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Happy Holidays friends! It's our annual Holiday Potluck show! This is the show where guests return to discuss their favorite stories of 2025! 

We welcome back to the show:

• John Barentine, Dark Sky Consulting
• Yana Yakushina, Lawyer
• Dr. Mario Motta (absentia)
• Michael Calhoun
• Steve Mariconda
• Patrick Sommer

 Article List: 

1. Citizen science illuminates the nature of city lights, Nature Cities.
2. Personal night light exposure predicts incidence of cardiovascular diseases in >88,000 individuals, Jama Network.
3. Light Pollution as Antichrist, Columba Silva, The Imaginative Conservative.
4. Federation Chamber | 24/11/2025, Australian Parliament House Streaming Portal.
5. Lincoln City Hopes to Become First on Oregon Coast Designated Dark Sky Community, Oregon Coast Beach Connection.
6. Adirondack residents work to preserve dark skies, Holly Riddle, Adirondack Explorer.
7. Hopewell Neighbors Work Together for Darker Skies, Carolyn Jones, Mercer Me.
8. Dark Sky Week deemed dangerous, fails in North Dakota Senate, Jeff Beach, North Dakota Monitor.

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