Medicaid especially is in trouble. In two different budgets they tried to pull back on funding. Not sure how successful it was but they already tried.

I once read that 2/3 of Americans are “affected” by Medicaid, not that they use it but that they are related to or are otherwise involved with someone who does. That’s a lot of face eating.

It’s clearly a complex issue. I didn’t realize that Eastern and Central were so much bigger than Mountain and Pacific, honestly. Central is crazy across the southern US.

Normally I don’t mind the change so much but it’s kicking my ass this fall for some reason. I don’t actually live in Detroit, I just know it’s one of the more extreme examples like El Paso (but they just want to stick with the rest of TX anyway). I live in CO and wake up early; Looking at Fig1 it’s obvious that I would like it abolished but most here would like it permanent. lol, poor Utah.

I dunno, the majority of people seem to want permanent, I know CO has a law saying as soon as Congress allows it we’re going to stay on DST. So it’s coming, but I don’t have to like it.

Fuck DST.

That’s some kinky shit

The Linux Foundation is headquartered in San Francisco. It’s a US 501c non profit. Therefore, they must abide by US sanctions.

Not in Colorado. Detroit has to deal with their own shit, I guess.

My preference is to stick to standard. If people insist on DST I acquiesce.

I know I could just go live in Arizona, but then I’d have to live in Arizona.

My personal complaint is that I would have an extra hour of work in the dark, and DST does that to me anyway. My schedule is earlier than office workers and I like it.

Even my days off are early and it’s great. I know the country is going to go permanent DST eventually and I’ll adapt, but it’s still stupid IMO.

In the north? Here in the middle of the country it’s reasonable.

Blame Dubya:
https://www.timetemperature.com/tzus/daylight_saving_time_extended.shtml

I say this every year: FUUUUUUUUCK THAT.

With permanent DST the latest sunrise in Detroit would be 0900. That’s fucking absurd. All across the US kids would be waiting for the school bus in the dark, walking to those bus stops in the dark. My personal beef with it is that I, and many of the people that make the world go 'round, start at 0600. We need to see ASAP for safety, if nothing else.

The US tried it in the early '70s, didn’t even finish the two year trial period:
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/19/1087280464/the-u-s-tried-permanent-daylight-saving-time-in-the-1970s-then-quickly-rejected-

Fuck DST. If people really want it to stay light until 2100 in the summer then so be it but don’t make a lot of the working class labor half their day in the dark in the depths of winter.

I got a gift card from the airport for challenging the “secret shopper” once. Apparently had walked past four actual employees before I challenged him. I was on my way to the jobsite.

Deer jump out of dark places

that one was just standing there, yo

Never know what might come in handy.

I’m not one to kink shame, but DAMN!

Like ombudsman? That can’t be a real position!

see also: teenage athiests

I run NT, btw.

Some emacs evangelicals would like to.

I made sure our kids got introduced to PC gaming. It sort of worked, they are more adept with windows then thier peers, but 0/3 have used thier shell accounts. They were into the persistent Minecraft server for a minute, but barely learned any console commands.