Anna Powell-Smith

Council and Officer nominations now open

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...

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...

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...

I think this is very good, and kind of wish I'd read it 20 years ago. hbr.org/2005/01/mana...

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...

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.

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Everything I did in 2024 A LOT of LLMs

New post: all the stuff I did in 2024 vickiboykis.com/2025/01/03/e...