Steve Bergin 🌎
@stevebergin.bsky.social
Rainforest Conservation, Cacao Agroforestry, Biodiversity, Nature is not your Carbon Sink. Projects in Amazon and Indonesia
IG: @conservationcacao
IG: @conservationcacao
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Steve Bergin 🌎
@stevebergin.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Cacao comes originally from the Amazon Basin. It grows under shade trees. Out on agricultural frontiers in the Tropics, where rainforest is being lost, cacao in agroforestry can be a barrier to deforestation. The alternatives, cattle, Oil Palm, mean farmers cutting down all their trees.
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To replace income taxes with tariffs, you’d have to raise tariff rates to levels that would effectively eliminate international trade, and thus the tariff revenue would plummet to near zero.
Trump says he may cut income tax 'completely' because of tariff income reut.rs/4p65j0l
Trump says he may cut income tax 'completely' because of tariff income
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration may slash income tax completely over the next couple of years because of government revenue generated from tariffs.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
To replace income taxes with tariffs, you’d have to raise tariff rates to levels that would effectively eliminate international trade, and thus the tariff revenue would plummet to near zero.
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Floods and landslides in Indonesia's Sumatra kill at least 174 reut.rs/3Xjsrw5
Floods and landslides in Indonesia's Sumatra kill at least 174
The death toll from floods and landslides on the Indonesian island of Sumatra island has risen to 174, up from the previous 94, the country's disaster mitigation agency said on Friday, adding that dozens remain missing.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Floods and landslides in Indonesia's Sumatra kill at least 174 reut.rs/3Xjsrw5
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lol tell that to all the parents of my first gen friends (whose families were from India, S Korea, Sudan, Pakistan, China, Saudi Arabia, Colombia, and Germany) who are all acutely aware and often disapproving of how American their kids are
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
lol tell that to all the parents of my first gen friends (whose families were from India, S Korea, Sudan, Pakistan, China, Saudi Arabia, Colombia, and Germany) who are all acutely aware and often disapproving of how American their kids are
Floods in Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia in the last month, all fuelled by climate change. The costs, human and financial, are only going to increase every year around the world. Every country needs to stop burning coal, stop burning fossil fuels, as quickly as we possibly can.
'We’ve lost everything': How floods devastated one of Thailand's largest cities reut.rs/49KPQxN
'We’ve lost everything': How floods devastated one of Thailand's largest cities
Hat Yai, a city with a population size similar to Britain's Oxford, received 335 mm of rain in a day - its highest single-day tally in 300 years.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Floods in Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia in the last month, all fuelled by climate change. The costs, human and financial, are only going to increase every year around the world. Every country needs to stop burning coal, stop burning fossil fuels, as quickly as we possibly can.
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While US courts have not taken up the issue of whether all the "gifts" Trump has received are bribes, it look like the Swiss legal system might weigh in.
Swiss politicians file a criminal complaint over a Rolex table clock and engraved gold bar presented to President Trump by business executives .
Swiss Lawmakers File Criminal Complaint Over Trump-Tariff Gifts
Swiss politicians filed a criminal complaint with the country’s top prosecutor over a Rolex table clock and an engraved gold bar presented to US President Donald Trump by business executives shortly before he agreed to cut tariffs on the country’s exports.
bloom.bg
November 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
While US courts have not taken up the issue of whether all the "gifts" Trump has received are bribes, it look like the Swiss legal system might weigh in.
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Three decades ago, democracy looked unstoppable. Today, Russia and China are rewriting the rules. My new book, Autocrats vs. Democrats, lays out how we got here — and how America should navigate what comes next.
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Three decades ago, democracy looked unstoppable. Today, Russia and China are rewriting the rules. My new book, Autocrats vs. Democrats, lays out how we got here — and how America should navigate what comes next.
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We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
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President Emmanuel Macron announced the creation of a new voluntary youth military service to begin by mid-2026, which would help France respond to “accelerating threats” on the global stage.
France’s Macron unveils voluntary military service amid ‘accelerating threats’ | CNN
President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday announced the creation of a new voluntary youth military service to begin by mid-2026, which would help France respond to “accelerating threats” on the global sta...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:01 AM
President Emmanuel Macron announced the creation of a new voluntary youth military service to begin by mid-2026, which would help France respond to “accelerating threats” on the global stage.
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Following a 2018 ban on neonicotinoids ('bee-killers'), bird populations now start to recover in France.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This comes just 2 years after a study confirmed that pesticides and fertilizer are the biggest driver behind the spectacular decline of #birds in Europe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This comes just 2 years after a study confirmed that pesticides and fertilizer are the biggest driver behind the spectacular decline of #birds in Europe.
France’s birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Following a 2018 ban on neonicotinoids ('bee-killers'), bird populations now start to recover in France.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This comes just 2 years after a study confirmed that pesticides and fertilizer are the biggest driver behind the spectacular decline of #birds in Europe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This comes just 2 years after a study confirmed that pesticides and fertilizer are the biggest driver behind the spectacular decline of #birds in Europe.
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I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
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Great summary by K. Hayhoe on both the potential and the missed opportunities at the recently completed COP 30 gathering. Hopefully progress continues to accelerate; WE MUST DO BETTER!
