The Daily Populous

Last week we noted how Freshman Michigan Representative Michele Hoitenga has been pushing a broadband competition-killing bill she clearly neither wrote nor understands.

The bill is just the latest example of broadband industry protectionist laws ISPs ghost write, then shovel unobstructed through the corrupt state legislative process.

The Michigan lawmaker who is trying to ban municipal broadband doesn't seem to enjoy Twitter so much anymore https://t.co/M3CqqXQFps pic.twitter.com/Jr7s1odfhk — Jorb S. Pumpkins (@jbrodkin) October 21, 2017. »

Vaping is being outlawed in indoor public spaces in the US state of New York.

New York was one of the first states to ban cigarettes in indoor public spaces in 2003.

The New York Times reports that 70% of municipalities in the state had already prohibited using e-cigs in public indoor spaces. »

Jonathan is a tortoise living on the British colony island Saint Helena, and he happens to be 186-years-old.

Written up by the Times as "St. Helena tortoise has a gay old time," this story is a tale that spans thousands of miles and decades.

Though Jonathan is widely believed to be the oldest critter on land, he still has some time to go before beating the current record for oldest reptile, which is 189 years. »

"Having a multiplayer component in this work process would just dilute it all.

MachineGames considers its Wolfenstein games to be action adventures rather than shooters, "because we feel there's so much more to them than just shooting," he added.

It will never stop feeling weird to me to think of Wolfenstein as a character-driven game with a strong emphasis on the underlying narrative. »