I think a lot about how by all rights society should be using a calendar designed a whole lot more recently than the Gregorian calendar but we're locked into it because it would decouple Christian holy days as a centerpiece of the weekhttps://twitter.com/arthur_affect/status/1231721667904172034 …
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ah, the imperial measurement conundrum
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So someday the entire world will be using a logical calendar, but have to use a special conversation chart to schedule anything with America?
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Can confirm. Timekeeping is expensive.
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There was a ballot proposition in California in 2018 to eliminate daylight savings time, and our voting notes were like, ah, they're trying to appeal to tech workers. Only half joking.
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But it was already changed when settlers colonized this land & the world. Gregorian is not the calendar that’s indigenous to this or any other land. The climate/land & Indigenous wisdom must be prioritized right now—& that change must include/center a
#13Moons calendar.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Also it's not just Christianity, it's all three big Abrahamic faiths that use a seven day week to mark their holy day (Saturday for Jews, Friday for Muslims)
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The French revolutionary calendar went to 10 day weeks.
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