{"id":13661,"date":"2022-11-03T23:41:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T23:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/?p=13661"},"modified":"2022-11-12T17:01:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-12T17:01:57","slug":"2022-11-06","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2022-11-06\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We Use Daylight Saving Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"773\" src=\"http:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/humanists.org_2022_11_06_Neil_deGrasse_Tyson_Explains_Daylight_Saving_Time.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13663\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3>Three videos about Daylight Saving Time<\/h3>\n<p><strong>11 a.m., November 6, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Join the Humanist Forum this Sunday at 11 AM, in person OR on Zoom.  NOTE: Daylight Saving Time ends this Sunday, so let your clock &#8220;fall back&#8221; Saturday night to one hour earlier.<\/p>\n<p>At this Humanist Forum we will watch and discuss three videos about Daylight Saving Time.<br>\n\u201cNeil deGrasse Tyson Explains Daylight Saving Time\u201d (www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Yf0KNm0cals) is an 8-minute video from the Star Talk series.<br>\n\u201cReal Reason Why We Use Daylight Savings Time\u201d (www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cX80uBHFHSo) is a 19-minute video with more detailed explanation from Infographics.<br>\n\u201cSenate Passes Bill to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent\u201d (www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v6gqHy78c1E) is a 7-minute CBS News report of a bill the Senate just passed, with some analysis of the pros and cons.<\/p>\n<p>You can attend our forums in person with fellow humanists in the Maple Room at the Mountain View Community Center, 201 S Rengstorff Ave, Mountain View, CA. Lunch will be served after the forum at a nominal fee.<\/p>\n<p>Those of us attending in person will follow COVID protocols. We require vaccinations and masks, and if you have symptoms that may be COVID, kindly attend on Zoom (see below).<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Also, we will continue to present our forums on Zoom. To join and be able to ask questions and make comments, click <a href=\"https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/j\/81653890712?pwd=QzN4MTVNbGEwQ0Zua3d1VG9tVE50UT09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<br> No password is needed &#8212; our host will admit you from the waiting room. Joining the meeting via the link will download and install the Zoom app on your desktop computer (if it&#8217;s not already installed), and then take you to the meeting. 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NOTE: Daylight Saving Time ends this Sunday, so let your clock &#8220;fall back&#8221; Saturday night to one hour earlier. At this Humanist Forum we will watch and discuss three videos &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2022-11-06\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why We Use Daylight Saving Time&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[258],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13661"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13661"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13665,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13661\/revisions\/13665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}