In Munich, Europe tries to strike a balance: “We need a more European NATO.” [Bulletin of Atomic Scientists]
Hopeless Romantics: The Rivalry That Sparked Love for Attack [Chess.com]
Playing Go on a Chinese Chess Board [BabelStone Blog]
Why MAGA brands have been a flop — Conservatives are better at trashing businesses than building them [The Economist]
The plastic city that feeds half a billion — Inside the greenhouses that serve as Europe’s vegetable garden [1843 Magazine]
For subscribers | Feb 14th 2026 — Boss Class 6. The human defence [The Economist Podcasts]
Have risks around the Taiwan Strait increased? [The EIU]
To Lead Through Uncertainty, Unlearn Your Assumptions [Harvard Business Review]
Ex-church minister who admitted child sexual abuse to BBC still free years later [BBC]
Dating Apps Are Training Us to Want the Wrong People [Bloomberg]
Rubio says US does not dispute Navalny poisoning assessment by Europeans [Reuters]
Ramadan 2026: Fasting hours, suhoor and iftar times around the world [AL-Jazeera News]
The Trial of Gisèle Pelicot’s Rapists United France and Fractured Her Family — After fifty-one men were convicted, Pelicot became a feminist hero. But additional accusations left her children struggling to accept her new role. [The New Yorker]
A powerful tool of resistance is already in your handsBut it’s also a potent tool of state power. [The Verge]
The real reasons people love playing games — A seemingly trivial practice has deep benefits — but there are times we simply don’t get them. [Vox]
The great computer science exodus (and where students are going instead) [TechCrunch]
US deputy health secretary: Vaccine guidelines are still subject to change [MIT Technology Review]
Anthropic cofounder says she doesn't regret her literature major — and says AI will make humanities majors 'more important' [Business Insider]
tech&fest 2026 is over — And I might as well tell you that it was incredible! 🚀 [LinkedIn] #LaFrenchTechAlpes
EU foreign policy chief criticises ‘fashionable euro-bashing’ by US [The Guardian]
18 Days, 20 Lives: New Yorkers Who Didn’t Survive the Cold [The New York Times]
Obama Confirms Existence Of Aliens, But Says They Aren't Where People Think [Huffington Post]
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles — When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak [The Atlantic]
Trump says he will issue executive order on voter ID if legislation fails [FiveThirtyEight] Trump needs to be impeached for a third time by March 2026, which means next month. He cannot be trusted by anybody. He is so dangerous, he’s trying to use loopholes so that Democrats lose the Midterms 2026. Don’t let him. The Epstein Files have been released, Trump is classified as a pedophile, he must be removed from office. He is using classified info locked in a bathroom to prevent his removal, the rumors must be true, these #MAGAcult are so dangerous, they are terrorists who may have access to a nuclear weapon, within America. They are White Nationalists on the Extreme-Right, with KKK affiliations.
Presidents’ Day doesn’t exist [The Washington Post]
How Jeffrey Epstein built the global network that protected him [Le Monde]
The rise of Anti-Valentine's Day online [Mashable]
Teen Angst: Coming of Age With Ukraine’s Warzone Goths [VICE]
The Woman Alex Pretti Was Killed Trying to Defend Is an EMT. Federal Agents Stopped Her From Giving First Aid. [The Intercept_]
The science behind love at first sight [Nat Geo]
Obama responds to Trump sharing racist AI video depicting him as an ape [NPR]
Sacramento city council to consider banning ICE activity on city property [Cap Radio News]
Mardi 17 février à #Rennes, rencontre avec Pierre Conesa, ancien haut fonctionnaire et essayiste, autour de son article du @mdiplo : « Un cinéma post-traumatique » [Le Monde diplomatique]
Rubio’s ‘Reassuring’ Relationship Repair — The chief U.S. diplomat put a friendlier spin on the Trump administration’s stern message to Europe. [Foreign Policy] biting my lips but we don’t have Anthony Blinken, and we’re stuck for another 3 years until the Presidential Elections 2028 until a new Democratic Administration with a Democratic Secretary of State.
The AI Trilemma — How to Regulate a Revolutionary Technology [Foreign Affairs]
Thai Prime Minister Announces Coalition Agreement With Pheu Thai Party [The Diplomat]
Expansion Microscopy Has Transformed How We See the Cellular World [Quanta Magazine]
Following Confidence Test, NASA Continues Artemis II Data Review [NASA]
Thousands of victims safeguarded in global operation against trafficking and migrant smuggling [INTERPOL]
El Paso Airspace Shutdown Is ‘Case Study’ in Complexity of Counter-Drone Ops: Experts [Air & Space Forces Magazine]
The 1,064-HP 2026 Chevy Corvette ZR1: 335 Miles, 10 Hours, and the Battle of Los Angeles [Motortrend]
What’s up, everybody! It’s Monday, February 16, 2026. Happy President’s Day! To Bill Clinton, to Barack Obama, and to Joe Biden. I’d like to wish it to George W. Bush, but we all know how things will turn out for him once the declassified 9/11 Report comes out. Anyway, it’s Monday! Time for Major Content Curation. I hope you enjoy this session today, and there will be a new “Coffee With Zack” VLOG tonight, in English.
