Oliver Rivers
@maxrothbarth.bsky.social
COO at OCCRP. Usual disclaimers about whose these opinions are (mine) apply in the usual (obvious) way. Aspiring cat owner. Corruption, investigative journalism, art, classical music, not necessarily in that order.
I am not at all surprised.
November 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I am not at all surprised.
Not forgetting this banger
November 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Not forgetting this banger
“We’re not increasing your tax rate, we’re just increasing the amount of tax you pay” is a proper “playing all the right notes, just not necessarily in the right order” moment.
November 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
“We’re not increasing your tax rate, we’re just increasing the amount of tax you pay” is a proper “playing all the right notes, just not necessarily in the right order” moment.
I had completely missed that McBride is still working for Labour. How?
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I had completely missed that McBride is still working for Labour. How?
it's serving this look
November 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
it's serving this look
Gentle reminder that the BBC Board register of interests is obviously wholly unfit for purpose.
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Gentle reminder that the BBC Board register of interests is obviously wholly unfit for purpose.
This graph tells you why. It’s great reporting, of course.
November 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This graph tells you why. It’s great reporting, of course.
ChatGPT thinks that’s unlikely.
November 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
ChatGPT thinks that’s unlikely.
It would be quite funny if Stoltenberg suspends a rule that would require Norway’s SWT to sell stocks in war crimes-facilitating tech stocks just as those stocks start to fall.
November 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It would be quite funny if Stoltenberg suspends a rule that would require Norway’s SWT to sell stocks in war crimes-facilitating tech stocks just as those stocks start to fall.
Finally some good London nightlife news
October 30, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Finally some good London nightlife news
Spoiler alert: the footnote does not in fact support this claim.
October 29, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Spoiler alert: the footnote does not in fact support this claim.
Grandson of Andrew “liquidate everything, purge the rottenness” Mellon, so clearly being a complete turd runs in the family.
October 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Grandson of Andrew “liquidate everything, purge the rottenness” Mellon, so clearly being a complete turd runs in the family.
FWIW ChatGPT5 says this is bollocks, and in any case is behaviour which has been known since 2016.
October 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
FWIW ChatGPT5 says this is bollocks, and in any case is behaviour which has been known since 2016.
They’re drug pushers. Every general election I put on a couple of low stakes bets (I am very bad at political betting). As I result I very regularly get emails like this from Betfair.
October 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
They’re drug pushers. Every general election I put on a couple of low stakes bets (I am very bad at political betting). As I result I very regularly get emails like this from Betfair.
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
Unsolicited Dick pic
October 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Unsolicited Dick pic
Dirac structured his thesis using a ToC. Amazing.
October 10, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Dirac structured his thesis using a ToC. Amazing.
Quite the shot, chaser here.
![The online campaign against the ADL gained more momentum and exposure on Sunday night after Musk, who owns X and boasts over 220 million followers on the platform, began responding to posts about the non-profit and joining in on the attacks.
"The ADL hates Christians, therefore it is is [sic] a hate group," Musk responded on Sunday night to an X account that usually tweets anti-immigrant content. In another post, Musk suggested that the ADL's operations encouraged murder.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tub2jrbrzcg6s35kahvhqgh3/bafkreie62lxaiiphinhdc4ipol5uuxsn6nk7vaa3fgwaow2lxeqcu5mlgu@jpeg)
October 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Quite the shot, chaser here.
Just been reminded of this v good interview with Quentin Skinner. There will be very frightening enforcement as a result of the surveillance. I think we agree that even it was only 15 people doing the surveilling it would be very bad.
October 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Just been reminded of this v good interview with Quentin Skinner. There will be very frightening enforcement as a result of the surveillance. I think we agree that even it was only 15 people doing the surveilling it would be very bad.
Founding monasteries as an early form of tax avoidance, where tax is understood as obligations to king/local great lord or bishop (Wickham, The Inheritance of Rome). It’s not a big step from here to putting estates into a trust.
September 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Founding monasteries as an early form of tax avoidance, where tax is understood as obligations to king/local great lord or bishop (Wickham, The Inheritance of Rome). It’s not a big step from here to putting estates into a trust.
Re the EA deal; Kushner’s firm will end up owning 5% of the Saudi acquisition goes through.
September 30, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Re the EA deal; Kushner’s firm will end up owning 5% of the Saudi acquisition goes through.
Worth recalling this vignette from Number Go Up
September 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Worth recalling this vignette from Number Go Up
Looking up from work to find our Prime Minister has just undone the Reformation.
September 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Looking up from work to find our Prime Minister has just undone the Reformation.