Market research specialist & ex journalist interested in energy & tech. Bilingual (English/Japanese), father/EV owner/music geek. All comments are mine.
YouTube has eclipsed Netflix in viewership.
The average YouTube user now uses the service for more than an hour and a half a day.
Almost three hours a day in South Korea.
Clouds over the Monterey Bay region will clear later this morning, giving way to mostly sunny skies today! ☀️
🌊 A Beach Hazards Statement remains in effect through 9 AM Saturday. Stay back from the surf and never turn your back on the ocean. #CAwx#BayAreaWX
ALT A GeoColor satellite image loop from G18-ABI-CONUS-geo-color.gif focused on Northern and Central California on June 5, 2026. The animation shows widespread marine layer clouds hugging the Pacific coastline, filling the Monterey Bay, and pushing slightly inland into the Salinas Valley and parts of the San Francisco Bay Area. Inland areas like San Jose, Sacramento, and the Central Valley are entirely clear and clear blue skies are visible over the Sierra Nevada mountains to the east.
WATCH: Japan is accelerating efforts to convert used cooking oil into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to meet its target of sourcing 10% of jet fuel from SAF by 2030 reut.rs/4uMD49z
As Japan's shortage of oil-derived naphtha continues:
•plastic containers are being stolen from fruit farms
•paint thinner prices have doubled
•other plastic materials are difficult to obtain
•cities are changing trash bag rules
🌧️ A weak weather system brought a few hundredths to just over a tenth of an inch of rain across parts of the Bay Area and Central Coast over the last 12 hours. Highest amounts popped up on the SF Peninsula and the Big Sur coast. Did you see any drops? #CAwx#BayAreaWX
ALT A National Weather Service regional map showing observed 12-hour raw precipitation totals for the San Francisco Bay Area and North Bay, created on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, at 8:28 AM PDT. The map features a light green terrain background overlaid with dozens of small, circular green data bubbles containing rain totals in inches. Most numbers throughout the North Bay, East Bay, and South Bay range from 0.01 to 0.06 inches. The highest totals are clustered along the San Francisco Peninsula near San Mateo, showing values up to 0.09 and 0.11 inches. A precipitation scale is displayed at the bottom, indicating all totals are under a quarter of an inch.
ALT A National Weather Service regional map showing observed 12-hour raw precipitation totals for the California Central Coast, created on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, at 8:28 AM PDT. The map captures the coastline stretching from Santa Cruz down past Big Sur and Soledad. Scattered small green data bubbles mark light precipitation totals ranging from 0.01 to 0.06 inches across Santa Cruz, Watsonville, and coastal areas. The maximum accumulation of 0.08 inches is observed along the rugged coastal mountains of Big Sur. The precipitation color-scale bar at the bottom confirms values remain entirely within the lowest bracket (under 0.25 inches).