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Does Socio-Emotional Learning help?
No.
Bishops vote to prohibit gender-affirming medical care at Catholic hospitals
As they should.
More Oregon high schoolers taking AP exams, earning college credit • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Participation is the wrong metric, and it only gets worse from there
Facing discrimination concerns, Oregon quietly halts noncitizen voters investigation
Election integrity is pretty important.
‘Dew’ process lets Portland suspect resolve case with one Baja Blast soda
Just because the victim doesn’t care doesn’t mean it wasn’t a crime worthy of punishment.
5 takeaways: Salem-Keizer’s test scores show some progress, much work ahead
Good lord, what is the Salem-Reporter talking about.
Conservative justices reveal their distrust of medical expertise on LGBTQ+ issues
Me too.
Oregon has fallen short of a key higher education goal. Is it time to set a new one? – oregonlive.com
Oregon fails to meet stupid goal.
Maine Rep. Jared Golden draws a Democratic primary challenge
This is sort of thing is one reason they lost the House in the first place.
L.A.’s Entertainment Economy Is Looking Like a Disaster Movie
I don’t think we’re even halfway through this picture, either.
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.