"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.” 9:12 AM Feb 12, 2026 604.8K Views

In terms of what cures are being lost:

- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

Screenshot of a Wall Street Journal article titled "The Big Money in Today’s Economy Is Going to Capital, Not Labor." Two charts show trends since 1980: corporate profits rising as a share of gross domestic income, while labor compensation steadily declines.

The Wall Street Journal just illustrated the core argument of my book: a system rigged to reward capital over labor is one in which even full-time work no longer secures the most basic material needs.

This is the economic order that produces the "working homeless."

www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

Picture comparing how these Philips LED bulbs produce warmer light when dimmed, when a standard bulb just turns less bright

@techconnectify.bsky.social you were commenting on the disappearance of warm glow dimmable bulbs lately. It turns out that Philips still makes them! Their new-ish "Ultra Definition" line has pretty good color rendering, too. www.amazon.com/Philips-LED-...

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

Pretty cool

www.bbc.com/news/article...

What a week huh Meme revisited !

Oh fuck.... now I'm late for this, too.

Statement from Transportation Alternatives on Citi Bike Rate Hikes — Transportation Alternatives More than twice as many New Yorkers ride a Citi Bike every year as the Staten Island Ferry. Citi Bike is already the most expensive bike share program in the United States.  NEW YORK — This ...

This morning, Citi Bike announced new rate hikes for the upcoming year.

Citi Bike is already the most expensive bike share program in the United States.

It’s time to finally publicly fund this program and bring it in line with major bike share systems around the world.

Claude Monet (1840-1926) : « Étude de mer » ou « Marine, Pourville », 1881, huile sur toile, 50 x 72,8 cm, collection Michaël Simonov, Abbaye de Flaran, Valence-sur-Baïse, Gers, France.

the fact that there is free parking at all in manhattan is wild to me

This is inspired by the Irish tradition of putting a candle in the window on Christmas Eve, a sign to the needy of an open door & food on the table. Then exploring in the 2nd stanza how a once hospitable nation has become less welcoming to strangers

#poetry
#poemoftheday
#IrelandisNOTFull

It’s so cool to see stata leaping from the 90s into the mcp age! I’ll be trying to add a skill to give it access to the documentation and dataset docs, hopefully it will hallucinate less

Did you know about github.com/hanlulong/st...? Is yours better, worse, different?

Looks like a solid breakfast you’d pick up in Jackson Heights

The man who is unwilling to wear a flu mask usually is of the kind who expects everybody to listen to him when he speaks

Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918

Hi from a few rows away! Wasn’t tonight’s show great? 🍓

An Horairen an Echtzäit fënnt een an den Apps wéi Google Maps nëmme well ech dat 2016 mat engem Holänner gebastelt hunn, deen dat säitdem fräiwëlleg bedreiwt.

Apparently CM Brewer has, uh, seen the daylight and is back on board?

Why I switched to @kagi.com...

I’m getting an error about leaks. It’s hard to use on mobile!

A panel from a comic book: ""November 14th: A partially muscled skeleton stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before vanishing"

Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Standing By The Perimeter Fence And Screaming For Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing Day today all who celebrate

The buff.ly links from Buffer don’t show a preview for me.

un monument aux morts classique dans sa forme (obélisque avec les noms des morts de 14-18) mais sur lequel a aussi été gravé Maudite soit la guerre, cependant qu'une statue d'enfant regarde la liste des noms et l'inscription, le poing fermé dans la direction de l'inscription

En ce 11 novembre, je poste ce monument aux morts de la commune de Gentioux dans la Creuse
Maudite soit la guerre

Are they comfortable to read in, or just gorgeous?

"WEBSITE FOR 38 YEAR OLDS" in the style of Zohran Mamdani's campaign logo

bluesky branding refresh unveiled

I imagine you’ve already all notified Enedis?

When are you running for mayor? :)

Unlikely. You’ve notified Enedis and the mayor? Same time for you and the rest of Ravières?

2025 feels like that late-stage game of monopoly where you just go round and round paying rent and utilities forever and nobody knows what the rules are anymore and everyone’s just waiting for it all to end except the one player who cheated and has all the money

20 years on from Lord Stern correctly diagnosing climate change as the worst market failure in history, we're still failing to get a grip on the underlying drivers of a crisis that keeps getting worse. www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/45...

Very cool visual story in the Financial Times on how batteries are transforming the grid in places such as California

ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...