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News & Commentary
Was It Something I Said?
100% correct.
Pro-Palestinian protests cut short Wyden’s southern Oregon town hall
It would seem arrests are in order.
The Democratic Party’s Voter Registration Crisis
“Trump is bad” is not going to get it done as a political argument.
Giving people money helped less than I thought it would
Poverty is only partially to do with money
Kroger to close 4 Fred Meyer, QFC stores in Washington state
Capitalism is nifty this way: If they made money, they’d stay open.
Waymo and RoboTaxi
Uber without drivers, coming soon to a city near you.
Rising crime, overdoses reflect pre-pandemic trends – not drug decriminalization – PSU study finds
Note that the media headline isn’t exactly what the study reported.
Anas Al-Sharif became the face of the war in Gaza for millions. Then Israel killed him.
Weird that Israel would do that for no reason.
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.
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.