The Daily Populous

Friday January 5th, 2018 evening edition

image for The FCC Cited Zero of the 22 Million Consumer Comments in its 218-Page Net Neutrality Repeal

Roughly 22 million people submitted comments during the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality regulatory proceedings.

Though there was widespread fraud in the process (many dead people filed anti-net-neutrality comments), the vast majority of them favored the rules that protected the free and open internet.

Thursday, the FCC released its final rule repealing these protections: A grand total of zero consumer comments were cited.

“Despite the millions of comments, letters, and calls received, this Order cites, not even one consumer comment.

"Typically, there are a score or so of lengthy comments that include extensive data, analysis, and arguments.

But the 2014 net neutrality proceedings were not typical: The sheer ferocity and quantity of public backlash led the FCC to reverse course and protect net neutrality.

But the current Republican-led FCC could not be swayed, and so we are left with a regulation that was written by large companies, for large companies. »

North Korea accepts offer from South to meet for peace talks

Authored by edition.cnn.com

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) North Korea has accepted South Korea's proposal for official talks, in what will be the first high-level contact to take place between the two countries in more than two years.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) released a statement in which it said it "welcomes" talks aimed at having North Korean athletes compete in next month's Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

The last high level inter-Korea talks were a deputy ministerial meeting between South and North Korea that took place in December 2015, at the jointly-run Kaesong industrial zone in North Korea. »

Animal control officers to sleep in dog houses

Authored by kfor.com

SAGINAW COUNTY, Michigan ( WJRT ) — Some Mid-Michigan animal control officers will soon be in the dog house.

Officers at Saginaw County Animal Control take calls every day about animals, especially dogs, left out in the elements too long.

Two of the officers will be in custom-made dog houses being made by prisoners at the Saginaw Correctional Facility. »

Neanderthals Were People, Too

Authored by nytimes.com
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A colleague of Boule’s went further, claiming that Neanderthals usually walked on all fours and never laughed: “Man-ape had no smile.”

Over the years, his ideologically tainted image of Neanderthals was often refracted through the lens of other ideologies, occasionally racist ones.

In 1930, the prominent British anthropologist Sir Arthur Keith, writing in The New York Times, channeled Boule’s work to justify colonialism. »

There's Now "Very Strong Evidence" That Alcohol Can Directly Damage DNA

Authored by sciencealert.com

"How exactly alcohol causes damage to us is controversial," lead author Ketan Patel told The Guardian.

"This paper provides very strong evidence that an alcohol metabolite causes DNA damage [including] to the all-important stem cells that go on to make tissues.".

They gave the mice diluted alcohol, or ethanol, then used chromosome analysis and DNA sequencing to gauge the genetic damage. »