Monday (Lundi) October (Octobre) 12, 2026

📰 Major Content Curation Monday · Lundi de la Grande Curation

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Monday (Lundi) October (Octobre) 12, 2026 · ZACK TECHNOLOGY LLC

What's up, everybody!

It's Monday (Lundi) October (Octobre) 12, 2026. It's Major Content Curation Monday, so enjoy lots of content curation today, all done by me, Zaki Qayoumi aka "Zack."

There will be a brand-new "Coffee with Zack" VLOG in English later this week. Stay tuned on youtube.com/@iamzaki!

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PlayStation 5 videogame livestreams — almost 1,400 and counting

447+

VLOGs total — Coffee with Zack (English) & Coffee with Zaki (French)

Two languages, two different shows: Coffee with Zack and Coffee with Zaki each have their own content — not translations of each other. Deux langues, deux émissions, deux contenus différents.

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I want to join La French Tech San Francisco! As a native French speaker and bilingual EN/FR founder here in Northern California, the French Tech community in the Bay Area feels like home.

I am very excited about the La French Tech NOVA program, the national programme dedicated to accelerating start-ups led by entrepreneurs from under-represented backgrounds — minority entrepreneurs such as myself. Très enthousiaste à l'idée de French Tech Nova ! 🇫🇷

J-4 ⏳ · #LaFrenchTech #FrenchTech2030 Qui sont-elles ? Les 80 entreprises de la nouvelle promotion French Tech 2030. Elles réduisent nos dépendances. Elles renforcent notre industrie. Elles inventent des solutions concrètes aux grands défis de notre société. LinkedIn · La French Tech →

Content-Curated Stories · Sélection du jour

All stories content curated by Zaki Qayoumi aka "Zack". Click any headline to read the full story.

🌍 World Affairs & Diplomacy · Affaires Étrangères

• Despite long history with Netanyahu, Trump hedges as Israel vote nearsAl Jazeera
• Nine Months Under the Emirate: One woman's pregnancy in KabulAfghanistan Analysts Network
• The Road to AleppoWhen Ben Taub was twenty-two, he travelled to the Syrian border to learn how journalists work in war. In Kilis, the last Turkish town before the border, jihadis and spies mixed with reporters trying to prove themselves. There, he met an activist in hiding who went by the code name Harvester and who claimed to be hacking the Syrian regime.The New Yorker
• Russian Sabotage in Europe Is No Longer 'Symbolic'The Kremlin's strategy has entered a dangerous new phase, Estonia's counterintelligence chief says.Foreign Policy
• America Shouldn't Let Go of the Middle East — Why Disengagement Is Not the AnswerForeign Affairs
• Before the Midterms: What Americans Think About Trade and TariffsAs Americans worry about affordability, the midterm elections could be a referendum on the Trump administration's tariffs and trade policy.CFR.org
• Southeast Asia Has a Serious Drug ProblemSoutheast Asia's drug labs are pumping out unprecedented amounts of meth and other synthetic drugs.The Diplomat
• What Beijing Calls Open, Washington Should Call an OperationThe United States may lead in developing the world's most advanced AI models, but China is competing to make its models the foundation of everyday technology. Two national security researchers warn that the consequences could extend far beyond the AI industry.The Cipher Brief
• Allemagne, France, Taïwan — Le discret comité présidé par Hsiao Bi-khim qui oriente la percée de Taipei en EuropeIntelligence Online
• France braces for fresh nationwide student demonstrationsHigh school student unions, backed by university students, labor unions, and some left-wing opposition parties, have planned marches across major cities to demand better learning conditions.Le Monde
• Raphaël Glucksmann, un autre Macron est possibleLe Monde diplomatique
• I.M.F. Warns Mideast War Will Widen Gap Between Rich and Poor CountriesThe New York Times
• Hurricane Simon and Tropical Storm Rachel kill five people on Mexico's Pacific coastThe Guardian

