Highlights from this episode:
- Lights on the Borderlands
- Turtle Records
- Migrations
- Anyone for Tennis?
Intro and outro music by Doctor Turtle
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Headlines and Sources:
Marni Shindelman Photographs Light Pollution at ICE Detention Centers
https://oxfordamerican.org/eyes/restore-the-night-sky
DHS, ICE have 60 to Appeal Judge’s Ruling or Shut Down Facility in South FL
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y3lwze2njo
DHS Accelerates Construction on Mexico Border by Waiving Wildlife Protections
USCBP Plans Lighting, Sensors, Drones for Northern Border
Your Brain Burns Fat While Sleeping
Korean Sleep Study: Sleep Too Little – Die, Sleep Too Much – Also Die
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-15828-6
Sleep Disturbances Linked with Mental Health Changes
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11940-025-00847-5
And Chronic Diseases Leads to Poor Sleep
https://www.mdpi.com/2624-5175/7/3/44
Light Exposure After Dark Harms Bipolar People
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-025-03549-3
Bright Light in the Morning Boosts White Adipose Tissue Transcriptome
https://www.mdpi.com/2624-5175/7/3/45
Your Plasma’s Proteome has a Circadian Rhythm
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12014-025-09551-7#Sec17
Circadian Entrainment Key to Gymnastics Training
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13102-025-01291-3
Chinese Adults Like it When Parks Have Lighting
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-05666-2
Blue LED Light Harms Rat Retinas
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007 /s10792-025-03710-3
Glow in The Dark Succulents
https://gizmodo.com/glow-in-the-dark-succulents-could-be-the-future-of-ambient-lighting-2000648920
SQM Networks Need Maintenance
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/542/1/272/8210404
DSI To Begin Recognizing Ports
Breckenridge, CO Recognized by DSI
https://darksky.org/news/breckenridge-colorado-officially-designated-as-a-dark-sky-community/
Princia Secure $15K in Light Pollution Research Funding
https://www.50statestoday.com/article/840646460-princia-awarded-15-000-for-light-pollution-research
Light Pollution Extends Bird Activity by 50 Minutes per Day
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adv9472
Ft Myers Sets Record for Sea Turtle Strandings
Sarasota, FL Sets Record for Turtle Hatchlings
https://www .wjhg.com/2025/08/22/2025-sea-turtle-hatchlings-numbers-surpass-last-years-totals/
Migration Season Awareness Campaign Begins in TX
https://www.nbcdfw.com/weather/weather-connection/lights-out-dfw-fall-2025-bird-migration/3906088/
And in Doylestown, PA
https://patch.com/pennsylvania/doylestown/doylestown-borough-turning-lights-out-migratory-birds
And in Hamilton ON
And in Bucks County, PA
And in MI
And in NC
Lights Out for Birds in Fort Worth, TX
NMSU Prof Calls for Revisions to the New Mexico Night Sky Protection Act
Lakeville, IL Needs to Enforce Existing Lighting Rules
Humboldt, CA Sets New Lighting Regs
https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/aug/19/today-supes/
Mendham, NJ Passes Lighting Ordinance
https://patch.com/new-jersey/mendham-chester/noticing-more-stars-mendham-s-night-sky-could-be-why
Deschutes County, OR Holds Hearings on Ordinances
Virgin, UT Debates Ordinances
Mineral County, NV Debates Trail Lighting
Sierra Vista AZ Golf Course Wants Lights, Neighbors Don’t
Fort Pierce, FL Pushes Back on Lighting Plans for Proposed Buc-ee’s Gas Station
Osage County, KS Residents Complain About New Lighting at Sheriff’s Office
LDS Breaks Ground on Temple in Heber Valley, UT, Locals Go to Appeals Court
FL Allows LED Billboard on Trucks, How is That Still Legal?
Dark Sky Roadshow in Yorkshire
Bats are Back on the Rhone River
https://www.world-today-news.com/batnight-discover-bats-in-the-rhon/#google_vignette
US Open Opts for Compliant Sports Lighting
Not Sponsored: Access Sports Fixtures
Chapell Roan Lyric Spikes Interest in Saskatchewan Summer Star Party