Heshan de Silva-Weeramuni
@heshan.bsky.social
Once almost an entire Olympic team. Hit all 146 MBTA T stops on 7.2.24. Visited both salt cathedrals. Runs up stairs, dances, skates. Comms, design, organizer, ed policy. GenX New Romantic QPR fan.📍10th Middlesex; Massachusett/Pequossette land. 👶🏾🇱🇰👦🏾🇬🇧👨🏾🇺🇸
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Hey there! I’ve missed you. Good to have you back, but here.
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I'm honestly getting a little tired of this narrative. The guy carrying out the order was technically eminently more qualified than Hegseth & he did it anyway. Maybe the answer is they both deserve to go down for it.
December 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I'm honestly getting a little tired of this narrative. The guy carrying out the order was technically eminently more qualified than Hegseth & he did it anyway. Maybe the answer is they both deserve to go down for it.
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Now juxtapose Hegseth's vile little cartoon with this line from the Post report on the latest horror:
"If the video of the blast that killed the two survivors on Sept. 2 were made public, people would be horrified, said one person who watched the live feed."
"If the video of the blast that killed the two survivors on Sept. 2 were made public, people would be horrified, said one person who watched the live feed."
Imagine being a career officer in the chain of command on Trump's boat bombings. You have deep moral and legal concerns about them. Your faith in leadership is shaky. Then you see Pete Hegseth tweet out a sadistic cartoon about it. Must be awful.
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
December 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Now juxtapose Hegseth's vile little cartoon with this line from the Post report on the latest horror:
"If the video of the blast that killed the two survivors on Sept. 2 were made public, people would be horrified, said one person who watched the live feed."
"If the video of the blast that killed the two survivors on Sept. 2 were made public, people would be horrified, said one person who watched the live feed."
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trump is the president in the sense that he holds the office but he very clearly isn't the president in the sense that he has basically relieved himself of its duties
Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Bubble-Wrapped President
Trump surrounds himself with those who flatter him in places where he is comfortable.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
trump is the president in the sense that he holds the office but he very clearly isn't the president in the sense that he has basically relieved himself of its duties
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BREAKING: According to a recent investigation by NYC's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, Starbucks illegally violated workers' protection laws in NYC 500,000 times since 2021. Over $35.5 million will be paid in restitution to Starbucks workers!
gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers after city alleges years of abuses
The city says about 15,000 employees will get paid $50 for each week worked over a three-year period. For some workers, that's thousands of dollars.
gothamist.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
BREAKING: According to a recent investigation by NYC's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, Starbucks illegally violated workers' protection laws in NYC 500,000 times since 2021. Over $35.5 million will be paid in restitution to Starbucks workers!
gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
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a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
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BREAKING: A three-judge panel for the 3rd Circuit upholds a lower court ruling that former Trump attorney Alina Habba has been unlawfully serving as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor for months. The decision bars Habba from participating in any prosecutions as acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey.
Appeals Court Disqualifies former Trump Lawyer Alina Habba as New Jersey’s Top Federal Prosecutor
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
BREAKING: A three-judge panel for the 3rd Circuit upholds a lower court ruling that former Trump attorney Alina Habba has been unlawfully serving as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor for months. The decision bars Habba from participating in any prosecutions as acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey.
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Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
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McLaren F1 Papaya Rules
"Lap 7 safety car, pit now or we lose 20 sec"
"No, we'd double stack, unfair to Lando"
"Just pit Lando, championship leader"
"No, that'd screw Oscar"
"Just pit Oscar, he leads the race"
"No, that'd screw Lando"
"No pits, let's screw both drivers equally"😊
"Lap 7 safety car, pit now or we lose 20 sec"
"No, we'd double stack, unfair to Lando"
"Just pit Lando, championship leader"
"No, that'd screw Oscar"
"Just pit Oscar, he leads the race"
"No, that'd screw Lando"
"No pits, let's screw both drivers equally"😊
November 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
McLaren F1 Papaya Rules
"Lap 7 safety car, pit now or we lose 20 sec"
"No, we'd double stack, unfair to Lando"
"Just pit Lando, championship leader"
"No, that'd screw Oscar"
"Just pit Oscar, he leads the race"
"No, that'd screw Lando"
"No pits, let's screw both drivers equally"😊
"Lap 7 safety car, pit now or we lose 20 sec"
"No, we'd double stack, unfair to Lando"
"Just pit Lando, championship leader"
"No, that'd screw Oscar"
"Just pit Oscar, he leads the race"
"No, that'd screw Lando"
"No pits, let's screw both drivers equally"😊
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The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
37-year-old quit her $390,000 Google job after saving up $1.5 million—see the 'no buy checklist' that helps her spend less
She left a $390,000-a-year job and now uses a simple set of rules to make her savings last in Switzerland.
www.cnbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
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Colombia President Petro to the US: "A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen and threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace
November 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Colombia President Petro to the US: "A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen and threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace
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District Judge Boasberg and federal appellate judges deserve our thanks for not simply shrugging and letting the Trump regime get away with defying a court order regarding their cruel and illegal fights to El Salvador..
Trump officials and judge face off over flights to El Salvador in rare, high-stakes contempt probe
A federal judge in Washington has relaunched his contempt probe of the Trump administration for failing to turn around two planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March.
apnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
District Judge Boasberg and federal appellate judges deserve our thanks for not simply shrugging and letting the Trump regime get away with defying a court order regarding their cruel and illegal fights to El Salvador..
