days, new technology tends to provoke in me more skepticism than excitement. One can almost always predict it will be used by some segment of capital to extract profit in a novel way, at the ultimate expense of workers who already donโt have much left to give"- Wendy Liu in the Boston Review๐ฅ
15.12.2024 23:41 โ ๐ 31 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Felt like shit for days and just realized the solution is exercise and protein. I hate that solution. It is the worst solution.
13.12.2024 03:22 โ ๐ 468 ๐ 17 ๐ฌ 22 ๐ 2
'Like a miracle': N.C. couple free of nearly $100,000 medical debt after 15 years
The lien on Donna and Gary Lindabury's home for a 2009 heart surgery debt was among 11,500 wiped away by Atrium Health after an NBC News report.
North Carolinaโs Atrium Health says it will forgive the debts of 11,500 people โ less than a week after NBC News reported that the company has aggressively pursued former patientsโ medical debts, placing liens on their homes to collect on bills.
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Assisted dying now accounts for one in 20 Canada deaths
For the first time, the annual report delved into race and ethnic data of those who underwent assisted dying.
"One example included a woman in her 50s with a history of depression and suicidal thoughts who had a severe sensitivity to chemicals.
Her request for euthanasia was granted after she failed to secure housing that could have met her medical needs."
Yikes.
bbc.com/news/article...
13.12.2024 02:38 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Traffic jam, Sri Lanka, 2024
#tuktuk #travelphotography #srilanka #photography #monochrome #blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #travel #street
09.12.2024 08:13 โ ๐ 52 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
YouTube video by Sarith and Surith
2000's Chart Hits Medley - News เถ
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Sarith/Surith and their other lead vocalist on early 2000s Sinhala music is pure perfection ๐
youtu.be/UTpiUjtGfek?...
10.12.2024 00:17 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The duality of having the blues is that your brain tells you to never leave your room but as soon as you do and get some sun, life literally feels brighter and you can breathe a little easier. Get some sun. Highly recommend.
07.12.2024 03:09 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
โDelay, Deny, Defendโ: United Has Faced Scrutiny Over Denying Claims
The company has been accused of using algorithms to deny treatments and refusing coverage of nursing care to stroke patients.
UnitedHealthcare has been accused of using algorithms to deny treatments and refusing coverage of nursing care to stroke patients. UnitedHealthcare and its parent company now face a class-action lawsuit over its use of the algorithm.
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Here's something cool @yudhanjaya.bsky.social & the team at Watchdog cooked up - a digital twin of Colombo! Want to test out some public transport ideas or call down a meteor to flatten the city? Then this is the tool for you! #citiesskylines #lka #colombo
github.com/team-watchdo...
29.11.2024 13:22 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
SL Tweeps who still use the other site, Share this starter pack: go.bsky.app/HnJePAC
When they know our mutuals are on this site, maybe they will finally take the plunge. I know some tweeps who switched thanks to this.
Would love to rebuild our community again! ๐ฆ๐
29.11.2024 13:33 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Sometimes, memory is a thing with claws.
30.11.2024 00:42 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Hello #lka, I've made a feed for the local folk!
As there are already feeds for simple filtering, this feed will highlight upcoming and topical posts.
Please give me suggestions, as this is an algorithmic feed, anything is possible to tweak.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
28.11.2024 11:28 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Honored, and Hi!!! Long time :)
28.11.2024 11:31 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
On here, I mean
22.11.2024 08:24 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Finally found some lka Twitter folks - especially the old ones!
22.11.2024 08:24 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Stuck on a writing project? Here's what I always ask myself in that situation: Emily, have you considered that you might not be very good and should abandon writing altogether and move to the woods and make candles or possibly become a nun or something?
13.11.2024 23:26 โ ๐ 7426 ๐ 369 ๐ฌ 325 ๐ 58
Why does People Magazine name a new "Sexiest Man Alive" every year? It doesn't make any sense to name a new one if the old one is still alive. The new one should have to fight the old one to the death. Like Highlander.
13.11.2024 14:51 โ ๐ 14531 ๐ 909 ๐ฌ 380 ๐ 84
The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) is @stanford.edu's hub for research and education on contemporary Asia. We're part of @fsi.stanford.edu. Reposts โ endorsements. Visit us at aparc.stanford.edu
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