Talking to ⁦Kirsten Gillibrand⁩ ⁦Chuck Schumer⁩ offices about the importance of Sleep Health, Telehealth and Permanent Standard Time #AASMAdvocacy American Academy of Sleep Medicine ⁦DitchDST⁩

Let there be light, but consider your body's rhythm! 💡⏰

Your circadian rhythm, your body's internal clock, is finely tuned to environmental cues, especially light.

LED lighting affects these rhythms, disrupting crucial body timing functions like melatonin production, and…

New Hampshire: Tell state senators NO on HB1075. Permanent DST is worse than clock change. Health and safety need permanent Standard Time! Find your #NHLeg senators here: pluralpolicy.com/find-your-legi… #DitchDST

I know it to be true, and I've witnessed it twice now, but I still can't get over the fact that the Moon is the *perfect* angular size for it to be able to juuust barely block out the photosphere of the Sun while keeping the chromosphere visible. Cosmic perfection.

Missouri house committee approves permanent DST without testimony or debate. Tell #MOLeg NO on HCS HB 1471/1607/1797, amend to permanent Standard Time! #DitchDST youtube.com/watch?v=NvZmdb…

🌙 DYK chronic insomnia costs the Canadian economy over $25 billion each year?

I was pleased to meet with the Canadian Sleep Society and Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc. at Parliament to address our sleep.

🇨🇦✨ Better sleep means a healthier and more productive Canada.

#SleepHealth #CanadianEconomy

🚨 #OKLeg SB 1200 permanent DST is now sponsored by Reps Steve Bashore, Brad Boles, Josh Cantrell, Scott Fetgatter, David Hardin, Brian Hill, Daniel Pae, Randy Randleman PhD, & Tammy Townley Tammy Pevehouse-Townley. 👉 Please amend to permanent Standard Time for safety and business!

Arizonans on a road trip through Texas:
• “The sun’s still up, but they call this 8pm?”
• “It’s Daylight Saving Time. We have to get dinner before dark, DST makes restaurants close early.”
#DitchDST #SaveStandardTime

In 1973, the U.S. voted to try out permanent Daylight Saving Time for a period of two years. When it was implemented, 79% of the public approved of the move.

By February, it only had 42% approval.

Congress listened and the initiative was repealed after less than a year.

Oklahoma house committee votes for permanent DST. Bill goes next to house floor. Tell your #OKLeg state reps NO on SB 1200’s 8:30–9am sunrises! Amend to Standard Time for health/safety! youtube.com/watch?v=FItFyK… #DitchDST

Great day in DC. Joined my amazing colleagues to advocate for healthy #sleep for all, #telehealth , access to safe therapies for sleep disorders and to #ditchDST Save Standard Time Start School Later, Inc. American Academy of Sleep Medicine AASM PAC

Senators Senator Matt Claman, Sen. Bill Wielechowski, Jesse Kiehl: Please support SB 184 to #DitchDST in Alaska for healthier sleep, thank you!

“President Biden Joe Biden is calling on NASA to create a Moon time standard—time ticks faster on the Moon relative to Earth.” NPR
Please also restore science-based time zones on Earth. Health and safety need permanent Standard Time, not Daylight Saving Time! npr.org/2024/04/09/124…

New Zealand magazine polls yes/no on permanent DST, fails to offer or even mention permanent Standard Time. One-click vote, no registration required. stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350232…

#AASMAdvocacy

New Hampshire: Tell Your Legislator to Oppose #HB1075 and #DitchDST

#NHPolitics votervoice.net/mobile/ditchDS…

Click 👉 votervoice.net/ditchDST/Campa… 👈 to tell your Oklahoma state reps NO to permanent DST’s forced early waking in unnatural darkness—amend to Standard Time for more sleep, health, and safety!

At mid-eclipse tomorrow, when the daylight sky turns dark, look for planets near the sun! Venus will be the brightest one. Jupiter will be 2nd-brightest. You might even see Mercury, Saturn and Mars. Read more at: earthsky.org/astronomy-esse…

📸 EarthSky.

New podcast episode out🎙️

Did you know that our eyes use light not only to make images of the world around us, but also to tell time?⏰

Robert Lucas explains how specialised cells in the retina do this in the third episode of #LightOClock

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Find your Missouri state legislators at 👉 pluralpolicy.com/find-your-legi… 👈 Tell them NO on HCS HB 1471/1607/1797, amend permanent Daylight Saving Time to permanent Standard Time! #DitchDST