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Senate Bill 1548 is this session's attempt to jettison daylight savings. Per this post to the EAS mailing list, it's progressing, if only symbolically:

So last night Senator Prozanski and I had the conversation regarding daylight savings time over an IPA or two. The bill has bipartisan support and should pass this short session. Implementing it might be another story this year. All bills passed every session don't take effect until the first of the following year unless the Governor signs an emergency proclamation which this technically doesn't fit the parameters. So yes we will be more than likely going back to standard time but more than likely not until next year.

Courtesy of Pi as it pertains to Donth Vader v. Anderson:

A party can appeal a state supreme court ruling to the federal Supreme Court under certain limited circumstances. The federal Supreme Court has the power to review state court decisions when there's a federal question involved, such as a claim based on the U.S. Constitution, federal law, or a treaty.

To appeal a state supreme court ruling to the federal Supreme Court, a party must file a writ of certiorari, which is a request for the court to review the case. The Supreme Court has discretion over which cases it hears, and it only accepts a small percentage of the cases filed each year.

In addition to federal questions, there are a few other circumstances in which the Supreme Court can review a state court decision, such as:

If the case involves diversity of citizenship, meaning the parties are from different states and the amount in controversy exceeds a certain threshold.

If the state court's decision is in conflict with a decision of a federal court or another state's supreme court.

If the case involves a significant question of federalism or interstate relations.

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Answer to your recent question about known impact craters. Items of note:

• an asteroid hit South Africa 2B years ago leaving a crater larger than Chicxulub's. Of course, nothing multi-cellular was around to see it
• one hit Canada a little more recently that's nearly as large. Henry Kissinger was old enough to remember it
• our nearest crater hit the Idaho/Montana border. Only potatoes and bison survived

Curiously absent is the hole created when Jeb Bush's presidential campaign imploded

Bats see with sonar. Cats see in the dark. Chemists see the periodic table this way.

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Just watched this on OPB and thought it was fascinating. Might be worth trying to reach out to researchers to participate in trials (if possible)

While looking at a topo map of North America, I noticed two interesting features:

(1) The entire west coast is really mountainous. The Sacramento Valley, Willamette Valley, and Columbia Gorge are among the few areas at sea level between the coast and central plains

(2) What is this smile-shaped basin in southern Idaho?

That's the Snake River Plain. Coincidentally (I think), tectonics dragged the eastern half of the plain over the Yellowstone Hotspot between 10 and 5 MYA

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See also Religious ‘Nones’ in America: Who They Are and What They Believe from the Pew Research report.

Worth a gander if we can access it. Being on Apple TV makes me think not

Sensible advice derived from a feminist critique of popular culture. She's an intuitive eating acolyte. The Eating Instinct is her associated book.