Earth spinning faster

[UltraBudgie]

earth is spinning faster
and the days are getting shorter
blame the moon
it is heating the oceans
so it can move away
humanity is missing
three thousand hours
every day!

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/scien...orter.html

[sahgwa]

i am not allowed to read that
cuz nyt
thinks i'm a bot.
is it cuz i'm too fast?
am I spinning even faster
than the earth?

[UltraBudgie]

oh sorry
here's this

Earth is expected to spin more quickly in the coming weeks, making some of our days unusually short.

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth...et-shorter

just think of all the things we could do with 3000 hours extra per day

[Nerb]

Does everything happen quicker or is the day actually shorter?

[UltraBudgie]

Does everything happen quicker or is the day actually shorter?

maybe both! or one and the opposite so they cancel out? more investigation of the local gravity gradient is needed.

but the day is definitely actually getting shorter!

and not just seasonally!

[David64]

maybe both! or one and the opposite so they cancel out? more investigation of the local gravity gradient is needed.

but the day is definitely actually getting shorter!

and not just seasonally!

If alcohol is involved, local gravity gets more powerful.

[UltraBudgie]

If alcohol is involved, local gravity gets more powerful.

or at least more whimsical

really i wish the moon would make up its mind. does it want to escape or not? we started calling it 'super' some times. what more does it need?