Thiyumi Senarathna

Tweeting on peace and security, democracy, gender equality, and human rights. Tweets are my own.

[Ambika Satkunanathan @ambikasat]

I was invited to be part of the panel on @AJHeadtoHead but had to withdraw due to scheduling conflict. I’ve met Mr Wickremasinghe only once at a meeting when I was at the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka. If I’d participated I too would certainly have been labeled pro LTTE.

[Roel Raymond @roelraymond]

Not going to comment on Ranil washout bc everybody already has, and has got it right. Except for the sycophants, ofc. 2/2

[Roel Raymond @roelraymond]

Finally watched Al Jazeera's H2H interview with Ranil. Loved Hasan's line of questioning and how relentless he was in trying to get a proper answer out of him. They were well prepared, had done their research and held receipts - great journalism! 1/2

[Noura Erakat @4noura]

I said it on the day the ICC issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu & Gallant- the U.S. will destroy the ICC to protect itself & Israel. We are here. Palestine will set the whole world free.

#Gaza #Genocide #Nakba #ICC https://t.co/gRe0dDzLbm

[Edgar Mannheimer @ibncecilia]

This meme is working overtime in #Sweden today
#Orebro
#Örebro

[Mujib Mashal @MujMash]

Sri Lanka’s rebound is a rare story of hope these days:

Women are at the center of efforts to give the country lasting protections against the whims of strongmen…doing the slow & steady work of shaping a political culture that allows them equal space.

https://t.co/uopPR0kij1

[Shehan Karunatilaka @ShehanKaru]

Quote from The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida 🌘

#ShehanKaruntilaka

[Nazly Ahmed @nazly]

Amidst the urban chaos, Thai Pongal traditions weave a vibrant tapestry of colour, fragrance, and festivity across Colombo's streets. 🌾🧉

📍 Sea Street, Pettah. #lka 🇱🇰

[Meera Srinivasan @Meerasrini]

#SriLanka: Don't miss @abaruah64's fantastic interview with political scientist Prof. Jayadeva Uyangoda in @frontline_india, on the island nation's recent elections and the stark political shift they reflect. 1/4

(A few highlights in thread below)
https://t.co/eMIpTjoMjp

[Afif Aqrabawi @AjAqrabawi]

Yesterday during a lab meeting, my mentor informed me that I may no longer progress in my career due to my so-called 'infamy.' I was told that I was to blame for the challenges I've been facing in publishing my work—that my 'negative' political activism might be provoking the particularly unusual hostility of peer reviewers. Apparently, several 'respectable' figures in the scientific community have contacted him to voice their disapproval and even urged him to terminate my employment. This also highlights how the cowardly silence of my 'allies' perpetuates bigotry and exclusion.

To my 'colleagues' who feel entitled to pass judgment on my existence as a Palestinian scientist—one who cannot turn away from the human instinct to preserve life while witnessing the daily murder of my people—I regret to inform you that I will continue to exist, unapologetically, with no regard for your comfort or supremacist ideals.

Fortunately, science is not confined to institutions. It lives in my mind and heart, and I can enjoy it fully—even from the solitude of my imagination; even if I were to become homeless. Home, however, is precisely what I am fighting for. I only wish I had the privilege to contemplate nature, without the existential threat of Zionism.

From my perspective at the margins here at MIT, I have come to see academia for what it truly is: a stronghold of racism, classism, and spiritual rot masquerading as enlightenment.

Apologies in advance if I don’t respond to comments on this post—this is a deeply personal reflection, shared primarily for myself.

[Heidi Matthews @Heidi__Matthews]

There is good reason to believe that Sinwar was, in fact, murdered by the IDF. Rather than celebrating death using inflammatory language of "elimination", Canada should be demanding that Israel comply with an independent investigation into the circumstances of Sinwar's death. 🧵

[Abdalhadi Alijla عبد الهادي العجلة @alijla2021]

The scenes in the Jabbaliya refugee camps in northern Gaza are apocalyptic

[Andrew Fidel Fernando @afidelf]

I grew up with two younger sisters, but went to an all-boys high school.

There really is no overstating how ignorant - and stupid - I was about the lived experience of most women, well into my 20s. (Perhaps even now?)

Gender studies as part of school curriculums makes sense.

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

There is no moral difference between putting people in gas chambers and burning people in safe zones inside tents.

A holocaust is happening right before our eyes and the world is silent.

[Jayana Jayarathne 🇱🇰🇬🇧 @JayJayarathne]

It's sad to see the so-called CMB middle class, whose presence in X the most, ridicule women who have gotten themselves to the pinnacle of education - Getting a PhD. Any PhD, let it be humanities, or STEM is a huge challenge.

#NPP #SJB #UNP #SriLanka

[Sunjeev Bery @Sunjeev_Bery]

Why is @Netflix purging so many of its films and content regarding Palestinians and Palestine?

Look at all of the Palestinian stories that are "leaving soon."

Israel is already trying to erase the Palestinians of Gaza and the West Bank. Why is @Netflix erasing Palestinian media from its platform?

[Shashika Bandara @shashikaLB]

Why Asanga?
Is it the sex or gender? The Universities she attended? Subject area?
Is it classism? Sexism?
Does @EdinburghUni have some metrics/ values we aren’t aware of?
Would sincerely like some context.
I’m not sure how belittling individuals without context help. #lka

[Marlon Ariyasinghe @MarlonAriy]

Asanga’s misogyny is not new.

Does @EdinburghUni have a code of conduct for such things? or are they fine with all forms of sexism?

#SriLankan tweeps should tag and ask @EdinUniMedia @EdinburghUni these questions.

[Thiyagaraja Waradas 🇱🇰 @TWaradas]

Colombo folks here is someone who must be in parliament. Dr Kaushalya Ariyatatne is the first person to have a PhD in Transgender studies in Sri Lanka. And many more to firsts.