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About me: Software Engineer, pilot/CFI, Libertarian, electronics, Ham, rocket/balloon tracker

Hi! I'm Ian Kluft. @KO6YQ is my Tech and local topics account, named for my Amateur Radio callsign
#tech #technology #communications #OpenSource #software #engineering #Linux #networking #cybersecurity #CISSP #HamRadio #cycling #PNW #fedi22

Also me: @ikluft (aviation/science) & @AstroHawk (space)

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@KO6YQ@pnw.zone avatar KO6YQ , to random

"Towards Automating IoT Security: Implementing Trusted Network-Layer Onboarding" white paper by NIST (US National Institute of Standards & Technology) - Goals for improving security of adding new IoT devices on a network:
• unique per-device network credentials
• zero-touch onboarding
• configurable trust policies
• continuous assurance
Protocols implementing them include WiFi Easy Connect & BRSKI, if built-in & supported by network.
https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/cswp/42/towards-automating-iot-security-implementing-trust/final

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I found the "quick boost" setting in Mastodon's preferences, and like it much better with this turned on.

[edit: apparently this setting came in with Mastodon 4.5.0 in November. Seeing how quickly people have boosted this, a lot of us didn't notice but wanted it.]

screenshot from Mastodon preferences setting: Enable quick boosting When enabled, clicking on the Boost icon will immediately boost instead of opening the boost/quote dropdown menu. Relocates the quoting action to the (Options) menu.
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"Oregon, SW Washington brace for a possible windstorm on Christmas Eve" by Oregon Public Broadcasting OPB (PBS Portland) - Computer models aren't certain about top wind speeds. Residents in western Oregon and SW Washington urged to prepare for Wednesday wind storm with downed trees triggering power outages. California's Siskiyou County at the Oregon border is forecasted to get snowfall down to Interstate 5 mountain passes. https://www.opb.org/article/2025/12/22/oregon-sw-washington-brace-for-possible-windstorm-on-christmas-eve/

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"National Weather Service gives 20% chance of 70 mph winds in western Oregon, Washington for Christmas Eve" by Oregon Public Broadcasting OPB (PBS Portland) - NWS wind advisories have been posted for western Oregon and Washington on Wednesday. But uncertainty over the exact path of the low pressure center could make the difference between wind gusts topping out around 40 or 70 mph.🍃🌧️ https://www.opb.org/article/2025/12/23/weather-christmas-oregon-washington-wind/

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"Spared on Christmas Eve: Wind storm misses Willamette Valley as low pressure shifts inland" by KATU News (ABC Portland) - While there have been strong winds, fortunately western Oregon and Washington weather didn't develop into the worst-case scenario. https://katu.com/news/local/windstorm-expected-to-arrive-late-morning-in-the-portland-metro-area-weather-meteorologist-gusts

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New addition to the display: a ! 3rd new item in the past year... I got the bald eagle at Fort Stevens State Park near Astoria, Oregon and the kangaroo at Port Campbell National Park in Victoria, Australia. The Linux Tux penguins and XCOR Lynxes are all more than a decade old. The Plushtodon was shipped from Germany - but I didn't go there to get it.

display shelf filled with plushies, left to right: Mastodon Plushtodon (just arrived); little Linux Tux penguin; kangaroo (from my visit to Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia in Feb 2025; big Linux Tux penguin; bald eagle (from my visit to Fort Stevens State Park near Astoria, Oregon in Dec 2024), small and big XCOR Lynx (mascot of XCOR Aerospace's Lynx winged suborbital spaceship which was not completed before XCOR went out of business in 2016); tiny Linux Tux penguin
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I knew the power was about to go out when I heard wind gusts make a brief rumble. A moment later it did. Around 6pm on 🦃 is probably among the worst times for power to go out, with many households serving holiday dinner. But power uptime is less than 99% over the year in this neighborhood, with trees near power lines. Nearly half the houses already had backup generators of some kind. I suspect a bunch more will get them now because of the timing of this outage.

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This storm caused more than just a power outage. A tree is down across the only road out. If I needed to go anywhere, the options are walking or by bicycle. The bright light is Portland Police. (Probably not a Grimm, as seen on TV & streaming.)

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The road has one lane cleared for residents to get in and out. The tree is still resting on the bed of a parked pickup where it fell. The power has been out on this block for 4 hours, but never went out across the next street over. Undoubtedly some neighbors must have some unhappy Thanksgiving stories.

