Noah Brier | August 23, 2025
The Saturday Selection, Vol. 67
Including "civility transcripts," the CIA's Star Wars trick, and no more Danish post.
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?
The CIA Secretly Ran a Star Wars Fan Site (404 Media)
The site, starwarsweb.net, was a covert CIA communications tool.
Drivers Could See Twice as Much in the 90s (CarScoops)
Pedestrian and cyclists fatalities are skyrocketing, and poor front-end visibility might be partly to blame.
Denmark Is Shutting Down Its Postal Service (Business Day)
The move brings an end to four centuries of letter deliveries in the country.
The Grindification of Hobbies (YouTube)
"We're treating our free time like its another job we're not getting paid for."
In Memory of Eric Pianka (Eric Pianka)
This is one hell of a self-written obituary.