WITI Team | January 31, 2026
The Saturday Selection, Vol. 90
How to actually watch football, our cheap oyster moment, iOS growing pains, 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?
You’ve Never Seen a Real Football Game (L.A. Times)
A fun excerpt from Chuck Klosterman’s new book on the sport: “It’s not just that you can see a game better when you watch it on television. Television is the only way you can see it at all.”
Who is Paying these Outrageous Room Rates? (The Stanza)
The answer is that hotel sales at this level are driven by high-touch relationships. These travelers are not the ones who have multiple booking.com tabs open, nor are they trying to game credit card points.
Can Cheap Oysters save the Restaurant Economy? (Financial Times)
“With oysters costing about 95p each wholesale, the £1 promotion was technically lossmaking. But, said Carr, “they come for oysters but stay for drinks — and almost always order something else”.
Phone Updates Used to Be Annoying. The Latest iOS is Awful. (Wired)
At least Sloane Crosley has company among the disgruntled.
Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks (Publisher’s Weekly)
The format credited with making books more accessible via low prices and widespread availability will all but vanish from the publishing scene in a few weeks.
Sly Dunbar, reggae drummer and producer with Sly and Robbie, dies aged 73 (The Guardian)
The drummer helped to define the sound of roots reggae and dancehall, and worked with stars including the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Grace Jones.