Last month, we released Rx Inspector, a groundbreaking tool that lets you find the factories where your generic drugs were manufactured.

See the never-before-released data that ties everything together.
propublica.org/article/rx-insp…

#Health #Medicine #Data #Research #FDA #Drugs #Science #Journalism

ProPublica Publishes Unreleased Data on the Origins of Generic Prescription Drugs

The dataset powers our Rx Inspector tool, which lets you find the factories that made your generic drugs and their FDA inspection track records.

^{lisa.larson-walker@propublica.org (ProPublica)}

ProPublica and The Denver Gazette set out to see whether claims of widespread substitution of hemp for marijuana were accurate.

After testing 14 vapes at dispensaries, this is what we discovered: propublica.org/article/colorad…

#Journalism #Research #Data #Colorado #Hemp #Marijuana #Safety #Test

We Tested Vapes in Colorado for Signs of Hemp. This Is What We Found.

ProPublica and The Denver Gazette set out to test whether claims of widespread substitution of hemp for marijuana were accurate, purchasing vapes at dispensaries across the Denver area.

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Rx Inspector, our free, searchable tool, allows you to look up where your generic prescription drug was made.

From patients and doctors to researchers, it is already reshaping how people make decisions. “This is a godsend,” one professor told us.
propublica.org/article/rx-insp…

#Research #Data #Science #Medicine #Pharmacy #Journalism #Drugs

“A Godsend”: ProPublica’s Rx Inspector Tool Is Helping People Find Critical Safety Information on Generic Drugs

Health care workers are changing how they counsel patients. Experts are using our database to support their research. And some consumers report they’ve discovered troubling records at the factories where their medications are made.

^{lisa.larson-walker@propublica.org (ProPublica)}

🖥️ Hallucination Stations: On Some Basic Limitations of Transformer-Based Language Models

"We show that LLMs are incapable of carrying out computational and agentic tasks beyond a certain complexity, and further that LLMs are incapable of verifying the accuracy of tasks beyond a certain complexity."

Sikka, Varin and Sikka, Vishal (2025) 'Hallucination Stations: on some basic limitations of Transformer-Based Language models,' arXiv (Cornell University) [Preprint]. doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2507.07….

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #Technology #Tech #ComputerScience #Research #Preprint #Academia

#GiftArticle

Defund #Science, Distort #Culture, Mock #Education

It’s not just about cuts to #research.
It’s about #power.

By Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum

#SevenMountainMandate #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #dictatorship #authoritarianism #autocracy #MafiaState #RevengePolitics #Trump
theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/…

Autocracy in America: Defund Science

It’s not just about cuts to research. It’s about power.

^{Anne Applebaum (The Atlantic)}