Nitin Karani (they/he)
@queerindia.bsky.social
Libertarian from India. Free speech champion. Gay rights advocate. Linguaphile
Image credit: Edmund Burke. AZQuotes.com, Wind and Fly LTD, 2023. https://www.azquotes.com/quote/41748, accessed September 10, 2023.
Image credit: Edmund Burke. AZQuotes.com, Wind and Fly LTD, 2023. https://www.azquotes.com/quote/41748, accessed September 10, 2023.
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#HEALTH4ALL: Stop The Attack On Transgender Adults
Across the U.S., states are expanding bans on gender-affirming care to adults, criminalizing doctors and eroding medical autonomy.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Israeli operations are pushing tens of thousands of West Bank Palestinians like Lutfi out of their homes, says B'Tselem, the independent Israeli human rights information centre for the occupied territories. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
'Ghost camp': Israeli operations in West Bank push wave of Palestinians from their homes
Malik Lutfi contemplated which of his family's belongings to salvage in the few moments he was given while Israeli troops carried out home demolitions in the Tulkarm refugee camp where he grew up in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
www.reuters.com
July 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Israeli operations are pushing tens of thousands of West Bank Palestinians like Lutfi out of their homes, says B'Tselem, the independent Israeli human rights information centre for the occupied territories. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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In the student deportation case in Boston, lawyers elicited testimony that ICE officials relied on anonymous groups with links to the Israeli far-right, including the Canary Mission and Betar, to supply the names of the students they ended up investigating and feeding to the State Dept.
Immigration Officials Used Shadowy Pro-Israel Group to Target Student Activists
www.nytimes.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
In the student deportation case in Boston, lawyers elicited testimony that ICE officials relied on anonymous groups with links to the Israeli far-right, including the Canary Mission and Betar, to supply the names of the students they ended up investigating and feeding to the State Dept.
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From minimum wage hikes to bans on cellphones in public schools, here are some of the most ridiculous ways state governments are interfering with Americans’ lives.
10 of the worst state laws going into effect in July
From minimum wage hikes to bans on cellphones in public schools, here are the most ridiculous ways state governments are interfering with Americans’ lives.
reason.com
July 1, 2025 at 12:12 PM
From minimum wage hikes to bans on cellphones in public schools, here are some of the most ridiculous ways state governments are interfering with Americans’ lives.
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Latest: A DOJ inspector general report found that a federal inmate had to have one of their limbs partially amputated after being kept in restraints for two days.
Another died after being pepper sprayed and left in a restraint chair for hours reason.com/2025/07/02/a...
Another died after being pepper sprayed and left in a restraint chair for hours reason.com/2025/07/02/a...
A federal inmate had a limb partially amputated after being kept in restraints for two days
An inspector general report found there were no limits on how long federal inmates could be kept in restraint chairs or strapped to beds.
reason.com
July 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Latest: A DOJ inspector general report found that a federal inmate had to have one of their limbs partially amputated after being kept in restraints for two days.
Another died after being pepper sprayed and left in a restraint chair for hours reason.com/2025/07/02/a...
Another died after being pepper sprayed and left in a restraint chair for hours reason.com/2025/07/02/a...
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Instead of banning them, the U.S. should welcome immigrants and travelers who flee oppressive governments. It poses little security risk to the U.S., can massively help those who escape, and may even promote freedom in the countries they flee.
Trump's travel ban will not make Americans safer
Instead of banning them, the United States should welcome immigrants and travelers who flee oppressive governments.
reason.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Instead of banning them, the U.S. should welcome immigrants and travelers who flee oppressive governments. It poses little security risk to the U.S., can massively help those who escape, and may even promote freedom in the countries they flee.
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In 2018, Trump hailed a trade deal with South Korea as "fair and reciprocal" and said it was "a historic milestone in trade." So much for that.
Trump undermines his own South Korea deal with new 25 percent tariffs
South Korea was not the only country whose goods were hit with higher tariffs on Monday, nor does it seem likely to be the last.
reason.com
July 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
In 2018, Trump hailed a trade deal with South Korea as "fair and reciprocal" and said it was "a historic milestone in trade." So much for that.
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Let milk into Gaza
Gaza’s newborns are dying before they’ve even had a chance to live. With mothers too weak from hunger to nurse, these babies need life-saving formula, fast. Sign the urgent call to let milk into Gaza.
