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Diogenes Fernando
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Diogenes Fernando
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The trials and tribulations of an old supercynic, as recounted in @EchelonMag, https://t.co/JrcL3Je6IZ by my alter-ego Socrates
Sri Lanka Katılım Mayıs 2024
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@tuktuksputnik @RangaJayasuriya You know what they say: Where there’s a Wills there’s a way…
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@DiogenesLanka @RangaJayasuriya True. Prohibition requires enforcement. Which requires funding for law enforcement. And funding for extra prosecution. It would be better to make smoking prohibitively expensive by taxing it to the hilt.
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This is a flawed policy; New Zealand, the first country to try a similar first generation tobacco ban reversed it 2024. While I support policies to deter next gen from tobacco, this leaves no where and creates an underground market & criminalize for nothing.
NewsWire 🇱🇰@NewsWireLK
A proposal to make all children born after 2010 a tobacco-free generation has been formally handed over to the Minister of Health, signalling a decisive step in Sri Lanka’s fight against tobacco and alcohol-related harm. The National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA) presented the concept paper, backed by scientific research, to Health Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa and the Ministry of Health for legal action. The document, prepared under the leadership of NATA Chairman Specialist Dr. Ananda Ratnayake and LL Amila Isuru of Rajarata University’s Faculty of Medicine, also included recommendations to amend and strengthen the NATA Act. The proposals highlight two key measures: Updating existing regulations under the NATA Act. Denying access to tobacco products for all individuals born after a set age limit, aligning Sri Lanka with global trends where similar laws have already been adopted. Minister Jayatissa welcomed the initiative, stressing that tobacco and alcohol remain major obstacles to building a healthier future for children. He instructed NATA to provide detailed provisions for legislative amendments. Dr. Ratnayake underscored the urgency, noting that nearly 80% of deaths in Sri Lanka stem from non-communicable diseases, with tobacco and alcohol as leading causes. Globally, tobacco use claims around 8 million lives annually, including 7 million from direct consumption and 10% from passive smoking. Alcohol use contributes significantly to mortality and health burdens as well. Sri Lanka faces an estimated 22,000 deaths each year due to tobacco and alcohol, alongside severe economic and social costs. Both substances are also identified as gateways to other drugs. LL Amila Isuru warned of rising cigarette use among schoolchildren and the heavy toll on public health expenditure. He emphasized that reducing prevalence and restricting access remain the most effective strategies to protect future generations. (Newswire)
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@CharanaK @Rajni_Gamage Accountable in theory, but in practice? Especially if said subordinates are crony political appointments…
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@DiogenesLanka @Rajni_Gamage That too, but once you take the actual responsibility of government, you are ultimately accountable for the failings of your subordinates
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What on earth is going on. There is only so much of incompetency one can take in a week
Azzam Ameen@AzzamAmeen
More payments missing : Minister Nalinda Jayatissa says a $625,000 payment sent to the U.S. Postal Service has not been received, according to US authorities. Follows the alleged $2.5M Treasury cyber fraud currently under probe.
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@aselawaid Ah, but will these hatchlings survive in this big bad world..?
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IIT Madras has incubated more than 100 startups for the second consecutive year as it incubated 112 startups in the 2025-26 financial year. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/i…
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@aselawaid Come come! How does .av.com closely mimic .gov.au..?
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[…] However, a fraudulent email, closely mimicking the legitimate domain, had been used to send payment instructions. The original domain “exportfinance[dot]gov[dot]au” had allegedly been altered to “exportfinance[dot]av[dot]com,” leading to the transfer being made without further verification.
[…] Investigators noted that the system processes around 15,000 emails daily, complicating efforts to trace potential intrusions. They also told the court that, despite a prior warning regarding the suspicious domain change, the payment had been processed after the alert was issued.
[…] The court was further informed that standard verification procedures for such transactions appeared to rely primarily on email communication, with no additional confirmation mechanisms in place before funds were released. […]
NewsWire 🇱🇰@NewsWireLK
Court hears CID probe into $2.5 million Treasury theft ift.tt/hdylINg
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@CharanaK @Rajni_Gamage You mean the bloated incompetence, not to say corruption, of public sector employees who actually manage these things..?
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@Rajni_Gamage Incompetency is to be anticipated with this level of inexperience in politics
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I’m fully onboard King Charles having his own standup routine.
