The fire and the fury

Forget Donald Trump (and I know many would like to) but here’s the real fire and fury. Few things remind us of the force and power of mother earth like a volcano.

The Best Global News You (Probably) Haven’t Heard

There’s been a lot of bad news this year, but this remains something worth celebrating.

Japan Is Quietly Leading an Energy Revolution as Towns Move Off-Grid

File this one under good news too. After the tragedy of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, Japan is finding new and better ways to give power to their people.

5 Things Leaders Need to Give Up

I never had numbers 1 and 5 anyway…

Hope’s Return

Fact of the day: 400 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute (HT: WIRED). Watching this is 4 minutes reasonably well spent.