Texas passed another abortion-restricting law, making it harder to get abortion drugs.

This is something that can be corrected from outside Texas. A state, or a federal agency, must set up a system to mail abortion drugs to women in Texas without insisting on seeing them physically first.

Can Texas really prosecute someone for mailing something from another state into Texas if it is lawful in that other state?

I seem to recall that in some other responsible countries abortion drugs do not require a prescription, and that there was a push to make them available without prescription in the US too.

*The world's largest technology companies have snapped up smaller rivals at a record pace this year in a buying spree that comes as US politicians and regulators prepare to crack down on "under the radar" deals.*

The US government is starting to throw off the bizarre spell that was put on it by plutocratists in the 70s and 80s, which weakened antimonopoly law almost to the point of nullity. I hope that some day we can un-merge the giant drugstore chains and the giant supermarket chains. (Typically a supermarket chain will operate under many different names, creating a false appearance of more competition than really exists.)

*New Zealand: rushing anti-terror law could lead to surveillance overreach, minor parties say.*

Attacks like the one that occurred recently are desirable to prevent if that can be done without harm to society. But it is a mistake to overestimate the importance of such attacks compared with other problems of society. I would guess that the shortage of housing in New Zealand kills a lot more people each year than terrorism.

Also, keep in mind that any new anti-terrorism law will prevent only a fraction of the actual terrorism. It won't make you "safe". And there will surely be opportunities later to propose further cuts to human rights.

China denies expat Uyghurs information about their disappeared relatives in China.

Alaska, dominated by Republican Covid-spreaders, has filled up its hospitals and now has to choose which patients will get treatment.