Built in Scotland for the Russian royal family, superyacht Livadia was unlikely to capsize and kill everyone due to a) being exceedingly round, and b) the royal family flatly refusing to use it.

Surprisingly, the performance was reported to be pretty good in almost all respects. The only real issue was a tendency for the hull to hammer itself to pieces on waves, which, y'know, disturbs your sleep.

A perfectly Pringular #FailureFriday that proves once you Popov you just can't stopov.

Surprise! “The market” (carbon offset) is crap for reducing externalities that contribute to #ClimateChange .

More than 1 billion$ (1,000,000,000 = number seconds in 31.7 years) wasted.

From #TheGuardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/19/do-carbon-credit-reduce-emissions-greenhouse-gases