[FRIAM] Obligatory (and gratuitous?) screed about time changes.

[glen]

Honestly, I just don't get why it's such a big deal. Sure, it's obsolete. And maybe it kills a few people, raises cortisol, etc. But there are so many other things that affect our (sleep) cycles soooooo much more, like obesity, alcoholism, wage slavery, TikTok fomo, ... on and on. Passing such a law feels like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Or maybe complaining about how a reporter discussing Putin mispronounces "nukular" ... an odd thing to complain about while the ICBM heads your way.


On 11/4/22 15:17, Steve Smith wrote:
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> On 11/4/22 4:14 PM, Gillian Densmore wrote:
>> Didn't the sunshine act already pass? but yes I agree I despise the clock change bull sh**** It takes effect next year unless Turtle neck had his usual tantrum.
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>  From the linked article:
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>     /Earlier this year, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed bipartisan legislation to abolish clock changes and make daylight saving time permanent, beginning in 2023. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, introduced////the Sunshine Protection Act <https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/623>//, and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, was among the co-sponsors./
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>     /"Glad the Senate has passed the Sunshine Protection Act so Oregonians aren’t springing back & forth each year in a silly exercise that hurts everybody’s health & our economy," Wyden tweeted March 15. "Time now for the House to act."/
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>     /In June 2022, the U.S. House failed to pass the bill, which is now stalled and scheduled to expire in December./
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>     /Let the debate resume in March 2023./
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>> On Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 4:10 PM Steve Smith <sasmyth at swcp.com> wrote:
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>>     as we all know I'm no fan of semi-annual clock changes... and I thought the Sunshine Act <https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/623>would put an end to that nonsense even if did fall on the "wrong side" with a year-round DST timesqew.   Looks like it is going to fail despite bipartisan support in the Senate (unsurprising that Florida, closest to the equator, effected least, would be the one to sponsor/promote it?)...
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>>     Oregon (in coordination with CA/WA) have tried to take things into their own hands independent of the rest of the country?
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>>         https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2022/11/03/oregon-daylight-saving-time-november-march/69613463007/
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>>     I suppose I could live with the sqew and just change the idioms from 12 noon and 12 midnight to 11 noon and 11 midnight and call it a day/year/life.   Seems like it would just make more sense to sqew the 8-5 (or 9-4) for bankers) an hour earlier instead, but what is the point of having a state/federal/global government if it isn't going to decide for you how we index time?
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