Karan Navani
@kknavz.bsky.social
Co-founder of Poli (withpoli.com)
On a mission to make the world more equitable.
On a mission to make the world more equitable.
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Just shameful.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Just shameful.
@economist.com @zannymb.economist.com you may not be a fan, but the least you can do is pronounce the NYC mayor-elect’s name correctly in your audio reporting (referring specifically to today’s ‘The World in Brief’ update).
November 5, 2025 at 10:18 AM
@economist.com @zannymb.economist.com you may not be a fan, but the least you can do is pronounce the NYC mayor-elect’s name correctly in your audio reporting (referring specifically to today’s ‘The World in Brief’ update).
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Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
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When was the last time you heard a politician in the media asked anything like-
-How will you make sure asylum seekers can reach the UK safely & refugees are protected?
-How will you make sure people coming to this country to work or study are treated equally & with respect?
I cannot remember.
-How will you make sure asylum seekers can reach the UK safely & refugees are protected?
-How will you make sure people coming to this country to work or study are treated equally & with respect?
I cannot remember.
Where else could this very smart & bound to succeed approach to “beating” the far right be happening then?
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
October 18, 2025 at 9:56 AM
When was the last time you heard a politician in the media asked anything like-
-How will you make sure asylum seekers can reach the UK safely & refugees are protected?
-How will you make sure people coming to this country to work or study are treated equally & with respect?
I cannot remember.
-How will you make sure asylum seekers can reach the UK safely & refugees are protected?
-How will you make sure people coming to this country to work or study are treated equally & with respect?
I cannot remember.
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New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation
August 5, 2025 at 6:27 AM
New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation
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The normalization of lawless mass disappearances in major US cities is chilling beyond belief. Ghosts of the disappeared everywhere, in plain sight.
The clerks where I get my lunch said a man came in last week and asked them where the public entrance to 26 Federal Plaza was. He locked his bike outside, and it’s been there since.
July 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The normalization of lawless mass disappearances in major US cities is chilling beyond belief. Ghosts of the disappeared everywhere, in plain sight.
“So what did you inherit from generations past?” A big fat fuck you.
June 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
“So what did you inherit from generations past?” A big fat fuck you.
I love this
Billionaires ke paas already sab kuchh hai. Ab, aapka time aageya.
Billionaires already have everything. Now, your time has come.
Billionaires already have everything. Now, your time has come.
June 14, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I love this
Tired of using tech developed by ethically-hollow elitist tech bros who worship at the altar of capitalism (disguised as ideology).
Hoping @jay.bsky.team can do better. Wish her the best.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Hoping @jay.bsky.team can do better. Wish her the best.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Bluesky’s Quest to Build Nontoxic Social Media
X and Facebook are governed by the policies of mercurial billionaires. Bluesky’s C.E.O., Jay Graber, says that she wants to give power back to the user.
www.newyorker.com
April 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Tired of using tech developed by ethically-hollow elitist tech bros who worship at the altar of capitalism (disguised as ideology).
Hoping @jay.bsky.team can do better. Wish her the best.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Hoping @jay.bsky.team can do better. Wish her the best.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Really enjoyed @sathnam.bsky.social and @sirtonyrobinson.bsky.social discuss British Imperialism at @rgsibg.bsky.social this evening.
(Hope no one trolled you post-event Sathnam!)
(Hope no one trolled you post-event Sathnam!)
April 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Really enjoyed @sathnam.bsky.social and @sirtonyrobinson.bsky.social discuss British Imperialism at @rgsibg.bsky.social this evening.
(Hope no one trolled you post-event Sathnam!)
(Hope no one trolled you post-event Sathnam!)
“What’s your Roman Empire?”
The British Empire
The British Empire
March 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“What’s your Roman Empire?”
