Witi Witi | May 17, 2025
The Saturday Selection, Vol. 54
Supplements, sumo, Spyplane and more.
Every day, WITI’s group chats buzz with fresh links. As part of our Saturday send for paid readers, we round up 11 of the best.
It’s WITI, on the weekend.
Why are these interesting?
How Ukraine lost hundreds of millions on arms deals gone wrong (Financial Times)
Desperate to source munitions, Kyiv has paid foreign brokers for weapons and shells that were sometimes unusable or never arrived.
Supplements Made Me Lose My Mind (New York)
“I was staunchly against psychiatric drugs. So when I felt depressed, I tried St. John’s Wort instead…”
The greatest figure in sports, maybe ever, just retired. You probably haven’t heard of him. (Washington Post)
Was fortunate to have my first Sumo experience this week. And I had no clue that arguably the greatest wrestler in the 2,000 year history of the sport was competing as recently as 2021.