First Links—10.30.14

Speed Kills
Mark C. Taylor, The Chronicle of Higher Education

Inside Twitter’s Ambitious Plan to Kill the Password
Casey Newton, The Verge

Lila: Too Mysterious By Half
Peter Blair, Fare Forward

From Sparkling Celebrations to Canadian Tragedy, the Week in Photos
The Wall Street Journal

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