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   Albert Cardona (albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 21:17:48 JST Albert Cardona

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   • myrmepropagandist

   @futurebird

   When every Angeleno got to see the Milky Way, some called the police to report strange lights in the sky:

   https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/business/31essay.html

   That, more than anything, emphasizes the need for black skies. We can't live with out backs to nature.

   The article (disable javascript and reload to read it in full) also discusses the benefits of dark skies and the costs of not doing so (2008): "The Dark-Sky group estimates that badly designed outdoor lighting wastes $10 billion in energy a year."

   #DarkSkies

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     myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 21:17:49 JST myrmepropagandist

     The more I learn about light pollution harms insects, the more I want to try to help... do something about it.

     But I live in NYC. It feels like an impossible ask. A whole city devoted to making the most light pollution possible.

     I strongly suspect that we'd see a greater variety of wildlife if we could dim the light a little.

     Just using colors like red light can help. So can dark hours and motion sensors.

     What if one day, as a treat, every New Yorker got to see the milky way?

     Børge repeated this.