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Most of Texas isn't even supposed to be in the central time zone, let alone the eastern time zone (the effect of DST for nearly eight months of the year). Check out this great graphic from @SaveStandard. Let's #DitchTheSwitchTX for health and prosperity!
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Texans who live outside the El Paso area: What time should your clocks reflect?
Texans who live outside the El Paso area: What time should your clocks reflect?
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Historically, residents of the western part of Texas—outside the El Paso area—have wanted to be in the same time zone as the state's largest cities to the east.
Assuming that is still the case, to the natural time in which city should most of Texas's clocks be aligned?
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About 36 hours left in the poll.
👇 Poll
Historically, residents of the western part of Texas—outside the El Paso area—have wanted to be in the same time zone as the state's largest cities to the east.
Assuming that is still the case, to the natural time in which city should most of Texas's clocks be aligned?
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Ditch the Switch Texas retweeted
@SenTedCruz @SenMarkey So, @SenMarkey supports this act, which supports AM radio broadcasters, who are hurt by and against daylight-saving time (particularly in fall and winter), for which he is a big proponent.
Please enlighten your fellow senator, @SenTedCruz. DST is bad for Texas and the nation.
Please enlighten your fellow senator, @SenTedCruz. DST is bad for Texas and the nation.
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👇 Poll
Historically, residents of the western part of Texas—outside the El Paso area—have wanted to be in the same time zone as the state's largest cities to the east.
Assuming that is still the case, to the natural time in which city should most of Texas's clocks be aligned?
Historically, residents of the western part of Texas—outside the El Paso area—have wanted to be in the same time zone as the state's largest cities to the east.
Assuming that is still the case, to the natural time in which city should most of Texas's clocks be aligned?
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For parts of Texas, we finally have sunset around bedtime for our children after a month of them having returned to school.
Unfortunately, we still have another six weeks of waking-time darkness.
All thanks to the disaster that is daylight-saving time.
#DitchTheSwitchTX
Unfortunately, we still have another six weeks of waking-time darkness.
All thanks to the disaster that is daylight-saving time.
#DitchTheSwitchTX
School year begins in Texas under daylight-saving time:
We wake our kids with the sun down and put them to bed with the sun up. Insanity.
If we were instead on standard time:
Kids rise for school after sunup and go to bed after sundown. Perfection.
#DitchTheSwitchTX
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Ditch the Switch Texas retweeted
On this day in 1974: Texas congressmen agree with the Senate that permanent Daylight Saving Time must be repealed.
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School year begins in Texas under daylight-saving time:
We wake our kids with the sun down and put them to bed with the sun up. Insanity.
If we were instead on standard time:
Kids rise for school after sunup and go to bed after sundown. Perfection.
#DitchTheSwitchTX
We wake our kids with the sun down and put them to bed with the sun up. Insanity.
If we were instead on standard time:
Kids rise for school after sunup and go to bed after sundown. Perfection.
#DitchTheSwitchTX
It's early spring and a month into the nonsense that is daylight-saving time. So, we're getting our young children up in the dark and putting them to bed in the light—just as we will in late summer—all thanks to DST. They deserve better. DST has no place here. #DitchTheSwitchTX
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Ditch the Switch Texas retweeted
“The House chose golfers over kids… Permanent DST would misalign circadian rhythms, crucial for sleep, mood, and safety, particularly for children…”
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It's early spring and a month into the nonsense that is daylight-saving time. So, we're getting our young children up in the dark and putting them to bed in the light—just as we will in late summer—all thanks to DST. They deserve better. DST has no place here. #DitchTheSwitchTX
Nothing like putting your kids to bed when it's light out and trying to rouse them for school in the morning when it's dark. Thanks, DST! We need to end this backward, nonsensical practice, moving to permanent standard time for the sake of our children. Let's #DitchTheSwitchTX!
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Ditch the Switch Texas retweeted
@BrozWx Yes, much of Texas and Oklahoma would be as illustrated, halfway between central and mountain time. x.com/DitchSwitchTX/…
While the idea of a new time zone on the half hour may seem radical, such zones already exist elsewhere. The truly radical idea is that most Texans now live under a UTC-05:00 clock, fully 1½ hours away from reality, waking kids in the dark and putting them to bed in the light.
