The Saturday Selection, Vol. 86
Tina Brown and the real Marty Supreme, plus Pepsi, Peptides and 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?
The Day Coca-Cola Changed Its Formula, Every Pepsi Employee Got The Day Off (Acquired)
Just one of the things I learned in the new Acquired episode, all about the world’s favorite sugar water.
How the Real Marty Supreme Haunted My Basement (Fresh Hell)
Turns out Tina Brown’s late husband used to play constant ping pong with Marty Reisman, in Tina’s house.
Dedicated to Bad Writing (Molly Young)
Molly’s incredible personal treasury of book dedications.
Spaghetti Underground (NYRB)
The MTA’s redesign of the New York City subway map is the latest of many attempts to capture the sprawling network on paper.
The Snowy Owls of Logan Airport (YouTube)
Norman Smith has dedicated his life to protecting and relocating the snowy owls from Boston’s busiest airport runways.
An Amateur Codebreaker May Have Just Solved the Black Dahlia and Zodiac Killings (L.A. Times)
“Roberts, the former cold case detective, said the LAPD has been made aware of the new findings, but the case is not one of the department’s priorities.”
