The Daily Populous

Wednesday October 4th, 2017 night edition

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Chances are, especially if you reside in the US, you’ve heard a thing or two about net neutrality.

As part of his argument, Pai has repeatedly cited a drop in investment from wireless companies during 2016, a year after net neutrality rules took effect.

See also: FCC website attacked following John Oliver’s plea to save net neutrality The FCC says its website saw multiple DDoS attacks following John Oliver’s call for viewers to fight for net neutrality laws.

During the Obama administration, the FCC actively advocated for and eventually approved these rules under the guidance of former Chairman Tom Wheeler.

Since the 2016 election in the US and the appointment of Ajit Pai as the new Chairman of the FCC in January 2017, however, the organization’s attitude towards net neutrality changed drastically.

In 2010, the FCC approved a weaker set of net neutrality rules, which eventually came to an end in 2014.

It’s possible that Pai could ultimately decide against repealing net neutrality rules due to the enormous amount of opposition. »

Revealed: every Londoner breathing dangerous levels of toxic air particle

Authored by theguardian.com

The scale of London’s air pollution crisis was laid bare on Wednesday, with new figures showing that every person in the capital is breathing air that exceeds global guidelines for one of the most dangerous toxic particles.

Health experts say that young people exposed to these toxic pollutants are more likely to grow up with reduced lung function and develop asthma.

“To ensure good health, every person must be able to breathe clean air no matter where they live. »

The Effect of a Single Dose of Intravenous Ketamine on Suicidal Ideation: A Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis: American Journal of Psychiatry: Vol 0, No 0

Authored by ajp.psychiatryonline.org

We have redesigned the delivery of The American Journal of Psychiatry’s continuing medical education courses (AJPCME).

Access to courses requires a psychiatry.org account and an active AJPCME subscription.

Access the article’s CME course from the “Journal CME” box on the right and login using your psychiatry.org username and password. »

‘Bob’s Burgers’ Movie Ordered Up For 2020

Authored by deadline.com
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The series is coming off an Emmy win this year for Outstanding Animated Series and took the same honor in 2014.

“We’re thrilled to be invited to bring Bob’s Burgers to the big screen,” show creator Loren Bouchard said.

In other words, it has to be the best movie ever made. »

The Redemption of Sinead O'Connor

Authored by theatlantic.com

On the left, Richard Roeper in the Chicago Sun-Times celebrated Sinead for providing "a moment of truly great television."

DeCurtis and Roeper provided their own speculative reasons for O'Connor's protest plucked from American headlines at the time, like access to contraception, abortion, and the Troubles.

O'Connor had replaced out-of-date lyrics about apartheid African regimes with the phrase "child abuse, yeah," repeated twice with spine-stiffening venom. »