American pharmacies are handing private information about their customers over to the police without even a warrant. Contempt for privacy -- with potential "criminal" consequences in anti-abortion states -- has never been more blatant, or dangerous.

As usual, Congress can't be bothered to give a damn.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/12/23998869/cvs-kroger-and-rite-aid-will-hand-over-your-medical-data-to-the-police-without-a-warrant

Fans of Anchor Brewing (🙋🏼‍♂️) are going to be extremely disappointed to find out that Anchor is no longer being distributed outside of California and its amazing "Merry Christmas, Happy New Year" seasonal brew has been axed.

#CraftBeer

https://beerstreetjournal.com/anchor-brewing-drops-49-states-ends-christmas-ale/

Private AI summit with Senate, titans of tech garners controversy

With 14 of 22 attendees being CEOs, some experts say key voices were missing.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/09/private-ai-summit-with-senate-titans-of-tech-garners-controversy/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Comment about Mitch's freezing

'To everyone upset that people are cheering for this man's apparently declining remember what Mitch said to Obama when he was trying to explain the immense benefit public healthcare would provide:

“You must be under the mistaken impression that I care.”

Seriously, WTF College Board?

https://gizmodo.com/sat-college-board-tells-facebook-tiktok-your-scores-gpa-1850768077

A year ago if you told me that Instagram would be joining the fediverse, I'd think your crazy.

Let's not forget why they are doing this though, thanks to EU laws they have to make data portable, and with federation support they can portray their monopolistic practices in a different light.

Meta is an advertising company, we are their next market to break into. Remember this.