The US government says there is no Russian "energy weapon" that could make embassy staff sick.

There are energy weapons — for instance, the laser that a Chinese warship pointed at a Philippine supply ship — but when those are used there is little doubt.

British Columbia will provide gratis prescriptions of various contraceptive products to female residents. I fully support this policy.

It is amusing how the article struggles to describe which residents the offer applies to. It faced a struggle because it has accepted a limited version of English in which there are no words for an individual's physiological sex, only words for gender. Contraception knows nothing of gender roles; it is concerned only with physiological sex.

The article does not entirely succeed in specifying who the offer is meant for. Does the offer include all transpeople (even trans-women)? Does it include all people who identify as non-binary? My guess is no, because that would be absurd in practice, but I can't be entirely sure. Maybe trans-women will be offered female contraception that they don't have a natural way to use.

(satire) *Los Angeles Warns Residents Not To Touch Poisoned Food Left Out To Deal With Homeless Infestation.*

How US supermarkets collect lots of valuable data about customers.

They can track you if

• You use a frequent buyer card which identifies you.
• You identify yourself to the store's web site.
• You carry a snoop-phone with the store's app.

I don't do any of those things, so I think I am safe, but I can't be entirely sure.

*On How Tech Lobbyists Lobotomized NY’s Right To Repair Law With Governor Kathy Hochul’s Help.*

Hochul seems to be quite a plutocratist; she tried to put a right-wing judge on the state supreme court, and Democrats rejected the nominee.