What COP30 got right... and what it didn't
open.substack.com/pub/talkingc...
What COP30 got right... and what it didn't
open.substack.com/pub/talkingc...
What COP30 got right... and what it didn't
Global potluck makes progress but leaders dodge hard choices
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Great summary by K. Hayhoe on both the potential and the missed opportunities at the recently completed COP 30 gathering. Hopefully progress continues to accelerate; WE MUST DO BETTER!
What COP30 got right... and what it didn't
open.substack.com/pub/talkingc...
What COP30 got right... and what it didn't
open.substack.com/pub/talkingc...
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GOAT— HORSES 50th Anniversary
November 27, 2025 at 6:28 AM
GOAT— HORSES 50th Anniversary
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NEW: Skandalakis is now moving to dismiss Trump’s Georgia case
BREAKING: Pete Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, has appointed himself to prosecute the case against Trump and others in Fulton County.
The move follows a court ruling that disqualified Fani Willis from pursuing the case.
The move follows a court ruling that disqualified Fani Willis from pursuing the case.
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
NEW: Skandalakis is now moving to dismiss Trump’s Georgia case
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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OpenAI says a 16-year-old who died by suicide after using ChatGPT misused the app and so, the company argues, his parents can't sue. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne... via @angelayang.bsky.social
OpenAI denies allegations that ChatGPT is to blame for a teenager's suicide
The family of Adam Raine filed a lawsuit against the AI company in August. On Tuesday, OpenAI said in a new court filing that is not responsible for the teen's death.
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
OpenAI says a 16-year-old who died by suicide after using ChatGPT misused the app and so, the company argues, his parents can't sue. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne... via @angelayang.bsky.social
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The Stahl House, the globally known icon of Midcentury Modernism and Los Angeles glamour, is for sale.
The Pierre Koenig-designed Case Study House #22 has an asking price of $25 million
www.latimes.com/travel/story...
The Pierre Koenig-designed Case Study House #22 has an asking price of $25 million
www.latimes.com/travel/story...
Iconic Stahl House, a Midcentury Modern stunner, up for sale
The Stahl House is selling for $25 million. The current owners say its tour program will continue for now.
www.latimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The Stahl House, the globally known icon of Midcentury Modernism and Los Angeles glamour, is for sale.
The Pierre Koenig-designed Case Study House #22 has an asking price of $25 million
www.latimes.com/travel/story...
The Pierre Koenig-designed Case Study House #22 has an asking price of $25 million
www.latimes.com/travel/story...
Source: Letterboxd share.google/5ku8nSYW7Mng...
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Source: Letterboxd share.google/5ku8nSYW7Mng...
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NEW: 52% of Latino adults in the U.S. say they worry that they, a family member or a close friend could be deported.
www.pewresearch.org/race-and-eth...
www.pewresearch.org/race-and-eth...
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 AM
NEW: 52% of Latino adults in the U.S. say they worry that they, a family member or a close friend could be deported.
www.pewresearch.org/race-and-eth...
www.pewresearch.org/race-and-eth...
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I will add the following: our students lack the research skills required to audit an LLM essay for errors. They don’t arrive on campus with these skills; we teach it to them over four long years. So throwing freshmen in the deep end and saying “swim your way to a shore of rectitude” is folly.
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I will add the following: our students lack the research skills required to audit an LLM essay for errors. They don’t arrive on campus with these skills; we teach it to them over four long years. So throwing freshmen in the deep end and saying “swim your way to a shore of rectitude” is folly.
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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Our military—and our entire nation—would be stronger, safer and more secure if we had more patriotic leaders who respect the Constitution, like Sen. Mark Kelly—
And fewer who are only in it for themselves, like Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth.
And fewer who are only in it for themselves, like Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth.
Sen. Mark Kelly facing military investigation after clashing with Trump
A statement from the Pentagon said all service members have a "legal obligation" to "obey lawful orders and that orders are presumed to be lawful."
www.axios.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Our military—and our entire nation—would be stronger, safer and more secure if we had more patriotic leaders who respect the Constitution, like Sen. Mark Kelly—
And fewer who are only in it for themselves, like Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth.
And fewer who are only in it for themselves, like Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth.
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Google's Gemini 3 breakthrough has worried OpenAI. CEO Sam Altman told researchers to prepare for "rough vibes" and "temporary economic headwinds." Read: https://thein.fo/4oSRXnS
Why OpenAI Should Worry About Google’s Pretraining Prowess
Google’s breakthrough with Gemini 3, its latest AI model, has lit a fire under OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, who told thousands of his researchers to buckle down and prepare for “rough vibes” and “te...
thein.fo
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Google's Gemini 3 breakthrough has worried OpenAI. CEO Sam Altman told researchers to prepare for "rough vibes" and "temporary economic headwinds." Read: https://thein.fo/4oSRXnS
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JUST IN: Judge Chutkan orders expedited processing of a FOIA request for files related to DOJ's handling of the Epstein files. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
JUST IN: Judge Chutkan orders expedited processing of a FOIA request for files related to DOJ's handling of the Epstein files. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...