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"From Rails to Trails" documentary on PBS premiers Wednesday October 15, all on local PBS World sub-channel.
In northern + eastern Oregon: Oregon Public Broadcasting OPB (PBS Portland) Wed Oct 15 8pm
In Washington: [email protected] airs Thu Oct 16 10pm
Southern Oregon PBS in Medford: Thu Oct 16, 5pm
https://www.pbs.org/show/from-rails-to-trails/

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So far the reported military deployment to Portland seems to be all bluster. All of the increase in military aircraft I saw at PDX are explained by invited performers in the Oregon Int'l Airshow this weekend in McMinnville. An article by KGW (NBC Portland) credits a phone call from Oregon Governor Tina Kotek with talking POTUS down from his unrealistic deployment based on bogus reports from his social media echo chamber. https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/trump-seems-to-back-off-portland-military-plan/283-e9c6bdfb-92d6-4881-bb74-09bb325a5270

article overview screenshot (added because the provided social media overview does not reliably display on different servers I viewed it on) KGW8 News Portland, Oregon Local News Trump seems to back off Portland military plan: 'Am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening?' President Trump had said he will send troops to Portland to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, which he said were "under attack." Photo credit: AP FILE - President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. Author: Evan Watson Published: 11:01 AM PDT September 28, 2025 Updated: 11:12 AM PDT September 28, 2025 [...]
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Next up in the anything-but-Epstein distraction plan: Send troops into Portland.

"President Donald Trump said Saturday that he will send troops to Portland, Oregon, and to immigration detention facilities around the country, authorizing “Full Force, if necessary” and escalating a campaign to use the U.S. military against Americans that has little modern precedent."

Trump said in a social media post that he was directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to provide troops to what he dubbed “War ravaged Portland.”

"Portland has been a target of right-wing politicians for the way it has handled racial-justice protests as well as its homeless population, tolerating encampments in the central part of the city. But Trump will again encounter the dynamic he did when he deployed the National Guard in Los Angeles — a military deployment in a state run by a Democratic governor who objects to the decision and will have grounds to fight it in court."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/27/trump-military-portland-ice/

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@briankrebs I saw a C-17 military cargo plane land at PDX on Friday before the announcements of federal troops coming to Portland. PDX is a joint-use civilian-military airport with an Oregon Air National Guard base. C-17s are not based here. It looked far enough away that it was probably landing 28R, opposite side of the airport from the ANG base. I didn't think much of it because visiting military aircraft sometimes drop in for fuel on the way somewhere else. But now the timing adds questions.

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I love old forum posts. They'll say "Just use a simple regex," and then give you a regex so complex it could probably solve for the meaning of life 😉

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@nixCraft The answer is 42. What was the question?

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"Link 1 Line service to Federal Way begins Dec 6" by Sound Transit (Fediverse presence not found - if you know them, invite them) - Seattle Link Light Rail 1 Line extension from Angle Lake (near SeaTac Airport) south to Federal Way is now scheduled to open December 6. So it will open before the 2 Line extension across Lake Washington from Bellevue to downtown Seattle, expected in early 2026. https://www.soundtransit.org/get-to-know-us/news-events/news-releases/link-1-line-service-to-federal-way-begins-dec-6

Sound Transit map image of Link Light Rail "1 Line" extension from Angle Lake to Federal Way via Kent/Des Moins and Star Lake, now scheduled to open Dec 6 map source: https://www.soundtransit.org/system-expansion/federal-way-link-extension
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"Light rail to Federal Way five weeks away" by Sound Transit (Fediverse presence not found - if you know them, invite them) - Extension now testing on regular transit schedules - trains empty at current terminus at Angle Lake but continue south on schedule as test trains. Northbound test trains begin runs empty from Federal Way station and pick up passengers at Angle Lake. Service opens 11am Saturday, December 6 after 9:30am celebration. https://www.soundtransit.org/get-to-know-us/news-events/news-releases/light-rail-to-federal-way-five-weeks-away

article overview screenshot Sound Transit News releases Federal Way Link Extension Light rail to Federal Way five weeks away Link light rail will serve three new stations in South King County Publish Date October 30, 2025 In just over five weeks on Dec. 6, 2025, the 1 Line will add 7.8 miles and three new stations with the opening of the Federal Way Link Extension. The extension includes stations at Kent Des Moines, Star Lake and Federal Way Downtown. Leading up to opening day, the final phase of testing called simulated service has started, where light rail vehicles run a normal schedule without passengers between Angle Lake and Federal Way Downtown stations. During this time, passengers will need to board and exit at Angle Lake Station. [...]
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    "Light rail to Federal Way begins service" by Sound Transit (Fediverse presence not found - if you know them, invite them) - 8-mile extension of Seattle Link Light Rail opened today from Angle Lake (near SeaTac Airport) south to Federal Way (a strangely-named city between Seattle and Tacoma). https://www.soundtransit.org/get-to-know-us/news-events/news-releases/light-rail-to-federal-way-begins-service

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    Let's carry on our legal series, in part two we will discuss jurisdiction, legal entities and liability in .

