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I already know the licensing laws here make little sense but allowing a fast food chain outlet to serve “soft” liquor isn’t exactly the bold progressive step that is being proclaimed
November 23, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I already know the licensing laws here make little sense but allowing a fast food chain outlet to serve “soft” liquor isn’t exactly the bold progressive step that is being proclaimed
I see the “unrelenting taxes as some form of perverse mea culpa for political mismanagement” school of local economist has abruptly shut its doors. What was the final straw, 18% more for Netflix? Or turning off the Temu tat spigot?
July 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I see the “unrelenting taxes as some form of perverse mea culpa for political mismanagement” school of local economist has abruptly shut its doors. What was the final straw, 18% more for Netflix? Or turning off the Temu tat spigot?
calling safe, mostly clean bars frequented predominantly by working class men “dodgy” certainly says a thing or two about the person doing the describing
April 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
calling safe, mostly clean bars frequented predominantly by working class men “dodgy” certainly says a thing or two about the person doing the describing
no one is in the mood for fun, frivolous data gathering anymore. I get it. But I still want some hard data to point a finger at the much awarded fancy bar down south; primary instigators of cocktail price inflation in Colombo
5k a pop is crazy money, let no one pretend different
5k a pop is crazy money, let no one pretend different
April 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
no one is in the mood for fun, frivolous data gathering anymore. I get it. But I still want some hard data to point a finger at the much awarded fancy bar down south; primary instigators of cocktail price inflation in Colombo
5k a pop is crazy money, let no one pretend different
5k a pop is crazy money, let no one pretend different
there is no good answer to this, but sometimes the worst outcome of a data breach is that it falls into the hands of an untrained data “journalist” with no scruples
April 8, 2025 at 1:13 AM
there is no good answer to this, but sometimes the worst outcome of a data breach is that it falls into the hands of an untrained data “journalist” with no scruples
the tragedy with all the freshly minted tariff experts around is that some of them actually do economics in their day job
April 3, 2025 at 5:06 AM
the tragedy with all the freshly minted tariff experts around is that some of them actually do economics in their day job
all fun and games living in a lightly regulated environment, until a natural disaster strikes and you no longer know if the skyscrapers are safe (or if the inspectors are being paid off)
March 31, 2025 at 5:19 AM
all fun and games living in a lightly regulated environment, until a natural disaster strikes and you no longer know if the skyscrapers are safe (or if the inspectors are being paid off)
so the much publicised relaunch was only to put the bar back in the media spotlight, and didn’t even warrant changing the faded cushions in the seating area?
March 30, 2025 at 3:56 AM
so the much publicised relaunch was only to put the bar back in the media spotlight, and didn’t even warrant changing the faded cushions in the seating area?
I think the morality debate about accepting an award and posing for photos with representatives from a dubious political administration is perhaps a little further advanced in America than it is in local journalism circles
March 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I think the morality debate about accepting an award and posing for photos with representatives from a dubious political administration is perhaps a little further advanced in America than it is in local journalism circles
why, yes. The continued inability of
the government information technology department to deliver anything meaningful can in fact be solved by dismantling it and creating two new bodies with overlapping remits.
Genius idea
the government information technology department to deliver anything meaningful can in fact be solved by dismantling it and creating two new bodies with overlapping remits.
Genius idea
March 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
why, yes. The continued inability of
the government information technology department to deliver anything meaningful can in fact be solved by dismantling it and creating two new bodies with overlapping remits.
Genius idea
the government information technology department to deliver anything meaningful can in fact be solved by dismantling it and creating two new bodies with overlapping remits.
Genius idea
and here I thought getting the commies elected would stop brat princelings and their thuggish bodyguards from picking fights with bouncers
socialism has evidently fallen short once again
socialism has evidently fallen short once again
March 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
and here I thought getting the commies elected would stop brat princelings and their thuggish bodyguards from picking fights with bouncers
socialism has evidently fallen short once again
socialism has evidently fallen short once again
a good use for social media: compile a list of places that use the absolutely rank edinborough mayonnaise in their food so they can be boycotted.
