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   myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 03:45:25 JST myrmepropagandist

   I hate daylight savings time changes so much. (I have to say “daylight savings time changes” rather than just “I hate daylight savings” because some smarty pants will always insist that one half of the year is “daylight savings” and the other has some other name but really who cares?) The problem isn’t what time it is! The problem is CHANGING it twice a year for no good reason. I always feel sick for two weeks after each change. It’s cruel. No one can justify the suffering.

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     Log 🪵 (log@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 03:45:23 JST Log 🪵

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     @futurebird I propose one, and only one, more civil time change, to mean Julian day, expressed to five decimal places, synchronized to TAI. If all of China can be on Beijing time, the whole world can as easily be on 0°E/W time.

     No more adding or subtracting from server logs to see when something happened in local time. No more zone files. No more being on the wrong time because the local politicians want to be on the same time as the capital.

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     Chris Ely (tcely@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 15:56:55 JST Chris Ely

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     • Thor bites ʕ•̀ᴥ•́ʔ
     • Save Standard Time

     > The Uniform Time Act, which was passed in 1966, says that states can enact permanent standard time but not permanent daylight saving time.

     > Doctors and scientists argue that standard time is actually better for our health. Our internal clock is better aligned with getting light in the morning, which, in turn, sets us up for better sleep cycles.

     https://www.npr.org/2023/11/02/1210212060/daylight-saving-time-states-2023

     Join @SaveStandard to help keep permanent DST from being allowed.

     https://savestandardtime.com/

     @thorbites
     @futurebird

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     Thor bites ʕ•̀ᴥ•́ʔ (thorbites@ohai.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 15:57:05 JST Thor bites ʕ•̀ᴥ•́ʔ

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     @futurebird A neighbor who grew up in Arizona on permanent Standard Time really liked it. If Arizona can do it, so can the rest of us. Hawaii is also free of the tyranny of DST. Oh, to have one year of no time change, no lost sleep, no confusion...

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