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Links 2/17/2026

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  • Instagram's boss says 16 hours of daily use is "problematic" not addiction, according to a BBC report, as the platform faces growing concerns over its impact on users' mental health, with EU advisers warning that Europe is "not prepared" for a four-degree warming scenario.
  • US Senator Lindsey Graham states that "the wars of the future are being planned here in Israel," as reported by DD Geopolitics, amid rising tensions in the region and a potential peacekeeping force in Gaza, with Indonesia readying 1,000 troops for deployment in early April.
  • A new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research identifies critical thresholds for Antarctic ice basins, warning of a potential climate catastrophe, as Nature reports, while experts Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis argue that moving beyond the capitalist model is crucial to saving the climate, in an opinion piece for The Guardian.
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