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In the Battle Over Early Algebra, Parents Are Winning
Progressives (rightly) lose again.
Latest data show overdoses continue to skyrocket in Oregon
Measure 110 has been a disaster.
Oregon graduation rate holds steady for second year following slight COVID dip
Graduation rate in Oregon is a limited metric.
Protesters cut off entrance to PDX
Don’t care what they’re protesting. Fine them heavily and put them in jail.
Tesla Cybertruck
Tesla’s futuristic truck
Matt Rife stirs backlash with domestic abuse joke, responds with link to medical helmets
Comedians have one job: Be funny.
Examining the concerns around DaBella, the Portland Timbers’ new kit sponsor
Two reputationally-damaged companies join forces.
Oregon first in US to allow law students to become lawyers through apprenticeships, not bar exam
Are we lowering standards again?
Caster Semenya says she went through ‘hell’ due to testosterone limits imposed on female athletes
DSDs and the case of Caster Semenya
Why EV charging is still such a pain
Anything to spread fear of the electric vehicle transition.
Essays
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.
The (Practical) Biological Impossibility of Non-Binary
NOTE: Society is coarse nowadays. What is Not Safe For Work (NSFW)? When everything goes, maybe nobody cares? Regardless, this brief essay is about sex, the language we use to describe reproduction. Human sexuality typically makes for mature reading. Depending on your workplace—perhaps this is fine for a medical office, but you know, hold off if you’re teaching Pre-K—you might want to read this in a more private setting.
We start with biology. Or, rather, we’d like to start with biology. I’d love to start with biology. Why can’t we start with biology? Well, because in today’s world, we can’t even agree on that.