    Ever wondered “What laws apply to ?" We had to...

    Just 12 minutes of your time: https://f-droid.org/2025/08/20/legat-two.html

    (And yes, that typo in the URL will stay there forever 🙄)

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    @fdroidorg Let's have everyone chime in for what "legat" could stand for so it isn't a typo any more. 😀

    How about "leg" for legal and "at" for location/jurisdiction makes "legat" an abbreviation for legal jurisdiction topics. 👍

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    "Debian 13 "trixie" released" by Debian Project (Fediverse mirror @debian ) - Debian GNU/Linux 13 includes Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS, GNOME 48, KDE Plasma 6.3, LXDE 13, LXQt 2.1.0, Xfce 4.20 and other packages. https://www.debian.org/News/2025/20250809

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    "Raspberry Pi OS Is Now Based on Debian 13 “Trixie” with Fresh New Look" by @9to5linux / @mariusnestor - The official OS made for computers is based on . RaspiOS is now updated for the latest major version of Debian which was released in August, carrying forward RasPi customizations and adding new Gtk themes. https://9to5linux.com/raspberry-pi-os-is-now-based-on-debian-13-trixie-with-fresh-new-look

    article overview screenshot added because the site did not provide one for social media: 9to5Linux Raspberry Pi OS Is Now Based on Debian 13 “Trixie” with Fresh New Look This release ships with two new GTK themes, PiXtrix (standard) and PiXonyx (dark), a new icon theme called PiXtrix, and a new system font. by Marius Nestor October 2, 2025 image: Raspberry Pi OS Trixie desktop A new version of the Debian-based Raspberry Pi OS Linux distribution for Raspberry Pi single-board computers is now available for download with major changes, a new Debian Trixie base, and a fresh new look. [...]
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    "Governor Tina Kotek delays ODOT layoffs and announces August special session" by Oregon Public Broadcasting OPB (PBS Portland) - Layoffs postponed at ODOT (Oregon Dept of Transportation) as special legislative session is set to begin Aug 29 to work on a state transportation funding bill. Lawmakers failed to reach an agreement on that before the regular session ended in June. https://www.opb.org/article/2025/07/22/oregon-governor-tina-kotek-special-session-politics-august/

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    Time will be tight on the transportation bill in the special session of the Oregon legislature. The 45 day delay in layoffs at ODOT pushes them back to mid-September. But the special session starts Aug 29. That leaves 2 weeks to finish a bill they couldn't agree on during the regular session. That bill will be the focus of the special session. But it's still a short time for such a consequential bill to pass the state House and Senate. Best of luck to them.

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    "TriMet: Service cuts will start in November" by BikePortland / Jonathan Maus - TriMet (3-county district covering side of metro area) announced budget cuts in multiple phases starting in November due to failure of state legislature to pass funding bill. https://bikeportland.org/2025/07/23/trimet-service-cuts-will-start-in-november-395579

    article overview screenshot BikePortland TriMet: Service cuts will start in November Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor) (Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland) TriMet says a lack of funding will lead to a reduction of service starting in November of this year. “More cuts are being planned for March 2026 and after, with at least a 10% overall cut to service expected by August 2027,” the agency said in a statement today. [...]
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    "Lawmakers reconvene to tackle $350M transportation gap" by @AxiosNews via @axios-local-portland-AxiosNews / Kale Williams - Oregon's state legislature will convene in a special session Friday to work out funding for the Oregon Dept of Transportation and local transportation programs which was unfinished when the regular session's clock ran out. Without a funding bill, layoffs and service cuts would begin. https://www.axios.com/local/portland/2025/08/28/oregon-special-session-transportation-funding

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    "Oregon special session over transportation bill delayed due to lack of quorum" by KATU News (ABC Portland) - 20 excused absences led to failure to reach a quorum in the Oregon legislature special session to finish a transportation funding bill. So the session planned just for today will continue next week to try again. https://katu.com/news/politics/oregon-special-session-over-transportation-bill-delayed-due-to-lack-of-quorum

