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Hey all! My name is Tyler. I want to share a little #introduction post. It's so nice to be here! My interests include #airQuality #buildings #community #construction #darkSkies #design #historicPreservation #history #placemaking #stainedGlass and more. Can you recommend accounts to follow? In any case I've heard good things about Mastodon and the fediverse so I'm looking forward to connecting with folks.

Tyler Simonds

@tylersi@c.im · 2 weeks ago

Alex, the Hearth Fire and 1 other boosted

book_dragon

@JeanieBurrell@mstdn.social · last month

@sundogplanets I can at least help with pointing to the respective House and Senate subcommittees with FCC oversight and their members:

US House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
https://energycommerce.house.gov/committees/subcommittee/communications-technology

US Senate Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media
https://www.commerce.senate.gov/commerce-subcommittees

Read articles on why Reflect Orbital is stupid and make a list of points you want to make. Find your members and write!

#DarkSkies #DarkSkies4all

U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation

Subcommittees

House Committee on Energy and Commerce

The Committee on Energy and Commerce is the oldest standing legislative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives and is vested with the broadest jurisdiction of any congressional authorizing committee.

Prof. Sam Lawler

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social · last month

And yeah, oh my goodness, there are SO MANY THINGS to fight against right now. Pick one and talk to your government reps about it! If you love the sky, pick this fight. If you love something else that's being destroyed, focus on that. If you have no spoons left, be yourself and fight by existing and thriving!

I'm happy to lead this fight. I hope it works. Thanks for reading and appreciating how incredibly fucking stupid space mirrors are.

book_dragon

@JeanieBurrell@mstdn.social replied · last month

@sundogplanets I can at least help with pointing to the respective House and Senate subcommittees with FCC oversight and their members:

US House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
https://energycommerce.house.gov/committees/subcommittee/communications-technology

US Senate Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media
https://www.commerce.senate.gov/commerce-subcommittees

Read articles on why Reflect Orbital is stupid and make a list of points you want to make. Find your members and write!

#DarkSkies #DarkSkies4all

U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation

Subcommittees

House Committee on Energy and Commerce

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Dr. John Barentine FRAS

@JohnBarentine@scicomm.xyz · 3 months ago

“If we lose these skies, we’re not just losing them for ourselves, all of humanity loses them. There’s no replacement site. That’s why it should matter so much — not just to me, to #Chile or the astronomical community, but to everyone.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/world/americas/chile-astronomer-atacama-light-pollution.html

#Astronomy #DarkSkies #LightPollution

Dr. John Barentine FRAS

@JohnBarentine@scicomm.xyz · 3 months ago

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/world/americas/chile-astronomer-atacama-light-pollution.html

#Astronomy #DarkSkies #LightPollution

Dr. John Barentine FRAS

@JohnBarentine@scicomm.xyz · 5 months ago

#Pittsburgh, #Pennsylvania, is replacing over 33,000 high-pressure sodium #streetlights with dimmable, 2700K white LED luminaires, which are "projected to save about $942,000 a year in energy costs while tackling #LightPollution."

Pittsburgh "plans to dim the new lights between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m., which will save energy and money, and, according to the city, cause less harm to migratory birds, urban wildlife and humans."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/climate/pennsylvania-pittsburgh-light-pollution.html

#DarkSkies #Cities #Sustainability