Earth is going to spin much faster over the next few months — so fast that several days are going to get shorter (www.livescience.com)

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Earth is expected to spin more quickly in the coming weeks, making some of our days unusually short. On July 9, July 22 and Aug. 5, the position of the moon is expected to affect Earth's rotation so that each day is between 1.3 and 1.51 milliseconds shorter than normal.

I guess I need to cancel my plans today, not enough time in the day.

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[-] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago

And you know it's not coming out of the work day

[-] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I hate pop science framing luffy-exhausted

That's cool tho

[-] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

Kinda cringe we got accelerationist Earth before principled communist Earth

[-] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

so that each day is between 1.3 and 1.51 milliseconds shorter than normal

Fuck how am I going to get all my errands done!

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

Everybody put up your hands and go "wheeeeeeee"

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Won't that slow it back down tho?

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

here-it-comes

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Great, just in time for summer. Fuck this timeline.

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