why does America celebrate a holiday which falls on one of the year's longest days with fireworks that really show up best on a dark sky? #july4th #fireworks #summersolstice #daylight

A quotation from Euripides:

«««««
PENTHEUS: Do you hold your rites
during the day or night?
DIONYSUS: Mostly by night.
The darkness is well suited to devotion.
PENTHEUS: Better suited to lechery and seducing women.
DIONYSUS: You can find debauchery by daylight too.
[Πενθεύς: τὰ δ᾽ ἱερὰ νύκτωρ ἢ μεθ᾽ ἡμέραν τελεῖς;
Δ…
»»»»»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/euripides/59955/

#quote #quotes #quotation #ceremony #corruption #daylight

4 More Minutes of Sunlight
Today Than Yesterday!

4 More Minutes
Tomorrow Than Today!

#sunset #daylight #twilight

#PSA: we are one week out from the shortest day of the year. then, #daylight hours start to increase. hold on... just hold on. we're almost there. we're 7 days from the turning point.

#sping #winter #darkness #depression #SAD #seasonalaffectivedisorder

Does anyone use #Daylight other than Esri?

Referenced link: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-09-daylight-clock-affect-road-safety.html
Discuss on https://discu.eu/q/https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-09-daylight-clock-affect-road-safety.html

Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com@twitter.com: https://twitter.com/medical_xpress/status/1574795930418790401#m

RT by @physorg_com: Research finds #Daylight Saving Time clock changes affect road safety @uniofsurrey @cellpressnews https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2589004222009385 https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-09-daylight-clock-affect-road-safety.html

Kürzlich ging es durch die Medien, daß #USA überlegen, dauerhaft die sogenannten #Daylight-Saving-Time einzuführen. Die Organisation https://savestandardtime.com/ hat maßgeblich zur Diskussion beitgetragen mit wissenschaftlich relevanten Fachbeiträgen. Wer auf dem Laufenden bleiben zur internationalen Diskussion über Daylight-Saving-Time und Standard-Time oder auch "#Sommerzeit" und "#Normalzeit", kann hier fündig werden:
https://nitter.it/search?f=tweets&q=savestandard

New #Daylight release. Only a few screenshots in LoCha report this time. Come on Facebook, I want screenshots!

https://daylightmap.org/2021/08/04/daylight-v14-released.html