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    "Special session of the Oregon Legislature, ODOT layoffs delayed" by Statesman Journal (Salem, Oregon) - Transportation funding bill passed Oregon House of Representatives. Senate vote delayed to Sept 17 due to partisan politics. Dems need every member present for a supermajority to pass the bill - one is recovering from surgery. Governor Kotek delayed ODOT layoffs until after the vote, which would prevent them if it passes. https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/02/oregon-legislature-special-session-odot-layoffs-delayed-again/85947567007/

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    "Oregon Senate passes transportation bill along party lines" by KATU (ABC Portland) - ODOT layoffs and other transit cuts statewide have been averted as the state senate passed the transportation funding bill. This ends the special legislative session that began in late August but kept getting postponed waiting for one senator to recover from surgery so there would be enough votes to pass it. https://katu.com/news/politics/oregon-senate-passes-transportation-bill-along-party-lines

    @system76@fosstodon.org avatar system76 , to random

    If you were gifted a System76 laptop, which laptop would you want and what distro would you use? Curious.

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    @system76 A little less hypothetical scenario... when I've bought System76 laptops before, I installed Fedora.

    @evacide@hachyderm.io avatar evacide , to random

    When T.S. Eliot said "April is the cruellest month," it is presumably because he saw my tax bill, an emergency dentist visit bill, and an emergency plumber visit bill all come in at once.

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    @evacide Anyone with hay fever understands the true cruelty of April.

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    I can no longer tell if I'm holding up surprisingly well right now because I did all of my grieving for the future back in 2024 or if I have just reached a state of emergency dissociation so extreme that I will not be feeling my feelings until 2026.

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    @evacide Take care of yourself. We need what you do.

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    President Trump is considering ways to serve a third term. “I'm not joking,” he said in a phone call this morning with NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-third-term-white-house-methods-rcna198752

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    @w7voa "There are methods." Yes. But amending the constitution requires ratification by 3/4 of the states. Not even a snowball's chance under a rocket nozzle.

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    This machine has all the essential drives/storage and even comes with a turbo button for those older games or apps. The name "turbo" was misleading, as it didn't actually boost performance. Turbo "Off" means slowing down the CPU's clock speed, often down to the speeds of older processors.

    A ENCOM brand desktop white computer tower, likely from the late 1990s, featuring a digital display showing "100", a turbo button, and logos for Intel Inside and Microsoft Windows. The tower also includes multiple drive bays, including a CD-ROM drive and floppy disk drives.
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    Offensive and racist text and e-mail messages initially sent to Black communities around the US have expanded to high school students, as well as to Hispanic and LGBTQIA+ communities with some being told they’ve been selected for deportation or to report to a re-education camp. - FBI

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    @w7voa It sounds like something the Russians or others who were trying to externally sow American disunity before the election might pivot to after the election. The amount of resources necessary to pull off research and delivery for such a widespread targeted attack appears like we can't rule out nation-state involvement.

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    Python 3.13.0 released by @ThePSF - colorized exception tracebacks, new locals() builtin, dbm module switch to sqlite3 backend, type defaults for type parameters, etc https://pythoninsider.blogspot.com/2024/10/python-3130-final-released.html

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    "Python 3.14.0rc3 is go!" by @ThePSF - Python's last release candidate before 3.14 release scheduled Oct 7 means developers should already be testing existing code against 3.14-dev. https://pythoninsider.blogspot.com/2025/09/python-3140rc3-is-go.html

    article overview screenshot Python Insider Thursday, September 18, 2025 Python 3.14.0rc3 is go! It’s 🪄 finally 🪄 the final 3.14 release candidate! https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3140rc3/ Note: It’s another magic release. We fixed another bug that required bumping the magic number stored in Python bytecode (.pyc) files. This means file .pyc files created for rc2 cannot be used for rc3, and they’ll be recompiled. The ABI isn’t changing. Wheels built for rc1 should be fine for rc2, rc3 and 3.14.x, so this shouldn’t affect too many people. This release, 3.14.0rc3, is the final release preview. Entering the release candidate phase, only reviewed code changes which are clear bug fixes are allowed between this release candidate and the final release. The next release of Python 3.14 will be the final release, 3.14.0, scheduled for Tuesday, 2025-10-07. [...]
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    Python 3.14.0 release announced by @ThePSF - New features: free-threading support, subinterpreters, REPL highlighting, more color output, t-strings (templates), zstd, etc. Some old features were deprecated and older ones removed. Version 3.14 seems to beg for the nickname "pi", except the Raspberry Pi already stole that in tech context. And that was a word play on Python. The graphic depicts snakes eating a pie. https://pythoninsider.blogspot.com/2025/10/python-3140-final-is-here.html 🐍

