Unknown Author | November 22, 2025
The Saturday Selection, Vol. 80
On crying, America's strangest commercial flight, Bell Labs and Bach.
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?
Joan Didion Took Thanksgiving Hosting Incredibly Seriously (NYT)
“She typed up dozens of menus and guest lists, noting who declined, who arrived at what time, how many ate or did not, and how much food was left over.”
Inside The Full Leonard A. Lauder Collection (Sotheby’s/YouTube)
Came for the video, didn’t expect all the warm comments about people’s interactions with the man.
I Took America’s Strangest Commercial Flight To The Middle Of Nowhere, Here’s Why It Exists (The Autopian)
“A commercial flight between the two least busy airports in one of America’s most rural states makes no economic sense on the surface.”
The Power of a Good Cry (NYT Mag)
From 2022: A lifetime of weeping at the movies has taught me how much letting it all go in real life can matter, too.
“I don’t think subculture is gone. I just don’t think it serves the same purpose.” (SSENSE)
A conversation with Ghostly International founder (and excellent WITI contributor) Sam Valenti IV on the occasion of his new coffee table book.