Maria Langer | 📝💎🌵🛥️3d ago
Do you see that ocean of bright lights in the middle of this photo? Those are the data centers near the airport. And this is what I hate most about data centers near where I live: they light them up like Christmas trees every night. Apparently, they're not high tech enough to have Security that doesn't rely on lighting up the place like daylight. While everyone is whining about #SpaceX putting up #satellites to clutter the night sky, I would just like to SEE the night sky. #FuckAI #NoAI
Show threadRich Stein (he/him)3d ago
@mlanger
👆Attn: @sundogplanets @skyglowberlin
Show threadChristopher Kyba 🇨🇦🇪🇺3d ago
@RunRichRun @mlanger @sundogplanets I wonder if careless lighting is a sign of careless security?
Show threadMaria Langer | 📝💎🌵🛥️
@skyglowberlin @RunRichRun @sundogplanets I wish someone would use the bulbs for target practice. There are enough NRA yahoos around here to pin it on.
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Show threadProf. Sam Lawler3d ago
@mlanger @skyglowberlin @RunRichRun Have you gotten in touch with your local amateur astronomy club? They often have a lot of great resources and know-how to fight bad lighting practices
Show threadMaria Langer | 📝💎🌵🛥️3d ago
@sundogplanets @skyglowberlin @RunRichRun I don't think we have an astronomy club in the area. Seriously, the light pollution from the city of Wenatchee makes it very difficult to observe the night skies. The only time my house ever gets dark at night is when it's foggy. And we don't have street lights here. And nobody in these data centers really cares about the light they are emitting. Remember, I'm in the red half of a blue state and politicians don't care much about nature or science here.
Show threadKelsey Jordahl3d ago
@mlanger @sundogplanets @skyglowberlin @RunRichRun the Methow Valley does have a dark sky nonprofit, maybe they could help? https://www.methowdarksky.org/
I see there is a Wenatchee Valley Astronomy Club on facebook, but no idea how active they are.
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Show threadMaria Langer | 📝💎🌵🛥️3d ago

@kajord @sundogplanets @skyglowberlin @RunRichRun I’m not on Facebook.

The skies are very dark up the Methow. And even on the Waterville Plateau. I’ve got a great view of Wenatchee from my home. That’s nice during the day and pretty at night, but it means nothing is dark here.

Show threadKelsey Jordahl3d ago
@mlanger @sundogplanets @skyglowberlin @RunRichRun oh, they do have a website: https://www.wenatcheevalleystars.org/events/dark-sky-week-events
Wenatchee Valley Astronomy Club - Dark Sky Week Events

This year International Dark Sky Week is April 13-20, 2026. International Dark Sky Week is a global celebration of the natural night, inviting everyone to step outside, look up, and rediscover a sky filled with stars. IDSW introduces newcomers to the idea of light pollution and highlights how

Show threadMaria Langer | 📝💎🌵🛥️3d ago
@sundogplanets @skyglowberlin @RunRichRun I guess what I'm really trying to say is that it's too late. There's no way in hell the necessary changes will be made to get our night skies back.
Show threadProf. Sam Lawler3d ago
@mlanger @skyglowberlin @RunRichRun But you see, that's the nice part about light pollution. It's completely reversible! All you have to do is turn the lights off. (Which is a surprisingly political action sometimes)
Show thread0x03d ago
@sundogplanets
I suggest slingshots.
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Show threadMaria Langer | 📝💎🌵🛥️3d ago
@0x0 @sundogplanets @skyglowberlin @RunRichRun I think bullets would be more effective.
Show threadMaria Langer | 📝💎🌵🛥️3d ago
@sundogplanets @skyglowberlin @RunRichRun Red side of blue state. Politicians give the people with the money what they want.
Show threadChristopher Kyba 🇨🇦🇪🇺3d ago
@mlanger @RunRichRun @sundogplanets That reminds me of the comment section I read in an Alaska paper one time. It was filled with people complaining that the city kept repairing a light that neighbors kept shooting out...
Show threadMaria Langer | 📝💎🌵🛥️3d ago
@skyglowberlin @RunRichRun @sundogplanets True story: when I lived in NJ, they changed out the fixture in a streetlight on our street and it shined right into our bedroom. We called to complain and they put a shade on the side facing our house!
Show threadChristopher Kyba 🇨🇦🇪🇺2d ago
@mlanger @RunRichRun @sundogplanets Many city lighting departments will do this, but there are some that won't. So if you are disturbed by a light shining into your bedroom, it's always worth trying. Worst case they just ignore you - and even then, I have talked with people who work in these departments and they are in general very sensitive to comments from the public.
Show threadMaria Langer | 📝💎🌵🛥️2d ago
@skyglowberlin @RunRichRun @sundogplanets The lighting from the entire city, which is more than 5 miles away as the crow flies, shines into my house. It’s not enough to keep me awake, but I certainly don’t need nightlights to find the bathroom in the middle of the night. And night sky? Impossible to see in that direction but faint in the opposite direction. I used to see the Milky Way every night at my AZ home.
Show threadRich Stein (he/him)3d ago
@skyglowberlin @mlanger @sundogplanets
That's government inefficiency masquerading as the opposite — think of the wasted expenditure on all those lights that kept getting shot out. A smart bureaucrat would have spotted the pattern in the data after three or four incidents, left that light unrepaired and used the saved light bulbs elsewhere. As a result, he'd have won an award for cutting costs and everyone would be happy. 💡😉
Show threadChristopher Kyba 🇨🇦🇪🇺2d ago
@RunRichRun @mlanger @sundogplanets The entire point of public lighting is to make the public happy. If you put up a light and the public is not happy, then you're doing something wrong.