Leora Radetsky

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Senior Lighting Scientist at DesignLights Consortium. Interested in the nexus of #lightingresearch and the built and natural environment; science, politics, outdoors, art and baking enthusiast. 
Work: https://www.designlights.org
Research: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Leora-Radetsky
Opinions are my own.
"The failure of the vax-only approach has painted politicians into a corner. Governments- can’t begin taking necessary steps toward comprehensive Covid mitigation without admitting they were disastrously wrong about their pursuit of a herd immunity strategy" https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/cdc-hides-replies-referencing-the
CDC hides replies referencing the Senate HELP Committee's Long COVID Hearing

The public health body is purposely suppressing information about the severity and frequency of Long COVID, as well as information about high-quality masks.

The Gauntlet

Something we suspected for a long time, but now there is some research backing it: "Our research also suggests that those people who live in more light-polluted areas are less connected to the night sky and feel less likely to protect it."

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272494423002463

#Psychology #Environment #Connectedness

#NoVENNber I didn’t make it but I love it.
@tschfflr @skyglowberlin Congratulations Chris! 👏👏
Did you know if you use Google Streetview to look at the beaches at Midway atoll, you can see albatrosses and their nests everywhere? Amazing!! Thanks very much to Roberta Swift at USFW, who is posted there now, for showing me this. 🤯. https://maps.app.goo.gl/wBKqwWQtu2mKZ9hh6?g_st=ic
Before you continue to Google Maps

@raulclima I feel the same way. Moonlight is magical.
Thanks for reposting @raulclima I learned that this particular spectroradiometer has a floor of 1 lux +/- 10% so all the data are unreliable at this low light level. I have a new, very sensitive illuminance meter on the way, and an SQM-L, so better data will be posted.
Electrochromic windows on the 787 are very cool, both literally and figuratively, and effective. The only downside I can see, so far, is their slow rate of response.
Here's Ghazi Hamad, the deputy foreign minister for #Hamas, making their objective clear. Spoiler: It is the annihilation of #israel

I just had a really enjoyable discussion with @Radetl. If you're interested in #Energy and/or #Lighting and/or #LightPollution, you should check out DLC: https://www.designlights.org/

And specifically LUNA requirements: https://www.designlights.org/our-work/luna/

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