[vba616]

>Since the inception of leap seconds the rotation of the earth has accelerated, not slowed

Ok, I'm not sure if you are correcting what I wrote or not. There is a sense in which what you write is correct, I think. But the long term trend is slowing, and since the inception of leap seconds, there have been ups and downs whether or not one averages over a year.

Illustration:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second#/media/File:Deviat...

I think this is showing that the yearly cycle is larger than the change in speed in a century, and so are the cycles in the 365-day average over decade-timescales.

[sla29970]

Look at the past 250 years where there is not really any clear indication of deceleration https://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/dutc.html

[vba616]

It says "Over the passage of centuries the rotation of the earth is being decelerated by tidal friction from the moon and sun"

Are you correcting me, or not, or what is it you are trying to communicate?

[sla29970]

It is possible 8 weeks in advance to predict the difference between UTC and UT1 and keep it less than 0.9 seconds. Nothing more is required by international agreement.