On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 16:03:59 -0400, John_Sauter via tz wrote:

Based on the way the Earth has been rotating recently, the next leap
second will be around the end of this decade, and it will be a negative
leap second.

What kind of hopeless nerd does it make me that I find this an exciting prospect?

I’ve taken negative leap seconds to be a nearly completely hypothetical idea, even though I have nevertheless coded diligently to account for the possibility.