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Sri Lanka search board

News, travel and cricket from Sri Lanka. This board splits X's posts about Sri Lanka into 5 columns. Each one is a saved search you can open on X right now, or load the whole set into the planner and make it yours.

Load into the planner Search term: "sri lanka"

Columns on the Sri Lanka board

  1. 1

    Latest

    Latest 
    "sri lanka" -filter:replies lang:en

    Every new original post in English, newest first. Replies are left out so the column stays readable.

    Open in X (Latest column, new tab)
  2. 2

    Local news

    Latest 
    "sri lanka" filter:links min_retweets:5

    Linked posts with a few reposts. Local outlets and reporters tend to show up here.

    Open in X (Local news column, new tab)
  3. 3

    Alerts

    Latest 
    "sri lanka" (closed OR closure OR delays OR warning OR strike OR outage)

    Closures, transport delays, strikes and weather warnings. Check anything important against an official source.

    Open in X (Alerts column, new tab)
  4. 4

    Travel tips

    Latest 
    "sri lanka" ("trip to" OR visiting OR "things to do" OR recommendations) -filter:links

    Visitors asking for advice and locals answering, with link-heavy promotion filtered out.

    Open in X (Travel tips column, new tab)
  5. 5

    Photos

    Media 
    "sri lanka" filter:images min_faves:50

    Pictures with at least 50 likes, on the Media tab.

    Open in X (Photos column, new tab)

How this board is put together

A place board works for locals, travelers and anyone covering a city or region. It keeps practical alerts apart from general chatter and gives photos their own column, since the Media tab is where places look best.

All the columns share the same search term, "sri lanka", and then narrow it. Latest columns open X's Latest tab sorted by time. Media columns open the Media tab, and Top columns open the default ranking, which favors posts with more engagement.

Make it fit

  • Many place names are shared with people, teams or products. Add the country or state to a column if the results drift.
  • Change lang:en in the Latest column to the local language code to hear from residents instead of visitors.
  • Engagement thresholds like min_faves: and min_retweets: are rough. Raise them if a column is noisy, drop them if it stays empty.

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