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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAaron Rupar: Did standard time donate a million bucks to Trump's inauguration or what's going on here?
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3ld7obl2ht22rDeuxcents
(20,130 posts)But is sure his way is the best way whether we like it or not.
dalton99a
(84,881 posts)anciano
(1,601 posts)of the old Chiffon margarine commercial: "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature".
Mossfern
(3,249 posts)It messes with their feeding schedule.
Quiet Em
(1,184 posts)and eliminate Standard time.
This issue gets brought up every year, and while most people want to pick one time and stick with it, nobody can agree on whether it should be Standard time or Daylight Savings time. Daylight in the morning, daylight in the evening, this will be argued til the end of time, lol.
Wiz Imp
(2,430 posts)More Americans prefer daylight saving time to standard time - CBS News poll
Also:
A May 2024 YouGov poll found 58% of Democrats and 63% of Republicans support making daylight saving time permanent. Of those who supported locking the clocks in a 2022 Monmouth University poll, 44% preferred permanent daylight saving time (the time we observe from March to November).
BigmanPigman
(52,356 posts)Time to function at me best. Everyone I know prefers this, too.
Wiz Imp
(2,430 posts)I can at least see their argument. However, Trump's claim that DST is "Very costly to our nation" has absolutely no evidence to support it that I can find. In fact, DST was first implemented to save energy costs which I'm sure it still does.
Oh Trump also calls DST inconvenient. The only thing inconvenient about it is switching back and forth. I don't see how full time DST would be any more inconvenient than full time standard time.
CrispyQ
(38,584 posts)Maybe those of us who prefer DST over ST have adapted to fit corporate culture & if corporations would be more willing to accommodate human schedules we'd be happy with ST. When you work till five & get home at six & done with supper by seven, no wonder we want some daylight at the end of the day. At the beginning of the day all we're doing is getting ready for work.
An interesting article on the American workweek. Better than it used to be but could still use improvement.
https://www.timesizing.com/history-of-the-american-workweek/
Wiz Imp
(2,430 posts)While that "extra" hour of sunlight in the evenings can be exhilarating, it comes with significant health trade-offs.
Researchers are discovering that "springing ahead" each March is connected with serious negative health effects, including an uptick in heart attacks and teen sleep deprivation. In contrast, the fall transition back to standard time is not associated with these health effects,
Morning light is essential for helping to set the body's natural rhythms: It wakes us up and improves alertness. Morning light also boosts mood light boxes simulating natural light are prescribed for morning use to treat seasonal affective disorder.
Although the exact reasons why light activates us and benefits our mood are not yet known, this may be due to light's effects on increasing levels of cortisol, a hormone that modulates the stress response, or the effect of light on the amygdala, a part of the brain involved in emotions.
The biggest advantage of daylight saving time is that it provides an extra hour of light in the late afternoon or evening, depending on time of year, for sports, shopping or eating outside. However, exposure to light later into the evening for almost eight months during daylight saving time comes at a price. This extended evening light delays the brain's release of melatonin, the hormone that promotes drowsiness, which in turn interferes with sleep and causes us to sleep less overall.
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https://www.bmj.com/content/387/bmj.q2335.full
Daylight saving time harms health and increases inequalities
Daylight saving time, a seasonal hour shift in clock time, is a legislative policy followed by about 70 countries. In the spring clocks are set an hour later for daylight saving time and in the autumn they return to standard time, which more closely aligns to the sun being overhead at noon. Daylight saving time is harmful to sleep and health and disproportionately affects vulnerable populations. This practice should therefore be scrapped to try to reduce sleep disturbances and other health inequities.
In recent years, greater scientific clarity has emerged regarding the public health harms of the biannual switching of the clocks, but people are split on whether to end clock change with permanent daylight saving time or permanent standard time. Some business leaders argue that evening light promotes economic activity so therefore argue in favour of permanent daylight saving time. They have used the harms of switching twice yearly and the promise of increased evening exercise to promote permanent daylight saving time as the healthy choice. The medical and scientific community, including the British Sleep Society, who issued a position statement on daylight saving time, support permanent standard time and advocate against permanent daylight saving time.
Later sunrises and sunsets during daylight saving time are associated with increased rates of cancer, obesity, heart attacks, diabetes, suicide, and motor vehicle incidents, disproportionately affecting minoritised populations. Meanwhile, evidence to suggest that physical activity increases during daylight saving time is conflicting and non-definitive. Further, the biannual switching between daylight saving time and standard time can disrupt the circadian clock, which affects sleep patterns. This disruption leads to shorter sleep duration, particularly in the spring, and subsequent adverse health outcomes, including cardiovascular morbidity.
Circadian rhythms regulate sleep/wake timings and key body functions including growth, metabolism, repair, and digestion. Light, particularly in the morning, keeps us aligned with the 24 hour day. Without enough morning light or with excess evening light, most peoples body clocks do not adequately resynchronise, leading to misalignment with the external environment and poor sleep quality and quantity.
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kentuck
(112,957 posts)Trump is a politician, contrary to all claims otherwise. A small bit here and a small bit there, and before you know it, he has a majority. That is all that he wants.
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