A Rose By Any Other
Alan McConchieVia @decolonialatlas "Each 8th of July, at 11:15 UTC, 99% of the world's population is experiencing daylight. This day should have a name, and it should be a holiday." Original source: https://www.timeanddate.com/news/astronomy/99-percent-sunlight
@decolonialatlas And yes of course everybody please read the link that I included, which clarifies that this actually happens for many days of the year from mid May through mid July. https://www.timeanddate.com/news/astronomy/99-percent-sunlight
Erik Schnetter@alan @decolonialatlas Isn’t this just “summer solstice”?
Ekki DF4ORHow about "F*** y**, Australia + NZL" Day?
Renée@alan lol Australia @decolonialatlas
Potato Enthusiast 🇵🇸
Len
Simon Power
Stanley Black-DeckerOkay I mean I think the joke here is that the sun does this every day for several months every year
H. Mantegazzi@alan @decolonialatlas Sunshine Day for everyone but Oceania
Michael JohnsonThis of course means there's an inverse day that only includes pacific countries/islands
Santiago Lema 
LucifarGundam
Billy O'Neal@alan @decolonialatlas Poor Australia being left out
Chip Unicorn@alan @decolonialatlas Happy Screw Australia and New Zealand minute!
Boris
Zorro Notorious MEB 😡@alan @decolonialatlas What's the (pun intended) polar opposite of that? The date / time when the most people in the world are in the dark?
Susan Lewis@alan @decolonialatlas Australasian Vampire Day!
Weekend EditorIs there a corresponding time when most of the population is experiencing darkness?
Cuprohastes
Mary Ann Horn@alan @decolonialatlas very cool!
Noam@alan @decolonialatlas Went to look it up and it turns out I'm part of the 1%
Andrew H – № 2025@alan soo, Sun Day
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist@alan @decolonialatlas
I'd suggest "All Sun Day" as a play on "All Saints' Day", neither of particular significance except in people's heads.
I'd suggest "All Sun Day" as a play on "All Saints' Day", neither of particular significance except in people's heads.
Jan's insights
Dan Caseley@alan @[email protected] I suggest "Day Day"
Julio Jimenez@fishbowler @alan dang took the word^2 right out of my mouth.
@fishbowler @alan 🤣 it’s a good choice but yeah there’s a name conflict that would confuse most people.
Medea Vanamonde🏳️⚧️ ♀
🥥 Tucker Carlson's Nuts 🥥@JStatePost @alan @decolonialatlas and we call ‘im Bruce cause Australia is left out in the dark during this grand humans of light event
huckpdx@alan @decolonialatlas don’t wake me
The Steel Rat
mcc@alan @decolonialatlas "Australian Night"
artisanrox"Hahaaaaa Hawaii, NZ and Australia!! day."
The opposite day would be "Well you guys suck too" day. 😂
Peg@alan @decolonialatlas Day Day
orangejuche
JeremyJupiterJones 
@alan @decolonialatlas Hello, that's a very special time for Australia, New Zealand and all the peeps of the Pacific to party.
@alan @decolonialatlas "Polynesian Night"
Autistic Antitheist@alan @decolonialatlas
As a night person who burns SUPER easily, I would have to demand equal time for vampires!
As a night person who burns SUPER easily, I would have to demand equal time for vampires!
lorddimwit is now @It should be called Sun Day, obviously. I see no problems with this.
Steve Wart@alan Incandescence Day
Nick Kocharhook 🇺🇦💪🏼
Laurie Voss@k9 @alan @decolonialatlas Despite our best efforts, we still cannot persuade people to stop living in Australia.
Julian West🦞@alan Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand can party in the dark.
Nosaj 
@alan @decolonialatlas the only 1% I'll ever be a part of.
EthanRDoesMC@alan @decolonialatlas Right Side Up Day
David K Butler (Uni of Adel)
Brian Grinter
Jeff Smith スミス@alan @decolonialatlas At least this map includes New Zealand
Pomax@alan @decolonialatlas Ah, nice, a holiday that excludes a full 10% of the planet. For when regular discrimination's not enough =)
TransitBiker@alan @decolonialatlas fk Australia Day?
Resuna@alan At least they remembered to get both New Zealand and Tasmania on the map.
Chris Purcell@alan so what's the shortest interval during which 100% of the pop experience at least some daylight?
Rufus J. Cooter@alan @decolonialatlas Haha, #suckIt #Australia enjoy your koalas and platypusses and vegemite and backwards flushing toilets and kangaroos in the darkness while everybody else is... being broiled alive? In the hottest week that the world has ever seen in human history?
OK, nevermind, need to workshop this one some more
Mat-Su Monitor student paper@alan @decolonialatlas The one time a year when Australians have it better than everyone else.
Jamesdalf@alan @decolonialatlas I vote for "Day" Day
Morgan Gangwere@alan @decolonialatlas wait isn't that called the solstice?
Biason::Julio::new();@alan @decolonialatlas Looks like it should be called "WAKEY WAKEY, AUSTRALIA!"