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I’m getting requests to fill out dev surveys weekly, with results of older surveys coming monthly or so. I fill them out, but I’m wary of their biases, barriers, and objectives.
Some disjointed thoughts…
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/08/my-thoughts-on-the-sta…

My Thoughts on the State of Surveys
Every few months there’s another State of Something survey. As of this week, the State of CSS 2025 survey results have just become available and the State of HTML 2025 survey is wrapping up. This post is skewed to those, touches on more, and is rather disjointed. “2012 Oregon City…

🤬 Study documents unhealthy noise in Portland, provides research framework for other cities
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-documents-unhealthy-noise-portland-framework.html

Study documents unhealthy noise in Portland, provides research framework for other cities
A groundbreaking study led by Oregon State University scientists shows that multiple Portland neighborhoods have levels of noise that are likely unhealthy.

In 2022, Oregonians narrowly passed Measure 111,
⭐️amending their constitution and guaranteeing affordable health care as a fundamental right to every resident of the state.
Through years of organizing, coalition building and planning,
💥Oregon may enact its Universal Health Plan as early as fall 2027. 
In the face of extreme Medicaid cuts from the Trump administration
-- which will leave roughly 16 million people without health coverage by 2034
-- a state-l…

Could Oregon chart the course for universal health care in the US?
Oregon is on the verge of enacting a single-payer health care plan, but continued organizing is needed to secure this historic victory.

Several days after announcing the state had joined in the West Coast Health Alliance – to set vaccine policy with Oregon, California, and Hawaii – Washington state announced that anyone over six months of age – including pregnant people – can receive a COVID vaccine without a prescription
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Confused about your eligibility for the Covid shot? In Washington state, you’re covered
Thanks to a standing order signed by the state health officer Thursday, anyone in Washington state can get the Covid-19 vaccine without consulting their doctor.

Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom,
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek,
and Washington Governor Bob Ferguson
announced they will launch a new
⭐️"West Coast Health Alliance"
to ensure residents remain protected by science, not politics.
The alliance represents a unified regional response to the Trump Administration’s destruction of the U.S. CDC’s credibility and scientific integrity.
“President Trump’s mass firing of CDC doctors and scientists…

California, Oregon, and Washington to launch new West Coast Health Alliance to uphold scientific integrity in public health as Trump destroys CDC’s credibility | Governor of California
State of California

📉 Ancient trees are dying faster than expected in Eastern Oregon
#trees

Ancient trees are dying faster than expected in Eastern Oregon
Eastern Oregon's Malheur National Forest boasts some of the state's oldest trees, including pine and larch that live more than 500 years. But many of those ancient trees are dying at an alarming rate, a new analysis shows.

Lawyers are demanding the release of a longtime Oregon resident
arrested by Border Patrol while fighting a Washington state wildfire,
saying Friday that the firefighter was already on track for legal status after helping federal investigators solve a crime against his family.
His arrest was illegal, the lawyers said, and violated Department of Homeland Security polices
that say immigration enforcement must not be conducted at locations where emergency responses are ha…