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WSJ reported on the “endgame” and it looks a lot like global oligarchy.
November 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
WSJ reported on the “endgame” and it looks a lot like global oligarchy.
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Much work remains. Like Russia has to get out of their country. Nothing else is "peace." Witkoff and Jared Kushner do NOT get to divide Ukraine for real estate deals.
Update: U.S. and Ukrainian officials completed roughly four hours of talks aimed at finding an endgame to the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Rubio says US-Ukraine talks on Russia war were productive but much work remains in search of a deal
U.S. and Ukrainian officials completed roughly four hours of talks aimed at finding an endgame to the war between Russia and Ukraine.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Much work remains. Like Russia has to get out of their country. Nothing else is "peace." Witkoff and Jared Kushner do NOT get to divide Ukraine for real estate deals.
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Retailers use marketing techniques to get you to spend more, like creating a false sense of urgency or creating artificial discounts. Outsmart the gimmicks with these tips.
4 marketing tricks to not fall for this holiday season
Retailers use marketing techniques to get you to spend more, like creating a false sense of urgency or creating artificial discounts. Outsmart the gimmicks with these tips.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Retailers use marketing techniques to get you to spend more, like creating a false sense of urgency or creating artificial discounts. Outsmart the gimmicks with these tips.
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GOP Rep. Don Bacon: "I don't think Secretary Hegseth would be foolish enough to make this decision to say, 'Kill everybody. Kill the survivors,' because that's a clear violation of the law of war."
November 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
GOP Rep. Don Bacon: "I don't think Secretary Hegseth would be foolish enough to make this decision to say, 'Kill everybody. Kill the survivors,' because that's a clear violation of the law of war."
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Rep. Don Bacon: "We saw that WSJ article yesterday that many people around the president are hoping to make billions of dollars—these are all billionaires in their own right—from an agreement from Russia, if they get a favorable agreement with Ukraine. That alarms me tremendously."
November 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Rep. Don Bacon: "We saw that WSJ article yesterday that many people around the president are hoping to make billions of dollars—these are all billionaires in their own right—from an agreement from Russia, if they get a favorable agreement with Ukraine. That alarms me tremendously."
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Our government should never make one of its citizens feel this way; especially not the son of a veteran.
Being present without authorization is a civil misdemeanor. Remember that when ICE spouts their propaganda.
www.nbcboston.com/news/nationa...
Being present without authorization is a civil misdemeanor. Remember that when ICE spouts their propaganda.
www.nbcboston.com/news/nationa...
November 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Our government should never make one of its citizens feel this way; especially not the son of a veteran.
Being present without authorization is a civil misdemeanor. Remember that when ICE spouts their propaganda.
www.nbcboston.com/news/nationa...
Being present without authorization is a civil misdemeanor. Remember that when ICE spouts their propaganda.
www.nbcboston.com/news/nationa...
Guess I’ve lost without trying to compete. Already heard Mariah like five times and it’s not even December.
November 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Guess I’ve lost without trying to compete. Already heard Mariah like five times and it’s not even December.
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Pete Hegseth is finally getting investigated
Pete Hegseth is finally getting investigated
GOP-led committees are looking into a report alleging Hegseth gave an order to "kill everybody" aboard a boat.
www.motherjones.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Pete Hegseth is finally getting investigated
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“It should not be the policy of the SONH that corrections officers must blindly follow orders regardless the legality, morality, or lack of safety it entails. Corrections officers have the right and responsibility to question orders and should not be terminated for expressing opinions on staffing”
Fired Prison Guard Takes Case to NH Supreme Court
Veteran corrections officer Claudia Cass, who was fired after she called attention to dangerously low staffing inside the men’s prison in Concord, got her case to the New Hampshire Supreme Court.
indepthnh.org
March 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
“It should not be the policy of the SONH that corrections officers must blindly follow orders regardless the legality, morality, or lack of safety it entails. Corrections officers have the right and responsibility to question orders and should not be terminated for expressing opinions on staffing”
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woke up and decided to start beef on linkedin
November 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
woke up and decided to start beef on linkedin
At its heart is a grotesque scheme to release $300 Billion in frozen Russian cash to US corporations to fund their pet projects, like a joint SpaceX/Russian Mars mission, in return for revitalizing Russia’s economy, and rebuilding Ukraine’s infrastructure to benefit US corps. (Paywall link, sorry.)
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
At its heart is a grotesque scheme to release $300 Billion in frozen Russian cash to US corporations to fund their pet projects, like a joint SpaceX/Russian Mars mission, in return for revitalizing Russia’s economy, and rebuilding Ukraine’s infrastructure to benefit US corps. (Paywall link, sorry.)
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One of the longest and most well documented patterns of state sponsored torture of any country on earth. Unusual only in that Israel is formally a democracy, and only one group, Palestinians, are tortured.
"Israel has “a de facto state policy of organised and widespread torture”, according to a UN report covering the past two years, which also raised concerns about the impunity of Israeli security forces for war crimes." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity for war crimes
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
One of the longest and most well documented patterns of state sponsored torture of any country on earth. Unusual only in that Israel is formally a democracy, and only one group, Palestinians, are tortured.
Milk: Hold my yeast…
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
French far-right leader hit on the head with an egg
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, was hit on the head with an egg Saturday, just days after another incident in which a protester threw flour at him.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Milk: Hold my yeast…