Acyn@Acyn
King Charles: Thank you, Mr. President and Mrs. Trump for your splendid dinner this evening, which, may I say, is a very considerable improvement on the Boston Tea Party.
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@aselawaid France. Hmm. The country that brought us folie de grandeur…
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The high-profile visit by the French delegation signals a deepening partnership between Sri Lanka and France, with cybersecurity emerging as a central pillar of cooperation.
As highlighted by Senator Vanina Paoli-Gagin of the Aube region, President of the France–Sri Lanka Parliamentary Friendship Group in the French Senate:
“France brings significant expertise in cybersecurity, green data centres, and digital resilience. We are actively advancing our own digital sovereignty, moving away from reliance on large conglomerate-controlled platforms, to build more secure and resilient systems. This is an area where we see strong potential for collaboration with Sri Lanka, particularly through enhanced cooperation between our academic and scientific communities.”
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Documents relating to the repayment of a loan from France have gone missing from the Finance Ministry computer systems and could be linked to the same group of hackers who breached its systems, leading to USD 2.5 million going missing from treasury funds.
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The Credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka (CRIB) is steering towards a major transformation in its data ecosystem, finalising plans to integrate telecommunications data by the end of this year, followed by utility payments next year. dailymirror.lk/business-main/…
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Diogenes Fernando retweetledi
If you’ve ever wondered why scrolling messes with your head, watch this.
“Social media is this machine for creating vast amounts of envy.” @RobertGreene
We were always wired this way. Comparison, ego, illusion. Now it is constant, curated, and impossible to ignore. Robert Greene explains why human nature has not changed, only the tools have.
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Diogenes Fernando retweetledi
The model in question, Claude Mythos Preview, specialises in finding vulnerabilities in software, heralding a future in which AI-empowered hoodlums steal data from your smartphone or empty your bank account.
In the United States, Mythos has elicited a reaction bordering on panic. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has directed the big banks to fortify their cyber defences, and Anthropic has declared its creation to be too dangerous for general release.
Instead, the company is sharing Mythos with a restricted list of software giants. The hope is that the model will identify the chinks in their systems before an AI-powered bad guy brings them down.
✍️ Sebastian Mallaby
Article | spectator.com/article/the-ne…
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@aselawaid How about shops that add 3% when paying by card, illegal and strictly prohibited…
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Flagrant PDPA violations continue as DPA implementation delays persist. ⬇️
(Source: Reddit - r/srilanka)
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@aselawaid @SajithCooray PhDs in what subjects? And which institutions? Astrology at WhyNot Uni, anyone..?
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@SajithCooray How many of these are actually based in Sri Lanka? And more importantly, have we seen a corresponding uptick in local patents and R&D activity to match?
Searching questions.
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News: Sri Lanka has recorded a rise in the number of PhD holders, alongside a broader shift towards higher educational attainment over the past decade. PhD holders increased from 6,557 in 2012 to 11,757 in 2024
Is this good?
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@DiogenesLanka The answer to that question is in the question.
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Move over Ballerina Cappuccina, කැවිලි AI slop is in town.
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An early warning for SL’s renewables ambitions..?
Bjorn Lomborg@BjornLomborg
Europe's solar boom is breaking the grid Unreliable renewables caused a record 8,645 voltage exceedances last year (up 2,000% since 2015) This means power stations may disconnect, leading to system-wide blackouts like Spain Experts warn "controlled blackouts will soon be needed" The price of unreliability bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-… archive.ph/O4Tv7 x.com/BjornLomborg/s…
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Key insight from 2024 Census 🔎🧑🏾💻👩🏽💻
Sri Lanka is in the middle of a significant digital shift. While traditional computer literacy stagnates at 34.7%, digital literacy has surged to 67.6% in 2024. Among young people aged 15–19, it reaches an impressive 97%.
Colombo, as expected, leads with 78.7%, but what’s more encouraging is the spread beyond urban centers, around two out of every three people in rural areas are now digitally literate.
The widening gap between computer literacy and digital literacy tells an important story: Sri Lankans are, in many ways, leapfrogging the traditional “desktop” era and embracing the digital wave through smartphones and mobile technologies.
Asela Waidyalankara@aselawaid
Publicly available NotebookLM of the Sri Lanka Census 2024 ⬇️ notebooklm.google.com/notebook/e6200…
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