Thanks to Clarence Thomas it is clear that America now has

THE BEST JUSTICE SYSTEM MONEY CAN BUY.

Prime's Citadel was a nice surprise.

Fans of 007, Bourne Identity and LeCarre should likely enjoy this new series. Warning in that there is a lot of violence that might turn off some.

Priyanka Chopra Jonas does a great job so far in the 1st two episodes released.

Just watched Dungeons and Dragons: Heroes and Thieves

and enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Good popcorn movie with lots of hat tips to gaming. It pretty much hits the ground running and doesn't slow down much with a likeable and talented cast. Hugh Grant was a hoot.

Available to rent on several platforms including Amazon.

'The Godfather of A.I.' Leaves Google and Warns of Danger Ahead

Geoffrey Hinton was an artificial intelligence pioneer. In 2012, Dr. Hinton and two of his graduate students at the University of Toronto created technology that became the intellectual foundation for the A.I. systems that the tech industry’s biggest companies believe is a key to their future.

On Monday, however, he officially joined a growing chorus of critics who say those companies are racing toward danger with their aggressive campaign to create products based on generative artificial intelligence, the technology that powers popular chatbots like ChatGPT.

Dr. Hinton said he has quit his job at Google, where he has worked for more than a decade and became one of the most respected voices in the field, so he can freely speak out about the risks of A.I. A part of him, he said, now regrets his life’s work.

“I console myself with the normal excuse: If I hadn’t done it, somebody else would have,” Dr. Hinton said during a lengthy interview last week in the dining room of his home in Toronto, a short walk from where he and his students made their breakthrough.

/SNIP

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/technology/ai-google-chatbot-engineer-quits-hinton.html
Interesting and a bit frightening.

Sweet Tooth series 2 drops on Netflix

I very much enjoyed the first season as it wasn't the kid's flick expected but one of the more imaginative series in a bit.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/sweet_tooth

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12809988/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_5_nm_3_q_swee

Just read Tucker's spot is to be hosted by Brian Kilmeade come Monday.

Bwa-ha-ha! That man has to be one of the biggest dolts in Foxes box of dolts.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brian-kilmeade-tucker-carlson-time-slot_n_64479351e4b0408f3e5535bb

So long, Mr. Belafonte.

Restaurant shuts down for a 'day of kindness' after verbal abuse from customers makes staff cry

Editor's note: This article was originally published on July 19, 2021. It has since been updated.

The owners of a farm-to-table restaurant on Cape Cod sent a strong message to the local community after they noticed a worrying trend in customers' behavior. Ever since Massachusetts allowed restaurants to fully reopen on May 29, several of Apt Cape Cod's employees had been on the receiving end of verbal abuse from rude customers on a number of occasions. Speaking to The New York Times, Brandi Felt Castellano — the co-owner of the establishment — explained that the final straw was when a man lashed out at one of their young employees for simply informing him that they could not take his breakfast takeout order since the restaurant had not opened yet.


Restaurant shuts down for a 'day of kindness' after verbal abuse from customers makes staff cry
'People are always rude to restaurant workers, but this far exceeds anything I've seen in my 20 years,' the restaurant co-owner said.

Restaurant shuts down for a 'day of kindness' after verbal abuse from customers makes staff cry
Cover Image Source: Facebook/Apt Cape Cod
By Jisha Joseph
April 21, 2023
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Editor's note: This article was originally published on July 19, 2021. It has since been updated.

The owners of a farm-to-table restaurant on Cape Cod sent a strong message to the local community after they noticed a worrying trend in customers' behavior. Ever since Massachusetts allowed restaurants to fully reopen on May 29, several of Apt Cape Cod's employees had been on the receiving end of verbal abuse from rude customers on a number of occasions. Speaking to The New York Times, Brandi Felt Castellano — the co-owner of the establishment — explained that the final straw was when a man lashed out at one of their young employees for simply informing him that they could not take his breakfast takeout order since the restaurant had not opened yet.

"I never thought it would become this," she said. Determined to put a stop to such incidents and to give their staff a break, Felt Castellano and her spouse, Regina Felt Castellano — who is also the head chef and co-owner — announced on Facebook that the restaurant would not open for breakfast that same day. They would treat their employees to a "day of kindness" instead, they said. An "astronomical influx" of customers had been screaming at employees, threatening to sue, arguing, yelling, and making team members cry, the owners explained in their post.

"This is an unacceptable way to treat any human," they added. "We will be open again for breakfast tomorrow. Please remember that many of my staff are young, this is their first job or summer job to help pay for college. We have had to make adjustments due to the increase in business volume, size of the kitchen, product availability, and staffing availability, we are not trying to ruin anyone's vacation or day off." As the Felt Castellanos' decision drew widespread attention in the community, other restaurateurs took to social media to share similar anecdotes which they said demonstrated the strain that fully reopening has placed on an industry that's been battered by the pandemic.

"Many of us didn't survive the pandemic," Felt Castellano said of restaurants. "For people to be this aggressive towards the ones that have is disheartening." She explained that this wasn't always the case as in pre-pandemic days and even during the initial stage of the health crisis, customers overwhelmingly exhibited kindness to the staff. However, ever since the state fully reopened restaurants, indignity after indignity has allegedly plagued Apt Cape Cod's 24 employees, many of whom are young and also include the couple's two children. /snip

https://scoop.upworthy.com/restaurant-shuts-down-for-day-of-kindness-customers-verbal-abuse-staff-cry-apt-cape-cod-543000-543000?fbclid=IwAR1_HD9ssBYr6VL_D4O5u8qXuipqnc5l61hB6bNiN3_1lz4J53lNpHQGtyg

Just remembering the times when a photo or even a GIF would put a time dent in reeading DU

Thank god those times are mostly behind us.

Found on FB

Stop watching opinion entertainment news.

News is about learning about events and putting those events into context. It is not about having your view being reinforced, be those views be based in love of humanity or hate. Any opinion news show that doesn’t abide by basic journalistic standards should be clearly labeled throughout the show.

https://www.facebook.com/TomPaineToday?__cft__[0]=AZXolu_vjM-GunHez7KjAMvzR-2o6g24-75sU_OU2EyUcpIcYpYrdogNcHBo0goD29sDn8LtA39oN8pC0pU8pRnRxpzXXGOTwwdlVX3n6JDHrfBHiKn-4Pp3w_jiRXhzGajU-BIK78RAevBlgteKMAgSeeenAwAXveN42gXVIXT_H7-EkoatITo7pRok2Tp03Pk&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R

I believe this is actually one of the things I love about DU. Lies get called out pretty quickly no matter what those lies try to serve.

I do love DU.