Under the Volcano is criminally underrated. It is the most beautiful book about self-destruction ever written. Mezcal, heat pressing down, the main character drifting. I’ve carried it around for almost two decades, and just started re-reading it. Recommend.

Footage released from United States Geological Survey captured a whirlwind, known in Hawaiian as a puahiohio, forming over Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano. 😯🌋 Scientists said heat rising from recent lava flows likely helped create the rare atmospheric phenomenon.

Elon Musk on why humanity must become multiplanetary: “I think it's important for the long-term preservation and ultimately the expansion and extension of the scope and scale of consciousness... that we must become a multi-planet species Because there are all these risks that we can't control existential risks. There's asteroids, super volcanoes, we could have a World War III... History does not suggest that civilization lasts forever” Elon is optimistic about the future, but he is also realistic Civilization has survived so far but history shows that catastrophic events eventually happen. The only chance is becoming a multi-planet species