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Sniffing out fake news, verifying credible information! #OSINT operation in Sri Lanka 🇱🇰. Read: and download the app on iOS and Android 📱

[WatchDog @TeamWatchDog]

As well as some of our own ways of better identifying pockets of dense forest vs bare land. All of it is free, of course - go see what you can do with it!

[WatchDog @TeamWatchDog]

Today we got . . . MAPS!
For journalists and CSOs involved in environment work, and for anyone interested in studying how urbanization spreads in Sri Lanka. Full-color satellite maps of Sri Lanka, from 2017 to 2024, using the Sentinel-2 satellite!
https://t.co/Avc6Q8Zg2g

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We also dabbled in land cover classification so that we could turn that 2018 government JPG into rudimentary land use maps for the same time period . . .

[Yudhanjaya Wijeratne @yudhanjaya]

We're building public profiles of the people in power, starting with Sri Lankan politicians.

Before you vote this November, look up your candidates. Who they are, what they do and what they've done with the power that was given to them. First batch:

https://t.co/mdhOnW2kqM

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We've tried to design it so that it toes that careful balance between "useful" and "too much information", especially when read on mobile devices. Have a look, tell us what you think!

[WatchDog @TeamWatchDog]

We have something interesting for you.
Ever wanted to grow your own food? Maybe just to have some spices available, maybe so you have wider variety on your plate? Maybe we don't want a repeat of 2022?

Meet https://t.co/netyz1Az7o

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A database of 70+ growable crops in Sri Lanka, explained simply, so that even novices like a lot of us can plant, grow, care for, and harvest.
Local varieties, as much as possible; including first principles rooted in #permaculture and handy difficulty ratings per zone!

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Now that our project this year are delivering, it's time to communicate.
First up: explaining how and why we build a virtual twin of Colombo in @CitiesSkylines !

https://t.co/Vs3vocxcUL

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We've got a whole bunch of interesting projects that will be dropping this year. If you haven't caught up yet, here's a great starting point: our virtual city of Colombo, and how we built it - a two-part podcast on our show:
https://t.co/hQjBzfjJgH

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@LogicallyAI Thanks! Yeah, someone's using your credibility for election disinformation.

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This map being passed around on Whatsapp is extremely sus.
1) 90% of eligible votes from each district - in a country where Internet penetration is less than 70%?
2) Analysis how? Surveys?
3) "Brighouse Data Analytics Center" doesn't even show up on a Google search.

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@akeenan23 Character limits kept us from saying "a pack of lies"

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Check it out. Maybe you might even be inspired to make your own town. We'd love to see it.
Cheers!

[WatchDog @TeamWatchDog]

People have been asking if we're dead.
No, we've just been cooking . . .
We've got four new projects coming your way.
First up: we built a nearly 1:1 replica of the city of Colombo (which many of you have seen already) in Cities: Skylines

https://t.co/e8PXPZ41S4

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Hence our virtual Colombo. It takes some hardware to run, but you don't have to be a professional UDA designer to tinker with the roads and explore all sorts of ideas for the city.
1) Repo here: https://t.co/e8PXPZ3u2w
2) Methodology here: https://t.co/pBJJ2fowMX