Climate

This is the earliest solstice since 1796 according to WaPo. I was wondering that as I had assumed the solstice was always 21 June. I guess it drifts in the calendar which makes sense when you think about it. The calendar is just sort of a loose approximation of the actual mechanics of the universe. The article has an indepth discussion of how it all works which is quite interesting.

Wired has an article about how some ski resorts are giving up on skiing and moving towards other uses of the mountain - most notably mountain biking. On this, I’m ahead of the curve. I used to ski a decent amount every season about 20-30 years ago. It wasn’t terribly expensive and a day at the slopes was great fun. Then it trickled down to maybe a time or two a season as it got much more expensive and it seemed dicey weather wise (purely anecdotal - I have no idea if it actually snows less than it used to in the mountains).