Data leak exposed 38 million records, and other links

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• As a trans masculine person, my period doesn’t trigger feelings of anxiety - until I have to buy menstrual products labeled ‘for women’ -- “I’m a trans masculine reporter who writes about sexual health. My period has never made my feel gender dysphoria, but the way periods are framed as ‘only for women’ triggers my anxiety.” [The roller coaster we are on]
• California first in nation to mandate vaccinations for health care workers -- “California also ordered visitors to hospitals, skilled nursing homes and facilities for the developmentally disabled to be fully vaccinated or show a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours.”
• Data leak exposed 38 million records, including COVID-19 vaccination statuses -- “Around 38 million records from north of a thousand web apps that use Microsoft’s Power Apps portals platform were left exposed online, according to researchers.”
• New NY governor adds 12,000 deaths to publicized COVID tally -- “Delivering another blow to what's left of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s legacy, New York’s new governor acknowledged on her first day in office that the state has had nearly 12,000 more deaths from COVID-19 than Cuomo told the public.”
• People with both COVID-19 shots are fully vaccinated without booster, surgeon general says -- “Our recommendations down the line, again pending the advice and the review of the [Food and Drug Administration] and [vaccine experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention], is that we believe that that third dose will ultimately be needed to provide the fullest and continually extended protection that we think people need for the virus”
• Served by Masked Staff, Pelosi & Unmasked DCCC Donors Enjoy Garden Party in Napa -- “‘Rules for thee, but not for me,’ remains the elitist motto a year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic.”
• Strange Lyre: The Pentecostalization of Christian Worship -- “After Roman Catholicism, the Christianity identified variously as charismatic, Pentecostal, Prosperity Gospel, or Latter Rain (with all its permutations and differences) makes up by far the largest percentage of what is classified as Christian.”
• Supreme Court rules Biden may not suspend Trump-era ‘remain in Mexico’ policy for migrants -- “A conservative majority of the high court said in a brief order Tuesday night that the Biden administration failed to demonstrate the decision to end the program was not ‘arbitrary and capricious.’”
• The Ghost Town of Grooverville, Brooks County, Georgia -- “Tucked in Brooks County, hard by the Florida line, is the little town of Grooverville. Calling this peaceful stretch of landscape a ‘town,’ however, might be something of an exaggeration.”
• The Good News—A COVID-19 Update -- “The average age of death from COVID is 78. The average life expectancy in America is 78. This is not to say, ‘Don’t worry, only old people are dying of COVID-19.’ However, this fact should direct and inform our policies...”
• Twitter Users Notice Tiny Detail On Airplane, Reveal Stunning Mistake Biden’s DOD Made -- “The tweet included pictures that apparently showed ‘Afghan civilians board[ing] @usairforce C-17 Globemasters at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.’”
• U.S. Marines killed in Kabul airport attack -- “In a statement, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby confirmed multiple U.S. fatalities but did not give details. The U.S. servicemembers were among those killed when at least two blasts tore through crowds thronging the airport gates.”