Pranay⚡️
@pranman.com
I build tech for good. I also talk a lot about stuff that makes you think.
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Pranay⚡️
@pranman.com
· Nov 13
Hello to everyone on Blue Sky. Here's a quick intro:
My claim to fame is that I led the digital campaign to fight Brexit including the tactical vote campaign in 2019, in the process becoming the biggest political advertiser in the UK.
My claim to fame is that I led the digital campaign to fight Brexit including the tactical vote campaign in 2019, in the process becoming the biggest political advertiser in the UK.
Pressing the fear button is the easiest way to win votes when people are suffering but you have no talent to fix their problems.
November 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Pressing the fear button is the easiest way to win votes when people are suffering but you have no talent to fix their problems.
One of the most absurd myths Empire nostalgists repeat ad nauseam is that Britain united India as a country.
The core strategy of empire was divide and rule, so to suggest the Empire somehow did exactly the opposite is peak delusion.
The core strategy of empire was divide and rule, so to suggest the Empire somehow did exactly the opposite is peak delusion.
November 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
One of the most absurd myths Empire nostalgists repeat ad nauseam is that Britain united India as a country.
The core strategy of empire was divide and rule, so to suggest the Empire somehow did exactly the opposite is peak delusion.
The core strategy of empire was divide and rule, so to suggest the Empire somehow did exactly the opposite is peak delusion.
Starmer wants to copy Denmark to deter asylum seekers. Reform voters prefer Poland or Hungary.
The ethics of these policies aside, can someone ask these people if all these countries are in the EU and can supposedly control their borders better, WHY THE HELL did we Brexit??
The ethics of these policies aside, can someone ask these people if all these countries are in the EU and can supposedly control their borders better, WHY THE HELL did we Brexit??
November 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Starmer wants to copy Denmark to deter asylum seekers. Reform voters prefer Poland or Hungary.
The ethics of these policies aside, can someone ask these people if all these countries are in the EU and can supposedly control their borders better, WHY THE HELL did we Brexit??
The ethics of these policies aside, can someone ask these people if all these countries are in the EU and can supposedly control their borders better, WHY THE HELL did we Brexit??
Zohran Mamdani walking on stage to "Dhoom Machale" was incredible - it's a certified bollywood banger.
Right-wing Indian-origin politicians like Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, Priti Patel, and Rishi Sunak would NEVER do this. The only Indianness they embrace are the white-approved parts.
Right-wing Indian-origin politicians like Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, Priti Patel, and Rishi Sunak would NEVER do this. The only Indianness they embrace are the white-approved parts.
November 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Zohran Mamdani walking on stage to "Dhoom Machale" was incredible - it's a certified bollywood banger.
Right-wing Indian-origin politicians like Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, Priti Patel, and Rishi Sunak would NEVER do this. The only Indianness they embrace are the white-approved parts.
Right-wing Indian-origin politicians like Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, Priti Patel, and Rishi Sunak would NEVER do this. The only Indianness they embrace are the white-approved parts.
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
It's only 7am, but TIL about the weaponisation of ignorance in the 2023 referendum in Australia where the Right used the slogan "If you don't know, vote No" to encourage unsure people to vote against the recognition of First Nations' peoples.
October 25, 2025 at 5:55 AM
It's only 7am, but TIL about the weaponisation of ignorance in the 2023 referendum in Australia where the Right used the slogan "If you don't know, vote No" to encourage unsure people to vote against the recognition of First Nations' peoples.
