Andrew Silva
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🌎 Connecting San Diego to the World @WTCSanDiego | Tweets about foreign affairs, technology, and the systems we live in
San Diego, CA
Joined August 2012
"elite business-centered city like Dallas or Houston" photo unrelated
Sometimes I feel bad for the people living in San Diego They don't make enough money to live in an elite business-centered city like Dallas or Houston And they aren't fit enough to enjoy the beautiful outdoors of Omaha, Nebraska I guess it's an okay place for people with low
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Assumption is often an unnecessary killer of relationships Communicate
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The thing most of you don’t realize You will find what you’re looking for Be mindful what you seek
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Yes I did want to be carrying 37 conversations across 58 apps most of which are with the same people
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Partly why compliments about our writing feels so good is that great writing is highly correlated with intelligence Everyone loves feeling like they’re smart
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One reason you should read a lot is that it’s the only way to discover people who are just like you Most of us are far more unique than we’re comfortable sharing publicly, discovering someone from history who’s mannerisms, thoughts, actions, interests, were deeply similar to
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Global entry might be the best $100 I’ve ever spent as an adult Zero anxiety if I’m running a little late to the airport is so worth
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One of the highest leverage skills anyone can learn > how to advocate for yourself
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“I can do this all day” That’s what you gotta find. That’s what you should be doing
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This morning I learned of the death of Mayor Ofir Liebstein. He led Shar’ar Hanegev in southern Israel and was killed defending his community. San Diego is a sister city of Shar’ar Hanegev and there are deep connections between our two cities. 🧵
timesofisrael.com
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seems like what's next is > Israelis move into Gaza > Hezbollah attacks on the Norther border, claims it is in response to "Israeli war crimes and occupation" after that...certainly no de-escalation anytime soon
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or at least he seemingly was really don't know now. hezbollah threatening to invade from the north and Egypt threatening military response when Israel attacks Gaza by land means escalation is looking scarier
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the Saudis are paying lip service to the cause, nothing more realistically MBS realizes the population of his country is not ready for full normalization. he's threading the needle of maintaining legitimacy and support by discussing the topic, but advancing relations
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Fatah is the de facto ruling party of the West Bank, and while Abbas was initially fully opposed to the Saudi-Israel peace discussions, he quickly changed his tune after he realized the Saudis did not care one bit about his opinions https://t.co/NhaoL5eGRv
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"Hours after his comments, unidnetiifed gunmen in the northern West Bank city of Jenin opened fire on the local headquarters of the Palestinian administration." https://t.co/YgKTBbq46Q
jpost.com
Islamic Jihad head: "Those who rush towards normalization with the Zionist project know, that this is their acknowledgment that Palestine is not ours."
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is this attack part of a larger attempt by Iran and others to throw a wrench into the Saudi-Israel peace negotiations? comments from Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) certainly seem to support this idea somewhat...
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(also proven to be terrorist orgs with no real goals beyond killing Israelis in the case of Hamas) anyways, what else has happened in that time? 1. Israel has become one of the world's leaders in GDP per capita 2. the Abraham Accords were signed
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the first thing that comes to mind is this potential Saudi-Israel-US peace deal/security agreement The Palestinian issue has become less and less of a priority for Arab states over the past decade. Their government(s) have proven completely inept. repeatedly
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