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

[Gillian Densmore]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Protection_Act#:~:text=The%20bill%20received%20bipartisan%20support,consent%20on%20March%2015%2C%202022.
steeeve
It's a BFD to me because of GP. mucking about with the clock a ruining
winter is dumb.

On Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 4:26 PM glen <gepropella at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >  From the linked article:
> >
> >     /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./
> >
> >     /"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."/
> >
> >     /In June 2022, the U.S. House failed to pass the bill, which is now
> stalled and scheduled to expire in December./
> >
> >     /Let the debate resume in March 2023./
> >
> >>
> >> On Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 4:10 PM Steve Smith <sasmyth at swcp.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>     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?)...
> >>
> >>     Oregon (in coordination with CA/WA) have tried to take things into
> their own hands independent of the rest of the country?
> >>
> >>
> https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2022/11/03/oregon-daylight-saving-time-november-march/69613463007/
> >>
> >>
> >>     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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