Suresh P. Benjamin
@sureshbenjamin
Author of 139+ new species. Dad, Husband, AvH fellow. Spiders pay my bills. Personal account; views here are mine alone.
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නව මකුළුවන් විශේෂ 104ක් ලොවට හඳුන්වා දුන් ශ්රී ලාංකික මහාචාර්යවරයා bbc.com/sinhala/sri-la… via @BBC
When children don’t know they are being sexually abused.. When children are denied proper sex education.. it creates the perfect conditions for predators to act without being recognized or held accountable....
Why must we use Rs 5,000 million of taxpayer money to subsidise plantation companies to pay wages of their workers? That is something they should be doing on their own. #lka #budgetLK #budget2026
More reason why we should not send anyone to this disgusting country. @anuradisanayake @Dr_HariniA It is time to cancel the agreement we signed to send people to Israel.
The Sri Lankan Embassy in Israel has confirmed that three Sri Lankan migrant workers have been attacked in a series of reported chemical-laced water assaults targeting foreign workers in Israel. In a statement issued from Tel Aviv, the Embassy said it had been alerted to videos…
Sri Lanka probably doesn’t need much “artificial intelligence” when there are such brilliant people like @aselawaid, who has proved he can turn a mere Rs. 20,000 worth of gems into a fortune of Rs. 42.85 million. #moneylaundering x.com/rangaba/status…
Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds theguardian.com/environment/20…
When islands collide: Divergence predicts outcomes of secondary contact during the fusion of Sulawesi’s paleo-archipelago [Karin et al 2025] pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…
![dnltbing's tweet image. When islands collide: Divergence predicts outcomes of secondary contact during the fusion of Sulawesi’s paleo-archipelago
[Karin et al 2025]
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G4WO6goawAAvAGY.jpg)
![dnltbing's tweet image. When islands collide: Divergence predicts outcomes of secondary contact during the fusion of Sulawesi’s paleo-archipelago
[Karin et al 2025]
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G4WO6gnasAEGGhM.jpg)
First record of the genus Lagocheilus W.T. Blanford, 1864 (Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoridae) from the northern Western Ghats, India, with the description of L. hayaomiyazakii n. sp. [Bhosale et al. 2025] conchsoc.org/sites/default/…
![dnltbing's tweet image. First record of the genus Lagocheilus W.T. Blanford, 1864
(Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoridae) from the northern Western Ghats, India,
with the description of L. hayaomiyazakii n. sp. [Bhosale et al. 2025]
conchsoc.org/sites/default/…](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G4eNFNcbEAAK-JP.jpg)
A new species of Dibamus from the Central Highlands of Vietnam with redescription of Dibamus montanus Smith, 1921 (Squamata: Dibamidae) [Kliukin et al. 2025] mapress.com/zt/article/vie…
![dnltbing's tweet image. A new species of Dibamus from the Central Highlands of Vietnam with redescription of Dibamus montanus Smith, 1921 (Squamata: Dibamidae)
[Kliukin et al. 2025]
mapress.com/zt/article/vie…](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G4ed3XKa8AERIrK.jpg)
Disturbing incident in Weligama tourist area: A group of local three-wheeler drivers reportedly threatened a taxi driver with death while he was carrying foreign tourists. This thuggery severely impacts Sri Lanka's tourism image. 🚨 #Weligama #TourismSL #Crime #LKA
RISE Summer Internship in Germany 2026 | Fully Funded Link: scholarshipscorner.website/rise-summer-in… Benefits: Monthly stipend of €992 Health, accident, and liability insurance Travel subsidy for international flights €160 allowance for the three-day RISE meeting in Heidelberg
Hurricane Melissa - the strongest storm to strike Jamaica in 174 years, with winds of 175 miles per hour and the power to dump 40 inches of rain on a nation of three million souls - is not a natural disaster. It is a crime scene. It is climate disaster
South Asia's fastest woman Safiya Yamik 7 years ago! Congratulations to her proud parents who gave her the freedom to excel in what she desired. #SriLanka
Young talented athlete from Kandy Vihara maha Devi finished 200 handsomely congrats Safiya Yamik Allah bless 4 every success
With that level of barrel wobble, Russia’s UralVagonZavod might consider retooling from armored vehicle manufacturing to adult toy production - it would likely be a better fit
Inoshan Sooran, a Sri Lankan-born French resident, completed a 10,000-km solo cycling journey from Paris to Jaffna, crossing 13 countries in just over seven weeks. His “From Paris to Jaffna” mission aimed to promote Jaffna as a travel destination and strengthen global cultural…
“AIPAC is not dedicated to peace. They're dedicated to inducing maximum support in America, the White House, the Congress, and the public media for whatever policies the Israeli government has..” Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
“Black October” 35th Anniversary: Why did the LTTE Expel Northern Muslims En Masse in 1990? by D.B.S.Jeyaraj Read Detailed Article by DBS Jeyaraj about the Mass Expulsion Of Muslims from the North by the LTTE 35 Years ago. dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/?p=86534
මිෂන් ඔලිම්පික් 2028 යටතේ කාන්ඩ 4කින් 85ක සංචිතයක් නඩත්තු කරනවා. පලමු කාන්ඩයේ ක්රීඩකයෙකුට මසකට රු. 210K පුහුණුකරුට 100K දෙනවා. 04 කාණ්ඩයේ ලහිරුට 50K සහා පුහුණුකරුට 30K දෙනවා. පාසැල් ක්රීඩකයන් 900කට රු 10K මාසික දීමනාවක් දෙනවා. ඉස්සරහට මේක තව වැඩි කරනවා. @anuradisanayake 🙏
China is now forcing German firms to hand over sensitive industrial data—including blueprints and supply-chain details—to get approval for rare earth exports. Berlin has no quick fix, and companies fear losing trade secrets or facing supply squeezes. Source: Bloomberg
How do all #lka govts solve a problem? By appointing a committee - and just wishing people would forget the issue. But #ElephantAbuseLK has now been escalated to a bilateral concern with #Thailand govt, so it won’t be easily wished away. Only thing to do: let Thai elephants to go
Sri Lanka has appointed a committee of veterinarians to examine two elephants gifted by Thailand, following concerns raised by Bangkok over their health condition, officials said on Saturday. Deputy Minister of Environment Anton Jayakodi told reporters that preliminary checks by…
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