John Dell'Osso
@johndellosso.bsky.social
Raking muck for the Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa (PPLAAF). Freelance journalism and investigative simulations on the side. Semi-random thoughts on transportation, bikes, music, and other stuff.
DC politics today.
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
DC politics today.
If I weren't a po' boy,
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November 7, 2025 at 3:33 AM
If I weren't a po' boy,
Ya ha deedle deedle bubba bubba deedle deedle dum
Ya ha deedle deedle bubba bubba deedle deedle dum
Whenever someone noteworthy dies, I think of this.
November 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Whenever someone noteworthy dies, I think of this.
Khotimskiy owned homes near Hilton Head in his name, but his properties in Atlanta were held by LLCs. Georgia, like most states, doesn't require LLCs to identify their owners or file anything if shares change hands. Here's one LLC from when Sergey held shares and after he divested. See the issue?
September 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Khotimskiy owned homes near Hilton Head in his name, but his properties in Atlanta were held by LLCs. Georgia, like most states, doesn't require LLCs to identify their owners or file anything if shares change hands. Here's one LLC from when Sergey held shares and after he divested. See the issue?
The investigation tells a bigger story about corporate secrecy and how hard it is to know who your neighbor (or your landlord) is. It turns out that the US has a bit of a problem in this regard, and it makes it easier to hide potential misconduct. This can even undermine national security.
September 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The investigation tells a bigger story about corporate secrecy and how hard it is to know who your neighbor (or your landlord) is. It turns out that the US has a bit of a problem in this regard, and it makes it easier to hide potential misconduct. This can even undermine national security.
Making some good progress over here.
September 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Making some good progress over here.
Are you trustworthy?
September 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Are you trustworthy?
Mt. Pleasant has replaced the signage.
August 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Mt. Pleasant has replaced the signage.
A different type of visitor occupying the Lincoln Memorial these days...
August 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A different type of visitor occupying the Lincoln Memorial these days...
Outrageous. Bike lane safety features removed because Mayor Bowser cares more about making some rich guy happy than saving lives. Zero vision.
August 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Outrageous. Bike lane safety features removed because Mayor Bowser cares more about making some rich guy happy than saving lives. Zero vision.
Saturday is a good day to watch a movie in the science fiction genre.
July 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Saturday is a good day to watch a movie in the science fiction genre.
Peter Thiel sighting in DC alongside an ironic twist of a sign.
July 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Peter Thiel sighting in DC alongside an ironic twist of a sign.
The yaupon took a while to clean and process. In the end, it was very tasty and not unlike green tea. Seems like using a native plant instead of coffee is a more sustainable practice and good adaptation for when climate change decimates the coffee industry. Yaupon is plentiful and fast-growing!
June 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The yaupon took a while to clean and process. In the end, it was very tasty and not unlike green tea. Seems like using a native plant instead of coffee is a more sustainable practice and good adaptation for when climate change decimates the coffee industry. Yaupon is plentiful and fast-growing!
I'm not sure what eventually happened with this fencing, but it was surreal to see the NPS locking down Dupont Circle during Pride. Hard to interpret this as something other than an intentional provocation.
June 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I'm not sure what eventually happened with this fencing, but it was surreal to see the NPS locking down Dupont Circle during Pride. Hard to interpret this as something other than an intentional provocation.
How do these types of provocations in dense urban areas typically go?
June 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
How do these types of provocations in dense urban areas typically go?
🚨 Mark your calendars for the Academia Against Corruption in the Americas conference this coming week. On 23 May, I'll be discussing a didactic exercise I developed for simulating public corruption investigations.
Register here: sites.google.com/view/acameri...
Register here: sites.google.com/view/acameri...
May 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🚨 Mark your calendars for the Academia Against Corruption in the Americas conference this coming week. On 23 May, I'll be discussing a didactic exercise I developed for simulating public corruption investigations.
Register here: sites.google.com/view/acameri...
Register here: sites.google.com/view/acameri...
Apropos of nothing, an Iraqi children's book I picked up a while back. It dates from the Iran-Iraq war.
May 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Apropos of nothing, an Iraqi children's book I picked up a while back. It dates from the Iran-Iraq war.
Seriously...this all certainly does look super shady, but the overriding desire to figure things out can lead to dangerous misattribution. It's good to have experience looking at questions of beneficial ownership before sending this kind of thing to almost a quarter of a million people.
April 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Seriously...this all certainly does look super shady, but the overriding desire to figure things out can lead to dangerous misattribution. It's good to have experience looking at questions of beneficial ownership before sending this kind of thing to almost a quarter of a million people.
Here comes the landing...
April 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Here comes the landing...
Fun fact: it's been 6,677 days since Türkmenbaşy died of a heart attack at the tender age of 66.
April 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Fun fact: it's been 6,677 days since Türkmenbaşy died of a heart attack at the tender age of 66.
