House passes bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent | CNN Politics
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The US House voted Tuesday to pass a measure to enact year-round Daylight Saving Time across the country, springing Congress forward into an issue that has long stumped lawmakers and spurred impassioned pleas by parents, farmers and others with sharply divergent views.
  • kibiz0r@midwest.socialEnglish
    71·
    22 hours ago

    Republicans have to take the anti-science position on every single issue, don’t they?

    I hope this doesn’t pass the senate. It’s gonna damage the health and safety of millions of people, all for some kickbacks to the leisure industry.

    I know permanent standard time has no financial incentive for politicians, but it is the clear scientific answer for a permanent time.

    Edit: to say nothing of the ridiculousness of being permanently offset from the rest of the IANA time zones by an extra hour.

  • ☂️-@lemmy.ml
    21·
    1 day ago

    extremely rare burger reich win.

    i’d like having some daylight to myself after leaving work in the summer, tyvm. none of that sad shit of spending the entire beautiful day in the office.

    • ltxrtquq@lemmy.mlEnglish
      61·
      22 hours ago

      Indeed, by modeling light exposure, circadian impacts and health characteristics county by county, the researchers estimate that permanent standard time would prevent some 300,000 cases of stroke per year and result in 2.6 million fewer people having obesity. Permanent daylight saving time would achieve about two-thirds of the same effect.

      https://stanmed.stanford.edu/no-daylight-saving-time-healthier/

      I’d rather just get rid of it entirely. It’d also make more sense when looking at time zones.

      • ☂️-@lemmy.ml
        22·
        8 hours ago

        i’ll happily take all of the obesity over not seeing sunlight for most of the week