LittleSis Reviews and details

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• Ask HN: Is There a Crunchbase for Policitians?

  Https://littlesis.org/ LittleSis* is a free database of who-knows-who at the heights of business and government * opposite of Big Brother We're a grassroots watchdog network connecting the dots between the world's most powerful people and organizations. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Pharma giant delays $200M payment in $1.7B opioid settlement

  Check the list then observe all the directors connections and investment history here. Source: about 1 year ago

• If you could ban anything, what would it be?

  Theres a website that tries to track down who is connected to who and what companies sponsor certain politicians. unfotunately, ive never used it and can't say as to how accurate/biased/conspiratorial it is (they don't have info on politicians in my country) (its called littlesis.org for people who dont like clicking on links). Source: about 1 year ago

• Why are some CEOs of large companies on the board of directors of other large companies?

  Https://littlesis.org is a great site for seeing what are called "interlocking directorates". Source: over 1 year ago

• I see it everywhere now, make it go back.

  The more people eat fast food and binge drink the more they profit. Check the fraternal connections on some of the corporate teams and they all lead back to frats with a long history of abusing the country and pedophila etc. Source: over 1 year ago

• Study: U.S. Veterans Reported "Positive Outcomes for Pain, Sleep, and Emotional Problems Because of Cannabis"

  And here's how to find who profits from keeping it readily available. Source: over 1 year ago

• Oil CEOs Should Be Barred From Global Climate Summits, Not Running Them

  Check out who they donate to and what lobbyists they work with. Source: over 1 year ago

• TLRY 💎🙌. Massachusetts Recreational Marijuana Sales Have Officially Exceeded $4 Billion, State Regulators Announce

  Here's how to track their affiliations. Source: over 1 year ago

• Do we need a 'list'?

  LittleSis (the opposite of "Big Brother") allows people to create maps of how lobbyists, companies, etc influence politicians. It's got cool features, for example showing you a drop down of other companies/links different subjects are known to have, so you can branch out using available data and evidence. Source: over 1 year ago

• Does a map like this exist anywhere? I've been trying to piece together and map the financial system while I learn about it. I am trying to detail it as much as possible as I research.

  For an activity like this I highly recommend https://littlesis.org/. Source: over 1 year ago

• Maybe the don't want to be exposed 🤷

  It might be fun to produce a https://littlesis.org/ style chart of connections. Source: almost 2 years ago

• WTF SEC!??

  This might work for you. https://littlesis.org. Source: over 2 years ago

• I’m gonna just leave this here….

  And that you can look up many of them, and who else they oligarch for here: https://littlesis.org/. Source: over 2 years ago

• Since congress won't pass legislation banning politicians from stock trading while in office, I've been writing code to collect data on trading by congressmen and making the data more accessible, in the hopes of bringing some more accountability to those in office.

  This is incredible! Reminds me of littlesis.org, another great resource on corporate & political connections and money movements. r/lostgeneration & r/antiwork would love to see this as well. Source: over 2 years ago

• A Few Quick Questions (edited)

  Littlesis.org is basically the same thing, but seems to be a bit more active. Source: almost 3 years ago

• University of Florida bars professors from testifying in a voting rights case

  The most sophisticated resource I know of this sort is https://littlesis.org. - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

• Websites that show connection between VIP’s

  I think you may be thinking of Littlesis.org. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Ways to help my community

  Start learning about your bioregion. What watershed do you depend on? Where does your electricity come from? What are the highest employing industries where you live? etc. Work on powermaps if people haven't already established one. Source: almost 3 years ago

• This really needs to be a thing...

  Https://littlesis.org/ is the symmetric to NSA's Big Brother (or, as it is officially called, the Total Information Awareness project) and maps the social network of politicians. Source: about 3 years ago

• Slacktivism is Killing Activism!

  What about more curated progressive efforts? Say timelines using a timeline tech - https://timeline.knightlab.com/. Or graphs like at https://littlesis.org/ ? Source: over 3 years ago

• What did Aaron mean about biases in climate change?

  ...and helping develop resources like https://littlesis.org/. Source: over 3 years ago