Noah Brier | October 11, 2025
The Saturday Selection, Vol. 74
On EA Sports soundtracks, Shteyngart blurbs, 'Gilmore Girls' and so much 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… but 12 today.
It’s WITI, on the weekend.
Why are these interesting?
How The World’s Highest Bridge Just Slashed A 2-Hour Commute To 2 Minutes (Jalopnik)
Fear of heights? China’s just-opened Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge is the highest in the world at 2,050 feet. Fear of water? Should have mentioned that it’s also 2,050 feet above the Beipan River.
The Reality of an Elite Athlete’s ACL Injury (YouTube)
Current England soccer star James Maddison has released an hour-long fly on the wall doc showing what sports recovery really looks like today.
A 36-Lane Highway in China Just Had A 24-Hour Traffic Jam (Autoblog)
120,000 cars in a day, 888 million trips nationwide, and geometry that couldn’t cope.
The Shrink Is In (The New Republic, 1995)
Jonathan Lear, the “Philosopher who embraced Freud,” died this week. I found his obituary fascinating, then found this link to one of his more notorious articles.
Gary Shteyngart Has Blurbed So Many Books (Ironic Sans)
“Shteyngart blurbed so freely that in 2013, writer Edward Champion made a short documentary about Shteyngart and his blurbs, including interviews with many of the authors whose books he blurbed.”
Roger Federer Accuses Tournament Directors of Slowing Down Courts (Tennis.com)
And doing so to generate an Alcaraz-Sinner final.