CNN poll finds majority of Americans say Trump is focused on the wrong priorities (CNN)
https://cnn.com/2026/01/16/politics/trump-economy-first-year-cnn-poll
http://www.memeorandum.com/260116/p27#a260116p27
China’s Edge in an Oil Shock: Electric Cars and Renewables.
Beijing’s decades-long push to reduce its dependence on foreign oil with huge investments in clean energy sources like electric vehicles is now paying off. https://www.nytimes.com/20…
Mytra, which is building autonomous robots for warehouses that can move loads up to 3,000 pounds, raised a $120M Series C led by Avenir Growth (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/01/15/mytra-raises-120-million-series-c-scale-supply…
Today in the drizzle I stopped by the Living Library, a beautiful native plant garden near SF's Balboa Park at the San Jose/Seneca intersection. Highly recommend a visit to see some #ceanothus in bloom and California poppies and island mallows beginning to, and much more.
Q&A with CNN's Frederik Pleitgen about being the only Western TV journalist in Iran during the war, facing criticism from the Trump administration, and more (Jeremy Barr/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/14/cnn-frederik-pleit…
75% of Americans oppose US attempting to take control of Greenland, CNN poll finds (CNN)
https://cnn.com/2026/01/15/politics/greenland-cnn-poll
http://www.memeorandum.com/260115/p76#a260115p76
Many people suggest that coal-fired power is on the rise in China. In real life, it's not anymore. Massive expansion of wind and solar capacities does eat into coal's share, whether or not new power plants come online.
https://energyandcleanair.org/china-en
The GOP's blue-state blues (Ronald Brownstein/CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/15/politics/gop-trump-midterm-elections-blue-states-analysis
http://www.memeorandum.com/260315/p37#a260315p37