Development economist working at the @taxobservatory.bsky.social in Paris. Illicit finance, tax evasion, and foreign aid. Techno DJ when no one is looking.
www.matthewcollin.com
https://datadarkly.substack.com/
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"We believe these people are circumventing sanctions" and "We are not suggesting any wrongdoing here" in the exact same paragraph is a hell of a way to start a report
18 months in the making!
My conclusion forever will be Russia's A7 was never entirely a cryptocurrency network and relied on captured states.
Thanks 2 everyone who supported and hugest s/o to the OSC for turning this hypothesis into an investigation.
www.opensourcecentre.org/research/the...
Step 1: Run regression of [scary Y] on [trendy X] using observational data
Step 2: Magically "adjust" for the 20 bajillion imperfectly-measured confounders
Step 3: Wait for a credulous journalist to write it up as causal
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
I'm sitting on a (hot!) train waiting to leave at Gare de l'Est and the young man next to me just whipped out a personal powered mini fan. What is this, 1997?
I really don't know how the EAs keep convincing other EAs to give them money to... start blogs?
Pretty grim stuff from a White House full of people from the central casting of They Live
Today was in the unique position of spotting Aaron Paul of Breaking Bad fame in the toy section of a department store and then having my toddler daughter have an absolutely epic breakdown right next to him and his family
ACDC sat down with @60minutes.bsky.social for last night's episode, explaining that military insiders accused of illegal profiteering on Polymarket are not isolated cases but part of a systemic problem.
www.cbsnews.com/news/predict...
Video games aren't bad for the average kid, exhibit #21380
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Research from UCL suggests visiting art galleries or museums, singing and painting can help improve health outcomes
www.theguardian.com
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Prediction market users are profiting from bets on war. Analysts say suspiciously timed bets, and the high win rates of wagers on military outcomes , are likely signs of insider trading.
