Daniel Wolfson

Daniel Penny is an American hero. His situation has been eating away at me and I have chosen to only talk about it in private until now. But I believe it is important that more people feel free to discuss these situations, so I may as well start with myself. The reason this situation is disturbing is because I could have been Daniel Penny. We both served in the military and deployed overseas. The military trains young men to stand up for what is right, especially when defenseless women and children are being directly threatened by a credible threat. If my wife and children were on that subway car alone, I pray that a young man like Daniel Penny would step in and protect them. I have paid close attention to Penny trial. The evidence is overwhelming that Daniel Penny did exactly what we should hope every young man in the country would do in that situation — he put himself in danger to protect women and children. After putting himself in danger and gaining control of the situation, every innocent citizen was able to safely escape the situation at the next train stop. The police arrived and Jordan Neely was still alive. But here is the insane part — the police did not administer first aid because they were scared for their own personal safety. They felt there was a risk of contracting HIV. Imagine a scenario where a young man is willing to put himself in danger to potentially save innocent bystanders' lives, but the police deem the situation so risky when they show up that they are unwilling to put themselves in the same danger. That is the definition of what a hero does. If we live in a society that tries to punish young men for doing the right thing—for protecting women and children that are in danger—then we will live in a society that is overrun by criminals. That is not the society we want to live in. The jury is currently deliberating the fate of Daniel Penny. They just told the judge that they are deadlocked and can not reach consensus. This means there is at least one courageous individual in that jury room that is refusing to go along with the charade. Whoever that individual is, may we hope they continue to stand strong in the face of immense pressure. Daniel Penny acted heroically on that subway train and now his freedom depends on a fellow citizen doing the same thing in that jury room. Hopefully we find out today there is more than one hero ready to stand up for what is right.

WATCH Netanyahu: “I was asked whether Israel is not I'm not doing enough to the release of hostages. Well, I wanna set the record straight. On April 27th, secretary of state Blinken said that Israel made an extraordinarily generous offer for a hostage deal. On May 31st, Israel agreed to a US backed proposal. Hamas refused. On August 16th, Israel agreed to what the United States defined as a final bridging proposal. Hamas refused again. On August 19th, secretary Blinken said, Israel accepted the US proposal. Now Hamas must do the same. On, August 28th, that's 5 days ago 5 days ago, deputy CIA director said that Israel shows seriousness in the negotiations. Now Hamas must show the same seriousness. I wanna ask you something. What has changed in the last 5 days? What has changed? One thing. These murderers executed 6 of our hostages. They shot them in the back of the head. That's what's changed. And now after this, we're asked to show seriousness. We're asked to make concessions. What message does this send Hamas? It says, kill more hostages, murder more hostages. You'll get more concessions. The pressure internationally must be directed at these killers, at Hamas, not at Israel. We say yes. They say no all the time, but they also murdered these people. And now we need maximum pressure on Hamas. I don't believe that either president Biden or anyone serious about achieving peace and achieving the release would seriously ask Israel Israel to make these concessions. We've already made them. Hamas has to make the concession.”

Extremely bullish when a startup has early customers investing or great former colleagues joining. Way stronger signal than which VCs are investing in my opinion.

It is appalling that AIPAC is targeting women members of Congress who have survived sexual assault with this horrific rhetoric. Each and every day, their role in US politics becomes a greater scandal. They are the NRA of foreign policy. Of course they don’t want a ceasefire.

The number of RSVPs needed to fill a 100-person event per city: - SF 50 (good events are shared / lots of +1s) - NY 125 (people are usually pretty good) - Miami 150 (they RSVP to everything) - LA 200 (it might rain / traffic is so bad) Make sure you know this when you plan :)