WITI Team | September 20, 2025
The Saturday Selection, Vol. 71
A majestic video history of music samples, Chess.com cheating, the final word on Erewhon NYC, 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?
All of Today’s Front Pages (Walzr)
The kind of amazing website I tell myself I’ll start every day with—and then never stick to it. This time!
Sample Breakdown: The Most Iconic Electronic Music Sample of Every Year (1990-2024) (YouTube)
One comment: “Whoever edited this needs the largest raise.”
Some Good News: NIH Grantmaking Appears to Be Back on Track (X/AlexStapp)
A frenzy of grantmaking in August has the NIH seemingly on pace to spend its entire $47 billion budget by the end of the fiscal year.
The History of The Beatles’ Our World TV Broadcast (The Paul McCartney Project)
Behind the scenes of the day “All You Need Is Love” was premiered live to an estimated half a billion people.