Why is this interesting?

Why is this interesting?

The Saturday Selection, Vol. 37

On Popes who had children, the Tetris-PTSD connection, and mapping Middle Earth.

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Louis Cheslaw
Jan 18, 2025
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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.

Oliviero Toscani, Benetton creative director behind provocative ad  campaigns, dead at 82 | CBC News
Remembering Oliviero Toscani

Why are these interesting?

Zero Is An Okay Number (The Cole Report)

An investigation into the heart of present-day Navy SEAL culture.

A Thread Of Great Wikipedia Rabbit Holes (X)

Sexually active popes? The horse named Potoooooooo?

Can Tetris Prevent PTSD? (Oxford University)

Apparently! The researchers “wanted to see if it could prevent traumatic memories from becoming established by disrupting a process known as memory consolidation.”

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