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Vindhya Buthpitiya

Vindhya Buthpitiya

@vindib_

Anthropologist of War and Pictures. Conflict. Politics. Resistance. Visual Culture. International Development. Sri Lanka. https://t.co/f3kfu55giT

Colombo / Jaffna / St Andrews Katılım Şubat 2017
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Vindhya Buthpitiya
Vindhya Buthpitiya@vindib_·
my book (!) ‘A Volatile Picture: War and the Political Work of Photography in Sri Lanka’ encompassing a decade of research on Tamil photographic practices set against a backdrop of ethno/nationalist conflict & the island’s turbulent post/war out Spring 26 uwapress.uw.edu/book/978029575…
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Nisrin Elamin
Nisrin Elamin@minlayla77·
Eid Mubarak to everyone...except those profiting off of Sudanese, Palestinian, Congolese, Haitian and Indigenous (and all other oppressed people's) death and destruction. May this year bring you ruin and may your wealth be redistributed to those you stole from.
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Frances Harrison
Frances Harrison@francesharris0n·
@ompsrilanka Moreover I would like to know why the OMP has omitted the 10,000s names (publicly available) of ppl killed/disappeared in JVP era - collected by the 3 zonal +all island commissions - GOVERNMENT processes? Did they set the clock to zero, making families re-complain?
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Frances Harrison
Frances Harrison@francesharris0n·
Furthermore - the Minister said there is no accurate database on missing persons. What has .@ompsrilanka been doing for 10 years! That's on the GOSL if there's no accurate list after a decade.
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Frances Harrison
Frances Harrison@francesharris0n·
#srilanka says 2,764+ ppl went "missing" in final stages of war: dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/… Does Minister mean "enforced disappeared" after surrender in final couple of days - or this is ppl missing from the entire 5+ months of final war?! If later quite shockingly WRONG.
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Molly Ploofkins
Molly Ploofkins@Mollyploofkins·
Shout out to Qatar for the worst return on a $400M bribe in history.
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Al Jazeera English@AJEnglish·
Iran’s FM Abbas Araqchi, in a phone call with Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, warned the UK that allowing the US to use British military bases would be treated as participation in aggression. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/ks6h4r
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Vindhya Buthpitiya@vindib_·
delighted to see that this gem of a project featuring artwork from Lankan school students from 1979, ‘Ape Perahera,’ by Prof Bob Simpson has been published OA in Sinhala by the SSA. If you are able to read this translation, very highly recommend - a marvel ssalanka.org/ape-perahara/
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Sony Thăng
Sony Thăng@nxt888·
If American bases in your country are used to threaten Iran, then your soil is no longer neutral. It has entered the war already. And if Iran strikes the machinery of aggression that sits on your land, do not call that madness. Call it consequence. You cannot rent your geography to empire and then act shocked when geography becomes fate. You cannot host the knife and then complain when the bleeding begins.
Al Jazeera English@AJEnglish

Qatar, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Türkiye and the UAE issued a joint statement calling on Iran “to immediately halt its attacks” after holding a meeting in Riyadh. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/6gz21z

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Hasitha Liyanage
Hasitha Liyanage@h_liyan·
Meanwhile Sri Lanka, right at the equator, access to cheap Chinese photovoltaics, and ample hydro storage as night time buffer, now using DIESEL to supplement a COAL shortfall. Someone (probably in CEB) should see jail time for this.
Governor Gavin Newsom@CAgovernor

California is beating its own climate goals ahead of schedule: ✅ Two-thirds of the state grid powered by clean energy ✅ More than 2.5M electric vehicles ✅ 201K public chargers (more than gas nozzles) ✅ 17,000 MW of battery storage (2nd only to China) The cynics said it couldn't be done.

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Helyeh Doutaghi
Helyeh Doutaghi@Helyeh_Doutaghi·
Iran is ready for the new year, and for the new world 🌸🪻☘️
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Tiberius
Tiberius@tiberiusfiles·
Iran: If you bomb our energy infrastructure we will do the same back Israel & US: *bombs Iranian energy grid* Iran: *reciprocates* Europe: We condemn Iran This current world order has to end. Now.
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NewsWire 🇱🇰@NewsWireLK·
🇱🇰 Sri Lankan migrant workers in Lebanon are being widely praised for spending their day off preparing and distributing meals to families displaced by war in Beirut. ❤️ Using their own time and contributions, they reached those living on the streets and in public spaces—showcasing true compassion and humanity. “I am really sad—this could be us, you know,” one worker said. Their efforts have gone viral, earning admiration across communities and praise for their powerful act of solidarity. 🇱🇧 Photo credit - @translatingpal (X)
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Vindhya Buthpitiya@vindib_·
what an unbelievably facile, half-baked take. Importantly the cover image of 'devil dancers' (Kandyan actually) is from Ceylon/Sri Lanka which was not administered as part of the Raj/India. | The British empire’s attempt to use photography to control India theguardian.com/global-develop…
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