“Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community... but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots.” — Umberto Eco

Meet Caltech's tenth president, Ray Jayawardhana!

Dr Nisansa de Silva, apparently our Faculty Board missed an entire generation. 😬

European nations are competing for the most expensive trip taken by a person: One British, One Dutch, Two Norwegians, Two Finnish, 13 Germans, and 15 French. Multiply value of trade with US by 10% tariff and divide by number that went to Greenland win the award! Dinidu de Alwis

Dr Nisansa de Silva , Ahem, should we ask our students to be this good? 😉

Dr Nisansa de Silva, here's more ideas for your LLM cultural alignment. 😎

Dr Nisansa de Silva, coming soon to a lab near you. #FYPMagic

MP Mujibur Rahman is lamenting the possible accelerated adoption of digital alternatives such as SMS, MMS and WhatsApp instead of traditional postal services due to newly increased rates. Where do our politicians want the country to be in the future?

An engineer is defined as a person who solves complex problems. The apex body for engineering is led by retards who think the way to solve problems is to hire a consultant or give out a contract.

Engineering Faculty of Peradeniya has a new BSc degree in Electronic and Intelligent Systems Engineering for those who did A/L in 2025 with Direct Entry. This is a huge win for students as it removes the uncertainty of field selection forced on them after joining a university.👏

The government should reactivate the Fuel Quota QR Code system now and run it so that people will not go into panic mode when inevitable supply chain issues come in several weeks.

What actions Sri Lanka government planning on fuel crisis? Regional actions include Philippines (4-day work week), Myanmar (half of private vehicles off the road each day), Bangladesh (extended Ramadan holiday to educational institutes), Vietnam (prioritizing work from home).

Dr Nisansa de Silva, they are talking about our students: both disinterested and uninterested about the stuff we try to teach. 🙄

Annual report of the leading research center for analysis of health of global democracy, Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute at Gothenburg University says Sri Lanka is the ONLY country in South and Central Asia that is democratizing (upward trend from last evaluation).👏

In coming years, prospect of IT, CS and SE undergraduates encountering delayed completion of degree programs due to unavailability of internships is very real. Companies that used to support substantial internship intakes no longer have a need for such eager talent at low cost.

Dr Nisansa de Silva, I was pretty tangential to this curve. 😀