Barry Nolan

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[Artem Russakovskii @ArtemR]

Did you know that if you don't mention AI every 3.7 seconds at Google I/O, security rushes in and escorts you off the stage?

https://t.co/v37s9E2G3y

#googleio #google

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

A German-Jewish WWI veteran wears his Iron Cross while a Nazi soldier stands in front of his shop for intimidation, 1933...

This photo was taken in April of 1933, during the Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses. It was the expression on the shopkeeper’s face that captivated MyHeritage’s Research team: proud, unafraid, smiling wryly, he exudes a quiet power that contrasts starkly with the hunched body language of the Nazi standing nearby.

Who was this man? And what became of him in the dark days that followed?

The Research team had to find out — and what they uncovered about the rest of the man’s story blew them away.

The man’s name was Richard Stern. After being awarded the prestigious Iron Cross for his service in the German army during World War I, he was driven out of his home country by the hateful Nazi regime. The Research team discovered records of Richard arriving at Ellis Island at the age of 40 in May 1939 — narrowly escaping the beginning of the war. In 1942, when Richard was 43 and not yet an American citizen, he enlisted in the U.S. Army to join the war efforts. And not only did he fight against the country he had once been decorated for defending, he was awarded a Silver Star in 1944: the third-highest combat award in the U.S. Army.

Research team discovered a newspaper clipping from The Long Island Star-Journal printed on July 6, 1944, describing his service: “The victim of German brutality, 45-year-old Sergeant Richard F. Stern, earned the Silver Star for gallantry in action during an assault Jan. 7 on the slopes of Mount Porchio when in the face of heavy enemy fire he addressed the Germans in their own tongue and demanded that they surrender, convincing them they were hopelessly outnumbered.”

Richard did not have any children of his own, but his great-nephew Jack Romberg, a rabbi living in Florida, is well aware of his great-uncle’s actions in the war. He reports that his uncle kept the Silver Star in a box at the bottom of a drawer in a back bedroom — but he did not keep the Iron Cross. Instead, he gave it to the U.S. Army, which was collecting metal to melt down and make into ammunition. That’s right: he turned his German military award into bullets to shoot the Nazis.

© The Jewish Observer

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[Mykhaïlo Golub @golub]

Ukraine was the best case to promote American weapons, and Ukraine has become the best case to never buy American weapons.

[Jonathan Keane @J_K9]

Fintan Buckley of Ubotica talks to @thecurrency about building chips and AI for space and the emerging on-orbit economy.

https://t.co/o2KeQ5vcVd

[Stefan Schubert @StefanFSchubert]

The association between defence spending and distance from Moscow among EU countries

[Beachhut @beachhutpr]

"Equal1 has always believed that silicon is the vehicle to scale quantum computers & today with these world leading qubit & control chip results, we have taken a major step towards this vision."@Equal1L CSO Elena Blokhina tells @LiveScience about its tech. https://t.co/zNP19coXEL

[Beachhut @beachhutpr]

Exciting times for Dublin based @ubotica! As CEO Fintan Buckley tells @AeroAmMag, in trials aboard its CogniSAT-6 cubesat, its AI agents will provide real-time high-res images of erupting volcanoes & wildfires, which can be quickly sent to first responders.https://t.co/EkfXqoDiuF

[Patrick Dexter @patrickdextervc]

The Wexford Carol, one of the oldest surviving Christmas carols. Thought to have been written in Ireland in the 12th century but the melody may be much older, originally sung to celebrate the winter solstice. Happy solstice from the west of Ireland

[Barry Nolan @barryno]

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[Renee Libby @ReneeLibby95084]

I never believed Trump was an evangelical until I found out he groped a teenager.

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

Talking about the loathsome piece of shit and Elon Musk, this is one of the most powerful, on point speeches I've ever hear from AOC — who just keeps getting better and better at this. 🎯🎯🎯👇

[Dan Goodman 🍊 @Dan_The_Goodman]

Edge cases amirtie @Waymo

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

Hope he's okay.

[The Currency @thecurrency]

Funding and scaling: How Equal1 is taking the next step in quantum computing https://t.co/hQtG30sDo0

[Barry Nolan @barryno]

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[Barry Nolan @barryno]

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[Sara Spector @Miriam2626]

I prosecuted sexual assault cases in Texas.
I prosecuted these cases for 17 years.
I never prosecuted an undocumented immigrant for rape.
I prosecuted multiple Christian pastors for rape.
As a descendant of a holocaust survivor, I have to speak up against this hate.