Post by @sundogplanets@mastodon.social

Just had a 5:30pm surprise CBC interview about leap seconds: https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/13/science/leap-second-elimination-time-standard

I didn't really have much of an opinion on leap seconds until I talked through it with the journalist. But wow, leap seconds are such a bad idea! What a silly way to get our timekeeping to work with the imperfect, constantly changing orbital system we live in.

I like the quote they chose for me at the end of this article: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/leap-second-decision-9.7381049

"This is a real human problem that we've been struggling with forever, as long as we've been watching the stars move across the sky and tracking when the sun rises and sets, and trying to get the patterns right," Lawler said.

"It's always going to be a little bit wrong, and I think we just have to accept that."

That's right, everybody. No clocks. I want chaos! Hahaha I'm going to get some weird emails...