Malinda Meegoda
@malindameegoda.bsky.social
Interested in Nuclear and Arms Control. Member @apln.network Currently @ veriteresearch.org Based in Colombo, Sri Lanka
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New KB episode: Prof @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social is joined by Dr Nishan de Mel (Verité Research) to discuss Sri Lanka’s governance-linked bond - an innovative mechanism addressing governance failures and financial instability.
Listen:
Spotify: bit.ly/Spotifyep132
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Listen:
Spotify: bit.ly/Spotifyep132
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132. Nishan de Mel on Sri Lanka's governance-linked bond
KickBack - The Global Anticorruption Podcast · Episode
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May 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
New KB episode: Prof @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social is joined by Dr Nishan de Mel (Verité Research) to discuss Sri Lanka’s governance-linked bond - an innovative mechanism addressing governance failures and financial instability.
Listen:
Spotify: bit.ly/Spotifyep132
SoundCloud: bit.ly/Soundcloudep132
Listen:
Spotify: bit.ly/Spotifyep132
SoundCloud: bit.ly/Soundcloudep132
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In this policy brief, Sameer Patil and Rahul Rawat argue that the integration of #emergingtech – particularly #AI – into #nuclear systems will heighten global nuclear risks by increasing the likelihood of miscalculation, faulty judgment, and unintended escalation.
www.apln.network/analysis/pol...
www.apln.network/analysis/pol...
Integration of Artificial Intelligence in Nuclear Systems and Escalation Risks | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network
www.apln.network
May 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
In this policy brief, Sameer Patil and Rahul Rawat argue that the integration of #emergingtech – particularly #AI – into #nuclear systems will heighten global nuclear risks by increasing the likelihood of miscalculation, faulty judgment, and unintended escalation.
www.apln.network/analysis/pol...
www.apln.network/analysis/pol...
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Never. Ever. Let anyone give you shit for using LibGen. Ever again.
NEW: LibGen contains millions of pirated books and research papers, built over nearly two decades. From court documents, we know that Meta torrented a version of it to build its AI. Today, @theatlantic.com presents an analysis of the data set by @alexreisner.bsky.social. Search through it yourself:
The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem
Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.
www.theatlantic.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Never. Ever. Let anyone give you shit for using LibGen. Ever again.
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Seems bad www.reuters.com/world/global...
Global security arrangements 'unravelling', UN chief warns nuclear disarmament conference
Security arrangements that have supported global peace for decades are unravelling, the head of the United Nations warned on Monday as he urged countries to work together towards a nuclear free world.
www.reuters.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Seems bad www.reuters.com/world/global...
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☢️ I've collected 800+ resources for those working on WMD issues in my "LearnWMD Spreadsheet"
learnwmd.wixsite.com/learnwmd/the...
Recently, I've gone through and updated all links & information. I've also broken out the OSINT resources into their own tab.
Be sure to check it out!
learnwmd.wixsite.com/learnwmd/the...
Recently, I've gone through and updated all links & information. I've also broken out the OSINT resources into their own tab.
Be sure to check it out!
The Spreadsheet | learnwmd
learnwmd.wixsite.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
☢️ I've collected 800+ resources for those working on WMD issues in my "LearnWMD Spreadsheet"
learnwmd.wixsite.com/learnwmd/the...
Recently, I've gone through and updated all links & information. I've also broken out the OSINT resources into their own tab.
Be sure to check it out!
learnwmd.wixsite.com/learnwmd/the...
Recently, I've gone through and updated all links & information. I've also broken out the OSINT resources into their own tab.
Be sure to check it out!
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Here’s a good ad going up in London! 😁
February 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Here’s a good ad going up in London! 😁
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(With a slight fix) This year is the 7th anniversary of Trump pulling US out Iran deal and enabled Teheran to build up its fissile material inventory needed to build nuclear weapons. Now Trump has a chance to right his wrong. warontherocks.com/2025/02/trum...
But…
But…
Trump Has a Rare and Short Window to Solve the Iran Problem — Here’s How - War on the Rocks
Donald Trump is likely the last president that will get a chance to stop Iran from building a nuclear arsenal. Will he succeed? Tehran has been on the
warontherocks.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
(With a slight fix) This year is the 7th anniversary of Trump pulling US out Iran deal and enabled Teheran to build up its fissile material inventory needed to build nuclear weapons. Now Trump has a chance to right his wrong. warontherocks.com/2025/02/trum...
But…
But…
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A new post on Doomsday Machines for your post-holiday light reading, on the wild nuclear maps of "Wild" William Bunge.
open.substack.com/pub/doomsday...
open.substack.com/pub/doomsday...
"The battlefield is everywhere"
The nuclear maps of "Wild" William Bunge (1988)
open.substack.com
December 28, 2024 at 3:43 PM
A new post on Doomsday Machines for your post-holiday light reading, on the wild nuclear maps of "Wild" William Bunge.
open.substack.com/pub/doomsday...
open.substack.com/pub/doomsday...
