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LED lights are meant to save energy. They’re creating glaring problems

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LED lights are meant to save energy. They’re creating glaring problems

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Cities are swapping traditional light bulbs for more energy-efficient brighter LEDs. The rise of these blue LEDs are creating problems for our night sky and our health.
  • Cloudless ☼
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    5•2 years ago

    Why did you use a redirection link instead of the original link?

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2023/glaring-problem-how-led-lights-worsen-light-pollution

    Are you trying to track user interaction?

    • @[email protected]
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      13•2 years ago

      It’s just a shortened link, probably copied it for mobile.

      • Cloudless ☼
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        1•2 years ago

        But what’s the point of shortening it? I want to see the source before clicking on a link.

        • @[email protected]
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          29•2 years ago

          He likely wasn’t responsible for shortening it, Washington post did it automatically when sharing the article. Everything does this nowadays Google maps adds trackers to the url when sharing as well. I agree it’s annoying but not many good ways around it.

          • Cloudless ☼
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            3•2 years ago

            That makes sense. Thanks!

          • @[email protected]
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            4•2 years ago

            especially on mobile. On desktop, where you have a keyboard and mouse, and even tools like browser extensions or whatever it’s definitely easier.

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      deleted by creator

      • @[email protected]
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        2•2 years ago

        it says the gift article is expired for some reason

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          deleted by creator

          • @[email protected]
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            thanks!

      • Cloudless ☼
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        I’ve tried the direct link and it is not behind he paywall.

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