Noah Brier | November 1, 2025
The Saturday Selection, Vol. 77
Elusive Simpsons writers, "mistress dispellers", the jet engine-to-AI generator pipeline, and 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.
It’s WITI, on the weekend.
Why are these interesting?
Grounded Jet Engines Taking Off Again… As Datacenter Generators (The Register)
ProEnergy buys and overhauls used General Electric CF6 engines—a type used in commercial airliners—and adapts them to drive a generator rather than produce thrust.
John Swartzwelder, Sage of “The Simpsons” (New Yorker)
The first major interview with one of the most revered, reclusive comedy writers of all time. (From 2021, but new to me.)
The Woman Who Can Make Affairs Disappear (Modern Love Podcast)
A mistress dispeller “works their way into your spouse’s life, gets close to their lover, and convinces the pair to break it off.”
The Dumb Design of Modern Cars (YouTube)
A fun video that explains, well, exactly that.
The Last Literary Lion of New York (The Metropolitan Review)
An interview with Gay Talese at 93. Featuring: Sinatra, Trump, boxing, adultery, the writing life, the nudist life, and the importance of dressing well.
Does your local fanbase get as worked up as this South American soccer crowd? (Reddit)
Very hard to imagine.