The Saturday Selection, Vol. 35

On GTA, data centers and Dylan.

Every day, WITI’s group chats buzz with fresh links. As part of our Saturday send for paid readers, we round up some of the best. It’s WITI, on the weekend.

This week, we thought we’d include a few longer reads, while our brains are still relatively rested after the holidays. Happy New Year!

Why are these interesting?

Grand Theft Hamlet (YouTube)

The pandemic was hard on two out of work theatre actors. They spent their time playing Grand Theft Auto, until they found a theatre inside the game…

U.S. Teens Are Using Less of Every Substance—Except One (New Scientist)

Pouch ascendancy.

Why Can’t You Just Deal With It? (The New Yorker)

New Rothman, on why our most obviously necessary tasks feel the most impossible.

Jeremy Strong’s Essential Books (Lit Hub)

The Succession actor’s list as every bit as serious as you’d expect—and hope.