Frederick Trump - The Immigrant Grandfather of Donald Trump Documentary

For all the Trump fans out there! Caveat: I did not have the time to watch this biography video.

A look at Pope Leo XIV Creole connections in New Orleans

Amazing stuff! Pope Creole!

NEA led a $100M round into the Godmother of AI Fei-Fei Li's new AI startup, now valued at over $1B

Probably, many are aware of the three Godfathers of AI (Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton, and Yann LeCun)! 

This is the first time for me to learn that Fei-Fei Li of Stanford University is the Godmother of AI. Where there godfathers, there must be godmothers too! I guess, I have to do some more ML & AI genealogy! 😊

"... Li, widely known as a “Godmother of AI,” discussed how machines can be trained to develop human-like “spatial intelligence” in a TED talk earlier this year. ..."

NEA led a $100M round into Fei-Fei Li's new AI startup, now valued at over $1B | TechCrunch

The Godmother of AI

Jewish diaspora in New Spain

The history of the Jewish diaspora is absolutely fascinating! Here is another example!

Faith can move mountains! Never, ever lose faith! Human civilization depends on it!

"Estrella Schmitt [raised in New Mexico], believed she had the perfect life. She was married to the man of her dreams, had the ideal job, and a loving family. Her world turned upside down when she went home to Pueblo, New Mexico, to say goodbye to her dying Abuelita (grandmother) whose last words to her favorite grandchild were Somos Judios, we are Jews. Estrella was left with a lot of questions and a chest full of mementos proving she was a descendant of Spanish Crypto Jews. Confused by this knowledge, she rummaged through the box and found audio tapes of her grandmother’s translation of an ancestor’s journal. The tapes described the harrowing experience her ancestors endured when they left for New Spain in 1597. They fled Spain to practice Judaism in peace, but the Inquisition followed them to the New World where they dared to observe their religion in secrecy. Fascinated by their story, Estrella recounts her family’s odyssey and their fate."

Arizona Jewish Historical Society — AZJHS Book Discussion Group

New Spain around 1819 (Wikipedia)

Israel's Minister of Finance Smotrich: I am a Palestinian so is my family of 13 generations!

Good point! Bravo! Well taken!

The long-time obsession of so many Western intellectuals with Arabs as Palestinians is quite absurd!

"... “There is no such thing as Palestinians because there is no such thing as a Palestinian people,” said Smotrich who heads the Religious Zionist Party.

“Who are the [real] Palestinians? I am Palestinian,” he said. ...

He recalled his family’s 13 generations in the Land of Israel, mentioning his grandmother who had been born in the northern border town of Metula over a hundred years ago before the creation of the state.

His ancestors and his grandmother were “Palestinians,” he said. ..."

Israel's Smotrich: There is no such thing as a Palestinian people - Israel News - The Jerusalem Post Smotrich is among a number of far-right politicians who do not accept the adoption by regional Arabs of the term Palestinian to describe themselves.