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Jerdon's Leafbird. Jerdon's leafbird (Chloropsis jerdoni) is a species of leafbird found in forest and woodland in India and Sri Lanka. Its name honours Thomas C. Jerdon. Crisp emerald-green forest-dweller. 📸: @siva.an.photography

Looks like things are kicking off again. @katemac.bsky.social & I have written about the wave of NO FUTURE Gen Z protests from Sri Lanka to Bangladesh to Kenya to India....good to see European Gen Z protests kick off on the 4th anniversary of our first essay! thepolycrisis.org/an-introduct...

Magnolia Diary Sunset Colombo, Sri Lanka

In many parts of India today, Ravan’s effigies have been burnt for Dusshera. In Sri Lanka, he is a contested figure, claimed by nationalists and reimagined by writers. Read Dhanuka Bandara's piece from 2024 on Sunela Jayewardene’s books about the mythic king: https://ow.ly/e53I50ZZmpA

Indian Pitta 18-20cm Native to the Indian subcontinent Winter Migration: S to peninsular India and Sri Lanka Diet dig for earthworms, termites, beetles, and small invertebrates Live on the forest floor, nest is on the ground Parents share incubation of 20 days, feeding 15 days 10 after fledging

Beschluss des VG Köln zur Zulässigkeit der Trennung von Familie Rouf im Zuge ihrer Abschiebung nach Sri Lanka schon jetzt sehr schlecht gealtert. Es war doch abzusehen, dass die Familientrennung länger als vier Tage dauern würde - der 15-jährige Sohn ist mittlerweile im Kirchenasyl.

🙂 Sri Lanka frogmouth 23cm NOCTURNAL Exclusively native to Western Ghats of SW India and Sri Lanka Diet a wide variety of insects and small invertebrates Nest fork of an evergreen tree. Female lays ONE single egg. Both parents incubate 28days Both feed it 25days, and 2 months after fledging

Common Grasshopper Warbler 13cm Breed in temperate Europe, western Asia, and Russia MIGRATE to Africa, India, and Sri Lanka to spend the winter Diet flying insects, invertebrates Nest concealed on the ground Both parents SHARE incubation 14days, feeding chicks 13days plus 2 weeks after fledging

Just finalised my hearing outline / script for Thursday’s mock merits review hearing in the “ART”. I reviewed and analysed 16 documents in evidence (one of them a 75-page DFAT Report on Sri Lanka and non-refoulement obligations for political/religious/social persecution. I am deceased. 💀😵‍💫

How to rage bait Americans: Institute for Strategic Dialogue, Study, 2025: How in Sri Lanka, Meta’s monetization system fosters creation of AI slop, slopaganda that …. helps flood the zone(s) with alt-right shit.

I disavow: in Northern Ireland the seven members of the New Provo Front; in Canada, the five imprisoned leaders of Liberté de Québec; and in Sri Lanka, the nine members of the Asian Dawn movement.

Terrible photo, but rainbow wings for a very large Xylocopa at a tea plantation at 1300 m asl in the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka today

England play an ODI against Pakistan in Pakistan for the first time in 21 years! The hosts are unchanged from their win against Sri Lanka on Sunday, while Adil Rashid and Sam Curran return from injury for England Live ball-by-ball: srkl.in/6005BCeykt

Adorable Grey-headed canary-flycatcher tiny energetic forest bird measuring 12cm in length Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal Sri Lanka An expert catching tiny insects mid-air! Active and vocal throughout the day, joining larger mixed-species foraging flocks moving through the forest.

"Auch Fragen zur Verhältnismäßigkeit, der Integration der Familie und den Schulbesuchen der Kinder werden nicht beantwortet." Integration: Ausländeramt schiebt Familie aus Sri Lanka ab | Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger share.google/FjrMCvBH4tn4... share.google/FjrMCvBH4tn4...

Institute for Strategic Dialogue Hate for Profit: How a commercial network based in Sri Lanka monetises anti-immigrant narratives targeting the UK Study, November 2025

BBC News - Apparent UK Anti-immigration AI videos traced to overseas fakers based in Sri Lanka US Europe Vietnam Maldives Iran UAE Etc Revealed by Facebook's transparency tools etc CRAZY 'PATRIOTIC' content is overseas bullshit.

Mesmerizing multi-tiered waterfall in Sri Lanka! The raw power and dynamic beauty of nature's cascade are simply breathtaking. #Waterfall #SriLanka #NaturePhotography

Sri Lanka elephant found with a gunshot wound. How can tuskers be protected? focusingonwildlife.com/news/sri-lan...?

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