Call it yin and yang or cause and effect.  The balance is crucial and out of whack in 2023.

Received from darksky—

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Dark skies, light pollution, and
Darksky in the press around the world.

Light Pollution and Noise Pollution Pose ‘Neglected’ Health Hazards, Experts Warn

The Science and Technology Committee of the House of Lords of the UK has published a new report that highlights harmful health impacts from artificial light pollution and noise pollution. It recommends increased research and policies for these “neglected pollutants” that lack regulation and have impacts that are not well understood.

Read more from EcoWatch

Light pollution is fixable. Can researchers and policymakers work together to dim the lights?

Huge swaths of the Earth at night are awash in light—from car headlights to street lamps to office buildings. All those lights are more than just a drain on energy resources. They disrupt the nocturnal behaviors of insects, birds, reptiles, and mammals, as well as the circadian rhythms of daytime species, including humans.

Read more from PNAS

Light pollution raises human health concerns

Light pollution is increasingly brightening night skies, raising concerns about possible mental and physical health issues caused by disrupted sleep patterns and altered circadian rhythms.

Read more from Axios

Astronomy fans gather in
Heellu Plateau to explore deep space

Read more from Haber 20 Denizli

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Balance is necessary for life and currently many people are indoctrinated into a yang obsession.  Yang is an honest concept balanced with yin.  Either alone causes stagnation or chaos and turpitude.  Too overlook the feminine as out of kilter with life is a modern-day oddity that doesn’t support life.  —  https://mailchi.mp/democracynow/20180813-745655?e=1aa87a4d5a  —

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/8/1/remembering_sinead_oconnor  —

In an in-depth interview, we look at the life and legacy of the groundbreaking musician Sinéad O’Connor, who converted to Islam and also started using the name Shuhada’ Sadaqat in 2018. O’Connor died last week at the age of 56 and was known for her music as much as for her outspoken activism. In 1992, she performed Bob Marley’s “War” on Saturday Night Live, then proceeded to rip up a photo of Pope John Paul II on live TV to protest systemic child abuse in the Catholic Church, of which she was a survivor. The move provoked widespread uproar. O’Connor was also an ally to LGBTQ communities, an opponent of police brutality on some of her earliest records, a staunch supporter of Palestinian rights, and marched for abortion rights decades before it was legalized in Ireland. We are joined by Jamie Manson, president of advocacy group Catholics for Choice, and Allyson McCabe, music journalist and author of the recent book Why Sinéad O’Connor Matters.–end of democracynow info–

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/8/1/why_sinead_oconnor_matters_she_fought  – Part 2 of our extended interview about groundbreaking Irish musician and activist Sinéad O’Connor looks in more detail at her life and legacy after her tragic death at the age of 56. Known for ripping up a photo of Pope John Paul II on live TV to protest systemic child abuse in the Catholic Church, O’Connor was also an ally to LGBTQ communities, an opponent of police brutality on some of her earliest records, a staunch supporter of Palestinian rights, and marched for abortion rights decades before it was legalized in Ireland. We are joined by Jamie Manson, president of advocacy group Catholics for Choice, and Allyson McCabe, music journalist and author of the recent book Why Sinéad O’Connor Matters.

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When balance is off, energy is drained from yin into yang or visa versa.  Currently we watch good people in danger from this unbalance.

Another reason I love NYS.  Real men aren’t afraid of yin.  —  https://www.wbng.com/2023/08/01/johnson-city-reimagine-ej-theme-park-into-workers-park/  —

“It’s an underutilized green space that we have here in the village, so our vision is to redesign the park and make it a quiet space,” said Meaney.–end of wbng info—
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As one who would be perfectly contented to retain the Senate if they adhered to Oaths of Office more than to Citizens United campaign donations, one is interested in a topic raised as to the reason we maintain the US Senate——–

 This is a reminder of how much we don’t know.  This brings one around to Howie Hawkins, who continues to impress with original thought.  We also could acknowledge Hawkins often speaks to censored information.
One such topic about which one would never have even considered, is whether the USA needs The Senate.  Apparently The Senate is little other than expensive window dressing, promoting hierarchical interests, and too often placed in positions of power by big-money via Citizens United.  But the public gets to fund this curiosity of pompous supremacy.  Who knew?
The Democratic Branch of the Republican/Democratic Duopoly are especially functional in voter suppression—–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNbdkuU1edw          —#GreenSocialist Notes #76
Howie Hawkins brings up the concept of whether the USA needs the Senate.  Apparently according to some people, the Senate isn’t necessary.  This brings up the blockage from the Senate of many bills that would benefit We The People.  Combined with Citizens United that promotes big-money interest choice of Senators, in which laws are passed that benefit big-money interest rather than We The People, and that We The People support economically, the members of the Senate, this seems a good topic for discussion.
The US Constitution doesn’t seem to sanction elections run by political Parties, and to permit control of political debates by political Parties seems equally corrupt.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ7kn2-GEmM       —

Ross Perot in 1992 on NAFTA and the “Giant Sucking Sound”

Centralization is the lifeblood of the R&D duopoly.  It’s the way to enforce capitalism onto workers in 2022.———————–We can do better———-

That “we are a 2-Party system” is a fabrication of the Republican/Democratic duopoly and spread by MSM.  In FACT the majority of voters aren’t either registered Democratic or Republican.  The censorship about this info must be envied by bureaucrats of the Former USSR and their simplistic style of 1-Party elections.  

Regardless of which character sits in the Oval Office, We The People have work to do to maintain principles of our democratic (small d) Constitutional republic.  Several items to challenge—*We need the integrity of ranked-choice voting so voters won’t feel compelled to “hold your nose and vote”*Censored debates must be stopped.  The Democratic/Republican duopoly pretends to legitimate debates in what is nothing other than another campaign show.  Independent debates run by uninterested sponsors such as The League of Women Voters, must be restored.  (Access www.debates.org to understand the extent of duopoly control).  The so-called Debate Commission is a corporation to promote the Democratic corporation and Republican corporation, not to inform We The People*Challenge and stop gerrymandering that is a trick especially of the Republican branch of the duopoly.*Stop voter suppression by political Parties, and especially confront and stop Party suppression, which is the over-arching approach to voter suppression.  Party suppression seems to have been the responsibility of the Democratic corporation*Promote by law ranked-choice voting, so we won’t be told again, by D&R duopoly, to “hold your nose and vote”
If these issues are handled, our next elections can be honorable. 
*******************************************************************https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx—-Political Party affiliation of voters.
    https://www.lwv.org/newsroom/press-releases/league-refuses-help-perpetrate-fraud–LEAGUE REFUSES TO “HELP PERPETRATE A FRAUD”