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Brad Dougherty retweeted
By and large, those that dislike Standard Time simply dislike wintertime and the simple fact that daylight is less.
Brad Dougherty retweeted
“I want DST so I have more time to do things in the evening like exercise.”
Actually when this was studied using Arizona and surrounding states which go on daylight saving time (AZ does not) they found that it just shifted the activity later in the evening, but did not increase the amount of activity
nature.com/articles/s44360-0…
Brad Dougherty retweeted
🚨🚨🚨🚨Today the U.S. House passed the Sunshine Protection Act, advancing legislation that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent nationwide.
This is the biggest legislative step this issue has taken in years but it is not law.
The bill now moves to the U.S. Senate, where there is still an opportunity for it to be debated, amended, or rejected. If you care about health and circadian biology, this is the time to speak up.
The scientific case against permanent DST has become increasingly strong:
• Morning light is the most powerful signal for synchronizing the human circadian clock.
• Permanent DST delays sunrise for much of the year, especially in winter, reducing exposure to morning light when our brains need it most.
• Later sunrises are associated with chronic circadian misalignment, sleep loss, poorer mood, reduced alertness, and increased cardiometabolic risk.
• Studies comparing western versus eastern portions of time zones consistently show worse health outcomes where people experience later sunrises despite sharing the same clock time.
• The American Academy of Sleep Medicine and numerous sleep and circadian experts recommend permanent Standard Time, not permanent DST, as the option that best aligns with human biology.
The argument for permanent DST is largely one of convenience and preference for lighter evenings. The argument for permanent Standard Time is one of physiology and public health.
If you believe our laws should reflect the best available scientific evidence, now is the time to respectfully contact your U.S. Senators. Tell them that while ending the twice-yearly clock changes is a worthy goal, permanent Daylight Saving Time is not the healthiest solution. Ask them instead to support permanent Standard Time, which preserves the morning light our circadian system depends on.
Please REPOST this. The Senate has not yet voted, and informed voices can still make a difference.
@LeaderJohnThune is the Senate majority leader that will determine when this legislation comes to the Senate for debate. He should know how you feel.
Brad Dougherty retweeted
This German fan came to the USA for the World Cup and has quickly become my favorite account to follow by simply posting his every stop across the country.
He’s roadtripping through the south from town to town absolutely loving life.
The perfect timeline cleanse.
Brad Dougherty retweeted
The French Air Force aerobatic team, Patrouille de France, conducted a major flyover in New York City (coming from near West Point) this morning, as part of their “Liberté 250” tour celebrating American independence. 🇫🇷 🇺🇸
Brad Dougherty retweeted
The French Air Force flew over West Point in celebration of America’s 250th birthday! 🇺🇸
Brad Dougherty retweeted
Permanent Daylight Saving Time sounds nice until winter shows up.
Across much of America, that means kids waiting for buses in the dark, people commuting in the dark, and millions starting their day before sunrise for weeks.
Your body needs morning light to regulate sleep, mood, alertness, and health.
We already tried year-round DST in 1974. People hated the dark winter mornings.
Extra evening daylight is nice.
But forcing the whole country to wake up in the dark all winter? That’s not healthy.
Be careful what you ask for
🤖 Made with AI
Brad Dougherty retweeted
A little DST history lesson:
We experimented with year-round Daylight Saving Time (DST) as a response to the 1973 oil crisis, with the change taking effect on January 6, 1974.
The goal was to conserve energy by extending daylight into the evening hours.
This shift resulted in significantly darker mornings during the winter months, particularly affecting schoolchildren who had to commute to school before sunrise.
In Florida, eight schoolchildren were killed in predawn car accidents shortly after the policy began.
The prolonged morning darkness was linked to incidents like a 6-year-old girl in Virginia, being struck by a car and breaking her leg & two students in Maryland, being injured in February.
Which is why permanent DST was abandoned not even a year after its implementation.
Brad Dougherty retweeted
🚨 US House Energy/Commerce Committee today amended the Sunshine Protection Act into the Motor Vehicle Modernization Act. If approved by Congress, it would mandate permanent Daylight Saving Time in all states that don’t self-exempt in advance, with no option for exemption after taking effect. 🧐 Permanent DST is a mandate to start work/school an hour earlier than Standard Time in unnatural darkness all winter. It would put sunrise in most states past 8am for 3+ months, and past 8:45am for 1+ weeks. It chronically deprives sleep, decreases productivity (by 5%), and increases illnesses and accidents (by 20%). It was last implemented in the US in 1974 and repealed the same year following deaths and disruptions to commerce. 👉 Tell your US House reps asap to amend MVMA (H.R.7389) to remove SPA (H.R.139) or to reword for nationwide restoration of permanent Standard Time with a clearer option for the minority of states to choose unhealthy/unsafe permanent DST by advancement of their own time zones if so strongly desired (though why DST proponents don’t simply start their own days an hour early remains boggling).
ALT Maps and photos of each ContUS time zone showing winter mornings on permanent Standard Time versus permanent Daylight Saving Time, plus map of current time zones, diagram explaining difference in the two clocks, assortment of historical news articles from US’s last experiment in pDST, and pie chart of recent polling.
Brad Dougherty retweeted
It’s imperative that we revert to STANDARD, not Daylight time, for two reasons, one of which you may have never considered.
You know the first: solar noon is closest to 12 o’clock all year. That means an equal number of hours before and after noon each day.
This also means earlier sunrises which are significantly better for establishing a healthy circadian rhythm.
The second reason is that nearly ONE THIRD of US counties are in the wrong timezone.
A significant swath of the country isn’t only an artificial hour ahead because of daylight time… but TWO HOURS ahead of true solar time.
Year-round daylight time, especially without recalibrating time zones, would establish this error permanently, affecting millions of Americans.
We should be letting the Sun dictate the day the way God made it. Arbitrary, artificial tampering would be worse for us all.
Fix the time zones and affix standard time.
Brad Dougherty retweeted
its official: everyone forgot how to make good cars
every new car out there looks more or less the same, interior full of screens that are horrible to use, and touch steering wheel controls should be criminalized
these screens make the driving experience at night almost unbearable, you can put all brightness down and its still too much (at least this is the case on my q5)
i want a car with exactly one screen that i can turn off to use carplay and that's it
what is wrong with good old dials and buttons
Brad Dougherty retweeted
Good morning, world! 🌎
We have spectacular new high-resolution images of our home planet, all of us looking back through the Orion capsule window at our Artemis II astronauts as they continue their journey to the Moon.
ALT One-third of Earth peeking through the window of the Orion capsule. The planet is a dreamy pale blue, swirling with white clouds and reflected sunlight. Although Earth only fills a fraction of the image it is the brightest object in the image by far. The capsule window is surrounded by a thick frame held in place with bolts, reminiscent of a heavy duty airplane window. It is dark in the capsule, but the outlines of straps and various components of the capsule are visible. Brighter white components are visible in the upper right corner. Credit: NASA/Reid Weisman