    image from the Python Software Foundation included with the Python 3.14 release announcement: artistic drawing depicts snakes (presumably pythons) eating a pie (3.14 is the number pi to 2 digits) language features listed in a circle of text around the snakes include: free-threading support, subinterpreters, REPL highlighting, more color, t-strings (templates), zstd
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    "New Oregon bill aims to make standard time permanent" by @KGWNews NBC Portland - Unlike 2019 permanent DST effort, states may opt for permanent standard time without act of Congress. Bill not conditional on CA & WA joining. https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/the-story/oregon-bill-aims-to-make-standard-time-permanent/283-d0c56e25-1d55-4152-bad7-010bdaf87013

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    "People Hate Daylight Saving. Science Tells Us Why." by @UndarkMag / @TeresaRCarr - Standard Time is natural time. It puts clock noon at average solar noon, balancing available daylight in morning & evening. https://undark.org/2024/03/11/time-zones-daylight-saving/

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    California bill scheduled for Tue Apr 2 hearing in state senate. It proposes unilateral change, no conditions on other states. Watch closely: CA is ⅛ of US population - if passed, western states except Arizona will certainly follow. (AZ is already permanent std time.)

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    After a delay in the scheduled hearing, California state senate committee approved 13-0 bill with recommendation to pass it.
    Next steps would need votes by state senate & assembly and governor's signature.

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    All the western states are watching California debate on bill. CA is only state big enough not to be afraid to go first. Senate committee kept it under consideration of bills vs available budget. https://universeodon.com/@SaveStandard/112396088930312201

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    California State Senate committee voted bill out of the "suspense file", a budget & political filter, keeping this one alive. Now we'll see if it goes next to another committee, or entire senate. https://sapro.senate.ca.gov/sites/sapro.senate.ca.gov/files/Hearing_Results%205-16-24%20Suspense.pdf

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    California State Senate advanced bill to an upcoming floor vote. It needs a 2/3 vote to pass because an amendment added a budgetary cost, requiring a report be written. 2/3 may be steep uphill. 🙁 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1413

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    Unfortunately, California State Senate amended bill to only a report, and removed actual repeal of DST. Unless CA Assembly unexpectedly revives AB1776, this ends any hope for in the western states that could begin 2025. ☹️

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    California State Senate passed bill after it was amended down to a study due 2027, not repeal of DST. Slightly better than nothing. In the western states this year, Oregon got the farthest with Senate passing bill .

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    I watched as SB566 bill apparently died. I didn't realize it was replaced by until that passed the Senate today. On to the House.

    The new bill is weird. It'll go along with permanent Standard or Daylight time as long as both CA & WA adopt same in 10 years. Permanent DST would require an act of Congress first, since states aren't allowed to choose it. Excludes Mountain Time portion of Oregon in Malheur County. https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB1038

    SB1038 bill overview screenshot at Oregon legislature web site - follow link for text https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB1038

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    "Oregon Senate passes bill for permanent standard time... or possibly permanent daylight saving time" by KGW News (NBC Portland) - After passage in the Senate, it will be up for a vote in the House. If passed by House and signed by governor, Oregon would go along if both CA & WA too within 10 years. https://www.kgw.com/article/news/politics/oregon-senate-passes-bill-end-daylight-saving-time-switch/283-1e33b479-450f-4381-9dec-700ac409d308

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    Unfortunately, the bill in the legislature is dead for 2025. It passed the state senate Mar 25 but never made it out of committee in the House. Friday was the deadline for the 2025 session for bills to be acted on by a second chamber. This probably needs a ballot initiative to get done. https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB1038

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    The status of legislation in western states' 2025 sessions...

    Arizona & Hawaii: Permanent Standard Time is law since late 1960s
    Oregon: SB-1038 passed Senate, died in House
    Nevada: AB81 passed Assembly, died in Senate
    California: SB-51 approved by a Senate committee, stalled in another, deadline 2026
    Alaska: complicated
    bills died in originating chamber in WA UT ID MT
    no 2025 bills in NM CO WY

    Current list of legislation by @SaveStandard is at https://savestandardtime.com/current/

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    It's time for the twice-annual groaning about the time change with ending for the year in the US & Canada this coming Sunday morning. A way we can resist/rebel is to develop software so our own computers + devices can opt-out of DST, and still interact with those required to use it. See my LongitudeTZ project on GitHub. Lots to do but it won't get anywhere without supporters. https://github.com/ikluft/LongitudeTZ