Morning Briefing - Thursday Feb 12, 2026
Weather
Castaic: ☀️ 47°F (Clear)
Mammoth Lakes: 🌫 16°F (Foggy)
🚨 Critical Items (Context from Memory)
Pending with Deadlines
- LA County Homeowners' Exemption → Due Feb 15 (3 days remaining)
- Asana: Tariff Recategorization Task → Due Feb 17 (5 days remaining)
- Faye @ CalBT: Loan closing docs (foreign ownership certification) → BLOCKS CAPITAL RAISE
Active Shipments
- DHL 5163162266: Arrived Van Nuys facility (Feb 11), all 25 pieces confirmed, on track for Steven's Feb 19-20 Florida pickup ✅
Incomplete Technical Work
- Gmail Pub/Sub: 90% complete, needs Cloudflare tunnel finalization OR push subscription (~15 min remaining)
- DHL tracking cron: Failed after container restart, needs rebuild
📧 Email Status
System Note: Gmail fetch tools require Google API dependencies (not currently installed in venv). Unable to perform automated triage.
Manual check recommended for:
- Faye @ CalBT follow-up (loan docs)
- Gantom orders@gantom.com (daily PO total)
- ZTAG district communications
- Time-sensitive business requests
Last known critical emails (Feb 11):
- Faye @ CalBT - Loan closing docs URGENT
- Asana task assignment (Tariff, due Feb 17)
- LA County Assessor - Homeowners' Exemption deadline Feb 15
- Tesla Mobile Service - Feb 18 confirmed
- Gantom orders: $1,559.15 (3 POs on Feb 10)
📰 News Highlights (Past Week)
CA Education Funding
- California secures $4.9B education funding (EdSource, 4 days ago) - State agreement keeps education budget intact despite federal pressure
Ed-Tech Sector
- The Economist critique: "Failing the Screen Test" article claims ed-tech is "mostly useless" - $165B global industry under scrutiny for marginal learning gains
- 2026 K-12 Trends: Schools balancing innovation with tighter budgets, navigating "day-to-day realities without sacrificing quality" (Discovery Education, 1 week ago)
- AI tutoring adoption: CA high schools piloting Squirrel AI adaptive systems in math curriculum
Market Context
- Budget pressure: Districts facing "tighter budgets" = longer sales cycles, higher scrutiny on ROI
- Opportunity: Schools need to "balance innovation with realities" = ZTAG's physical activity angle cuts through screen fatigue narrative
📂 Workspace Status
Project Minnie Progress
- Phase 3 (Integrations): 90% complete
- Active: Protection protocols deployed (auto-commit hourly, pre-restart checks)
- Blocked: Gmail Pub/Sub final 15 min (Cloudflare tunnel OR push subscription)
High-Value Opportunities
- Fontana USD recovery (7-figure approved deal never converted) - Needs email context extraction
- USITC DataWeb access - Blocking tariff optimization work
Budget Status
- Day 6 of Phase 2-3
- Cost guardrails active ($100-200/month target)
- Daily caps enforced
⚡ Recommended Actions (Priority Order)
- Check email manually (Gmail fetch tools offline)
- LA County Homeowners' Exemption - 3 days to deadline
- Faye @ CalBT response (loan closing blocker)
- Complete Gmail Pub/Sub (~15 min remaining work)
- USITC DataWeb signup (unblocks Gantom tariff work)
🎯 Coherence Check
Execution vs Coherence Balance:
- No skiing logged this week (vitality lens: yellow flag)
- Late night sessions Feb 10-11 (energy management: monitor)
- Environmental entropy: Unknown (no recent reset logged)
- Charlie time: No data this week
Recommendation: If no ski plans this week, consider Mammoth day trip (16°F foggy but rideable). State amplifier > screen time.
Briefing generated at 16:00 UTC (8:00 AM PT) | Email automation offline - manual check advised