Highlights from this episode:
- 3-Way Conflicts
- Alignments
- Dark Sky Week
- Lawsuits
Intro and outro music by Doctor Turtle
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Headlines and Sources:
DSI Splits Fixture Cert into 4 Fixture Certs
DesignLights Consortium Opens Draft of LUNA v2.0 to Public Comment
LEED Boost Bird Safety Credits
https://www.lightnowblog.com/2025/04/leed-increases-bird-safe-credits-and-controversy/
U Basel: Blue Light Might Not Be Worse Than Any Other Wavelength
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01791-7
Shift Worker Health Improves After Restricting Eating to Daylight Hours
DST is Worse for Young People
https://wowwatchers.com/young-people-hit-hardest-by-daylight-saving-time/
Early Birds Do Better in Terms of Conscientiousness
https://jcircadianrhythms.com/articles/10.5334/jcr.240
Chronotype Linked with Lung Function
https://jcircadianrhythms.com/articles/10.5334/jcr.242
Circadian Disruption is Bad for Volleyball Players
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13102-025-01117-2
Balanced Circadian Rhythms Boost Sports Performance
https://www.mdpi.com/2624-5175/7/2/18
Circadian Disruption Is Good for Parasites (ie Bad for Hosts)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44323-025-00031-7
Circadian Disruption, High Fat Diet is Bad For Pregnant Mice
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0320538
Balanced Circadian Rhythms Balance Organ Function in Female Mice
https://jcircadianrhythms.com/articles/10.5334/jcr.245
Light Pollution is Causing Urban Birds to Develop Brighter Plumage
https://www.earth.com/news/birds-living-in-cities-are-usually-more-colorful-and-less-brown/
Monarch Butterfly Migration Begins
https://darksky.org/news/monarchs-on-the-move-why-dark-skys-matter/?ref=ecofriendlywest.ca
Chinook Salmon Migrate by Night, Light Pollution is Hurting Their Population
Audubon Society Study Confirm Fall Migration is Deadlier to Birds
Lights Out Uxbridge, ON Gears up for Spring Migration
https://durhampost.ca/lights-out-uxbridge-urges-action-on-artificial-light-at-night
UT Declares April as 5th Annual Dark Sky Month
https://www.deseret.com/lifestyle/2025/04/01/utah-national-parks-dark-sky-astrotourism-space/
What’s Up with Dark Sky Week 2025
https://www.cnn.com/science/light-pollution-dark-skies-c2e-spc/index.html
Dark Sky Week April 21-28 in Florence, AZ
Idaho Falls, Idaho Hosts Dark Sky Meeting
New Dark Sky Initiative in Rural Texas
https://www.houstoncitybeat.com/people-and-places/ALL-ABOUT-HOU/dark-sky-initiative/
Dr Michael Byers Condemns Satellite Proliferation
Amazon Launches SpaceX Competitor
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/02/amazon-to-launch-first-batch-of-kuiper-satellites-on-april-9-.html
Myriota Launches Amazon Competitor for IoT
https://iottechnews.com/news/myriota-expands-satellite-iot-constellation-successful-launch/
Royal Horticultural Society Calls for Limits on Garden Lighting
https://www.the-express.com/lifestyle/garden/168114/gardeners-stop-lights-gardens-apocalyptic-reason
St Paul’s Cathedral in London Chooses DarkSky Approved Garden Lighting
Palo Alto, CA Debates Lighting Ordinances
https://abc7news.com/post/palo-alto-consider-new-dark-sky-ordinance-reduce-light-pollution/16117819/
Leadville, CO Debates DarkSky Status
Chattanooga, TN City Council Sets Sign Rules
Marin Catholic HS Sport Field Lighting Issue Goes to Court
https://inside.lighting/news/25-04/friday-night-lawsuit-school-lighting-plan-lands-court
Headlights (and by extension American Cars) Are Too Damn High
Freefly Proposes 300,000 Lumen-Projecting Drone
https://theawesomer.com/flying-sun-aerial-illumination-drone/767647/