Howard Avner

Musician, pitcher, Beatles fanatic and co-founder of and

[Benjamin Butterworth @benjaminbutter]

[Graphic warning] I have just seen the raw footage from Hamas terrorists of their attacks on 7 October. The screams of civilians murdered in their cars, babies slain in Disney pyjamas, children begging for “daddy” as he is blown up, the dead spat on.

As they mercilessly slaughtered, one terrorist yelled down the phone, “I killed 10 Jews with my hands, dad! I will go live on WhatsApp! Your son is a hero!”

If the Holocaust had cameras, this is what you would have seen.

I fear too many people do not grasp this.

[Guy Benson @guypbenson]

“Before they were executed” — holy hell

[Curtis Houck @CurtisHouck]

OMG I can't believe I'm saying this, but....go John Kirby?

TV Globo’s @RKrahenbuhl: “So, besides saying that he doesn't have confidence in these numbers, the President went further to say that innocents will die and that this is the price of the war. You also said that.”

Kirby: “I have indeed.”

Krähenbühl: “Don't you think this is insensitive? There’s being very harsh criticism in about it. For example, the Council of American-Islamic Relations said it was deeply disturbed and call on the President to apologize. Would the President apologize?”

Kirby: “No.”

Krähenbühl: “And does he regret saying something like that?”

Kirby: “What’s harsh — what’s harsh is the way Hamas is using people as human shields. What’s harsh is taking a couple of hundred hostages and leaving families and anxious, waiting and worrying to figure out where their loved ones are. What's harsh, is dropping in on a music festival and slaughtering a bunch of young people just trying to enjoy an afternoon. I could go on and on. That's what's harsh. That is what's harsh and being honest about the fact that there have been civilian casualties and that there likely will be more is being honest, because that's what war is. It's brutal. It's ugly. It's messy. I've said that before. President also said that yesterday. Doesn't mean we have to like it. And it doesn't mean that we're dismissing anyone of those casualties each and every one is a tragedy in its own right...It would be helpful if Hamas would let [Gazans] leave....We know that there are thousands waiting to leave Gaza writ large and Hamas is preventing them from doing it. That is what is harsh.”

[Erick Erickson @EWErickson]

Mark Rowan of Apollo Global was on CNBC this morning. He says the University of Pennsylvania encouraged him to give up his chairmanship of the Wharton School for publicly disagreeing with the university's silence about antisemitism. Then he noted this.

[Chris Bakke @ChrisJBakke]

A legendary statement from the President of the University of Florida:

[Richard Goldberg @rich_goldberg]

Politico: U.S. calls for ‘proportionate’ Israeli response while not openly setting red lines

They cut the heads off the babies. What the hell does proportionate even mean right now?

https://t.co/F5AagcUXYk

[Howard Avner @howardavner]

@SJP1804 we just saw that too for four minutes...what region are you in?

[Howard Avner @howardavner]

So excited for the show! #TweetCaroline

[Howard Avner @howardavner]

Just a solitary man...and his wife at Neil Diamond!! #TweetCaroline

[Howard Avner @howardavner]

@StevenDStanton Awesome!

[Howard Avner @howardavner]

Why fax isn't dead yet: http://t.co/MMcUO76YZd by @smelendez via @FastCompany

[Howard Avner @howardavner]

@ProductHunt, Phaxio is on Product Hunt today. Can I have commenting access please? https://t.co/uQx32kH6be

[Howard Avner @howardavner]

@FitzAndTantrums but then you go a totally redeem yourselves with a funky version of Sweet Dream

[Howard Avner @howardavner]

@FitzAndTantrums the track behind you on fools gold at the concert makes you impossible to hear and sound fake. Wish you played the it live

[Howard Avner @howardavner]

@zackwhittaker read your aws article...SES is totally down and EC2 in N. Virginia is having some serious issues too...

[Howard Avner @howardavner]

@alex congrats! Having an extra drink in your honor tonight!

[Howard Avner @howardavner]

@jwo @scottburton We've got the fax API thing covered. Carrier pidgeon API on the other hand would be pretty...awesome!

[Howard Avner @howardavner]

Of course @alex is the author of the TNW article I'm reading: "Asked when alcohol sales and delivery will return to the service..."