Anna Powell-Smith
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Anna Powell-Smith
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The @royalstatsoc.bsky.social is recruiting a new Honorary Officer for Public Statistics. One for you if you care about official statistics. Deadline Sunday 16th. rss.org.uk/news-publica...
Council and Officer nominations now open
rss.org.uk
February 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Hey data nerds, Defra has just launched a 'Land Use Consultation' which says government wants to:
- make more [geospatial] data accessible for the public benefit
- free up more Land Registry data
- explore options to increase transparency of land & property data.
consult.defra.gov.uk/land-use-fra...
January 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I think this is very good, and kind of wish I'd read it 20 years ago. hbr.org/2005/01/mana...
Managing Oneself
Throughout history, people had little need to manage their careers—they were born into their stations in life or, in the recent past, they relied on their companies to chart their career paths. But ti...
hbr.org
January 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Reposted by Anna Powell-Smith
Who owns London’s luxury real estate? Sometimes there's no way to know.

The family of Azerbaijani dictator Ilham Aliyev held properties in the British capital worth millions of dollars. Do they still own them?

We can't tell. They’re hidden behind a secretive offshore trust.

Our latest story🧵👇
Luxury London Properties Linked to Family of Azerbaijan's President Are Hidden Behind an Offshore Trust
The family and associates of Azerbaijani strongman Ilham Aliyev acquired U.K. real estate worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Are they still holding onto their property empire? Despite new transpar...
www.occrp.org
December 19, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Reposted by Anna Powell-Smith
New post: all the stuff I did in 2024 vickiboykis.com/2025/01/03/e...
Everything I did in 2024
A LOT of LLMs
vickiboykis.com
January 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM