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  1. "The US tried year-round daylight saving time in 1973. Here’s what happened"

    "The Sunshine Protection Act, which the House approved by a bipartisan vote of 308–117 Tuesday, would implement year-round daylight saving time nationwide"

    #DaylightSavingTime

    independent.co.uk/news/world/a

  2. Reality: 'Noon' is when the sun as at the center of the horizon.

    The US: No it isn't.

    #DaylightSavingTime #DST

  3. 😆 Oh, look! The US House of Representatives bravely tackles the *crucial* issue of daylight saving time ⏰—because heaven forbid we lose an hour of sleep once a year! Meanwhile, the world is on fire, but hey, at least we'll be *permanently* confused about what time it is. 🔥
    bbc.com/news/articles/cz9l9ven #daylightsavingtime #USHouseofRepresentatives #timeconfusion #politicalhumor #currentevents #HackerNews #ngated

  4. Trump Personally Lobbies Republicans to Support Permanent Daylight Saving Time

    📰 Original title: Trump harangues GOP lawmakers as unlikely issue becomes top priority: report

    🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
    👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️

    View full AI summary en.killbait.com/trump-personal

    #politics #daylightsavingtime #donaldtrump #congress

  5. U.S. House Committee Advances Bill to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent

    📰 Original title: Is America Closer to Ending Daylight Saving Time?

    🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
    👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅

    View full AI summary en.killbait.com/u-s-house-comm

    #politics #daylightsavingtime #sunshineprotectionact #uscongress

  6. #OTD 1916: #AustriaHungary and the German Empire were the first countries in the world to introduce #DaylightSavingTime to increase the number of hours of usable daylight.

    Unfortunately, the agenda item was destroyed by fire—but it is recorded, and resourceful individuals might be able to find a Ministervortrag on the subject in the Kabinettskanzlei...

    mrp.oeaw.ac.at/pages/show.html

    #histodon #histodons #histodonsDE
    #history #HabsburgMonarchy #CouncilofMinisters
    #EconomicHistory #WorldWarI #WWI

  7. Funny thing I noticed paying my Federal taxes today: They don't seem to understand that Hawaii doesn't observe Daylight Saving Time. The confirmation page showed a time an hour in the future ("04-15-2026 06:41 A.M. Hawaiian Time (UTC -10:00)"), as if we had sprung forward. We didn't.

    Even now it's only 6:15 AM.

    #taxes #DaylightSavingTime #Hawaii #SoftwareBug

  8. Me: So #tired! 🫩

    Them: Poor guy, #DaylightSavingTime is taking its toll. Take care. 🤗

    Me: Ummm. Yes. Daylight saving time. That must be it. I was definitely not playing #20thCenturyFoodCourt until 3 am. Oh, no. 🫣

    #LastCallBBS #gamingonlinux

  9. Oh no. They adapted way faster than me. Now it feels like getting up at 4:30 am and having dinner at 4:30 pm. This is not my time zone.
    #daylightsavingtime

  10. If you dislike/hate the clock changes twice a year, then here's an explanation that you're right to, from a bonafide mathematics professor no less!

    youtube.com/shorts/Ob6TqiEKlDQ

    #DaylightSavingTime #ClocksChange