The Saturday Selection, Vol. 88

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?

Bitter Brew (Slate)

(From 2005) I opened a charming neighborhood coffee shop. Then it destroyed my life.

How TVs Got So Cheap (Construction Physics)

They’re vastly cheaper than 25 years ago, even before adjusting for inflation.

Grateful Dead - Ripple (YouTube)

Wonderful performance.

Japanese Artisanal Cracked Ice (Kuramoto Ice)

The cubes are as stunning as the rough breaks.

How the 1973 Oil Crisis Made Nixon Rethink Time (BBC)

When an oil embargo rocked the US, the president’s radical solution was to make citizens start their working days an hour earlier – even in the darkness of midwinter.

I Want My MTV (Vercel)

The channel is dead—this online player brings it back to life.

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