🇺🇸 U.S. Politics & Midterms 2026

• Six reasons Democrats may fall short of a midterm landslide in NovemberReuters
• Democrats are making corruption messaging a pocketbook issuePOLITICO
• Obama warns donors that races are 'on the razor's edge' as he ramps up midterm pushABC News Politics
• Trump's October SurpriseJust ahead of the midterm elections, the president again helps Russia.The Atlantic
• Immigration agents search congresswoman Ilhan Omar's homeOmar, an outspoken Trump critic, said the search was "an attempt to target political enemies" and she "will not be silenced".BBC
• Pete Hegseth wants to take the U.S. back 100 yearsMS NOW · Opinion
• What California's history of receivership tells us about Sac City UnifiedCapRadio News

☕ The Economist

• Data centres are turning Trump voters into DemocratsThe Economist
• Space | The man who inspired Elon Musk to shoot for Mars1843 Magazine
• The Intelligence — Saudi under siege: Houthis attack airportAlso on the daily podcast: European industry adapts and the comeback of cursive.The Economist Podcasts
• Should Donald Trump let AI rip—or rein it in?The Insider · The Economist

🛡️ Defense, Security & Intelligence

• Rangers sweep the Army's Best Squad and Best Soldier awardsTask & Purpose
• In first public speech as acting Army secretary, Telle highlights continued work to streamline acquisitionStars and Stripes
• Air Force Major Who Called for Trump's Impeachment is in Solitary Confinement 24 Hours a Day: AttorneyMilitary.com
• New Procedure Lets Maintainers See 'Blind Spot' in F-16 Engine That Caused CrashesAir & Space Forces Magazine
• Over 2,800 illegal firearms and 40,000 pieces of ammunition seized in operation in Europe and AsiaINTERPOL
• In-Q-Tell-All: Inside the CIA's Portfolio — In-Q-Tel: $SPY for Spies — You can't spell CIA without AISherwood News · Jon Keegan

💻 AI, Tech & Business

• Anthropic Has Bigger Problems Than Claude's FeelingsBloomberg · Opinion
• Meta releases its first frontier model, Muse WonderTechCrunch
• Drones are responding to wildfires. Are AI and robots next?Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
• Android is the best and worst thing about GooglebooksThe Verge
• Adobe software dupe maker takes on Microsoft Office, releasing free versions of Word, PowerPoint, and ExcelMashable
• Research: Work Stress Isn't Always About WorkloadHarvard Business Review
• Kroger to cut 3,000 corporate employees over the next 3 years. Read the memo.Business Insider

🔭 Science, Space & Health

• ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot returns from her first mission to the International Space Station 🇫🇷ESA
• NASA's SpaceX CRS-35NASA
• CERN launches the Grand Prix Resonance, a special edition of the annual Resonance residency programmeCERN
• Is 'Attention' the Essence of Intelligence?Quanta Magazine
• 8 Night Sky Events to See in October, From Fiery Meteors to a Vanishing Star ClusterNational Geographic
• We're still figuring out the side effects of GLP-1 weight-loss drugsMIT Technology Review
• The liver transplant system tried to fix its sex bias. Did it work?The algorithm that ranks candidates just got an update and the results are in.Vox
• How to take care of your knees in your 20s, 30s, 40s and beyondThe Washington Post

🌎 Life, Culture & Cars

• RJ Mitte, 'Breaking Bad' actor and disability rights champion, dies at 34NPR
• 1 Dead, Several Injured After Man Falls From Six Flags Roller CoasterHuffPost

  Zack's note: What the F*** is going on with Six Flags parks nationwide?! Close all of them and get them all repaired!

• Best French Defense Chess Books: Complete Opening Guide ♟️ForwardChess
• Engel: Porsche drivers raced me "very hard" in DTM title deciderMotorsport.com
• 2027 Volkswagen Atlas Interior Review: A More Premium Cabin With a Few Familiar FlawsMotorTrend
• 2018 Nissan GT-R NISMO for Sale With 17,000 MilesAutoblog

No VICE coverage this week — I don't have a VICE.com subscription.

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