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Sweden just hit a massive milestone: electric vehicles now make up 65.4% of all car sales, with pure battery EVs at 40.4% and plug-in hybrids at 25%.
Volvo EX40 led the pack, while combustion-only cars dropped to just 21.8%. And it's about to accelerate even more—new government incentives kick in for 2026.

EVs At 65.4% Share In Sweden - Incentive Scheme Incoming - CleanTechnica
November’s auto sales saw plugin EVs at 65.4% share in Sweden, up from 61.7% year-on-year. BEVs were up in share, while PHEVs were flat.

„I cannot believe that is a sentence I just typed in the year 2026.“
Email from Family in Minnesota https://inessential.com/2026/01/21/email-from-minnesota-family.html

French lawmakers reject income part of budget bill as it heads to Senate (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/french-lawmakers-reject-income-part-budget-bill-it-heads-senate-2025-11-22/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251122/p4#a251122p4

A look at The Amargi, a new nonprofit digital outlet based in Germany covering Kurdish news in English and trying to avoid favoring any specific political party (Seyma Bayram/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/feature/amargi-kurdish

‘The Amargi’ imagines a free Kurdish press.
The Amargi, a digital outlet based in Germany, takes the lead on Kurdish news.

It’s hard for me to imagine more clear-cut defiance of the injunction. These shits are trying to run the legal blockade by pretend pretending it doesn’t even exist — and Bovino is not only fully aware but physically present for it. Contempt of court is completely meaningless at this point; I dare any judge to prove me wrong.

A look at the fundamental questions facing OpenAI: its models have a very large user base but very narrow engagement, incumbents are matching its tech, and more (Benedict Evans)
https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2026/2/19/how-will-openai-compete-nkg2x

How will OpenAI compete? — Benedict Evans
OpenAI has some big questions. It doesn’t have unique tech. It has a big user base, but with limited engagement and stickiness and no network effect. The incumbents have matched the tech and are leveraging their product and distribution. And a lot of the value and leverage will come from new experie

Macron lämnar nu Davos och skippar Trumps tal, efter rätt hårda ord.
Så han missar även Kristersson, som tydligen ser det som viktigt att närvara under amerikanens tal.
https://www.dn.se/direkt/2026-01-20/macron-vara-styrkor-pa-gronland-hotar-ingen/

Macron: Våra styrkor på Grönland hotar ingen
De europeiska militära styrkor som deltar i övningar på Grönland ”hotar ingen”, sade Emmanuel Macron i sitt tal i Davos – de stöttar bara…

Kansen voor de oppositie? Ik geloof er niet in. Althans niet voor links. Dit is voor de VVD een ideale doorrekening. Afpakjesdag voor de lage inkomens, geld erbij voor de rijkelui. Die gaan dit zich niet laten afsnoepen. De enige kansen liggen op extreemrechts.
Oppositie ziet na doorrekening kansen om kabinetsplannen aan te passen https://nos.nl/l/260…

Oppositie ziet na doorrekening kansen om kabinetsplannen aan te passen
Partijen vinden de plannen 'oneerlijk' voor lage inkomens. Aanstaand premier Jetten erkent dat de koopkracht ongelijk verdeeld wordt, maar er is nog tijd.

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Sophia Kennedy:
🎵 Imaginary Friend (Radio Edit)
#NowPlaying #SophiaKennedy
https://sophiakennedy.bandcamp.com/track/imaginary-friend
https://open.spotify.com/track/7CbVZ2Yzl0TtcCERaJDZSR

DHS more than doubles cash incentive for illegal immigrants to leave US (David Zimmermann/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4427952/dhs-more-than-doubles-cash-incentive-illegal-immigrants-leave-us/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260121/p141#a260121p141