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Ditch the Switch Texas retweeted
Everyone thinks daylight saving time was created for farmers.
Farmers actually hated it. Cows follow the sun, not the clock.
The real origin is a WWI wartime fuel policy that Congress repealed — and that somehow became permanent anyway.
Full story worth reading with your kids: buff.ly/TN9HkaX
Farmers actually hated it. Cows follow the sun, not the clock.
The real origin is a WWI wartime fuel policy that Congress repealed — and that somehow became permanent anyway.
Full story worth reading with your kids: buff.ly/TN9HkaX
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Ditch the Switch Texas retweeted
Daylight Saving Time harms your sleep and health. Here's how. #DitchDST #DST #Sleep #Health
@SaveStandard @DitchDst @foundmyfitness @hubermanlab @DrJackKruse
@SaveStandard @DitchDst @foundmyfitness @hubermanlab @DrJackKruse
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Ditch the Switch Texas retweeted
Today, clocks across the country spring forward — and with that single hour comes a cascade of consequences most people don't see. ⏰
Research links the DST transition to increased rates of heart attack, stroke, traffic fatalities, and mental health crises in the days that to understand why leading sleep and medical organizations, including the AASM, are calling for a permanent end to the clock change — and why Standard Time is the science-backed solution.
Learn more here. 👉 hubs.la/Q045WQ1b0
#DitchDST #DaylightSavingTime #SpringForward #SleepHealth #StandardTime
Research links the DST transition to increased rates of heart attack, stroke, traffic fatalities, and mental health crises in the days that to understand why leading sleep and medical organizations, including the AASM, are calling for a permanent end to the clock change — and why Standard Time is the science-backed solution.
Learn more here. 👉 hubs.la/Q045WQ1b0
#DitchDST #DaylightSavingTime #SpringForward #SleepHealth #StandardTime
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Ditch the Switch Texas retweeted
@DonnaCampbellTX No, the seasons are bringing us shorter evenings and more sunshine. Daylight-saving time is forcing Texan kids to unhealthily rise in the dark and go to bed in the light. The legislature blew it last year. x.com/DitchSwitchTX/…
The insanity repeats in one week. Texas lawmakers squandered their opportunity last year to eliminate clock changes by opting out of daylight-saving time, instead passing a bill to use DST year-round—pointless since federal law forbids it. Texans deserve permanent standard time!
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Ditch the Switch Texas retweeted
🚨The time change happens tonight 🚨
Daylight Saving Time disrupts the body's internal clock, and research shows the consequences go far beyond losing an hour of sleep. The spring transition is linked to increased rates of heart attack, stroke, mood disturbance, and traffic vocates for permanent Standard Time — the schedule most aligned with human biology and long-term health.
Together, we can #DitchDST ⌚ Learn more here: hubs.la/Q045XfRT0
Daylight Saving Time disrupts the body's internal clock, and research shows the consequences go far beyond losing an hour of sleep. The spring transition is linked to increased rates of heart attack, stroke, mood disturbance, and traffic vocates for permanent Standard Time — the schedule most aligned with human biology and long-term health.
Together, we can #DitchDST ⌚ Learn more here: hubs.la/Q045XfRT0
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Ditch the Switch Texas retweeted
Daylight Saving Time begins this Sunday — and the science is clear: the transition is harder on your body than most people realize. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine links the spring clock change to increased risk of heart attack, stroke, and traffic accidents in the days to get ahead of it. ➡️
#DaylightSavingTime #DitchDST
#DaylightSavingTime #DitchDST
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Ditch the Switch Texas retweeted
Let's not rely or wait on the federal government to act. Texas needs to take the lead (neighboring Mex. and Okla. will follow). Let's pass SB 692 (@mayes_middleton) and HB 1733 (@RepBriscoeCain) or HB 1736 (@PatrickJCurry1) for permanent standard time in Texas. #DitchTheSwitchTX
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Yes! #DitchTheSwitchTX
Texans let’s get rid of this ridiculous time change. Keep standard time 👍🏻🤝
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