Well, these were actually from last week. But time is relative? Here’s a round-up of…five things that are interesting, cool, empowering, inspiring, and worth checking out.

1. Decoding Russian Prison Tattoos — From the New Yorker’s Photo Booth. These tatts are hardcore and utterly fascinating. Excerpt from tatt expert Arkady Bronnikov’s book, “Russian Criminal Tattoo Police Files”, available as a book through FUEL.

2. Top Content Marketing Trends Of 2014 — You may not be into content marketing. But this is a great post from the folks at Visual.ly about where content is at, and where it’s taking us.

2. I Love Charts — Just stumbled across this gem of a repository for everything golden about…charts.

3. Pictures Of Hardship: A Photo Essay Of Americans In Debt — Photographer Brittany M. Powell explores America’s personal debt situation, portrait by portrait. Link via @beautifuldecay. For the full project follow HERE.

5. Poppyfield.org —  On the centenary of the war to end all wars, this poignant interactive explores the human cost of the more than 200 conflicts that have ravaged the human race over the last 100 years.