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The British Home Secretary
When she needed our votes VS now when she has the job
When she needed our votes VS now when she has the job
October 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The British Home Secretary
When she needed our votes VS now when she has the job
When she needed our votes VS now when she has the job
The British Home Secretary
When she needed our votes VS now when she has the job
When she needed our votes VS now when she has the job
October 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The British Home Secretary
When she needed our votes VS now when she has the job
When she needed our votes VS now when she has the job
everyone: the monarchy is innocuous
me:
1. the monarchy interferes heavily with law-making
2. the british monarch heads the biggest tax havens which facilitate wealth networks
3. the monarchy has killed hundreds of millions of people, yet they have neither apologised nor acknowledged
me:
1. the monarchy interferes heavily with law-making
2. the british monarch heads the biggest tax havens which facilitate wealth networks
3. the monarchy has killed hundreds of millions of people, yet they have neither apologised nor acknowledged
October 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM
everyone: the monarchy is innocuous
me:
1. the monarchy interferes heavily with law-making
2. the british monarch heads the biggest tax havens which facilitate wealth networks
3. the monarchy has killed hundreds of millions of people, yet they have neither apologised nor acknowledged
me:
1. the monarchy interferes heavily with law-making
2. the british monarch heads the biggest tax havens which facilitate wealth networks
3. the monarchy has killed hundreds of millions of people, yet they have neither apologised nor acknowledged
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This is so fucking embarrassing
October 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
This is so fucking embarrassing
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Truly astonishing to see Canada and the UK supporting their royals with their whole chest, rather than taking this as an opportunity to question their relationship with the monarchy
October 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Truly astonishing to see Canada and the UK supporting their royals with their whole chest, rather than taking this as an opportunity to question their relationship with the monarchy
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Yes, America should aspire to get rid of tyranny but create a dynasty of Trump descendents who receive untold wealth from the public for the difficult task of waving from balconies and seeming gracious while believing they have better blood than their subjects.
Hard pass. No kings, thx.
Hard pass. No kings, thx.
October 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Yes, America should aspire to get rid of tyranny but create a dynasty of Trump descendents who receive untold wealth from the public for the difficult task of waving from balconies and seeming gracious while believing they have better blood than their subjects.
Hard pass. No kings, thx.
Hard pass. No kings, thx.
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As a committed anti-monarchist, I've been trying to highlight the irony for people in Britain (and Canada and elsewhere) supporting the No Kings movement.
To no avail.
To no avail.
October 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
As a committed anti-monarchist, I've been trying to highlight the irony for people in Britain (and Canada and elsewhere) supporting the No Kings movement.
To no avail.
To no avail.
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October 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This is terrifying, heartless, and genocidal. I cannot begin to imagine the horrors these prisoners must've experienced before being murdered.
October 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is terrifying, heartless, and genocidal. I cannot begin to imagine the horrors these prisoners must've experienced before being murdered.
current status of British politics
October 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
current status of British politics
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👏 "We've lived here all our lives. And I have never felt so unwelcome in my own hometown as I do since your party came into Caerphilly."
"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."
"I blame you for that."
"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."
"I blame you for that."
October 16, 2025 at 10:40 AM
👏 "We've lived here all our lives. And I have never felt so unwelcome in my own hometown as I do since your party came into Caerphilly."
"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."
"I blame you for that."
"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."
"I blame you for that."
Stop worrying, everyone. We migrants already have a superb grasp of English, and the rest will figure out how. That's what we migrants do best, overcome every obstacle. It's literally our defining quality.
October 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Stop worrying, everyone. We migrants already have a superb grasp of English, and the rest will figure out how. That's what we migrants do best, overcome every obstacle. It's literally our defining quality.
Props to the handful of republics in this list.
For the rest of y'all, topple your own monarchies first. And stop lying to yourself it's symbolic or has no powers.
For the rest of y'all, topple your own monarchies first. And stop lying to yourself it's symbolic or has no powers.
October 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Props to the handful of republics in this list.
For the rest of y'all, topple your own monarchies first. And stop lying to yourself it's symbolic or has no powers.
For the rest of y'all, topple your own monarchies first. And stop lying to yourself it's symbolic or has no powers.
A profligate verification exercise to confirm what is already evident, that migrants routinely exhibit greater linguistic proficiency than most, and certainly more than the far-right agitators for whom this policy has been performatively devised.
