The Saturday Selection, Vol. 87
Why ski maps look like that, the Doomsday Plane emerges, Grisham meets King, 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?
Turns Out One Artist Paints Almost All the World’s Ski Maps (Adventure)
James Niehues is known as the ‘Monet of the mountains’, or the ‘Michelangelo of Snow’.
John Grisham in Conversation with Stephen King (YouTube)
Two of the most prolific, popular writers in the world kicking back and bantering for an hour. Good stuff.
Boeing’s ‘Doomsday Plane’ Just Made One of Its First Appearances in 51 Years (Supercar Blondie)
It’s built to survive nuclear events, and is now just 25 minutes away from the White House.
Meet Clicks Communicator, A Keyboard Phone Inspired By BlackBerry (Ubergizmo)
Just shown at CES 2026, and a friend to Slack, WhatsApp and Gmail, at a time that people are more nostalgic than ever for the Blackberry era.
Reflecting On The World’s Only “Recombobulation Area” Airport Sign (On Milwaukee)
“Whether it’s a word or not, I think we can all agree we need a minute to do it.”
Sazae-san is the World’s Longest-Running Cartoon (BBC Sounds)
In 1969, a cartoon about a traditional Japanese family premiered on Fuji TV. More than 55 years later, it still airs in its original time slot.
