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Danushka Medawatte
@dmedawatte.bsky.social
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Associate Lecturer in International Law at SOAS
PhD candidate @KentLawSchool, LLM (Harvard).
Working and writing on transitional justice, feminisms, ethnicity, and impacts of (armed) conflicts.
Mother and wife (she/her).
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Dew drops
Dew drops on a bunch of pink flowers
June 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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I love walking with my 7 year old daughter to her school. We talk a lot while walking. Today, our topic was animals' defense mechanisms. Then, from a tree, this little fellow fell on to my son's head. We talked of how its green body help it to hide in the leaves. We left it unharmed on a tree.
Magnified image of a small green insect in my palm.
April 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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I could "twist the frog" by saying give meaning of idiom. Oh Lord, AI is so stupid 🤣
Asking Google to explain the fake idiom "you can't twist a frog on a Wednesday"
April 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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"Like a polecat on a bee's bum".

Read the thread and quote posts for human creativity and AI stupidity.
I asked Google AI what "like a polecat on a bee's bum" means.
April 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Taking walks everywhere, including this place, when taking a break from writing the thesis...
Tower bridge, pictured at night.
April 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Moonlight peeping through a cloud scattered sky - seen through my window. Its beauty stands in contrast to the piece of a scaffolding seen on the right margin of the picture. On the bottom right is a reflection of a small chandelier. On the bottom left is a stray rain drop that has caught light.
A picture of the night sky from my window. Taken in London just now by me. Description of the main focus of the image in the post. Additional details: Also seen in the distance is a bunch of houses. The one in the centre has a light on as if it wants to be identified and named in the picture. On the bottom most left corner, one can see the lit up sepia like twigs and branches of a tree.
April 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Maga troll alert.

Their account has fascist, racist, misogynistic, islamophobic posts.
April 12, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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This is what happens when I send our daughter to my sister's house on Sunday.
Shows a plate full of fruits and veg and toasties arranged beautifully. There's a beautiful glass with a mango smoothie with mango pieces and swirl of whipped cream on top. On the right bottom corner is another plate with an omelette and some cucumber slices. Top left of the pic shows the hands of a little girl and on her left wrist is a light blue unicorn watch. The sleeve of her top is purple.
April 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Magnolias

My absolute favourite flowers in this whole wide world...
A small magnolia tree full of white flowers is pictured. In the background is a victorian style twin house commonly seen in many London streets. On the top is the bright blue sky scattered with a few cotton candy like white clouds complementing the white magnolia flowers
March 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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When I was younger, I wondered how the world could let genocides happen. Not just holocaust, but Rwanda, Cambodia etc.

I wonder no more.

What a bleak present.
An image from the National WWII Museum of Orleans website https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/holocaust. The image demonstrates half clad / unclad, emaciated, and shaved jewish persons imprisoned in concentration camps during the holocaust.
March 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Please report.
Screenshot of a profile of a pedophile
March 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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When I cook to escape from writing.

Lemongrass chicken rice. (Recipe sharable)
The picture shows a ceramic plate with a border that has blackberries, its flowers, and leaves. The plate is on a grey granite-looking counter top. Pictured on the plate is a bowl-shaped mound of rice partially covered by a creamy chicken sauce and pieces of chicken. The chicken is garnished with one thin green chilli cut in an angle manner. On part of the mound of rice and bordering the chicken curry is a salad. Onions cut retaining the ring shape is visible. The salad is colourful because it also has tomatoes, and yellow and green bell pepper. The food on the plate is very tasty. 😋
March 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Elon Musk needs to move a bit more to his left. Then get that old man out of that chair and sit. Then it will be clear who's who in that office.
Elon Musk standing next to Donald Trump (seated) in the Oval Office.
February 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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I have on good authority that researchers of USA should hereafter use Newspeak words approved by the CDC.

Hereinafter, it will be a thought crime to use words like "gender, non-binary, them, or persons". All former research should be rewritten by the Department of Re-research.
Image shows the open pages of the Appendix of George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984. The page is turned to "Principles of Newspeak". The book is on a yellow and white vertical striped duvet cover. The post is a sarcastic remark about the CDC email that instructs researchers to abstain from using certain terms such as gender, transgender in their publications.
February 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Picture taken my brother-in-law Sangeeth in his backyard in South West London.