The British Empire
The British Empire
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“This is bad, full stop. It creates a class of person who are forever excluded from civic life no matter how long they live here. It’s also a clear breach of the refugee convention.” Damn straigt, @colinyeo.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK to refuse citizenship to refugees who have ‘made a dangerous journey’
Home Office accused of shutting out refugees, as new guidance says those applicants will ‘normally be refused’
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 7:41 AM
“This is bad, full stop. It creates a class of person who are forever excluded from civic life no matter how long they live here. It’s also a clear breach of the refugee convention.” Damn straigt, @colinyeo.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I have set up a new "AI and Democracy Group" in Kings Cross. Please forward to those you think might be interested.
Launch of new AI and Democracy Group
...and DeepSeek reverb
open.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I have set up a new "AI and Democracy Group" in Kings Cross. Please forward to those you think might be interested.
“I have taken on the responsibility of creating the works that I needed to see as a child (and still need to see)”
As a child, I couldn’t wait to change my Iranian nose. Now I’ve learned to see its beauty | Bea Dero
I photograph people with non-western features, and pay homage to our profiles and the history in our faces, says Bea Dero, a British-Iranian photographer
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
“I have taken on the responsibility of creating the works that I needed to see as a child (and still need to see)”
“In a political culture where the one virtue that is always reliably absent is decency, Manmohan Singh’s ability to hold on to that trait now seems almost saintly.”
“Manmohan Singh’s vision […] is still the most compelling framework India needs.”
indianexpress.com/article/opin... (£)
“Manmohan Singh’s vision […] is still the most compelling framework India needs.”
indianexpress.com/article/opin... (£)
Manmohan Singh was devoured by populist furies. History is a mean avenger
Manmohan Singh secured developmental space for India and positioned India brilliantly. It is capital that we are still living off.
indianexpress.com
December 30, 2024 at 12:05 AM
“In a political culture where the one virtue that is always reliably absent is decency, Manmohan Singh’s ability to hold on to that trait now seems almost saintly.”
“Manmohan Singh’s vision […] is still the most compelling framework India needs.”
indianexpress.com/article/opin... (£)
“Manmohan Singh’s vision […] is still the most compelling framework India needs.”
indianexpress.com/article/opin... (£)
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I am shocked - shocked - that Steven Bartlett, who had ads banned by the ASA and has been accused of exaggerating his involvement in a multi-million pound business, has been sharing harmful health misinformation on his podcast. It's always the ones you least suspect!
Steven Bartlett sharing harmful health misinformation on Diary of CEO podcast
Disproven health claims are accepted with little challenge by host on number one podcast, BBC investigation finds.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 13, 2024 at 7:33 AM
I am shocked - shocked - that Steven Bartlett, who had ads banned by the ASA and has been accused of exaggerating his involvement in a multi-million pound business, has been sharing harmful health misinformation on his podcast. It's always the ones you least suspect!
“One went to Syria too young to have done her GCSEs. The other went as an investment banker with a degree from King’s College, London, and a place to do an MBA at Harvard.“
It’s not too late to bring Shamima Begum home
Rush to strip teenage Isis bride of her UK citizenship is at odds with treatment of Assad’s wife
www.thetimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 12:20 AM
“One went to Syria too young to have done her GCSEs. The other went as an investment banker with a degree from King’s College, London, and a place to do an MBA at Harvard.“
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Sometimes you do the right thing not because you get political capital but because it is right
December 10, 2024 at 3:06 AM
Sometimes you do the right thing not because you get political capital but because it is right
Trying out ‘Photographic Styles’ on the new iPhone
November 12, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Trying out ‘Photographic Styles’ on the new iPhone
“Hinduism’s pantheon of gods allows businesses to roll out more services”
www.economist.com/asia/2024/10...
www.economist.com/asia/2024/10...
India’s startups pray for a Hindu super-app
The business of God could yet create an Indian unicorn
www.economist.com
November 2, 2024 at 12:34 PM
“Hinduism’s pantheon of gods allows businesses to roll out more services”
www.economist.com/asia/2024/10...
www.economist.com/asia/2024/10...