Ellie Musil

Follower of Jesus, farm girl, speech therapist, K-State fan.

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

America already made daylight saving time permanent once. In December 1973, 79% of Americans supported it and Nixon signed it into law. By February 1974, eight weeks into the experiment, support had collapsed to 42%. The policy never changed. Winter arrived.

Sunrise in Washington DC came at 8:27am. Kids left for school in total darkness, carrying flashlights and wearing reflective tape. When Congress moved to repeal, members cited the deaths of eight Florida schoolchildren in the first weeks of the change.

The energy case collapsed too. The whole point was the oil embargo, and the Department of Transportation concluded the fuel savings were too small to matter. Ten months after signing it, Congress repealed it and Ford put the country back on standard time.

There's a mechanism that makes this cycle repeat: permanent DST is only ever voted on when the sun is up. Polls run in the abstract, votes happen in warm months, and the benefit, a free hour of evening light, is easy to imagine year-round. The cost is concentrated in about 10 weeks of dark winter mornings and only becomes real after implementation. So the policy polls beautifully right up until January.

Today's vote happened in July. The 1974 law passed in December, right before the exact winter that killed it. If this clears the Senate, the first real test arrives in January 2027, when sunrise in Indianapolis comes after 9am.

Sleep researchers have watched this loop for 50 years, which is why the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, the AMA, and the National Sleep Foundation all back the opposite reform, permanent standard time. Congress just picked the one version of clock reform America has already tried, hated, and repealed.

[Big 12 Studios @big12studios]

21-0 RUN TO END THE GAME 🤯

#Big12WBB | @KStateWBB

[Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11]

Jesus defeated death so you can live.

[Trey Holloway🌾 @treyjust27]

Kansas State fans watching Will Howard go to the Natty

[Riley Gaines @Riley_Gaines_]

If you're wondering why teams are forfeiting against @SJSU, here's the reason.

Last night another woman was smashed in the face by a kill from a man posing as a woman.

It's unfair, unsafe, and regressive, yet our "leaders" remain silent.

[Ellie Musil @elliemusil]

This one was a thriller 😅 #EMAW #GoCats

[Ellie Musil @elliemusil]

Guilty as charged

[John Crist @johnbcrist]

College football fans after a week 1 win

[Ellie Musil @elliemusil]

March Madness Twitter is the best Twitter. Or X or whatever it is.

[Ellie Musil @elliemusil]

Chiefs must be mad about having to work on Christmas.

[Ellie Musil @elliemusil]

#NewProfilePic

[Ellie Musil @elliemusil]

@CoryRohlfsen In my humble opinion as a speech therapist, SLPs play a vital role in all 3 points of the triangle, especially the malnutrition!

[Gurwinder @G_S_Bhogal]

Nicholas Winton helped 669 Jewish children escape the Nazis. His efforts went unrecognized for 50 years. Then in 1988, while sitting as a member of a TV audience, he suddenly found himself surrounded by the kids he’d rescued, now adults.

I like to remember this every Jan 27th.

[Jason Gay @jasongay]

This is it, this is the whole thing. @TomFarrey

[Kevin Clark @bykevinclark]

Every fan--every true fan--eventually develops a sixth sense where you can predict exactly when your team will make a backbreaking mistake. You are never wrong. It is the most powerful feeling in the universe.

[Ellie Musil @elliemusil]

Not a good day for the schools planning to leave the Big 12! Go Cats! #EMAW

[Ellie Musil @elliemusil]

https://t.co/R7f1vnU1am

“Redeeming love has been my plea, and shall be ‘till I die”

[Ellie Musil @elliemusil]

I married a smart man and I knew that, but apparently getting beat in Wordle by him almost daily is the humbling that the good Lord knew I needed 😂

[Ellie Musil @elliemusil]

This brought tears to my eyes. Praying 🙏🏼

[Donald Cline @donald_cline]

Ukraine in December “He will hold me fast”

[Lauren Eldridge @CoachLaurrod8]

What’s the hardest skill in volleyball? Tossing in drills

[Ellie Musil @elliemusil]

Solve a debate for me…have you ever heard or used the phrase “going to the ‘ship’”? (Championship)