Just the good stuff

This week’s best bits from around the web.

WORLD

The war against Islamic State: The Kurdish Stalingrad. READ >>

Burkina Faso’s ‘Black Spring’. READ >>

THINKING

Speed Kills: Fast is never fast enough. READ >>

Freedom from food. READ >>

Jazz Legend Bill Evans on the Creative Process, Self-Teaching, and Balancing Clarity with Spontaneity in Problem-Solving. READ >>

FAMOUS FIGURES

Photographing the Guillotine. READ >>

MEDIA

How Facebook Could End Up Controlling Everything You Watch and Read Online. READ >>

TECH

The Wonderful Possibilities of Connecting Your Fridge to the Internet. READ >>

Microsoft: The Empire Reboots. READ >>

Google shake-up as Sundar Pichai takes over ‘leadership of core products’ from Larry Page. READ >>

HEALTH

Is 10,000 hours all I need to run a faster marathon? READ >>

Just Looking at Cash Makes People Selfish and Less Social. READ >>

COMMUNICATION

The top 10 most fatuous phrases in the English language. READ >>