Let's take a minute to breathe. We are facing a real choice between two conceptions of the role of platforms in society.

It's not a debate about speech, but about governance.

At stake is who shapes algorithms, how decisions are made, and whether democratic societies can remain resilient in the digital space. [France Diplo]

The experts comment: New START expires, bringing both risks and opportunities [Bulletin of Atomic Scientists]

Netflix Releases 'Queen of Chess', Bringing Judit Polgar's Story To 300 Million For Streaming [Chess.com] #Chess

In 2025, Chinese Domestic Games Go Indie, and Local [Sixth Tone] #ChineseChessGo

Catch up: Iran threatens American bases; polls open in Japan and Thailand [The Economist]

Inside the crisis at the Kennedy Centre [1843 Magazine]

Japan’s election: why investors are worried [The Economist Podcasts]

Afghanistan Country Analysis [The EIU]

When the Bold Leader You Hired Starts to Conform [Harvard Business Review]

What Happens When the Winter Olympics Can’t Rely on Winter [Bloomberg]

Toddler was returned to ICE custody and denied medication after hospitalization, lawsuit says [Reuters]

Israel’s Gaza genocide risks global order, leaders warn at Al Jazeera Forum [AL-Jazeera News]

What Do We Want from a Protest Song? [The New Yorker]

I went back to Linux and it was a mistake [The Verge]

Trump’s racist post, briefly explained [Vox]

The kids ‘picked last in gym class’ gear up for Super Bowl [TechCrunch]

Moltbook was peak AI theater [MIT Technology Review]

Jeff Bezos made a mess at the Washington Post. It's up to him to fix it. [Business Insider]

Passing the spirit of the Super Bowl from San Francisco to Paris! 🏈✨

France is ready when the NFL arrives next.

For sure. 🤝

#SuperBowl #NFLParis #FranceinSF

Paul Salvaire Embassy of France in the United States US Embassy Paris National Football League (NFL) Mounia Elnatour Théo Lisi Marceau JUIN Thaddée Toulouse [LinkedIn]

Battle of the chatbots: Anthropic and OpenAI go head-to-head over ads in their AI products [The Guardian]

Whistle-Blower Accuses Gabbard of Interfering With Intelligence Report [The New York Times]

Intrigue: Top-Secret Whistleblower Complaint Details… [Huffington Post]

The Fall of the House of Assad [The Atlantic]

Former President Bill Clinton makes case for public hearing in House Epstein probe [FiveThirtyEight]

U.S. is readying huge economic deals with Russia, Zelensky says [The Washington Post]

'In the US, Christian nationalism contributes to the dismantling of democracy' [Le Monde]

What's new to streaming this week? (Feb, 6, 2026) [Mashable]

A Man Turned Up at Hospital With a Live WWI Artillery Shell in His Butt [VICE]

Pentagon Makes Largest Known Arms Purchase From Israel — For Banned Cluster Weapons [The Intercept_]

Step inside the factory where the NFL’s footballs are made [Nat Geo]

What you should know about Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show [NPR]

Managed Deprivation in Gaza [Foreign Policy]

The West’s Last Chance [Foreign Affairs]

Bangladesh’s Left Returns to the Ballot. Can It Escape Political Irrelevance? [The Diplomat]

From Secrets to Sensors: Why Open Source Data Must Drive Modern Intelligence [The Cipher Brief]

L'Événement | États-Unis, France — Sous Trump, le tandem CIA-DGSE en tension [Intelligence Online FR]

Long-Sought Proof Tames Some of Math’s Unruliest Equations [Quanta Magazine]

Groundbreaking CMS calorimeter for the High-Luminosity LHC [CERN]

NASA Sets Coverage for Agency’s SpaceX Crew-12 Launch, Docking [NASA]

INTERPOL to expand Lyon General Secretariat headquarters following agreement with France [INTERPOL]

GAO: Pentagon and Services Need to Get on Same Page When It Comes to Tech Priorities [Air & Space Forces Magazine]

2026 Ford Mustang Dark Horse SC First Look: A Shelby GT500 in All but Name [MOTORTREND]

What’s up, everybody! It’s Monday, February 9, 2026. It’s Monday, therefore it’s Major Content Curation day. There will be a “Coffee with Zack” VLOG in English later tonight, hopefully. I’ll do my best to record early, so you can enjoy it when you want to.