Purrlon Meowsk

Had @KumarSanga2 carried a passport from a country with a US$30,000 per-capita income, @Ryanair would be crawling over itself to apologise. Apparently, the respect you receive depends on the passport you carry, not the dignity you deserve. That is the real issue here.

i own a relatively new (2025) samsung tv. i kept getting weirdly targeted ads. i tried reversing the firmware but it was aes encrypted and no keys unless tear it apart and do uart/jtag magic. zero days it is. root shell on new samsung TVs! discovered PRIVACY HORROR. write up?

සොලා දාලා වැඩි වෙලා තමා ඉතින්.

Deputy Minister of Energy Arkam Ilyas says steps are being taken to swiftly restore power supplies affected by outages in several areas across the island, reports Hiru

🇱🇰 CIABOC Opens Pandora's Box: Your Wealth Is Now Everyone's Business! ⭕ CIABOC has opened public access to asset declarations covering nearly 160,000 individuals, including public servants, members of the armed forces, newspaper editors and other legally required declarants, despite the Government's earlier assurance that privacy safeguards would be introduced for non-political declarants. ⭕ If you are a public servant, a member of the armed forces, a newspaper editor, or anyone else legally required to submit an asset declaration, your personal financial information will now be accessible to anyone through CIABOC's public portal, with limited redactions. ⭕ Don’t be surprised if your neighbour suddenly knows how much you earn, what you own, how much gold and jewellery your family possesses, how much money you have in the bank, or even whom you have lent money to. Much of this information is now accessible to anyone who registers on CIABOC’s public portal. ⭕ In August, Minister Bimal Rathnayake informed Parliament that the Government intended to retain public access to politicians' asset declarations while introducing privacy protections for other declarants, citing concerns over harassment and misuse of published information. However, despite the Anti-Corruption (Amendment) Bill being passed on 8 October, the promised distinction has not been meaningfully reflected in public access arrangements. ⭕ In the worst-case scenario, CIABOC may have inadvertently created a convenient database for criminals. Information about gold, jewellery, property and bank balances could help burglars identify potential targets, while exposing public servants and their families to risks of extortion, intimidation and even kidnapping. ⭕ Unlike senior political figures, ordinary public servants generally have no personal security arrangements. Nor can the Government realistically provide such protection to every public servant if required. They are ordinary citizens, often earning relatively modest government salaries, with families and personal lives to protect. ⭕ Not every asset represents unexplained wealth. Inherited property, family contributions, legitimate gifts, donations and decades of savings can all form part of a person's declaration. Publishing these details without context invites unnecessary speculation, harassment and potentially malicious accusations. Transparency requirements should be proportionate to the level of public responsibility and authority exercised. ⭕ Routine public disclosure should primarily focus on politicians, departmental heads, senior management and officials exercising substantial financial, procurement or regulatory authority. Other officers' declarations should remain fully accessible to CIABOC for verification and lawful investigation, without necessarily being published for unrestricted public scrutiny. ⭕ The Government's approach to amending the Anti-Corruption Act of 2023 has been disappointing, with several proposed provisions facing constitutional objections in the Supreme Court. More importantly, the failure to establish a sensible framework under Section 88(1), clearly defining which asset declaration details should be made public and to what extent, has resulted in an avoidable situation that raises serious concerns about privacy and personal security. ⭕ A legal obligation to declare assets to an anti-corruption authority should not automatically mean an identical obligation to publish those assets on the internet for everyone. The Government and CIABOC should introduce stronger, proportionate redactions, making use of the privacy protections considered constitutionally permissible in the Supreme Court's determination. Transparency is essential to fighting corruption. However, the current disclosure framework, without adequate privacy and security safeguards, risks doing more harm than good. Take a look at what's out there: public.ciaboc.gov.lk/

“If they cannot supply the remaining 23%, we will do it ourselves. Remember that,” President Anura Kumara Dissanayake warned private fuel companies, which he said had indicated they could not sell fuel without a price increase. Addressing a rally in Ibbagamuwa on Sunday, he said the Government would amend existing agreements with private fuel companies amid shortages at their filling stations, adding that the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation’s share of the diesel market had increased from 58% to 77%.

30% of Sri Lanka’s elephants are deaf: Deputy Minister ift.tt/gyTsBrm

Cost of energy is the root cause of most of our problems from inflation to pressure on the USD. Until we resolve that, we will keep having these ups and downs.

Sri Lanka is the only country that has this absurd scheme of netting your export. Also paying Rs.23 for a rooftop solar unit is crazy. I can almost assure you that the cost of a rooftop 5kw installation will come down to sub 500k in the next 6-12 months.

CPC says no immediate fuel price hike despite global oil surge Full Story: newswire.lk/75rd

Bullshit Gov says no Alcohol promotions at school events

“Future Generations Should Know About Figures Like Vasudeva” – PM Harini ift.tt/iQKZDRB

Govt plans minimum age of 40 for three-wheeler drivers: Deputy Minister ift.tt/tA7ToZh

සැප්තැම්බර් පස්වෙනිදා සිට ජනපතිගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් විශේෂ ජනරැලි මාලාවක් ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් ලබන මස 05 වනදා සිට සියලු දිස්ත්‍රික් ආවරණය වන පරිදි විශේෂ ජනරැලි මාලාවක් පැවැත්වීමට නියමිත බව අමාත්‍ය නලින්ද ජයතිස්ස මහතා පවසයි. වැඩිවිස්තර - sinhala.adaderana.lk/news/25… #srilanka