Really engaging discussion on #autonomousweapons at the Lakshman Kadirgamar institute (LKI) with the @icrc.org
December 19, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Really engaging discussion on #autonomousweapons at the Lakshman Kadirgamar institute (LKI) with the @icrc.org
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Former Canadian high commissioner to #SriLanka
@dbmckinnon.bsky.social breaks down Sri Lanka's recent #elections, arguing the time is ripe for Ottawa to 'reset relations' with the country 🇱🇰👇
@dbmckinnon.bsky.social breaks down Sri Lanka's recent #elections, arguing the time is ripe for Ottawa to 'reset relations' with the country 🇱🇰👇
Ottawa's Opportunity to Reset Canada-Sri Lanka Relations
The November 14 election in Sri Lanka — Asia’s oldest democracy — was significant and worthy of attention but largely overlooked by the world, and Canada.
www.asiapacific.ca
December 13, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Former Canadian high commissioner to #SriLanka
@dbmckinnon.bsky.social breaks down Sri Lanka's recent #elections, arguing the time is ripe for Ottawa to 'reset relations' with the country 🇱🇰👇
@dbmckinnon.bsky.social breaks down Sri Lanka's recent #elections, arguing the time is ripe for Ottawa to 'reset relations' with the country 🇱🇰👇
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New piece by Shweta Desai and @amaramarasingam.bsky.social on how the Israel-Palestine conflict is being used by pro-Hindutva disinformation networks to spur anti-Muslim sentiment. Southasiasky Menasky
gnet-research.org/2023/11/17/h...
gnet-research.org/2023/11/17/h...
Hindutva Disinformation Machine: How India is Using the Israel-Palestine War to Spur Anti-Muslim Sen...
gnet-research.org
November 17, 2023 at 4:17 PM
New piece by Shweta Desai and @amaramarasingam.bsky.social on how the Israel-Palestine conflict is being used by pro-Hindutva disinformation networks to spur anti-Muslim sentiment. Southasiasky Menasky
gnet-research.org/2023/11/17/h...
gnet-research.org/2023/11/17/h...
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Today, APLN members Melissa Parke, Manpreet Sethi, and @tongzhao.bsky.social will participate in this year’s #NobelPeacePrize Forum to discuss strategies to mitigate the risk of nuclear war and advance toward nuclear #disarmament.
Watch the event live here: www.nobelpeaceprize.org/nukes-how-to...
Watch the event live here: www.nobelpeaceprize.org/nukes-how-to...
December 11, 2024 at 5:24 AM
Today, APLN members Melissa Parke, Manpreet Sethi, and @tongzhao.bsky.social will participate in this year’s #NobelPeacePrize Forum to discuss strategies to mitigate the risk of nuclear war and advance toward nuclear #disarmament.
Watch the event live here: www.nobelpeaceprize.org/nukes-how-to...
Watch the event live here: www.nobelpeaceprize.org/nukes-how-to...
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Meet SPUTNUKE. Russia is allegedly using satellite to practice deployment of nuclear weapon in space. NYT article describes program and consequences detonation of nuke in space would have. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | What One Russian Satellite Tells Us About the Future of Nuclear Warfare
No shockwave. No mushroom cloud. But a space nuke would change life on Earth forever.
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Meet SPUTNUKE. Russia is allegedly using satellite to practice deployment of nuclear weapon in space. NYT article describes program and consequences detonation of nuke in space would have. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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In this essay, Ambassador Enkhsaikhan Jargalsaikhan, former Permanent Representative of Mongolia to the United Nations, explores Mongolia's response if South Korea were to go nuclear.
www.apln.network/projects/nuc...
www.apln.network/projects/nuc...
No Longer In Good Standing: How Mongolia Would View South Korea Going Nuclear | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network
www.apln.network
December 2, 2024 at 6:29 AM
In this essay, Ambassador Enkhsaikhan Jargalsaikhan, former Permanent Representative of Mongolia to the United Nations, explores Mongolia's response if South Korea were to go nuclear.
www.apln.network/projects/nuc...
www.apln.network/projects/nuc...
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“Iran to begin enriching uranium with thousands of advanced centrifuges, UN watchdog says.” apnews.com/article/iran...
Important context: IAEA said Iran enriching uranium with new centrifuges to 5%, far lower than the 60% it currently does, and far below weapons-grade.
Important context: IAEA said Iran enriching uranium with new centrifuges to 5%, far lower than the 60% it currently does, and far below weapons-grade.
Iran to begin enriching uranium with thousands of advanced centrifuges, UN watchdog says
Iran will begin enriching uranium with thousands of advanced centrifuges at its two main nuclear facilities at Fordo and Natanz.
apnews.com
December 3, 2024 at 6:13 PM
“Iran to begin enriching uranium with thousands of advanced centrifuges, UN watchdog says.” apnews.com/article/iran...
Important context: IAEA said Iran enriching uranium with new centrifuges to 5%, far lower than the 60% it currently does, and far below weapons-grade.
Important context: IAEA said Iran enriching uranium with new centrifuges to 5%, far lower than the 60% it currently does, and far below weapons-grade.
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It goes without saying that this is stupid, and I wonder what set it off. Was there a segment on Fox News? But I thought it might be worth a thread explaining what Trump (and, to be fair, some other international leaders) don't get about international money 1/
December 1, 2024 at 12:32 PM
It goes without saying that this is stupid, and I wonder what set it off. Was there a segment on Fox News? But I thought it might be worth a thread explaining what Trump (and, to be fair, some other international leaders) don't get about international money 1/
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Currently reading this incredible biography of Sylvia Plath. I had no idea how much she thought and wrote about nuclear weapons. Hatred of the Bomb was a big part of her life. 🤯
December 2, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Currently reading this incredible biography of Sylvia Plath. I had no idea how much she thought and wrote about nuclear weapons. Hatred of the Bomb was a big part of her life. 🤯
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One of the things i had started to hate about Twitter was that in my field, calling for the death of Russian civilians and calling every individual Russian a savage became completely normalized and went without critique
I hate that it is starting to spread here too
I hate that it is starting to spread here too
December 1, 2024 at 8:26 AM
One of the things i had started to hate about Twitter was that in my field, calling for the death of Russian civilians and calling every individual Russian a savage became completely normalized and went without critique
I hate that it is starting to spread here too
I hate that it is starting to spread here too