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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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? > >> > > > -- > ꙮ Mɥǝu ǝlǝdɥɐuʇs ɟᴉƃɥʇ' ʇɥǝ ƃɹɐss snɟɟǝɹs˙ ꙮ > > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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