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[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

Tucson, Arizona changed the color of 20,000 streetlights, cut light pollution by 7%, prevented countless wildlife deaths, and saved taxpayers a boatload of money.

Most cities retrofitting streetlights to LED chose cool-white bulbs in the 4,000K range because they're bright and cheap. Cool-white light scatters upward and sideways at higher rates than the old sodium lamps, which is why light pollution has actually increased in many cities that switched to LED. Hundreds of millions of migrating songbirds navigate by stars and get pulled off course by that scatter every year, many of them fatally.

Tucson chose warm-white 3,000K LEDs instead, added full shielding so the light points down rather than up or sideways, and programmed adaptive dimming: 90% brightness from sunset to midnight, 60% after that until dawn. It was a win for wildlife and taxpayers: the whole thing costs less to run than what it replaced.

Philadelphia, LA, and Phoenix have all run LED retrofits that made skyglow worse. The technology to do it right exists and isn't expensive. It's a procurement decision, which means it's a political one. And political decisions are ones you can influence.

Your city council chose your streetlights. Most of them have never been asked about color temperature, shielding, or dimming schedules, not because those things don't matter, but because most people don't know to ask.

The night sky is habitat. The darkness migrating birds need to navigate is habitat. We've been treating it as a waste product of lighting decisions made by people who weren't thinking about birds.

Ask your council what color temperature your streetlights are. Most of them won't know the answer.

[Joe Polek 🏐🏀⚾🏈⚽🧢 @JoePolek]

2,000 home games attended... And the Orioles give him a pin? A pin? The guy could have bought a house with that money, and you give him a pin.
#Birdland

[Cody’s Free World Cup Bets @CodyBrownBets]

How is that not a penalty???

[Zack Bornstein @ZackBornstein]

They made Jimmy Carter sell his peanut farm

[dan d @DanJDeBrak]

I'm always for being open about mental health, but important context is that Kean, as a state rep, voted against the New Jersey Paid Sick Leave Act, which established 40 hours of sick leave for employees a year.

Kean just took *4 months* of paid sick leave.

[Bobby Wagner @bwags]

ever since a friend told me that Messi has never spoken English in public, I have become obsessed with his performances in commercials

[Jon Jackson @jonboybeats]

This is absolutely absurd to me. Captain of the team is scrambling in the middle of penalty shootout to find the next person up?

If these WC coaches had the mindset of every NFL coach in the league they would have scenarios set up for this. They would make the necessary substitutes at the end of the game, have the 1 thru 5 confirmed, and the 6th/7th/8th alternates all lined up to strategically give their team the best chance to win the shootout.

Next thing you’re gonna tell me is they don’t look at goalkeeper dive/side tendencies and vice versa for penalty takers?!

[Locked On Wizards @lockedonwizards]

Lebron eastern motors commercials would be GENERATIONAL

[memes futebolisticos. - vito @Mfutebolisticos]

Eu com 7 anos depois de ir fazer uma pausa pra hidratação em casa e minha mãe não deixar eu sair mais:

[Lu @wheezfer]

@mervis5 @ActuFootAfrique @FIFAWorldCup 🤣

[Gino Hard @GinoHard_]

One of the coolest stories you'll see from this Draft 👏

Jaxon Cover grew up playing roller hockey in the Cayman Islands and didn't start organized ice hockey until he was 13.

Just five years later, he's a first-round NHL Draft pick 🤯

[Italian Football TV @IFTVofficial]

Since the 2006 World Cup, Cape Verde have more World Cup knockout appearances than Italy.

[Front Office Sports @FOS]

Oregon’s new ad as part of Dante Moore’s Heisman campaign was filmed in Tokyo, Japan, where players are teaching American football to locals.

The campaign’s slogan: “Yes, there’s Moore!”

[College Football Zone @CollegeFBonX]

Me watching all this then ordering a miller lite and asking him to turn on the Kansas State vs Baylor game

[UFC Roster Watch @UFCRosterWatch]

Conor Mcgregor is sober and ready to fight.
Dustin Poirier is retired and got arrested for being drunk.
Meanwhile Justin Gaethje is champion of the world.

What a time to be alive.

[k @kurtos]

they used to have so much swag bro the wizards beard making space for the w was such a good touch why did they ever rebrand😭

[ESPN @espn]

Cape Verde is the third-smallest nation to ever qualify for the World Cup.

Against all odds, in their tournament debut, they've become the SMALLEST nation to ever qualify for the knockout rounds.

What a story 🇨🇻

[Brian Baldinger @BaldyNFL]

Never a bad day in BaldysVineyards....Bocelli and fine rain can make anything grow. #BaldysBreakdowns

[Lu @wheezfer]

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[Maryland Football @TerpsFootball]

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