Bloodhound code sniffs out copied-and-pasted numerical data β Retraction Watch
https://retractionwatch.com/2026/04/06/data-duplications-errors-open-repositories-markus-englund/
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I'm Alexander Loth -- researcher & author in Frankfurt.
PhD: how generative AI reshapes disinformation & trust.
Tools I build:
π¬ JudgeGPT -- humans detect AI news at 52% (coin flip)
π€ RogueGPT -- controlled misinfo stimuli
π Origin Lens -- on-device C2PA verification
π CRED-1 -- domain credibility dataset
Also: books on data viz & AI, iOS apps.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ofZZ8LgAAAAJ
https://github.com/aloth
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π°π§¬ The Easter bunny delivered early! The March 2026 Gene Ontology release is here with some impressive goodies:
π 38,560 GO terms
π¬ 8,883,119 annotations
π 5,557 species
πΎ 1,703,116 gene products
Your functional genomics just got a spring upgrade! Whether you're doing pathway analysis or comparative studies, this release has you covered.
π current.geneontology.org
π¬ https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/8648
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March 2026 GO Release (2026-03-25) Now Available Weβre pleased to announce that the March 2026 Gene Ontology release is now live! Quick Access Links Current Release: https://current.geneontology.org Release Archive: https://release.geneontology.org DOI: Gene Ontology Data Archive Release Statistics Metric Count GO Terms 38,560 Annotations 8,883,119 Gene Products 1,703,116 Species 5,557 Detailed Release Information π Complete statistics are available at the Gene Onto...
"According to an @insidehighered analysis of more than 60 key #HigherEd lawsuits, the [Trump administration] has the upper hand in just 17 cases as of April 1."
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/courts/2026/04/03/lawsuits-against-trump-pile-strategies-shift
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Me: In the interest of time, I will convince you using a Proof by Intimidation only.
Student: Sure!
Me: *shows slide*
Student, nodding approvingly: That worked :)
Thanks everyone for your well wishes!
Everybody was a sweetheart today, so even when I messed things up, things were still okay.
Update. "Federal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Obtain List of Jews From Penn."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/us/politics/trump-jews-penn-list-judge.html
Penn will appeal the ruling. βWe continue to believe that requiring Penn to create lists of Jewish faculty and staff, and to provide personal contact information, raises serious privacy and First Amendment concerns.β
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Witty Wednesday #3 is here.
FAIR data: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable.
But what else could FAIR stand for?
We'll go first: Finally Admitting It's Really hard.
Drop yours below.
Today is a big day for me. Wish me luck?
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