The Saturday Selection, Vol. 34

Carbone, wave organs, parallel universes, and notable year-end lists.

Every day, WITI’s group chats buzz with fresh links. As part of our Saturday send for paid readers, we typically round up 11 of the best.

It’s WITI, on the weekend. Oh, and have a restful few days everyone!

Why are these interesting?

A Front-Row Seat At The Red-Sauce Ballet (Bustle)

With celeb magnet Carbone and its glittering sister hot spots, the Major Food Group empire has transformed restaurant culture as we know it. Could this possibly be a good thing?

Google Says It Appears to Have Accessed Parallel Universes (Futurism)

An official company update “lends credence to the notion that quantum computation occurs in many parallel universes, in line with the idea that we live in a multiverse.” Alright then.

The Wave Organ (Atlas Obscura)

Did you know San Francisco has a huge musical instrument played by the ocean?