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News & Commentary
This is the Pacific Northwest on Drugs
Not a stunning outcome, really.
Rivian expects deeper loss this year, amid ‘significant uncertainty’ over trade and EV policy
Hard to see how Rivian survives in the long-term.
Sale of Big Pink, other Portland office towers drive millions in property tax losses
The doom loop continues.
The entire Sydney Sweeney jeans ad disaster, explained
Hugely successful ad campaign deemed a ‘disaster’ by CNN.
Arab states call on Hamas to disarm and relinquish power in unprecedented move
Arab states dislike Hamas. That’s not new.
Facial recognition software used to identify Reed College grad accused of assaulting ICE officer
Gotta say that the software is the least of the story
9th Circuit sides with Oregon mother denied foster parent status over LGBTQ+ views
Spelling out a difference.
Kaiser Permanente to ‘pause’ gender-affirming surgeries for minors
Finally.
Oregon’s pandemic kindergartners prepare for middle school with critical reading gaps
Stop passing along kids who can’t read.
Oregon high school students seek ban on transgender athletes with federal lawsuit
It was only a matter of time.
Essays
Stereotypes
Why I can think Americans are idiots but you’re just dandy.
Fourth of July 2020
A call for a return to American values
Bostock v. Clayton County
A Supreme Court decision about the meaning of “sex.” Never a better time to say, IANAL! (I Am Not A Lawyer—what did you think I meant?)
Folding@home
Scientists need your help in fighting the virus. Time to be a hero.
Proteins are long chains of amino acids that perform a vast array of functions within organisms. They differ from one another primarily in the sequence of their amino acids. These sequences typically fold into specific three dimensional structures that determine what the proteins do.
Viruses, including everybody’s new favorite, have proteins that suppress the immune system, help reproduce themselves, and so forth. Determining exactly how these proteins work is important in creating therapeutic treatments.