Kautistic

Washington University doesn't build an athletic field partially due to light pollution issues, yet other people in the same metro area get to live in daylight and brighter than daylight conditions overnight.

Three in four motorists 'blinded' by dazzling headlights, AA says Ministers say the data doesn't suggest "advances in lighting technology" are making collisions more common, but they've ordered an independent investigation into the technology, which is expected to r...

Getting to point I hardly drive at night, especially never any distance, I just went a couple minutes down road earlier and kept getting blinded
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Tired calico momma feeds her babies. Kittens in order from left to right, black & white, grey, calico, grey tabby.

Been busy healing after 2 years of being tortured with light pollution and being told my life doesn't matter.

Now I've got kittens living on my porch and I'm able to sit outside before dawn and after dusk.

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #266,056, Kautistic ‪@letkatiedoit.bsky.social‬, joined on Jul 6, 2023"

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #266,056!

I am not good at any social media platform.

Thank you for clarifying.

The only reported car break in found preceding the lights was at 3pm, before service, during the day.

So, of course to them lights at night keep out intruders. 😵‍💫

This was the first couple of nights and they wouldn't turn them off either.

I used to SLEEP so hard and so good.

I looked forward to getting into bed every night and waking up to daylight.

Once I had to blackout at night, the work to uncover for sunlight...

The begging for help and being told I don't matter, and dismissed, and the money & time lost and/or spent fighting to SLEEP is just as traumatic and the sleep deprivation and inability to rest.

A few of my neighbors are parishioners and have complained as well and signed letters to demand more responsible lighting. They were ignored as well.

If the city says, no maximum for lighting so no violations the church gets to say there's nothing wrong with the lights.

Maybe you don't consciously remember it now. But your nervous system does. The cells of your body do. Parts of your psyche do. They are not "overreacting"-- they are reacting proportionally to something they, you, absolutely did experience.

Make validation your default setting.

Did that too. They blamed the street light.

Had others call and email the Archdiocese. They were ignored as well.

No. it's not justified to punish neighbors with constant over night lighting for something that happens during daylight hours.

The people around still have to exist.

A car break in during evening liturgy. Evening liturgy ends on Saturday around 5pm.

The City has a minimum and enforced it on a parking lot.

Even signage is on from dusk to dawn when ordinances say light at a minimum and off between 12a-6a.

Did that, provided the letters signed by residents as well. They already surveyed other residents who also complained.

Note that he wasn't pursuing repose, health or safety, but the higher burden of proof.

I'd already been hospitalized for issues related to sleep deprivation.

I used blackout blinds both vertically and horizontally, as well as curtains. Foiled over my porch door, as well as install blackout shades on 4 other windows.

Sealing and unsealing my apartment every day before dusk and after dawn. In the winter I just foiled over my front windows.

I did that first, 2 years ago, in person, phone calls, emails to the church, neighbors emailing & calling, signing letters for more responsible lighting... nothing.. just ignored.

I've contacted many over the past 2 years and all told me no.

City won't issue violations.

No, that's a we're not going to help you letter from the city attorney's office.

Mr. @kenwhite.bsky.social sir, would you be able to point me to someone who can help me? How does sleep deprivation from excessive lighting not meet any of these nuisance standards? There are no violations because the lights exceed the city minimum standard.

I moved almost 4 months ago and I'm doing better.

I'm no longer suicidal, but what haunts me are all the government officials that told my life didn't matter.

Being suicidal from sleep deprivation & hospitalized with a psychotic break & being disabled by the lights weren't enough.

a puzzled cat being told he is an enemy of the daleks

hello anxiety my friend sounds like it works

WHO FEELS LIKE DONATING TONIGHT?

He's not going to get window time or string time either tomorrow!

The other cats don't know about his string toy.

A big tuxedo grey kitty looks out a window lying on top of a big cushion topped with a pillow.

The cats have been pretty chill about the chaos of packing.

Beatrice lays in his spot, unbothered.

A priority was finding my sister a comfortable chair to rest in at the end of the day.

I was like, want to try this furniture store?

We found a Lane recliner she really liked that also happened to be on clearance.Liked enough to almost fall asleep in it in the store and bought it.