October 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A profligate verification exercise to confirm what is already evident, that migrants routinely exhibit greater linguistic proficiency than most, and certainly more than the far-right agitators for whom this policy has been performatively devised.
3,060,000 - is the number of millionaires in the UK
. 364,000 - is the number of refugees & asylum seekers (200,000 of whom now work and pay taxes)
You telling me that between them, 20 millionaires cannot support one refugee from Afghanistan, Ethiopia, or Syria?
. 364,000 - is the number of refugees & asylum seekers (200,000 of whom now work and pay taxes)
You telling me that between them, 20 millionaires cannot support one refugee from Afghanistan, Ethiopia, or Syria?
October 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
3,060,000 - is the number of millionaires in the UK
. 364,000 - is the number of refugees & asylum seekers (200,000 of whom now work and pay taxes)
You telling me that between them, 20 millionaires cannot support one refugee from Afghanistan, Ethiopia, or Syria?
. 364,000 - is the number of refugees & asylum seekers (200,000 of whom now work and pay taxes)
You telling me that between them, 20 millionaires cannot support one refugee from Afghanistan, Ethiopia, or Syria?
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NEW: breach of Discord age verification data.
Including some users passports & DLs
Age verification is a badly implemented data grab wrapped in a moral panic.
Mark my words, as age verification mandates expand, we'll end up more surveilled and less secure. 1/
Including some users passports & DLs
Age verification is a badly implemented data grab wrapped in a moral panic.
Mark my words, as age verification mandates expand, we'll end up more surveilled and less secure. 1/
October 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
NEW: breach of Discord age verification data.
Including some users passports & DLs
Age verification is a badly implemented data grab wrapped in a moral panic.
Mark my words, as age verification mandates expand, we'll end up more surveilled and less secure. 1/
Including some users passports & DLs
Age verification is a badly implemented data grab wrapped in a moral panic.
Mark my words, as age verification mandates expand, we'll end up more surveilled and less secure. 1/
I hate podcasts because it's talk.
Any fool can talk.
In fact, fools have no other useful role in society, so the more devious ones learn to talk better and become more convincing. Whereas the sages, the actual sages, don't bother.
Ergo, podcasts surface the manipulative, not the intelligent.
Any fool can talk.
In fact, fools have no other useful role in society, so the more devious ones learn to talk better and become more convincing. Whereas the sages, the actual sages, don't bother.
Ergo, podcasts surface the manipulative, not the intelligent.
October 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I hate podcasts because it's talk.
Any fool can talk.
In fact, fools have no other useful role in society, so the more devious ones learn to talk better and become more convincing. Whereas the sages, the actual sages, don't bother.
Ergo, podcasts surface the manipulative, not the intelligent.
Any fool can talk.
In fact, fools have no other useful role in society, so the more devious ones learn to talk better and become more convincing. Whereas the sages, the actual sages, don't bother.
Ergo, podcasts surface the manipulative, not the intelligent.
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Just leaving this here, showing that educating overseas students is the only university activity that doesn‘t cost more to deliver than it brings in. Maintenance grants are very welcome, but the source of funding for them is not. They‘re making a broken funding model even more broken.
October 3, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Just leaving this here, showing that educating overseas students is the only university activity that doesn‘t cost more to deliver than it brings in. Maintenance grants are very welcome, but the source of funding for them is not. They‘re making a broken funding model even more broken.
I suppose given he doesn't even want spouses of British citizens to join them, it would've been astonishing for him to have any empathy for refugee families. Human rights lawyer my foot.
People recognised as refugees fleeing persecution & granted the right to live in the UK to be denied the right to be joined safely by their spouse & children.
This Labour govt is a moral void, a stinking darkness, an empty hollow of cowardice & contempt. #r4today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This Labour govt is a moral void, a stinking darkness, an empty hollow of cowardice & contempt. #r4today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights
People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I suppose given he doesn't even want spouses of British citizens to join them, it would've been astonishing for him to have any empathy for refugee families. Human rights lawyer my foot.