> already got rid of the stars

Coincidentally, there was an episode about this yesterday on NPR's Shortwave:

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1089593627

Apparently, despite having a population of 140,000, Flagstaff, Arizona has decided to become a "dark sky city" and succeeded well enough that you can see the Milky Way from downtown. And there are people working to preserve areas that are currently dark and reclaim night sky darkness in other areas.

2024: You're having dinner after a long day, winding down. An unexpected red flash comes from the window, an explosion? No, the blast never came, and now there's more red flashes, as if coming from the sky, oh please let this not be a meteor! You get to the window, and cautiously look up...

TURNING RED 3

COMING TO DISNEY++

THIS SPRING

SCAN THIS TO BUY

LIMITED STREAMS AVAILABLE

I'm more worried about this with smart glasses. Hopefully we don't get personalized, dynamic, moving ads covering everything or everywhere.

Way to make my thoughts turn to darker things again! I was just enjoying the prank aspect of it, but you pulled me back into reality. While a small part of me feels like drone displays in the sky would be awesome, it would of course be awful in practice (after the novelty wears off).

My city has already started installing high powered parking-lot style LED streetlights all over the city. IMO the battle is already lost.

It's legitimately heartbreaking.

I'm not too worried, at least where I live. Light pollution has become a talking point in the EU.

It's not entirely clear to me that this was legal in the first place - surely there are light pollution laws in Dallas? And also 'disturbing the peace' laws, etc. I wonder if there are any chance of legal consequences for stunts like this.