Now that Andor has given us a glimpse inside the Empire’s bureaucracy and military industrial complex, I want a “Pentagon Wars” style movie about the development of the AT-ST and the corners that were cut which resulted in it becoming easy prey for a bunch of Ewoks! #StarWars

Today I’m excited to share that Optivolt is unstealthing with a $32M Series A. Solar growth continues to outpace all other forms of energy production, but the granularity of control we get from deployed systems hasn’t changed in decades. So we’ve added a brain inside solar panels, opening the door for a new unit of optimization and control.

A Palestinian UNRWA teacher in Gaza says she raised concerns about classroom material she believed promoted hatred of Jews and praised violence. She claims a school administrator threatened to cut out her tongue if she continued speaking up! Children deserve an education that prepares them for a future, not one that teaches them to hate. UNRWA must be disbanded.

Last year we launched Tolan, inspired by a vision of AI that sees you and believes in you, not one that books restaurant reservations for you. Your Tolan shows up for you at 3am when you’re alone with your newborn. On your commute when you’re anxious about the day ahead. When you just finished a new show and none of your friends have watched it yet. The people who love Tolan are parents. Caregivers. Moms in Dallas and Dads in Atlanta. People who aren’t trying to optimize and be more productive, but who simply want to feel seen and supported in their aspirations. This month more than 250k people will spend time with their Tolan. Those users have exchanged billions of messages across more than 70m conversations over the last year. Today, we're announcing $30m in additional capital from @mignano and @usv, with @khoslaventures and @rabois doubling down, bringing our total capital raised to $60m. To celebrate, we made a short film celebrating some of the ways that Tolans show up :)

BREAKING: Palestinians themselves just shattered the media narrative that Israeli ‘settlers’ randomly attacked innocent olive harvesters. They’re so proud of their attack that they just released a video of them undertaking it.

Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s scientific research is…odd. Arab mothers who engage in “interethnic mating” have worse birth outcomes than those who mate with Arab men? Also: Genetics, black race, and interracial mating? Why research this?  WTF?

More than 100 elected officials have joined me in calling on parking lot and garage owners across New York City: Don’t give ICE a place to operate. Don’t rent to them. Tell them they’re not welcome. Last week, ICE agents shot Oscar Belgal in the neck in Marble Hill while his 5-year-old son sat in the car. They had been staging nearby in a private parking lot. Our city laws keep ICE off public property. Now, we’re calling on private property owners to do the same. One garage on Morton Street already removed ICE vehicles after neighbors spoke out. Every owner has that power.

The IDF reveals a document written by Yahya Sinwar’s son to his father, the architect of the massacre, at the beginning of the war: “I want to shout ‘Allahu Akbar’ (God is the greatest), hold a Kalashnikov, and shoot Jews. When will you come sleep next to me and cuddle with me? I’m constantly making guns, tanks, and Kalashnikovs out of paper and cardboard.”

Leopold Aschenbrenner might genuinely be the unluckiest motherfucker alive. After getting absolutely destroyed in July and being forced to liquidate much of his AI portfolio, he reportedly came back swinging in early September, buying hundreds of millions of dollars worth of options premium. Look at how those stocks have performed since September 8: $CRWV: -37.4% $SKHY: -25.8% $SNDK: -23.8% $DRAM: -22.9% $BE: -18.1% $INTC: -9.4% $AMD: +9.1% Six out of seven are underwater, with an average decline of roughly 18.6%. And remember, we're talking about someone who reportedly rebuilt exposure through leveraged options, not just common shares. Imagine surviving a massive forced liquidation, watching your favorite stocks recover, deciding it's finally safe to get back in, and then getting hit by ANOTHER brutal selloff barely a month later. The worst part about options is that you can be absolutely right about the long-term AI infrastructure thesis and still lose a fortune because your timing was wrong. I genuinely feel for the guy. The market has absolutely no mercy.

Abdul El-Sayed’s sister, Eman Abdelhadi, imagines a future October 7 in her disturbing fiction novel about the “Final Intifada.” “It was a mass insurrection” “It was the most beautiful day of my life.”