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The picture shows a fox. Its head is turned back at an angle and is also tilted up. Its ears are standing alert. Its expression seems somewhat quizzical and yet also beseeching. Its eyes are yellow, and the prominent black slit like iris is pointedly looking at the camera. Its left eye is lit by a ray of sunshine. Its tail is bushy and is lying almost on the grass. Partly visible on the right bottom corner of the picture is a concrete and granite platform with three steps leading to the garden. On the left of the frame is a bunch of green plants. The rest of the ground is covered in bright green grass. Strewn in random places on the grass are some brown leaves which add a speck of contrast to the picture. On the bottom of the picture the drawn out shadow of the fox and part of the shadow of the concrete platform is visible. Picture taken my brother-in-law Sangeeth in his backyard in South West London.
January 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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A view from my window.
Shows a view from my window. On the left is leaflets tree. The skyline is orange and grey and blue. The frosty roofs of a line of houses are also visible. There's a stret lamp towards the right of the picture. There's also a building to the right in the distance. On the right top corner, one cam see the silhouette of a bird. From the bottom of the image springs skeletenous mostly leafless trees.
January 12, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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(Click to see) Under blue skies, few measly traffic cones are conspiring against a giant windturbine.
Against the bright light blue sky and situated on the lush green of a vast and open land is a white wind turbine. On the right bottom corner are four orange and white traffic cones. Three of them are bound at the top with a bright orange thing that looks to me like a plastic wrap. The traffic cones are near a hedge. One can also see the tarred road and a white line running parallel to the hedge.
January 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Quality controller of Christmas 🎄 ornaments
My son dressed in a sleep suit sitting on a grey carpet holding a gold bauble in his left hand. His head is bent down, and he's looking at an acorn placed in front of him.
December 7, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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Our 7 year old daughter is neurodivergent. She has never taken an interest in drawing. Recently, she drew this and told me that this is a picture of her carrying her brother (our 8-month old son).

For me, this is one of the most valuable pictures in the world.
My daughter's drawing. It is made of simple light blue lines on a white background. It roughly demonstrates a taller child lifting up a baby. The two children are presented as looking at each other.
December 6, 2024 at 8:37 PM
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Duo is so toxic. Even when you do take the lesson, it gives makes snarky remarks.
A Snapshot of Duolingo. It says "Perfect Lesson". But it also says "You made 0 mistakes. Unlike in real life".
December 5, 2024 at 11:11 AM
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#Greyskies over stonehenge.
A picture of stonehenge taken from a far. It shows a line of people on the right. The green grass is visible on the front of the picture. The stones stand in the middle marking tye division between the earth and the sky. Grey clouds are scattered across the cry. Towards the bottom left there's a burst of sunlight that draws the eye to the corner of the picture.
November 22, 2024 at 9:52 AM
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There's a MAGA to be blocked.
MAGA Account screenshot. One post shows antagonism against liberal thinking people. The next shows ageism and other issues.
November 21, 2024 at 7:13 AM
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War is "a game of woes which nations always lose".
Picture of the poem "War" by Ebenzer Elliott. The poem is accessible online at https://search.app?link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.poetrynook.com%2Fpoem%2Fwar-18&utm_campaign=aga&utm_source=agsadl2%2Csh%2Fx%2Fgs%2Fm2%2F4
November 19, 2024 at 5:38 PM
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Coronation of King Edgar the first King of All England.
This is the object label near the stained glass window showing King Edgar's corronoration. It has a picture of the stained glass window on the left and a description on the right. Edgar was crowned King of All England in 973 in the Anglo-Saxon abbey of Bath. The stained glass window of Bath Abbey showing the crowning of King Edgar - the first King of all England.
November 18, 2024 at 5:22 AM
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The Heath is one of my favourite places in the whole wide world. I raise you this picture with a vertical cloud and the green from the Heath along, which my tiny, almost invisible daughter, was running uphill.
A vertical cloud and a bunch of other clouds above the green grass of the Heath. On the right is a narrow tarred road leading uphill. Running forward clad in a grey skirt and a purple coat with her hair down her back is my daughter with her back to the camera. On the top left and centre are some thin strands of a tree branch that falls down like a curtain half way into the picture. The atmosphere is somewhat grey yet inviting. The picture is calming to look at and brings a sense of peace.
November 16, 2024 at 1:26 PM