Look, it’s cheap. It’s aggressively marketed. I get it. But does no one actually taste it?
Look, it’s cheap. It’s aggressively marketed. I get it. But does no one actually taste it?
March 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
a good use for social media: compile a list of places that use the absolutely rank edinborough mayonnaise in their food so they can be boycotted.
Look, it’s cheap. It’s aggressively marketed. I get it. But does no one actually taste it?
Look, it’s cheap. It’s aggressively marketed. I get it. But does no one actually taste it?
[me, in the unfamiliar confines of a night club] is that smoke machine smelling funky or is something on fire?
March 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
[me, in the unfamiliar confines of a night club] is that smoke machine smelling funky or is something on fire?
The Veddah folk really need some kind of medal if they can get the laugh-a-minute dipshits to shut up
March 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The Veddah folk really need some kind of medal if they can get the laugh-a-minute dipshits to shut up
[clears throat] it has now been brought to my attention that I may have interchanged Hasan Minhaj for Mehdi Hasan
Not unhappy about my credentials of barely knowing anything about either of these people
Not unhappy about my credentials of barely knowing anything about either of these people
March 7, 2025 at 4:56 AM
[clears throat] it has now been brought to my attention that I may have interchanged Hasan Minhaj for Mehdi Hasan
Not unhappy about my credentials of barely knowing anything about either of these people
Not unhappy about my credentials of barely knowing anything about either of these people
This was apparently (not even glazing) the most well read, articulate politician the country had to offer. And he got destroyed by a B tier talk show guy
We truly do live on an island
We truly do live on an island
March 7, 2025 at 3:23 AM
This was apparently (not even glazing) the most well read, articulate politician the country had to offer. And he got destroyed by a B tier talk show guy
We truly do live on an island
We truly do live on an island
Aww, man. 20 years of Ubuntu? already? Where did the time go
March 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Aww, man. 20 years of Ubuntu? already? Where did the time go
12 hours into being well and truly earwormed by a Fleetwood Mac song at the supermarket
February 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
12 hours into being well and truly earwormed by a Fleetwood Mac song at the supermarket
that AI committee is amply illustrating how absolutely minuscule the tech scene in Colombo really is
February 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
that AI committee is amply illustrating how absolutely minuscule the tech scene in Colombo really is
every commentary on the national budget gives clues about who probably shouldn’t have passed O/L maths
February 18, 2025 at 4:06 AM
every commentary on the national budget gives clues about who probably shouldn’t have passed O/L maths
Music discovery works so differently now (and has done for the last few years) that I barely noticed two rappers yelling at each other in diss tracks last year; and it was seemingly a top tier cultural event - judging by reactions to the rerun at the halftime show
February 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Music discovery works so differently now (and has done for the last few years) that I barely noticed two rappers yelling at each other in diss tracks last year; and it was seemingly a top tier cultural event - judging by reactions to the rerun at the halftime show
people are finding out foreign state sponsored donor funding to local NGOs doesn’t work the way they think. News at 11
February 6, 2025 at 4:46 AM
people are finding out foreign state sponsored donor funding to local NGOs doesn’t work the way they think. News at 11
Saddened, but unsurprised at the number of SL folk who still think forcibly cutting a kid’s hair in the name of high school discipline is desirable
October 20, 2024 at 5:35 AM
Saddened, but unsurprised at the number of SL folk who still think forcibly cutting a kid’s hair in the name of high school discipline is desirable
this feels like the least predictable presidential election (in my neck of the woods) in the last 40 years. Which isn’t saying as much as it could, since the overwhelming favourite didn’t win in 2015
September 12, 2024 at 10:25 AM
this feels like the least predictable presidential election (in my neck of the woods) in the last 40 years. Which isn’t saying as much as it could, since the overwhelming favourite didn’t win in 2015
look, I understand you write science fiction for a living but when did you start huffing that supply to think you knew how to design a tax system?
January 2, 2024 at 5:28 PM
look, I understand you write science fiction for a living but when did you start huffing that supply to think you knew how to design a tax system?