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June 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Mr PM won’t even host a press conference so impossible to get any answers to these questions open.substack.com/pub/prempani...
When is a good time to ask questions?
Seriously -- asking for a friend
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May 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Mr PM won’t even host a press conference so impossible to get any answers to these questions open.substack.com/pub/prempani...
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14,000 babies in Gaza could starve
Sign this urgent global appeal to world leaders
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May 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Brutal account of what it’s like to teach at the University of Florida right now in the NYT—extraordinary climate of fear. People afraid to say intersectional and talk about lynchings. Fake students trying to entrap Muslim faculty or just making things up altogether. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/o...
May 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Brutal account of what it’s like to teach at the University of Florida right now in the NYT—extraordinary climate of fear. People afraid to say intersectional and talk about lynchings. Fake students trying to entrap Muslim faculty or just making things up altogether. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/o...
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Yup, that’s just the thing. The news blackout is getting widened. Already, reporting in Indian media has an entirely different look from what’s being reported elsewhere. Now all Indian media will also look alike.
May 9, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Yup, that’s just the thing. The news blackout is getting widened. Already, reporting in Indian media has an entirely different look from what’s being reported elsewhere. Now all Indian media will also look alike.
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A month ago they were ready to wipe out all Muslims from India; for 1000s of years they've been persecuting Dalits; and today, they showed they won't care a bit about people living on borders, even on the Indian side. It's just pseudo-machismo and fanning hatred. That's Hindutva.
May 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A month ago they were ready to wipe out all Muslims from India; for 1000s of years they've been persecuting Dalits; and today, they showed they won't care a bit about people living on borders, even on the Indian side. It's just pseudo-machismo and fanning hatred. That's Hindutva.
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“Becky says America isn’t the country she thought it was. Her advice to anyone planning to travel to the US is simply not to go. “First, because of the danger of what could happen to you. And, secondly, do you really want to give your money to this country right now?””
I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre
Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking...
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
“Becky says America isn’t the country she thought it was. Her advice to anyone planning to travel to the US is simply not to go. “First, because of the danger of what could happen to you. And, secondly, do you really want to give your money to this country right now?””
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Their deflection from the dangerous security breach on Signal was that the mission was "an enormous success"
But even that isn't true.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...
But even that isn't true.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...
U.S. Strikes in Yemen Burning Through Munitions With Limited Success
In just three weeks, the Pentagon has used $200 million worth of munitions in Operation Rough Rider against the Houthi militia, officials said.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Their deflection from the dangerous security breach on Signal was that the mission was "an enormous success"
But even that isn't true.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...
But even that isn't true.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...
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I've watched this video several times and each time it's more horrifying, showing what Trump is turning this country into.
All she did was co-author an article for the college paper. A brutal assault on free speech and human rights.
All she did was co-author an article for the college paper. A brutal assault on free speech and human rights.
Video footage obtained by NBC News shows the moment Rumeysa Ozturk was arrested. Oztur is a Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University with a valid student visa, her lawyer says.
March 27, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I've watched this video several times and each time it's more horrifying, showing what Trump is turning this country into.
All she did was co-author an article for the college paper. A brutal assault on free speech and human rights.
All she did was co-author an article for the college paper. A brutal assault on free speech and human rights.
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🏳️🌈 We are urging star like Chappell Roan, Emeli Sandé & Alanis Morisette to boycott Hungary over its Pride ban. When a country bans love, visibility, and protest—silence is not an option. Speak up, stand out, stay proud. ✊ #BoycottHungary
Stars urged to boycott Hungary over Pride ban
LGBT+ singers & allies among those performing in Budapest Chappell Roan, Emeli Sandé & Alanis Morisette
www.petertatchellfoundation.org
March 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM
🏳️🌈 We are urging star like Chappell Roan, Emeli Sandé & Alanis Morisette to boycott Hungary over its Pride ban. When a country bans love, visibility, and protest—silence is not an option. Speak up, stand out, stay proud. ✊ #BoycottHungary
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Elected officials in power in India are literally saying "Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom to insult those in power".
Like we are already at that stage where they are questioning the very core logic of freedom of speech!
Like we are already at that stage where they are questioning the very core logic of freedom of speech!
March 27, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Elected officials in power in India are literally saying "Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom to insult those in power".
Like we are already at that stage where they are questioning the very core logic of freedom of speech!
Like we are already at that stage where they are questioning the very core logic of freedom of speech!