COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-term all-cause mortality.

Large study of the effects of mRNA COVID vaccination impacts in France.

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What is WRONG with these people?!

Democracy by the numbers:

Active Voting Rights Cases: 157
Active Redistricting Cases: 50
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 83
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 71
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 31

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The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

I want the second half of my career to matter.

I waffle between "steely resolve to stay & help rebuild US science infrastructure (but at the cost of my indiv research elagenda)" vs "leaving so that I achieve meaningful translation of my efforts (but at the cost of multiple next generations)"

Wtf

#RAdminSky

SEVEN WEEKS TIL THE WEDDING. Oh boy!

Yes.

The Villages have fallen to the No Kings forces

The other key takeaway:
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It's just unreal how little thought or planning went into starting a new massive war in the Middle East.

‘How is he going to have the time?’ NIH staff voice concern as Bhattacharya takes on CDC role Scientists fear NIH director will be even more absent and leave key issues unresolved as he takes interim CDC lead

Great new piece by @melodyschreiber.com in The Guardian about NIH/CDC Director Bhattacharya .

In it, I talk about asking Bhattacharya in January about a recent issue affecting the affordability of healthcare for thousands of early career researchers on the NIH campuses.

White House mulls defunding civil rights election observer program that aims to protect minority voting rights, sources say The federal observer program sends neutral observers to monitor election sites to ensure voters don't experience discrimination at the polls.

White House is considering ending funding for a longtime civil rights election program aimed at protecting the rights of minority populations to vote

www.cbsnews.com/news/white-h...

Chuck Borges is a whistleblower who reported the massive theft of our personal data from the Social Security Administration by Elon Musk and DOGE.

I am thinking he should probably have a lot more followers.

Confident my team doesn’t need to, because they already know.

I did something similar yesterday for my team.
$1B = approx 1,170 average R01s. 1,170 R01s a day being wasted.

Fantastic coverage. Even as a non-lawyer I was able to understand the issues. Thank you!

This isn't good.

AHRQ Funding Opportunities for Primary Care, Demonstration and Dissemination, and Health Services Research cancelled.

A reminder that #AHRQ, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, is the only part of HHS strictly dedicated to studying and improving health care delivery.

Bingo.

I’ve been of the opinion for a long time that the only way a woman will win is if it’s a GOP woman. Sigh.

Pay attention, people.

You know the rules, people of the interwebs!

I see the damage every day. It is verging on catastrophic.

Come on. You know he never pays his bills.

NASHVILLE: “They used a permanent marker on his skin because they were keeping score.”😕

Senator @jeffyarbro.bsky.social lets loose after this horrific report about @TNHighwayPatrol & ICE blatantly racial profiling and terrorizing immigrants: nashvillebanner.com/2026/02/19/i...

Trump Administration Tells Judge It Will Release Gateway Funding Payments for the $16 billion rail tunnel between New York City and New Jersey had been suspended for more than four months.

Breaking News: The Trump administration is releasing the funds it had frozen for a $16 billion rail tunnel between New York City and New Jersey, government lawyers told a judge.

We’re in a Race with China – and Starting to Fall Behind | Association of American Universities (AAU) As China picks up speed in the race for scientific and technological advancement, the United States is taking history’s most ill-timed smoke break, writes AAU President Barbara R. Snyder.

"The unnecessary damage being imposed on America’s scientific innovation ecosystem is a disaster for our country and a boon to competitor nations – and especially to China," writes AAU President Barbara R. Snyder.

Washington Post is shuttering its book section, part of the ongoing war against literacy & knowledge.

We at Current Affairs want to pick up the slack by expanding book reviews. Writers: pitch us anytime! And if you subscribe/donate we'll use the funding to commission book coverage.

Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …

The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!

This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...

Jewish seniors are offering to hide their Haitian caregivers as Trump's TPS end looms - Jewish Telegraphic Agency "That reminds me of Anne Frank,” said the CEO of one Jewish senior residence reeling as Temporary Protected Status for Haitians is set to end.

"About 500 seniors live at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, including many Holocaust survivors.

Recently, some of them asked if they could hide the building’s Haitian staff in their apartments..."

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